outfield = mosquitoes + zzz + wait & wait
This wk in camp began and concluded wif our 4 day 3 night outfield. It was supposed to be siong for everyone but as only 4 tanks per coy moved out, the spare tankees had something else installed for us.
It was initially planned for us to stay wif our coy to help out wif at the lagger sites wif fatigue work(means sai kang actually...hehe). But the RSM wanted us to pose as civilians in the outfield to slow down the advancing coy(the attacker for that mission). The coys had different missions everyday and they were required to fight against each other. The spare tankees thus moved ard in the RSM's 5-tonner and had the privelege of wearing civilian attires (instead of our heavy, hot cover-alls).
On day 1, the B-coy tankees were not notified b4-hand and we went there in our cover-alls, wifout helmets somemore (much to the displeasure of our CO & RSM! Oh dear~). The RSM had to specially take 2 of our B-coy tankees(I happen to be 1 of them) back to camp to get our helmets. We did sentry on day 1 and in the wee hrs of day 2, we moved to a training shed located at a T-junction where C-coy(the attacker for tt day) was bound to pass by. Our mission was to delay their advancement.
We encountered many B-coy veh b4 we went abt wif our mission of delaying C-coy. It was quite fun besides the setback of having lotsa mosquitoes at the training shed. It was so bad tt our sgt suggested for us to stay in the tonner where we lit many mosquito coils to deter them from entering and disturbing us. We had lotsa bites already though, itchy like siao.
The funniest thing tt happened for the whole outfield occured over there right b4 us. It was all peaceful and a B-coy bikey appeared. He stopped just beside the training shed where we were and started to coms the B-coy ppl I think. None of us knew that at that time, the C-coy AIs are already hiding in the trees behind us(the spare tankees and also the bikey) ready to ambush the B-coy veh when they pass by. 3 B-coy veh passed by and were engaged by the C-coy AIs. During the engagement, the bikey continued wif his conversation using the signal set on his bike, lost in his own world, not knowing wat's happening ard him. The 3 veh proceeded on wif their movement and the C-coy AIs advanced towards the bikey from behind and he was unknowingly caught by them (he becomes their POW, haha sad case). The sian diaoz look on his face was so obvious sia, we couldn't help but laugh lorz, lol. We spent the whole of day 2 there at the training shed, most of the time waiting for the C-coy veh to come and engaging in conversation wif them to slow down their advancement and also to test them on how to handle civilians cos civilians are protected by lotsa laws such as the Geneva Convention. It is very hard for military personnel to handle civilians... In the evening, we reported back to RSM and much to our surprise, he instructed us to return to camp to take a bath! (wa piang, outfield where got bath this kinda thing wanz?!?) After bathing in camp and returning to the outfield, we had nothing to do but sleep for the rest of the time lorz (everyone squeezed into the 5-tonner to rest and prep for the nxt day lorz).
Day 3 required us to slow down A-coy. We waited at the admin area until the RSM notified the driver and sgt of where to go to and when we reached there, we waited and waited and waited and when A-coy came, the veh commander(VC) asked what we were doing there and wifout tryin to negotiate his way thru, they reversed and went searching for an alternative route (sian lorz, they dun wana play at all). We moved to another area to slow them down again but aft waiting for the whole aftnoon, they nvr came. Eventually in the evening, we decided to call off the plan and return to the admin area to look for RSM but along the way, we passed by A-coy's lagger area where they were resting and met the RSM there as well. He then decided to see us at work and we disturbed the already shagged out A-coy ppl. They were all very tired and were definitely sian diaoz to see us approaching them lorz. There were 2 AIs who were rather stern wif us when we advanced towards their a-veh(armoured vehicle) and they even cocked their weapons and pointed their weapons at us when we were very near their veh. It seemed rather harsh but it was the right thing to do and they calmly handled us. Well done guys, hope din irritate u so much that u hate us! haha =P After the RSM seen enough of us at work, he called it a day and we were instructed to return to camp and go outfield again only tml! (wa laoz, outfield were got sleep back in camp in the comfort of our bed wanz?!? We even went for canteen break for our dinner lorz, kaoz...)
Day 4 required us to delay B-coy. We went to an area where they were supposed to pass by and to our surprise, the C-coy ppl have already camped in the forest in tt area for 14hrs waiting to ambush B-coy(again? -_-"). The C-coy sgt who gave us a lot of problems on day 1 as he knew of how we wanted to trouble them negotiated wif us and we paka (work together) to 'kill' B-coy. How sad the plan was sia, I'm from B-coy and I'm working wif another coy to destory B-coy. Luckily B-coy nvr came and in the aftnoon, the whole exercise was ended by the CO in the aftnoon. We the spare tankees had the benefit of moving off 1st in our 5-tonner and we reached camp much earlier than the rest of the battalion.
I quickly bathed and all of us waited for the battalion to return b4 we went down to the veh shed to help out wif AOS and dismounting of the OVM(stuff we bring along wif us in the tanks when we go outfield). The spare tankees brought the GPMG(machine guns) back to coy line and aft dinner, we began cleaning them (the insides of our weapons are usually covered wif carbon aft firing them). We took the whole night and only cleaned the weapons to a SATISFACTORY standard at 3am on Saturday (super sian diaoz and low morale lorz....) We slept for only 2 hrs and woke up for breakfast at 5.30am. After breakfast, we were supposed to do area cleaning but of course, the main crew are so super-shagged tt everyone went to sleep instead...hehe.
3 of us had to go down to the washing bay to clear up the mess we created from washing the a-veh. Lotsa mud left behind there and we spent the whole morn cleaning up the mess(the problem is tt our morale is further lowered knowing tt while we're cleaning, the C-coy ppl are already bking out!). The 1st wave ppl (me included) were finally released from our super siong job at ard 11am when the 2nd wave of B-coy ppl came to the washing bay to help out. How ironic sia, this few hrs is the most siong time of the wk for me lorz, more siong than my 4 days of outfield...lol. We then waited at our coy-line for every1 to return b4 the whole coy booked out together at ard 12.30pm. Sad case lorz, C-coy already left early in the morn and at ard 11+am, we had to see the A-coy ppl leave b4 us as well. *sigh*
Hai, to add insult to injury, us, the B-coy ppl have to bk on sunday by 10.30pm cos we have some nonsense chemical defense thingy on monday while A & C-coy ppl get to bk in on monday night...hai...life sux for B-coy ppl sia...
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