"Withdraw! Evacuate! "I called out after a few short hits in a row.

As he fought, Jugovic quickly retreated into the woods with another Serb. And just then, at two o'clock in the direction of me, there was the sound of gunfire in the woods that crossed the glade.

The NATO mercenaries stopped their pursuit when they heard the gunfire, and each of them hid as if to figure out what was happening. This gives us a chance to get out, I don't care who comes, the situation is extremely unfavorable for us right now, and the worst we can do is just get out of the tiger's den and then into the wolf's den, jumping from one pit to another.

We quickly retreated into the woods, the old fellow with another Serb at the head, sneering with his companion in the middle, and I was at the end. The gunfire is getting farther and farther away from us, and the NATO mercenary who is fighting with us does not continue to chase after us, and is also getting farther and farther away from us. We didn't stop but continued to run into the woods, until everyone was exhausted, and then we slowed down, and after walking for an unknown amount of time, the old guy who was walking in front suddenly signaled everyone to stop.

I immediately began to look around, and the sneering man was so tired that his companion almost fell off, but he still managed to lift his companion on his back, as if he was ready to continue running.

"Everybody take a break. Don't be nervous, there should be nothing wrong here for the time being. The old fellow gasped.

Hearing him say this, I immediately prepared to sit down and rest, but seeing the sneering look of the man who didn't know how to put his companion down, I took off my backpack and threw it on the ground, and the gun was also leaning against the side of the tree, and I came to him, "I'll help you." Come and put him down slowly. ”

After putting the Albanian down, I turned around and sat down and opened the captured backpack. I remember there was a first aid kit in there. I handed the first aid kit to Ai Sneer, who looked at me and said, "Don't you have to deal with it there?" ”

I followed his gaze to my right shoulder, and I remembered that there was a piece of wood standing on my shoulder. But at this moment, there is no blood there, although it has been shed a lot, the back is not visible, and the whole arm is covered with blood.

I looked at him and said, "It's nothing, it just looks scary." Take care of your companions. His leg was not lightly injured, and there was no road here that could be suffered from the back. ”

Seeing that I said this, there was no nonsense, and he lowered his head and began to deal with his companion's injuries. Yugovic looked at the Albanian, "You'd better take something to gag his mouth, it will hurt." Ordinary people can't bear it, and when the time comes, the screams may attract people. ”

Love sneered at the old fellow's suggestion, and he quickly found a branch, and then used a dagger to cut off the excess parts and twigs from the branch, peeled off the outer skin and gave it to his companion to bite.

"Would you like to help?" I looked at Love and said with a sneer.

Love glanced at me with a sneer and shook her head, "No." It's not the first time I've done this, I can fix it. After saying that, he looked at his companion and said, "Arabi, hold back." I can only deal with it briefly, but it will hurt just as much, and you must hold back and bite the stick tightly and don't shout. ”

The Albanian named Arabi bit the stick and nodded nervously in understanding. Love sneered and then began to treat the wound.

I turned my gaze to the side, and this kind of thing is also a kind of torture for us, psychological torture. Looking at the bloody wound always makes people unconsciously think that if they are hit, it will be like this, whether it will be more terrible than this, once they have these thoughts, they will be afraid to feel helpless and even hopeless, which is very demoralizing. It would be stupid for us to blow ourselves down in this situation.

I looked at Yugovic, and he and the other Serb who had recognized him before also looked away. I looked around, and the forest looked pretty much the same all around, with trees everywhere. I got up and sat down next to Yugovich, "Uncle, where are we going?" ”

Yugovic looked around, "I don't know. What I can tell you now is that we are lost. I don't know where to go, except for being able to distinguish between the southeast and the northwest. ”

"The point is that you may encounter the Albanians and the NATO bastards at any time." The Serbs, whom we had rescued, spoke.

I looked at him and said, "What's your name?" Which team is it? ”

"I am from the assault battalion commanded by Ivanovich. My name is Vulich, and before you saw that the man who was captured with me was also a comrade in the assault battalion. The Serb spoke.

When I heard that he was the fat Ivanovich, I looked at the old guy and said, "Did you tell him?" ”

Yugovich sighed and said, "No." You better tell him. After all, you're the last one to fight alongside that guy. ”

I nodded and looked at Vurić, who realized that I wasn't going to bring good news, but he looked at me and waited for me to speak.

"Ivanovich was killed." I didn't say anything about it, because I didn't know how to do it.

When Vurich heard me say this, although he was mentally prepared, he still looked very lost and sad. He rubbed his face and said, "What about our people?" I mean the people led by Ivanovich. ”

It's hard for me to say, because I think it's a lot of losses, but I can't really tell who Ivanovich's is and who is Petkovic or Kostic. I looked at the old guy, who looked at me and then said to Vurich, "It's miserable." Basically, there weren't many people who went back. You've probably lost more than half of your lives when we pick you up, and you were hoping to go back with those people, but then the NATO people came. The entire front was routed, including the Albanians who had been chasing them. The battle quickly turned into a rout, and then into a pursuit. Together with Kostic's men were quickly defeated, only a small number returned to Serbian territory, and... And the night after I went back, that is, last night. NATO raided our camp. That's all I know. ”

Vurich listened to Yugovich's words and said in disbelief: "How can this be? How long has it been? Two days ago, we were still on a high pitch, and everyone said we could go home with a victory this time, but how could it suddenly turn out like this? He looked at me and said, "How did Ivanovich die?" ”

"NATO. Fight with NATO people. He was wounded at the time, and we stayed together. There were other people left behind, many of whom were wounded who could not leave. There were about twenty people in total, and I was the only one left. I said as I pulled out the Ruger and the cigarette case Ivanovich had given me, "This was given to me before he took his last breath." The gun was given to me as a commemorative cigarette case for me to return to his daughter. ”

Vulich glanced at what I was holding, stunned for a moment, and then said, "Our team is finished. The commander was killed, and the most combat-ready company was also crippled when we broke through, and according to what you said, few of them were left alive, and they were all over. ”

I don't know how to comfort this Vurić, the truth is pretty much what he said, this Serbian militia is really finished, at least for now, the future is very worrying. I reached out and patted him on the shoulder, but didn't speak.

Yugovich glanced at the man and said, "Okay, you earned it if you were alive this time." You should be happy. After saying that, he looked around and then at the two Albanians, and then whispered to me, "You should ask them, this is their place after all, and they should know how to get there." ”

I turned my head to look at Ai, who was still busy and sneered, I thought the old guy was right. Now this is the land of these people, and they should be able to give a direction where they can go. The old guy probably fought a lot with the Albanians, but in fact, the Serbs in Yugoslavia should have fought almost all the original union republics over the years, and they have enmity with everyone. He couldn't speak, so he let me come. I don't care, I don't have any psychological burden. In fact, it seems to me that the Serbs, as the main ethnic group of Yugoslavia, should have a great deal of responsibility for what they are today, and the civil war cannot be the responsibility of only one party, and it is still a civil war with several different union republics in turn.

I sat down beside Ai Sneer, and before I could speak, Ai sneered and looked at me and said, "Do you want to ask me where I should go?" ”

I nodded and said, "Yes." We're lost. We wanted to find a safe way back to Serbia. ”

Love sneered at me and sneered again: "Go back? You shouldn't be here. This is no longer the place for Serbs. ”

"It shouldn't belong to you!" Vurich turned his head and said coldly.

I glanced at him with a sneer and was about to speak, but I hurriedly said, "Stop!" Don't make a noise, okay? How long has it been since you got rid of the minions of NATO? It's okay if you want to fight, can you wait until next time? ”

Vurich turned back and stopped talking, persuaded by the old fellow. Love retracted his gaze with a sneer, continued to look down and dealt with his companion's injury, and then looked at me and said, "Who are you?" Volunteering here? To help the Serbs against us? ”

"Me? Volunteer? "I suddenly felt funny when I heard this question. I smiled and pointed to my face and said, "Do you think I look like a Serb, or some other Slav?" ”

"You may be an Orthodox Christian, the fanatical kind." Love continued with a sneer.

I felt even more ridiculous when he said that, "Orthodox? To tell you the truth, I didn't even know what Orthodox Christianity was until I knew a bunch of Ukrainian hohohokes. Actually, it's very simple, I'm a mercenary, and the people who hire me are not Serbs. ”

"Oh! That's when someone hired you to help the Serbs against us. Love finished his work with a sneer, his companion's wounds already bandaged.

"No, no, no. Truth be told, you're overestimating yourselves a little bit on this. At most, you are one of my employer's targets, or incidental targets. I have a bigger goal to deal with, and I'm someone you can't afford to mess with. "I'm a bit of a fool of you.

Love sneered at what I said, and after a moment of stunnedness, he said: "Dealing with NATO? Then you must have been sent by the Russians. ”

"Not bad. You're amazing. That's right, it's the Russians. "I just admit it. It seems to me that there is nothing to hide, first, it is not difficult to guess, after all, I just said that I know a bunch of Ukrainian hohokes. Second, I actually want him to know something about me, and I want him to know that I'm dealing with something he can't afford to mess with but is not friendly, and that my employer is something that a military organization like theirs can deal with. This will increase the weight of his cooperation with me, weaken the hostile mood, and increase our safety factor.

Love sneered, took the stick from his companion's mouth and threw it aside, picked up the kettle and fed it a few sips of water, and then sat down to the side, watching me drink a few sips of water, and suddenly sighed a long sigh, as if he was going to talk to me about business.