>PISCH PISH PISH
>Your team dives to the ground by the side of the road as you hear that familliar sound
>bullets flying overhead, sounds like a very loud twig snapping
>you, being the teams skarpskytt peak over the edge, looking at a 200 meter field and woodline past it
>after scouting with your sight for a while you see movement
>russians in green-white dotty uniforms, you ask the fänrik if you can open fire
>he says yes and you start breathing heavily getting very tunnel visioned
>you squeeze the trigger, squeezing it slowly almost waiting for the bullet to fly
>you hear the sound of your rifle and keep looking trough your scope
>the russians throat gets almost cut of, him still standing up
>some guy to your left starts laughing and soon the whole team is giggling like little schoolgirls
>fear fills your body and you start shaking, all while almost manically laughing 
>you hear a rassle and look to your left, MG is getting set up
>the ksp 58 gunner is directed by the fänrik and soon you hear the familliar sound of MG fire
>soon the whole team joins in and you see several russkies getting hit
>one taking a hit to the knee, falling over
>SKOTT KOMMER! (shot coming)
>KLART BAKÅT! (clear backwards)
>a tracer flies over the field and then an explosion is seen in the air over the treeline
>the whole area is filled with splinters and you confirm atleast 7 dead russkies
>airburst ammo is helluva thing
>"adam ceasar to adam bertil come in, over"
>radioman is asking second team for further orders if they have to word
>"adam bertil here, orders are to set up at the hill marked Helge Niklas, höjd norr, come"
"adam ceasar confirms, out"
>"alright, you heard the orders guys! lets get the fuck out of here" Fänrik Lindgren declares loudly
>we start marching again along the lonely forest road in lappland 
>you tell Anna that she soon will be able to transform

>finally arriving there you start to dig in defense positions
>you start digging and hacking and in an hour a good position is set up, you join up with first platoon and the finnish volounteers 
>the finnish volounteers are a funny gang, they are usually drunk and not very good at digging
>but when shit hits the fan these men dont move an inch, you trust them with your life
>the sun is still up at 2200, thanks to the midnight sun
>this is not good for you, hoping for some real jägar-weather
>any weather so shit it makes the enemy think about would make do
>instead its a beatiful night and looking out from a opening in the trees on the hill you see the swedish landscape
>seeing this fills you with a sense of pride and comfort, connected to the land
>"its nice isnt it"
>a soft voice says and you quickly turn around
>its anna, shes dressed in combat uniform and has camo paint on her face, probably its the camo tape you applied to her
"yes, takes mind of war"
>she sits down beside you and you start getting a bit nervous and think back to ninth grade when you asked the prettiest girl in class out
>same shake
>"how did it feel earlier" she asks
"what do you mean?" you ask back
>"to kill a human" she asks bluntly
>you remember the man you killed, you could see his face before killing him and remember all the individual features you could see
>quite tall nose, and a moustache
"I dont wanna talk about it Anna"
>"fucking pussy" she proclaims back with a smile
>you sit there together against the tree and she yawns a bit 
>you grab in your pocket for your snus and take a prilla of general
>even if its war this couldnt get any better you think to yourself
well im just going after the feeling i got when i first killed an animal and thinking this is much stronger, I have no idea though so im just improvising

>you start getting a bit hungry and see that Anna is sleeping, you reach in your backpack for a guldburk (ration) and hope you get a good one
>lapskojs, if it wasnt for your father forcing you to like this when you were younger you would propbably puke eating it
>but to you it tastes godly after a firefight
>you sit there eating thinking about when you were younger and hunting with your father, or when he read you stories as a young child
>stories about ancient nordic heroes and their courage, tor wrestling with the midgård snake, or odin giving his eye to mimers well
>these stories are fond to you and nothing compares to them in your mind
>"anooon, why arent you sharing any?" anna says having waken up with a sad puppy face
"you can eat this shit?" you reply amazed
>"do you think im a pussy like you" she says with a smirk
>fucking attitude on that girl, she gets it from being a good rifle
>all Ak4ORs are hand picked from the regiments most accurate rifles, she could hit a krona from 200 meters no doubt
>this gives the rifles a confidence because they are factually the best
>you look up the hill behind you and see Jussi, the finnish AT-man stumbling down trough the woods
"anna hide quick" you whisper
>she does without hesitation and you emerge from the hiding greeting the finn
>hes quite drunk as seems to be tradition for them and you give him a snus
>jussi asks you in broken swedish after a while of shittalking
>"eehhh anon i have to ask you something"
"shoot" you reply
>"is your rifle.. a bi-"
"a girl?"
>"yes" he replies confused
"well yes, i didnt know any other guy sees it too?"
>"helvetti, i thought it was only mine"
"me too"
>"wonder what my 55 S 55 looks like in human form" he wonders
"i dont think it works that way Jussi"
>"perkele.. it wouldve been something to see"

"only weapons with bolts become human" anna shily cuts in
>you both think for a while trying to understand the logic behind that
>"you dont need to understand it, dummies..." she quietly says
"be nice to our guest anna"
>"its fine dont worry" Jussi quickly says
>"where is Heini?" anna asks 
>"here dont worry shes with me" jussi says taking out his Rk 62 from behind his backpack
>he unfolds the stock and tells her she can appear
>"perkele you fucking dimwit why did you force me to be a rifle for so long" she moans at him
"do you know eachother?" you ask the rifles
>"no i only know her name by chance" anna smugly says
>the girls go and sleep under a tree and tell you to wake them up if either you get mortared or atleast a company of russians attack
>"otherwise take them with the knife, we want to sleep" Heini tell you briefly
>"cocky bastard go to sleep so i wont hear your shit" Jussi tells her
>you and jussi slowly fall asleep under the tree
>"TA SKYDD, ARTILLERI" the shouting comes from the top of the hill
>Jussi and you quickly rush for your rifles and you pick up Anna and jump into a trench at the top of the hill
>artillery is shelling your positions and nobody dares looking over the edge
>suddenly it stops and the you hear "urraaah za ve de ve down the hill"
>you turn off the safety on anna and throw a nade over the edge, it hit someone you hope 
>"ON THREE EVERYONE LOOKS UP AND FIRES, MGs GET READY"
>EN
>TVÅ 
>TRE
>all hells breaks lose, the dirt is kicking up and youre firing as fast as you can, theyre just on the edge now
>click
"fuck out of ammo"
>you grab your bayonet stabbing a russian in the stomach that had come to close
>youre now fighting them in the trenches
>you look around see another one running towards you with a shovel
>the punch is blocked by Annas stock and his shovel handle breaks
>his throat gets punched in by her stock too
>you hear him trying to get air and break his neck with a quick stomp
>you reach in your harness for a new mag as you hear the order for cease fire, theyre all dead
>you load the mag but do not chamber a round 
>the hill and trench is filled with russians, you slowly regain a sense of calm after the battle
>counting the bodies you can tell that it was a reinforced platoon attacking you
>only one causalty on our side, a finnish guy that you didnt know
>jussi is clearly upset and is reasoning with your commander to execute the captured
>the commander quickly tells him to regain himself, "we are not comitting any war crimes here, finn"
>"saatana ruotsilainen" he mutters to himself
>the dead russian at your feet is staring at you as you look down
>you turn him over quickly, as you do it his head falls off, his helmet is quickly pulled off and puke in it
>"Utgång om 10 minuter, packa upp" you get orders to pack up in 10 minutes, youre moving
>you ask your platoon chief to where
>"out of here, we are dead men if we stay here"
>the eternal death march continues into the forest
>"walking is easy, just put one foot before the other and repeat" you remember the sergeants words from basic training

>helicopter rotors fly over head 
>"DYK! SKINGRA ER!" (DIVE, SCATTER OUT)
>you react quickly and dive into the side of the road
>looking up you see two hinds, one with a fixed cannon and one with a gatling, petter and viktor variant you remember from training
>that would be a hunter killer team with the petter probably loaded with thermobaric missiles, perfect for killing jägers hiding in the forest
>the helicopters start circling overhead and you worry that they have found you
>a loud roar is suddenly heard overhead and then a bang, followed by another bang
>lying in wait you start to hear cheering in the line 
>a viggen took out one of the mi-24s and the other one is now retreating
>radioman tells Fänrik Lindgren that the airforce northern command gave orders for the closest unit to search for the pilots
>closest unit being us, we set up at the road and four men are sent off to search
"Korporal Lindgren, me and Jussi request to do some forward recon"
>he looks at you like ghosts, soldiers volounteering to be guard?
>"Request accepted" he says with a weird look
>Jussi and me make our way to sit at the edge of the forest 200 meters ahead of the rest of the two platoons and the finns
>as you sit and talk you look at Jussi, a pretty short guy at 171 cm with blue eyes and unkept blonde hair, he has broad bone structure and he looks more like a swede than you
>being an ethnic karelian you have brown hair and grey eyes, standing at 184 cm and quite skinny after being a lapplandsjägare
>you used to be stronger in your youth when you played hockey, war is a lot like hockey you think to yourself, but instead of sticks you have rifles
>the girls interrupt you discussion about snus and what is the best knife, mora or puuko
>"are you boys hungry? we have made some soup with some of your rations anon"
"im always hungry anna" you insist
>as jussi pours up his food you gesture anna to sit with you
>the girl comes over and you eat your food

>jussi blows on his soup like a manic eager to eat
>"calm down jussi its not like we are in a hurry perkele" Heini declares 
>"for saatanas sake Heini let me eat my food, you dont happen to have something to drink anon?
>with a bit of a mischevious look you grab for your suprise in the backpack
"for you and for me my finnish brother" you say
>as you take up the metal bottle the finns eyes light up as he knows what you have with you
>hembränt (swedish moonshine)
>you enjoy a sip each together with the weirdly good soup 
"Anna? how in the hell are you so good at cooking? you ask
>she blushes a bit and hides her face under a bit of hair
>"the stomach is the way to a mans heart" she whispers to you
"sure is, how about another little fucker jussi?" (liten jävel=little fucker, nickname for a little sip in swedish basically)
>"you know i cant say no to that my friend" 
>both taking another sip you sit and think about better times
>after the food you take another snus and hope you have no contact because sitting here with anna is really nice 
>the girl is a real beauty, even in war she has a glow to her
>Heini too is quite good looking, with brown hair and eyes and some freckles, you usually like blonde girls more but she still looks good
>jussi takes out a harmonica and starts playing a bit, altough its not the best who can complain
>7,62 mm Sk ptr 10 prj, it says on the back of the shots you load into some used mags you have in your webbing
>after 20 minutes you move back to platoon command and ask if the patrol has come back
>"no, and we are not getting any radio contact, we are moving in 15 minutes"
>fuck, hope the guys are alright you think to yourself as you chamber anna and start applying face paint with jussi
>command is having a briefing and after a while Fänrik Lindgren returns, "Pluton, vi förflyttar oss till position Helge Kalle, rör på påkarna!" (platoon we are moving to position Hotel Kilo, move your feet!)
>"hyvä" Jussi exclaims and you both get in the line and start marching
>after a couple of kilometers marching, the other platoon is ordered to set up fire positions in the hillside overlooking the downed helo
>as your platoon moves up the radioman, Eriksson gets told that they can see our guys, at gunpoint by some russians by the crash
>orders are to sneak up and capture the russians, if they raise weapons the hillside will open up to cover
>as you sneak up from below the crashsite thats sitauted up a hill, you hear gunfire
>"FUCK" the mg in your unit, Glad, yells
>you assault the hind with machine gun and grg (carl gustav) cover
>you take cover behind the dip that overlooks the hind and start taking aim, one russian is laying down behind the cockpit engaging with an AKS, shortened AKM
>you pop two shots, one hitting his actual weapon and the second one going in his shoulder
>another russian stands up holding his hands up and you move up keeping your weapon pointed
>you order him to get on his knees and he complies
>the russian is crying and screaming 
>fucking hell, the guys wont go easy on him, poor fucker 
>you figure that the heli crash landed and the russians were loaded up in the crew compartment
>"these guys are vdv, russian paras" Jussi explains
"how do you tell?" you ask him
>"folding stock on the weapons, easier for a para" he further tells 
>as you look at your dead comrades you feel a hate for the captured man
>he looks at you with fear as you take him by the throat and start yelling at him
>jussi tackles you down and tell you to snap out of it 
>"keep going like that and youre gonna get fucking court martialed anon!" 

>"there is going to be a report filed on this shit" Lindgren declared, talking about the exectued swedes
>"Dont worry about it, take it easy" Glad says to you whilst walking past
>youre standing by the dead swedes staring into the distance, at nothing
>"FLYGARE, HORISONTEN, TA SKYDD FÖR I HELVETE!" (fastmovers, horizont, take fucking cover!)
>everyone dives for cover but you keep standing there with anna in a slack grip at your waist
>Jussi grabs you by the harness and pulls you down
>"fucking snap out of it anon! youre a jägare!"
>atlast you wake up and realize what the fuck is happening
>you look at the planes with the sights on your rifle
"Red stars!" you proclaim to the rest of the guys
>they start firing rockets at the hind wreckage, destroying the hind and blowing all bodies to hell
>"Theyre removing the evidence those fucking fags!" Jussi exclaims with an anger
>the blasts are heard after the explosions, thanks to sound being slower than light
>where the fuck are air defense guys when you need them
>"thats noted, we have photos of the site before they blew it up" Lindgren tells you
>"we need to get a move on to Höjd Olof, lets go guys"
>we jump from hill to hill moving on behind enemy lines now, russian breaktrough reached kalixlinjen and is now halted
>us jägers are stuck here tough, doing our job
>you think toughts of home whilst marching to the next hill, your platoon has been split into three teams to make russian counter-SOF harder
>next mission will be to destroy a buk site word in the line spreads
>for now tough we are setting up, hopefully for the night so you can share a tent with Anna
>she hasnt had a good cleaning in a while you think to yourself

>as we keep moving we see two new planes coming over
>same orders as before, dive
>these ones are coming from the north going south-east, same direction as the russians
>a viggen and a drake, they usually dont appear together
>looking closer at the drake you can see blue white roundels, finns
"what the hell are the finns doing here?" you ask
>"apparently those two fast-movers from earlier flew over finnish land" the radioman responds
>well, the more the merrier you think to yourself, wondering why the finns still use drake
>it might look good but its not modern
>right now tough youre just happy they are with you in the air
>"rör på er förfan! vi kan inte fastna här för att stjärnskåda hel dagen!" (move for fucks sake, we cant sit here stargazing all day!) the Fänrik yells
>we keep marching into the no-mans land that is northernmost sweden, we are heading in the direction of överkalix 
>if we arent careful we might cross the finnish border you think to yourself ironically
>the forest stretches out on your left side and to the right there is an open field, it stretches for miles
>you move 15 meters to the left so you are hidden by the forest, dont wanna get spotted
>keep marching trough the forest for a couple of kilometers until you reach a hill in the woods, akin to the earlier one
>"Gräv ner er! Inget jävla tattarläger som senaste gången!" (dig in! no fucking gipsy camp like last time!) Lindgren orders his men
>you go down the hill and dig out your forward post, the guys have gotten used to you walking away
>the ground is easy to dig in and you have made quite a comfy forward post, you set up a tarp over it wich protects against the weather
>you light up the little field stove, it has nice glow to it in the dark
>anna is laying against the ground pointed out of your little outpost
>here you can see the whole field, miles and miles of mountains and lakes
>you turn around to start cooking some food and hear a familliar voice
>"Voi helvetti there you are!" Jussi shouts from a bit further up
>the finn stumbles a bit and you hear Heini swearing at him in finnish
>these two are like a married old couple you think to yourself
"come over here jussi" you say whilst gesturing to your little camp
>"jussi needs a little bit of help i think" anna says
>you get startled by here voice, her changing so suddenly is always bit startling
"yeah yeah ill help the fucker" you grunt back
>"be nice anon, jussi saved your ass earlier" anna tells you
"whatever"
>you get up and lead him to the camp
"sit down now jussi, you need to rest"
>"helvetti, i havent slept for a long time anon" he says with bloodshot eyes, sign of his sleep deprivation
>"what was that shit earlier you pulled?" he asks
"what do you mean?" you ask even tough you know what he means
>"you nearly got blown to pieces by a su-25, i had to drag down you ass" he insists
"im just, tired you know"
>"thats not a regular tired, anon" anna tells you
"im not fucking crazy alright?" you tell her
>"i never said you were" she says back, a bit taken by how defensive you are
"fuck you guys, lets just eat ok?"
>you all eat the cooked rations silently, except for the occasional burp by jussi
>after the food jussi falls asleep with heini in their tent, set up in another dug down position a bit further away from you
"anna, how are you?" you ask the girl thats clearly upset with you
>"im fine" she says bluntly
"stop acting like a girl and tell me"
>"no, i am fine, you are not" 
"how do you think you would be if your friends got executed before you?"
>she goes silent and thinks for a while
>after some silence she responds
>"anon i just dont want you die okay? do you think this is only about you? she says with tears in her eyes
>the tears are running trough her face paint 
>you grab a towel and start cleaning her face 
>she looks at you and then almost tackles you, hugging you very tightly
>you hug her back
"i promise i wont get us killed alright"