The Watchman (2013)
“I made sure I had the spare magazines lined up and free of dust and sand. I had a good field of fire and the advantage of higher ground. It wasn’t much, but you work with what you’ve got.
If the Somalis had seen something suspicious, and came up the hill to find out what it was, I’d have to put most or all of them down before they got here. If I let them get behind me or to the flanks, I’d be dead meat.
The problem was if they all began blasting away. A few isolated shots would be ignored as sh...ooting practice or high spirits. But any higher than normal volume of fire would quickly attract attention from the town. Give it ten minutes and I’d have more trouble than I could deal with.
My mouth was dry with tension. I took a sip of water and waited for the men to move.
A shot whipped over my head, the crack following a split second later. I hadn’t seen the shooter throw the rifle to his shoulder, so I was guessing it was a show-off round. The slug hit a rock somewhere behind me and howled off into space.MoreLess
If the Somalis had seen something suspicious, and came up the hill to find out what it was, I’d have to put most or all of them down before they got here. If I let them get behind me or to the flanks, I’d be dead meat.
The problem was if they all began blasting away. A few isolated shots would be ignored as sh...ooting practice or high spirits. But any higher than normal volume of fire would quickly attract attention from the town. Give it ten minutes and I’d have more trouble than I could deal with.
My mouth was dry with tension. I took a sip of water and waited for the men to move.
A shot whipped over my head, the crack following a split second later. I hadn’t seen the shooter throw the rifle to his shoulder, so I was guessing it was a show-off round. The slug hit a rock somewhere behind me and howled off into space.MoreLess
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