Ochoa, who was standing against the wall, said, "It seems to me that the people here have their own tasks. Defending the prison is the task of the sergeants here, if we need to help defend it... As he spoke, he shrugged his shoulders and said, "I think this place should have been very critical at that time, but such a situation has been said before, and it is impossible for this to happen." ”

Seeing that everyone said this, Pete was not prepared to insist. In fact, he had similar thoughts to them in his heart, after all, there were so many troops surrounding this place, and there was no reason to attack this place as they expected before, so there was no need to worry too much about it. Even if those captured Iraqis were a little eccentric, it had nothing to do with them, they were just trying to play some tricks with the intelligence bureau.

But at this moment, Faiz stepped down from above, and after seeing the members of Team 009, he said, "The old prison guard you were looking for has arrived. People were standing outside. Come with me. ”

Donovan glanced at the others, and seeing that they didn't want to move, he looked at Pete and said, "Let's go, you and I can go and have a look." Like you said, there's nothing to do anyway. After speaking, he looked at Morris and said, "Everyone else is handed over to you, just stay here, don't move around." Smoking is also not allowed. With that, he gestured to Pete, and the two followed Faiz up.

The old prison guard, accompanied by a prison guard, stood outside the door of the three-story building, and he was indeed quite old, and his beard and hair had turned gray. And the mental state is not very good, and some of them can't beat their spirits.

Faiz asked after seeing the old prison guard, only to see the man's casual answer while looking at Donovan and Pete beside him. Faiz said, "This man's name is Fatil. You want to know what to start asking him. ”

Pete and Donovan glanced at each other, obviously at the moment, although the two of them came, they were no longer interested. However, Pete still said after looking at it, "Can you tell us about the situation around the prison?" ”

After hearing Faiz's translated words, the old prison guard named Fadil was obviously stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting to ask this. However, he didn't ask much, but turned around and looked around, and then said, only to hear Faiz translate: "The surroundings have changed. It used to be a hospital to the south, but it has now been converted into a barracks. To the northwest is a residential area, just across the street. As he spoke, he pointed to the northwest like the old prison guard, "Those are the houses that have been broken." ”

Pete and Donovan looked in the direction he had pointed to, and although they couldn't see clearly in the setting sun, they could still see that the buildings were in ruins.

"So there's no one in this area?" Donovan asked.

In this question, Faiz directly replaced the old prison guard and said: "No one. I'm no stranger to this area. This area in the northwest has been shattered by fierce armed conflicts. Even if there are people living in them, they are homeless. Only the mosque over there is still intact, and there are still people living in it. ”

Pete nodded, understandably. All kinds of guerrillas, militants, bombs, cold guns, rockets, these are all telling the people here that the war is far from over, and that the current Iraq is far from rebuilding. So it's normal that no one cares about the damaged places like this.

The old prison guard continued to speak after seeing that Faiz had finished speaking, pointing to the east side and speaking briefly. "He said that the east side was also the area where the troops were blockaded, through which a park with a football field could be reached, but now it is also deserted. ”

"Are there a lot of people living around here?" Pete continued.

After hearing Faiz's translation, the old prison guard shook his head, sighed a little desolately, and said something. "He said there wasn't anyone there. Originally, there were quite a few people living around this place who worked for the prison like me, their families. There are also people who belong to a system. With all this, there are shopping streets, elementary schools, kindergartens, libraries. Now that's all gone. People have long since moved away, mostly leaving the city. I don't know when I'll be back. ”

"That means the surrounding troops, except for a small number of residents, are all stationed here?" Pete asked.

"Yes." Again, without waiting for the old prison guard's answer, Faiz said directly: "Only to the south, in the direction we came here, is there a denser number of people. ”

"Are the U.S. troops stationed in Alsabad also there?" Donovan asked.

Faiz nodded and said, "Yes." Their military camp was southeast of the city. There are some important facilities of the city, water plants, power plants, and transportation arteries. And here, to the north, we are the main road to the north. ”

"That is to say, the garrison here is divided into two parts, one on the north-south communication artery and the other on some important and dangerous facilities in the city?" Donovan asked.

"That's right." Faiz nodded and said, "Do you know how long you're going to be here?" ”

Donovan glanced at him and said, "Three days at most." How? Didn't the people in Mosul make it clear to you before? ”

"Nope. It has already been said. I just think that since you haven't found the person you're looking for, shouldn't you go back as soon as possible? Seeing Donovan's confusion, Faiz continued: "We are short of manpower right now. It would be great if we could get this done as soon as possible. ”

"So that's all there are you? Originally, it was said that there was a person in the company. And now it's only one platoon at most. Donovan said.

"That's true." "Others also have to carry out daily patrols and vigilance duties in Mosul and the surrounding area. ”

Donovan nodded and said, "I understand you, but we can't help much in terms of time." Actually, like you, I'm only in charge of security, and I don't have the right to decide on the rest. After saying that, he looked at Pete and said, "Well, is there anything else you want to know?" ”

When Pete saw that the conversation between Donovan and Faiz was over, he immediately added: "I see that the walls around here are all brick walls, and there are many broken places, and no one has come to repair them?" ”

After hearing Faiz's translation, the old prison guard smiled bitterly and said something. Faiz laughed, "He said the wall was older than some of the guards here. It's long overdue. Originally, it was going to be clamed, but because of the war, everything came to a standstill. These walls should have lasted a long time, after all, the climate is dry, but they can't stand the bullets. ”