disposable soldier chapter 5. holiday assault. town of l. frotline. winter '23-'24. the original can be found here:   e16c9ca9a21c77a2960065ab-applicatio npdf.pdf 1/? early in the morning, we began our advance. generally, in an active combat zone, there are three categories of soldiers: assault troops, defensive troops, and evacuation (eva). assault troops, well, assault  they advance into a square held by the enemy, eliminate the enemy, and establish a defensive perimeter. a day or two (or perhaps a week) later, the assault troops are replaced by defensive troops. these guys hold the positions: they dig in. defensive troops are supposed to hold the line for a long period. eva  these are the evacuation teams, supply runners, and guides. ideally, eva doesn't engage in combat. eva retrieves the wounded, delivers provisions, ammunition, and batteries for radios, and also guides groups in and out. however, in reality, every soldier can switch between these three roles depending on orders: eva can become defensive troops, and defensive troops can go on the assault. we were assault troops  we were told that right away. early in the morning, i put on all my gear, we met up with kaban and the rest of the group, and set off. already at this point, i realized that i was getting exhausted again, even with a light backpack. along the way, we ran into the company commander, who gave us new radio frequencies and wished us luck. two other groups were moving ahead of us at a considerable distance. the first checkpoint was reaching "the fort."
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