Checkpoint 4.
Sanders returned with a cloud of gloom and pent-up anger.
Inside the checkpoint, the mercenaries were using their portable equipment and limited materials to improve their situation as much as possible.
Some people managed to create a makeshift rest area in the empty room using sleeping bags and moisture-proof mats, while others were setting up simple warning devices at key positions on the perimeter wall.
But the cold desert wind at night, like countless icy little knives, poured in through the uncovered windows and holes, taking away the body's precious warmth and making it hard to sleep.
These issues can be overcome, after all, we have sleeping bags, but the more pressing problem is drinking water.
The individual water bags and small amount of bottled water they carried were a drop in the bucket for more than thirty adult men who needed to perform high-intensity guard duties and whose water consumption was extremely fast in the dry environment.
