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It was an earily silent night for a change, when Johnny took his post at the watchtower over the noman's land. Johnny deemed himself lucky to get a breather, as the Soldier whose post he took over, told him that he didn't see a single light all evening. The invaders are planning tonight, but not coming out - he told Johnny.

But around midnight, something caught his eye. He didn't want to ring the bell on a false alarm, so he decided to send a red flare onto the field, to give him some light.
The hiss took off into the distance and the flickering pink got swallowed by the muddy battlefield. And then some of it got reflected by the black metal shells of the machines.

Johnny rang the bell, as the invaders opened fire at this watchtower.

The tower fell over and Johnny got burried in the mud below. When he woke up, the machines already passed him and burned down the camp. He put his face back into the mud and waited for the machines to wander further away, before an hour later he started to crawl forwards, aiming for the second line of defense, 2oo meter to the west. He kept his head down and didn't look around but still it was clear that his camp was gone, his unit was gone, his brothers and sisters in arms were gone. Many of them got captured. When he would see them again, they would be transformed into the same type of metal monster he just saw.

The next morning he arrived at the second unit and gave his report directly to the Commander. There was nothing they could do about it now, other than reinforcing their walls.

This war wouldn't be ending within Johnny's lifetime, he realised.

Description

It was an earily silent night for a change, when Johnny took his post at the watchtower over the noman's land. Johnny deemed himself lucky to get a breather, as the Soldier whose post he took over, told him that he didn't see a single light all evening. The invaders are planning tonight, but not coming out - he told Johnny.

But around midnight, something caught his eye. He didn't want to ring the bell on a false alarm, so he decided to send a red flare onto the field, to give him some light.
The hiss took off into the distance and the flickering pink got swallowed by the muddy battlefield. And then some of it got reflected by the black metal shells of the machines.

Johnny rang the bell, as the invaders opened fire at this watchtower.

The tower fell over and Johnny got burried in the mud below. When he woke up, the machines already passed him and burned down the camp. He put his face back into the mud and waited for the machines to wander further away, before an hour later he started to crawl forwards, aiming for the second line of defense, 2oo meter to the west. He kept his head down and didn't look around but still it was clear that his camp was gone, his unit was gone, his brothers and sisters in arms were gone. Many of them got captured. When he would see them again, they would be transformed into the same type of metal monster he just saw.

The next morning he arrived at the second unit and gave his report directly to the Commander. There was nothing they could do about it now, other than reinforcing their walls.

This war wouldn't be ending within Johnny's lifetime, he realised.