Battleground (1998)
““How could they do it? I sent two hundred men in there to put down that raid on the prison, and all hundred and sixty prisoners still got away? You’re telling me that they all escaped and got on U.S. Navy hovercraft and charged out to sea? The one hundred and sixty hostages I had in the prison all got away?”
“Yes, my general. There were the jets strafing the prison, and then they had direct hits on our trucks that brought in the men. The men couldn’t fight back against hundreds of rounds of twe...nty-millimeter cannon fire. I’m sorry, my general.”
“You’re sorry? Hell, we lose this fight and you’ll be hanged, you know that, don’t you?”
The colonel nodded.
“So, what do we have left? The ship, the stinking little frigate we captured at dockside. How many men we have guarding it?”
“There are twenty-four men under Lieutenant Elijah Koinange. He’s a fine officer.”
“Have you heard from him today?”
“No, sir.”
“Didn’t you give him one of our new radios?”MoreLess
“Yes, my general. There were the jets strafing the prison, and then they had direct hits on our trucks that brought in the men. The men couldn’t fight back against hundreds of rounds of twe...nty-millimeter cannon fire. I’m sorry, my general.”
“You’re sorry? Hell, we lose this fight and you’ll be hanged, you know that, don’t you?”
The colonel nodded.
“So, what do we have left? The ship, the stinking little frigate we captured at dockside. How many men we have guarding it?”
“There are twenty-four men under Lieutenant Elijah Koinange. He’s a fine officer.”
“Have you heard from him today?”
“No, sir.”
“Didn’t you give him one of our new radios?”MoreLess
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