The base was completely lost, or so I thought. I was in command of the regiment that destroyed the base. I thought myself a master strategist and fancied in my head all the medals and honors and parades that would be held in my honor. In all my smugness and confidence, I had underestimated my opponents.

As my men tore through the fort's walls, I felt that final thrill of victorious pride swelling wide in my chest. I ordered everyone into the base and commanded them to set up camp. We would sleep here, in our place of victory. I figured it was safe enough, the fires had burned themselves out hours ago, and the winds were kept out by the remaining sections of the wall.

Near one o'clock that morning, I awoke to the sound of machine-gun fire. They struck while we slept in our assumed safety and woke us with gunfire. I was on my feet in an i

In my mind I fit everything together, even as I watched my men slaughtered. It had been so easy to take the fort because there had only been a few soldiers manning it. The rest had hid in the underground bunker and waited. Waited for me to make the mistake that they seemingly knew I would. I couldn't come to grips with the fact that I had truly been that predictable or that our enemy was that insightful and clever. I imagined fighting commanders with IQs in the teens but obviously they had outsmarted me. My men surrendered as I had ordered but we were to receive no mercy.

I was forced brutally from my thoughts as an enemy forced a pistol in my ribs and bade me go with him. I did as he commanded. I was lined up with the rest of my men, the few which remained. We were cut down from five thousand to a few hundred. We were rounded up, like sheep, and encircled by the enemies. My body was gripped in horror as the heavy, fifty-caliber chain guns were set up. There were hundreds of them, all staring and waiting for their officer's command. They took aim and I knew the end was in sight.

nstant reaching for my 9mm pistol and barking out orders. It was then, in the middle of the rubble t

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