The moment he heard the gunshot, the hair on Yue Feng’s back stood up and he sat up straight from the bearskin blanket.

“Grab your weapons, leave one person at home to watch the house, and the rest of you put on your shoes and follow me out to take a look!!”

The three consecutive gunshots just now, in Yue Feng’s opinion, were not the firing frequency that an ordinary 16-gauge barreled rifle could produce.

The interval between these three shots was less than one second each, which was only a beat slower than the trigger speed of a 56 semi-automatic gun. Yue Feng suspected that maybe Uncle Wu had encountered someone else when he went out and started a firefight.

“Who got mad at Uncle Wu? Let’s go! There’s nothing special in the tent. What’s there to see?”

Xiao Tao didn’t even bother to wrap his feet with cotton cloth and just put on his cotton shoes. He crouched down and rushed to the door of the tent with his gun in hand.

Yue Feng thought about it and said, “Then let’s all go out together, quickly!”

Soon, five people came out with their weapons and headed towards the direction where the gunshots were heard not long ago.

Yue Feng’s heart was beating very fast as they hurried along in the dark. He was afraid of exposing his position, so he did not use a flashlight and walked very slowly.

There were small trees and bushes everywhere, so although I wasn’t completely blind, I couldn’t see the details very clearly.

The other people all followed a few body lengths behind Yue Feng. The brothers Wang Chao and Ma Liang were even standing in the nearest Xiaowu three-three formation with guns in hand, maintaining high vigilance.

Just as the five people continued to move forward, wanting to meet or support Uncle Wu, a man on a ridge not far away waved a military flashlight at everyone.

“Why are you guys coming out instead of resting in the tent? Keep your fires on and don’t be nervous!” Uncle Wu shouted in surprise.

Yue Feng breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Uncle Wu’s voice.

The old man spoke, which at least meant he was not in danger.

“Uncle! Who shot you just now? Are you hurt?” Yue Feng asked.

“I fired the gun! Come here and take these two wolves back!” Wu Keji said calmly.

“What? Uncle Wu killed the wolf?”

When Ma Liang heard the word “wolf”, he was a little overwhelmed.

The brothers in the Yuefeng hunting team had all seen wolves, and there were even wolfskin mattresses in their tents to keep out heat and moisture. But the brothers Wang Chao and Ma Liang had heard many legends about wolves, but had never seen one in person, let alone fought one.

Soon, everyone turned on their flashlights and rushed to Uncle Wu’s side. An adult wolf was lying dead at his feet.

“Uncle, did you fire all three shots just now? Can you reload bullets so quickly with a barreled gun?”

Yue Feng glanced at the wolf under his feet and asked curiously.

“We’re just getting started. There are people who are faster than me! There’s another wolf I killed at the bottom of the ditch across the way. Who of you can drag it over here?”

“I go!”

Xiao Tao volunteered to jump down the ditch, quickly found another wolf, and then came back holding one of its hind legs.

This wolf’s skeleton is slightly larger than the previous one, but a little thinner, and the beard on both sides of its mouth is gray. It should be an old wolf.

Grandpa Wu took a look at the wolf that Xiao Tao dragged back and said, “Let’s go back first! The other three wolves ran away when they saw that things were not going well. The dogs in our camp are not a big threat to us!”

The group returned to the camp, and with the light from the tent, they could see more details about the two wolves.

Uncle Wu said: “As soon as I climbed up the hill from the small slope behind the tent, I saw a few pairs of eyes like small light bulbs in the woods on the opposite shady slope.

I guess they discovered us when we were setting up the tent in the evening, and were waiting for darkness to cover their actions!
These wolves were quite brave, they must have never suffered from hunters before, I shot them three times when I got the chance! I probably hit them with the last shot, but they didn’t stay!”

After hearing what the old man said, everyone admired him from the bottom of their hearts. Under such visual conditions, he shot and killed two wolves with three shots. His marksmanship was simply amazing.

Without waiting for Yue Feng to continue asking, Xiao Wu couldn’t help but ask, “Uncle, how did you fire those three shots just now? Isn’t the barreled gun a single shot?
The three gunshots you fired were less than three seconds apart, almost giving you the effect of a 56-and-a-half shot!”

Faced with Xiaowu’s humble request for advice, Wu Keji did not hide anything.

He was seen holding his barreled gun with both hands, flicking his wrist and tapping the trigger guard with his index finger, then opening the magazine, quickly ejecting the shell and replacing the bullet between the little finger and ring finger of his left hand, closing the chamber, reloading and tapping the trigger guard a second time.

Then, he repeated the previous action, quickly reloaded the bullet and fired the third shot.

The interval between the three shots was very close to the interval between the shots fired not long ago.

This move alone was enough to scare everyone.

Every knock is equivalent to pulling the trigger. In front of five pairs of eyes, there can be no falsehood. It is completely hard work. The speed of ejecting the shell, reloading the bullet and firing is really fast.

“These are not presentable things. Now we have 56 semi-automatic rifles. The skills of changing bullets and ejecting shells are of no real significance to you!

If I had gone out for a stroll with a 56 and a half in my hand just now, the three wolves that ran away would definitely have been able to stay!” Yue Feng sighed sincerely: “What a man! You’ve taught us a lesson!

If you had gone into the mountains to kill bears in the early years, you and your gun would have been more than enough firepower!

Even if the first shot doesn’t kill him, the second and third shots will surely hit him!”

It is true that people are more likely to die than others. In those difficult times when material resources were scarce, these old mountain hunters really worked hard on their work in order to increase their success rate in hunting.

It is also an ordinary single-shot 16-gauge barreled gun. However, the firepower in Wu Keji’s hands and in the hands of an ordinary gunner are two completely different concepts. One person with one gun can match the firepower of two to three ordinary gunners.

Wu Keji smiled and waved his hands: “Okay, I’ve seen it, it’s no big deal!
While the wolf is still warm from death, we skin it and give the dogs the bare skin as a midnight snack!

Tonight, before you go to bed, untie the hounds outside. There are wolves around, so be careful. Don’t let them come back and eat our horses in the middle of the night. It will be hard for us too!”

Yue Feng nodded: “Xiao Tao, you come and peel the skin. My feet hurt. I just applied medicine and went out for a walk and it started bleeding again!”

“Okay, I’ll do it! They’re just two wolves. I can finish them in a short while!”

Xiao Tao picked up the leg plug and started working quickly.

The little episode between the two wolves soon calmed down. Uncle Wu, Yue Feng, Xiao Wu and the other two discussed the time period for the night duty and chose the time between ten o’clock and two o’clock in the middle of the night. Then they lay down with their clothes on.

Xiao Tao took less than half an hour to peel off the two wolf skins.

I was in a hurry and had no time to stretch the skin, let alone tan the wolf skin. I just rolled it up and put it away for the time being. I would still have time to deal with it when I got back.

As for the wolf meat after the skin is peeled, everyone in Yue Feng has eaten this thing, and the taste is really not mixed.

There are still some roe deer that I haven’t finished eating, so I don’t want to eat the wolf meat which is fishy, ​​tough and has very thick fibers.

Xiao Tao directly threw one of the wolf meat to the dog gang next to the camp. The eight dogs saw that they had a midnight snack and quickly tore the wolf meat into pieces and ate most of it.

That night, everyone in the camp did not sleep very well.

There was no movement in the first half of the night, but at around two o’clock in the second half of the night, intermittent wolf howlings were heard on the ridge about two ditches away for half the night.

In the first half of the night, Xiaowu was on duty watching the fire, and in the second half of the night, Yuefeng was on duty from two o’clock until dawn.

Although he felt very tired, Yue Feng could not rest well because he heard some noise outside.

After each wolf howl, whether far or near, Yue Feng would concentrate and be on guard for a long time, but there was no movement from the dogs and horses around the tent, which made him feel as if he was surrounded by danger and felt powerless, as if he was punching cotton with all his strength.

After patiently staying half asleep and half awake until dawn, Uncle Wu was the first to sit up, put on his clothes and prepare breakfast for everyone.

“Uncle!” Yue Feng shouted softly.

“Didn’t you sleep well in the second half of the night?” Wu Keji asked.

“Well, there were wolves howling outside for half the night, which didn’t seem very reassuring!”

“We seem to be in trouble this time! Those wolves that escaped seemed to be gathering more companions last night!”

“Huh? Aren’t there just five wolves? Why are they calling their companions together? There are more wolves here?” Yue Feng was a little confused when he heard what Grandpa Wu said.

“The wolf packs in Changbai Mountain may be different from wolf packs in other places!

Affected by the objective factors of individual size and density distribution of prey, they are not like wolf packs on the grassland, where the group size is relatively large, often with a dozen or even more.

The ordinary wolf packs here usually consist of five or six wolves in a small group, and the group size is controlled to be large enough to hunt common roe deer and small wild boars!

Once the number of new members increases too much, the wolf king will expel some of the adult members to explore new territories and survive on their own.

These wolf packs of different sizes don’t interact much on a daily basis, but they are related by blood after all. When they encounter difficult situations, they will howl to call their companions.

The older generation calls this the “wolf howling on the mountain”. As long as there are wolves of the same origin active within a certain range, they will gather together when they hear the howling!
But you don’t have to be afraid, there are only a dozen or twenty wolves at most. We have six guns in our hands. If they dare to show their teeth and refuse to give in, we will shoot them all when we get the chance!”

“I’m not worried at all about fighting head-on. Last year, my master and I went into the mountains to help people hunt red jackals, and we fought a large wolf pack.

At that time, my father and I shot 56 and a half shots together, and in half a night, we completely defeated a pack of wolves. The wolfskin mattresses we lay on were made of those wolfskins!

I am afraid that there might be some spirit wolves in the pack, and if they suddenly attack us, it will be very painful!”

“It’s okay, I’m watching you all the time! You can’t turn the tables! It’s still a while before dawn before dinner is ready, so take a nap. Today’s travel intensity is even greater than yesterday!”

“Well, I’ll take a nap then!”

Strangely enough, after knowing that Uncle Wu was cooking and staring at the stove, Yue Feng’s nervousness quickly disappeared, and he closed his eyes and fell asleep soon. (End of this chapter)