Iron Relay: Czech Corridor Leg 8

Leg 8 — LKVO → LKMT Vodochody → Ostrava

An emergency eastern redeployment carrying verified intelligence packets toward sectors collapsing under conflicting battlefield reports.

The East Burns

The eighth leg became the most dangerous yet.

The route back toward Ostrava crossed unstable airspace where several unidentified aircraft had been reported shadowing courier flights during the previous night. Military escorts were requested repeatedly but unavailable due to overwhelming operational demand.

Below the aircraft, parts of Moravia burned.

Fuel depots.

Rail hubs.

Communications towers.

Smoke drifted for miles beneath fractured cloud layers while military convoys maneuvered constantly along secondary roads.

When you landed at Ostrava, the situation had deteriorated drastically.

Several command sectors no longer believed the reports arriving from Prague.

Others believed Prague itself had already partially evacuated.

The relay network was beginning to tear itself apart under mistrust.