>>5898842“Pa-ra!” He yelled as he stepped over the log. The gunfire slowly died down. While the soldiers cheered the Dardi as he tied a noose around the corpses of the two Kommunalists Alin slowly stabilized the wounded soldier and dragged him backwards towards the second truck. As she was dragging him, she heard a rumbling behind her.
“What’s that?” She asked as she turned around, the half councious jawless soldier leaning on her stopped as she turned around.
A moment later, a shell punched through the foliage and impacted the truck in front of Alin. Gunfire resumed, more intense than before and she felt herself drop to her knees. Quickly glancing at the soldier, she saw his nearly decapitated head, only attached to the rest of his body with a thin strip of flesh and muscle. She tried getting up but noticed her left foot was missing. Then she passed out.
“Bista.” Jivan called you as you watched the animated movements of the units on the map. “The exploitation of the offensive has been a failure.”
“Yeah.” You replied. “I can see that.”
“We ran into an armored column. The northern beachheads are being squeezed. We are barely holding them back with artillery and drones.” Jivan continued. “And Nino ate another bullet, this time to his chest.”
“How?” Rani asks.
“A infiltrator.” Jivan replies.
“It’s not going well?” Lanu asks.
“Doyle has lost a thousand men. We have lost three. The enemy has lost two thousand in the north and five in the south. We have consistently been outkilling our enemy but he just outmatches us that much in numbers we are unable to deal with him.” Jivan says. “Since the start of this last offensive, we have lost six thousand men, Doyle has lost a total of five thousand men. The enemy has lost fourteen thousand men. We cannot endure this. Us and Doyle have collectively lost sixteen percent of our forces. The Kommunalists have lost half a percent.” Jivan says.
You run a hand through your hair.
“Give me your ideas.” You say.
“We try to make an agreement with the Kommunalists. We’ve shown them that we can take ground from them. We should have a leverage for the negotiations.” Rani says. “Either them or Ren Fu. We cannot win this.” Rani says.
Jivan pauses a bit. “We could try attacking across the river. Or we could attempt a paratrooper drop somewhere. Or a deeper flank throug the jungle into their rear.” He says listing off the options. “Of course, we could just attempt concentrating firepower in the hopes of destroying the armored column and any forces to the east of us.”
You feel Lanu whispering into your mind. “It’s really bad, isn’t it?”
