"It's me." The old guy smiled and said, "It seems that I'm quite famous." Which team are you from? ”

As I listened to their conversation, I threw away the rifle in my hand, picked up the M16A2 on the ground, and checked the other man's backpack.

"Uncle! Can you invite these guys to the woods to talk again? These people were waiting for their companions. His companions are likely to come over when they hear the gunshots. I said as I picked up my bag and headed out into the woods.

"Why are you dressed in Albanian armed clothes?" The Serb, who knew the old guy, asked.

Yugovich picked up the bags and equipment of the NATO people, "Can you go into the woods?" Now whether it is Albanians or Serbs, first solve the threat of NATO mongrels and talk about it. Come with me into the woods. ”

The two Serb captives were happy, while the four Albanians were hesitant. However, they walked towards the woods like a leader, and the others followed suit, but there was still a deep wariness in their expressions.

After entering the woods, I came to the captives, and the Albanians looked surprised at what they saw, and they looked at each other without speaking. I spoke first: "These two clothes were ripped from the corpses of two Albanians. As I spoke, I looked at the four captives and emphasized, "It was taken from two Albanians who had been executed along with several Serbs." This is your territory after all, so it's safer to dress this way. ”

When I said this, the two Serbs looked very happy and slowly turned their guns on the four Albanians.

"No, no, no." I held down the man's gun, "Don't do anything stupid. It is not the enemy who is standing here now. We are all being pursued by this group of mercenaries from NATO, and now the most terrible thing is not the Albanians, and it is not us who is the most terrible for them, it is these mercenaries who pose the greatest threat to us and them. I said and looked at the four Albanians: "Guys, am I right?" ”

Three of the four Albanians looked at each other and then looked at the other in unison, and it seemed that this person was the highest ranking of the men.

I looked at this man, who was slightly taller than me, about the same as the old guy. He was wounded on his arm, his hair was shaved short, his face looked tired and haggard, and he had no beard, but his chin and cheeks were slightly darker. Looks like a guy who can grow a beard.

The man looked at me and then at Yugovich and said, "How are you going here?" This is not in line with the direction you should be taking. ”

I pointed to the corpse of the NATO mercenary and said, "We are being pursued." After being attacked in that valley we withdrew to Serbia, but we were always pursued. Most recently, near the border line, they carried out a raid on Serbian territory. My companion and I were broken up and had to make a detour back to Serbia, where we heard gunshots. ”

The man listened to me say this, and stared into my eyes for a moment, I didn't have any need to talk nonsense in this matter, and I said the truth so I looked at him with a straight face. And I'd love to unite these Albanians here, so that at least we can increase our chances of surviving NATO's encirclement, and maybe have a good reputation in the distance, and if I don't end the mission after this time, then maybe we can reduce the conflict with the Albanians.

The man looked at me for a moment and motioned for his companion to lower his gun, but just as he was about to speak. The old guy suddenly said, "Don't talk about it yet. Someone's coming. He gestured to the other end of the clearing in the woods.

I glanced at the Albanian, "I guess it's NATO mercenaries who came, and they probably heard the gunshots." We solved the trouble first, and if we were still alive we continued. ”

The man sneered and said, "What if you can't beat it?" ”

"Then run for your life." I said and finished reading the old guy, "Let's hide and see how many people there are on each other first." ”

The old fellow didn't talk nonsense, but hid himself with the two captives we had just freed, while I hid behind a tree and looked outside. Not far to my right, the Albanians were also hidden behind a bush.

A moment later, five figures emerged from the forest on the other side of the clearing. I raised my gun and pointed it at the other side, but after a few moments I turned to look behind the figures. Because these five men were prisoners, judging by the uniforms, three of them can be identified as Albanians. The other two upper body costumes were in tatters, and there were many scars on their bodies, and the smudges and blood on their faces made it impossible for me to see them clearly.

No need to ask, it was the other side who asked the prisoners of war to explore the way. The other party is cunning, they don't know the situation here, they don't know how many of us there are, they just know that their companions here have been attacked. They were afraid that we were still waiting for them here, so they let the captives come and explore the way.

I glanced at the Albanians, and the leader looked at the captives with a calm face. I turned my head to look around, and I didn't think the other side was also watching quietly, they should be trying to figure out what we were doing.

The five men slowly walked out of the woods and stopped at the edge of the woods. The men looked nervous, as if they were terrified of their impending fate. In my opinion, this is normal, they may not be afraid of death, but it is normal to be afraid when faced with the unknown and most likely not to end well.

We didn't move, we just watched the five of us quietly. We want to know what the other person is trying to do. A moment later there was a shout from the opposite woods.

This man shouted at us in the official Yugoslav Serbian language, "The person on the other side. Whether you are Serb or Albanian, please see these five people clearly. There should be both Albanians and Serbs among them. I think you should get out of here as soon as possible, instead of doing something dangerous with your gun in hand. Especially the Serbs, your team has suffered heavy losses this time, and your best plan now is to keep some more alive for your team. The man paused abruptly, then his tone became unkind, "I saw the corpse of my companion. It's unfortunate that you've killed them all. He shouted from the other side, "Go ahead." Go ahead! Voice.

They were driving the prisoners of war on, and the prisoners of war staggered in our direction. I slowly saw them, and almost all of them had minor injuries, and none of them were treated. They staggered towards us, and two of them staggered, walking forward with the help of the people beside them.

"Do you see these people? Originally, I was going to give them back to you or exchange them for our people in your hands. But it doesn't seem necessary at the moment. ”

Just as the other party finished shouting, one of the five captives suddenly shouted, "Shoot." Shoot us, shoot fast! End our suffering! ”

"Don't let us be driven like cattle! Shoot! ”

"They're badly wounded, give us a good time!"

I looked at Yugovic, he didn't move and just watched quietly, but his expression showed that he was not at peace inside, and more precisely, I thought he was deliberately suppressing his emotions. I looked at the Albanian, who was also calm, but I noticed that the muscles on the left side of the man's cheek were moving, and he was clenching his teeth.

"You can't shoot. As soon as we shoot we will be exposed ... "Before I could finish my sentence, the Albanian grabbed the M16A2 that he had taken from the mercenary, and with a burst of fire, the five fell one after another.

"Damn! Yugovich, ready to withdraw. Pay attention to our side. After speaking, I looked at the Albanians, "It's up to you whether you cooperate or not, I'll go first!" ”