Chapter 16: Crossing the River
"Do as he says. You go with Julio to our people. Find them as soon as possible and bring them over, be careful. ”
Códoba nodded when Pablo said this. Turning his head and the man named Julio who was finding the way, he quickly ran towards the river.
"Shall we stay here and just wait?" Pablo asked, looking at John.
John took out the kettle and poured it with water, then handed the kettle to Pablo and said, "Then do you want us to go to the guerrillas for a decisive battle?" I think the guerrillas would be glad that we did. ”
"I didn't mean that. I mean, can we do something? Wait here to see if the guerrillas will find us first, or if my men will find us first? Pablo said and took another sip of water.
John spread his hands, "What do you think we can do now?" I'm just four people now. And there is not much ammunition left. Now, even if the guerrillas walk past me, as long as they don't notice us, I will choose to hide there and watch them walk in front of me. ”
"What if I find out?" Pablo then asked.
"Run!" As if he knew he was going to ask, John immediately replied, "Fight and run." Get rid of them before they run out of bullets and join up with the people who come to pick you up. ”
After receiving such an answer, Pablo only smiled bitterly and said no more. Instead, he rested against a nearby tree like an oil bottle. The rest of us went into a long wait.
About three hours later, there was movement on the other side of the river. John motioned for me to go to the river. I nodded, turned and ran towards the river.
We were hiding about a hundred meters from the river, and as I approached the river, I slowed down and hid behind a bush to look over.
Not far from the bushes where I was hiding was a flat, pebble-filled beach, the water seemed to be very clear, but it didn't look very deep. The opposite bank of the river is a bit steep, not as flat as on my side.
In the woods on the shore, several figures flashed. I wasn't sure if it was Pablo's men or the guerrillas, so I didn't move, just watched. It wasn't until Códóba's figure appeared on the bank of the river, pointing at us and talking to the people behind me, that I relaxed. But I still didn't go out because the terrain outside made me feel very insecure.
I rolled over and was about to walk back, but at the moment I turned around, I suddenly noticed that there was also a person not far from my left, who I did not recognize, peering at the other side. To make matters worse, this man spotted me after I moved, and the eyes that looked at me at that moment were full of murderous intent.
I didn't hesitate, I raised my hand and it was a shot. Ducked behind a tree while shooting. My shot clearly missed, because then the bullet came at me and hit where I was standing. At the same time, on the other side of the river, there was also a commotion after hearing the gunshots.
"Córdoba is on the other side of the river. The answerer arrived. But the other party's people also arrived. I said through the communicator.
"Understood. We are approaching you. Just as John finished speaking, gunshots were heard from them.
The man across from me shot at me again, and I was about to lean out sideways to shoot back, but as soon as I glanced at it, I quickly retracted, because I saw a figure on the other side, and the bullet hit the tree I was leaning against as I retracted.
"Gypsies. We've seen you. How many people do you have? John's voice came.
"Two. They almost killed me. I shouted.
"Cover us. There are so many more people behind us than you. John responded.
"Cover? I'm being suppressed now. How to cover. With that, I picked up my gun and fired a few shots in the general direction. But the effect was almost none, because the bullets from the opposite side kept shooting at me.
"Whatever you do. We're almost there! ”
"I know you're almost there. I'm not deaf. I glanced in the direction where the gunshots were getting closer and closer, and muttered. Then I pulled out a grenade, pulled the string and threw it from the right side of the tree, and after an explosion, I leaned out from the left side just after the opposite side was under fire, and just when I felt that the other party was going to continue leaning in and shooting, I pulled the trigger where the other person was dodging.
The other party quickly shrank back again. Just then, from behind me came the sound of gunfire and John's shouting, "Gypsy." We're here. ”
I didn't look back and continued to shoot at the other man, while the other guy continued to shoot at John. John sped up and crawled behind me.
"Straight ahead of me, with a grenade!" I said a word and threw away the rifle that was already dead in my hand, and casually pulled out John's pistol and continued to shoot at the opposite side.
John rolled over, reached for a grenade, climbed up the tree and threw it at the spot where I had shot. At the same time as the explosion sounded, there was movement in the river. I retracted and looked up the river, where quite a few people had already started to wade across the river, and there seemed to be a rubber boat.
"They're looking for death!" I shouted as I reached for John's magazine.
But what stranged me was that the guerrillas did not strike at these people who were crossing the river. Soon Pablo and Drag Bottle also came running, followed by Bill Jr. and Walker. Behind them were bullets flying everywhere.
"Retreat." When he saw that the people were due, John patted me and motioned for me to take them and withdraw first. I retracted and rushed towards the riverbank after John shot in the opposite direction.
At this time, the people who came to meet also went to the bank of the river, and the leader was still Códobaba. Immediately after seeing us and Pablo appear, he shouted a few words to the others, and then pointed to the place where fire was constantly firing in the woods at the moment.
Immediately, people on the other side of the river and on this side opened fire into the woods behind us. And Córdoba quickly ran over. As soon as he grabbed Pablo, he headed to the river in a rubber boat.
At this moment, a fierce gunshot rang out, and the dense bullets instantly rained down on us and those who came to meet the exposed river beach.
At the moment when the gun rang out, I instinctively fell to the ground and took the oil bottle with me. I looked up, and in a moment many people had been hit and fell to the ground, and the pebbles on the riverbed were blown up by bullets, and the river splashed in all directions. Although some people tried to fight back, they were soon killed by flying bullets. I suddenly realized that this was deliberately set up, we have a flat terrain here, and when everyone shows up here, especially Pablo, they launch an attack, and the people on the other side can't get by, and they can effectively hit the target they want to attack. It's much easier than playing hide and seek in the woods.
"Don't cross the river! Don't keep crossing the river! Descend along the riverbed. Walk along the riverbed! John shouted at us as he shot.
I looked ahead, and the dinghy had already been beaten and collapsed like a pile of mud. Córdoba and Pablo hid not far away, covering up with the bodies of two people who had already been killed. Córdoba held Pablo down and yelled at the people on the other side of the river, presumably asking them to increase their firepower to suppress them.
I opened the body of a man in front of me who had been killed, dragged an M16 out of the body that was pressed under him, and then pulled out a few of his magazines and mounted them on my body.
"Gypsy!" Little Bill's voice came from his ears, "Walker is injured. I'm going to take him with me, and you're going to cover us. ”
I looked around and found little Bill and Walker, also prostrate on the ground not far behind me. I pointed to the oil bottle next to me and said, "Let them come with you." "With that, I went up to the hall and shot at the people who were slowly coming out of the riverbank.
There shouldn't be a lot of people on the other side, because if there are too many people, they shouldn't be so close to us and haven't been noticed by us, of course, this also shows that this is a very high-quality team. Another point to prove is that their firepower weakened significantly after their men on the other side of the river began to counterattack with all their might.
"Withdraw! Evacuate! John shouted at me.
I got up and stepped back as I continued to shoot at the other person. Just as the people on the riverbed stood up and prepared to retreat, I don't know who shouted something, and before the shouting was completely over. The river exploded beside me.
"Lie down! Lie down! I shouted to little Bill, who was still carrying Walker back in front of me.
I lay down and looked up again, and the grenades, which were supposed to have been fired from grenade launchers, were not just exploding in our range, but were being fired across the river, in and around those who were fighting back. And a few rounds of dense landing over there in succession.
"Retreat!" I shouted. If the person on the other side is broken up or knocked out again, then we are completely meat on the chopping block. At this moment, I had only one thought in my head, run. It doesn't matter where you are, but as long as you can get out of it quickly.