The Darkest Hour Page #2

- CaIm?

- No, where is it safe?

- Are the TaIiban in the area?

- They've taken the whoIe area.

How couId you not know?

They're everywhere.

TeII us if you see anything.

So we can get them out

of the area.

We cannot cooperate with you.

You come with all your weapons,

and then you Ieave.

We're staying here, and then the

TaIiban wiII come after us.

But if you don't cooperate,

we cannot secure the area -

- and then we can't build

a schooI for your kids.

You have guns, they have guns.

If I taIk, they'II cut my throat.

- First patrol reporting!

- Look at my back!

Look cooI, man!

Just a sec.

First patroI reporting.

It didn't feel Iike anything.

Not reaIIy.

I probabIy will,

when we get into the shooting.

But this is aIso part of it.

It's not all fighting.

Right, we're also here

to heIp these poor peopIe.

It's like going to the fun fair

without trying the roIIercoasters.

AIright, Iet's start the debriefing.

The patrol itseIf. How did it go?

Individual skills reaIIy sucked.

SeriousIy.

How many feII to their knees

on short stops?

So, eight men out of 50.

Do we agree that

this has to be improved?

Get into the habit now.

Get your fat ass down on its knees -

- because at some point

if you don't, then pow!

So kneeI, damn it!

Right. Anything else?

I think I ought to say what I got out

of this patroI. And it wasn't a Iot.

Rememberthis is an agricuIturaI area.

The peasants have just sown their

wheat. And we're pIoughing it down.

I couId only say that our security out

there was to trample their fieIds down.

Nothing's happening out there yet.

The good old classic. The cooIest

thing about porn is the story Iine.

I'd Iike doctors Iike that,

if I go to hospital.

StrangeIy enough it heIped him!

It's weird, don't you think?

You voIunteerto sIeep on a tiny cot -

- and eat crap food for six months.

- l know there's more to it.

- l'm doing it forthe team spirit.

- Team spirit and adventure.

- Yeah.

- How do your parents feeI about it?

- They're not overjoyed.

My parents were Iike:

''Don't go on missions.'' -

So I decided to go to Kosovo,

and on my first day at the garrison -

- l stiII thought

I was going to Kosovo.

But at the meeting we were told

that Kosovo wasn't an option.

Here it's aII 'Afghan'.

I caIIed my mother afterwards -

- and toId her I was going

to Afghanistan after aII.

She cried her eyes out.

F***ing heII, Rasmus.

What time is it?

- 41 minutes past.

- What's this? A IittIe muIIah?

- Are those animaIs? Two foxes?

- They sure aren't hedgehogs.

What the heII was that?

- Was that mortars?

- CaII in and find out.

You know what's going on?

Over.

I have a good idea.

I'll just check it out.

It's probably the person digging

from before that we engaged. Over.

It's cooI they bombed the idiot.

Too bad we can't see him.

You'II be an easy target now.

- lt's doing a recce.

- Nice.

It's our eyes out there.

It's cooI that it can check out

suspicious things in a compound.

Right.

I'd Iike to see some action now.

I don't know

what my first reaction wiII be.

We haven't got a chance to know what

it's Iike, when we haven't tried it.

And the thought of these

'foreign fighters', you know.

I can imagine that the first contact

wiII be rather spicy.

He could be TaIiban.

Just Iike anyone

of the 7 biIIion peopIe out there.

- Too bad we can't tell them apart.

- The onIy difference is the weapon.

He could be hiding it

under his cIothes.

But it's cIever.

Imagine we couId do the same.

Do you think anyone

is watching us?

- Someone's aIways watching us.

- Right.

There's bound to be someone

in these compounds -

- who is on the Taliban side

and keeps an eye on us.

What are you seeing?

What does he want?

What now, BiIIy Bob?

Hang on a sec.

- Who?

- This guy.

- ls it the informer?

- No, he's Iighting a cigarette.

They don't aIways do that.

There's been an uproar on the net

about the 40 Pakistanis -

- who are said to be entrenched -

- but their presence hasn't been

verified. lt could be a spook or real.

We're going on a domination patrol -

- which is a matter of preventing him

from moving freeIy -

- and denying him the upper hand

or being master of the domain.

We've got your back.

Any updates? Over.

- Enemy forces have been sent out.

Roger that.

Who are you?

British? Canadian?

- Danish.

- Danish?

- Are you Jewish or Christian?

- Jewish?

No.

We're Christian.

Why are you here?

Look what you've done to our soiI.

Look!

You shot it up.

You kiIIed our cow.

- And you've wounded our famiIy.

- Why did you do that?

- The TaIiban are way over there.

- They have Iots of big weapons.

And they'lI shoot you.

Over.

Roger. When the civiIians are gone,

they'II open fire. Correct?

Get down!

I have impact.

Scan the area!

- Did you see where it came from?

- Signaler, Iet's go.

What was that?

Was it incoming?

- What did you say?

- The TaIiban are ready to attack.

- lt's jammed.

- Sh*t.

- Cover us, so 6 can get up here.

- This crap isn't working.

Hurry, Mini.

-Allahu Akbar,

- Signaler, into the water.

They're behind the two compounds

in a holIow.

- Two shooters.

- Krag, ready to go over the top?

Between the two compounds

in the hoIIow. Ready?

- Over there! Can you see them?

- No.

- They're in the hoIIow.

- Yes.

Between the two compounds.

Red smoke. 500 m.

- Get ready to fire the recoiIIess gun.

- Firing!

Reload, reIoad ...!

Everybody out!

Way to go!

- Super.

- WeII done.

It's a nice big hoIe.

- What do you think, guys?

- That's what I call a gun slit.

We can see the whole terrain.

He was near the ditch.

- The TaIiban are ready to fire.

- CarefuI! Stay down!

The TaIiban have reported

they can see five of us.

- Signaler, let's move away.

- l'm coming.

Hit the deck!

- 5, get down!

- Hey! Isn't it over?.

No! Get down!

Whisky reports, ''Get down.''

- The peopIe standing couId get shot.

- Whisky sees ninjas everywhere.

Yes, the guy's a bundle of nerves.

Did you see those guys running?

Where ...?

I've got them.

It's just some kids.

Roger. Out.

That was an annoying message.

The IocaIs asked the Taliban

not to shoot -

- so they can evacuate the wounded

women and chiIdren. Not good.

- That's gross.

- ls that a wounded or a dead person?

If they reaIIy are cowards,

they might be carrying weapons out.

- The thought did cross my mind.

- lt's a good excuse to stare at us.

And they can move weapons to a new

position, when we're on our way back.

Maybe it's just a civilian casuaIty.

- That guy's got baIIs.

- l hate those damn Taliban.

You can't tell who's who, and the

d*cks shoot from civilian compounds.

- There's not much we can do.

- No, but it's messy.

- What's up, SignaIer?

- WeII done. Your baptism of fire.

- lt was a good start for beginners.

- l was about to say that.

- lt was a good start for beginners.

- Everybody out, everybody home.

Mini?

How much 12.7 ammo did you fire?

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