Free Prepper's Crucible - Volume Six: The End by Bobby Andrews

what we could have
done. I wanted to attack in the towns as quickly as possible. In the end, they
controlled the aircraft, so I lost that round.”
    “We know that the Air Force decimated the columns
that moved to the border,” Horace said. “They did get them south of Tucson, and
that broke the back of the Mexican Army. We also know that the militia did, in
fact, attack and push them out of all major cities,” he added. “Can you tell me
what happened here in the cities?”
    “When the original plan fell apart, we went from
seventeen targets to only one in each city. The Mexicans left a token force in
each AO at their headquarters. They severely underestimated our strength.” Cory
paused for a moment and then added, “ in retrospect,
the Air Force saved a lot of militia lives by refusing to attack the facilities
in town, and not having us attack the tanks and other hard targets. When we did
attack the headquarters in each AO, we faced almost no armor or anything else
that could have turned us back. I told all the local commanders to change
whatever they had to change, but attack that evening. We were out of time and
there was no way to fully coordinate the attacks, so I
threw caution to the wind and hoped for the best. Truth be
known , I exercised very little control over the other commanders. I
pretty much left them to make decisions and carry out operations. There was no
real way to really control much, but the Army wanted a single commander, so we
gave them one for appearance sake and to get their help.”
    “That’s not how I understood it.”
    “That’s how it was. History has a way of making
heroes out of lucky fools.”
    “Well, tell me what you can. It’s all valuable to
me.”
    Cory thought for a minute and then continued the
story. “Flagstaff overran their headquarters without a fight. Tim negotiated a
truce with the colonel they left in charge there. In Tucson, our team leader
had a real fight on his hands. They were closer to the column that was
moving southeast toward the border, but in the end they managed to get them out of their command and control center, and that’s
when the Mexican Army threw in the towel and began heading back across the
border. Phoenix was also a real fight and it took a full day to take out their
headquarters. Here, we had a fairly bloody battle. But we prevailed in the end, and I know you know about all those battles because I
read your book on the retaking of the Territory. So I’m not really sure why
you’re asking these questions.”
     “Well, different people see different things
in the same story and have a different perspective, and I want to make sure I
get it right.”
    “You need to spend more time writing the articles
about statehood and getting public opinion on our side. We need that to happen
soon.”
    “I’m working on one now that covers the time when
you decided to introduce the legislation to prohibit the state from rejoining
the Union for twenty years. It comes out tomorrow and explains the speech you
made to the legislature and how you have now changed your mind. It’s a good piece and I am going to commission a poll next
week to see how voters feel about getting back into statehood. I am guessing it
will be a positive result for us, but voters are fickle and there’s no way to
really know until the poll results are back.”
    “When we get to a 55 percent
approval to adopt statehood, come back and we can talk some more. Right now I’m going to take a nap, and Eric can tell you about the
final battle for Prescott. He fought by my side and probably remembers more
than I do.”

CHAPTER NINE
     
     
    EMP PLUS TWELVE MONTHS
    PRESCOTT, ARIZONA,
TERRITORIAL CAPITAL
     
    The men were ready. Everyone was well equipped and
good to go. Eric fussed over all of them, making sure they had enough ammo and
grenades to make the final attack on the county court house. After assigning
medics to each group, he formed them up in ATVs that would transport them