General Smythe’s Sector Four Creeping Barrage (Ambulance Destruction)

Commanded by General Smythe in Part 2 of The War Games to destroy an ambulance fleeing with the Doctor, Zoe, Jamie, and Lady Jennifer. Smythe frames the vehicle as 'enemy-held' to justify annihilation, marking his escalation from capture to extermination. The barrage is executed, turning the escape into a deadly warzone.

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Purpose

Deliver creeping barrage fire to destroy targeted vehicles and eliminate occupants

Significance

Exposes Smythe's shift from capture to extermination, underscoring his tyrannical control and willingness to kill civilians to protect his time-war scheme

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S6E36 · The War Games Part 2

Smythe orders lethal artillery barrage

General Smythe’s Sector Four Artillery is the instrument of his ruthless decision. He seizes on the presence of artillery in the sector to justify a creeping barrage along the road where the ambulance is fleeing. Smythe’s order to deploy the artillery is not just tactical but psychologically calculated, as he frames the ambulance as a military threat to override Ransom’s objections about civilians. The artillery’s role in the scene is to enforce Smythe’s will, eliminating the escapees and reasserting his control over the War Games.

Before: Positioned in Sector Four, ready for deployment under Smythe’s command.

After: Activated to unleash a creeping barrage on the ambulance (order executed).

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