I saw that he quickly found his car, opened the door, got into the car, and after starting it, he drove towards the gate, but just as he was driving to the gate and was about to leave, suddenly a flash of light flashed in the air from the southeast of Mosul, followed by a loud noise. Then I saw that all the lights around me had been turned off.

At the same time, when the entire city of Mosul was suddenly plunged into darkness, the convoy of 100 people rushing to the rescue of Mosul came to the town of Shahad. Although their speed is not slow, the road cannot be said to be very smooth. Shortly after leaving Mosul, a roadside bomb exploded. Fortunately, no one was injured and the vehicle was not damaged. But it was like a bad start, and then all sorts of things happened. Rockets, cold guns, suspected explosives deliberately placed in the middle of the road, etc. All of this reminded the people in the convoy to be afraid along the way, and in addition to the fact that it was not night, everyone tensed all the nerves in their bodies and was ready to deal with the coming emergencies at any time, which made everyone feel a little tired when they came to Shahad Town, although it only took about twenty minutes.

The convoy slowed down as it approached the town and came to a stop outside the town. Leading the way was an armored car. He stopped because he saw that the road ahead had been cut off. The car may be able to barely get through, and those Humvees are in some trouble. So the soldiers in this armored car immediately reported to their commander.

"Captain Pence, this is car number one. The road ahead was cut off. We may have to take a detour. "The captain of the first car said.

The Captain Pence, of course, was an American, and at the moment he was on a Humvee in the middle of the convoy. After hearing the report from car No. 1, he immediately said, "Can't you pass?" I mean all our cars. ”

"It's hard to captain. I think it's better to take a detour. The road was apparently deliberately dug and should have been dug not so long ago. I think the purpose is to stop us. So I don't think it's worth trying, once you can't get out and can't get up, then the car is useless. Even if we had to come up, it would have wasted too much of our time. "The captain of car number one said.

Captain Pence did not answer immediately, but thought carefully. Because it was dark all around at the moment, you could see some lights in the town, but not much. Since the road was deliberately dug up, then maybe there are those damn militants around here, will the rash detour enter the trap of the other party?

Just as he was thinking this, a voice in English with a thick accent came over the intercom. "Captain Pence, I'm Hassan. We can't stay here, stopping would make us more vulnerable to attack. ”

When Pence heard the man's voice, he immediately said, "Captain Hassan, do you think we should take a detour?" ”

"It's the only option we have. We've been around here many times and I know how to get there. "If you're really worried about traps." It is possible to divide the fleet into two parts. Let some people take a detour first, while others wait here and respond to each other if something happens. ”

Pence thought for a moment and said, "Captain Hassan, let's split it into two parts. You take your people around first. ”

"Okay. No problem. With Hassan's answer, the four cars parted from the convoy and left the main road to the left, i.e. west.

As Pence watched through the window of his car as the Iraqi convoy drove out, he immediately picked up the phone he had used to communicate with the command and made contact.

At this moment, the command post in Mosul was in chaos. Because just after the explosion that caused the power outage, a series of explosions exploded all over Mosul. Although the command post activated its own generators to start supplying electricity, everyone was in a state of emergency, and before they could find out exactly where the explosion was, gunshots were heard again over Mosul.

So Captain Rubin, who had temporarily replaced Major McGison in the command, seemed a little nervous on the phone, and only listened to him: "Night cat, are you having any problems?" ”

"Night Cat" is the code name of the team that rushed to Alsabad, and Pence said: "We have arrived in the small town of Sand , but the road here has been cut and we need to take a detour, which may delay some time." ”

"How long will it take?" Rubin immediately asked.

"I don't know at the moment." "In order to ensure safety, we didn't move all of them, but let Captain Hassan and his men go around first," Pence said. We'll act when they're passed. ”

"Okay, understood. I hope you will get through there as soon as possible, and contact you as soon as you do. Rubin said.

"Understood. End the call. Pence hung up the phone after speaking, but at this moment, there was a sudden "bang" from the northwest direction. Then there was a dense burst of gunfire.

Pence immediately picked up the intercom and said, "Captain Hassan! Captain Hassan! Can you hear ME? Can you hear ME? ”

Hassan did not answer immediately, but only after a few moments someone responded: "We have been attacked, someone is hiding in the town. There are many, many ... The man was silent before he could finish his sentence.

"Hassan, Hassan, are you still there?" After shouting twice without a response, Pence looked northwest again, and judging by the gunfire, the two sides were already in a state of fire. He immediately turned into the intercom: "Cars five and six stay where they are. The others went and rescued them. ”

At Pence's order, the Americans who remained immediately went into action, starting with the first car that immediately tried to get off the road. But just as it had just turned to turn its head towards the west, from the front of the severed road, a bright light flashed a little farther away, and then a rocket flew towards the number one.

"Rockets! Rocket! A shout rang out inside Car No. 1, but it didn't help, even if the driver sped up and drove out. I saw that the rocket hit the side of the No. 1 car, and exploded in the rear of the car.

The rockets themselves did not directly penetrate the armored vehicle, but the violent concussion from the explosion still caused heavy damage to the occupants of the vehicle. Most of them were unconscious. The armored car lost control and drove straight under the road.