By the time we got back to the vicinity of the Salish station, it was close to noon. From the time we left the village to the present, no one came after us, and we walked all the way back with such a big grin.

Milk and Pulcic, the two men who answered us, were a little nervous, and immediately sent someone to reconnoiter the area behind us.

The old fellow Eunice was not here, and after asking, he learned that the old fellow had gone to do something important after we left. I didn't say anything specifically, but it seemed to me that he was probably looking for what Berisha had left him.

I didn't immediately return to my cottage with my men because I was afraid that the Kosovars would still be coming over in the next few days, just because of the delay after the attack on Waldette. I'm going to wait for them here, and if they come, I'm going to give them a head start, and they'll have a long memory, and right behind here is my cash cow, the supermarket. People here have also received news that the Kosovo side is coming to attack, and these are somewhat worried. Now is the right time for them to see for themselves, and their worries are completely unnecessary. Especially with Vukovic, I assured him of control and peace of the area, and I didn't want my friends to disappoint me.

Two days later, reconnaissance personnel in Kosovo brought back information that armed men were coming towards us. After repeated investigations, it was probably determined that the number of the opposing side was between 200 and 300. The armament is very ordinary, nothing too special. The men stopped about two kilometres from Salish's station and hid in a wooded area there.

This posture, as if waiting for his companion? Waiting for more people to gather here. The next day, these people began to scout the surroundings, and they encountered our reconnaissance team twice, and after a brief exchange of fire, they retreated, after all, it was not yet time for a big fight, and everyone seemed to be very restrained. The intelligence brought back by these reconnaissance teams showed that the other side had set up a defensive circle, and they began to dig pits and build fortifications, but the number of personnel did not increase.

Except for some of the merchants in the market, who were particularly bold enough to believe that we would succeed in holding this place, the others had already closed their trading and left for the time being. However, just as the other side was gathering and standby, our side also received reinforcements.

First of all, Trovic came with someone, and he still looked very excited about the fight. Then Milic, and even Petkovic and Jojic asked me if I needed help. But I didn't promise them to bring someone over, for the simple reason that I needed them to keep an eye on those two so-called people for me. And I don't want too many other armed forces to appear here, this is my territory, this is a world of the jungle, even more so here, try to do your own thing, in order to make people feel that you are not weak, so that you can have a place here.

And just when I was hesitating to take advantage of the fact that the other party's foothold was not stable, and before all the personnel arrived, Eunice called my satellite phone here. His voice sounded a little tired on the phone, and instead of telling me what he was doing, he said something about my situation here.

He told him that he had received information that there had been a disagreement between the forces who had been preparing to attack us after Waldette had been killed by us. There were those who wanted to delay the attack under the pretext of trying to find out the true cause of Berisha's death, and these people were called rationalists by Younis, who were unwilling to fight the Serbs any longer, to minimize hostilities, and to deal with disputes in a more moderate way. But some of the more radical ones still shouted to continue fighting, to take revenge, and to count Waldette's account, although the old guy used his own men to walk on the side of Waldette's rumor that Waldette had betrayed Berisha, and with Mr. Tongue's true and false, he was quite capable of fooling people. But the radicals still insisted that the original attack plan could not be changed, and everything would be said after the fight was over. And the men who are now in front of me are the men of the radical faction, and not all of them, they are waiting for people, and in the rear, because of Waldette's death, some of the work has been disrupted, and some of the work has to be done, and there are some hesitant people to persuade and even fight against the moderate and rational faction, which has caused problems in their overall coordination, as in the case of them, these people have arrived, and some of their companions have not even moved their places, have not yet set foot on the road to get here.

News like this immediately strengthened my determination to strike first. Milk and I immediately gathered all the leaders of the cottage, and once everyone had arrived, I told me my intentions and reasons. When everyone heard that I was ready to attack, there was no objection, and Trovic even shouted that it was long overdue.

After confirming that I had no special opinion, I continued: "I am still planning to carry out this attack at night. At night we brought people to touch it. I'm going to organize a commando team, and they're going to be equipped with those night vision devices. The assault began with a commando team, attacking the side of their camp under the cover of night. The large forces approached them from the other side after the assault team exchanged fire, drawing their attention to them. Approached and launched a surprise attack on their camp. ”

"You're going to have a close fight with them?" Pulsic asked.

I nodded, "That's right." And judging from the number of people, the other side has more people than me. Therefore, we must try to fight as quickly and effectively as possible, and we must not give them the opportunity to calmly arrange defenses. ”

"Do you want to shell it during the day before you start?" Tosic asked.

I thought for a moment and said, "Yes." But it's in Kosovo, so won't the shelling cause any trouble? ”

"Fuck the trouble." Milk immediately denied: "When we first arrived, we entered Kosovo with great fanfare, and we didn't see any trouble except defeat. ”

"Yes. There shouldn't be any trouble. The old guy Yugovic said: "There will be no here, this is a place where no one pays attention to it, you can say that this is Serbian, and there is definitely a group of people who will support your statement." ”

"That's right. This is Serbia's. I prove. Trovic said, holding up his hand.

I nodded, and thought about it. I didn't seem to have thought about this before, maybe there have been too many incidents with Younis recently, and I always think things are a little complicated. Now that everyone else has decided to beat me, and everyone is in front of me, what am I hesitating about?

Thinking of this, I smiled and said, "Since you don't have any opinions, then it's decided." ”

"When to act?" Pulsic asked.

I looked at the sky and said, "There is a saying in my hometown that it is better to choose a day than to hit the sun." Just today, this day looks like tonight may be rainy again, hehe, the moon is dark and the wind is high and it is raining, which is suitable for doing things. ”

"Wouldn't that be too hasty?" Pulsic asked.

I shook my head, "No waiting. Maybe there will be more and more people on the other side. It's not the first time we've ever fought for the first time, and the environment around us isn't unfamiliar, so there shouldn't be any problems. ”

"Then it's time for me to lead the commando this time." Milk began, "It's my turn, too." ”

I glanced at him, "Okay." No problem. Let the oil bottle follow you and give you a hand. ”

"Haha." Milk smiled and said to the oil bottle, "Come on." My adjutant, let's go pick our commandos. ”

"Shall we start shelling right away?" Tosic asked.

I nodded, "Yes." Is there enough shells or something? ”

"It's all enough. Arms and ammunition have been arriving lately. It is said that several more mortars will be delivered after some time. Tosic turned and left.

"Oh. . . That's good. Wait, what? Mortar? Is this the arms trade starting to sell artillery? I asked, looking at Tosic, who was already far away.

Twenty minutes later, the shells from Tosic's side flew towards the other side. The other side does not seem to have any special means of returning fire, except for shelling us, but their mortars are obviously not enough in number, and the intensity is much worse than ours. Perhaps they realized this, too, and sent a few more teams to harass us shortly afterward, sometimes firing a rocket.

While the shells were flying around here, we had already arranged our staff. Milk, Drag Bottle, and Yugovich led the commando team, which was still thirty men. They will attack from the southwest of the opposing camp after nightfall. I took the others, including Trovic and Milic's men, as a large force, to ambush the opponent in the southeast. Trovic and Milic's men were treated as reserves by me, and it would be me and Pulcic's men who really got their hands on it.

When it got dark, we stopped shelling, but with the exception of Tosic they began to rest. The rest of the people were in high spirits. I took a nap, and when I woke up to find it raining again, and there was a crackling sound of rain falling among the trees. I stood up, tightened my clothes, looked at the sentry not far away, and whispered, "Call everyone." We're ready to get started. ”