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 Loss of the
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Back at the hut the barrage was continuing. The rocker launcher was slow to reload, and a couple of the rockets burst harmlessly against the outside of the masonry, but the occupants of the hut were pinned in the hut by the mercenary rifles and werepowerless to stop him.
Although they realised their position was untenable, there was little they could do because each time they had recovered enough to make a dash for the door, anther explosion would knock them to the floor. The advance of the SWAT team on the southern edge had been stopped, because more mercenaries had moved to support the initial squad. With their luck worsening the SWAT team decided to abandon the hut and eventually one escaped leaving his comrades lying behind seriously injured. With the hut abandoned, the rocket launcher was turned on the the SWAT troops who were still swarming around the central compound, but with little effect except forcing them to duck back. |
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Advance
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SWAT comeback |
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After the death of their sergeant a couple of mercenaries attempted crawling cautiously along the North edge into a position where they could prevent the potential encirclement. The SWAT grenade launcher could not see anyone but was sending dangerous potshots into the area. Their position was further worsened when three SWAT troops rounded to the corner of the brick hut and successfully shot the mini gunner who was covering another area. One of them was carrying a machine gun and took up position covering the area where the mercenaries sheltered. Although they were in cover from his fire they could neither move nor shoot. Fortunately for the mercenaries they had been having some luck in the whittling down of the SWAT squad at the southern edge of the battlefield. Having more or less gained control of this area, they took the daring move of rushing a trooper forwards to the opposite side of the concrete wall. Unfortunately for them a daring SWAT sniper popped out and shot him down with his pistol. The mercenaries responded by repositioning to improve the covering fire and trying again. |
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Mercenaries
give covering fire to grenade attacks |
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Grenade attacks
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This second time the sniper decided not to risk another attack and the mercenary, a sergeant, achieved the safety of some low rocks. He hurled at grenade over the wall but failed to the cause any damage except some stuns. The southernmost swat team attempted to reverse this advance but their counter-attack was beaten off by withering mercenary rifle fire, reducing the team to an ineffective level. Capitalising on this success, another mercenary dashed through the gateway in the fence and started making his way to the corner of the wall, while a second headed for the wall and hurled another grenade over. This one landed in the middle of the swat team group, knocking them flatten and inflicting light wounds. This allowed the mercenary at the corner of of the wall to take up a firing position and finish them off while further away a couple more mercenaries emerged from the undergrowth, where they had been hiding, to support him. |
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SWAT team are knocked out by a grenade in their midst |
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Conclusion
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The SWAT team
had been driven back from the brick hut. Their southern flanking force
had been reduced to a few retreating survivors, and their small out
flanking force to the North West had to ground to a halt after a lucky
mercenary shot had critically injured their grenade launcher. The the
mercenaries on the other hand had at last entered the compound and had
broken the swat positions which had been pinning their main force. The
battle was effectively over.
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