Operation Trident Hammer

New york port, Brooklyn, New york
March 5st

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4:20 PM

The road to the port has been hard and difficult, After attacking the airport it was obvious that they would reinforce their positions and prepare to defend.  Right now we have to fight through every street to reach the enemy base and destroy it.  The progress has been quite slow and costly in our lives. Now the houses are nests for machine guns, snipers on rooftops, underground stations bunkers, and trenches. At all times we are receiving an ambush from some new direction.  I never thought that I would see this city in this state in my life, especially after yesterday it was a calm and happy place, now it is the same hell that hit Europe so many times.

Right now I was inside a building just about 5 blocks from the port, I was taking a break with my team, those who survived the combat at the airport. The shots sound dangerously close, a block away, maybe someone on the street is shooting right now.  Inside we were sitting anywhere and without any order, we had not stopped fighting since the day began, and when the order came to attack the port we immediately set off.  We are taking advantage of a couple of minutes to regain our strength and eat something because I had not eaten all day since I woke up. Where we were, it seemed to be an apartment building, its inhabitants had been evacuated but they left everything behind, so we took advantage of it and searched the kitchens to steal food. 

With these minutes of rest, some took advantage and let out their hidden emotions, others began to pray. And then there were those who like me already cared about nothing and we settled down to talk any nonsense in order to improve morale. Someone was talking about how he planned to go fishing in a lake with his son next month. Another about how he met a girl in a bar near here.  In one of those, they asked me why now my skin was much redder than this morning.  Well, that was because now I am an albino, so like them, I am a little weak in the light of the sun. Normally nothing happens to me, but on days like today that I have been outside almost all day, I get sunburned more easily than an ordinary person. But it is nothing serious, it is the same as when a person goes to the beach and tans, but it is nothing serious, only that can happen to me more easily.  Tamamo tried to cook something using the "borrowed" kitchen room, but we ended up using a fire extinguisher.

Once the 82 had radioed us that they had managed to reach the edge of the port, so they occupied everyone for the final assault. I got up and went over the plan to give advice to the men under my command. 

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