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Rumble in the Jungle
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08-01-2012, 11:09 AM
LowTech
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30 1100A Mar 20XX
Recondo wiped sweat from his eyes and swore to himself. They had spent three days avoiding Cobra patrols while trying to work their way into whatever it was that the air defence systems were protecting. The Cobra forces had clearly been rattled by the raids, and the air was constantly buzzing with mini-choppers, while mounted and dismounted patrols manoeuvred frequently. Random harassing artillery fire hit vacant jungle, possibly sowing unattended ground sensors. Getting in was tough. Getting out would be even harder. He had narrowed down the likely location to four grid squares, which was large enough an area to challenge a battalion, let alone a six man patrol. Lacking the supplies to stay out long enough to properly cover those four grid squares, Recondo decided to move towards the area of highest patrolling density, on the premise that this was where the patrols originated and ended. The six men and Junkyard lay silent as several soldiers on ATVs drove slowly by along a tiny trail about fifty metres to their west. They waited several minutes, then slowly began snipping a patch through the thick undergrowth. Junkyard tensed, and the patrol went to ground. Sounds of machetes hacking through the bush came from their north-east. Recondo tensed, and then the sounds stopped, to be replaced by the sound of a zipper, and then the sound of escaping bodily gasses.
“This estas mia lasta patrol. Mi am titolo al Sudan al labori kun kolonelo Sharrif. Mi cannot atendi al akiri out da this jungle.”
“Lucky. Mi am stuck here por ses pli monato car mi failed Eel training.”
They lay silently until the sounds of wiping and zippers were finished, and the heavy footsteps receeded. Recondo angled towards the direction of the sounds. A couple of dozen slow metres later he found two steaming piles of fresh feces and some crumpled up paper that looked torn from a paperback novel. He pulled a couple of ziplock bags from his kit and took samples. Hit & Run make a look of disgust and mimed gagging. Outback put a hand on his shoulder and whispered in his ear.
“Might as well give Doc and Lifeline something to do out here besides check for athletes foot and crotch rot!”
Spirit held a finger to his mouth, and took point, continuing to move after the pair of Cobra soldiers, who had noisily rejoined their patrol.
30 1200A Mar 20XX
Short Fuze walked around the perimeter of his small firebase. They had exchanged their three 81mm mortars for two MO-120-RT for the extra range required to support Recondo’s patrol. Thunder, Grand Slam and Downtown had carefully sited the heavy mortars under Hawk’s supervision, and were currently dozing in the gun pits. Dee-Jay monitored the radio, while Clutch, Dusty and Bazooka rotated sentry duties. The two Vamps and the Unimog were well hidden in the trees, but with machine guns ready to bear. They were also testing one of Flash’s armed robots – he had taken to calling them PAC-RATS – with its optics and weapon pushed fifty metres down their egress route. Short Fuze took one more look at the overhead cam net, looked at his watch, and walked over to Dee-Jay.
“They should be sending a sitrep in four minutes. Make sure you update their location and expected direction of travel.”
Dee-Jay stared at Short Fuze.
“Just like I’ve been doing every hour for the last couple of days? Relax – just because we’re all getting a little sleep deprived doesn’t mean I’ve forgotten how to do my job.”
“Hey!” Short Fuze snapped, his face turning red. “Don’t tell me to relax – we’re the only fire support Recondo has.”
Clutch trotted over.
“Keep it down. Remember the noise discipline. Remember Short Fuze, we can’t help Recondo if we bring a Cobra patrol down on us.”
Short Fuze took a couple of deep breaths, and Dee-Jay held up a hand.
“The sitrep should be coming in a few minutes. I’ll wave you over and let you know the grids.”
Short Fuze nodded and walked back to the truck to inspect the ammo load again, muttering to himself.
“I wish we could also cover the airstrip where Hawk has set up temporary base.”
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