Eden (The Union Series)
“The Loyalist bombardment continued; the noise of each salvo sounding louder or quieter as they seemingly struck out at random along the Ghandi.
We waited in the dark, having moved into the forest on the far bank to a grid given to us by the platoon commander. Rather than getting the entire platoon to congregate together only to be blown to pieces by a single railgun shell, he had given us grids that were close enough for him to call in only the commanders, briefing us up so that we could then r...eturn to brief our men. There was always the danger that the command group could be blown to smithereens instead, but at least then our sections were left alive to continue the mission under the control of the 2ics.
Half of the platoon was still moving in from the north, returning from its recce of Dakar with the sergeant major. We waited for them amongst the ferns, listening to the distant shouting of orders, the woeful cries of injured soldiers out in the marsh, and the never-ending bombardment.MoreLess
We waited in the dark, having moved into the forest on the far bank to a grid given to us by the platoon commander. Rather than getting the entire platoon to congregate together only to be blown to pieces by a single railgun shell, he had given us grids that were close enough for him to call in only the commanders, briefing us up so that we could then r...eturn to brief our men. There was always the danger that the command group could be blown to smithereens instead, but at least then our sections were left alive to continue the mission under the control of the 2ics.
Half of the platoon was still moving in from the north, returning from its recce of Dakar with the sergeant major. We waited for them amongst the ferns, listening to the distant shouting of orders, the woeful cries of injured soldiers out in the marsh, and the never-ending bombardment.MoreLess
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