Chapter 22: The Attack
"Smack! Syllable! ”
After the convoy turned out of the house where Rava was, he heard several gunshots from behind, full of warning.
It is undeniable that this is not the first time Li Lan has come into contact with Somalis, but it is definitely the first time he has come into contact with an armed faction of an extreme nature.
Outspoken blackmail shows that such behavior has become the norm, as if it should be taken for granted.
However, Li Lan is also a stubborn lord, with a donkey-like character, and he is destined not to compromise because of coercion.
"Ahmed, has the situation been clarified?" Now that the other party has released a signal of the threat of force, Li Lan will naturally not sit idly by.
"The basics have been figured out." Before Li Lan and the others came, the Somali who was following the messenger, a mobilized soldier under Ahmed, had already infiltrated to collect intelligence on the other side.
"Then it's up to you." Now, Li Lan can only strike first. He knew very well that once the order was given, bloodshed would inevitably occur, and many people would die. If he hadn't felt that his life was in danger, he might have given such an order a serious consideration. However, after a brief conversation with Rava he no longer had any worries.
"Understood." Ahmet nodded, then picked up the walkie-talkie and said, "Second shift, third shift, bring heavy weapons, get off at the next intersection." A squad was on high alert and escorted the commander back to the hotel. ”
At the corner of the next intersection, the convoy stopped, and a dozen soldiers jumped out of the truck, several carrying several long large boxes on their backs. On the armed off-road vehicle, a few soldiers also walked down with Ahmed.
"Be careful, try to bring them all back." Before Ahmad and the others left, Li Lan couldn't help but explain.
The convoy set off again, but the number of people in the convoy was a full two-thirds smaller.
"My friend, what are they going to do?" Muhammadi, who was not at peace on the way, was already full of questions at this time, "Also, do you know that it is extremely unwise for you to go toe-to-toe with Rawa like this, and they will do everything." ”
"Don't worry about me, I'm not a soft persimmon, anyone who wants to pinch can pinch it. If this time I backed down and obediently gave me $100,000, what about next time? Looking at the dilapidated buildings along the street and the bullet-riddled walls, Li Lan was extremely firm in her decision.
"But ......." Muhammadi seemed to want to persuade something.
"Nothing good to do, you asked me before, my identity, just like my answer, in the near future, you will know. And I don't think Rava really has that much power. It's hard to say whether you win or lose. Li Lan said.
"Could it be that they are going to ......," Muhammadi suddenly reacted when he heard Li Lan's words, and exclaimed: "Oh, Allah above, you don't want the ten or twenty people who just got off the bus to go and go to Rawa instead!" This is crazy, Rava has three or four hundred armed liliang under his command, and with those ten or twenty people, he is definitely going to die. My friend, listen to me, turn around at once and call them back, hoping that it will be too late. ”
"Three or four hundred, but these three or four hundred people don't have to be killed. Their target was Rava alone. Li Lan was unmoved by Muhammadi's persuasion.
"You just saw that there are quite a few armed men around Rawa and they are going to die." Mohammadi continued.
"My friend, I believe in my soldiers. However, I am more worried about our safety along the way, and it may be very unpeaceful. "Li Lan is not very worried about the safety of Ahmed and the others, even if he can't kill Rava, I believe they can escape. And Lava's words that were full of danger just now always made Li Lan feel that danger was ahead.
This time Muhammadi also shut up, although he still had many questions, but he did not know how to say them. Although the relationship between the two is already very good, the more they stay with Li Lan, the more they will find that this Chinese is too mysterious.
Muhammadi shut up, however, but another voice rang out. First a few heavy gunshots scared away pedestrians in the street, followed by a rocket that exploded on the road in front of the convoy.
The sound of the explosion was accompanied by the screeching sound of brakes, and for a time the whole thing was dusty.
In the face of the sudden situation, Li Lan did not hesitate to lie on the seat, armed with an off-road vehicle, the windows did not have a bulletproof function, but the steel structure of the car body could withstand bullets.
Muhammadi was also stunned for a moment, but fortunately his reaction was not slow, and he learned from Li Lan lying on his seat, chanting words in his mouth.
At this time, a dense burst of gunfire rang out on both sides of the street, and the dense bullets hit the convoy, the clanging bullet impact, and the cracking of the windows.
Gunfire came and went on both sides of the street, but the sound of a counterattack rang out suddenly.
The mobilized soldiers, who were hiding in the car, took advantage of a short gap and began to counterattack.
Three heavy machine guns roared angrily, and the large-caliber bullets kept suppressing the armed men hiding on both sides of the street, and the driver of the convoy started the car again, and under the cover of the vehicle-mounted machine guns, quickly headed towards the hotel.
By the time the armed men on the street noticed the machine gunner stopped, the convoy was gone, leaving only the dust and smoke from the wheels.
"How's it going?" Hearing that the gunfire had stopped, Li Lan, who was sitting in the car with a somewhat pale face, couldn't help but ask the mobilized soldier in the driver's seat.
"Report to the commander, we have gotten rid of each other."
"Are there any casualties?"
The driver picked up the walkie-talkie and communicated with the cars in front and behind for a while, and then replied: "The other party doesn't seem to have killed anyone, and there are no casualties." ”
"That's good, be careful, try to go as fast as you can." Li Lan said with palpitations.
"Yes."
Recalling the sudden burst of gunfire just now, Li Lan still has lingering palpitations. It was the first time he had heard gunfire so closely, and his mind went blank for a moment. Even though he had fantasized about the current scene many times during the month he had been in Somalia, he still felt the fear in his heart when he actually encountered it.
After all, before coming to Somalia, he was just an ordinary person, and the sound of gunfire was only felt in movies. However, no matter how real the movie is, when you are in it, it is a completely different feeling.
Li Lan didn't pee her pants, which is already good. In that scene, as long as there was one more rocket, they would not be able to run away at all.
Perhaps because of the heavy gunfire just now, it was difficult to see pedestrians on the side of the road for the rest of the trip. Many of the stores that had just opened when they first came here were also closed. Clearly, these Somalis have sensed that the gaffe is a bit serious.
It's normal to hear gunshots in Bossaso, and explosions are often heard, but every explosion is always accompanied by a lot of trouble. It is either an armed conflict or an attack, and the Somalis hide as far away as they can in these matters, and whoever comes into contact with them is a nuisance.
Li Lan, who was trying to calm himself down, kept thinking in his heart whether there would be any attacks on the road ahead.
Fortunately, the rest of the journey was very quiet, and others tried to avoid the convoy full of bullet marks. The journey of more than ten kilometers was arrived in just five minutes.
When the convoy entered the gate of the hotel, Li Lan's heart was completely relieved. After five minutes of relief, both the face and the nervous mood were greatly relieved.
After Li Lan walked out of the car door, her face and expression had returned to the same as before leaving, and she was calm and relaxed.
At this time, Farah was already waiting at the door of the hotel, and saw Li Lan walk out of the car door, walked straight forward, and said with a concerned face: "Thank Allah, it's really good that you're okay." ”
Looking at Farah with a concerned face in front of him, regardless of whether the other party pretended to be or not, Li Lan was very useful: "Xiexie, if you care, I'm fine." ”
"Friends from the East, please rest in peace, you can definitely sleep peacefully at night with me, and no one will come back to disturb you." Farah didn't ask what happened, let alone that he already knew, and even if he didn't, he wouldn't ask, this is one of the rules that must be followed to survive in chaotic Somalia, don't ask what you shouldn't ask.
Li Lan nodded, didn't say anything, and walked directly into the hotel, he needed to be quiet now.
Farah, who was still standing at the door of the hotel, looked at the mobilized soldiers who were sorting through the shards of the window glass in the car at dusk, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
PS: Two chapters in a row, one more chapter later. Since 9 o'clock yesterday when the network has been cut off until now, this is definitely beyond the control of Huali. The previous chapter seems to have a bit of a problem and needs to be reviewed!!