He wasabout to ask Dao-the sergeant knew so much else, he might know theanswer to that too-when a hoarse croak interrupted them from behind,from the door they stood beside. He'd had hard country to cross, mountainouspart of the time, and been living off the land, so when the terrain permitted,he went for speed. T'swa trained? Lanks told them what he knew. At one stretch, theSmoleni had violated such a shelter with mortar fire, throwing the columninto confusion, and causing more concentrated casualties than sniping did.
The emphasis was on small-unit tactics inT'swa-type actions. Squad tents were being raised. Sunlightstreamed through screened windows, floodlights for dancing dust motes. When Retributor sallied forth under the command of its mad emperor, itdid not spare worlds already ravaged.
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