As the hands on the pocket watch pointed to the scheduled time, Major William looked up at the telegraph operator in the corner of the bridge.
Everyone else in the bridge mirrored his action, all looking at him with tense expressions, waiting for the order to initiate the bombing.
Soon the telegraph machine rang, and the operator quickly began writing on paper, translating the sounds he heard and decoding them.
Under everyone's gaze, he completed the translation and decoding at the fastest speed of his life, then shouted at everyone, "Message from Langton! The sky is burning, the earth crawls at my feet! Deploy the Thermobaric bomb!"
"Deploy the Thermobaric bomb!" William immediately grabbed the nearest speaking tube and shouted at the weapons officer in the bomb bay.
