At first they thought they had victory over their foe as it fell to pieces, leading to premature cheering among some of the soldiers. However, it quickly became apparent that it was out of the frying pan and into the fire. The right flank was swarmed by what had once appeared to merely be the creature's blood, guns ineffective against the large numbers that bit and crawled all over them as they all soon crumpled to the ground. None escaped the tide despite their best efforts as the already weakened flank completely fell apart. 

Only around ten soldiers and the command tank remained to fire into the Threat. Unfortunately, a dive bombing beast survived getting shot just long enough to finish it's arcing flight onto the top of the tank, destroying it in a single well placed blow. Corporal Thar was knocked off of it upon impact, landing unconscious onto the snow amid the chaos that surrounded him. 

The last of the flying things exploded soon after, but the roaches were as strong as ever. The ones that wiped out the right flank had finished their meal and would soon turn to face their final targets of the battles. Four of them ran before this could happen. The others braced themselves for certain defeat, screaming out a war cry as they let loose their stream of bullets into the swarm in a final act of resistance.