TF Amethyst

TFA2 6.2 - The Loot

"This way, Ma'am. This is their House of Pleasure."

A Centurion swiftly led Lan Yan'er and her paramedic squad into a barracks. The interior of the barracks was illuminated by candles attached to the walls, and there were two rows of 110 beds on each side.

 

On each bed laied naked women, while on the floor next to it lay 4-5 men with various weapons stuck in their chests, most of them naked too.

"We dragged them off the bed before making a new hole in their chest, so their blood didn't wet the bed," said the Centurion after he saw the direction of Lan Yan'er's gaze.

"Good move," Lan Yan'er replied as she turned her gaze to the naked women on the bed. "It seems they choose the young ones."

"Yes, they are between the ages of 14-16."

After slightly nodding, Lan Yan'er turned her gaze to a member of her squad.  "Emmer, call MTV Ambulance here, six units at least. We also need help from other squads."

"Yes, Ma'am."

"The rest, let's start the work."

"""Aye, Ma'am."""

As her squad spread out to select their patients, Lan Yan'er approached the closest bed where a girl lay. The girl looked very young, maybe 14 or 15 years old. After checking her pulse, Lan Yan'er immediately sighed silently.

She then checked her other vitals before folding the girl hands in front of her chest, 'May you find peace in afterlife.'

After asking two members of the helper squad to put the deceased girl into a body bag, Lan Yan'er then approached the next bed. This time, the girl was still alive even though her vitals were in an alarming state. A purple bruise also visible in her left breast was, while her vagina was swelling.

Wasting no time Lan Yan'er immediately gave the girl a careful treatment, and then noted all the medical data on a record card and tied it to her right wrist.

"Keep the oxygen mask on her until the ambulance crew takes over."

"Aye, Ma'am," a member of the helper squad replied firmly.

Then, Lan Yan'er was just about to switch to the next bed when a Tuscan's paramedic approached her.

"Ma'am, my patient is too weak and it seems she is pregnant. I don't know what kind of med I have to use."

"Take me to her."

"Yes, Ma'am."

With quick steps, Lan Yan'er followed the Tuscan's paramedic. And turned out, the girl was not the only girl who was pregnant.

Fortunately, a moment later paramedics squads arrived along with four doctors, or else Lan Yan'er would have been overwhelmed because giving medical attention to a pregnant women who was being exposed to incapacitating gases was tricky.

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One of the Medic Quarter's most important assets was MTV Ambulance. Basically, it was a 5-ton tactical truck being converted into an ambulance, and adopted a medical layout and system similar to the medevac system in Patria Armored Ambulance.

It used a double-bed rack on both sides, complete with life support and life monitor devices. However, MTV Ambulance had a longer cargo room, about eleven meters. And so, four double-bed racks could be installed on each side, increasing the patient capacity to 16 people.

The MTV ambulance was operated by two vehicle crews, a doctor, and five paramedics. In some scenarios, it could even take on the role of a mini field-hospital as long as the crew had time to conduct a proper preparation.

In one of MTV Ambulances in front of House of Pleasure, doctor Isser examined a patient attentively, and then turned his gaze to one of his paramedics.

"This one is already stable. You can clean her body and put a patient gown on."

"Aye, doc."

The paramedic immediately used body cleaner tissue to wipe the patient's body and sterile it. Then, he put a patient gown on her. It was basically one piece cloth that could be worn on without the need to remove the life support or life monitor device.

Meanwhile, doctor Isser continued to examine the next patient, and one of the patients suddenly grabbed his hand and gripped it tightly.

"Ser Benefactor," said the patient, a 16-year old girl who had a two-month-old fetus in her womb.

As he smiled, doctor Isser knelt next to the girl who was looking at him with tears in her eyes, "No worry, Child. Now you are in good hands. Sleep and get a good rest. Tomorrow, you will wake up on a bright new day. I promise."

"Thank you."

The girl nodded as her tears flowed more and more heavily. This was the first time in her life that a human other than a slave treated her humanely. So, it was a bit difficult for her to stop her tears.

After fixing her blanket and making sure her condition was stable, doctor Isser continued to check the next patient. One by one, and finally he finished examining the 16 patients he was responsible for.  Then, he looked outside, to be precise at the helper squad's personnel who were loading body bags into an MTV Truck.

'Please forgive us for we didn't come early enough,' muttered doctor Isser.

In total, it took 90 minutes, six MTV Ambulances, and five paramedic squads to carry out the medical attention in the House of Pleasure. And the final results were, 123 women were able to join their colleagues at the assembly point, 64 had to be treated in an ambulance, and 33 had to be put in body bags.

Even if doctor Isser knew everyone had worked hard, somehow a bitter taste was lingering in his heart. And it was much bitter compared to when he failed to save a patient for the first time.

"Doc, we've got permission to return to Lagra City."

One of the paramedics reported and woke doctor Isser up from his pondering, and he nodded slightly as he closed the back door of MTV Ambulance.

"Let's get back to Lagra City then."

"Roger."

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Almost all of the cargo belonging to Battle Group B was packed into a cart. This system made the amount of cargo in each supply ship smaller than it should be, but in return made the unloading process could be done very fast. For example, with 200 mules, 200 carts each carrying a load of 100 kg could be unloaded from a supply ship in less than an hour.

And so, as long as Battle Group B used a supply ship with a side door that could be used as a bridge to the dock and has enough pack animals, then the unloading several thousand tons of cargo in a matter of hours was a trivial matter.

Also, the cart packing system made the mobility of the logistics unit very high, and could follow the main unit's advance easily. And now, the system made it easier for Buriek's logistics personnel to move the loot from Battle Group B's camp.

"What a long convoy."

Lt. Colonel Luther calmly looked at the long convoy of pack animals moving towards the north gate. More than two thousand pack horses, cows, and mules pulled carts filled with iron ingots, nails, horse shoes, arrows, javelin, grains, nuts, and other supplies. Each warhorse was also loaded with four sacks of corn, barley, garlic, or potato.

Every five pack animals would be linked to each other and guided by a Buriek's logistics personnel. They had to walk 60 km to Railev Pass, and another 60 km to Lagra City in the dark. But fortunately, Buriek's logistics personnel really knew how to handle pack animals so they didn't made too much of noise.

"There are still some provisions in the kitchens that we can load into trucks," said Captain Akrei who was standing beside Lt. Colonel Luther.

"No, we don't have time or manpower to do it, so let's stick to the plan."

"Understood."

"What about the slave evacuation? How far is the process go so far?" 

Captain Akrei pointed to the slave women and slave children behind him as he replied, "They are the last batch of women and children, and the paramedics have just started the treatment for slave workers.

We've confirmed that all slave workers are stationed on the north wall to pile up sandbags behind the outer wall, so it will make the paramedics elements work faster."

"Good." Lt. Colonel Luther then turned to Captain Akrei as he said, "And now it's time for the Vanguard elements to claim their rights, the loot I mean."

"The loot, Sir?"

A question mark instantly appeared on Captain Akrei's forehead, because as he recalled, in the Oplan Black in The Night there was a strict prohibition of looting and rape.

"Yes, the loot," Lt. Colonel Luther said firmly.  "Each Vanguard Squadron can put aside a platoon to collect the loot, but the rest of the personnel must stick to their job."

"Understood, Sir,” Captain Akrei cheerfully replied. "One platoon is more than enough to collect the loot, and I will make sure personnel from other elements get their share."

"No, the loot is Vanguard elements' right as a door kicker unit, don't share it with other elements."

"Sir, are you sure we don't need to share? Personal money bags from 22,000 people are a huge sum of money, not to mention jewelry belonging to the high-ranking officers."

"It's a direct order from Chief Nate."

"Understood."

Then, as Captain Akrei gave radio calls to other two captains, Lt. Colonel Luther approached the last batch of slave women and slave children. They happily enjoyed their snacks, and most of the children held brown bread and dried food as if it were the most delicious food in the world.

'God, please give us another three hours so we can complete this ops without versus contact,' muttered Lt. Col. Luther as a chilly fog started to descend on the Battle Group B's camp along with the whole coastline.

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