GR translation: Military working parties go at route-step bitching in and out

[Mike Jing]

I guess I assumed wrong since "route-step" does not require to keep in
step.  So "in and out" means something else too?


On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 11:37 PM, Mike Jing
<gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>wrote:

> P308.30-37   Post-A4 humanity is moving, hammering, and shouting among the
> tunnels. Slothrop will catch sight of badged civilians in khaki, helmet
> liners with GE stenciled on, sometimes getting a nod, eyeglasses flashing
> under a distant light bulb, most often ignored. Military working parties go
> at route-step bitching in and out, carrying crates. Slothrop is hungry and
> Yellow James is nowhere in sight. But there is nobody down here even going
> to say howdy to, much less feed, the free lance Ian Scuffling.
>
> Does "bitching" mean "complaining" here?  I assume "in and out" refers to
> the "route-step".
>
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