RBCT Chapter 106 Rushing Away Like Pigs and Wolf
Chapter 106 Rushing Away Like Pigs and Wolf
After seeing the pig tracks on the hillside, Wu Laowai didn't make a fuss. He simply pulled Chen Tuo over to Sun Changkui.
"Hey Sun the Cripple, look at the pig tracks on the hillside. It looks like these pigs were driven down the mountain. They circled the hillside several times before rushing down."
The medical team was attacked by a herd of wild boars halfway through their journey. Although the vehicle was damaged, no one was injured and the vehicle itself was not seriously damaged.
Since no one was injured and no major accident occurred, Sun Changkui couldn't directly approach He Yunqing, who had come up with the bad idea.
He simply stayed by Hu Yuling's side, waiting for her to sober up.
When Wu Laowai mentioned the abnormality of the pig herd, he wanted to go up the mountain to investigate, but Wu Laowai stopped him.
"Hey Sun the Cripple, if the wild boar herd was driven down the mountain, do you think there might be something watching us up there? If you go up, a fight is brewing!"
After examining the tattered pig tracks on the hillside, Wu Laowai was fairly certain that the wild boars had been driven down the mountain by a pack of wolves.
It's estimated that the wolf pack will try to use the night attack tactic again. By the time they saw the signal flare and gathered people and vehicles to go up the mountain for rescue, it was already mid-afternoon.
If we delay any longer, it will get dark, and that's when the wolves will come down from the mountain.
"Master Wu, what should we do?"
After observing the pig tracks on the hillside and taking in the surrounding terrain, Sun Changkui felt a chill run down his spine.
This is roughly the same geography as the wolf pack ambush of the reindeer herd in the northern mountains that Chen Tuo described, and it is even more complicated.
The accident occurred on a hillside bend, with sharp turns both in front and behind.
If the wolf pack gathers at both bends, bullets definitely won't be able to hit them.
Once it gets dark, the wolf pack will surround you from all sides, creating an impenetrable fortress...
"Forget about the vehicles, just go back the way you came. Put the vehicles in front, the sleds behind, and the horse-drawn sleds in between. It would be best to tie the horses to the vehicles!"
Although he doesn't fight, Wu Laowai, like Sun Changkui, knows how to assess mountain terrain.
While these sharp bends in the mountain road are not suitable for chasing or intercepting animals, they are, conversely, suitable for escaping livestock.
According to the lyrics of the opera, it means being able to attack or defend.
"Xiao Chen, what's wrong?"
Halfway sober, Hu Yuling overheard her husband whispering with Wu Laowai and, having failed to make the rescue, asked him out of curiosity.
"Sis, it seems like we've been targeted by wolves. I'm reminded of two idioms: 'pigs charging and wolves running,' and 'driving a tiger to devour a wolf.' Now, it looks like a pack of wolves is trying to drive pigs to eat people!"
"Oh no! What should we do?"
The wolf pack is cunning, and Hu Yuling only knew this from hearsay.
Right now, there are wild boars being driven by wolves, wrecked cars, and wild boars killed by cars.
Thinking of the wolves lurking in the dense forest around them, ready to devour anyone they wanted, Hu Yuling couldn't help but shudder.
"Xiao Chen, don't scare her. We need to leave quickly. Even if we can't get down the mountain, we need to find a place that's both offensive and defensive to set up our formation!"
Looking at the horse-drawn sleds that had come with the team, Sun Changkui regretted that he had thought things through too much.
The horse-drawn sleds that were supposed to prevent vehicles from making it into the mountains have now become a hindrance.
If it's just a car, you can drain the water from the radiator and not worry about it being damaged by wolves.
Once everyone got in the car, they were down the mountain in half an hour.
But you need to bring a horse-drawn sled, and you have to go to at least one point before you can get down the mountain.
Moreover, going down the mountain doesn't mean safety. If the wolf pack chases after them, trouble could spread to the town and the surrounding area.
Although the employees and their families in Songling also possess some fighting ability, the number of wolves is unknown.
If the number of wolves encountered is similar to that at the Beishanduobukuer settlement, then that would be a real problem.
"Form an array? Sun the Cripple, the only places to form an array in this mountain area are at the foot of the mountain and the summit. Where do you plan to choose?"
"Moreover, the foot of the mountain is open ground, and such a small number of people simply cannot defend it."
"If we go up the mountain and don't go back, the forestry bureau will send more people, and we'll just be walking into a wolf trap!"
Sun Changkui's plan was good, but the terrain did not support it.
As a veteran mountain runner in Songling, few people are more familiar with the surrounding mountains and forests than Wu Laowai.
He said the foot of the mountain was an open area, which Sun Changkui had seen with his own eyes.
The terrain at the top of the mountain should be as he described.
It's easy for them to go up the mountain, and if the Forestry Bureau sends someone else, it certainly won't be overnight.
There are so many people on the mountain!
As long as one person fails to descend the mountain, people will be continuously sent up the mountain from below.
"Brother-in-law, could you let the sled go down the mountain first to notify the forestry bureau? We can stand in the truck bed and wait until dark, waiting for reinforcements to fight our way back."
"It would be best to send someone to inform the hunters in the northern mountains so they can come on horseback, that way they won't have to worry about the wolves escaping into the mountains..."
There was another opportunity to hunt wolves, and Chen Tuo certainly couldn't miss it.
Although he doesn't know how to hunt or fight, he has a lot of ideas!
"What you said makes sense, kid. Let Blind Chu lead the men down the mountain. I don't trust him with me. Don't you dare beat me up again!"
Chen Tuo's idea had worked several times already, so Wu Laowai decided to support it.
Sun Changkui didn't have a better idea at the moment.
The only solution now is to follow Chen Tuo's idea and use mechanized firepower plus the continuous firepower of the fifth and sixth detachments to crush the wolf pack.
But Wu Laowai wanted to get Chu Maolin away, and Sun Changkui couldn't agree to that.
Isn't this the perfect time to train and develop young people?
Perhaps after this battle, Chu Maolin will also grow rapidly.
"Master Wu, Maolin and the others still have official positions. If they get injured, the Forestry Bureau can cover for them, right?"
Sun Changkui insisted on bringing Chu Maolin, and Wu Laowai didn't object, but simply pointed to the not-so-high hillside in front of them and said:
"Sun the Cripple, this is a secondary forest that grew after the Japanese settlers cleared the land, mainly consisting of oak, catalpa, and birch trees!"
The trees that Wu Laowai mentioned were the staple food trees that mountain people planted in the mountains in those years to make a living.
There are oak trees that produce acorns, and catalpa trees that produce hickory nuts.
In addition to these tree species that can produce grain, there are also birch branches sprouting from under the tree roots.
In addition, there are also many berry shrubs such as sea buckthorn, mountain eggplant, red bean, and persimmon on the hillside.
Wu Laowai brought up the tree simply to tell Sun Changkui that there might be more than one herd of pigs in this mountainous area, and there might be more than just wild boars.
"Master Wu, whether it's hunting wolves, boars, deer, or roe deer, Maolin should be credited with it. Even if there are bears, they should be counted!"
Sun Changkui insisted, so Wu Laowai had no choice but to change his mind.
"Then the boy and I will take a horse-drawn sled down the mountain. Sun the Cripple, when it comes to hunting in the mountains, we're not afraid of the treacherous terrain or the high-quality goods, we're just afraid that the people running the mountains don't have the skills..."
Wu Laowai had seen how troublesome wolf packs were in the gullies and ponds behind Beishan Mountain.
Although he wasn't sure if the one chasing the pig was the wolf king of Beishan, he accepted Chen Tuo's guess and statement.
It's best if it's not a wolf pack, but it's still the wolf pack led by the wolf king.
Wu Laowai preferred to team up with Chen Tuo rather than with Chu Maolin's dozen or so men.
"Master Wu, you're not..."
Wu Laowai abandoned his post at a crucial moment, but Sun Changkui had no way to force him to stay.
Because Wu Laowai was a hunter and not a formal militia member, he had no jurisdiction.
"Uncle Wu, let's help Brother-in-law Sun out..."
Wu Laowai wanted to go down the mountain, but Chen Tuo didn't want to. His marksmanship was just about to improve, and he wanted to seize every opportunity.
"Kid, you don't understand. When it comes to hunting, it's better to use one person than a whole group. And by 'group,' I mean useless trash like Blind Chu!"
"This person! I'm not afraid that he lacks skills or strength, I'm just afraid that he won't listen to orders."
"Kid, Crippled Sun, Big Lingzi, when it comes to guns, there's no room for ambiguity..."