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Seventh installment

"this looks like it's been attacked" I said,
"it has, the Serbians (who were the enemy) do not care what they attack, all the patients and staff have been moved to the basement as it's safer there" came his reply.
As Nigel and Ernie got out and walked towards the hospital I wondered what sort of war this was, it would not take me long to realize how dirty a war this was. As we sat talking we heard explosions getting closer, George decided that because we were sitting on so much explosives in the lorry that we should get out just incase and take cover, I couldn't agree more. After about fifteen minutes a lot of explosions and George telling me about his family, Ernie and Nigel appeared on their way back, we got back into the lorry, Nigel and George started to talk in Hungarian, I guessed that George was asking how Nigels brother was. 
We carried on until we reached the same building as before, we turned in and parked the lorry next door to Ron's car. We got out and Ernie that we would get a uniform and rifle for me before going back to Laslovo, so I followed until he told me to wait while he went to get someone, he came back with a soldier who seemed much older than us, he introduced himself as Andrea and he spoke perfect english. We went inside and he unlocked the door to our left and we went in, it was their clothing store and gave me a uniform without checking the size, I hoped it would fit, even if it didn't I had my British uniform which was much better than what I had been given. We left the room locking it behind us, unlocked another door and gave me a brand new AK47, four magazines and a cleaning kit, he got me to sign for them and came back with a few things for Ernie then outside to the lorry. As Ernie had a few more things to attend to we waited by the lorry and I had time to annalize my surroundings, I noticed that everyone was in uniform but all not necessarily the same and there were some just wearing ordinary shoes. Most were carrying some type of weapon Thompsons, shotguns and AK47's at least they were armed. It seemed to me that these people were fighting a war on a shoestring and without being actually trained. There didn't seem to be any form of command structure and it seemed that he or she didn't know what they were supposed to be doing they were just loitering. They didn't know much about military strategy or they would have fortified this building better if they were using it as some kind of barracks, I saw no military armour only an old transporter that seemed to be out of commission, I wondered what sort of tanks, artillery and airplanes they were using on the front line if any, how far away were the enemy positions, how many soldiers in total did we have, so many questions and not a lot of answers, it didn't matter I was here now, I had enlisted, I had to make the best of whatever situation I was put in. This country was definitely the underdog in this war, it was the same all over the world the mightier wants to conquer the weaker, communist Yugoslavia to stay as part of their country and were willing to use all their military force to achieve their objectives, I must help in whatever way I could, I will see what I can do when I reach Laslovo, my first destination. It would not be long before I found out as Ernie came back and we all got in the truck and set off, I hoped that nothing would hit our lorry or we would never reach Laslovo my new home for how long was anybodies guess. 

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