Spears interlocked, smoke billowed, and the square formation ruthlessly crushed flesh.
"Stay close!" Colonel Skool shouted with all his might: "Stay close!"
In melee, soldiers in tight formation will inevitably defeat those in scattered formation.
This simple, crude truth, proven time and again in the long history of human warfare, was first learned by Skur Meklen in the classroom.
Back then, he probably wouldn't have imagined that one day he would personally verify those textbook clichés in the most brutal way.
"Stay close!" Skur leaned against the flagpole to support himself, harshly repeating the order: "Stay close!"
But staying close was too difficult: the noise made ears ring and eyes dazzle, the smoke rendered eyes unable to open, and the slimy intestines were like snare ropes dragging soldiers down, leaving those still standing no place to set foot.
