Blake dived and rolled, crawled to the nearest tree then popped up, looking for a target. He saw a man running, fired a snap shot, but missed.
Another man with a rifle emerged from behind a tree and fired. Blake answered with two shots, at least one of which hit the man, but not seriously, because a few seconds later Blake felt another round whiz past him from the same direction.
He crawled over the rocks to get away from the man’s fire and search for a new vantage point and targets. With his semi-automatic pistol he had the advantage of being able to fire faster than his opponents with their bolt-action rifles. He willed himself to stand and, firing on the run, emptied his magazine at the two men who both came out from behind cover to take aim at him.
As he ran he caught a brief glimps
