Zhao Wu and the others were still in shock, and it was not until the second half of the night that they slowly calmed down and returned to their respective beds to rest.

The north wind was howling outside, but the fire was burning brightly in the leather nest. With the warm leather mat and quilt, it wasn’t cold at all.

In the second half of the night, there was no obvious sound of wolves approaching the camp outside, and the ten people slept until dawn, feeling a little uneasy.

When Zhao Wu got up early in the morning and lifted the curtain of the leather nest, he was completely dumbfounded when he saw the location where supplies were piled outside the camp.

The felt cloth was torn apart, the oil drums were bitten and scattered all over the ground, and the place where supplies were stored was a mess.

The rations they brought with them when they entered the mountains, including bags of rice and flour, bacon, and horse meat buried under the snow, were all stolen by wolves in the second half of the night.

“Fuck!” Zhao Wu spat at the ground and turned around to go back into the pit.

“Don’t fucking sleep! The supplies we brought into the mountains were all stolen by wolves!!”

With a greeting, everyone who was still sleepy immediately got out of bed.

With so many people living in the mountains in such freezing weather, the amount of food and supplies consumed every day is not a small number.

In itself, Qiao Muzhou had arranged for people to go into the mountains, and the supplies he brought were absolutely more than enough. In addition, three horses were killed by wolves, so most of the horse meat was simply collected and buried in the snow for storage.

With so much supplies, it would definitely take more than ten days or half a month to finish them under normal circumstances, and it can also ensure that everyone has a good standard of three meals a day in the mountains.

But now, the majority of the food has been taken away by the wolves. What will the family of ten eat and drink next?

“What’s going on, Fifth Brother? Where are our supplies?”

The companions who were called up took a look at the rope that was bitten off by the wolf, and then looked at the completely hollowed out snow pile where the horse meat was buried. Everyone was a little panicked.

Zhao Wu is also a big shot, and he enjoys high prestige among the remaining personnel. When Qiao Muzhou left, he handed the personnel over to him to lead, so now that something has happened, everyone regards him as the backbone.

“Don’t panic yet. Everyone, count all the edible supplies and see how much has been lost. Once the statistics are out, we can decide what to do next!” Zhao Wu comforted.

Soon, everyone was busy with their own work.

Some of the rations stored in the leather nest were still intact, as were the two bags of soybean meal covered with felt cloth stacked at the bottom of the supplies. But all the flour, rice, cornmeal, and several 50-kilogram bags of grain had been dragged away.

The plastic oil drums and wine barrels were all bitten to pieces, with almost nothing left.

Zhao Wu followed the traces of dragging on the snow and strolled around the camp. He didn’t know how the wolves had managed to find all the food bags.

After a round of statistics, the situation is not good.

There was less than 20 kilograms of food left in the two barns, and in addition there were two bags of crushed soybean meal for horse feeding.

The meat was the most thoroughly stolen by the wolves. Even the bloody horse bones disappeared, and the entire piece of horse meat disappeared without a trace.

With such a small amount of food, ten men can consume most of it in just a few meals.

It would be extremely difficult to stay in the camp for a long time and wait for Qiao Muzhou’s main force to return, so we had to think of other ways.

“Fifth brother, this is all the food we have! According to the previous consumption rate, we will run out of food tomorrow! What should we do?” A companion nicknamed Ertong asked worriedly.

“Don’t panic! We all have guns. When we get to the mountains, there are plenty of wild boars, roe deer and other large animals. Let’s go out and hunt for some meat, and then we’ll have something to eat! How can a living person die from holding his urine?”

Zhao Wu was very worried in his heart, but he maintained a calm expression on his face and suggested obtaining meat by hunting to appease everyone.

“That’s fine! This is already deep in the mountains. Yesterday morning I heard roe deer barking in the woods!

Let’s go hunting after breakfast today!”

The other people also relaxed after hearing the solution.

Zhao Wu nodded: “Let’s do it this way. Let’s use the remaining food to make breakfast! After we’re full, we’ll go hunting!
By the way, follow the traces of dragging to look outside.

Those bags of white flour and corn flour were all in the size of 50 kilograms per bag.

Wolves have limited physical strength, so it’s hard for them to steal or drag something far!
Maybe if we chase them for a few hundred meters, we can find food somewhere!”

“Okay, I’ll listen to Fifth Brother!”

Soon, the emotions of the people who stayed behind were calmed down, and then they gathered together to make breakfast.

After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, two people were left behind to look after the camp, while the other eight people were divided into two teams to go out in search of the stolen food, and to go hunting as well to solve the team’s food problem.

Zhao Wu’s idea was reasonable and sounded plausible, but after carrying his gun and walking less than 500 meters along the dragging traces, he was dumbfounded.

These wolves were unexpectedly smart. They bit through the bags of cornmeal and flour, dragged them away, and scattered them on the wasteland.

In the middle of the night, the north wind howled, and the powdery grains were blown away, leaving only a few large grains of corn grits on the snow. The flour and cornmeal were all scattered on the field and blown away by the wind. Only two cloth bags with their skins bitten open were found.

“Fifth brother, our food…”

The hope that Ertong had just felt when he saw the pocket leather was immediately shattered.

“Ertong, don’t tell anyone about the food being destroyed when we return to the camp! We still have two bags of soybean meal. If we really have nothing else to eat, we can use that as emergency food. It will last for a few days and we won’t let anyone go hungry!” Zhao Wu warned with a frown.

“Well, everyone has been used to eating white flour with the Third Master. Can you agree to switch to soybean meal as rations?” Another one named Maodan muttered weakly.

“You have to agree even if you don’t want to! Only a few of us know about this. If you dare to say more when you go back, don’t blame me for getting angry! !
This pack of wolves is very smart. They are taking advantage of the night to raid our rear fortress. If we unite, we can still succeed. If we fight alone, without the advantage of team members, we might get eaten by wolves in the middle of the night!”

What Zhao Wu said was not wrong. As long as someone has a gun, he has the capital to fight against the wolves.

If the news that the food was destroyed was heard by others, someone would definitely want to break up and leave the mountain.

It would take too long to walk back in one day on such a long mountain road. If we spend the night on the mountain, wolves might want to attack us under the cover of darkness. We would not be safe with the few old-fashioned guns in our hands.

After hearing Zhao Wu directly mention the interests involved, Ertong, Maodan and others also realized the seriousness of the problem.

“Then let’s go farther away and go hunting. If we can kill one or two wild boars and get a few hundred kilograms of pork, we won’t have to worry about food for a while!”

“go!”

Zhao Wu and his men walked farther and farther with guns on their backs, and soon headed straight for the nearest ridge.

Without hunting dogs, we can only rely on the gun in our hands to hunt. But we don’t know whether there are wolves, wild boars, roe deer and other animals active in the area nearby.

If the ten people who stayed behind could unite as one and respond in a united manner according to Zhao Wu’s command, they might be able to wait for Qiao Muzhou and the others to come back and go down the mountain together.

After all, we still have two large bags of soybean meal as emergency reserves, so no one will starve.

However, when there are too many people, their minds become complicated. Ertong and Maodan have their own considerations, and the others who have remained silent also have their own ideas.

Among them were the four cousins ​​from the Chen family. When they went out hunting, they discussed the matter and felt that it was a bit unreliable.

I was already familiar with Qiao Muzhou, and I was just a nodding acquaintance with the others.

Now, first we lost our horses, then our food and fodder reserves, and a pack of wolves were lurking somewhere. In this situation, we could no longer stay in the camp.

A few smart people made a plan, carried their guns, went out, made a circle and then returned to the camp.

Without even saying hello to the brother who stayed behind to guard the gate, he packed up his luggage and quietly went down the mountain with it on his back. At 3:30 in the afternoon, when Zhao Wu and his friends came back carrying a female roe deer, the other team that had gone out of the camp had not returned yet.

It was almost five o’clock and it was getting dark, but the person still hadn’t returned. Zhao Wu was getting a little impatient.

“That shouldn’t be the case. We agreed to go around the nearby ditches and ponds and hunt for prey. Why haven’t you come back yet when it’s almost dark?”

Zhao Wu realized something was wrong, turned around and came out of his own bed, and lifted the curtain of another bed not far away.

You don’t know until you see it. After seeing the appearance of the other person, Zhao Wu’s heart skipped a beat.

In the room, all the hunting bags and luggage, as well as the animal skin bedding that Mr. Qiao San had helped prepare, were packed away.

The hut was bare; everything that could be taken away had been taken away, leaving only a bag of soybean meal that had been transferred into the hut.

“Fuck! These grandsons of the Chen family are such fucking worthless people! Wen Qiang, Wen Qiang!!”

Zhao Wu came out of Piwozi and shouted, and Wen Qiang, who had stayed behind during the day, came over quickly.

“What’s wrong, Fifth Brother? You came to me!”

“Where are the Chen brothers? Why are all the bedding and luggage in the leather nest gone?!”

“I don’t know. I was in the hide house, making fire and watching the door. I didn’t hear any noise, and I didn’t go out and run around!
These people seem to be cousins ​​who didn’t have any luck. Could it be that they secretly discussed it and ran away? “

“Fuck! These idiots must be eaten by wolves!!”

When Zhao Wu heard this, his heart sank completely. He had been pretending to be calm, but now he could no longer hold it in.

“Fifth brother, don’t be nervous. The four of them have gone up the mountain to hunt before. They have three guns, two No. 16 rifles, and one homemade gun. Even if they encounter a wolf, they should be able to protect themselves!” Ertong comforted.

“Self-protection is bullshit! Do you really think those broken guns are of any use?

The wolves didn’t dare to attack head-on because we had a hide to live in. The wolves didn’t know the situation inside and didn’t dare to take the risk.

They sneaked down the mountain and had to sleep in snow caves at night. If they were spotted by the pack of wolves, unless they had a 56 and a half rifle, the three guns could only fire three bullets at most, and the remaining wolves would have more than enough time to bite the three of them to death!

Call everyone to the meeting! We only have six people left, and we can’t afford any more mistakes!”

Soon, Zhao Wu gathered everyone together for a meeting, mentioned the Chen brothers’ escape, and reminded everyone that only unity can fight the threat of wolves.

When everyone heard that the Chen brothers had run away and taken away their animal skin bedding, they despised and scolded them.

On the other side, the Chen brothers who escaped went down the mountain quite fast during the day. The eldest brother Chen remembered the way and led his brothers down the mountain without taking any detours.

It’s just over a hundred kilometers of mountain road, and you can’t get home in a day no matter how fast you drive.

Towards evening, they chose a sheltered spot in the snow, dug a hole in the snow, and made a fire to spend the night.

There were less than 20 kilograms of food left. When the Chen brothers left, they took away half of their snow nest. After digging a snow nest, they started to prepare dinner.

Everything seemed normal. I could spend a night on the mountain, and then walk at full speed for a whole day the next day. Even if I couldn’t return home, I could reach the radiation range of Chaiji Road in the forest farm. At least I could get through the night, and I could go down the mountain and get home on the third day.

But they underestimated how powerful a large wolf pack could be when it was led by a wolf king with a very high IQ.

That night, the wolf pack, led by the Silver Wolf King, caught up with the Chen brothers who were spending the night in a snow den.

In the middle of the night, the brothers were all sleeping soundly. Boss Chen, who was on duty, heard a rustling sound.

What’s going on?
Boss Chen shouted, waking up all three brothers.

The rustling sound disappeared, and several people stood alert with guns in hand. Everything returned to normal, and it was so quiet in the snow that one could hear the heartbeats of their companions.

After waiting for half an hour and closing my eyes again, the rustling sound started again.

The sound was like a wolf using its claws to dig at the snow on one side of its den.

Boss Chen poked his head out of the snow cave with a gun in his hand. A dark shadow pounced on him from the side of the cave entrance and bit his neck.

boom! !

A gunshot broke the silence of the night sky in the mountains.

Next, after two hasty gunshots, the wailing of people and the excited roars, growls and biting sounds of wolves merged into one.

The four Chen brothers were trapped in a snow cave. They were shot once in panic and havetily before they were completely swallowed up by the wolf pack of nearly twenty wolves.

……

That night, the remaining six people in Zhao Wu’s camp did not sleep well.

Six people were on duty, and everyone was required to remain alert and not allowed to sleep during the duty period.

Except for the people on night duty, no one else could sleep.

The Chen brothers’ sudden departure without saying goodbye dealt a heavy blow to the team’s unity. Everyone was afraid that the others would abandon them and go down the mountain early in their sleep.

No words were spoken that night. Zhao Wu’s eyes were red and he was in a very depressed state of mind.

The wolves did not come last night, which made Zhao Wu not happy but even more worried.

If a pack of wolves visited the camp, with six people and four guns, as long as we relied on the leather nest for defense, we would be fine.

As long as we can kill or injure three or five main adult wolves, the wolf pack should retreat.

But now that the wolves are not here, there is more room for speculation.

The wolves didn’t come here. Did they go to chase the Chen brothers who escaped early?

Considering the actual situation that they only had three bullets to fire while staying in the snow cave at night, they were very dangerous facing the siege of the wolves.

“Fuck! Good words can’t persuade a damned ghost! I don’t care about it anymore!!”

Zhao Wu shook his head and cursed, then turned around to prepare breakfast.

……

On the other side, the Yuefeng hunting team had rested for two and a half days after arriving at the Holy Maiden Lake ahead of schedule.

There were sufficient food reserves and they could catch fish every day. In addition to going out for a stroll, early in the morning, Yue Feng and Wu Keji were patrolling outside the camp and shot a female moose at a distance of nearly 300 meters.

Now, the quality of the food was much higher, and in a few days, everyone recovered most of their fatigue from climbing the mountain.

Another day has passed, and today is the night of the full moon.

The brothers would catch up on their sleep in the cellar during the day, and only start working after dark at night.

After lunch, Yue Feng and Uncle Wu went to the ice cave to fish again.

At this time, several figures appeared below the ridgeline in the distance. (End of this chapter)