Scorched Earth
“‘They’ll need help,’ Edith pleaded, scrambling over the undergrowth as Daniel looked forlornly back at the screams and smoke rising out of a clearing that was now almost a kilometre behind them.
‘Cower in the woods while others do the fighting and you get what you deserve,’ Luc said. ‘End of story.’ PT and Marc’s responses were more tactful, but Henderson had instilled military discipline in his trainees. They were determined to pursue the 108th, not head back into the woods to administer first... aid.
Occasional shell blasts continued as Team A neared the point where the woods turned to farmland. Unlike the Morels’ large farm, this remote area comprised small peasant farms linked by narrow dirt tracks. Most were farmed by a single family and ringed by hedgerows several metres high.
This warren was one reason why the Maquis found it relatively easy getting in and out of the forest without being seen. PT’s team heard German activity a few fields over as they headed towards a barn stashed with bicycles.MoreLess
‘Cower in the woods while others do the fighting and you get what you deserve,’ Luc said. ‘End of story.’ PT and Marc’s responses were more tactful, but Henderson had instilled military discipline in his trainees. They were determined to pursue the 108th, not head back into the woods to administer first... aid.
Occasional shell blasts continued as Team A neared the point where the woods turned to farmland. Unlike the Morels’ large farm, this remote area comprised small peasant farms linked by narrow dirt tracks. Most were farmed by a single family and ringed by hedgerows several metres high.
This warren was one reason why the Maquis found it relatively easy getting in and out of the forest without being seen. PT’s team heard German activity a few fields over as they headed towards a barn stashed with bicycles.MoreLess
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