Nathan kept his gaze fixed on the flying monstrosity. When the smoke drifted away, large patches of black were visible on its green skin. He cried out excitedly, “It worked! The HE rounds have burned its skin. If we keep firing we can take it down easily, Lieutenant”.
“Excellent! We should not give it time to recover. Get back here and load more HE shells. This alien is going down today!” exclaimed the Lieutenant confidently.
Nathan and Margaret loaded the HE shells once more. This was their first time operating the loader of an Arch Knight tank but they had no trouble operating it since they had seen Corporal Matt operating it many times. The loading process was complete in a matter of minutes.
“Lieutenant, the main cannon is loaded and ready”, Nathan reported wiping the sweat from hi
