Countryside of Anglia - 730HRs
The heavily armed column of soldiers made it's way across the valley, being careful to cover their flanks as they advanced to their objective. A lack of roads in the area had made it impossible for the normally mounted unit to utilize it's vehicles, which had to be left to wait at a base camp 7 miles down the road. An attack was expected at any moment now, and officers would stop the column to send ahead small patrols. This was the perfect area for an ambush, and the enemy would surely use it to their advantage as they were heavily outnumbered after the firefights of the night before. The faster the 436th Mechanized Battalion, E Company could make it out of the valley, the better.
An inexperienced Lieutenant ordered the halt of the lead platoon, and began walking out in front of the line to inspect it himself. Surely to impress his superiors. A sharp snap and a whiz, and the Lieutenant went down. Soldiers began to spread out as officers barked out orders. Gunfire erupted from the cliffs above and several men fell where they just seconds before huddled in cover. Smoke and grenades were thrown at the attacking force and E Company returned fire, just as the book called for.
The foe made their way down the cliffs and into the pinned company, slaughtering those around. They had the entire unit at bay and a murderous crossfire destroyed the ranks of E Company. Corporal Hansen tripped over a branch and lay on his back just about to recover himself when a thick heel dug itself into his neck, he turned over, but it was too late, the butt of a rifle hit him in the chest, and the soldier above smirkingly said “Bang Bang.”
The heavily armed column of soldiers made it's way across the valley, being careful to cover their flanks as they advanced to their objective. A lack of roads in the area had made it impossible for the normally mounted unit to utilize it's vehicles, which had to be left to wait at a base camp 7 miles down the road. An attack was expected at any moment now, and officers would stop the column to send ahead small patrols. This was the perfect area for an ambush, and the enemy would surely use it to their advantage as they were heavily outnumbered after the firefights of the night before. The faster the 436th Mechanized Battalion, E Company could make it out of the valley, the better.
An inexperienced Lieutenant ordered the halt of the lead platoon, and began walking out in front of the line to inspect it himself. Surely to impress his superiors. A sharp snap and a whiz, and the Lieutenant went down. Soldiers began to spread out as officers barked out orders. Gunfire erupted from the cliffs above and several men fell where they just seconds before huddled in cover. Smoke and grenades were thrown at the attacking force and E Company returned fire, just as the book called for.
The foe made their way down the cliffs and into the pinned company, slaughtering those around. They had the entire unit at bay and a murderous crossfire destroyed the ranks of E Company. Corporal Hansen tripped over a branch and lay on his back just about to recover himself when a thick heel dug itself into his neck, he turned over, but it was too late, the butt of a rifle hit him in the chest, and the soldier above smirkingly said “Bang Bang.”