He heard a shot go off. Then another. Those shots were coming from a distance, and they weren’t coming into the barn. The machine guns went off. They weren’t coming into the barn either. They were shooting away from it.

Towards the other car.

Collins.

Collins had fired two shots. That meant there were two fewer Russians waiting for him. Collins wouldn’t waste shots in this situation. Every one would count. Every one would kill. That was ...