Yelena Malkin:
Yelena was glad to have at least a makeshift poncho, though the weather had definitely been worse (and better) since she'd joined the Red Army. Shortly after they moved out, the sniper pulled out her binoculars to help see things in the distance, though she also occasionally scanned around her without the visual aid, particularly since she had to occasionally wipe the lenses to dry them off.
While the BPO was made of sterner stuff than the standard Soviet soldier, Yelena thought a little levity might help those that were spooked by the sudden change of venue.
((OOC: 7 stealth, 5 notice
16:22, Today: Yelena Malkin rolled 4,5 using d6+2,d6+2, rerolling max with rolls of 2,3. Notice.
16:21, Today: Yelena Malkin rolled 7,3 using d10,d6, rerolling max with rolls of 7,3. Stealth.))
Lisitsyn starts quietly singing "Po dolinam i po vzgoriam"
Through valleys and over hills
Went the division forward
To capture in battle Primorye
The stronghold of the White Army.
with Friedman and Tsimmermn joining in on the repeat of the third and fourth line.
Then Gusarov barks:
"Shut up, you damn fools! There's fascists around."
The group is quiet again.
The squad had left the plateau over the concrete ramp, but soon the concrete gives way to a gravel road leading through the forest.
Tsimmerman stopped and knelt down not long after leaving the plateau.
"Serzhant, I found something" - and he points to a timed detonator. This must be the one that was connected to the bundle of wet explosives found around the concrete pillar. The detonator triggered, apparently, but the explosives were too wet to ignite.
Gusarov pulls the cord from the detonator.
"Question is: Did they stick around to know that it didn't go off?", the sergeant muses.
Anna also finds something. On the side of the road, the gravel and mud show tracks of a tracked vehicle dug deep into the side of the road, pools of water in them.
"Tanks", she says, her tone matter-of-factly.
The squad continues, even more quiet now, the news of possible tanks nearby dampening the mood. But then, at least, the rain eases up, turning into a drizzle as they keep going.
The road keeps going mostly straight, with some slight bends and curves now and then. Every few hundred meters, the road widens to allow two vehicles to pass each other. Now that the rain eases up, the noise of a brook can be heard to your right, the water swollen from the rain, running down the mountain valley.
There are now fewer tress and the road runs closer to the cliff walls on your left. Yelena climbs up a large rock that the road winds around and looks through her binoculars.