April 14, 1998
Nothing in canon for the day. Unofficially,
RainbowSix reports that, while casualties in the prison riots on the Isle of Wight are heavy on both sides, gradually the prisoners begin to gain the upper hand. The surviving warders plead for reinforcements as they retreat to the relative safety of the Camp Hill complex.
The storm continues to rage over the Barents Sea and Arctic Ocean, preventing the mutineers from the Barrikada from making any progress. The second group (the Ukrainians), 20 miles to the south, has the benefit of life rafts to shelter under; nonetheless over a dozen of the sailors (in both groups) succumb to the weather.
Taking advantage of the disarray of Soviet occupation forces in Jugoslavia, the Jugoslav Army reopens its prewar hardened underground command post outside Han Pijesak, Bosnia, which has been secured by a skeleton staff for many months.
The 106th Motor-Rifle (my 232nd Rear Area Protection) Division begins a trek to the front in Austria. Promised transportation never arrives, forcing the division to move largely under its own power using up resources gathered by the unit over prior weeks.
In Pretoria, South Africa a car bomb detonates at lunchtime in a crowded downtown area, killing 23 civilians and a mixed-race policeman.
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I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory. Someday this war's gonna end...
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