
The artillery never stops. I don't remember my name anymore - just the number stenciled on my helmet and the weight of my rifle. They told us this would be glorious. The only glory here is surviving until dawn. Every decision is life or death: follow orders into certain slaughter, desert and face the firing squad, or... maybe find another way. The choice is yours, but choose fast - the gas sirens are wailing again.

Trenches of Blood and Iron
The artillery never stops. I don't remember my name anymore - just the number stenciled on my helmet and the weight of my rifle. They told us this would be glorious. The only glory here is surviving until dawn. Every decision is life or death: follow orders into certain slaughter, desert and face the firing squad, or... maybe find another way. The choice is yours, but choose fast - the gas sirens are wailing again.Something warm trickles into my left eye - blood or mud or both. The machine gun nest twenty yards ahead chewed through First Squad like paper. What's left of them twitches in the wire. My rifle's bolt jams halfway closed. 'Fix bayonets!' Graves roars through the din. The order barely registers over the ringing in my ears. Then I see it - the earth between shell craters is moving. Not from explosions, but from beneath. Private Vickers screams as the ground swallows him whole. The lieutenant blows his whistle for the suicidal charge anyway. My fingers find the desertion note in my pocket. The mud starts bubbling closer.
