Story about war. SPM 2008, Question 4

   In the year 1987, there was a war that engulfed the world, the South Pacific war, commonly know as the Black War. The war was started by an economy crisis the shrouded throughout the entire South Pacific countries. Hulphaine, the country that suffered the worst lost, lost it's government by a coup de'tat staged by some radical right hand politician. In the year 1987, with the discovery of natural resources in Kanarine, Hulphine began to invade it's neighbours. Each country, fell quickly to the overwhelming military power of of Hulphine. In just few days, Kanarine lost all it's territories the the offensing country. With that, Kanarine's government placed all their hopes on a joint attack with Alquatia and other few countries to push back Hulphine.

   The war itself was not the reason I brought up this story. It was a friendship that lied inside this war between two soldiers. This pair of friends played together since childhood, both entered the same elementary and grauduated from the same high school. This unseparatable pair was the reason I rised the curtain of my story. I wanted you all to witness this war through them. The story of these two men. It all began in a Boot Camp located south of Kanarine.

   This is where these two soldier trained. During their training program, Hulphine have not declared war on Kanarine. Te air still smells of peace and tranquillity. However, that fact never limit these two men in their training progress. Both of them were declared as the most effiecient soldiers ever produced in that camp. They were most skilled in close quater combat, knife combat, rifle assembling, long range sniping and real time tactics. The only one who dares enough to challenge them in a fight during training is one of them themselves. Other soldiers will always be amazed by the performance they pulled out together.

   After a few months, small arms battle broke out in the border of Hulphine and Kanarine. At first, small skirmish was reported, but later it was found out that Hulphine was performing an espionage in Kanarine. However, it was already too late. Hulphine declared war and striked in a full scale invasion. Respond to that, the company those two were assigned was sent to front line to defend against three regiments of troops. It was a suicide mission.

   Those two strived across the bullet ridden battlefield to survive. Being deployed to countless battles, soon, even with their extraordinary capability, two of them were tried over the chain of battles. Even so, they will not let up and give in to those dirty Hulphinian to defile their land. One night, Hulphine launched a pre-emptive strike to their camp. The entire company of men was wiped out. However, those two managed to sneaked pass the Hulphine and tried to make their escape to the north, where the headquarter was located.

   After a mile long run, they were spotted by some remnants of Hulphine soldiers. Two of them swiftly took the soldiers down with headshots. Unfortunately, one of them was shot in the lower abdomen. The other one paid no attention to the incoming troops and quickly bandaged the wound with his first aid kit. Upon realising of the incoming troops, he took out his satchel charge, laid it down and surround it with frag grenades. He then pulled his wounded partner to a safe distance and triiggered the charge when the troops step onto his trap. The remaining troops were confused by the explosion and both of them quickly make their escape.

   After some crossfire, they made it back to an encampment along the road. The two of them held one over another to force their tried bodies to the camp. In the end though, one of them died. Not the one who was wounded in the lower abdomen, it was the other one, who was shot in the back for blocking his best friend. The other one was sad, but continued his duty as a soldier till the end of the war, in 16th March, 1988, when the Hulphinian right hand party was thrown down by it's citizen.

   So now you know story of the two men who were best friend in that war but were seperated by death of one of them. Still, I will not forget that you have saved me and what you meant to me. Hope you rest in peace, my friend. May we be friends again in the next life. I will continue to live on the life you gave me as i now realise the value of a true friend.