After seeing these people, Pete was truly relieved. Although John was no longer worried about the Russians continuing to chase after him. But the experience of these two days here has left a deep impression and even a shadow on Pete. This experience and feeling had not been experienced at all in the previous service, when the opponents, although sometimes cunning, gave a completely different feeling after a conflict and a firefight.

In the previous battles with those armed groups, although I sometimes got into trouble, I never lost confidence and never despaired. But this time it was different, the wave after wave of attacks by these Russians made people feel overwhelming, and even suppressed so that they could not even breathe. Although he had been mentally prepared before, the psychological impact of what had happened at this moment was far more than all the preparations. But fortunately, this nightmare seems to be over, and I persevered until the moment I woke up.

After leaving the mountains, they did not stay in Znaurirido, but immediately returned to the north of Tbilisi, in the government compound in Mtskheta, where they had arrived two days earlier. Here Pete did not see the men of his own squad, and the knowledge heard from Donovan that they had been transported to the border with Turkey, ready to leave through Turkey, and then fly home.

The reason for choosing such a route is also unthinkable, at the moment air supremacy is controlled by the Russians, although there are no direct air strikes on Georgian territory except Ossetia, but there are already aircraft flying near Tbilisi. At this point, take a plane from here and leave directly, and if the Russians play some tricks and something goes wrong, then everything will be over. In addition, the Russian Black Sea Fleet has also been dispatched to attack the western coastal areas of Georgia at any time. So now the safest thing is to go south overland into Turkey and return from there.

"Sir. Are you ready to get out of here with Eric? Pete said as he pointed to Donovan's injured arm and said, "Are you okay with your injuries?" ”

"It's not a big problem." Donovan glanced at his arm, "I don't want to leave yet." As he spoke, he glanced at John, who was already busy again, and said, "We're still in trouble." I heard that someone was trapped in Abukhaci. Now I'm trying to figure out a way. ”

"Figured out?" Pete looked at John, who was on the phone, and whispered, "If there are people like Eric there, I don't think there's any way but to rescue them with arms." ”

Donovan obviously knew this, and he nodded helplessly and said, "It is precisely because of this that I feel that I should stay." As you can see, John used the best man he had in order to answer us. It is estimated that there are not many people who can be mobilized at this moment. ”

As he spoke, John finished his correspondence and walked over to the people who were gathered around for a cigarette, a meal, and a rest. He first looked at the people who had just run back from life and death with him, and then said, "There is something I don't know how to speak. He looked a little embarrassed as he spoke, and after a pause, he said as if he had to say, "I just learned." Our men in Abu Haci were attacked. They are asking us for help. I'm going to take all the people I can with me to save them. But... John looked around, "But we're running out of men. At the moment I only have two squads that I use as a rapid reaction force. And our opponents are still the special forces of the Russians, who have been fighting with us for a long time today, and the Abkhaci forces who have secretly defected to the Russians. So I need people, the more the better. ”

Hearing John say this, everyone present understood what John meant. Everyone couldn't help but look at each other, including Pete and Donovan. These people who had just escaped death had exhaustion and confusion in their eyes. It is clear that the previous battles have left everyone's morale extremely low. All they want now is to get out of here and go home. No matter how heroic they were before, when they escaped and the breath of desperate rush out was relieved, the only thing they wanted to do was to go home, in short, it was impossible to pick up the gun immediately and continue to fight.

John knew what the people in front of him were thinking at the moment. The war here is not about the vital interests of the Americans, these people have no sense of belonging, for them it is just a job to fight a war with money. Since it is a long time to work, it is possible to do it and not to do it, and to want to do it and not to do it. Not to mention these people, even John himself didn't want to do it. But even if he didn't want to do it, it was a thing he had to do. Those people had to be rescued, just like they had just rescued the Man-Eating Shark Squad and Eric. It's his responsibility, it's what he has to do.

John continued, "I understand your feelings at the moment, and I don't think anyone doubts that. We've only been here for two days. But the previous battles are those that you may not encounter in your lifetime in the Middle East. As he spoke, he glanced at Donovan and Pete, "Especially the air strikes, except here, I don't think you can have a chance to be attacked in the Middle East, Africa, or South America." It was horrible, I can't put it into words, I can only describe it as terrifying. Especially when your companion disappears after you reopen your eyes, it may be remembered vividly for the rest of your life, as if it is engraved in your mind. So I know you're not only tired, but you're also scared. Maybe frightened by the bad word. This is especially true for those of us. But that's just the way it is. Physically and mentally exhausted, to be exact. Even if you're still here at the moment, I know that many of you are hurt. But we can't just walk away. John said, took a quick look at the people in front of him, and said, "We still have people under siege. ”

John accentuated the word "besieged," "and those who besieged them have attacked." They can be killed at any moment, or captured and disappear from this world forever. You may be thinking, what does this have to do with me, that's your John's business. We tried our best and lost so much that we couldn't go any further. John nodded himself and said, "That's good." But have you ever thought about what you would think if I reversed your position and were so hesitant to come to your rescue when you were under siege, and even wanted to give up? If we could have given up so easily, then we wouldn't have needed to do it today. We should walk away so that not only is everyone safe, but also that those who died in the war before are spared. But one day, maybe you too will be those who need to be rescued. Think about it, what will happen to you then? ”