Chapter 14: Fleeing for their lives

A moment later, John also ran over, and just as he was about to speak, an explosion was heard. It was supposed to be the explosion of directional mines, and after a while it was another sound.

John glanced at the oil bottle, sneered and said, "It's a big life, I ran back alive like this." ”

I also glanced at the oil bottle that hadn't slowed down, "He thought about the fight simply. When he was really strafed by a bullet, he was completely stunned. ”

"Damn Colombia." Walker cursed and panted as he ran over.

"Where are we going?" When I saw the crowd coming, I opened my mouth and asked John.

John looked around, "Let's get rid of these people behind us first." With that, he took the lead in the northwest direction.

"We're not going to help Pablo with them?" Walker walked as he walked.

John shook his head and said, "It's too late." I didn't think it was a wizard who was following the group. And now it's mostly them who are fighting there. We still thought of him as simple. ”

"What then?" I asked.

"Don't do it." John looked at me and said, "Our mission is accomplished. rescued the person and delivered it to the receiver. ”

"I mean, how do we get out of here?" I continued.

John was silent for a moment and said, "Find a place to rest first." There's always a way. ”

So we walked northwest for about an hour, and after making sure that no one was following behind our butts, we found a small high ground and stopped.

After checking the surroundings, little Bill was on the alert, and the others sat down and began to rest. At this time, each of us was very tired, especially the drag bottle lying on the ground directly after stopping, if it wasn't for the weight-bearing breathing, I would have thought he was going to die suddenly.

"Those people won't be chasing us anymore." I took a sip of water and spoke.

John let out a long breath and said, "Their target won't be a few people who stay behind to block the attack. Although they are not the main attackers, the assists and the follow-up goals are what they have to do. ”

"And we're going to spend the night here tonight?" Walker asked.

"Hmm. Spend the night here. Wait until dawn before you continue walking. Follow the direction of Pablo's retreat, and if they don't die and we're lucky enough, maybe we'll find them. John said as he took out the dry food he had prepared from his backpack and ate it.

I looked around in the dark and took two sips of water, and then Jiang Shuiju threw it on the stomach of the oil bottle. "Drink water. Don't die of dehydration without being beaten. I saw him pick up the kettle and drink, and then said, "I have food in my bag, so I'll take it for myself later." ”

Walker glanced at the oil bottle and said, "It's not good to fight, but it's not good in fitness." ”

I smiled and said, "He's here to rob tombs, not just an ordinary tourist." ”

"What tomb robbery? That's archaeology! Walker said, pretending to be serious.

"Whether it's tomb robbery or archaeology, he can keep up with him. Everyone took turns to keep watch, one person for one hour. Little Bill, I, Gypsy, Walker. If you don't have any excess, let him rest, I'll have nightmares when he sentry. With that, John threw the food aside, leaned against the tree with his gun in his arms, and rested.

There were still gunshots from time to time in our north-east direction, but I heard the sound getting farther and farther away from us, and soon I fell asleep in a daze, until John called me up to sentry.

I got up and moved my limbs, which were a little numb, and my body felt wet and uncomfortable. I listened attentively to the gunshots, and after no obvious movement, I looked at John and whispered, "It looks like the battle is over there." ”

John sat back in his place, took two sips of water, and said, "It was not long ago." For a while, it seemed quite intense. ”

I looked around and continued, "Then the man we saved looks like it's over. ”

"I don't know. Even if it's over, it doesn't matter to us. Our task is to deliver to the pick-up location. John rubbed his face a little depressed and said, "Actually, it's not surprising to me whether Pablo lives or dies. What amazed me was this Englishman named The Wizard. I was scared by his calculations. It's like two people playing cards and he can see the cards in my hand. ”

"Isn't it due to an intelligence leak?" I asked.

John shook his head, "I'm talking about the calculation of his choice of targets and the allocation of personnel after the later fight. At first he quickly found the right direction for our retreat and trapped us. As soon as we approached them, there were guerrillas filling the gap behind our butts, and in this latest ambush, we thought it was the wizard who was chasing us, but the wizard had already bypassed it, but at the same time he had men to attack from where he should have been. I don't know what his intentions were when he made this arrangement, but in terms of effect, it entangled us so that those like us who were left behind to resist could not retreat to support Pablo, and he could suddenly appear in Pablo's retreat to ambush him, and finally." John let out a long sigh, "Finally he escaped an ambush that should have been!" ”

"Okay. I also feel that he is a lot more cunning than the Russians we met in Chechnya. I said helplessly.

"I said, instead of discussing how shrewd your opponents are, you two should discuss what to do with us later?" Walker sat up and said, "Now that we've lost touch with the outside world, maybe we're all going to be Tarzan." ”

"Keep going north. Go to the sphere of influence of the Self-Defense Forces. After that, I can always think of a way. John said as he straightened his backpack.

"Will the SDF attack us?" Walker Road.

"Of course." John smiled helplessly and pointed to the gun in my hand, "If you saw a guy in your backyard with this thing, would you shoot him without the gun in your hand?" ”

"What then?" Walker then asked.

I picked up my gun and said, "Shoot them before he kills us." Or subdue them and get them to provide what we want. ”

John looked at me and said, "Got it?" ”

"Okay. Shall we go then? Walker stood up, "Anyway, it's my turn to be a sentry, so I think we'd better hurry up and get out of here." ”

John nodded, "Wake up little Bill." Gypsy, you go and wake up that superfluous. ”

Walker and I answered and went to the two of us, who were still asleep. I lifted my foot and gently kicked the oil bottle twice, and the oil bottle first opened its eyes, and then suddenly sat up like a nightmare.

"Calm down. It's not time to get excited. John looked at him and said coldly. After that, he picked up his backpack and looked up at the still dark sky, "Be careful on the road." We are now running for our lives, avoiding the exchange of fire as much as possible. ”

So we packed up easily and quickly and continued to set off towards the north. We didn't go very fast this time, firstly because we had to be careful not to encounter people from the FARC or the Self-Defense Army, and secondly, it was raining in the sky not long after we left. The rain made us feel a kind of coolness when we were still feeling hot and humid, but this cool feeling was not pleasant, and the cold made people feel a little bit, and the whole clothes were like being blistered.

We walked through the jungle one foot deeper, one foot shallower, and no one spoke except for the sound of gasps. We may not seem fast, or even a little bit of a good swim, but we are actually tired because we have to pay attention to the movement around us all the time, and the rain has greatly disturbed our hearing and vision.

We did this until about one o'clock in the afternoon, when the rain gradually stopped, and we chose to stop and take a short rest.

Just as John crouched down and took out the map and pointed to the northern formation, according to the previous pick-up point, and confirmed our approximate position according to the speed and time of our travel, while everyone was hurrying to rest. I heard a soft sound in the distance of something passing through the branches of a plant.

I immediately stopped my movements and held out my hand to everyone, signaling them to be quiet. Except for the moment when the oil bottle didn't react to what it meant, everyone else immediately stopped moving and looked at me.

I pointed to my ear and then to the left of the sound, and I slowly retracted behind a tree with my right hand and dragged the oil bottle behind me, and made a silent gesture to him.

John patted Walker and little Bill for them to separate, while he watched the movement as quietly as I did. When we were all ready to shoot, the previous movement did not reappear, and the sound of insects and animals and the sound of rain dripping in the woods was not repeated.

We waited for about three more minutes, and there was still no movement on the other side. Little Bill's questioning voice was also heard in his ears, "Did you hear it wrong, or is it just some kind of animal?" ”

I didn't answer, because from the time I was in Chechnya, I found out that when you start to be careless, death is also the closest to you. And since I landed here, I haven't heard such a sound until just now, and the sense of smell of ordinary animals is very sensitive, and they generally don't approach such unfamiliar smells as humans.

At that moment, the staggered leaves in front of me moved again, and I immediately whispered, "I'm coming." ”

Then there was a sound like shoes squeezing grass or leaves on the ground, and a figure slowly walked out cautiously from the dense branches of plants.