Eric immediately asked a few questions before and after coming to the medical staff. Although Eric was still talking and gestured, the other party understood his meaning and took him to a wounded. After chatting with the wounded for a few words, Eric also took out the map and asked the other party to mark it on it. After confirming that it was correct, he put away the map and left.

"Where is this person?" asked Pete.

"Come from the north," said Eric, "He said that the Russian vanguards had arrived in the north and northeast directions. They worked with some of the local Ossetites who were still resisting, and they could not resist at all. Before he was sent here, the Georgian army in the north was retreating and preparing to retreat into the city." Speaking of this, Eric said worriedly: "This is not good. If the periphery is soon lost, Tskhinvali will lose the barrier, and the surrounding high ground will make it easy to attack and difficult to defend. Perhaps the shelling of this place will begin soon."

Afterwards, Eric asked several wounded people. After making various marks around Tshinvalli on the map, Eric took Pitt and Donovan to the vent and took out a cigarette and started smoking.

"At present, our...it should be said that the Georgians are in very bad form." Eric said, taking out the map, looking at it, and circled around Tshinvali with his fingers, "It's certain that the south is definitely not the south. What I learned now is that it is not only the south of Tshinvali, but all important roads leading to this direction of Gori were violently bombed, including Gori. Georgians suffered heavy losses in their personnel and supplies. The most important thing is that if this continues, Tshinvali will probably become an isolated city, which means that the people inside cannot escape and the people outside cannot enter."

"Are the Georgian air force finished?" asked Pete.

"Yes." Eric nodded, "It's all over. Now the Russians can start air strikes unscrupulously. It is said that they have also dispatched armed helicopters."

Donovan took a breath of smoke and said, "So do you have any suggestions or plans?"

Eric did not speak immediately, but thought about it and said to the map: "The only safer place now may be the west side of Tskhinvalli."

"City West? Are you sure?" Donovan looked at the map and said, "Is there any conspiracy? Why are other directions very dangerous but the west side was released?"

"No. You're wrong." Eric shook his head and said, "There is no absolute safe place. There is no place to let go. It's just that the fighting intensity on the west side of Tskhinvalli is not high. Perhaps this is because of the terrain there, when the city is out of the mountainous area, the Georgians don't have much power there."

"Then are you going to let everyone enter here?" Donovan asked the west side of Tshinvalli on the map.

Eric nodded and said, "This is the current idea. But you have to check it out for yourself."

"You mean to conduct a reconnaissance first?" Donovan asked.

Eric turned his head and looked at the Georgian wounded and said, "It's not possible to rely on what these people say. Many of them were scared out of fear. You know that the situations described by people in this situation are often exaggerated and distorted. So to ensure reliability, I think it's very necessary to take a look first, after all, we may only have this opportunity."

Pete stared at the map and looked at it. Obviously what Eric said made sense. Now that he has lost contact with the outside world, he can only rely on himself. If everyone chooses a wrong route, the result is that he will not even have the chance to withdraw Tshinvali again.

"Okay." Donovan nodded after thinking about it, "Select the personnel to conduct investigation first. But I think if this is the case, should we let everyone move to the west of the city first? Otherwise, the distance between the back and forth is not close. We will have to take the wounded at that time, and it will be too dangerous to go back and forth."

"It's true." Eric nodded, "So that's it." Eric said and looked at Donovan and said, "I'll go and inquire first. You choose the right personnel. Whether you find out or not, we will go west to the city and find a place where we can temporarily settle down."

"We?" Donovan looked at Eric and said, "You're going with me? I mean to conduct a reconnaissance?"

"Of course." Eric nodded and said, "Now I can only communicate with these Georgians here. And I think I am better than you in how to choose the route to escape and get away from the clutch. You don't have to worry about anything. If we can't find a way out as soon as possible, we will definitely be surrounded here in the future and finally be forced to fight to the death with the Russians. So I might be able to buy some time for us when I go with me."

"Okay. Then let's take action separately." Donovan looked at Pitt and said, "Peter is still following you to inquire about the news, and I'll go back and arrange the staff."

"Please count me first." Pete said immediately after hearing Donovan's words, "This place is unbearable and I really can't stay."

"Okay!" Donovan looked at Pitt with appreciation. In fact, he didn't believe Pitt's statement at all. Where can't you stay in front of such a huge danger? This is just Pitt's usual style of taking responsibility and risks. Just like when he was serving, he took his squad out of the army and came to support him on foot. "I will be with you, and it's almost the same as finding another person."

"That's it." Eric saw that the two of them had agreed and put away the map and stepped on the cigarette butts. "We will gather at the end in about half an hour."

Pete followed Eric and walked towards the wounded again, but without taking two steps, a violent vibration and a dull explosion came down from the top of his head. This made Eric and Pete stop immediately and raised their heads and looked upwards. Although this might not even be able to see the top of the basement clearly, everyone still looked like this, as if this could make their fearful hearts feel better.

After about three minutes, the vibration and explosion gradually disappeared. After a long sigh of relief, Eric quickly walked to a medical staff member and walked in the direction pointed out by the other party. As before, after communicating with the other party, he marked the map. After almost asking about three or four wounded soldiers, Eric put away the map and said, "It's almost done. What they said is almost the same, it should be credible. Come on, let's go back."

When he returned to the site, Matt and Ailly's wounds had been stitched, and Donovan and Jeff were sorting out their equipment. After seeing Eric come back, Donovan immediately said, "How are you asking?"
Chapter completed!