Thinking of this, John couldn't help but frown and looked back. But when he looked back, he seemed to suddenly think of something. He immediately raised his hand to signal the group to stop and looked across the river.

Stopping at this moment is undoubtedly a good thing for Pete. At this point in today's day, he was already very tired. Although he could cross the river, he preferred to have a moment of rest. Because I also know that the other party will definitely not give up so easily, and there must be a situation before I can cross the river smoothly. Therefore, the most important thing is to save a certain amount of physical strength and be able to take a good breath.

"Toby, Kane. Arrange manpower guards. With that, John made a quick gesture to Pete and Colin, and came to the river. After looking at the river, he looked at the direction of the hot spring pass, the second blocking point on the opposite side.

Pete followed John's gaze left and right, and after looking around, he whispered, "Sir." Are you going to fight each other here? ”

Hearing Pete's words, John couldn't help but look at him, and I have to say that this guy's performance made him extremely satisfied. What does it mean to be able to say something like this at this moment? It shows that this guy is still thinking about things in his head while he is busy marching and fighting, and he is thinking the same thing as himself. This is extremely difficult, this is a good material for being a commander, or at least a leader in battle.

However, John did not talk, but picked up the radio he had with him and contacted the people on the other side. Immediately after the response on the other side, he said: "Thun, have you reached the second blocking point?" ”

"Some of the personnel have not yet arrived. Also monitoring the situation on the river from the rear. Thun replied.

"What is the situation in the rear? Is there anything special? John asked.

"No, so far there has been no movement in the woods. However, there were boats on the river, which had been towed behind, and there were about two of them. It's still the kind of patrol boat I encountered before. ”

Hearing Thune say this, John looked again at the bend in the river not far away. After looking at him for a moment, he seemed to have made up his mind and said, "Gather the manpower." Assemble at the second blocking point. ”

Hearing John's instructions, Thun didn't seem to understand what he meant for a while, but he immediately answered. John didn't explain to him, and after finishing his contact with Thun, he looked at Pete and Colin and said, "Call Kane and Toby and Howard over." We'll have to arrange it. ”

Pete and Colin immediately answered and quickly called Kane and Toby, who were on guard. After seeing them coming, John immediately said, "I'm going to take advantage of the bend in the river ahead to deal with the other party's gang." ”

"Resolved?" Kane couldn't help but look at John in surprise.

"Nope." John waved his hand and said, "It's an exaggeration to say that the solution is solved. It should be said to repel them. He said, gesturing to the west side, and said, "The people who are following us are for those people to scout." In other words, these people are always looking for opportunities to attack us. We'd be further across, and I didn't want to be attacked from the shore or even from the boat while my lower body was soaking in the water. ”

John's words made everyone except Pete understand what he meant. No one wants such a thing to happen, and no one wants to continue fighting, but the other party has been following, and it is better to take the initiative to solve the problem than to wait for the other party to find an opportunity to attack him.

So Kane spoke, "What are we going to do?" ”

"To put it simply, we can't really cross the river where we're going to cross it." John said.

"Can't cross the river where we really want to cross it?" Howard, who was rescued by everyone, didn't seem to understand what John was talking about for a while, and looked at John and then at the others with an inexplicable expression.

"Yes." John pointed to the guide and said, "We can't be suppressed by the other side where we really want to cross the river, then we will lose the room to maneuver, and even if we are repulsed, it will cause me trouble or even big trouble when we actually cross the river." So we have to be there. John said, pointing down to the river, "We will pass a bend not far ahead, and the river will turn there, and what we have to do here is to fight each other not far after crossing the river." ”

"There's a fight?" Kane looked south and said, "How can we make sure they can do what we want?" What if you still watch from a distance like this or shell it with shelling? ”

John smiled and pointed to the north, behind everyone, and said, "There." Don't forget the people who have been following us all the time. They're going to let their men attack us. ”

"Is that trying to send them the wrong message?" Pete said immediately when he saw John say this.

"Yes!" John pointed his finger at Pete and said, "That's it." Did you think they were a little inexplicable about the previous attack on us? Hehe. John said and smiled, "No, not at all. They noticed that we were close to the river and stopped. This created a misunderstanding for them, which was that they thought we were going to cross the river and that their opportunity had come. So, they attacked us. This time, we did the same as before, making them think we were about to cross the river. Let them attack us again on their own initiative. ”

"Will they still be fooled?" Colin asked, "They have suffered a loss, and after losing two patrol boats, will they attack easily?" Besides, what if they still attack us with mortars? In that case, there's nothing we can do with them. ”

"Nope." John waved his hand and said, "They're going to be fooled, but we'll have to behave more differently." For example, we really seem to have to cross a river, wade through water, and even send a few people into the water to swim to the other side. In fact, they also hope that we can actually start crossing the river, we have run a long way, and they have reason to believe that we have reached the place where we actually crossed. This is their last chance and they should be more anxious than we are. John said, glancing at the west side of the woods and said, "As for the mortars of the other side." We've got to do it first. so that they will not be able to shell us in a very calm situation. ”

"Shall we strike first? Does that mean we're attacking those on the road? Colin continued.

John waved his hand again and said, "No." We can't get past it. In the past, we would have lost our advantage. I think there must be a lot of their men there, even if it's night and they can only see us by flares, but they just have to shoot at us when there is a huge disparity in numbers. We're going to be very passive and we won't be able to do anything at all. After saying that, he looked across the river and said, "We have to rely on the people on the other side of the river, and if I remember correctly, Thun has mortars." Let them come and shell the people there on the road. ”