Pyotr: When I revised the Suppressing Fire rules, I forgot to include the “must hit DC 10” note – I rolled for Pyotr: 17. Good shooting!
Despite the sharp sting in his upper arm, Vidal doesn’t miss a step as he races through the whizzing bullets to the horse trailer on the far side of the farmyard, his heart savagely pumping adrenaline into his arteries.
Damage: 3. The horse trailer provides nine-tenths cover until Vidal acts, three-quarters cover if he fires, throws a grenade, attempts a Spot check, &c. End of round 9.
Pyotr continues to blaze away at the wooden trailer where the rifleman conceals himself. Splinters fly as the rounds strike home – the Russian gets a glimpse of the man as he peeks out, then pulls back frantically to avoid the legionnaire’s bullets. In his peripheral vision Pyotr sees Nedjar crouching behind the service trailer, swinging his own weapon around and shooting in the direction of the farmhouse.
Inside the barn Sgt. Katsourianis strains to look outside from the open door of the barn.
“They’re firing from the farmhouse,” Normand hears him say as the Frenchman peers through the dissipating smoke in the loft, seeing no movement amid the bulky sacks and crates stored above. Normand feels a hand on his arm, sees Sgt. Müller looking up at him.
“Follow me,” he orders, striding out of the west door of the barn.
Marcel sees the
sergent-chef emerge, Normand a moment behind –
“Doc! Find some cover!” he calls as the German
sous-officier and the
grenadier move up behind Ortu at the corner of the barn. Before the medic can react, a string of rifle shots – Syrovy, behind the goat shed, firing toward the rear of the farmhouse, followed a moment later by Cpl. Sembene.
At the corner of the barn, Ortu triggers a short burst toward the farmhouse as Sgt. Müller and Normand approach – he is answered by a gout of flame erupting from the front doorway, directed across the farmyard.
“Lousy field of fire here,” he yells.
Behind the trailer Vidal hears bullets pinging off the metal walls and the ground, mixed with the squealing of the horse near the stable.
End of round 10. Initiative order beginning round 11:
Pyotr 13
NCOs (Müller, Katsourianis), choc (Nedjar, Pamuk) 12
Marcel, Vidal 8
Fellagha in house 7
MG (Sembène, Ortu, Syrovy, Asmussen) 4
Fellagah at wooden trailer, Normand 1