Outside, the snow blew in howling waves across a white wasteland, veiling the forms of several other nearby MiG-21’s. In an attempt to force down his terror and distract himself from the thoughts swirling in his head, Theodor looked toward the monitor displaying the external view.
Should I protect myself by betraying Katia? Or should I get rid of her in the confusion of battle, and forget about everything?įear ran through his arms, causing his hands grasping the control sticks to tremble. However, Theodor reasoned, they must not have any concrete evidence-that was why Beatrice had tried to appeal to his sense of self-preservation. The Stasi clearly suspected something they wouldn’t have made such an absurd move otherwise. His breath came in rapid gasps, and his heart was pounding like a drum. That girl’s the daughter of a General that had his very existence erased from the records of this country… if she gets found out, she’ll be executed on the spot. However, it was a completely different subject that occupied his thoughts. In the cockpit of his MiG-21, Theodor stared at the growing cluster of little red dots as they gradually covered the map, with lips tightly drawn into a straight line. It was only a matter of time until they made contact with the fortified positions on the west bank. Their speed of advancement was in excess of 90 km per hour and, with nothing holding back their momentum, had now arrived at the Bóbr River, 30km east of the Neisse. The dots were marked as a formation of Destroyer class-the BETA vanguard-that was charging westward. The map of the battlefield projected on the retinal display was covered with red dots. Approximately 50 km from the East Bank of the Neisse River
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