The tunnel thru the air : $b or, Looking back from 1940Gann, William D. (William Delbert)
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The tunnel thru the air : $b or, Looking back from 1940
Gann, William D. (William Delbert)
Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction; Science fiction
At 8 o'clock on the evening of June 8th, Supreme Commander Gordon stood
near the "Demon of Death" watching his different instruments and soon
noticed on the other side of the room the radio interceptor start to
work. He stepped up to it and listened, caught the orders going from
the different enemy headquarters, giving instructions for the combined
attack on New York City at 10 o'clock that night. He immediately gave
instructions for all the electric lights to be kept on all night and
all buildings to be well lighted to show his confidence and let the
enemy know that he expected the attack. Colonel Edna Kennelworth was
ordered to instruct all army headquarters to send radio messages to the
enemy that Supreme Commander Gordon had ordered the City of New York
and all buildings lighted up for the night so that they would not miss
the city and that he awaited their coming with pleasure. Asked them
not to overlook the Mammouth Building which was 110 stories high; that
he would be there alone, waiting for them to destroy the building.
GIGANTIC ATTACK ON NEW YORK CITY
When the news reached the enemy, they knew that in some way their plans
had leaked out, but it was too late now to make any change and to delay
attack might mean defeat later, so the orders were carried out. About
10 minutes after 10 o'clock, Supreme Commander Gordon sighted the first
airplane of the fleet approaching 40 or 50 miles up the Hudson River.
He watched them until they got within about 20 miles of New York City,
near Yonkers, then he slowly swung the "Demon of Death" around on the
revolving base and turned on the rays, at the same time starting the
sleeping gas machine working. He swept the territory for 50 or 60 miles
in every direction, and as the rays from the "Demon of Death" struck
the enemy planes, their motors leaped into a liquid flame. Supreme
Commander Gordon saw that the "Demon of Death" was doing its work so
he pressed a button and Colonel Edna Kennelworth appeared. He told her
to put on powerful glasses and to look at the planes going down. One
by one she saw the motors dissolved by the flame from the rays of the
"Demon of Death" and the planes falling, one by one, to the ground.
A few minutes after the Northern army was wiped out, the signal came
that a great fleet of airplanes was making its way across Long Island
Sound. Supreme Commander Gordon swung the "Demon of Death" around and
watched the approach of the enemy planes as they came out from the
Atlantic Ocean and crossed Fire Island. He let them get within 30 to 40
miles as they came up across the Great South Bay, then he again turned
loose the "Demon of Death." Swiftly the planes went down in flames,
ending the attack from the ocean.
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