Chapter VII
"What the hell is wrong?" Rommon frowned and looked at Abbas. "Why don't they want to 'trade'?"
Abbas glanced at the opposition leader opposite. "At that time, we were talking about taking Mr. Jafari with his secret passage, but now there are three of them, so they want to add money."
"You know these three people are worth as much as Jafari's life now, so you just have to promise them." Luo 'Men' glanced at his watch, and according to his estimate, the U.S. military would attack at any time. "We're running out of time."
"But all they need is cash." Abbas clutched his head in distress. "Three people are 300,000 US dollars, where do we find this cash?"
Over Abbas's shoulder, Rommon was able to see the tall, lanky leader of the opposition named Ali. His beard covered his cheeks, and he had a pair of fierce eyes under his thick eyebrows, and he was looking at the three children in turn. The look in his eyes and the gloomy expression on his face made Rommon feel uneasy, and the intelligence showed that this was a ruthless man and a fundamentalist, and the only reason Abbas cooperated with him was that he had a secret passage down the Tigris River, which could escape the pursuit and encirclement of the American army, but now it seemed that this Ali was more like a black marketeer who knew how to sit on the ground and raise prices.
"Tell him that if he is willing to accept the payment afterwards, he will add an extra 50,000." At this time, we must not hesitate, let alone cause disputes, and experience tells Luo 'Men' that once things have the possibility of developing in a bad direction, they will definitely develop in a bad direction. "If he's not satisfied, add it to 100,000."
This may cause Ali to be more interested in these three children. But now it is a scene of man-made swordsmanship, and there is no better way to rush to the 'door', I just hope that Ali will see the money and immediately take them to the secret passage.
Abbas went back to negotiate with Ali. Ali seemed to have realized that Romen was the leader of these uninvited guests, and his eyes turned to Romen with interest, but the ski mask that Romen wore on his face cut off his attention.
Ali had a strange smile on his face, and when he leaned close to Abbas's ear and said something, Abbas immediately jumped up in anger and gestured to Ali with excitement, as if to condemn him harshly, and under the light in the hall, Romen could see Abbas's mouth spitting.
ACE GLANCED AT RO'MON. "This guy wants us to keep one person as collateral, and he wants that little 'girl' child."
Abbas looked like he wanted to beat Ali, but was held down by Ali's men and returned his weapon. Abbas himself didn't seem to care about this and continued to struggle.
"This is really a mess of 'chaos' and 'chaos'." ACE looked at the scene in front of him mockingly. "Not serious at all."
Ro'mon did not speak. Relying on Abbas's negotiating skills, the scene is in danger of spiraling out of control. Nervously pondering what to do, Luo 'Gate' quietly ordered Ma Xibei to watch the other end of the hall with a gesture. Ma Xixi understood and walked to the 'door' of the hall without attracting attention. This position allows both to keep an eye on the people in the hall and to guard the corridor from others.
At this time, a man walked into the hall and handed Ali a mobile phone. Ali began to look dazed, then quickly glanced in the direction of the children, turned around and continued the conversation, and his voice was much quieter.
An Nianrong quietly walked to Luo 'Gate'. "Something is not right, we've been here for too long."
Ro'men walked over, freed Abbas from the hands of several men, and took him aside.
"Do you know exactly where this secret passage is?"
Abbas nodded in frustration. "The secret passage is in the basement of this building, but no one can approach the basement without Ali's permission, and we used this secret passage to transport some people out of Baghdad."
Luo 'Gate' suddenly raised the M4A1 carbine and killed Ali who was talking with one shot!
This action was beyond everyone's expectations, and the deafening sound of gunfire in the hall scared Hamia, who had always been nervous, into tears, but her cries were immediately drowned out in the sound of the following gunfire. Although the other side had already made preparations, Luo 'Men' and Ma Xibei, who had taken the lead in attacking, had already occupied a favorable position first, and their marksmanship was better, and they knocked down seven or eight militants in the hall at once, and the rest of the panicked militants fled into the corridor, and Luo 'Men' and Ma Xibei, who had exhausted the rifle magazines, chased them to the 'gate' and ran out of the magazines in their pistols before retreating.
Ma Xibei, who had just replaced his rifle with a magazine, immediately ushered in the first 'wave' of enemies. Half-squatting at the entrance of the 'door', Ma Xibei used three consecutive bursts of 'shots' to prevent the enemy from entering the corridor, his local horizon was narrow, and he could only suppress the enemy with continuous 'shooting', the rifles on both sides had no accurate target, the bullets flew 'randomly' in the corridor, and soon the corridor was filled with *** dust.
"Go and show us where the secret passage is." ACE picked up a rifle and shoved it for the frightened Abbas. "That's how negotiations can be effective."
The situation of Luo 'Men' is not much better than that of Ma Xibei. He wanted to stay behind to take cover, and after running out of bullets from his rifle without pause, he threw a grenade at the end of the hallway, and the dust kicked up by the grenade immediately obscured all view from both sides.
"Change the magazine!"
After Ma Xibei shouted and retracted to the 'door', ACE immediately raised the paratrooper type Minimi machine gun in his hand and poured bullets into the corridor to cover him. Ma Xixi, who had changed to a new magazine, rolled out an MK3A2 attack grenade towards the corridor, and the grenade exploded just at the end of the corridor. Ma Xixi jumped up, rushed out of the corridor, and threw another M67 grenade at the opposite wall, the grenade bounced into the dead corner of the corridor, and Ma Xixi immediately fell to the ground with his head in his hands.
With a loud bang, the power of the M67 grenade with an effective killing radius of fifteen meters was absolutely reliable, Ma Xixi jumped up and rushed into the dust around the corner, ordering Abbas and An Nianrong to quickly follow him and move forward along the passage that Ma Xixi had killed.
Later, Luo Men's rifle began to shoot rhythmically again, and after the rifle magazine was empty, there was the sound of shotgun 'shooting'. This was Romen's favorite weapon in this situation, and he had to bring one, no matter how cumbersome. Hearing the sixth gunshot, ACE jerked to his feet, turned around and aimed his machine gun at the hallway he had just left. Luo 'Men' rushed in with a pistol while 'shooting', and when he saw the ace standing with the gun, Luo 'Men' immediately leaned down, and the Minimi machine gun bullets whizzed over his head, knocking the pursuers in the smoke and dust into a 'flower' water.
WHEN RO'M GOT A NEW MAGAZINE, ACE IMMEDIATELY TURNED AND RAN FORWARD. He was well-timed, rushing out of the corridor, just in time to hear Ma Xibei, who had been forced to 'shoot' with a pistol, shouting "change the magazine", and three or four militants rushed over thinking that there was an opportunity, and they were all knocked down by the rain of bullets from Minimi.
The gunfire ended as abruptly as it had begun.
ACE and Ma Xibei rushed to the basement with the children as instructed by Abbas. When Luo 'Men' came to the hall while loading the shotgun, he unexpectedly saw An Nianrong leaning against a wall pillar.
He grabbed An Nianrong's arm and wanted to pull her away. "There's no time to breathe right now."
An Nianrong snorted and slowly sat down on the ground. She bit her lip tightly, and her face was frighteningly pale.
Ro'mon pulled away her hand that was holding her flank, but it was stained with blood. Luo 'Men' was taken aback, and hurriedly lifted An Nianrong's clothes, and blood was flowing out of the two bullet holes on the snow-white lower abdomen. The battle just now was short and 'intense', everyone's 'spirit' was all on the enemy, and no one noticed that An Nianrong had been shot at some point.
Luo 'Men' immediately took out a first-aid kit to bandage her, but An Nianrong held down his hand.
Luo 'Men' raised his head in surprise, and An Nianrong smiled reluctantly.
"I didn't expect this to happen to me."
Romen broke away from her hand and pressed the gauze against her wound. "This kind of thing can happen to everyone, and bullets don't have eyes."
A big tear welled up in An Nianrong's eyes. "I'm going to die?"
Instead of speaking, Romen reached behind her and secured the kit to her wound. Taking advantage of this time, An Nianrong struggled to take out a grenade from him. The surprised Luo 'Men' wanted to snatch the grenade back, but An Nianrong hugged the grenade tightly in front of his 'chest'.
"128 people never get caught alive, do they?" Her voice trembled violently.
Ro'mon didn't know what to say. It is true that the people of Unit 128 will not be captured alive, because the places where they appear are often where they should not be, so there is this seemingly impersonal rule, but this rule has never been questioned by anyone. But An Nianrong is not from Unit 128, so she doesn't need to abide by this regulation.
"You don't have to, I'll figure it out." Romen didn't expect his voice to become so soft. "I've never abandoned my companions, and neither have you."
An Nianrong shook her head, a lock of 'messy' hair swaying in front of the tip of her nose.
She frowned in pain, tears never dripping from her voice, even though her voice was choked.
"No, we can't take any more chances." I don't know if it was because of pain or fear, but her slender fingers gripped Luo Men's sleeve tightly. "Anyway, you're going to take the children of Jafari away."
Ro'men looked down at her wound, the blood quickly penetrated the absorbent cotton and gauze, although it was not a penetrating wound, but it could be worse, the bullet entered the body and rolled, and the damage inside could not be seen from the wound on the outside, even if the injury was not fatal, the speed of bleeding was enough to be fatal.
An Nianrong curled up and pushed Luo 'Gate' weakly. "Let's go."
Luo 'Gate' gritted his teeth. An Nianrong can't die, and if she dies here, then the whole plan will be meaningless; If she dies here, then Romen's self-proclaimed improvisation will all be a joke. He picked up An Nianrong and ran towards the basement.
An RPG rocket exploded at the entrance of the 'door', and the air 'wave' of the explosion threw Luo 'Gate' and An Nianrong out heavily. This is the remnants of the militants continuing to attack, Luo 'Men', 'Mi', 'Da' and 'Da' thought in a daze, the broken bricks and debris hit his whole body was in hot pain, and An Nianrong had almost lost consciousness.
Luo 'Men', who had recovered from the tinnitus, immediately distinguished the sound of the M2HB large-caliber machine gun's 'shooting', and the tracer bullets that 'fired' into the big 'gate' indicated that the US troops had also begun to attack. Now the situation has become 'chaotic' and 'chaotic', and the US troops who arrived after hearing the 'exchange' of fire here have no way to distinguish friend from foe, and the tracer rounds of the 2HB machine gun indicate that the 'shooting' is often a sign of the beginning of the battle.
An Nianrong's face was full of dust after the explosion, but in Luo Men's eyes, she had a heroic spirit that had never been shown in her at this time. A tear slid down her cheek, and her smile was sad but resolute, heartbreakingly beautiful.
"Luo 'Gate', don't let all our efforts come to naught, hurry up!"
The roar of the Minimi machine gun came from the basement, and the 'shooting' of the M4 carbine and AK rifle was 'mixed' like an anxious summons.
Luo 'Men' held An Nianrong's hand tightly, staring into her eyes face to face.
"Don't do it until the last minute."
An Nianrong bit her lip tightly and nodded slowly.
Luo 'Gate' threw two smoke bombs at the 'door' in succession, turned around and rushed towards the basement.