"Jiang Chen, withdraw quickly. The IS patrol has noticed the commotion here and is sending reinforcements here." Nick's voice came from the Bluetooth headset next to his ear.
"Understood," Jiang Chen waved to Roberts and shouted, "Quick, quick, quick! Run."
After saying that, Jiang Chen rushed out of the courtyard, then fired a gun into the sky to disperse the surrounding crowd who did not know the truth, then turned back to greet Roberts and rushed to the side alley.
"Damn it! There's a heavy machine gun." Nick cursed under his breath and quickly began to move. His position was exposed during the exchange of fire.
The Toyota pickup truck carrying a heavy machine gun quickly crossed the street and drove towards the courtyard where the hostages were held. The soldier standing on the pickup truck shouted to other soldiers while roughly pulling the gun bolt and preparing to shoot.
Da da da!
Bullets suppressed Nick's position like raindrops, and Nick had to lie down on the ground and desperately crawled to the stairs. After reaching the stairs again, he quickly stood up and ran downstairs.
IS soldiers are not vegetarians either. A 10-man patrol rushed towards Nick's position with rifles in hand, intending to surround him. However, this polar bear is worthy of being a battle-hardened veteran. He retreated and fired back with his M27, approaching the parking position.
On the other side, Jiang Chen controlled the drone through E while avoiding the tracking IS soldiers, and led Roberts through the firefight area without any danger.
"Quickly, get in the car! You drive!" Jiang Chen opened the car door, pushed Roberts in, and then controlled the drone to fly in Nick's direction.
"I'm being held up, you go first." Nick gritted his teeth, glanced at the bloody hole on his left shoulder, raised his rifle with one hand and fired a few shots, then ran towards the alley on the side.
Although I was familiar with the terrain here beforehand, how could I possibly compare to those IS soldiers who had been patrolling here for a long time? Nick was already prepared to die, or in other words, he should have died in that Ukrainian town long ago.
In this way, it can be regarded as repaying the favor...
A grin appeared on Nick's face, and he leaned hard behind the bunker on the roadside.
He is not going to run away, he wants these bloodthirsty mad dogs to see what a real fighting race is!
"Six o'clock, cross that alley, hurry."
However, the sound coming from the earphones made him slightly startled. After gritting his teeth, he followed Jiang Chen's instructions and ran towards the alley. Almost at the same time, from the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a Toyota pickup truck carrying a heavy machine gun driving past where he was.
A drop of cold sweat slipped down, and Nick quickly started to move according to Jiang Chen's instructions.
"That fruit stand, go through it, there is a back door in the room." Under the guidance of the drone, all the whereabouts of the IS patrol team were exposed.
Although it was almost in the opposite direction to the location of the vehicle, Nick still chose to trust Jiang Chen's instructions and kicked open the wooden door of the house. He ignored the screaming woman, the frightened man and the innocent child. After aiming his rifle in a threatening manner, he quickly rushed towards the back door of the room.
boom!
Nick slammed open the wooden door with his right shoulder and rushed to another street.
"Go straight across the street and turn left into the alley..."
The chaotic footsteps and shouts of IS soldiers were heard in the distance. Nick endured the severe pain in his shoulder and rushed across the street with his rifle.
The footsteps gradually became distant, and it seemed that they had lost track of them... Nick breathed a sigh of relief, then took out the bandage from his waist and bandaged the wound on his left shoulder while running. Under Jiang Chen's instructions, he quickly moved to the car.
"We have to hurry, more and more IS soldiers are gathering here." When Jiang Chen saw Nick, he opened the back seat door for him, and then sat in the passenger seat.
Roberts sat in the driver's seat and started the car skillfully. Nick, who was sitting in the back seat, took off his shirt and put on a piece of clothing prepared in advance to cover up his wounds.
"Where are we going?" Roberts asked as he drove the car out of the alley and looked around.
Jiang Chen reached out the window, took back the palm-sized drone, and stuffed it back into his pocket.
"Driving into the desert, the road is almost blocked."
"God... I'm actually still alive. It's unbelievable." Roberts operated the steering wheel and let out an exaggerated sigh.
"We're not out of danger yet..." Jiang Chen said with a wry smile. He still underestimated the strength of those terrorists, but he didn't expect those people to react so quickly. Originally, he and Nick's original plan was to get out of Nick quickly and flee directly along the road back to Baghdad.
"IS is much stronger than other extremist organizations. It is by no means a simple mob... I thought you had a way." Nick said after hesitating for a moment.
Jiang Chen was stunned when he heard this, and then showed a wry smile.
I really can't help it, it seems like I'm overdoing it...
He is indeed not worried about being caught by people from extremist organizations. After all, he can hide directly in the apocalypse, but it is impossible to bring Roberts and Nick with him.
"..." Roberts seemed to notice the embarrassment on Jiang Chen's face, and then smiled and said, "Forget it, let's take it one step at a time. They can't keep watching us and stop fighting."
After speaking, Roberts opened the GS map in the car.
"There is still enough gasoline. We will go directly through the desert and go around from the north of Selsar Lake to Tikrit. With any luck, that area should be controlled by government forces now." Roberts looked helpless. laugh. However, Jiang Chen couldn't stop laughing.
This sentence has another meaning, in case Tikrit is now under the control of IS...
I can only take a gamble.
If I had known about this trouble... Forget it, I have come here, and I have tested the performance of the equipment and it is indeed good. Jiang Chen smiled bitterly and shook his head, leaning on his seat and closing his eyes to rest. Surprisingly, he suddenly found that he no longer seemed to feel any discomfort about killing people.
It's hard to say whether this is a good thing or a bad thing.
Maybe it was because the people he killed were not spared, Jiang Chen thought to himself as he recalled the misdeeds of IS reported in the news.
Roberts looked very optimistic, humming a tune, and reached out to turn on the MP3 player in the car. This guy who is not afraid of death has probably seen piles of dead people before, so naturally he will not be cold to this level of blood.
The explosive GM sounded, and the car kicked up bursts of dust on the sand, heading towards the endless sea of sand.
Every wisp of dust here has a lingering smell of gunpowder smoke.
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Xia Shiyu was sitting on the sofa wrapped in a bath towel. The white towel was wrapped around her head and wrapped around her wet hair. The long white legs looming under the bath towel were stained with attractive water drops. It was midsummer, and the air conditioner was on in the room. She was not in a hurry to change into clothes, enjoying the coolness brought by the bursts of air conditioning.
It's a pity that her pretty face is not inferior to that of a star. Even when she is relaxing, her face still has that expressionless expression.
Leaning lazily on the sofa, Xia Shiyu slightly raised her long white legs casually, raised her hand holding the remote control and turned on the TV.
"... Let's continue to pay attention to the next news. In the early hours of this morning, the IS organization launched an offensive on Tikrit. In response, the Iraqi Prime Minister said that Tikrit will be defended at all costs... "
Xia Shiyu doesn't care about international events. Like most urban white-collar workers, she is more interested in variety shows on Mango TV, especially those funny shows that make people laugh.
It's amazing how people who don't like to laugh love humor.
... No news today
Xia Shiyu breathed a sigh of relief. As for why, even she herself couldn't explain the reason.
But no news means safety.
At least there is no news in the news that a Chinese man was kidnapped in Iraq, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is strongly concerned about it and warns its citizens...
Huh? Why do I have to worry about him
Xia Shiyu suddenly froze, and unconsciously reached out and touched her lips gently, a trace of confusion and confusion flashed in her eyes.
Shaking her head to drive that playful smile out of her mind, she raised the remote control and changed the channel.
It must be because I have been too tired recently...
Seeing the host and the guests playing tricks on each other on the screen, and the laughter erupting from the audience, Xia Shiyu temporarily forgot her worries.
The chest that was rising slightly due to emotion gradually calmed down.
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Night fell, Jiang Chen leaned on his seat with a Chinese stick in his mouth.
In order to prevent the target from being too conspicuous, the car lights cannot be turned on. It was too dangerous to drive without lights, so Roberts stopped the car.
"I said, since you can't sleep, how about you come and keep vigil first." Roberts said with a wry smile and leaned on the steering wheel. As for Nick behind him, he was already snoring loudly.
"How far is it?" Jiang Chen blew out a smoke ring and sighed.
"It takes two days to arrive. There is plenty of food and fresh water. Don't be too nervous." Roberts shrugged.
Jiang Chen rolled his eyes. I don’t know who you are trying to save
"I worked really hard to get rid of these ten tons of gold." Jiang Chen curled his lips and said.
"Ten tons!?" Roberts sat up suddenly, but hit the roof of the car with a bang. Ignoring the pain, Roberts stared at Jiang Chen with burning eyes.
"... Damn it, don't look at me like that, okay?" Jiang Chen's eyes gave him goosebumps, and he shrank in disgust.
"Ahem, hehe." Roberts rubbed his greasy blond hair, smiled coquettishly and sat back, "If I had known that there was a list of hundreds of millions of dollars waiting for me, what else would I have done with arms? From now on, I will just help you with it. Got the gold."
"Don't think about it. This is all the gold I have accumulated over the years. I have almost started industrial transformation." Jiang Chen sighed.
"Industrial transformation? Are there any good deals?" Roberts couldn't sleep either, so he simply lit up a cigarette and started smoking.
"high tech."
"High technology? Haha, even Buffett wouldn't dare to touch that thing." Roberts flicked his cigarette with disdain. "I tried to open my own arms company before, but gave up soon. The risks of research and development are really high. It’s too expensive, I only sell finished products now, that way I can make money faster.”
"It's also more dangerous." Jiang Chen smiled noncommittally.
"Yes, but I love adventure." Roberts sneered, touched his nose, and avoided the topic.
The desert is very quiet at night, and there is not a trace of people in sight. As the distance from Haditha Town gradually widened, even the occasional sound of artillery fire gradually became inaudible. However, in this quiet night sky, a short and distant roar would occasionally be heard.
"The F-22 'Raptor' should be the US military on a reconnaissance mission. Maybe we have just appeared on the thermal imaging." Roberts raised his eyelids and said.
"Oh? Will the American soldiers jump down to save you?" Jiang Chen asked with a smile.
"How is that possible? We are just a white spot on the thermal imaging, and there are a lot of similar refugees in the desert. Fortunately, there are no weapons on the back of the car, otherwise there might be a bunch of bullets coming down." Roberts laughed. said.
Jiang Chen looked at the direction of the sky. The clouds here were very thin and the moon was very clear. However, through the moonlight, nothing could be seen clearly.
"You said, I don't think these IS soldiers are very powerful. Why are so many countries offering air strikes and aid, but they can't get rid of this trouble." Jiang Chen didn't have a good impression of this organization.
It has nothing to do with politics or nationality. From a human perspective, this organization that massacres civilians and robs women is abhorrent. No matter what the reason is, it is absolutely impossible to justify crimes against humanity.
And this arrogant organization actually falsely claims the Western Region of China as its territory and provides training assistance to the terrorist forces in the Far East
Just ridiculous.
But I just couldn't laugh.
"It's normal," Roberts shrugged. "IS is not a simple terrorist organization, but a terrorist army plus an ambitious government. Many of them are even highly educated and have issued manuals on how to evade Air strikes and reconnaissance. In addition, their opponents also have their own agendas. Take Turkey, for example, its position on IS does not swing in a day or two."
Speaking of which, Roberts smiled mysteriously.
"Besides, if the war is agreed to so quickly, how can we arms dealers make a living and how can the unemployment rate be reduced?"
Jiang Chen was stunned for a moment, then laughed.
makes sense... ...
But what the hell, the Middle East is far away from China.
But for some reason, he was reminded of the world that collapsed due to nuclear war.
Radiation clouds that cannot even be penetrated by midsummer sunlight, land that cannot grow a grain of food, and skinny and twisted faces that instinctively vent violence...
Jiang Chen suddenly shivered and stretched out his hands to wrap his clothes around him.
This desert is a bit too cold at night.
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