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positioned and fortified. Along the river, working

unseen, Rebels were quietly occupying empty

warehouses and other buildings and setting up heavy

machine gun positions, fortifying their positions with

sandbags and railroad ties.

Ben and his teams moved into General Striganov's

sector. The Russian had dug his people in deep and

quickly. Striganov handed Ben powerful binoculars and

moved them toward a window of his CP, located

close to the river. "Take a look, General."

The activity across the river jumped into the lenses.

"Jesus!" Ben said. "It looks like the staging area

inEngland before D-Day."

"My thoughts exactly," the Russian agreed with a

smile. "I, too, have seen old newsclips of the

storming of the beaches."

Ben turned to Corrie. "Tell Ike to send his

demolition people north and south, Corrie. Blow the

bridges that are still standing fromQuincy toCape

Girardeau. We'll make the bastards come

across the river if they want us. After you've done that,

bump Base Camp One and have all PU!'S
readied and flown up here.

Land them at that strip we cleared at Saint

Clair."