Another reason is that you can already faintly see the flashing lights in front of you when you look forward from here, which not only indicates that you are very close to the city, but also indicates that you have reached the edge of the woods, and if you go further, you will inevitably increase the possibility of being discovered by the other party.

After stopping, John did not immediately schedule an operational mission. Instead, after taking a short break, let the two squads under him stand by and rest. He took Colin and Pete and others and continued to investigate. After walking about four or five hundred meters, they came to the edge of the woods and found a road about thirty meters away from the woods.

John didn't immediately walk out of the woods, but squatted down a little further and said, "Colin, contact the people behind you and ask them where we are relative to the target's location. ”

Colin said yes and immediately started making contact with the radio he had with him. Pete knew that although this operation felt a little hasty, it was probably because of the great suffering suffered after underestimating the enemy before, and they were obviously much more prepared at the moment.

After about two minutes, the people on standby in the rear came with the news, and Colin immediately turned to John and said, "Kane reported that according to the positioning device we carried, the repair shop is on the northwest side of us, about three kilometers away in the city, and you can reach the repair shop by following the road in front of you. ”

John nodded when he heard Colin's report and said, "Let's go to the side of the road first." Then he got up and walked out of the woods towards the road.

As he approached the side of the road, John motioned for everyone to stop again. It's quiet, there are no street lights on the road, and it's still a bit of a distance from the city or people. But just as John was about to cross the road and continue towards the city, a light suddenly flashed from the northwest side of the road, followed by the sound of car engines.

John immediately motioned for everyone to back off, and after quickly retreating to the edge of the woods, the car drove unhurriedly all the way past where John and the others had just prepared to cross the road.

Through the night vision devices, the car can be seen as a pickup truck, and in the cargo box are three or four people wearing steel helmets and rifles on their backs. Apparently there was an obvious patrol here at this time.

After watching the car go away, John let out a low laugh and said, "Looks like they're in a good mood tonight." There was also talk and laughter along the way. ”

Pete looked in the direction of the pickup and said, "Does that mean that the defense here is not tight?" ”

"Can't be careless." John shook his head and said, "These people are Abkhazians from the language they speak, and they are not our main opponents tonight. The real ones are probably in the city. In short, be careful. After looking around, he leaned over to the side of the road again.

This time they went straight through the road and came to the other side of the road. After looking back and forth, John said, "There should be their checkpoint near here, they can't just let such a cart of people wander around here." In that case, no one will come to save this carload of people in a situation, and no one will know if they are dead. After speaking, he looked at Colin and said, "Colin, record, the place we are staying in now is codenamed Athens. ”

At the same time that Colin answered, John looked to the west side and said, "Keep following the road." We'll have to determine what happened along the way. ”

Pete, Colin and the others got up and followed John out to the west. About a kilometer later, I could faintly see the lights in the direction I was heading. And faintly heard the voice of someone talking.

John slowed down and slowly leaned over there. After about two or three hundred meters away, John asked everyone to stop, and he took out his binoculars and looked ahead.

There is an intersection in front of it, and on each side of the intersection there is a street lamp that is not bright, or even dim. By the light, you can see two cars parked at the intersection. On either side of the car stood several figures, chatting and smoking cigarettes, and in the middle of the road there were two barricades made of wood in the form of horse-barricades.

"This intersection looks like it's the way into the city." John said as he turned the telescope and moved it to the northeast, and after looking at it, he said, "It shouldn't be wrong, there is a road at the intersection that leads to the city, and there are street lights near the city." As he spoke, he looked back at the intersection and whispered, "Colin, confirm our location with the back." And just as Colin answered and began to make contact, John added: "Pete, record, code name Sparta, crossroads, barricades, number of people, five, six, six, one PKM machine gun." Two pickup trucks. ”

"Understood!" Pete quickly jotted it down in his head after answering. As soon as John's voice fell, Colin said, "We're on the right track." He pointed to the north as he spoke, "Kane said, just follow the road ahead, to the northwest, two kilometers in a straight line. ”

John listened to Colin as he turned his telescope to the north, and after looking at it, he said, "It seems that the city is much more lively than here." ”

Pete couldn't help but look in the direction of the city when he heard John say this, and he knew that the so-called bustle did not mean that the market was bustling with people. Rather, it should refer to the fact that there are heavy guards and many people standing guard. However, you can't see anything from here with the naked eye, you can only see that many places are lit up, and there are only cars passing by on the road.

John quickly put away his binoculars and said, "Let's go around this intersection and advance to the city." I'll have to see what's going on in the city. ”

But just as John finished speaking, the sound of the car's engine came again from behind them, in the direction they had come.

John immediately lay on the ground and didn't move, at this moment they were very close to the side of the road, and it was definitely not possible to squat, only to lie down.

Pete got down and picked up the gun he was carrying, and looked at the approaching car. This one is also a pickup truck, but it doesn't seem to be the one I saw before. Also in the carriage were people with weapons on their backs, some of whom were smoking cigarettes.

The car was about thirty or forty yards away, and when it got close to the checkpoint, it slowed down again, and finally slowly came to a stop at the checkpoint.

The occupants of the car opened the doors and got out of the car, looking like they were not ready to leave immediately. The men got off the bus and stood together and started talking again. After staying for about ten minutes, I got in the car again, turned around at the intersection, and drove back in the direction I was going back to.