He fired the flare and shouted, "STOP 'EM!" A...
He fired the flare and shouted, "STOP 'EM!"
A shrill cry came out of the jungle across the riverIt was the scream a man might utter if his foot was being crushed"AAAIIIIII, AAAIIIIIIII
The flare burst at the moment the Japanese started their chargeCroft had a split perception of the Japanese machine gun firing from a flank, and then he began to fire automatically, not looking where he fired, but holding his gun low, swinging it from side to sideHe could not hear the other guns fire, but he saw their muzzle blasts like exhausts
He had a startling frozen picture of the Japanese running toward him across the narrow river"AAAAIIIIIIIIIIH," he heard againIn the light of the flare the Japanese had the stark frozen quality of men revealed by a shaft of lightningCroft no longer saw anything chanel tote handbags clearly; he could not have said at that moment where his hands ended and the machine gun began; he was lost in a vast moil of noise out of which individual screams and shouts etched in his mind for an instantHe could never have counted the Japanese who charged across the river; he knew only that his finger was rigid on the trigger barHe could not have loosened itIn those few moments he felt no sense of danger
The line of men who charged across the river began to fallIn the water they were slowed considerably and the concentrated fire from recon's side raged at them like a wind across an open fieldThey began to stumble over the bodies ahead of themCroft saw one soldier reach into the air behind another's body as though trying to clutch something in the sky and Croft fired at him for what seemed many chanel bags wholesale seconds before the arm collapsed
He looked to his right and saw three men trying to cross the river where it turned and ran parallel to the bluffHe swung the gun about and lashed them with itOne man fell, and the other two paused uncertainly and began to run back toward their own bank of the riverCroft had no time to follow them; some soldiers had reached the beach on his side and were charging the gunHe fired point blank at them, and they collapsed about five yards from his hole
Croft fired and fired, switching targets with the quick reflexes of an athlete shifting for a ballAs soon as he saw men falling he would attack another groupThe line of Japanese broke into little bunches of men who wavered, began to retreat
The light of the flare went out and Croft was blinded for a momentThere was no balenciaga replica handbags sound again in the darkness and he fumbled for another flare, feeling an almost desperate urgency"Where is it?" he whispered to Gallagher Croft's hand found the flare box, and he loaded the gun againHe was beginning to see in the darkness, and he hesitatedBut something moved on the river and he fired the flareAs it burst, a few Japanese soldiers were caught motionless in the waterCroft pivoted his gun on them and firedOne of the soldiers remained standing for an incredible timeThere was no expression on his face; he looked vacant and surprised even as the bullets struck him in the chest
Nothing was moving now on the riverIn the light of the flare, the bodies looked as limp and unhuman as bags of grainOne soldier began to float downstream, his face in the waterOn the beach near the gun, another designer louis vuitton denim bags knock offs Japanese soldier was lying on his backA wide stain of blood was spreading out from his body, and his stomach, ripped open, gaped like the swollen entrails of a fowlOn an impulse Croft fired a burst into him, and felt a twitch of pleasure as he saw the body quiver
A wounded man was groaning in JapaneseEvery few seconds he would scream, the sound terrifying in the cruel blue light of the flareCroft picked up a grenade"That sonofabitch is makin' too much noise," he saidHe pulled the pin and lobbed the grenade over to the opposite bankIt dropped like a beanbag on one of the bodies, and Croft pulled Gallagher down with himThe explosion was powerful and yet empty like a blast that collapses windowpanesAfter a moment, the echoes ceased
Croft tensed himself and listened to the sounds from across the cartier roadster swiss watches rive