We ran away, and the Yankees naturally wouldn't let us go easily. They didn't come here to occupy land and loot villages, they came to exterminate the armed forces. As soon as we ran here, they immediately moved and chased after us.

The gardener, who was about the same as the dead Bilamov, rolled down the hill from which we had come down. After the rolling meat finally reached the ground, he was pulled up by Lukovic and dragged out of the valley before his balance could be restored.

I turned around and shot at the pursuing Americans as I ran, and these Yankees in the south were not very troublesome, because they suffered heavy losses, and they were relatively close to us and the TLB forces of Said, and Qasim, so their pursuit was not big, and they almost continued to shoot at us within the range where they were staying. The trouble is the Yankees above the valley. After everyone was busy withdrawing, and losing the deterrence and containment of the gardener, a sniper, they moved recklessly on the valley, each aiming at the target below.

Although I fired two shots at the valley from time to time, but the effect was not good, first of all, the distance was far, the angle was small, it was difficult to aim, the key is that they were still shooting at me from time to time, including the Yankees in the south of the village who I had attacked before, there were people shooting at me, Lukovich and the gardener, which caused a lot of interference to me, and I could only deter a few shots to scare and scare the other party.

But fortunately, the opponent's hit rate is not high at the moment, and the valley is not completely vertical, after running for a while, there was a curve when approaching the exit of the valley, and the three of us quickly entered the curve against the hillside.

After dodging the range of fire from many sides and steasing my breath, I leaned out and looked at the valley opposite, only to see that the Yankees did not continue to chase after me, but stopped in the valley, and from time to time shot at the people below. I think it's because the hill ahead of them is too steep to go any further.

I fired several shots in quick succession with a few men in Qasim, and as soon as Qasim came, he commanded the men who came with him to start a counterattack. With their joining, the momentum of the Yankees in the valley was suppressed. Although they are condescending, but the shooting range is not ideal, and their strengths cannot be brought into play, which helps us. At the same time, in the direction of the village, the movement there was much quieter, it should be said that there was no loud noise, it is estimated that it has been captured, and the people left behind have finished.

One after the other, our men came under cover. I counted the number of people, and there were two fewer than when I came, and they were from Said's team. Salim and Aliyev were also injured, but not severely, only slightly. In addition to them, Akmal and the guide, these two and their companions are all very good, and their mental state is relatively stable, after all, they have all experienced the war and will not collapse so easily.

The worst losses were suffered by Qasim's men, and there were a dozen or so men who came out with him, but there were about forty of the TLB forces who had come with us in the village.

However, Qasim didn't seem to care very much, and after seeing that everyone was almost there, he spoke, and Ahmed nodded and said, "He said we should get out of here." There won't be just such a Yankee in the area.

I glanced at Qasim, and he didn't need to say this, as long as he wasn't stupid, he would know. No one would use a small force to go deep into the mountains to carry out such a clearance operation. It is possible to hunt down a single target, but this posture is obviously not, and they are here to destroy the TLB forces. Such an operation must be carried out in the surrounding area, which means that there must be other teams in the area that are being cleared, and there are even quick counteractors on standby, ready to provide support and enter the battle.

I nodded at Qasim and said, "Lead the way." Took us to a safe place. “

Seeing that I nodded, Kassim immediately led the people and continued to walk south, regardless of what I said. We put our team together, put the guide and Akmal in the middle of the group, and followed Qasim and them into the valley where they quickly fled. Just about five minutes after we had walked, the sound of a helicopter could be heard in the distant sky, and I looked over where the sound was coming from, and in the distance I could see two black dots flying in the sky to the northeast of us, and they quickly circled in the direction of the valley behind us.

"That little village is finished." Ahmed, who was walking in the middle of the line, whispered.

Akmall, who was walking in front of him, looked back at Ahmed, apparently he did not understand Ahmed's Russian. Ahmed looked at him silently, but it was clear from the look in his eyes that he had no affection for Akmal and even some disgust.

"Do you mean the people who are guarding the village?" Lukovic asked.

"It's not just them. And the villagers in the village are all finished. Ahmet shook his head, "I don't know how many will survive." “

No one will be interested in such a topic, and we don't talk nonsense, but concentrate on the road. Qasim led us on a walk for more than two hours, going around a section of the cliff and descending a little downhill before we came to a leeward low. Kasim stopped here, and after a wary glance, he looked at me and said something.

Ahmed immediately said, "He said we were here to take a break. We'll have to go to another village by tonight, or the night will be sad. “

I looked at the people, and of course I understood what he meant by "having a hard night", and the men who had come out had nothing but guns and some bullets, including me, Lukovich, and the gardener. Of course, Said and they are all fine, each carrying a backpack, but at night if there is no shelter from the wind and rain, and then something to cover it from the cold, it will be very painful. And there is also the problem of water and food, we can rely on the support of Saeed's team and Salim for a while, but it will not be long, we need supplies.

"Let's get some rest. Take care of the wound and tidy things up. I said and looked at Salim and Aliyev, "How are you two injured?" ”

"No problem." Salim raised his left arm, "A small piece of shrapnel got in. Just wait until you get to the place to deal with it. “

Aliyev smiled bitterly and said, "I have a smaller problem. It's just a little bit of skin, but it's just a lot of blood. As he spoke, he wiped the blackened blood clot on his forehead.

I nodded, and after making sure everyone else was okay, I looked at Qasim and said, "How far is that village from us?" “

(End of chapter)