Mariusz looks down the barrel of the BG-15 and sees the shiny conical nose of a 40mm grenade. It's either a dud round or it isn't seated properly. The AK seems to working fine, though.
The four or so enemy on the group's left flank (to the north) seem heartened by their apparent success in stopping Dawid and Woj's move towards the Giraffe house. The are now exposing a little more of themselves in order to aim and fire at the corner where their targets just disappeared. One of them is gesturing and yelling at the building behind which the BTR-80 retired a couple of minutes earlier. This means that Mariusz, still unseen by the enemy, has plenty of nice targets for his rifle.
Woj sprays a few rounds around the corner as Dawid, seemingly unaware of the fact that he'd just cheated death (the pounding in his head should indicate that something's not quite right), sets up his PKM again. Enemy rounds are chipping peices off the corner of the building, spraying stinging bits of conrete at Dawid and Woj. Woj quickly backs away from the corner, trying to drag Dawid back with him. (
Woj -5 rounds) Dawid fires off a quick burst as bullets strike all around him. (
Dawid - 5 rounds) Woj's attempts to drag Dawid back behind cover impede his ability to continue firing accurately.
"Come on Pio, you've just been shot!"
Just to the south, Dieter is a bit overwhelmed. He's having a hard time knowing which group of enemy troops to focus his attention on. The center group of enemy has nearly been wiped out and are offering little resistance. Enemy reinforcements are cautiously moving towards the central group, though, using the BMP, now belching a steady stream of thick black smoke from its turret, as cover and concealment. Dieter's already killed one of them and they are approaching slowly and methodically now. To the north, four or five enemy soldiers are firing at the northwest corner of the hippo house. Mariusz is too far away to hear Dieter's yell over the prolific gunfire. And then there's the mortar- situated somewhere to the south it seems- which has just found the range on the left flank (to the south) group.
Craig assesses the situation and decides to focus on the reinvigorated enemy to the north. He situates himself behind cover and fires a burst at an enemy shooter. His shots strike the enemy's cover. His target disappears behind said cover, momentarily. (
Craig -5 rounds)
Thor focusses on the enemy reinforcement coming up from the south on the far side of the street. It's hard to pick out a good target since the enemy are playing it very cautiously and the smoke of the burning BMP is starting to drift across Thor's line of sight. He spots a target and takes the shot. It's not an easy one but he still manages to score a hit. The man's left arm falls away from his body as it is violently torn off by the supersonic .50 caliber slug. Almost as one, the rest of the enemy coming up across the street stops and goes to ground in the rubble of the shattered apartment blocks directly opposite the park. (
Thor -1 round)
Tucker and Minh begin displacing, moving back and to their left to get behind the cover of the ape house. A few rounds try to follow but neither are hit. They make it to cover safely. More fire is coming in from the south, though. Jan and Warren arrive nearby a couple of seconds apart. They hear the explosion of another mortar bomb. Things are unravelling fast.
At the southern end of the group's ragged line, Jan, aware that the next mortar bomb will likely land directly on top of him, rises quickly and runs towards the nearest building. Rounds crack and buzz all around. He feels a hammer blow on his left arm. His vision goes red for a second and clumsily dives behind a big hunk of conrete a few meters from the south wall of the building. He know's right away that the wound is serious. The pain is intense and he's having a hard time moving his arm.
At Konrad's prompting, Warren scrambles up and sprints towards the building. He sees Jan stumble and more or less fall behind cover. Jeff makes the corner of the building unscathed and turns to see his ersatz platoon leader lying on his back on the ground. Minh and Tuck are there as well.
Before Warren gets to his feet to start his run, four or five nearest enemy have devoted their attention to Konrad. The brave German pops from behind his cover and fires a double tap at the enemy soldier straight in front of him. At the same time, several rounds are already on their towards Konrad. He's rocked backwards by a savage kick to the gut before he can see if his quick shots have hit home. He falls hard on his back, gasping for breath. He has the presence of mind to reach up under his kevlar body armor and feel for a wound. His hand comes away dirty and sweaty but showing no traces of blood. If he could breath properly at the moment, he'd heave a sigh of relief. (
Konrad -2 rounds)
Almost unnoticed during the last few seconds, a fourth mortar bomb explodes about two dozen meters to the northeast of Konrad's current position. The blast and shrapnel produced by this hit does more damage to the destroyed BMP than it does to its intended targets.
The enemy to the south are shouting now, calling for the reinforcements moving up through the park from the south to come up and help assault through the broken right flank of their wounded prey. There is now a real danger of the enemy rolling up the party's southernmost positions.
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