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With one more shove, the turret moved again. Just a little hitch- that tankette would be thinking twice about coming here now-
A stitching sound across the side of the hull; the breaking of metal. You had already pulled the trigger, but near jumped out of your seat in alarm, glancing down and hearing the cannon impacts pull backwards- until the engine suddenly sputtered and died.
“Are we alright?” you demanded, as you tried to peek about through the periscope at what was taking place. The reason for the cannon fire stopping showed itself- Tits had shot out the other tankette, while your own shot had struck out the other armor. You’d have to thank her properly later- man, your schedule would be full, concerning women.
“Tank’s not responding,” the driver complained, jerking around his controls, “The tank’s dead.”
>The T-16 can no longer move- and its turret turning capacity is greatly reduced
“Lucky shot,” you muttered, and tested the power turn. Nothing. The hand crank would be an awful substitute- of all the cheap and simple things in a T-16, its armament and gun laying were not among them. The manual turn was not at all built for anything but fine adjustments. “Damn.” You switched to the company chatter channel. “My tank’s disabled, boys. How are we all doing?”
“The enemy seems to be put to flight,” Tits’ tank reported, “They do not want to keep fighting, it seems, with what they have been through.”
“Good,” you said, but were cut off by the squad taking up the rear with the trucks and captured materiel.
“Hear something moving. Something mechanized,” they reported, “Beyond the wall. We ought to get out of here.”
You agreed, though you noticed, to the west- trucks, that the infantry you had defeated were fleeing towards. You’d have liked to have them- but then, there were reinforcements very close; and Netillian trucks, you recalled, did not have the sturdier off-road capability of the trucks that the Intelligence Office had acquired for this…
>Chase down the infantry and capture the trucks. Maybe, with their speed, you could go for an alternate escape route- and outrun any remaining mechanized forces.
>You wouldn’t be pursued now, not with what you’d done. Keep going south- and abandon the T-16
>The rest of the enemy had to be mopped up. Stay in place with the tanks, and cover the other elements’ retreats.
>Other?
