One Soldiers War in Chechnya - Download free ebook

The next regiment lost fifteen men in
one go. They were driving in an
armoured Ural when a Fly rocket tore
into them. The truck had windows, so
they didn’t all die. The survivors got out
clutching their heads, vomiting, blood
running from their noses and ears. They
crouched down and lit cigarettes, their
hands trembling, while other soldiers
looked at them and thought: The lucky
buggers survived a rocket hit on a Ural
and now they’ll be loaded into
helicopters and flown to hospital. Yes,
they’re in a bad way; they’re vomiting,
they probably have ruptured kidneys and
lungs, they can’t hear a thing and might
not be able to speak for a long while, but
they survived and that’s all that matters.