>>11099750At the head of the column the point men catch a glimpse of sandbag walls through the darkness and foliage, home sweet home. A warm glow seems to rise from just behind the sandbags; one trooper quips to the other that someone on guard duty lit hisself a very against the regs drum fire to stay warm. Suspecting this same fool likely fell asleep by his illicit heat source the soldier calls out the night's challenge loudly, hoping to rouse the rascal and get the gate opened for the column. At that very moment the tank's troubled engine starts to over-rev, ramping up its already considerable noise even higher.
