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KILL HIM OR YOU WILL DIE

 

KILL HIM OR YOU WILL DIE

 

Here you are in your Apache D model gunship

with a full warload of death.

Three tanks have just been killed

but now Russian gunships come at you with a vengeance,

first a Mil 28 havoc which you shoot down with your cannon.

Both crew killed in a fiery death.

Now a Kamov Werewolf on your tail,

his tracer shells flying past in a deadly display of fire.

A quick turn and climb saves you.

He is faster but heavier so you cut

the power and he thunders on by.

He is in your sites for a second

and you fire a missile. Hit! He dissolves

in a ball of fire as he is blown to pieces.

You win – but will you win next time?

 

 

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