Sunday, Oct 03, 2010 at 22:08
It was one of those black as night when the Field Regt. decided on a night manoeuvre, comprising of, 3 Batterys of 6- 105mm Howitzers,18 guns,18 6WD International tractors, 27 swb LR's,RAEME trucks and tow-wagons plus assorted stores vehicles,cooks etc.
As we approached the objective, the enemy scouts heard us coming and reported our moves to their command post, in which they woke up all their soldiers for the
forth-coming battle. Their communication system was something to be awed over, if only our systems were so up to date,us,lord over the minions, let down by something so simple.
On we drove on black-out lights, just watching the white-glow of the back differential of the vehicle in front, a quiet droning of engines in 3rd low gear, spaced at 50mts, battle formation, on we went into a battle-to-be.
The enemy scouts alerted their field sentry posts to hold back until all elements of their armies were in place to maximise the most damage inflicted,at the time, we didn't know it, but we were driving into the biggest ambush in Australias Army history, something that never made the tabloids nor electronic media.
We made the objective, un-hooked the howitzers, unloaded the ammunitions and started to fuze the shells whilst others unloaded stores, guns, others rolled out the camo-nets over vehicles. Two men from each LR were sent out as sentries with one-of with a machine-gun,which was to become in just a few moments, totally useless in what was to come.
As the sergents ran around barking out orders softly, the men were quickly stabilising the
trails and setting up a firing mission and then,
The first scream, jesus saints be praised what the? was that? Followed by another soldier screaming his lungs out far over in the surrounds no-one could see him but could only know his position by the screaming he made.
Medics were called, they ran towards the screams, but in only a few moments of laspe time,the battle started, the enemy erupted in a frenzied charge on all sides, there was no escape, we were surrounded, men fell down where they stood, screaming in pain, calling for help, calling for medics but the medical units were overwhelmed, never in their whole history of saving soldiers had they come up against an enemy so intent on inflicting so much pain, that they did not have the most basics of medicines to help their fellow soldiers.
It was a pure nightmare from HELL, pitch dark, men screaming, running to where? God only knows, some-one accidently fired his rifle, he was told to stop firing, he might hit some-one, lol lol, On and on the enemy soldiers came, thousands of them, what should we do, where do we go, which direction,oh god, they're everywhere.
Everybody into the tractors, screamed the officers, turn all lights on, leave the guns, HELL, no one in their right mind going to pinch them, move move, run run, get into any vehicle, go go, drivers the officers yelled, keep driving as best you can, get away from this cursed place, go back to head-quarters if you can.
We've lost this battle, but we'll be back to claim our guns.
Our Regiment drove onto the biggest bull-ant colony in Australia, so big, that the ADF hired crop dusters to spray the area, so other soldiers could retrieve everything that was left behind.
Over 300 men were bitten by bull ants,one officer received over 24 bites around his ***** struth, I bet that hurt. Yep, he got a medal,actually the top of the dog-biscuit tin shaped like a star, lol lol
That area was marked on all maps for future reference of NOT TO GO THERE for training purposes
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Follow Up By: Ayita5 - Monday, Oct 04, 2010 at 08:14
Monday, Oct 04, 2010 at 08:14
hahaha, very entertaining! You should be a writer! I'd buy your book.
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