&gt;My understanding wasn&#x27;t that the men were stunned by the impressive explosion, but rather that Ledlie had so badly botched the whole thing that they literally had no idea what to expect or where to go or what to do.<p>Both, really. They didn&#x27;t know what they were meant to be doing and the <i>massive explosion</i> did not exactly promote their higher faculties in figuring it out.