"William W. Johnstone - Ashes 13 - Fury In The Ashes" - читать интересную книгу автора (Johnstone William W)

Smoke spiraled into the sky from the west coast of the
state, the interior, and from the east side as
Eureka, Redding, and Susanville were brought down
by Rebel gunners.
Rebel planes would begin landing as soon as the
airport runways were cleared. The children commany of the
older ones just taken prisoner confirming the horror
story the woman had told Ben comwd be flown back
to Base Camp One for further medical treatment,
and would eventually be placed in foster homes.
"Hideous!" Linda said. "We were so secluded in
our little valley we knew very little of what was actually
taking place outside of it. This is just ...
mind-boggling."
The bodies of the dead outlaws and their women had been
dragged into piles and scooped up
by front-loaders, then transported to a mass
grave site. All weapons had been gathered up
and stacked according to caliber. They would be transported
to supply depots and carefully gone over by Rebel
armorers.
"Hiding one's head in the sand never really
accomplishes anything," Ben said. "Reminds me
of the story about the family who had but one child and wanted
to protect that child from all the evils of the world. The child was
educated at home, all activities monitored
and restricted, and never allowed to leave the home
compound. On the child's eighteenth birthday, his parents
let him go outside the compound for the first time and he died
of shock."
"If there is criticism in there, General," she
replied, "I accept it for all of us."
Ben shook his head. "No criticism, Linda.
Just amazement at your naivet`e. I guess you people
did what you thought was best. But now you have to face the
real world. You witnessed a very small part of it today."
"You mean there is more?" She tried a smile with the
light sarcasm.
Corrie walked up. "General, Leadfoot's
bunch report that Red Bluff is deserted. A
lot of people left there in one hell of a
hurry. General Ike reports the same thing all
the way down to Ukiah, and General Striganov
has scouts out as far south as Interstate 80, just
north of Lake Tahoe. Deserted all the way
down.
But the signs show a lot of people were in that area a short
time ago."
Ben opened a map case and carefully studied a
map of California. "All right, Corrie. Have