THE ZONE 08 Civilian Slaughter by James Rouch

Author:James Rouch
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“What are we looking for?” Sergeant Hyde stood with the major and watched the progress of the excavation.

The explosion that had buried the bunker had loosened all the surrounding soil and the Russians were having to shore-up as they dug deeper.

“I want to find out what Warpac unit was here when that happened.” He knew he didn't have to explain what “that” was.

“Then we should know soon.” Hyde shouted a warning to the diggers and they scrambled clear as a side wall of the pit collapsed. “Fairly soon, that is.” He had to shout again to get them back to work, and away from the water bucket. “Pity no one at HQ can tell us; this has taken fifty men off the work on the road.”

“Maybe they could, but I've a feeling our radio traffic will be monitored for a while, to make sure we're being good boys and not telling tales out of school.” Revell impatiently watched the men making a clumsy chore of re-fixing the shoring.

One of Vokes's pioneers jumped down to join them, and by pushing one man, and threatening another with a huge fist, and a torrent of incomprehensible Dutch, got the task done in half the time.

“This way no one finds out we've been making inquiries, and maybe takes away our radio and transport.”

“Major, major sir.”

The call came from an excavation on the far side of the site.

Grigori, with an air of self-appointed authority, was supervising the removal of a body from beneath splintered logs that had formed a bunker's roof. They were smoked-stained on what had been the underside and soot coated much of the corpse.

A loop of razor wire girdling the woman's torso had to be cut before the remains could be hauled clear. The fractured end of a thigh bone projected from flesh that was fast decomposing.

“You won't mind, Major, if I point out that I'm trained to work on patients who aren't turning green at the edges and have maggots coming out of their nose.” Distastefully, Sampson pushed the body over to examine the back, then let it roll face up again.

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