After finishing the communication, Pence first looked at Shad Town. The people there did not attack when they were in chaos just now. That means they were just like Hassan said, and they wanted to retreat here to fight a blocking attack. In addition, maybe they didn't have many people, so they didn't dare to take the risk of attacking. Thinking of this, Pence felt a little better. So he picked up the phone number used to contact Mosul and dialed it out.

The one who answered in Mosul this time was still Rubin. Pence said: "Have Major McGiesenn returned yet?"

"He hasn't. Something happened to Mosul. It should be that something has been delayed. If you have any situation, you can tell me first." Rubin said.

"Okay. Listen to Rubin. We were attacked and now blocked outside Shad Town." Pence said.

Rubin seemed a little surprised to hear him say this: "Didn't you take a detour just now?"

"It was a detour, but it was not successful. The militants here were prepared. Now we are preparing to reassemble." Pence said.

"What's your plan?" Rubin asked.

"My plan is that first, I have to treat the wounded. Many of us were injured. Second, we have to send reinforcements from Moorsu and transport the wounded away immediately. Third, if we are still preparing to go to Alsabad for rescue mission, I will launch an attack after the assembly is completed, and find a way to fight from here and then speed up the speed to Alsabad. But in this way, there will be a big deviation in time."

"Okay. How long will it take?" Rubin asked.

When Pence heard this question, he felt angry and heard him shouting: "How long does it take? Have you not woken up? My people have not yet retreated, and no one told me what is going on in and around the town. Can you know how long it will take? It should be said that it is you, and you should have noticed these situations before."

"Okay... OK..." Rubin responded and said, "I just wanted to give an explanation to the people in Alsabad. The situation there was also urgent and I kept asking."

"Then tell them the truth about the problem we are facing. Also make a decision quickly and send support here as soon as possible. I know you can't make a decision, so I will go to McGison immediately and ask him to send someone. If there is any unclearity, please let him contact me again. Then the communication is over!" After Pence said that, he put away the phone and looked at the people around him and complained: "I've found a fool to contact the command center."

The man next to Pence smiled bitterly and said, "Rubin? Actually, he and McGison have almost never fought a war."

"Sir. Hassan and the others retreated." A man who was also hiding behind the Hummer pointed to the west.

Pence immediately looked over and saw two Hummers driving quickly and stopping behind Pence and the others. Then the door opened and the person who got off from above immediately moved the wounded in the car out of the car.

"Hasan, where is Captain Hassan?" Pence asked.

One of the Iraqis pointed to the west and said in a strong accent English: "I'm back." Pence immediately looked there. After a while, several figures ran out of the darkness. They were not in the car, but walking. Behind them were two other Hummers, and there were more people walking next to the car, retreating while shooting. The machine guns on the Hummers were constantly firing, covering the others backing.

"Captain Pence!" An Iraqi man ran over quickly. After finding Pence, the man immediately said: "There are many people lying in ambush on the west side of the town. They have machine guns and rockets. Bombs were buried on the roadside. At first, they tried to block us on the west side of the town. They were not blocking us at all, but trying to destroy us."

"Hasan, wait Hasan." Pence interrupted Hasan, who seemed a little excited, and said, "You just said they were trying to block it? What does that mean?"

Hassan glanced at Pence and said, "They want to surround us. After we were attacked, the other people appeared behind us. They tried to cut off our retreat. If we hadn't discovered this quickly and then fought back and forth, you would have to bring people to save us at this moment."

Pence was very surprised to hear Hassan say this. He glanced at the Iraqi people who retreated one after another on the west side and said, "The other party seems to have not chased you out. Are you sure they are not bluffing but want to destroy you?"

"Of course." Hassan saw that Pence didn't believe in him and might have felt frightened, and immediately said: "I've fought a war. These people are not simply blocking them, they are actively attacking them."

Pence shook his head and said, "No matter what they want to do, we can't stay still. Alsabad is still waiting for us." After saying that, he pointed to the retreating Iraqi people and said, "We have to find a way to pass through this."

Hassan immediately denied: "We cannot act rashly. Now here is completely different from what we know. If you want to get through here, you have to fight off these people who are blocking the road, otherwise we will not be able to reach Alsabad."

"That's how I think. We have to organize an attack." Pence sighed and said, "Do you think it's feasible if we concentrate our efforts on one side?"

"West side?" Hassan asked back and shook his head, "Not there. I just said that they have machine guns and rockets, and from there they will be targeted again."

"Then go from the broken road." Pence pointed ahead and said, "Follow the road. Our people are carrying night vision equipment. You can be responsible for the cover at the back."

Hassan still shook his head and said, "Captain, this group of people are ready. I suggest taking a detour, staying away from here, and going back. There is a small path three kilometers behind, going west, and you can still reach Alsabad after a long circle."

"I know that road," Pence said immediately, "But that would waste a lot of time. And can you guarantee that there will be no attack on that road? What should we do if we fall into the same situation? Then, if we go back or force it through somewhere else?"

Hassan lowered his head and thought for a while: "If you want to attack here, there must be reinforcements. In addition, we cannot act rashly, we have to reconnaissance first, otherwise we don't know where we should attack."

"It's OK." As Pence spoke, the person beside him said, "Captain, Mawen and the others are here."
Chapter completed!