Wild 1979: From Fishing and Hunting to Becoming a Literary Master

Chapter 83 A cornered beast fights on.

Although the white blizzard changed from snow smoke to snow dust, it did not weaken.

Looking up, the visibility was only a blurry thirty to fifty meters.

Standing on high ground, the two could only catch glimpses of black wolf shadows flashing by in the snow.

Chen Tuo pulled the bolt a dozen times, and Wu Laowai fired a bullet into the ditch without even aiming.

At this moment, he wasn't using the Water Beads, but rather Sun Changkui's American M1.

The reason is simply that the bullets for the water-filled bullets are not cheap, and you have to spend your own money to use the water-filled bullets, but you don't have to spend Sun Changkui's money to use the M1.

Chen Tuo and Wu Laowai were being perfunctory in their blocking, and the Evenki hunters in the ditches and ponds also began to cooperate.

By lighting a campfire and firing sporadic shots, they blocked the wolf pack in the ditch from three sides.

No matter how sharp or cunning the wolves are, they are not human and cannot distinguish how many people are blocking their way or how great the threat is.

If they could really tell the difference, there would be no need for two people to rescue the hunters.

With that ability, the wolf pack should have already taken advantage of the white blizzard in the mountains and eaten their fill.

"Uncle Wu, how come the people down the mountain know to cooperate with us?"

When Chen Tuo got tired of pulling the bolt, he would load a bullet and shoot at the fleeting wolf shadows in the snow.

Judging from the movements of the wolf pack in the snow, the unknown number of wolves did not retreat or break out, but were instead trapped in the ditch.

"How do you know? Although they raise deer, they make a living by hunting. That's how they hunt deer."

When it came to hunting, Wu Laowai described the steps to Chen Tuo, using the ditches and ponds at the foot of Beishan Mountain as the hunting grounds.

"A typical large hunt involves at least a dozen people. Five or six people drive the prey from three sides, while the rest find a slope to sit on and hunt the prey as it goes up the slope."

As he spoke, Wu Laowai pulled another half of a wolf skin off the sled.

"For people on the hilltop who want to sit comfortably in the snow, the lightest and warmest clothes are wolf skin and roe deer skin, the best is bear skin, and wild boar skin is also good but it is heavy."

After spreading the wolf pelt on the snow and settling down, Wu Laowai pointed to the ditch and pond below the mountain and said:

"The business of driving canes sounds simple, and it's not difficult to do, but it's extremely difficult to do it well!"

"Those who intercept and block the cane only need marksmanship. Just sit down and shoot whatever you see."

"But the animals they dropped had to be rushed up little by little by the people urging them on, all at once, there wasn't enough time to beat them..."

After giving a brief explanation, Wu Laowai held up his M1 and made a few gestures, then said:

"Once the wind stops, we'll have to use our guns to scatter the wolves. We can't let them line up and push up the snow slope. We can only let one wolf go one way."

"If the wind doesn't stop before dawn, the two of us will have to slowly wear down the wolves. The fire down there can't go out!"

Having realized that Wu Laowai was ordering him to do the work, Chen Tuo had no choice but to shoulder his single-barreled shotgun and continue cutting down the saplings.

The Evenki hunters on both sides of the ditch were also increasing the number of campfires, much like the two men.

Although the white wind mixed with snowflakes never stopped, as more and more fires were lit, the wolf tracks in the ditches and ponds became clearer and clearer.

Chen Tuo felled twenty or thirty small trees and shrubs and fired more than twenty water-filled bullets.

The wolf pack, trapped in the ditch, also began to howl collectively in the mountains.

"Kid, get your act together. Whether we can stop the wolves depends on this final push, but we need to save some bullets, we can't use them all!"

After taking a swig of wine, Wu Laowai slung his M1 over his shoulder and picked up the Water Beads.

Chen Tuo followed suit, wanting to start with the water beads that he wasn't very comfortable using.

"Kid, you're still using slugs? Don't fire buckshot indiscriminately. If the wolves charge at us, then use buckshot. Be quick then."

After arranging the guns everyone would use, Wu Laowai pointed to a clump of bushes at the base of the promontory and instructed them:

"In a little while, the two of us will squat there and fight, that way we won't be afraid of the wolves resorting to desperate measures..."

The fire burned, the gunfire raged, and the sky gradually brightened.

However, the ditches and ponds on the shady side of the mountain are still shrouded in the blizzard.

Although the wolf silhouettes in the snow were becoming clearer, the wolf pack moved faster and faster in the wind and snow.

With a long, hoarse howl, Chen Tuo saw the wolf shadows in the ditch split into four groups.

They dispersed to the left, right, front, and back, with the largest black shadow heading straight for the snow-covered slope, just as Wu Laowai had said.

Seeing the wolves scatter and flee, Wu Laowai immediately stood up and fired at the wolves that were attacking from behind.

"Damn it! The wolf king is trying to escape; it's definitely behind us. Kid, you go down and use deer bullets to shoot it down, I'll cover you..."

There will always be oversights in a hunt, but the wolf king cannot be the one to be overlooked.

Even if the wolf king escapes, it can still form another pack. If the wolf pack cannot be completely wiped out, then the enmity between those two people and the wolf pack is essentially unresolved.

Chen Tuo followed instructions and slipped down the mountain, but before he could even pick up his gun, the wolf pack that had broken through from the rear turned around and fled into the snow.

"Kid, wait! They're just playing us for fools..."

Before Wu Laowai could finish speaking, the wolf pack's movements slapped him across the face again.

The wolf pack that had just scattered was merely a decoy for the ambush.

Three wolves on each of Chen Tuo's left and right sides broke through the snow and pounced on him.

"Kid, don't run! You go left, I'll go right, let's beat these weeds back!"

Wu Laowai shouted quickly, but he couldn't keep up with the speed at which the wolf pack ambushed them.

Seeing the six wolves approaching, Chen Tuo could no longer distinguish left from right and simply grabbed whichever side was closest to him and started firing.

At the same time, he turned his back to the other three wolves that were pouncing on him.

On the promontory, Wu Laowai, who was in charge of the right flank, also hesitated to fire.

The wolf was too close to Chen Tuo, and Xue Shan was blocking his view.

With a close-range shot, Chen Tuo scattered the three-headed wolves, but was also bitten and torn by the three-headed wolf behind him, causing him to stumble.

Without time to reload, he used the momentum of turning around to smash a wolf with the butt of his rifle.

He ignored the wolf that was biting his overcoat and trying to drag him away.

Chen Tuo stretched out his foot and blocked the wolf's mouth that was biting his leg.

His shoe got caught in his mouth, and he lost his balance and fell to the ground.

Fortunately, the front of the big-headed shoes was lined with a steel plate, so they were not bitten through by the wolf's teeth.

Sitting on the snow, Chen Tuo didn't have time to change or load his gun; he could only use the barrel of his gun to deflect the wolf that was lunging at him.

He was still thinking of swinging his gun to sweep away the wolf in the big shoes, but instead he bit the gun barrel and pulled hard.

In the hasty contest, the wolf gained the upper hand, and Chen Tuo's Tula single-barreled gun sank directly into the snow.

With no other option, he could only reach for the handle of the largest weapon, the Eighteen-Chop Blade, at his waist.

He drew his knife and slashed at the wolf. The wolf, struck by the knife, howled and retreated.

Chen Tuo picked up the steaming single-barreled shotgun, changed and loaded the cartridge, and was about to fire when Wu Laowai stopped him.

"Kid, don't fire! It'll explode! Get back right now!"

Unable to use the gun, Chen Tuo could only hold the gun in one hand and the knife in the other, and slowly retreat to the foot of the mountain.

At this moment, Wu Laowai began firing his M1 continuously, dispersing the wolf pack lurking in the snow.

He climbed the mountain promontory in a daze and sat on the wolf skin that Wu Laowai had spread out. The sweat on Chen Tuo's forehead just wouldn't stop.

He didn't even know how he had done those things. After sitting down, he felt completely weak and didn't want to get up anymore.

"Kid, now's not the time to stand around doing nothing. This wolf king is too cunning. If we don't kill it, we won't have any peace and quiet in the future..."

Wu Laowai had often heard people mention the phrase "a cornered beast will fight back," but he had never truly experienced it while running in the mountains.

Whether it's a pig or a bear, under the barrel of a gun, if it doesn't die the first time, it'll just be finished off with another shot.

He'd never encountered a wild animal that could withstand three or four bullets before...