Chapter 11 Zones of Combat
After a while, Eric ended the call and walked to the side of the minibus, looking a little frustrated, but he did not ask for immediate departure.
Donovan glanced at Eric and said, "Are we waiting for someone?" β
"Nope." Eric shook his head and said, "I'm waiting for news. As he spoke, he glanced at the command vehicle on the side and said, "The Georgians seem to be a little overconfident." Just as he finished speaking, Eric's phone rang, he immediately answered the phone, and after saying a few words, as if he had received some good news, Eric, who had a sad face, finally smiled.
After hanging up, Eric beckoned to Steve as if he had the confidence to go to Tskhinvali and said, "Let's go." Call the Georgians and let's go to the city. Hurry up and get us done. β
After getting into the car, Donovan looked at Eric and said, "Is there any good news?" β
"Huh. Not good news. It's just that we still have time. Eric said and looked at Steve and said, "Let them hurry up." After Steve's answer, he added, "The Russians didn't move." On that side of the border, the Russians did not move. This illustrates the opportunity to take down Tskhinvali before they do it. As long as you take here, you can have the foundation or capital to deal with them later. β
"So what's the point of going to Tskhinvali now?" Donovan asked.
Hearing this, Eric did not answer immediately, but after thinking about it, he said, "I have to see how they fight with the Russians." How far has the war got. He shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's a bit of a shit, but I'll have to keep an eye on their reactions, because it's not the Georgians or Ossetians who decide the outcome of this war, it's the damned Russians." β
Donovan waved his hand and said, "I want to know what we're going to do then." What is the condition of the place you are going to? β
"There are still some South Ossetian armed forces in the city, and it is said that there are quite a few militias. And their so-called president with a group of people did not leave, but is still holding on. In addition, there is a group of so-called Russian peacekeepers who are resisting. There's a chance I'm going to meet some of them, and all you have to do is don't let them kill me. Eric said and smiled, "But there may be something else that we need your help with." β
"What's the matter?" Donovan asked.
"I might have to arrest a few people." Eric said: "A couple of people who work for the Russians. That's it. β
"Okay." Donovan nodded and said, "Then I understand." After saying that, he turned to look at Pete and said, "Master, no matter what happens in the city, you and Ellie will be responsible for the safety of Mr. Eric and Steve." After saying that, he looked at Eric and said, "The others will do what you want us to do." β
After entering Tskhinvali, the atmosphere inside the car suddenly became even more tense, because the first thing you saw was a messy neighborhood. Most of the buildings here have been destroyed, and some of them are still standing in a crumbling state. The pavement of the passable road is also miserable, with potholes, not only because of the extensive damage to the pavement caused by shelling or some other reason, but also because there are all kinds of debris on the smooth ground. The main thing is the broken bricks and tiles scattered on the road after the destruction of the buildings. Some of them are also very large and directly become the existence of roadblocks, which makes the car still very bumpy when walking on such a road without being able to drive fast, and people in the carriage swaying left and right when the buttocks leave the seat, and from time to time there is a situation of supporting the bottom. In addition to this, there are all kinds of dilapidated vehicles abandoned on the road, some of which are only wreckage. Some of these abandoned vehicles were destroyed armored vehicles and even T-72 tanks, all of which were Georgian judging by the flags planted on them.
It's not these that make everyone nervous the most, but the gunfire here. The situation here is clearly not as good as expected. Although so far it can be regarded as overwhelming, South Ossetia is losing ground one after another, but here, judging from the current situation, the Ossetians here are stubbornly resisting. The street fighting has narrowed the gap between the two sides, and it has turned into a melee in the city, because Pete can clearly hear the gunshots or explosions coming from all over the place, some of the gunshots sound really close to him, and it feels as if they are coming from a junction not far ahead.
Pete said while paying attention to the movement outside the car, "Sir, we seem to have entered an area of intense firefighting. β
Donovan didn't speak, but stared out the window, as did everyone but him. Because at this moment, what you see outside the window is no longer just ruins, but there are corpses that can be clearly seen on the side of some ruins, and they should be civilians from the clothing. In some places there were bodies dressed in camouflage, and from Pete's point of view he could not tell whether they were Georgians or Ossetians, but the battle was fierce in terms of numbers.
At this moment, the jeep driven by the Georgian who was leading the way in front of the minibus suddenly turned to the right side of the road. Pete immediately realized that something was wrong, because there was no intersection on the right side of the road, and the movement of the jeep in front of him was obviously not turning but evading, no, it should be dodging.
But before Pete could call out, a rocket suddenly flew out of a low building with a broken faΓ§ade on the side of the road at ten o'clock.
βRPGοΌβ All Pete could do at the moment was scream, and Steve, who was driving, saw this, and he quickly stepped on the accelerator and turned the steering wheel to the left side of the road, but soon crashed headfirst into a parked car on the side of the road in a violent jolt, and immediately after hitting the car, he rushed to the curb. As soon as the car was crashed away, the rocket exploded between the jeep and the minibus. Judging by the impact point, the person who fired the RPG should be aiming at the jeep.
"Get off! Get out of the car! Donovan shouted as he stood up, and just as he finished speaking, a burst of gunfire rang out near twelve o'clock.
"Be discreet. Take cover! Pete screamed as he quickly pulled Eric out of his seat and lay down in the car, but the bullet didn't seem to fly towards them, but instead went in the direction of the jeep leading the way.