Chapter Seventy-Three: True Character
Thinking of this, Chinnikov quickly gave the order to kill the others. Since he can't be caught, he can't be let out alive. So it didn't take long for someone to shoot Pete and them.
Having just passed through the crack in the mountain, Colin had entered the woods and heard the sound of this gunshot. In fact, Colin did not find the other party when he was discovered by the Russians, let alone Pete with Eric on his back. In other words, Chinnikov's gunfire actually helped Colin. Not only reminded him of the danger, but also showed him the way.
Pete, who was the common goal of both sides, had already anticipated that the other side might shoot them before that shot rang out. After all, as they get closer and closer to the place where the fire is crossing, it is a high probability to shoot themselves to prevent themselves from joining up with their own people.
So when he realized that someone was chasing him, he deliberately ran towards the relatively dense trees, and tried not to simply move in a straight line.
This made it more difficult for Chennikov to shoot, at least after the first two shots. But Pete couldn't keep running, because although these two robberies didn't hit, they posed a big threat to him. One of the shots sent a splinter of a tree trunk straight into his arm. This forced Pete to stop and hide behind a tree.
Pete's dodge left Chinnikov and them out of target for a while. Knowing that they didn't hit, this made Chinnikov even more anxious, and he immediately asked everyone to speed up and surround them, he no longer cared if Pete would suddenly shoot them from hiding in a place, let alone the Yankees who were getting closer. He only knew that this was his last chance, and he had to do everything in his power to buy time and complete the task at any cost.
Pete, who was hiding, didn't have much thought, and even more simply than Chennikov at the moment. Because there is no weapon to fight back, let alone know that there are already their own people leaning over. So the only thing he wanted at the moment was to find a chance to keep running. So he hid and cautiously looked outside on both sides, and when he didn't see anyone on the other side, he immediately got up and started running.
But this time he was wrong. In fact, while he was observing, Chinnikov and the others had once again shortened the distance between them and Pete. It's just that the wooded place that Pete deliberately walked in blocked the other party's vision and seriously interfered with himself. So he didn't get far before the bullets chased after him.
The shots were even more threatening, and Pete could even clearly feel something passing by him. But he didn't stop this time, because he could tell from the gunfire that the other party was getting closer. If he stopped to dodge again, then he would not have a chance to get up again and continue running.
"Maybe I should give up on Eric and run on my own." Just after the other party shot him again, Pete's heart began to waver. "I didn't really come here to be a mercenary. I still have a mission, and I can't die here. I've done my best. You can't put yourself in it. ”
Pete thought as the strength in his hands slowly loosened. Although he was still completely decided, it was as if his body had already reacted in advance.
But at this moment, a burst of gunfire suddenly rang out from in front of him. This made Pete instinctively lie forward, and at the same time threw Eric on his back. He quickly turned his head to look to the sides, he needed to find a way out as soon as possible. The other party's target is Eric, and maybe he still has a chance to escape.
But just as he was thinking about how to escape, he suddenly realized that the gunshots that had just been fired from the opposite side did not seem to be coming at him. Because after he lay down, the gunfire not only did not stop, but became more violent. What's more, the bullets didn't hit themselves, but all of them went to other places.
Is it your own person? Right! It must be their own people. Realizing this, Pete immediately got back to his feet and looked ahead. Through the grass and some low, low bushes, he saw a figure flashing by. Although it was not clear what the men were wearing, it was certainly true that they were shooting at the Russians who were chasing them. And who else can still fight the Russians here at this moment, except for the mercenaries of the Hermet Security Company who came to pick up themselves or the Maneating Shark Squad?
Colin, who rushed over, also locked Pete's position, and it was because of this that he led people to fire at the Russians.
Their shots were so heavy that Colin hoped to hold them down with the first wave of shots. Because at the moment he also does not understand the situation of the Russians. And the situation in front of him did not allow him time to investigate slowly, so he could only hope to use the heavy fire to catch the other party by surprise, even if it was short-lived, as long as it was enough for him to save Pete and Eric. As for the rest, just wait for the others sent by John to arrive.
And at the moment on the other side. John was under tremendous pressure, and Ashraf was keenly aware of the key to this battle through the previous report of Chennikov, that is, at this moment, only by restraining the Yankee mercenaries in front of him could he successfully complete this mission. This is different from before, before it seemed to him that for the target, it was clearly him and they had the advantage. It is precisely because of this that the Yankees storm the ridge, trying to drag down or even eliminate those they sent to pursue. And after using the meerkat team to outflank them and put on a posture to cut off their retreat, they may not have been able to confirm whether the target was out of their pursuit. It was only to ensure his own safety that he chose to retreat. But it didn't take long for the pair to come back to their senses. This may be because he was too conservative and too weak later, and more importantly, the target that Chinnikov estimated was in contact with the Yankees who rushed to the rescue, and they decided on the method and place of response, which made them not only not continue to retreat, but also advanced a little more to themselves.
So Ashraf concentrated all his forces and launched an onslaught against John. At the moment he was replenished, not to mention the two new squads, there were also Ossetians who were coming in the back. This not only gave him enough reason but also enough confidence to attack.
As soon as the war began, John knew that this time it was no longer a trick of the Russians to scare people, but a real thing. He didn't have a hard top, and he didn't actually have the confidence to have a hard top, he didn't bring too many people in total, and after arranging for people to escort the man-eating shark team to evacuate, and Colin to find a way, he could only rely on the Russians and didn't want to fight with them on this point and stalemate with the other party. So when the Russians changed their minds, the only thing he could do was shrink and retreat.