On the African savannah, after days of heavy rain, much of the ground was actually much dryer and harder after being exposed to the sun for just one day.
In the wilderness of Nansudan, there are not many entertainment projects like in the city after nightfall.
Even the lighting is a luxury.
Tonight, the clouds cover the sky again, preventing the moonlight from penetrating the clouds and shining onto the earth.
About 280 kilometers northeast of Boer, there is a small village of just over a hundred people standing on the grassland.
It is only a dozen kilometers away from the border with Ethiopia.
At this time, there were no lights in the village, and everyone seemed to be sleeping.
But around the village, there were several bonfires, like a circle, surrounding the village in the middle.
Several pickup trucks and an off-road truck were parked near one of the bonfires. The bonfire was a little dim at the moment, and it was obvious that no firewood had been added for a while.
Beside the bonfire, there was a man sitting with a turban on his head and an Arab robe.
The bonfire danced slightly, and the long scar on the cheek made people shudder.
Opposite him, a black man in camouflage uniform picked up some firewood and threw it into the bonfire, making the fire much brighter.
"Ikar Khan, you said that the Americans will bring us arms, so how long do we have to wait here?"
After throwing the firewood, the black man asked in a slightly anxious tone.
Ikal Khan's expression remained unchanged and he said quietly: "Rudin, don't be impatient. Just wait here with peace of mind. The arms will come."
"However, if it is too late, I am worried that it will affect the governor's plan. The governor said that we cannot fail again this time." Rudin, a black man, still expressed his worries.
"Those Tang people, your people must be careful. If anything goes wrong, the arms will definitely not be available."
Ikal Khan ignored Rudin's concerns, but instead confessed with a hint of threat, stood up, and left the bonfire.
"Hey, what are you waiting for?"
Ikal Khan sank into the darkness without looking back, and the night wind sent a word.
"I'm waiting for my enemy."
Ludin spat angrily and cursed: "Aren't you just a lost dog? Why are you pretending to be a wolf? If you weren't an American, would I be able to deal with you?"
Suddenly, a flash of sword light flashed by, and a dagger was inserted in front of Ludin, the blade flashing with fire.
Rudin was so shocked that his hair stood up.
"Next time your mouth is unclean, the knife will not be stuck on the ground, but on your chest."
In the night, Ikar Khan's cold voice came.
A trace of fear flashed in Ludin's pupils. He slowly moved his body away from the flying knife stuck on the ground, and then got up.
"You..." He opened his mouth and said one word before he stopped speaking.
Rudin looked around and saw that there were no subordinates around him. He took a few steps and picked up his AK assault rifle.
The feeling of holding the steel gun made him feel much more at ease.
However, he did not dare to go to Ikar Khan to settle accounts. After all, this man was someone who could bring arms to the armed forces he belonged to.
Rudin left the bonfire with his rifle and walked towards another bonfire not far away, where there was a guard.
Hearing Ludin's footsteps, someone on the other side of the campfire immediately shouted and asked, "Who is that person?"
"Don't be nervous, it's me, Rudin."
"It's the captain. It's so late. Are you checking the post?"
"You know and you still yell?"
"Captain, as for those unarmed villagers, those Tang people are locked in the house and guarded by Taka and the others. Are you still worried that they won't be able to escape?"
"You know what the heck, your gun needs to be pointed outwards. I wonder if Tang State has peacekeeping troops here? What if they come to rescue the hostages?"
"Aren't they still far away in Drukpa? How could we catch up here so quickly?"
Rudin couldn't help but raise his hand and patted the sentry on the head, "Be careful, you know? Didn't you hear what I said was 'just in case'?"
After calling the sentry for a while, I seemed to feel much better.
He swayed and walked towards the next bonfire.
Logically speaking, bonfires should not be lit when setting up sentries, but in his heart, Lu Ding did not believe that the Tang peacekeeping troops could find traces and follow them here.
After hijacking the Tang medical team and retreating all the way, they arrived at the agreed upon location after two days of travel.
I remember that when we first left Boer, it was raining heavily and the roads were not easy to walk. It would take a lot of time for the Tang maintenance troops to go from Drukpa to Boer.
Now that my team has gone around in circles during the day, there should be no more traces for the other party to track.
It's not far from the border here, so you can wait with peace of mind.
Ludin quickly circled around the village, checked all the sentries, and then walked towards a mud house in the village.
This mud house is the largest house in the village. It seems to be a place used for worship in the village. It is located in the center of the village. There is a flat field of several hundred square meters in front of the house.
The house now contains the abducted Tang medical team, a total of 29 people, including 4 women.
Rudin felt that the two women were really beautiful, but Ikarhan seemed to be attracted to the older one and no one was allowed to touch her.
I don’t understand how Ikar Khan likes older people.
He likes the younger one. Since he has to wait here, he has to do something to pass the time.
Taka was guarding here with two of his men. He seemed to be more cautious and did not light a bonfire. Instead, he led his men to hide beside the earthen house.
When Rudin first stepped onto the empty field, he heard Taka's shout.
"who?"
"It's me, Rudin."
"Captain, are you still up so late, maybe because you want to..." When Taka said this, there was a burst of obscene laughter instead.
In fact, from the moment they captured these people and evacuated them all the way here, some people in the team had already begun to have desires in their hearts.
However, captain Ludin didn't say anything, so everyone could only hold it in. Those who couldn't hold it in had already gone to find the women in the village tonight.
At this moment, Taka was naturally overjoyed to see that Rudin had finally arrived.
For this kind of thing, if the captain eats meat, he can definitely drink soup. Finally, tonight's guard duty was not in vain.
Rudin walked to Taka and found two other guards approaching.
"Captain, can I move freely now?"
"No one is sleeping, are they just waiting for me to come?" Ludin scolded with a smile.
"Hey, this is a woman from the Tang Dynasty."
Rudin was about to walk towards the earthen house when he suddenly stopped and turned around and asked, "Did you hear anything?"
Taka is a big black man of 1.82 meters. He is a Dinka. He is good at hunting on the grassland and has good ears.
After hearing what Rudin said, he immediately pricked up his ears and listened.
The other two guards looked around and said, "I didn't hear anything."
"Shut up, both of you!" Taka shouted softly, raising his right hand to his right ear, wanting to listen more carefully.
A guard subconsciously looked up.
In the night sky, several shooting stars streaked across...
Hey, why are there so many shooting stars? This one is actually coming towards me?
Just as he was thinking this, Taka suddenly shouted: "Enemy attack——"
While Taka was shouting, people were already subconsciously throwing themselves at the ground.
However, at this moment, the meteor has arrived with a roar.
There was a "boom" and a huge explosion. The four people were standing on the edge of the open space in front of the earthen house, still thirty or forty meters away from the earthen house.
After the explosion, a big crater appeared here, and the four people had been blown away until they were gone.
As the explosion sounded, the tranquility of the village was completely broken, with a series of explosions and countless gunshots heard from everywhere.
The earthen house where the medical team was imprisoned collapsed at this moment!
Although the explosion point just now was a bit far away from the earth house, this kind of earth house probably did not have a foundation. If it could withstand the impact and vibration of such an explosion, it would naturally collapse.
Fortunately, the roof of the mud house is made of thatch and mud, so the weight will not crush people to death, but injuries are inevitable.
Against the background of the distant fire, in the dust flying all over the sky, some people cried out in pain, and some wanted to escape from here as soon as possible...
Suddenly, a female voice sounded in the darkness, "Everyone, don't mess around. Take cover on the spot. There is still a firefight outside. Let's stop with silence."
Following this cry, the members of the medical team in the earthen house gradually became quiet.
At this time, if you look down from the air, you will find some vehicles rushing in silently from around the village.
They do not have driving lights, but they will not be blocked by obstacles at all, nor will they hit the mud houses or thatched houses in the village, but move quickly in the village lanes.
At the same time, tongues of fire shot out from the car from time to time, killing some militants hiding in the village.