CHAPTER XXVII

Pete looked at these people and nodded, "Maybe they don't want to let those experienced people come here." After all, the battle with the Russians here has not really begun. As a commander is definitely in demand for veterans who have served for a long time and experience. ”

Just as Pete and the Georgians were meeting them, on the other side of Tskhinvali, to the east of the city. A group of Russians took advantage of the darkness to penetrate the eastern part of the city, and after touching several Georgian strongholds in succession, quickly retreated with a few prisoners. A small village not far east of Tskhinvali was now occupied by a group of Russians. The Russians with the captives quickly withdrew and took them into a farmhouse.

There were no livestock in the farmhouse, and the owner had long since run away. At this moment, an emergency light was placed on the ground in the farmhouse, and by the light it came, a circle of heavily armed Russians could be seen.

Four of the captives were brought in. The four men had their hands tied behind their backs and black cloth on their heads. After being dragged into the farmhouse, he was ordered to kneel on the ground.

The four of them were very scared, and they could clearly see that these people were not only sweating profusely, but some of them were still shivering. The whole room was quiet, and no one was talking casually. After a while, the door was opened, and then the voice of a man speaking in Russian was heard.

"These are the four who claim to know the whereabouts of their target? Take off their hoods and show me what they look like. ”

"Yes." A Russian standing behind the four said, "We patronized several Georgians and searched for a long time to find them. ”

The person who had just come in slowly walked up to the four of them, looked back and forth, and slowly squatted down. This person happened to be crouching in the direction where the light was coming from, so from the perspective of these four people, he could not see the other person's face at all, except for the outline of one person. Of course, these four people didn't have the courage to look at it at the moment, they could only see that this person should not be a soldier, because they could just see this person's shoes and trouser legs when they lowered their heads. The shoes are white sneakers, which are clean and almost unstained, while the pants are like sweatpants, which are also clean and seem to be new. This means that this man is not here to fight at all, and no soldier would dress like this and be so clean.

The man walked up to the four of them, looked back and forth, and then said in Georgian: "To show my sincerity, I have decided to communicate with you in your language. It's actually very simple, I'm going to ask you a question and I hope you can answer me honestly. If I'm satisfied, then you don't have to worry about your own safety. Do you understand? ”

The four of them were silent, only one of them nodded slightly. The man immediately moved to the nodding man and said, "It seems you understand." Okay, I'll give you this opportunity first. Hope you get the hang of it. The man said and looked at the others, and when they saw that they didn't react, he continued, "I wonder if you've seen a group of American mercenaries in the past two days?" ”

"Speak quickly!" The Russians standing behind the four men saw that these guys did not say a word, and immediately kicked one of them in the back of the heart.

"Tut-tut." The man crouching in front of the four immediately stopped, "Don't be so rude. There's no need for violence anymore, right? But if you're always so reticent, then I'll leave you to them. The first half of the man's sentence was in Russian, and the second half of the sentence was changed back to the local language.

The Georgian kneeling in front of him raised his eyelids and said, "Yes, yes." ”

"Oh?" The man glanced at the captive and said, "Please tell me what your name is?" ”

"Grisia, Grisia Karaze." The captive said.

"Good. Mr. Karazech. The man nodded, "So are you sure you've seen it?" So saying, he looked at his captive and said, "Have you all seen it?" ”

"I've seen it too." After the first person spoke, the other said, "We're sure we've seen a group of mercenaries... The Georgian suddenly looked a little hesitant when he said this.

"What's your name?" The crouching guy saw the other party's hesitation, so he moved to the captive who had just spoken as he asked, "Your name?" ”

"Washley."

"Vasri, what did you hesitate about? Is there anything uncertain? The man asked.

“。。。 We don't know what country they are from, only that they speak English. The Georgian named Vashli said.

"What does it mean to be the leader? Is that the commander who is speaking? How many people are there in total? The man asked.

After trying to recall for a moment, Varsley said, "Probably... About seven or eight people. No.. It seems like.. Like ten people ... About ten people... ”

"How many are there?" The man looked impatient, and he turned to look at the others and said, "Do you know how many people there are?" Mr. Karazek? ”

The Georgian named Karadze saw that he was called, and after thinking about it, he immediately said: "That's about ten people, and they have wounded. ”

"Good." This one laughed for a moment and then continued, "So what does it mean to be the leader?" ”

"Lead... The leader spoke simple Georgian and had inquired with our company commander about the situation. Karadze said.

"Oh?" When the man heard the Georgian captive say this, he immediately crouched down and moved back in front of Karadze, and said, "Your sir? Is it here?"

"Nope. No... He's dead. Karadze shook his head in fear.

"And where did you meet that man?" The man continued.

"In a field hospital. We were hiding from air raids inside. And then they ran in. The leader of the group was asking around for news, and he also inquired with our company commander about the situation in the south. Karadze said.

"That's good." As he spoke, the man held out his hand to one of the people beside him, and then took out a few photographs, which he placed on the ground in front of Karaze, and said, "Now I need you to help me point out which one of them you are seeing." Hopefully, you'd better remember, and that person is in these photos. The man took a flashlight and shone it on the photos after showing them, "Take a look." ”

Karadze immediately looked down and began to make it, and soon he found one of the pictures of Eric, "This is the person." That's him. ”