Pence took a look at the small town of Shad after finishing the communication, and the people there did not take advantage of the chaos they had just made here, which meant that they were just like Hassan said, they were going to retreat here and fight a blockade. In addition, maybe they don't have many people in the first place, so they won't and don't dare to risk attacking them at all. Thinking of this, Pence felt a little better in his heart. So he picked up the phone he used to communicate with Mosul and dialed it.

This time, it was again Rubin who answered in Mosul. I only heard Pence say, "Hasn't Major McGieson come back yet?" ”

"He hasn't yet. A little bit happened in Mosul. There should be something delayed. If you have a situation, you can tell me first. Rubin said.

"Okay. Listen to Rubin. We were attacked. Now it's blocked outside the town of Sand Town. Pence said.

Rubin was a little surprised when he heard him say this: "Didn't you take a detour just now?" ”

"It was a detour, but it didn't work out. Here the militants are prepared. Now we are preparing to regroup. Pence said.

"What's your plan?" Rubin asked.

"My plan was that first of all, I had to treat the wounded. Quite a few of us were wounded. Second, reinforcements must be sent to us from Morsu and the wounded must be transported away immediately. Thirdly, if we are going to go to Alsabad for a rescue mission, I am going to attack after the assembly is completed, and then speed up to Al Sabad after we have a way to get out of here. It's just that there will be a big deviation in time. ”

"Okay. How long will it take? Rubin asked.

Burns seemed to lose his temper when he heard this question, only to hear him say loudly, "What will take long?" Didn't you wake up? Now that my people haven't retired, and no one has told me what is going on in and around the town, can you know how long it will take? It should be said that the time is yours, and you should have been aware of these situations beforehand. ”

"Okay... All right.. Rubin replied: "I just want to give an explanation to the people in Alsabad, they are also in urgent situation there, and they have been asking." ”

"Then tell them the truth about the problems we have. In addition, make a decision to send reinforcements here as soon as possible. I know you can't make a decision, so go to McJison immediately and ask him to send someone, and if there is anything unclear, let him contact me again. That's it! After Pence finished speaking, he put away the phone, looked at the people around him, and complained, "This is a fool who is in charge of liaison at the headquarters." ”

The man beside Pence smiled wryly and said, "Rubin? In fact, he and McGieson almost never fought. ”

"Sir. Hassan: They retreated. A man who was also hiding behind the Humvee pointed to the west.

Pence immediately looked over and saw two Humvees driving quickly and stopping behind Pence. Then the door opened, and the people who got out of it immediately removed the wounded from the car.

"Hassan, where is Captain Hassan?" Pence asked.

One of the Iraqis pointed to the west and said in thickly accented English, "Coming back." Pence immediately looked there. After a while, several figures ran out of the darkness, not in the car, but on foot, and behind them were two other Humvees, and next to them there were more people on foot who were shooting and retreating. The machine guns on the Humvee were firing non-stop, covering the rest of the group as they retreated.

"Captain Pence!" An Iraqi man came running briskly. Immediately after finding Pence, the man said, "There are a lot of people in ambush on the west side of town, with machine guns and rockets. Bombs were planted on the side of the road. At first they tried to keep us off on the west side of the town, and they weren't trying to stop us at all, they wanted to destroy us. ”

"Hassan, wait Hassan." Pence interrupted Hassan, who seemed a little agitated, and said, "You just said they tried to block it? What does that mean? ”

Hassan glanced at Pence and said, "They're going to surround us." After we were attacked, people from the other side appeared behind us. They are trying to cut off our retreat. If we hadn't found out quickly and fought back with all our might, you'd have had to bring someone to save us right now. ”

Pence was surprised to hear Hassan say this, and he looked at the Iraqis who were retreating one after another on the west side: "The other side doesn't seem to have chased them out." Are you sure they're not bluffing, but trying to destroy you? ”

"Of course." Seeing that Pence didn't believe in himself and probably felt that he was frightened, Hassan immediately said: "I have fought, and these people are not simply blocking, they are actively attacking. ”

Pence shook his head and said, "Whatever they want to do." We can't stand still. Alsabad is still waiting for us. After speaking, he pointed to the retreating Iraqis: "Organize your people, we have to find a way to get through here." ”

Hassan immediately denied: "We can't act rashly. Now here is completely different from what we know. If we want to get here, we have to fight off these people who are blocking the way, otherwise we will not be able to reach Alsabad. ”

"That's what I thought. We've got to organize an attack. Pence sighed and said, "Do you think it's feasible for us to concentrate on the side and hit it?" ”

"West side?" Hassan asked rhetorically, shook his head, and said, "Not there." As I said, they have machine guns, rockets, and they will be used as targets again from there. ”

"Then go over the road that was cut off." Pence pointed ahead, "Follow the highway and go ahead." Our guys carry night vision gear. You guys in the back can take cover. ”

I saw that Hassan still shook his head and said, "Captain, this group is ready." I recommend a detour, away from here, and go back, there is a small road three kilometers behind, and to the west, a big circle will still reach Alsabad. ”

"I know the way." Pence immediately said, "But that would be a waste of time." And can you guarantee that you won't be attacked on that road? What do we do once we get into the same situation? Will you go around back then, or will you force your way somewhere? ”

Hassan lowered his head and thought for a moment and said, "If you want to attack here, there must be reinforcements. In addition, we must not act rashly, we have to reconnoiter first, otherwise we will not know where to attack. ”

"That's fine." While Pence was speaking, the man beside him said, "Captain, Marwin, they're here." ”