Chapter 59: Rolling Down
He didn't have to look closely at Pete to know who the figure was, and he quickly withdrew his gaze. He suddenly felt that he had to continue to persevere, no matter what, at least not let Donovan's sacrifice be in vain. Even if he came to the United States with other plans, at this moment, putting aside those secrets that cannot be said, he and Donovan are comrades-in-arms who fight side by side and trust each other and depend on each other for life and death. So at this moment, Pete decided that even if Donovan, who was making a last-ditch effort to cover himself, he had to persevere, and he couldn't give up a glimmer of hope.
So he quickly looked to the sides of the ridge. This is a north-south ridge, to the north naturally not good, now can only go south, and to the south from here can not be sure that there must be a way to go, at the moment can only take one step at a time.
Thinking of this, Pete instantly made up his mind. He tugged at Eric's arm and walked south along the ridge. And Eric, who was passively following, was completely desperate when he saw the terrain here. The reason why he went out of his way to follow Pete was because of the thing he was carrying, and he was thinking quickly in his mind about what to do with it to make sure it didn't fall into the hands of the Russians. This is not an easy task, whether they are dead or alive, when they fall into the hands of the Russians, the first thing they have to do is to take everything from themselves. It won't be long before the information on that memory card will be completely in the hands of the Russians, and then their own intelligence networks in Georgia and South Ossetia will be exhausted. A whole bunch of people will follow the bad luck and disappear from this world forever. And not only will he lose everything, but he will also become a joke, and he will be nailed to the pillar of shame in the intelligence bureau forever as a classic case of failure. So although Eric was desperate at the moment, he didn't give up completely, he had to destroy the thing before he was killed or captured alive, and he had to throw the ruined remains in a place where they couldn't find it.
Pete, who was walking in front, certainly didn't know what Eric was thinking at the moment. Chinnikov, who had been staring at them below, suddenly laughed as he looked at the two men who had continued to run south after two shots. He suddenly felt that these two people were like two hens forced into a corner at the moment, and they were already frightened and panicked. Although he would jump up from time to time and show his claws, it was just a fearless struggle. Chinnikov smiled, not only did not speed up, but slowed down even more. He looked to the south side, and then to the person behind him who had been in charge of communication: "Inform the weasel that the target is approaching them, and let them kill the mercenary of the Yankee who walked in front of them." ”
The man behind Chinnikov answered and immediately began contact. And on the other side, the squad, codenamed "Weasel", immediately looked in the direction of the ridge after receiving instructions from Chennikov. In a few moments, two figures appeared in their field of vision.
I saw that the leader of the group of Russians turned to look at one of the people in the group, "Shatov." After calling the man to his side, the leader pointed in the direction of the ridge and said, "Can you kill the mercenary who walked in front?" ”
The man, Shatov, nodded immediately, and after looking up the ridge, he hurried to a tree. He chose this position because he didn't have too many obstructions in the middle of the way to look at the ridge above, so he could observe and aim well. The rest of the Russians crouched around Shatov, quietly watching the ridge.
After a while, two figures appeared in Shatov's field of vision. I saw that Shatov quickly aimed at Pete after quickly distinguishing between Pete and Eric, and slowly put his finger on the trigger. And just as he slowly took a breath and pulled the trigger. Suddenly a burst of heavy gunfire rang out behind their flanks.
The gunfire was clearly not their own, because there should not have been anyone in the direction from which the gunfire came. What's more important is that there are bullets that hit where they are. This made Shatov, who had been fully prepared and had pulled the trigger, tremble slightly, only to hear a bullet still fly towards Pete after a gunshot, but half a second later it hit Eric who was following Pete.
Shot, which caused Eric, who was already exhausted and staggering and still looking a little absent-minded as he thought about what to do with what he was carrying, completely lost control of his body in an instant. Without any resistance, he followed the thrust of the bullet and planted it directly down the steep slope on the other side of the ridge.
Pete, who was walking in front, felt that the burden on his body was gone the moment Eric was shot, and the whole person was relaxed. But this ease made him tighten the muscles of his whole body, and quickly turned around and reached out to try to pull Eric, who had fallen to the other side of the ridge.
But it was too late, and the outstretched hand failed to catch him. I could only watch Eric fall to the ground, and then roll down. Seeing this, Pete did not hesitate and immediately followed two steps and tried to pull Eric again, but the person did not hold back, but his feet slipped, and he also rolled down the ridge and down the hill before Eric could roll down. The exhausted Eric was shot and fell to the ground in the dark, losing control of his body and rolling down the hill in a completely loose state.
Below the ridge, Chinnikov watched from afar as his target and the Yankee mercenary disappeared into the ridge. But he didn't have time to care about it at the moment, because they were under attack at the moment. A group of unidentified armed men suddenly launched an attack in the woods on the southwest side. Although the target of their attack was not themselves, the moose, their boss Ashraf, was the first to bear the brunt. Completely unprepared, he was met head-on. So at this moment, his task is not to chase down the two people who have already met and rolled down the cliff, but to rush to support the others as soon as possible.
But in fact, the situation of the Russians at the moment is not as bad as Chinnikov thought. Achraf, in particular, was able to become an officer in these GRU special operations units and lead personnel on missions for no reason. And the most important characteristic of Ashraf is that he is cautious and careful. Compared with Chinnikov, Ashraf considered more and more carefully and logically. If it had been Ashraf to lead the team codenamed "The Raccoons", it is likely that the Man-Shark team would not have survived at all, and would have been wiped out in the first and second firefights at the latest.