TWELVE – LISTENING POST (0200 HOURS)It was almost 0300 hours when Alpha Romeo 6 reported to the CP that his group arrived at its new location and were hunkering down until daybreak. His route of travel was unknown, but it was clear that they didn’t encounter any enemy soldiers while moving stealthily through the darkness.
Polack had the sudden realization, ‘If they moved halfway between us and their first ambush site, then they’re much closer to us, probably only within 500 meters.’ He looked at LG and formed the ‘OK’ sign, to which LG acknowledged with a single nod of his head. ‘LG must be thinking the same thing. Now we can relax a little.’
He sat back and rested against the tree trunk, feeling more content now that a squad of fellow soldiers was near and could respond within minutes i
