The mud has been cold on my bones for a while, but now it's become freezing. Me and the squad still don't move; we need to wait for the rest of R company.
I hear a twig break, I shout:
"Thunder - What's the passphrase?"
"The narwhal bacons at midnight sir"
The operation is a go. I push 'confirm' on my nintendo switch.
My background on my switch is Mitsuki Ichigo from My Lovely Oppai Teacher. It reminds me of home, about my DX racing gaming chair, my 4k set up.
Sergeant: "Hey, son. You look like you've been through hell. I hope you kicked Satan - that is, Putin - right up his ass. Feel free to go to the mess hall and rest up."
American volunteer: "Thanks, sarge. Yeah, w-we showed those bastard commies what-for. Shame about the lack of air power, though. Sunk us in Cuba in '61. We gotta go without it, and it's so much harder. On the road, there was a whole line of 'em - tanks, I mean. Could have blasted them if this was Iraq and been at the Burger King by noon, but we actually had to go in there. It was just like Call of Duty, I played when I was... hell, I was 8. Been training for this my whole life. Put in 6 hours a day in Hearts of Iron when I was a teen, so I know my tactics and logistics. They killed about two-thirds of us, we didn't get any of them, but we got a few bullet holes in their armor. They must be feeling pretty disheartened right about now. Wouldn't wanna imagine what Putin's gonna do to 'em."
Sergeant: "Yeah - the downfall of all dictators is their rage. Us Americans know the value of patience, of waiting for the enemy to make a critical error. We don't get overwhelmed with emotions, we ain't starry-eyed. We're pragmatists. Say, you got a girl back home?"
Volunteer: "dramatically takes out phone with a picture of Belle Delphine on it, without showing the Sergeant; stares at it for a few seconds"
Volunteer: "...yeah, I guess I do. Would give anything to see her again. When this war is over, and Putin has been overthrown, and we're standing in the Kremlin, I'm gonna send her a $100 donation. She might even say my name. I'd be the happiest guy in the world."
