"Still waiting for the people of the 74th Division?" Achraf seemed a little puzzled, and he immediately said: "We should hurry." We could do it without them. IMHO, to wait like this is to give those Americans a chance. ”

Achraf's anxious look amused Semolov. He and Ivan didn't deal with each other very much, and he was very unhappy with letting him and Ashraf carry out such a capture mission together, he knew that Ashraf was the person Ivan valued, and he couldn't show too much on the bright side, so he was very comfortable to see Ashraf at this time.

Semolov chuckled as he pointed to the east and said, "Do you know how to cross the border from Alter into Georgia?" ”

"Need to cross the river." Ashraf blurted out.

"Yes. River. Semolov nodded, "Although this river is not a big river, it is not easy to get through it calmly. Where do you think they will go from other than crossing the bridge from the existing one? ”

Achraf looked at Semolov, who seemed confident that he would catch the rest of the man. Although in his opinion, the other party really has no good way to cross the bridge, otherwise he would not be trapped here, but who knows what the Yankees are doing? If they were really that easy to deal with, they wouldn't have managed to escape from their own hands.

"I've blocked all the bridges around here, and all the boats have been confiscated and guarded. Unless they actually swim through, there's really nothing to do. But with such a clean surface, aren't they afraid that they will be discovered before they enter the water? Hehe. Semolov smiled, looked at the time, and said, "Let's go get something to eat first." Those Yankees are not easy to deal with, and they will definitely resist. You should know better than me how they fight. So let's wait until we get there before we do it. ”

Seeing that Semolov said this, Ashraf didn't insist anymore, after all, he came here to assist Semolov, and more importantly, judging from Semolov's arrangement, he really couldn't find a strong reason for Semolov to act immediately. I had to follow Semolov to dinner.

But while they were preparing dinner, John took his nearly fifty Helmet mercenaries, led by the fleeing Tim, and drove southwest along the river for about ten kilometers. Found the place where Tim said he could easily cross the river.

After coming here, John did not immediately make any instructions and arrangements, and did not even let people go to the river immediately. Instead, after parking the car in a relatively secluded place some distance from the riverbank, he led Colin and several people, including Pete, to carefully follow Tim to the woods by the river and look at the place Tim pointed out.

It is indeed wider than the previous river, and perhaps because of the bend not far upstream, the water is also slower.

John took out his binoculars and looked across the river. The river is about 100 meters wide, the current is very stable, and judging from Tim's description, there should be no turbulent undercurrents below. On the other side of the river, there is a beach full of stones, about ten meters wide. Further up is a forest on the bank of the river, which is also very calm, and the sun shines through the trees and still sparkles on the surface of the river.

"Is there a road in the woods across the street?" John asked, looking at it.

"Nope." Tim shook his head, "You have to go some distance out of this wooded area near the river to see the way." ”

Hearing Tim say this, John nodded slightly, then took the telescope and looked at both sides of the riverbank, and after confirming that there was no situation, he said to Colin beside him: "Release the drone, take a look at the situation around the circle, and look north along the opposite river bank to see if the situation is good, and try whether this thing works by the way." With that, he left the river and returned to the place where he had parked, and after a moment's thought, he took out the map again and summoned everyone present.

John directly spread the map on the ground, and after unfolding it, he looked around and said, "Our mission is to go to Alter to rescue the people who are hiding there because of the attack. I think everyone knows that. According to the last contact, there were eight other people there, one of whom was seriously injured. All the bridges that can cross the river are blocked at the moment, so we came to this place. Through the information provided by Tim, who had fled back from Abkhazia, it was possible to wade quickly to the other side of the river here, where I had just gone to check the river. But... John said as he connected a line to Alter on the map at the moment, "The distance between here is almost ten kilometers or so. This means that even if we were able to get people out without any alarm, we would have to turn back 10 kilometers and return to Georgia from here. It's too long and too unsafe for us. So for the sake of safety, we can't just go over and then evacuate so simply, we have to make some arrangements to prevent problems, especially after the other side launches a pursuit. He looked up at everyone and continued, "We need to make good use of this river." I will set up two interdiction points along the river on our side. ”

"Blocking point?" Pete looked at John with some surprise.

"Yes." John nodded, and seeing that Pete was not the only one who didn't understand, he pointed to the map again, and said, "Now, it seems to me that the real difficulty is not how to get into Art, or even how to find those people and get them out of there. What was really difficult was this escape route that we couldn't avoid. I'm going to go back here along this grove by the river. But I can say with certainty that it should not be possible for us not to alarm anyone. Then after that, these people who go to the rescue will be locked in endless shootouts. This is a dangerous and complicated process, and if we are not careful, we can repeat the mistakes we made in the mountains on the west side of Tskhinvali. So I want these people in charge of the rescue to concentrate on leaving Abkhazia with the wounded during the evacuation, instead of constantly turning around and fighting the pursuers of the other side. In that case, it is necessary to arrange for another person to do this. So what can be done to make an impact without letting these people fall into the siege of the other side? John said and pointed in the direction of the river, "That's why I said we had to use the river." "I'm going to set up two interdiction points on the banks of the river on the Georgian side, and I'm going to be responsible for stopping the enemy chasing after the rescue team passes, and I'm going to take them by surprise with a surprise attack." ”