After a brief observation, John whispered, "They're crossing the river." One of them was supposed to be Pablo. ”

I looked back and said, "He's not dead?" ”

"He wasn't the only one who didn't die. That cordoba seems to be there too. John retracted, "We'll cross the river from here." While those broken ones are not dead. ”

"It's a big deal." I sighed and continued, "I don't know where the oil bottle took Walker." ”

John looked at me, "I don't know, but it shouldn't be dangerous for now." You're staring here, I'll bring little Bill here. ”

"Understood." I promised. After watching John run back, I pushed aside the leaves and looked over the river, where there were not many people crossing, only four or five. But there were a lot of people waiting on the other side, and those people had no intention of continuing to support those who were still resisting on this side of the river, but just waited for them, and it seemed that Pablo would retreat as soon as he came ashore.

At this time, there was movement behind me, and the footsteps were heavy, and it should be John carrying little Bill on his back. I turned around and took his gun, pointed to the river, and said, "I guess they'll leave when Pablo passes." ”

"Then we'll have to hurry." As he spoke, John motioned for me to cover his way out.

Just as I was about to go out with my gun in my hand, there was a commotion on the opposite bank, and I immediately motioned for John to stop. I looked up at the other side and saw that the people on the other side who had been waiting for me suddenly became chaotic and shot at the woods on their side.

"What's going on?" John behind him looked at me and asked.

I replied with a sideways face, "Things have changed." It seems that the guerrillas have been outflanked on the opposite side. ”

"What?" John came up to me and looked at the other side, "Did this Pablo kill some important person for them, and why did he chase them so relentlessly?" ”

Seeing the situation like this at this moment, we are not very anxious, because the other party is obviously focusing on the opposite side of the attack this time, and the most we can do here is to contain it, at least for now.

I crouched down and glanced at John, and I understood what he had just said. Such a chase was not pursued by the Russians when they were in Chechnya. This is not to say that Russians are not powerful, in fact, there are few in this world who are more fierce than Lao Maozi. But there, their pursuit, though just as deadly, didn't have such a fast pace. To put it simply, if Lao Maozi has a firefight, then the battle will be very cruel, but the pursuit after the breakthrough will not be so mobile and fast, they will rest and re-arrange, and then catch up, just like the big cats on the grassland, whether they succeed or not, they will have to take a long rest after predation, and they will also take time to slowly approach the target before hunting again.

The guerrillas they saw were different, many of them were not as skilled as Lao Maozi, and they didn't really fight as much pressure as in Chechnya, but their pursuit was very fast, like a swarm of flies, constantly circling around your wounds, pounced when they saw the opportunity, and pounced again soon after you drove them away, and they couldn't be guarded again.

There are advantages and disadvantages to such a mobile and fast way of fighting by the guerrillas. The advantage is that it can always entangle the target, and if one blow fails, there will be a second, third, or even several times soon, until the goal is achieved or the target is completely detached, and in this attack after attack, the target's loss will be greater and greater, and it is likely that it will be defeated under the attack again and again. The downside is just as obvious, as frequent attacks will lead to a gradual increase in their own casualties, and they will have to pounce on their targets again and again without resting, thinking about other backup options, and coordinating with other friendly forces. That's why John said that Pablo had killed someone important to them. Because such frequent pursuits and attacks are something that many people would not do.

"Doesn't that explain why we're here?" I whispered.

"That has nothing to do with us. At least it's okay now, let's hurry up and cross the river. John told me about the new look at Bill's back.

I looked outside, and the fierce battle on the opposite side was already very fierce at the moment, and there were explosions from time to time. I looked at John and said, "Are you sure we're going to continue crossing the river?" ”

"Sure. We can only be considered safe for the time being if we cross the river. Before Sweez, he told me before he set off that if there was an accident and he could not get support, he could only keep going north and quickly get out of the control of the guerrillas. John said as he looked outside, "Let's continue down, downstream from Pablo's current location. Let him and the guerrillas continue to play, hopefully the water won't be too deep. ”

I nodded, picked up my gun and continued downstream, with John right behind me. After walking a short distance, I noticed that the river in front of me was beginning to bend and head southeast. I stopped, looked at John and said, "Let's go over here." ”

John looked at the terrain and nodded, "That's all." ”

I saw John agree, and handed him his gun, "You wait here first." I'll try it in the river first. ”

"Stay safe." John took the gun and gave a command, then stood guard in the direction of the upstream.

I went to the river and tried the speed of the current, but fortunately it was not very fast. I walked slowly towards the middle of the river, but when I got closer to the middle of the river, I hesitated. Because the speed of the water under the surface of the water is much faster than it seems on the surface, and the difference between the first few steps is greater than the step, and the river is already above the chest before the middle of the way.

"Gypsies. You can come back, it doesn't seem like this is the right place to be. "John's voice came to my ears.

I looked back and said into the communicator, "There's no time." Didn't you hear the gunshots coming this way? I'll go further. ”

With that, I continued to walk forward, not taking two steps. Suddenly, his feet slipped, and he stepped out, and the whole person fell forward. As soon as my body lost its balance in the water, it was like a car that lost power on a slope and did not brake, the current pushed me downstream, and I quickly opened my arms and flapped continuously to get my body back up, but no matter how I flapped, I still couldn't achieve the effect I wanted, and the swing of my arms could not offset the thrust of the current.

Just after I drank two or three sips of river water in a row, suddenly my leg hit something. I quickly stepped on the object and clasped it with both hands, and it was only after I steadied my body that I realized that it was a large rock in the middle of the river.

I hugged the stone and tried to catch my breath a few times before noticing John calling at me on the shore.

"Gypsy, how are you? Answer me quickly! Damn it! ”

When my breathing stabilized, I spat a few mouthfuls and said to him, "I can't die yet." With that, I stretched out my foot to the bottom of the river, and soon stepped on the bottom.

I steadied the center and prepared to walk to the other side again, when John shouted at me again. But I didn't have time to listen to his nagging, because I had to be highly concentrated, and if I fell a second time, I might not have a chance to get up again. There is also the fact that he just asked me to go back, but what is the way back at this time? Are you really going to do Tarzan here?

Fortunately, I made the right bet this time, I walked forward step by step, although there were still some places along the way with a big drop, but there were not too deep places, and there were a lot of big stones along the way, which slowed down the speed of the water to a large extent.

As I walked up to the opposite riverbed step by step, I didn't dare to delay, so I immediately climbed to the embankment, unloaded my backpack, and found the rope inside. I found a tree that looked sturdy, tied a knot in the tree, and tied the other end of the rope around my waist, and then I took my gun and went back the way I came.

"Quick! Tie the rope to the tree. "As soon as I came ashore, I ran towards John and untied the rope and handed it to him. Then I opened John's backpack and threw away the rest of the ammo and some of the food and everything else.

John quickly tightened the rope and tied it to the tree and cut the excess with a dagger, "Give me a hand." Tie little Bill and me together. ”

"Good!" I agreed, and John tied little Bill to his back and tied a loop to the rope that had been dragged from the other side. Then I carried his gun and bag on my back and returned to the river first.

When I walked across the river again, I felt much better than before. After all, having a rope at your side helps a lot both mentally and in terms of balance.

The gunfire was getting closer, and I glanced at the woods behind me, where I could already faintly see objects weaving through the woods. These were supposed to be the ones who stayed on this side of the river to stop the guerrillas.

"Let's go. It is estimated that Pablo's people can't stand it. I turned my head and urged, and quickened my pace.

I turned my head and saw that it was not far from the shore, so I reached out and grabbed John as if I was behind him, and rushed to the shore at a faster speed.

"Climb the embankment and go into the woods." I said with a dash up the riverbank, then turned around and reached out to pull John. John slowly climbed up with the help of me and the rope. Just as I was about to turn around and head in the direction of the woods, I heard footsteps behind me.

I immediately raised my gun and turned around to shoot, but the first time I saw the scene in the woods I felt like I was going to die. Because at first glance, there were already at least three people from the woods who were coming towards me and John from different directions. They had guns in their hands, and there should be others behind them. At this moment, turning over and running away is already in vain, so you can only throw your back to the other party, so that the other party can better shoot yourself. I had to pull John together and hide behind a tree with a rope tied to him.

"Maybe we're going to finish this time." I whispered to John behind me.

John also spotted the coming, and he whispered, "Do this sooner or later." How are you going to say goodbye? ”

I glanced at him and said in my heart: "There is an old saying in my hometown, you have to pull a cushion when you die." ”

"Huh." John laughed at my words, "It's a little less meaningful, but I like it." He picked up his gun and said, "Let's see how many we can kill before we get hit." ”