The sand beside her exploded as several well placed shots narrowly missed her and sent plumes of it in the air. 

Swearing again she could see now that the fire being directed towards her was mostly from the jeep towards the rear as they shifted their attention to her. Just then the MG flatbed lurched to life again and began to move forwards as another little prick started firing it at the Nimirs. But she couldn’t focus on that right now. 

She gritted her teeth as more sand exploded around her and she zeroed in on those responsible. The gunfire and grenade explosion had filled the up until now somewhat peaceful night with the sounds of a warzone. She was glad that she was a little outside of that chaos, even if she could hear the sounds of rounds screaming through the air mere millimetres from her head. The fuckers had some kind of AR and at this range she knew that she’d be dead in moments.  

Fortunately for her it looked like at that moment least one of her comrades began taking a few shots at them, so she took the opportunity and took her aim. There’d likely only be one chance to hit them before they got her and so as soon as she was confident she had a clear shot she fired in short rapid bursts of two - as least as fast as she could whilst still maintaining the accuracy she needed. Her intention was to eliminate them as they shot at her, or at the very least suppress them long enough so she could focus back on the MG. She had seven rounds remaining in the mag and was intending on keeping the last one for the new gunner before having to reload – of course providing she managed to achieve what she needed first. 

Her heart was pounding, and she felt more alive than she had in a long time. Despite the fact that she could be mere moments away from dying in the desert a grin had subconsciously spread across her face as she exchanged another few shots with one of the men crouched beside the jeep.