Outskirts of Polin, Eraphalia
October 30th, 2016
And So They Fell
There were loud bursts of machine-gun fire as the military held off the approaching hordes that were slipping out of Polin and the towns surrounding it. What is a reminiscence of old wars, the army formed all around Polin, circling it off. There were tactical maneuvers, drawing the horde to key areas and introducing the dead to kill-zones where they'll be mowed down by machine-gun fire. From time to time the Eraphalian airforce would bring in CAS elements to eliminate vast swaths of the dead.
It has been an hour since the operation had started and the piles of corpses started to pile higher and higher. There were times when the Eraphalian lines seemed to shift, but nonetheless the brave defenders held on. Yet not all were good news as along the lines were incidents that would press themselves hard against the minds of the soldiers. They saw groups of survivors attempting to escape, closing in on the soldiers. They saw them run with hope in their eyes and that is when everything went horribly wrong.
Not even once would those victims think their own countrymen would turn on them. Not even when the soldiers began opening fire, not even when the bullets started to pierce through flesh. There were massacres of innocent civilians as the army held onto its defensive posts. No one, not even the children, were allowed to escape out of the quarantined area. To the men and women defending the lines, the only thing that existed in the zone were the dead, not even if they cried and screamed for help.
For the survival of Eraphalia, nothing is excused. Polin's sacrifice was the only first step as the Eraphalian government maneuvered to keep Juna safe while it was under construction. Only until Juna was completed will Eraphalia take a breath of fresh air.