The attack came as Pete was setting up the final tactical strike against the tank company out in the middle of the NTTR. His attention was mostly involved with the targeting information, and the occasional attack incoming from the tanks. Their shots weren’t very accurate courtesy of the stealth modifications, but they knew the 5E was out there somewhere and were firing simulated rounds at even the slightest hint.
He had Danielle do a quick reveal with the Chinook by nosing briefly up out of a canyon. It drew a series of shots from the six tanks. That in turn distracted the tanks from the double-pincer of two Little Birds attacking from one side and the Black Hawk from the other, while skimming only a few feet above the thorny brush of the Nevada desert.
But Pete had kept watching for the
