It was filled with women prisoners and I was almost sick because I knew why it was here and not with the other prisoners. We call them Jelly Birds because they are like old earth jelly fish in many ways. Xxx I moved again and then shifted to drop beside the last man in third squad, “second we need smoke.”
I started firing again as several smoke grenades exploded behind us and first squad came on, “first set.”
I glanced to the left, “third pull back, first cover.”
We were trying to move back to break contact but the enemy was pressing us hard. I cut a couple of dozen before carrying everything to the water and tossing it in with a lot of tiny vines I had found.