“And just what do you hope to accomplish by doing this?”
“When they mortar us tonight, we’ll be in a much better position to direct artillery onto them without having to duck mortar rounds from deep inside of a foxhole. We’ll hear the tube firing and can silence it. Coordinates can be pre-planned with the CP and referenced during the fire mission.”
“And what if they don’t mortar us tonight? What then?”
“Well, s**t, sir, we just move back up in the morning, foxholes will already be dug. Then, we can dispatch our patrols and stay there tomorrow night. We’ve got nothing to lose.”
“I think it’s all a waste of time. I say we stay up here tonight.”
“Lieutenant, they did us huge favors by letting us know they were up here. Had that not happened, the situation would be much different and I wo
