Chapter 26 - Battle planning

And now 3 months of difficult preparations for the expedition have passed.

In the reception room of the main building, 20 people stood in even rows, three of whom were dressed in heavy blue armor, and in their hands were holding a new weapon Judge-1, the rest were dressed in the light armor WSC Security Armor familiar to everyone in this city, and in their hands there were standard BRAN-1 submachine guns, in addition to them, there were still 5 people in the ranks in whose hands were completely new and unknown to all weapons similar to a sniper rifle.

After examining them all, Brandon began to speak.

-We spent a lot of energy together on preparing for this expedition, a lot of resources were spent to provide the best of you with the latest equipment, most likely you do not understand why we focus so much on Malden and think that this is an unnecessary waste of resources, but in fact in fact you are wrong. Now I will share with you the purpose of our squad.

Approaching the computer, Brandon pressed a few keys, and then various images appeared on the wall in front of everyone. Brandon continued to speak.

-Our priority goal is to capture Vault 75, which contains the best production and research equipment available in the wasteland, well, almost the best.

By clicking on the keys, Brandon continued to show the squad various images: city plans, Vault plans, etc. which he naturally got out of his head.

-Possible dangers in the clearing process will be: ghouls, several mutants, raiders.

Turning over one more picture, the image of a gray skull with a cross on its forehead and a sewn mouth appeared before everyone's eyes.

-Yes you understood correctly, our main enemy this time will be the Gunners, as we all know perfectly well, this is no longer a bunch of raiders, but an organized faction with good equipment, experienced people and military control, as far as I know, due to the rapid growth of the white stone cities, Gunners have already begun to stare at our city, sooner or later we would have encountered them anyway. During the battle with them, you need to be extremely careful, of course, their combat armor is really good, but ours still surpasses them in quality, in addition to this, they have power armor, not in large quantities and not in ideal quality like the brotherhood of steel.

Leafing through another picture, a diagram of the power armor appeared in front of everyone.

-To eliminate power armor, we will mainly use our newly formed special forces squad, for them power armor is like a tin can, of course during a battle, they will also conduct fire support, but do not rely on them much, their ammunition is limited and for now we can only produce them in small quantities. Therefore, your main weapon against power armor will be EMP grenades, believe me, no one wants to get stuck in an iron coffin. After immobilizing the power armor, they become very vulnerable, try to shoot them in the eyes or in less protected areas such as the sides of the abdomen, arms, neck.

Turning off the image, Brandon placed a large box in front of everyone.

-In addition to EMP grenades, everyone will receive 3 frag grenades and 5 Stun grenades. Now let's talk about your organization. I will be the commander of all expeditions, 15 people will be divided into detachments, where the commanders will be 3 best according to the results of training, a total of 3 detachments of 5 people each, plus a detachment of snipers, the commander of which will be Arthur. Check all your equipment again and we move out.

A few minutes later, the armed detachment began to move towards the gate, all sorts of onlookers began to pay attention to them, realizing that this was not a simple security, but most of all they were interested in the traders, since some of them use new unknown weapons, so all the traders began whisper among themselves trying to get at least some information.

Ignoring them, Brandon and the squad went to the South Exit, where he met Marcus.

The older brother, noticing Brandon, approached him with a heavy look and began to speak.

- Take care of yourself Brandon, it's a pity that I can't go with you, I so wanted to shoot again.

- The main thing is to keep our city safe Marcus, do not forget that there are mother and sister here, I trust them to you.

-Oh come on, no fool would think to attack such a fortified city, especially when you leave us power armor. Everything will be fine. Have fun brother.

Nodding to him, Brandon and squad left the city and slowly but surely they walked towards Malden.

But Brandon did not immediately go to Malden; on the way, he and the squad went to the Wilwood cemetery to once again check the squad's preparation.

Brandon's squad really liked this idea, because there is nothing better than shooting at naked targets, which themselves run in the rain of bullets.

Brandon himself also participated in this event, as he had some experience left to increase the level.

After a few dead ghouls, Brandon got a new level, but he hasn't decided to spend a point yet, he will keep it until he comes to Malden, where he will figure out where to spend it.

Having searched the cemetery, the squad did not find much useful, only a few rounds for their weapons and a bunch of rubbish. But with raised morale, they headed towards Malden.

And now, almost at sunset, they finally came to this almost abandoned city, in which you can see ghouls eating up someone's corpse, many old, rusty cars.

Sometimes, if you look closely, you can see the flickering images of people between buildings.

Most likely these are either scavengers trying to find something useful or raiders waiting for their prey, not suspecting that instead of prey, hunters have come to them.