Hearing what Sergei said, Semolov immediately asked the Abkhazians to make corrections, and then two shots were fired. This time the landing point crossed the Ingri River and exploded directly on the east bank. Although it was still some distance from where the shooting was being taken, it was still a deterrent to Thun.

"Further east!" Sergei looked at the place where the explosion had been opened and immediately contacted again: "About twenty meters further east." ”

Just as Sergei was trying to get the shells to fall accurately on the heads of these mercenaries who were firing heavily on the opposite bank. Thun quickly realised the danger. He judged from the obviously different explosion points of the two shellings just now that the opposing artillery must have locked on to their area, and if he stayed any longer, he and the group around him would probably be covered by artillery fire.

So he immediately looked at the people around him: "Get out of here, shoot alternately to cover according to the previous assignment, and go south." Fast! ”

Hearing Thun's words, everyone immediately took action. But just as the first group was heading south under the cover of the other group. Mortar shells have been flying from the road outside the woods.

This time the shells fell not only directly across the Ingri River on the east bank, but also on the road not far from them. Thun and the others could already clearly feel the shock of the explosion and the sensation of the shock wave pushing the air against them. This severely affected them, and while the men who were covering continued to fire, the ensuing shells quickly made it difficult for them to hold on.

This gave Sergei a good opportunity, and the continuous threatening shelling not only greatly reduced the intensity of the fire on the opposite side, but also provided an opportunity for his men to counterattack and pointed out the direction of the fire. I only heard that under the command of Sergei, these Russians who were suppressed in the woods began to shoot with all their might, although some of the shots were not aimed at all, but in the case of the absolute superiority of the numbers, for a time the area where Thun was still a little unable to raise his head.

Sergei saw this opportunity and immediately commanded the GRU's men to bypass the men of the 74th Division and go south. They had already wasted too much time and had to go south as quickly as possible to catch up with their goal.

However, they did not go far before they encountered the old problem, that is, after leaving the area of engagement, the woods in front of them turned black again, which slowed them down again.

It's not that Sergei forgot to use flares, in fact, it was Sergei who deliberately didn't want to use them. He didn't want the people on the other side to know that someone was leaving the place where the fire was being exchanged and heading south, because once the other side knew, then the people who were blocking him on the other side would definitely move with him, and inform the people he was pursuing, so that in the subsequent operations, he would not only have to deal with interference from the east bank, but also be very likely to be suddenly attacked from the west bank.

But at the moment, you don't have to do it at all, just smear all the way forward, if it's on the road, it's not a big problem, but in this wood, you can't walk at all, maybe you will soon deviate from the direction you really want to go.

However, in order not to be noticed by the people on the other side, he still did not use flares, but asked his subordinates to take out flashlights. Yes, that's right, it's a flashlight. At this moment, in his opinion, the flashlight is what should really be used, compared to before, they don't have to worry about using the flashlight will be used as a target that is easy to shoot, now there are not many of them, use a few flashlights to see the road in front of everyone, so that not only will not attract too many people's attention, but also ensure the speed of travel, although doing so may make themselves the target of the Yankees hiding next to a tree or in a dark place, but if you think about it, the use of flares does not reduce this danger much.

So Sergei did not hesitate, and after asking his men to take out their flashlights and turn them on, they divided into three teams and quickly headed south side by side.

This trick did work from Thun's point of view, and they really didn't notice that someone was sneaking around their shooting range and heading south. They're still trying to fight back, trying to keep each other here as long as they can.

At the same time, John's men had arrived at the actual place of the river crossing. Upon arriving, John set up a brief cordon and motioned for the men they had rescued to begin crossing the river.

Pete and Colin, who were dragging behind for cover, also turned to the alert. However, Pete could not relax, he turned his head to look at the people who were crossing the river, and then at Colin, who was not far from him, kneeling on one leg and on guard. After seeing that he was still looking intently in the direction of the woods, Pete slowly took out the list he had recorded and held it back in his hand. At this moment, he couldn't help but feel a little excited in his heart, knowing that he had become another person and came to a foreign country for the first time in all these years that he had done something that he felt he should have done. And at this moment, he is about to retreat successfully, and after retreating, it means that he can return home safely, then everything he has done is considered a success. No one will inspect the belongings of their mercenaries, no one will care, and no one will remember. I just don't know what kind of expression that guy will have when he hands this thing over to Dr. Feng.

Just as Pete was thinking about his thoughts, there was a sudden movement behind him. He immediately clenched what he was holding and quickly looked back. I saw John walking over slowly. He looked at Pete and Colin and crouched down and whispered, "When Howard and the others pass, you two will start crossing the river." After John finished speaking, he reached out and patted Pete on the shoulder and said, "Good job." Big Bird is right about you, and the nickname of that master can be said to be worthy of the name. You can have a long vacation when you go back. ”

Peidhorn nodded, he was not modest, he remembered Donovan had told him that there was no need to be modest in this place. So he just nodded and said, "It's much more dangerous here than in the Middle East." All I want now is to get a good night's sleep, or to die. ”

"It's not a difficult request. Soon you will be satisfied. John smiled and looked at the woods and said, "This is indeed more dangerous than the place where you were in service. After all, the opponents are different. But you have to get used to it, in the past we may have dealt with the so-called militants, they are good and bad, some may have military experience, but more of them are ordinary people, they have everything before they pick up a gun. These people are untrained, inexperienced, and lack execution, so they are not difficult to deal with. But later, it can be very different. The people we deal with are changing. ”