We all got as low to the ground as we could and fired upon at anything that moved through the gully. Everything in the gully fired back. Bullets whizzed by us. A bullet goes through the arm of one of Dagger Fife's soldiers, but he just keeps firing. They came in waves, one after the other, and began lining up at fallen tree about eighty meters away. Then the real fun began. I went to reload, and a bullet ripped the magazine from my hand. A bullet grazes Peng's cheek and he only seems to get more pissed.
"Dao fife to all air support, we are taking heavy fire and are about to be overrun. "
"Read you fife by fife, Dao fife. Inbound, ten seconds"
One of the two hummingbird gunships -- Hammer-Six -- swoops by the gully, and turns its left broadside to face the attackers on the tree. For a single second the shooting stops. A second later it starts again. Four machineguns firing simultaneously upon the insurgents from less than twenty meters away. The quad-machine gun makes a sound like the sky ripping in half. The sky holds this time; this time it's the insurgents being ripped in half. And from twenty meters, twenty men are turned hamburger meat in less than twenty seconds.
" Thanks, hammer six. Good guns." Dagger Fife's LT says over the radio.
"These guys are pushing hard on us today," Chang says.
"That's because their handlers are pushing hard on them." Hei Bai says.
"You sure they're here?" asks Peng.
"Absolutely." Thein Kyu answers.
There's a whizzing noise, and a trail of smoke snakes into the air. A rocket barely misses the second gunship.
"That's them. I'm sure of it."
Buno says "Sir, I recommend we take neutralize that threat to the gunship."
"Good call Buno, that's what we'll do." Hei Bai turned to the young LT, "Can you hold the line from here?"
"Absolutely Captain."
"OK boys, let's haul it. Wedge formation and keep it tight.”
“Animals are everywhere today," Thein Kyu says.