The Forty Third War: Journal 8

This morning we were woken up early, because we were to switch with the soldiers who were patrolling. We heard Sergeant Diaz and Sergeant Juan were arguing about something. They were saying that the loyalists had figured out our location. We didn’t know how, but we thought it was because of the noise we made last night while firing the guns. Sergeant Diaz was worried and wanted our troop go back, but Sergeant Juan said that the troops would be here any time. After about thirty minutes there was a machine gun firing at us from the other side of the river. It went on for about two minutes and it stopped, and they fired after two minutes again. We were told not to shoot. We waited for some time, and when the loyalists appeared form the other side, we were told to kill them. Ten minutes later, the other troops arrived, and they started to run to the other side, we followed them. I wasn’t around my friends, but I wasn’t worried, because I am a good soldier. On the way to the city, we killed everyone on our way. So we started to search the city, because no one was there. We killed them all of the snipers. Then we went to the church located at the center of the city. A sniper shot Eduardo on his shoulder, so I pulled him in the church, where he was taken care of. Suddenly, a man shot everyone until he was killed. I was also shot on the shoulder. It was very painful, and then I fainted.

I woke up, with Roberto on my side. He said that Carlos was wounded grievously and he was taken to a hospital. I fell asleep again. I woke up when we were in another camp. Roberto told me that the captain had decided that all of the soldiers were to go to their villages. When the army needed soldiers, someone would be sent to get them. The revolutionary army was going underground to prepare for another battle.