Shadows of JiangXi

[arvg]

More were arriving at Check Point Alpha... but apparently one of the recruits had decided to skip doctors advice that he withdraw, and carry on to Beta. Not that Alvarez couldn't appreciate it, give up now and you weren't a man... give up or be sent home and your career in the fighter corps was as good as finished.

"Captain..." Vance nudged him, handing him the binoculars. "Check out on the river... Colonel Gonzales' boat..."

Alvarez frowned, turning the binoculars to site in on the speed launch, rushing up the river at full tilt.

The only problem was, it wasn't the Colonel at the helm.

"Aww hell..." Alvarez intoned, shaking his head. "They went and nicked her boat... now she's gonna be mad..."

He shook his head at Commissar Miller and Vorobiev, who were expertly navigating the small, agile boat up the canal, and heading towards the coast. It would take them about half the time of the others to reach there, and it gave them a significant head start...

"Vicenta's going to eat them alive..." Alvarez said, tossing Vance the binoculars and sliding down and into the Social Credit, he grabbed his gunbelt, two .45 service pistols and a brace of grenades. He walked along the length of the gunboat, patting one of the BJ2 assault jeeps, climbing up and in as he started the engine.

He rolled the sleeves up on his gray commando sweater and loosened his shirt collar, gunning the accelerator, as he shot the agile jeep out of the back of the gunboat, spinning the wheel, he set off towards where the flashing indicator on the GPS told him Colonel Gonzales was supposed to be.

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