A ten-kilometer road is nothing if it is normal times, when you are well fed and well-rested, even if you walk at night with equipment on your back. But this moment is different, we were very tired when we came here, and now we have to flee for our lives and march in a hurry, which is far more intense than usual training, even if it is a special assault training. And the most important thing is that we don't dare to stop now, who knows what the ultimate purpose of this operation of the Yankees is? How big is the scope of the purge? What if we stop to rest and catch up with them or meet someone on some other collaborative mission?

But it wasn't any of us nineteen who couldn't hold on first, but Ahmed's companions the guide. After we had been running for about thirty or forty minutes, his companion seemed to be exhausted, and lay on his back directly after the fall, panting and talking.

We all stopped and looked at the guy who had fallen to the ground. I immediately signaled to everyone to look around and not let their guard down. It's certainly not just the Yankees and their allies running around here tonight, just like us, who are dodging them, and there should be more TLB fighters hiding from the crackdown. On this big night, I met suddenly, who knew whom? Most likely, the first reaction is to pull the trigger. So it's better to be careful, I'd rather we shoot each other first than let the other side find out that we killed us first.

Ahmed quickly came to his companion's side, touched his companion with his hand and said a few words to him, then he looked at us and said, "He can't run." With that, he looked at Qasim, who had also stopped and was panting, and said something.

Qasim looked reluctant, but after Ahmet had finished speaking, he motioned for his own men to immediately stand guard around him, and he sat down on the ground.

Ahmed looked at me and said, "Take a break." Rest for a while and he'll be fine. ”

I nodded, but didn't speak. Actually, I'm too tired to talk. I looked around, and I could see it now in some of the places that were nearer, because the sky was still clear, and the stars and moon were very clear, and then the bright moonlight could see some, but a little further away I could only see that it was pitch black, and there was no movement, not a little bit of light, except of course the occasional gunshots from the village of Zagir behind us.

I looked at my own people and walked past them one by one, checking their status. Everyone was tired, but fortunately none of them were injured in the retreat. After the inspection, I went over to Ahmed and whispered, "Is this a clean-up operation?" ”

Ahmet nodded, and then he lifted his companion from the ground, took out his water bag and handed it to him, "I'm afraid that the village ten kilometers away may have been taken as well. Ahmed said and looked at me.

I looked at him, and I thought about that. The village was too small to be able to operate against a village of this size at night, unless it was to capture some big man. However, it is not like this village just now to arrest people, but a simple clean-up, so the scope of the clean-up will not be small, otherwise the meaning and role of the action will be lost.

"Would you like to ask Qasim?" I asked in a low voice.

Ahmed took a sip of the water bag from his companion and said, "He should know better than you and me. If he insists on going there, then there must be a reason. Let's hope we get what we want. ”

We rested for about ten minutes before we got up again and followed Qasim and them on. This time, they probably didn't want anyone to stop because they were too tired, so they deliberately slowed down, which really made us, or at least me, feel better.

An hour later we approached the small village that Qasim had mentioned. But before I could see the village, I heard someone talking. And Qasim, who had been walking ahead, quickly stopped and motioned for everyone to stop.

We all stopped and crouched, and Qasim immediately arranged for two of his men to go forward to investigate. The two men quickly ran into the darkness and disappeared. The voice sounded like there were several people talking, and although it was not clear what was being said, the tone did not seem to be very friendly, and there was a sense of threat and anger in it.

After about five or six minutes, two of Qasim's men came back under the cover of night. When they returned, the two men came to Qasim's side and said a few words in a low voice. Qasim didn't say anything, as if he was thinking about something, he thought about it for about two minutes, and after thinking about it, he came to Ahmed's side and whispered something to Ahmet.

Ahmed turned to me and said, "He said that there is another group of TLB fighters in the village, who may have just arrived in the village and are forcing the people in the village to give them things. ”

"Something? What is it? I asked.

"Eat. Something to drink, something that can be used, something useful. Ahmed said.

I glanced at Qasim, "Are they going to take this place?" What are you going to do? ”

Ahmet turned to Qasim to translate, and Qasim seemed to have already thought about it, and immediately replied as soon as Ahmet finished speaking. However, Ahmed was a little surprised by this answer, as if what Qasim said was not what Ahmad had expected.

He said he didn't necessarily know them. He can send someone to talk to the people in the village, see if what we need is still there, and then see if we can take our things and everyone can take what they need. Ahmed said.

I looked at Ahmed, "Then if the other party doesn't want to." Do you want to kill them? ”

Ahmed nodded and said, "That's what he said before, he said that if it doesn't work, please join them in killing these people." ”

I looked at myself, and now we were all exhausted, and if we didn't have a means of transportation, we continued to walk. It's going to make us very passive and it's going to be getting tighter and tighter, but it's still a long way from Kandahar. If we walk, maybe we really can't do anything and keep on the road.

I looked at Kassim, "Are you sure you have a car here?" “

Ahmed immediately looked at the Qasim translator. Qasim nodded affirmatively. I continued, "How many people are there?" “

When Qasim heard Ahmed's translation, he immediately turned around and beckoned to the two past scouts, who quickly came over and said something to Ahmet.

He said that there were about a dozen people he could see, who had only just arrived, and seemed to be hungry and were asking the villagers to prepare food for them. Each of them carried a gun, and one of them seemed to be carrying a machine gun, a PK general-purpose machine gun. Ahmed translated.

I nodded and said, "Shall we talk about it first?" If it doesn't work, do it. Kill them. “

The second update... It seems that the group of people in the village will be used to sacrifice the flag first.

(End of chapter)