During an elimination game this summer the opfor decided that the key to victory was a heavy defense of thier base. The base consisted of a 12' tower and a large sandbag emplacement. We bogged down at the perimeter and the guy in the foxhole was was slowly picking apart the team with instructions from the tower look out. Myself and another teammate were sent out on a deep flank to try to break through on what appeared to be thier weak side. as we approached my teammate was suddenly taken out by a hidden sentry. I was able to return fire and take him out as well as his partner hidden a little further up the trail.

After that I was free to move up the side uninhibited inside of thier perimeter. About 50' away I could see the foxhole and from my vantage point I could see the very top of the defenders head from above the sandbags. The ref called the 1 minute warning so I began a low crawl through the brush to the edge of the base clearing. I could hear the guy in the bunker talking up his near invincibility in the foxhole. I got a call over the radio that the add count was even and if we couldn't get another kill it would be a tie. I knew that a bold move was in order and as the ref counted down the seconds I waited. At 10 seconds the defenders started to relax. At 5 seconds I made my break. I jumped up and bolted towards the foxhole. If I could take him out we would win the game and it would be a big morale booster to boot. I came around between the foxhole and the tower before anyone knew what was going on. As soon as I cleared the enterance to the foxhole I popped off one shot, hitting the enemy square in the mask and was able to get off around five shots at the dude in the tower before the ref called time. In the confusion I was shot at point blank range in the thigh (still got the ring after 4 months) but the ref pointed out that it was after the whistle blew. We won the game, I got a battle scar and tons of compliments on the boldness of the move.

On the down side the kid (14 y.o.) was so upset he went to his friends car and cried. I still don't understand what that was about.