I have always love this scene, the way the American Shermans blow the hell out of everything German, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. Oddball and his tankers are very thorough, don't you think. Great scene and one I've tried to imitate at times in my writing. Here's the Israelis laying waste to Port Sudan in Israel Strikes, War of the Red Sea. Enjoy:
On the inlet's north bank, a platoon of Merkeva tanks drove along the quay. Lacking a proper map, the platoon navigated with a Google Earth app on its iPhone. As his gunner traversed the turret left and took aim at a silo, he said, 'Forget those. They're grain silos.' 'Hey, I just saw some guys running between the silos.' 'Well if you see them again, give them the machine gun. We're looking for some fuel storage tanks. They should be....' he looked down at his phone, 'up ahead.' The commander looked through his infrared sight and spotted the fuel tanks. 'Alright, there they are, two hundred....two-hundred and twenty yards. Gunner, HE round.' 'Up.' 'Fire.' As a fireball engulfed fuel storage tanks, on the south bank Captain Yossi's Merkeva platoon systematically destroyed the up-loaders there by firing armor piercing shells into each leg. Each up loader strained and then toppled into the water. From there they advanced northwest off the quay to the port's administrative center, a complex of three buildings. The quartet of tanks formed a line, and as Sudanese soldiers ran in all directions, they fired a volley of HE rounds into the ground floors. A second volley and then a third volley followed.
'Alright,' said Yossi as the growing fire light illuminated the ground before them, 'We head up and then left to the next set of up-loaders.' The Merkevas advanced right past the flaming buildings until they came to another dock. Here they brought four more up-loaders under fire, collapsing them all. 'What next? What next?' one of the tank commanders enthusiastically asked. Yossi consulted his iPhone. 'Google Earth shows another fuel storage complex about...' he did a quick measurement...'about 500 meters south of here. We retrace our steps and then head out that way...'
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