At the rear, some Hummer jeeps are blocking the intersection of the surrounding roads, while in a building on the side of the road, some of the wounded are receiving simple treatment or first aid, while others who have been treated or have minor injuries are waiting for rescue vehicles or helicopters to take them away. Fighting continues on the outskirts of the area, particularly on the west side, where gunfire has continued since the first Burns-led men arrived and then the Iraqis led by Hassan were attacked after an unsuccessful attempt to bypass the town from the west side.

After that, the counterattack organized by Pence, including the other rescue team that came to Alsabad later, did not choose to go west, but went all the way north along this main road, as said before, they were completely eager to get through here and then continue to rush north with people to Arsabad.

But in this town, the battle was far more difficult than Burns and the others who came after him had anticipated. The militants who were entrenched here were clearly well prepared, and after finally storming the town, they were attacked in various ways. For example, bombs that have been planted for a long time, rockets that suddenly fly, mortar shells that will fall from the sky at some point, and the most annoying ones are snipers and some hidden machine guns and even heavy machine guns. This has made this group of US troops and Iraqi government forces who are rushing to Al Sabad pay a great price, and the most direct manifestation is the wounded and corpses in that room. This is also the reason why there are personnel to guard the south side of the town, after all, they can't continue to attack with so many wounded, so they can only protect them first and wait for the arrival of subsequent rescue or transfer vehicles.

"Captain!" An American soldier came up to Pence with a gun and said, "Captain, although I don't want to say it, but Rubin was asking me how I was doing, and I think it's better for you to talk to him about it." With that, he handed the satellite phone in his hand to Pence.

Pence took the phone and said directly: "Rubin, I'm Pence." ”

"Captain Pence, I wonder how long it will be before you can leave Shahad. Major McGison has just received the news that Alsabad is deteriorating and that the people we need to rescue are in great danger ... So I'm wondering how long it will take you to go? Rubin asked.

Pence looked in front of him, this was not the first time he had come to urge, which made him very irritable. Because he wanted to get out of here more than anyone else, and if the people in Alsabad were really finished, all his efforts here would be worthless, and all those who were killed would have died in vain. Although the battle here also killed and wounded many militants on the other side, it was not too important to him at all, after all, these rebels did not know how many there were, or they could not really be eliminated at all, only the task in front of him was really meaningful. So when he heard Rubin's questioning, Pence's tone was not good, and he only heard him say in a blunt tone: "What we want to do is exactly what they don't want us to do." So if you ask me how long it will be I don't know, I can't answer you exactly, but my people are trying to move forward, trying to open the way forward. ”

"That's not going to work." Rubin was obviously not satisfied with Pence's answer, "If I reply to the Major as you say, it is impossible to accept it." Now the requirement is ... ”

"Don't ask for it." Pence interrupted loudly, "If you really want to get through here, you should send more people." Instead of just sending me a platoon. He said, glancing at the man who had just handed him the phone, "Besides, your intelligence is shit." There are more militants entrenched here than in the worst nightmare I could ever dream of. But you didn't notice it at all. I would like to give you a suggestion now, if you really care about the people in Alsabad, you should immediately send a helicopter and rush there with a team of people to get them out, instead of urging me over and over again here and asking me how long it will take. I would also like to say that instead of asking me how long it will be, let the convoy of the wounded come here as soon as possible. We've got a big house of wounded people right now, and if we can get them away, maybe I'll be able to spare more men to attack. ”

"Captain Pence." Rubin was actually very depressed at the moment, he didn't expect this party to become like this, everything was developing in the direction of getting out of control, which made him very uneasy, especially at the moment that the task of liaison and coordination in his hands was likely to turn into a tragedy, which made him under great psychological pressure, so after Pence complained and complained, his tone became stiff, "Then are you asking me to reply to Major McJison like this?" ”

"Yes. That's it. You'd better have a recording... "Just as Pence was talking, the shelling began again. He didn't continue, but threw the phone to the man who handed him the phone earlier, "Second Lieutenant Terry." Is your platoon ready? ”

"Yes, Captain. What are you going to do? Ensign Terry asked.

Just when the American Pence was arranging the task of continuing the attack against the mortar shells that fell around from time to time, Said, who was on the northwest side of the town, had just finished the call with Faisal, he stood up and looked at the place where there was a fierce exchange of fire not far from him, and said: "Most of the Yankees have reached the north of the town?" ”

I saw a person beside him immediately respond: "Yes." They are just as thin and long as we predicted the first place. ”

Said nodded with satisfaction, "They were too anxious and careless. Are our people ready? ”

"Ready. Personnel, weapons and equipment are ready. The man replied immediately.

Said sighed slightly and said, "I've been waiting for such an opportunity for a long time. Hehe. After chuckling, he picked up an AKM rifle leaning against the wall of the holiday and said, "Let's get started." Tell everyone to let go and go on the onslaught at any cost. ”

"Understood!" After the man said yes, he took the walkie-talkie to get in touch, and Reresaid took the gun and led the person out of the room and quickly disappeared into the night.

And throughout the town, after a burst of scattered shelling, in the darkness, two groups of heavily armed militants from the western flank of the American front quickly approached the Americans at Said's command, and launched a direct onslaught on these Americans.