"I've got to get this Maggot to the Forward Operating Base or it's bad news for me." Copperhead radios the FOB.

Major Bludd picks up the line, "You bleeding wanker had better git yer arse in gear! We got the Joe's in a pincer, hear? You best deploy that cannon and blast those pikers!"

Copperhead barks out his orders and his patrol shifts into a defensive posture while the Maggot is positioned.

The Joe team barrels around the corner and come face to face with the Python Patrol! "Uh-oh! We're outnumbered, outgunned and outflanked! Brace yourselves, fellows - it looks like a rough ride!" Falcon grits his teeth, he doesn't want to surrender but the lives of his men are hanging in the balance.

Then, there is a rustling behind the Cobra artillery piece. A figure emerges quite literally from the ground!

It's Tunnel Rat! He flicks his knife into Copperhead's back then thinks to himself, "Hmm, good thing I brought two satchel charges."

With a knife in his back, Copperhead slumps over gravely wounded.

Tunnel Rat flings his explosive devices onto the Maggot and then sprints away!

The satchel charges hit the vehicle and the Cobras scramble away.

Tunnel Rat also absconds to a safe distance.

With a ground shaking blast, the Cobra vehicle is destroyed and the Python Patrol is scattered.

"Hey! Need a lift?" shouts Pathfinder.

Tunnel Rat replies with a "Don't mind if I do." He climbs into the Hammer and the team heads toward the river and extraction.

On the trip back to the swift boat Lt. Falcon has time to reflect on the mission. "We now know where Cobra is but we don't know what they're doing. Whatever it is, they will probably step up the pace knowing that we are aware of it. I have a feeling that something big is brewing."