Chapter Five
“Right!” Sergeant Bay barked suddenly enough to make several of the men jump. “One Section, you are going out with Captain Wilkes. Balkhi, you’ll be going too. Two Section you are staying here under me. Three Section you are staging on. Section commanders are we clear?”
Catching the eye of Corporal Cresswell, One Section’s commander, Wilkes pointed at him, then tapped his scalp in an exaggerated movement. “On me,” he mouthed.
The other man nodded and immediately began assembling the men under his command.
Pulling on his kit, but leaving his helmet clipped by his waist, Wilkes checked the array of pouches attached to his body armour were closed and secure before adjusting his comms kit, ready to test with the rest of the section.
The camp was a flurry of activity, he noted
