The Shaman
First Post
Fumbling for the handset, Vidal gives the pilot the vector and distance to the section in the gully where the machine gunner lies in wait. “Look for purple smoke – repeat purple smoke – at the north end of our position,” he finishes. Vidal: Navigate 21 (take 10).
Pyotr sees the replacement gunner grab at his chest as the sniper’s bullet finds its mark. The fellagha lets go of the MG-34, lying on the ground with both hands over the wound. The gun, for the moment, is silenced.
Normand scrambles over the rocks, following Marcel’s path, bullets snapping around him. He can see the fells in the streambed more clearly now – as he watches the leading group of fellaghas rises from the ground and hustles east along the gully.
Vidal hears Sgt. Duval’s voice as bullets whiz past. “Are you okay?” he asks. Without waiting for an answer, he continues. “Stay down and save your ammo, radio,” he orders. Both men press themselves as close to the ground as possible.
Marcel rummages through the dead légionnaire’s pouches, finds both of Berg’s grenades. Looking up again he too sees the fells advancing along the streambed. The remaining sections continue to pour fire on the legionnaires huddled atop the hill. End of round 30.
At the beginning of round 31, the section with the (now silenced) machine gun is in D5, 280’ from Pyotr, Normand, and Marcel – the fells are prone in the gully as they fire at Pyotr, Normand, Marcel, and Lavareaux. The section lying prone in D6 is 250’ from Lavareaux and Marcel and 200’ from Vidal and Duval – they fired on all four legionnaires along the north end of Hill 662 in this round. The section moving from D6 into D7 is 230’ from Marcel and Lavareaux and 160’ from Vidal and Duval – they do not fall prone but rather remain on the move.
Pyotr sees the replacement gunner grab at his chest as the sniper’s bullet finds its mark. The fellagha lets go of the MG-34, lying on the ground with both hands over the wound. The gun, for the moment, is silenced.
Normand scrambles over the rocks, following Marcel’s path, bullets snapping around him. He can see the fells in the streambed more clearly now – as he watches the leading group of fellaghas rises from the ground and hustles east along the gully.
Vidal hears Sgt. Duval’s voice as bullets whiz past. “Are you okay?” he asks. Without waiting for an answer, he continues. “Stay down and save your ammo, radio,” he orders. Both men press themselves as close to the ground as possible.
Marcel rummages through the dead légionnaire’s pouches, finds both of Berg’s grenades. Looking up again he too sees the fells advancing along the streambed. The remaining sections continue to pour fire on the legionnaires huddled atop the hill. End of round 30.
At the beginning of round 31, the section with the (now silenced) machine gun is in D5, 280’ from Pyotr, Normand, and Marcel – the fells are prone in the gully as they fire at Pyotr, Normand, Marcel, and Lavareaux. The section lying prone in D6 is 250’ from Lavareaux and Marcel and 200’ from Vidal and Duval – they fired on all four legionnaires along the north end of Hill 662 in this round. The section moving from D6 into D7 is 230’ from Marcel and Lavareaux and 160’ from Vidal and Duval – they do not fall prone but rather remain on the move.
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