Chapter 6 - bombs away!

Paul and his team have been called out to war early, the trenches are invaded with rats and the conditions are rough. The mood has been set to serious as men are killed at sight on the front lines. As the sun falls bombs filled with gas are thrown into the air, but Pauls team has come prepared. All through the night the team hears mysterious sounds of movement and they are expecting the worst. Days pass and no full attack has been made until an artillery strike was launched and as soon as the strike had stopped the battle began. They realized "food is just important as ammunition" so they use their supplies wisely. As the battle goes on more casualties pile up, and himmelstoss faking injuries isn't helping.  at the end of the battle pauls crew has made it out alive with only 32 soldiers remaining. To me this chapter was a wake up call, the book just started to get more interesting now that there is some more action involved. its making me wonder how will the team move on now with only 32 soldiers left with the added fact of running low on food plus they have to be careful of rats eating what is left of it. It looks like these men are only just begun and there is a long road ahead until the war has been settled.