Morale by Murray Leinster — Read

". The Wabbly made no attempt to do purely military / damage. The Enemy command realized that the destruction / of civilian morale was even more important than the / destruction of munitions factories. In this, the Enemy / displayed the same acumen that makes the war a fruitful / subject of study to the strategic student. " (_Strategic / Lessons of the War of 1941-43._ -- U. S. War College. / Pp. 81-82.)

At nightfall the monster swerved suddenly and moved with greater speed. It showed no lights. It did not even make very much noise. Then the second flight of home-defense planes made their attack. Sergeant Walpole heard them droning overhead. He lit a fire instantly. A little helicopter dropped from the blackness above him and he began to heap dirt desperately on the blaze.