Rockets rained down out of the night sky.
Smoky contrails ending in staccato impacts sent shrapnel and debris flying. Men were knocked off their feet. Secondary explosions filled the firebase with orange light from fires.
Already the base alarm was sounding.
Outgoing counterbattery could be heard as the base responded to this new and sudden threat. Mortars thumped in the night from inside the firebase.
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