The extraction point was compromised. Elena Vasquez saw the enemy vehicles before her team did—three trucks, fifty soldiers, their weapons ready.
"Contact!" she shouted. "Take cover!"
The team scattered, finding rocks, trees, anything for cover. Bullets cracked past, grenades exploded, the enemy pressed forward.
"Command, Echo Lead! Extraction point is hot! Request immediate support!"
Static. Then: "Echo Lead, support is ten minutes out. Hold your position."
Ten minutes. Elena looked at her team, at the enemy advancing, at the odds.
"Chen, suppress left. Miller, right. I'll