Roland charged into the hangar to find the place already in chaos.
Thanks to the timely alert, noncombatants had evacuated the hangar early, leaving the Schutzstaffel and Marines to battle the enemy forces. Using maintenance stands and access ways as cover, both sides were fiercely exchanging bullets.
The gunfire was intense, but the battle was one-sided.
The prisoners were not familiar with their newly acquired weapons and barely knew how to operate submachine guns and automatic rifles; the bullets they fired hitting a target was as chance as winning a lottery. In contrast, the Schutzstaffel were among the elite, the Marines experts in shipboard combat. They not only knew their weapons well but also how to deal with situations like these. They were essentially fighting the prisoners at a third of their capability, evidenced by the fact that the majority had already changed into their high-altitude work suits.
