Chapter Ninety-Two: Crossing the River
The man stood up as soon as he saw John come in, and John waved his hand at him and said, "Relax Tim." Tell me about the situation. Just the two of you running back? No, I should say that you ran back with another person. ”
"Yes." The man called Tim by John nodded and said, "It's Logan who brought it back, and it's been shipped away." I hope he is safe. ”
John nodded, he knew all of them. Some of them were even recruited by him, but this was not the time for compassion, and John was not that kind of person. So after a little silence, he immediately said, "You guys were scattered, weren't you?" Where exactly? ”
"Tkvar, Tkvarcheli." Tim said and glanced at John, "We're evacuated from Sukhumi. Follow the instructions you received earlier. At that time, we already knew that we were being targeted. But who exactly is not known. He said, gesturing to himself, "Those people don't have any special attire, they actually look like Abkhazians." But when passing through Trkvarcheli, those people couldn't help it. First they cut off the road, made an excuse to inspect our vehicles, demanded that we all get out of the car and hand over our weapons. We knew there was something odd about it, so we didn't cooperate. But without cooperation, we got stuck in the road. These people are not going to let us go, and those Abkhazians have clearly completely thrown themselves into the Russians. ”
"So you're going to get around?" John asked.
Tim nodded and said, "Yes." We can't wait. So decided to take a detour. But as soon as we got off the road, someone shot at us. With that, Tim took a deep breath and continued, "We insisted on getting off the road and getting out of the car to start resisting. But the other party obviously came prepared. Only two of the first few people we got off the train were not hit by the other party, and many bullets went straight into the car. Several people were hit in the butt before they could leave their seats. ”
"Wait." John interrupted, "Aren't they going to catch them alive?" Isn't it? ”
"I don't know. That's it at the time, anyway. It felt like we were going to be arrested at first, but everything changed when we drove away. Including after this, it also feels more like a hunt than a hunt. ”
"And then? How did you split it into two parts? John looked at Tim, "Is it to distract from the breakout?" ”
"I think so... Tim couldn't seem to be sure what the situation was, "It was a mess. I've been busy fighting back, I just remember that after starting to evacuate, I followed the people and retreated, fighting and retreating, and the other side chased after me very quickly, and soon pressed up, and then kept biting until our men were lost. ”
"Do you know how many people have fallen into the hands of each other?" John asked.
"I don't know." Tim shook his head, "Eventually Logan and I fell behind and became disconnected from the others. I ended up seeing only two people taken away, two journalists. Our people didn't see it. ”
"One last question." John said as he took out the map he had with him, a map of Abkhazia, and unfolded it, saying, "I need to know which way you took Logan to cross the border." How can you avoid the already blocked border and quietly cross the border with the wounded? ”
Tim didn't bite a word, but took the map, quickly found Zugdidi, and moved a little south, pointing to a place between Kahadi and Zugdidi, and said, "I'm from here." It seems that the river is very wide, but it is mostly shallow, and the place where you really need to swim is not very long. No one was locked down there when I passed. ”
"You mean it's safe to cross the Inguri River?" John asked.
Tim nodded, "That's where I came from." It's just that Logan was already physically exhausted at that time, and he was in danger and almost drowned. Also, the place is a bit far from here. It was about ten kilometers or so that we crossed the river and happened to meet a Georgian car that brought us here. ”
John nodded in understanding, then stood up and said, "You have a good rest first." You'll have to take us there in a moment. Let's change the clothes on my body first. After saying that, he reached out and patted Tim on the shoulder, turned around and walked out of the tent, and walked quickly to Pete and the others who were making preparations.
"Colin." John looked around and then looked at Colin, and after seeing Colin looking at him, he continued: "Arrange the manpower and make the weapons and equipment more waterproof." We estimate wading. ”
Just as John was preparing with Hermet's mercenaries, in Abkhazia, on the side of a road not far from the border, Ashraf met Semolov, who had arrived with people.
"I heard you didn't go well there?" Semolov smiled when he saw Ashraf.
"Yes. Only one person was caught traveling with the target. Ashraf said.
"Huh." Semolov smiled and said, "Then it seems that I am much better than you here." I've caught some of them, and some of them are still hiding around here, but I think I'll be able to find them soon. ”
Ashraf nodded, he didn't have much to say about it. Ivan had also informed him about the situation here before. And let yourself cooperate well with Semolov, and try to make this mission as beautiful as possible.
Seeing that Ashraf didn't make a sound, Semolov said again: "Do you have any suggestions?" It's not too early. I'm going to finish work and go home early. It's close to the river, and at night the mosquitoes are very bad. ”
"I don't know about mosquitoes." Ashraf looked at Semolov and shrugged his shoulders and said, "But I think the Yankees must be doing it too." Maybe we've reached the other side of the river. ”
Semerov looked like he had expected Achraf to say this, and chuckled: "Doesn't that just mean that we are not wrong?" After saying that, he looked at Ashraf and said, "Don't worry too much. And they hid in the little town ahead. To say that it is a small town, I think it is an exaggeration to say that it is a town. The Abkhazians have already blocked all the entrances and exits for us, and they can't get out. As long as you search from house to house, are you afraid that you won't find them? ”
"Does that start now?" Ashraf said as he looked in Art's direction.
"The search began long ago. But I don't expect them to find out anytime soon. Semolov shook his head and said: "Isn't this waiting for you, and the people of the 74th Airborne Division?" It's a pity that now the people of the airborne division have not yet arrived. ”