But the mortar team had already adjusted their aim. A 120mm round—the kind used by conventional armies, not militias—slammed into the roof directly behind Rone.
The turning point came at 1:50 AM. Rone Woods on the roof spotted two technicals cresting the north ridge, their machine guns winking orange. He opened fire with the Mk 48, stitching a line of 7.62mm rounds across the lead truck’s engine block. It exploded in a fireball. The second truck retreated. HD13 Hours- The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
At 9:40 PM local time, the first explosion didn’t sound like a mortar. It sounded like the world tearing in half. But the mortar team had already adjusted their aim
At 4:00 AM, the attacks began to wane. The militants, having lost dozens of fighters, withdrew as the first gray light crept over the horizon. The GRS stood among the wreckage—burned vehicles, spent casings ankle-deep, blood-soaked sandbags. They counted their dead: Tyrone Woods, Glen Doherty (a former SEAL sniper who had arrived from Tripoli as a reinforcement and been killed by the same mortar that took Rone). And the two from the SMC: Stevens and Smith. Rone Woods on the roof spotted two technicals
Prologue: The Ghosts of War