sjar Chapter 113 A Narrow Escape! The Wild Boar Herd Was Scattered
Chapter 113 A Narrow Escape! The Wild Boar Herd Was Scattered
The wild boar herd ran with an overwhelming sense of pressure, their hooves kicking up snow particles. They were particularly hostile to the hunters and charged straight at them on the hillside.
Leading the charge was a giant cannonball, weighing around 320 pounds, its body bulging with muscles and tendons, as unstoppable as an armored vehicle, howling angrily.
Li Ju'an trudged along the snow-covered mountain path, taking one final leap to the top of the hill. From his vantage point, he aimed at the herd of wild boars below. His eyes were bloodshot, and he was filled with murderous intent.
"Damn these bastards!"
He narrowed his eyes, aimed the gun at the spot slightly above and behind the elbow of the lead gunner, and pulled the trigger.
A wild boar's heart is located in the lower part of its chest cavity, slightly in front of the lungs. The lungs are positioned higher, so to aim accurately for the heart, you need to aim slightly behind the elbow; aiming too high will result in hitting the shoulder.
boom!
The gun fired, a flash of light erupted from the muzzle, the spent cartridge was ejected, the gun rose, and he was jerked backward. His heart had been blown out.
Even after being hit in the heart, the cannonball could still continue to charge for dozens of meters. It looked like the cannonball was about to rush up the hill and aim at Li Ju'an's position.
Li Ju'an pulled the bolt, and Lu Zhiqiang shouted from the side, "Get out of the way! Just you wait and see, let me show you how the Lu family picks spears."
"No need."
Li Ju'an silently calculated the distance in his mind. The snow slope was very steep, and the snow that had accumulated in the days following the bombing had melted, forming an ice layer on the surface of the snow slope, which was very unfavorable for ungulates to climb.
The cannonball was powerless to move forward, slipping and sliding half a step with every step it took. It was about to crash into the hillside, but it could only stare helplessly at the hunter.
Upon hearing the gunshot, the flower-eared creature at his feet, as if receiving a command, rushed down the snow slope and began to tear at the cornered cannonball indiscriminately, emitting ferocious howls.
He didn't stop Hua'er. As the lead dog trained by Wang Guochang, Hua'er's ability to lead five slippery dogs into battle showed how fierce it was. Although Hua'er was old, its ferocity remained, tearing at Dapao's head, ears, and neck, leaving the snow covered in blood.
Black Panther and Red Wolf were still chasing the wild boar herd when they heard Old Dog's command. They excitedly took a shortcut and rushed up to pounce and tear at the boars.
Within minutes, Da Pao's testicles were bitten by 10 dogs until there wasn't a single piece of good flesh left on his head. The soft flesh under his armpits was also bitten inside out, and the flesh was torn into strips, which was extremely bloody.
Seeing this scene, Song Desheng couldn't bear to watch and shouted, "This is too cruel! Brother Li, don't let the dog let go!"
Li Ju'an kept his gun pointed at the wild boar herd, saying, "We need to let the hunting dogs vent their ferocity; without ferocity, the hunting dogs are useless."
He didn't stop the hunting dogs with a shout, firstly to let the smell of blood spread and deter the wild boar herd, and secondly because stopping them at that moment would give the dogs the wrong impression that they should let go at the sound of gunfire. Only by giving the dogs the thrill of tearing and biting, coupled with feeding them game offal later, could he provide positive reinforcement and teach them that tearing and biting meant they would get meat.
Song Desheng fired two shots at the charging wild boars, the single bullets wounding two of them. The wild boars were not as fierce as the cannonballs; the young and impetuous boars had never seen the harsh realities of the world. They shrank back in pain at their first encounter with the world, howling loudly and fiercely as they nuzzled behind the old sow.
He laughed and scolded, "He's still just a brat who hasn't even grown all his hair yet."
The wild boars at the front started to get scared and turned to retreat. But the large herd of wild boars was too numerous and too densely packed, and those following behind didn't know what was happening ahead.
The wild boars at the top started running down the slope, while those at the bottom continued charging uphill like fools. The force of the two collisions threw the herd into chaos, leaving a jumble of footprints in the snow.
Li Ju'an raised his Mosin-Nagant shotgun to his face and shouted, "Guys, let's practice on the target!"
Sparks flew from the muzzle of the gun; he fired a shot and pulled the bolt back.
boom!
After firing, he didn't even check the results; he continued aiming and firing. After five shots, he snapped the gun open, pulled out the empty cartridge cases, shoved the five bullets he was holding in his hand into the chamber, clicked the barrel shut, and continued firing.
Song Desheng also got carried away.
Sparks flew from his pump-action modified shotgun as he fired medium-caliber slugs at the wild boar. Even when he missed, the slugs were incredibly powerful, easily piercing through mud and oil armor, severely wounding another boar, which then charged hysterically up the hillside.
He shouted, "Brother Li, help me!"
Lu Zhiqiang, who was standing next to him, couldn't stand it anymore. He picked up his spear and looked down at the heavily wounded Da Pao Luanzi, ready to have a little show-off. He even shouted, "Brother, show off! Watch me slide and gut this animal!"
Before he could even show off his skills, Li Ju'an had already shifted the gun to the heavily wounded Da Pao Luanzi and fired a shot right below his ear.
boom!
boom!boom!
The power of his shotgun and Song Desheng's slug finally terrified the wild boar.
The second cannonball, upon smelling the blood-soaked ground and seeing the ten hunting dogs frantically tearing apart the wild boar, thought to himself: "I'm doomed! My wife is still watching from behind, and turning back isn't an option."
Which is more important, face or life? The cannonball glanced at his wives, let out a howl, and retreated.
The old sows scorned it and followed the cannonball in turning away.
You bastard! You don't even want your wife and kids anymore?
Chaos erupted on the snowy hillside as forty or fifty wild boars circled in circles before quickly retreating from the hill.
Even the few scattered yellow-haired wild boars in Wenxiang Gully quickly joined the large-scale retreat of the wild boar herd. The already dense wild boar herd grew even larger, exceeding its previous numbers.
Seeing the wild boar herd fleeing in disarray, Song Desheng aimed and fired while shouting triumphantly, "These mountain beasts are scared now! Weren't they so cocky just now? Didn't they want to challenge you? What's wrong, all chickened out? If you're chickened out, take two bullets!"
Li Ju'an fought with great gusto, driving back the wild boar herd. Only then did he look at Song Desheng, feeling extremely satisfied, and burst into laughter.
A tense and thrilling standoff; incredibly lucky, they survived.
They not only drove the wild boars away, but also captured three of them. Da Hu led his gang of dogs to fight off the encircling dogs and killed a yellow-haired one. He and Song Desheng shot down a big-eyed boar, and he and Lu Zhiqiang worked together to kill an old sow.
Seeing the two laughing heartily, Lu Zhiqiang felt aggrieved and couldn't help but make a sarcastic remark: "Damn, so what if you have a gun? Isn't General Lu's spear just as good? I won't ask the old man for a gun later. After I get my share of the money, I can go down the mountain to the hardware market and buy any gun I want!"
Song Desheng said sarcastically, "That's not true. You kill an old sow and still get a 10% share. That price is enough for you to buy another spear."
Even a used Type 56 semi-automatic rifle in 80% condition would cost over a thousand. He uses a spear for hunting; buying a Type 56 would be extremely difficult for him.
Lu Zhiqiang was so angry that his face was full of rage. He didn't say anything, picked up a knife and started cutting down trees to make a sled. He was very diligent and eager to do things like gutting pigs and removing their intestines.
He was afraid that if he didn't take on any work and put in the effort, Li Ju'an would only give him the small share he'd get from the old sow. So he took on everything he could, even willingly scooping out the most pungent and rotten wild boar intestines. He gagged as he scooped out wild boar intestines and hung them on the branches.
Seeing him putting in the effort, Li Ju'an naturally had no complaints. These tasks always had to be done. He leaned closer to Lu Zhiqiang, took the heart from the gutted wild boar, and began feeding it to the dogs. After hunting, one couldn't be stingy with the meat; it had to be used to feed the dogs. Rewarding the dogs immediately would help them associate the reward with the act of tearing apart the prey, thus training their ferocity.
He suddenly noticed that the old dog with the spotted ears had changed its stance.
Apart from the slippery hammer, the other nine dogs gathered around the lead dog, Tiger. Even Flower Ears stood quietly half a step behind Tiger, not rushing forward to claim credit or snatch the entrails.