As Joe Ga spoke, Karman had already dragged him dozens of meters to the left, rushing them swiftly into a depression.
It was then that the Kurdish forces opened fire…
The road before and behind them was blocked, so they drove onto the gravel surface and then charged towards Joe Ga and the others.
As the machine guns on those beaten-up pickups blared, the machine gun in Ayu's hands roared to life…
"Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat…"
Ayu, squatting on the ground, didn't give a damn about the inaccurate vehicle-mounted machine guns. He held his machine gun like it was an automatic rifle and laid down a sweeping burst of fire on the pickups storming up the gravel.
With Ayu's counterattack underway, the kitchen crew's Solon and a bunch of old-timers bravely risked getting hit, moving over 50 meters to the flank without needing an order, opening fire and creating a crossfire with Ayu.
Seeing the old folks so fierce, Sanderson slapped Waters hard and shouted, "'Water Snake' stays, everyone else with me to the right, spread out, hold firm for a while, our backup will be here soon…"
Team E's 'Bullhorn', seeing Sanderson and his crew take action, cast an annoyed glance at his own 'useless squad', then called out to his compatriot, "Bomberman, are you afraid of dying?"
'Bomberman', who was lying down adjusting his sniper grenade launcher, paused and asked, "What are you up to?"
'Bullhorn', glimpseing Dorian launching a series of smoke grenades towards the Kurds, gritted his teeth and said, "We're taking the vehicle, without vehicular firepower support the boss won't hold out much longer."
'Bomberman' glanced at the distant mound, about to stand with his sniper launcher when 'Iceman' pressed him down with a forceful grip…
"Your gun packs a bigger punch, you stay. Having too many snipers won't help, I'll go with this idiot..."
'Iceman' dashing forward grabbed 'Bullhorn' and yelled, "Keep up, we're taking the boss's car; they always carry the most ammo."
'Bullhorn', not expecting 'Iceman' who usually liked to argue with him to be willing to take a risk with him, sprinted towards Joe Ga's vehicle, flung open the door, and hopped in.
After starting the vehicle, 'Bullhorn' turned to see 'Iceman' maneuvering the automatic weapon turret and declared, "Considering you're willing to take a risk with me, I've decided not to fire you..."
'Iceman', steering the turret towards the Kurdish vehicles laid down a barrage of fire, then kicked the cabin seat hard and yelled, "Get moving, get moving, they won't hit us with Javelins, give me a wider angle…"
'Bullhorn' subconsciously floored the accelerator, propelling the vehicle over the gravel and opening a distance of several dozen meters to facilitate 'Iceman' attacking the Kurdish convoy from the flank…
"Why won't they fire at us?"
'Iceman', looking at 'Bullhorn' as if he were an idiot, said, "Because firing at us would tell the Kurds we're not their enemies.
You were seriously about to drag your own cousin to death before, weren't you?"
On hearing this, 'Bullhorn' awkwardly chuckled and replied, "Well, it's not certain that we'd die, you know. The boss might be moved and I might get a raise when I get back."
'Iceman', staring at his idiotic team leader, said, "I must have been blind to join your stupid team; we're doomed sooner or later."
'Bullhorn', while driving, raised his rifle to the copilot's shooting port and pulled the trigger, hitting a moving pickup, then grumbled discontentedly, "I took pity on you because nobody wanted you; don't forget how I treated you back then..."
Iceman', in agony, picked up a bullet and hit 'Bullhorn' in the head with it, then picked up an ammo box from the back seat, lifted the roof, and called out, "OK, OK, you're the boss, the boss, alright..."
When 'Bullhorn' heard 'Iceman's grunt, he jerked the steering wheel around and exclaimed, "Iceman, what's wrong?"
Because of the vehicle's swaying, 'Iceman' was thrown around like he was riding a wild Mustang, enduring the pain from the impacts, he pulled a deformed bullet out from his chest, coughed, and shouted, "FUCK, stop rocking, I need to reload the turret…"
"Oh oh oh, hurry up, someone's tailing us..."
'Iceman', lifting the ammo box into the turret, was reloading when another bullet struck the roof, ricocheted, and hit his ribcage…
'Iceman' cursed in pain, forcefully closed the loading port, and fell heavily back into the car, swearing profusely as he regained control of the turret and resumed firing…
"You broomstar, lout, idiot..."
With a ferocious expression, 'Bullhorn' sped towards a pickup circling them and loudly said, "Yes, you bunch of louts, idiots, I'm going to take you down…"
With a loud "bang" noise, the Longhead warrior fiercely crashed into the side of the pickup, causing it to capsize.
The huge inertia made the unlucky 'Iceman' plunge headfirst into the driving cabin…
Watching 'Bullhorn', who was still ranting 'lout' 'idiot' incessantly, 'Iceman' righted his skewed helmet and cursed 'idiot', then, bearing the severe pain in his waist and abdomen, stood up, grabbed the weapon station controller again, and called out, "Reverse, dammit I don't have a shot…"