A Leader's Journal

Date: 4th september

Duty:Foxtrot division7 , to maintain defence till villagers can be safely evacuated.

Manpower allocation: SSGT Ivan- KIA
SGT Kean- Medic - KIA
SGT Johnny - tactics and weapons support- KIA
SGT Eric-Machine gunner and communications
CPL Sean - medic's assistant
CPL Xavier - Food and Logistics
CPL Marshall- infantry
CPL David - infantry- KIA
CPL Leon - infantry- (incapacitated)
REC Sherman -infantry-KIA
REC Nathan - infantry


Dawn once again the sun rises..
and along with it comes the first volley of enemy projectiles ..
My men are restless... Our food supplies have been compromised by a hostile grenade..

Three more days.. our remaining food supplies would not last that long ..
We are to defend this checkpoint until we die or starve to death , depending on which comes first.

This was not what we had expected. Our checkpoint was to be the safest amongst the divisions..
It was suppossed to be an almost idling mission.
- guess our superior made another mess-up...

with only 5 men left , it seems impossible to hold out the defence.

( low mummerings erupt into a scream)

WHAT THE HELL ARE WE DOING HERE ?-CPL Xavier

WE are definitely going to DIE... if you do not care for your life , i do and i have a family !

Shut up Xavier ... theres no retreat ... no surrender ... either victory or a glorious death!
- REC Nathan

Son we're all in this together..
we have defended this hill for thus long already ..
lets finish this job ...
we fight for our homes , our land , our families..
you want to run now?
run to whom?
if we do not defend our post , there would be no family for you to run home to..

(complete silence)

(Rattling of Eric machine gun)