Chapter 2 - See You On the Other Side
Konnikov hoped out, and signaled for the soldiers to 'take five' but stay near the trucks. He walked to the center of the crossing and gave each road a good moment of considering before turning back to the truck.
[Translated from Russian]
"Malkin, Paramonova, Stepashina!" He shouts, then waves to his lieutenants and calls in more conversational tone, "Shagidzyanov, Strelnikov." He waits a moment for the soldiers to join him. "Lieutenants, detail four men to each of our scouts here. Malkin, Paramonova, Stepashina, take your spotters, and the fire team assigned to you, go down each road looking for tracks or signs, or whatever. No more than, say, fifteen minutes, then return. Do each road, as individual groups, then you three compare and report. I want to know which way did that rat Kemmler go. Or failing that, which road looks the most used. And of course anything else your eyes find." Turns back to his Lieutenants, "We're taking a break here, allow the soldiers to use the trees if they need to, but no wandering off alone, three man groups at a minimum, and keep everyone else near the truck. I want to be ready to leave the moment our scouts report back."
He joins the Private over at the road sign, but seems more interested in the base of the pole than the signage.
(( OOC: Any chance we can figure out how it sat in the hole? Line up it's broken base with what's left in the ground? Or was it completely pulled up and tossed aside as I suspect? ))
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