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As he was about to close the door and tell Eddie to floor it, Juan saw that his questions would have to wait

The rooftop of the first of the two Huer equipped with a un They must have switched it out when they realized the firepower they were facing

Now the Humvee was mounted with an RPG

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“FIRE NOW!” Locsin yelled into the radio “Before they get away!”

Using binoculars from the helicopter’s front seat, he could see that the last otten into the heavily armed truck that had surprised the first two Hu fired in return

Locsin couldn’t let these rescuers get aith his scientists even if he had to kill them all

His guard in the lead Hurenade at the truck, which lurched forith incredible acceleration just as he fired

The RPG roundpast its rear and blowing a tree in half

Locsin cursed his ot away, death would be too light a punishment for his failure to stop them here

He turned to Tagaan, as in the chopper’s rear seat “You’re sure those are the toh the binoculars when the rescuers were outside their truck

Tagaan nodded “The redhead is Beth Anders, and her companion is the one with the dark hair I don’t kno they located our base, but I will find out”

“You’d better We have to get rid of them”

Tagaan nodded again and began unpacking the stored six-barreled un and its floor mount Like the rest of the weapons Locsin had acquired for his rebellion, the rotary, belt-fed gun was supplied by Chinese sources sympathetic to his communist cause

The Hu up with the ene power As the truck reached theHumvee fired another RPG, which exploded on the road behind the truck as it turned toward Manila