CPL. Colds/gather your bearings
From Create Your Own Story
Taking a moment to yourself, you feel your body hurt all over. Doesn't seem to be anything broken though. There's a slight ache in your lungs and it seems as if a little bit of air escapes when you breathe, it feels really strange but you don't feel like you're in any danger of dying. "That would be too pathetic of a way to die, sir." You manage to squeeze out the words with a grimace. "How bad is it, sir?"
he lights a cigarette and exhales a smoke cloud, then he says. "You got off pretty lucky considering the situation you were in. No broken bones, no vital organs hit. Your lungs took some damage it seems, but nothin' you won't survive. I hope."
You take a deep breath and ask "What's going on, sir? What happened?".
He sighs again. "Ah yes, troublesome bit of business. They launched a surprise attack far deeper into our territory than we anticipated. Caught us with our pants down." He stares at you for a bit and continues. "Your truck was among the first to get hit, got blown up with a precision cannon along with 23 other trucks. They used five long range tanks and a squad of infantry armed with rpg's. Fired their payload at us and ran off before we even knew what was going on. 206 dead, 34 wounded and we haven't even arrived at the front yet. Some reinforcements we'll make."
You recall there were 50 trucks and 500 soldiers in this convoy and are struck with the realization that almost half of the regiment was taken out of comission in a single attack.
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