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After the split moment given the Legionnaire mercenaries during the moment of surprise, three or four of the Infantry had taken shots, falling behind their cover and not returning. The rest of the Chinese having sufficient cover to avoid being hit significantly, they returned fire immediately, firing in bursts at anywhere they saw fire approaching from.

The enemy sniper had slunk away from his position. Lurk's voice comes over the comm again. "The enemy sniper is changing positions. I'm moving to get a better shot."

Even as Lurk speaks, the Bunker's three gunners light up the area in front of them. A spray of 40mm rounds blankets the treeline, with the HMGs mowing down specific areas where the heaviest fire was coming from. The trees would provide little cover from the 40mm- anyone that wasn't in cover when the whole mess started would be hurting very much indeed, if they were even alive anymore. There was only one spray across the gunner's field of vision so far, but the HMG rounds would be gunning down anything that showed itself.

The grenade strikes would be doing damage to the bunker, fortunately. The first round hitting the top of the structure would blow the mound of snow away completely, and successive strikes would rattle the interior and cause debris to fall on the gunners- but they were still very active, much to the chagrin of the rest of the squad.

The front line of Mercs would possible be decimated, if they hadn't managed to find cover. This would namely be Whitesword and his squad. The second in line, Basya, would be having the most problems after them, as most of the 40mm fire would fall among their ranks. Chostsy and his fireteam would be the least damaged, if at all, due to their position near the back- as long as they were careful and not just walking in the open.

Half of the Chinese forces in the area were downed- the most dangerous of them were still active, but possibly wounded in the confusion of combat so far. Legionnaire casualties were unknown at the time, but less than half the squad reacted in a timely manner to the attack.

The only hint of reinforcements approaching would be a loud cracking not far away, towards the base, and a dull thud as something large impacted the snow.