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Chapter 27: the squall II
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2024-10-29 19:42:56I have read many books about the realisms of the centre of a battle field and have also had major lectures and drills on it, as well as earned a few portable relics from the most heated extremities.
Stored away in a metallic intricate case, were the shotgun shells that emanated from the prided weapons of Lt-Col. Odumegwu Ojukwu and the
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I ducked immediately as the familair sound of shattering glass springing forth from the wind screen, came dropping around me. I had run out of ammo and yet the battle was still escalating brutally. My actions were hurried and sharp as I reached for the Carbine shells to reload but then on resuming my counter attack, my eyes registered the events happening around. It was as though time had slowed as I took in the sight of the tragic scenery, the bullets piercing through targets as they fell, the mines being triggered and ignited by the stray bullets and my skin boiling from the severe extent of the heat that sprung from the jumbles of destruction as well as upsurge of the attack around us. Everything seemed like a repeat of that disastrous day as I watched lives perish as a result of these animals. My breaths had quickened as I knew deep down that these men wouldn't stop still they drew the last drops of blood and the constant drums of the word "run," resounding in my ears.
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"There has to be something," Aliyu voiced again minutes later and I was sure I was already lost, wallowing in the void the blackness created, in a state between sleep and reality, somewhere at the depths of dwam. "Our search would begin at dawn," I yawned faintly but still I could sense the rollercoaster ride his mind had launched into from where I sat. "No," he uttered, jerking his hand towards the way behind us, still engrossed in his scuttering cycle of thinking. "What are you proposing, we can't go anywhere without backup," I said sitting up from my relaxed position on the hard tree bark, a little more tense and alert now. "The lead said the game reserves but what if it's not," he declared again and it had me tilting my head seeking clarification. "You mean to say, we are going in the wrong direction?" "Well the Sambisa is the game reserve itself but the question now is where exactly inside this massive area of land," he continued, stating his idea and it h
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The sweat mixing with the fresh wound on my head, stimulating another throbbing feel of the intense pain. The tips of my fingers were at the brink with fragmented pieces falling into my eyes, obstructing my vision and inflicting more damage. Everything was against me in the fraction of this second as it was displayed and I could feel my hold slip off but still, I toiled with exertion till the pain in my hand made it known that I couldn't hold on any longer and I let go.
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We had descended from the slopes, away from the Rhumsiki while walking beneath the mountains where the shallow caves lay. The area was filled with so much green vegetation and arable lands with trees longer and leaves firmer."1967, All the way back to the Civil war," Aliyu began, his words a tale I was familiar with as we walked. "Ah amidst the coups of the five majors and the postwar economic boom, a strife between two emblems as the bloody Thursday befell, hence the calamitous Biafran war," I finished in summary of the most devastating and mournful history we've ever faced. "Indeed a verbatim without error," he smirked as my lips shaped into a smug smile."Moreover, The then Head of State, Yakubu Gowon had created secret bunkers around this area for a special military group at that time," Aliyu added, further explaining as we walked, disclosing something I hadn't been aware of."Bunkers?" I asked my tone evident of the surprise that his statement imbued."Yes Lade, Camp Zero, Camp
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