Chapter 68: Breaking the Door
Laura rushed to the vicinity of the village as fast as she could, but after several attempts, she could not regain communication with Sophia, so she could only reduce her speed while keeping the call and flying south.
Laura, who was wondering why there was no one everywhere, suddenly heard the sound of gunshots, and followed the sound to find that there was a faint fire under the cliff not far away, and she hurriedly made a sharp stop in the air and turned in that direction.
Ten minutes ago, Sophia, who was hiding in the cave, looked helplessly at the communicator in her hand that only had a sizzling electric sound, she wouldn't fix it.
"Boom!"
A loud bang from the door interrupted her train of thought.
"Boom!"
Everyone in the cave felt the ground shake under their feet, and a lot of dust fell from the top of the cave.
Several villagers looked worriedly at the giant trees that were supporting them, and they were crunching at this time.
"Boom!"
Sophia picked up the child who had been shaken to the ground and walked deeper into the cave, handing it to an old woman.
"Boom!"
"Young Guard, get ready for battle!"
The fourth loud bang was followed by Sophia's determined voice. I saw her put on a specially made poisoned arrow and walked towards the entrance of the cave with a dozen heavily armed team members.
"Boom!"
The ground shook again, but the thick wooden door at the entrance of the cave was still strong, which made the escorts who arrived a little relieved.
Sophia took advantage of the fact that the current situation was not too serious, and took out the communicator and tried to contact Laura, but there was still only a murmur coming from inside.
The arrows and muzzles in the hands of the team members were facing the hole, and their hands were trembling for the first time, and they didn't know if it was because they were scared or excited, or both.
The minutes ticked by, but the chilling crash of the wooden door was no longer heard.
A young man held Bobosha in his hand and said cautiously:
"You say... Could the guys out there have given up? ”
Sophia raised her index finger and "shh
The closer she got to the entrance of the cave, the temperature around her seemed to get higher and higher, and she was even starting to sweat.
You must know that this is a snowy Siberia, and the average outdoor temperature in winter ranges from 0 degrees to minus 50 degrees, and it stands to reason that even if it is a relatively constant temperature hiding cave at this time, it is only about 1 °C ~ 2 °C.
Sophia, who finally came to the door, noticed a small wisp of white smoke coming from the wooden door, and at the same time smelled a hint of burning wood.
The bastards outside are setting fire to the door!
The thought that jumped in her heart made her angry.
"Sasha! You go in and find old Andrei immediately! Lead the women and children into the underground to hide! All the rest of the people, each take a container and go to the water tank to get water and come back to cool the gate! ”
The young man holding Bobosha was stunned for a moment before replying:
"But... But that trail leads to the ruins of the old city, and besides, I don't know how to walk! ”
Sophia took a steel helmet from the wall and pulled him inside.
"Hurry up! Uncle Andrei knows the route, and it will be too late to do so! ”
Sasha gritted his teeth and nodded, and ran towards the inside of the cave.
Soon, he found Andre and explained what Sophia meant, and the thin old man with a broken hand had a very solemn face.
"Is it coming this so soon... Well, I'll lead the way. ”
As he spoke, the old man picked up a torch with his left hand, walked to a stone wall and pulled a switch.
"Ladies and gentlemen! Be sure to follow my footsteps later, try not to make a noise on the road, and most importantly, never fall behind! ”
After speaking, he took the lead and walked into the passage after the stone door was removed.
At this time, the situation at the entrance of the cave was very bad, they were too few men, and they were carrying only some steel helmets and iron basins, and the water poured on the wooden door was not enough to reduce it below the ignition point.
Sophia saw that the wooden door had been burned through in many places, and everyone was choking on the billowing smoke and coughing.
"Stop! Stop! Come inside with me! ”
She poured the remaining water from her helmet onto a pile of rags next to her, grabbed one to cover her mouth and nose, and ran deeper into the cavern with her bow and arrow.
The guards followed suit, using strips of damp cloth to block out the choking smoke and quickly followed.
Less than ten seconds after they left, the wooden door at the entrance of the cave finally couldn't withstand the burning fire, and let out a series of popping noises before falling to the ground, smashing sparks into the ground.
Two tall figures in one-piece fireproof suits and nozzles kicked away the burning planks under their feet and walked into the hole.
They looked around to make sure there were no enemies before they muffled their voices:
"There is no obstacle at the entrance to the cave."
After hearing this, the commander outside the cave immediately issued a new order:
"Well done. Next, Plan 1 will be implemented. ”
"Roger!"
Two flamethrowers staggered out of the cave, while a six-man squad outside picked up their carbines, staggered past them, and quickly headed into the cavern.
The torches had been taken and extinguished by Sophia, so the soldiers could only rely on the light of the tactical flashlight on the Picatinny rail to observe the environment inside the cave.
As a result, they suffered a lot along the way, two of them fell into the spike trap and died, and one was killed by arrows from the darkness.
The remaining three quickly turned off their flashlights, took out their signal batons, lit them, and threw them forward.
With a "boom", an arrow hit the middle of them almost at the same time, and the three of them sighed secretly in their hearts when they saw this: It's good that the shot is crooked!
And Sophia, who secretly shot this arrow, saw this, and shouted in her heart: It's done!
With a "poof", a cloud of smoke exploded from the head of the arrow, and quickly enveloped the three soldiers.
"Ahem. . . Ahem! Ahem, ahem... Belch.. ”
The smoke began with a coughing sound and the sound of a human being choked by the neck, followed by three "thump-thump" thumps of flesh falling to the ground two seconds later.
The smoke cleared quickly, and five seconds later, Sophia saw three bodies foaming at the mouth with distorted faces through the green glow of the flare.
She put away the bow and arrows in her hand, half-crouched up, and said to her companions:
"Let's go, we should withdraw too!"
The group followed Sophia quickly to the entrance of the path, and was about to enter, when an object suddenly flew in the darkness and fell on the ground in front of them.
"Grenade! Dodge! ”
Sophia shouted and kicked a stunned female team member into the passage, and then was thrown to the ground by the person next to her.
She tried to get up after a terrible fall, but a stone from the grenade explosion hit the wall and bounced off her head.
Sophia's eyes finally went dark and she fainted completely.