"So no one knows about this tunnel?" Pete asked behind Chekov.

Chekov chuckled and said, "Maybe that's a reason." There had been a lot of bones dug up in the woods before, and even fewer people had come in. ”

"Don't you have some people here who specialize in digging up weapons and equipment left over from World War II? Maybe there's a lot of good stuff to dig up here. Calvin, who was following Pete, spoke.

"I've been here. Those people circled around Slonium a few times, but they didn't seem to find the place. Chekov slowed down, because ahead was the tunnel that actually went underground, through which he passed. It will be dark in front. But there's nothing inside, it's just dark and damp. Soon after entering, we will pass through the level on the ground and enter the city limits. Chekov said as he pulled out the flashlight he had with him, "Follow me, don't talk again." There are already holes in this tunnel, and if the sound from above can be heard, then the sound from below can also be transmitted. So we have to be careful. ”

Pete nodded and said to Calvin behind him, "Tell the others that from now on casual talk is not allowed." One follows the other. ”

"Understood." Karl said yes and passed Pete's words on, and Chekov, who was walking in front, looked ahead and walked out.

After entering the tunnel, the light dimmed suddenly, and he could only follow Chekov in front of him. Fortunately, the ground in the tunnel is quite flat, but the soil feels a little soft, slightly slippery, and the air is full of earthy smell.

After walking forward for about 100 meters, there was a burst of "dong dong" sound overhead. Chekov slowed down, shone his flashlight upwards, and whispered, "This should be the sound of cars passing by above." As he spoke, some clods of earth tumbled down from the top of the tunnel. It seems that this pit will not be long before it is useless. With that, Chekov continued on his way, and noticeably quickened his pace.

The further you go, the more movement comes from above, and in some places there is even a ray of light shining into the tunnel, although it is very small and weak, but it can still be seen in such a dark space. Further on, even when Chekov was about to reach the exit, he could faintly hear the sound of someone talking from above.

"It's right ahead. Don't make a sound. Chekov whispered a reminder and cautiously walked forward for about fifty meters to the end of the tunnel.

It's so low that people have to crouch forward, which can be depressing, especially when the lighting is so bad. Pete stared ahead, and there seemed to be a train of thought at the end, but Chekov felt to the right when he got there, which meant that there was a way to go down.

Pete immediately sped up and moved over, but after touching to the right, there was a lower exit, only to see Chekov almost kneeling on the ground in front of him, crawling backwards, and after advancing about ten meters, the whole person climbed down.

"Come here. Here's down, about a meter high, be careful. It's better to go backwards. "After climbing out, Chekov took the hand power station at the exit.

When Pete heard him say this, he immediately turned around and repeated to the others what Chekov had just said, and when he retreated to the exit, with Chekov's help, his feet quickly found the ground.

After standing firmly, Pete immediately looked to the side, and saw that this was a sewer, which was also very low, and the smell was a hundred times worse than that in the tunnel just now, but the temperature here was much higher than in the tunnel.

"We'll go up from there later." Chekov shone his flashlight at a place not far above. Through the light, Pete saw that there was a vertical ladder, which meant that it was the real exit, and if you went up, you would enter the city of Slonium.

"Is it an alley up there?" Pete asked.

"Yes. Alley. Chekov said: "Nothing. But you'd better put away these weapons. ”

Pete hesitated for a moment and nodded, looked at the others who came out one after another, and said, "Put all the spears in your bag, prepare your pistols, and we're going back to the ground." ”

"Better hurry... Someone said: "It stinks so bad, I'm going to throw up." ”

Pete handed the paratrooper version of the AK-74 rifle to the man in charge of tightening the rifle in his bag, and followed Chekov to the ladder, where he climbed up.

The lid on top looked tight, but when Chekov reached the top and pushed it up with one hand, the top lid was pushed open, but when he pushed it away, some of the water above dispersed, which made the people below scream.

"Be quiet." Chekov let out a nervous whisper and roared down, then climbed up after making sure there was no movement above.

Pete climbed up with a pistol in one hand, and when he climbed out, Pete took a deep breath and quickly looked to the sides.

This is indeed an alley, not far from his side is the outer wall of a building, to be precise, this alley is the distance between two buildings, about three or four meters wide. At the ends of both sides is a direct road to the outside.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry. All come up. After making sure that there was no problem, Pete immediately beckoned the people below to hurry up, and while the people below climbed up one after another, he looked at Chekov and said, "Where is the car?" ”

"Don't worry." Chekov said: "Follow me in a moment." These are all arranged. As he spoke, he pointed to the side of the passage and said, "From there, it is the entrance to the parking lot, and we will have a car when we enter the parking lot." ”

Pete didn't say anything more, but after everyone had come out, he closed the cover and quickly left Chekov and came to the side of a road in Slonium.

Maybe it's because the people in the city are more or less aware of something is wrong at the moment, or maybe there aren't many people in the city, so there aren't many people on the road, and the traffic is relatively sparse. Chekov said as he walked: "Don't look around, there are a lot of plainclothes on the road now." ”

Hearing him say this, Pete couldn't help but clench the pistol in his pocket. However, the road was very peaceful, and they came to the parking lot mentioned by Chekov smoothly, and got into the car here, and Chekov drove away from here and quickly headed towards the park in the north of the city.

"Get ready." Pete, after giving a word to his fellow car, looked at Chekov and said, "When we get there, shall we just wait where we are?" ”

"Yes." Chekov said: "There's a guy there who was in charge of liaison, and when we're sure we're there, he'll go and bring out the people we're going to pick up." After the confluence, we went back the way we came. ”

"Okay, I hope it goes so well." Pete said and looked out the window. At the moment, he always felt that something was wrong in his heart, the city seemed too calm, and behind this calm there was always a feeling of great danger. After all, since the Russians have already made a move, it is impossible to be so calm, which is very abnormal, at least it is very different from the style of the Russians in my impression. The only explanation is that the Russians must have secretly controlled everything here, and it is precisely because of this that the city appears to be as if nothing has happened, and even more peaceful and tranquil than usual.

At the same time as Pete and the others acted, in a large office in the building of the local post and telecommunications office in Slonium, Ivan, who was sent by Yuniste to be in charge of this arrest, picked up a phone on the table, and after hearing what the other party said, he snorted coldly and said, "Follow them from afar." I'll send someone right away. After speaking, he hung up the phone, turned to look at a young man in front of him and said, "Your chance has come." Just now my people told me that there were suddenly a dozen suspicious people on the road, all of them men, including blacks and Asians, who were rushing into the city, and this should be Hermet's people, probably by some means of sneaking into the city. Now they are heading north of the city. With that, he came to the wall, pointed to the map on the wall, and said, "It's here, not too far from the intelligence bureau's stronghold here, which means that the person we are looking for is likely to be in this area." ”

The young man standing in front of Ivan was none other than Ashraf, who was chasing Pete outside the Georgian city of Tskhinvali. Previous operations in Iraq were also carried out by him. I saw him look at the map and say, "Could it be Bordashev?" ”

"Maybe." Ivan said: "I'm not sure. They've been operating here for a long time, and some of the others are normal, at least they've blown up their former stronghold, and they've made it unrecognizable, so that we don't get anything from it, and it's certainly not something one or two people can do. ”

"Shall we do it, then?" Ashraf asked.

"Of course." Ivan smiled and said: "It's not just us, it's important for Belarus as well." ”

"And what if there is no Baldachev among these people?" Ashraf asked.

Ivan glanced at him and said, "Are you worried that Bordashev will not have contact with anyone at all and will choose the method of escape alone?" ”

Ashraf shrugged his shoulders and said, "I have to say, they were a little too reckless to do this. With the whole city under control, they seem to be thinking things too simply. ”

Ivan returned to his desk, picked up the phone as if dialing an internal line, and after the phone was connected, he said: "The rats are coming, restore the communication, let them be happy first." After saying that, he hung up the phone and turned to look at Ashraf and said, "It's not that they think it's simple, but they have too little time left." And there must be too many secrets hidden here. Once we crack it, it can be a huge loss. So in a hurry, they had to do this, otherwise there would be no blacks and Asians among the people who came. But you can't be careless, Helmet still has the means, you know how good they are. The dozen or so people we found were probably just some of them who came here, even if they were in a hurry, they must have had a plan. ”

Ashraf nodded and said, "I know." I'll be careful. Shall I leave right away? ”

"Wait." Ivan said: "Wait for our people to determine where they have arrived." They are here to pick up people, and if they find something wrong, they will definitely change their minds, which will not be good for us, and when they meet with some people, we will do it again, isn't it equivalent to those who are hiding themselves in front of our eyes? As he spoke, the phone on his desk rang again, he picked up the phone and answered it, only to hear what the other party said before hanging up, "Wireless communication throughout the city has been restored." As he spoke, he took out the mobile phone he was carrying, and quickly called out, and the phone was quickly connected, only to hear Ivan: "How is it?" Are they still walking? A wetland park in the north of the city? Ivan asked, then walked to the map and looked at it, "Keep an eye on them, and report anything directly to Captain Ashraf." That's it. ”

"Let's go. Wetland Park to the north. Ivan pointed to the map and said, "This is where they probably meet." Go ahead and do it as soon as they meet. ”

Pete and the others did not know that they were being targeted at this moment, and Chekov led them to the east gate of the wetland park and stopped the car at a square outside the east gate.

"This is it." Chekov said and looked outside the car, and suddenly his mobile phone rang, he took out the phone and looked at it with some surprise, turned his head to look at Pete and said, "The signal has been restored." ”

"What do you mean?" Pete knew that the communication here was deliberately disrupted, but he still asked.

"The signal was not good before, and only landline phones could be used. But now this signal has suddenly returned. Chekov said as he put the phone away.

Pete frowned when he heard this, which made him feel a little strange. Why didn't you recover sooner or later, and suddenly recovered at this time? What does that mean? Could it be that the previous signal was not deliberate, but a real failure?

While Pete was full of doubts, Chekov pointed to a driveway parked on the other side of the square: "It should be that car." You wait here, I'll go over for a moment. ”

Pete didn't think about it anymore, because it was useless to think more at the moment, he had already come, and he could only hope that this strange thing was not some kind of trick by the other party, and if it was, he could only hope that he would be able to get out safely in the future. He looked at the car Chekov was pointing to and could see that there was a man sitting in the driver's seat, who was facing him without any sign.

"Everybody, get the guys ready." Pete said, "Calvin, Matthew, get out of the car and be on alert." ”