Reborn 73 years later, he takes his mother-in-law hunting in the mountains.

Chapter 125 The Wolf Pack Who Understands Military Strategy

The people lying on the snow slope started counting wolves in four directions.

We can only get a rough idea; we can't see how many are hidden in the woods and behind the snow-covered hills.

"I can see thirty-six of them to the north."

"Forty-five on the west... no, two more have come out, making it forty-seven."

"There are about fifty or sixty on the east side, I'm not sure how many there are."

Zhang Zongshan, staring at the woods to the south, felt a little panicked.

Because there are even more in the woods to the south, too many to count.

But it's at least over a hundred.

A rough estimate now is over two hundred.

Everyone has already counted the ammunition.

Jiang Baocai's large eight-round Garand had forty bullets.

I brought all my bullets to fight the wolves.

Each of the three small-caliber rifles is equipped with forty rounds of ammunition.

However, this type of rifle is too weak at long distances; it only becomes lethal when the wolf gets within fifty meters.

Zhang Zongshan came with a gun, but he didn't intend to participate in the hunting; he only had ten bullets in his magazine.

There are a total of eighteen bows and about two hundred arrows.

Zhang Zongshan nodded: "Our firepower isn't weak either. Everyone, be careful and don't fire blindly. Our firepower is sufficient..."

All he can do now is stabilize morale.

Although there are a considerable number of bullets and arrows, actual combat and target practice are different.

No one can be sure that one shot will kill someone.

Moreover, small-caliber rifles and bows and arrows are even less powerful.

The exact number of wolves is still unknown; it's just an estimate.

Not a single bullet can be wasted.

Uncle Ba also said, "Everyone, keep a close eye on them and don't let them get close. Wolves are cunning and good at using feints and diversions."

Just as he finished speaking, a burly man from Shanghewan suddenly cried out in alarm:

"There are wolves in the snow!"

Then his body sank down as a wolf grabbed his trouser leg and dragged him down into the snow cave.

Jiang Baocai, who was standing next to him, quickly fired a shot into the snow.

The wolf was killed.

Boss Diao pulled the man's leg out of the snow.

It's unbelievable that the wolf pack could dig such a long burrow in the snow from just a few dozen meters away, and at such a fast speed.

Then, wolves began to emerge from the nearby snowfields.

In an instant, more than a dozen wolf heads emerged from the snow.

Zhang Zongshan was greatly alarmed.

The sudden appearance of these wolves immediately disrupted the hunting team's formation, requiring close-quarters combat. The main wolf pack then launched an immediate attack, and the position could no longer be held.

Once the wolf pack surrounds us, the effectiveness of our weapons will be greatly reduced, and we will undoubtedly lose the battle.

He quickly raised his gun and shouted, "The area below is now clear. Let's rush to the north and take the highest point on the hillside behind!"

We need to get out of here quickly.

Who knows how many wolves are digging their way in from below?

The wolves in the woods have already started charging this way.

At Zhang Zongshan's command, he grabbed his gun and ran north.

I just counted, and the number of wolves is the smallest in the north.

Moreover, the hillside to the north is advantageous for defense.

Gunfire erupted immediately.

Five guns cleared the way, and the wolves to the north left behind a dozen or so corpses as they scattered and fled.

The hunting party fought their way through.

The spears and broadswords wielded by the commune members behind them were also effective close-combat weapons.

If a wolf emerges from the snow, kill it immediately.

He kept shooting arrows behind him, and whenever he saw a wolf, he would shoot it.

Regardless of whether we can hit the target, we must first maintain control and prevent them from getting closer.

Everyone broke through the encirclement and ran up the hillside.

As soon as Zhang Zongshan rushed out, he led the militia to a stop, knelt down and fired, covering the retreat of the commune members behind him.

Fortunately, due to Chong's bravery, no one was injured.

But by then, all the wolves in the woods had rushed out.

Zhang Zongshan and Jiang Baocai were both sweating profusely.

The wolves chased them up the hillside, and they were all exposed in the snow; there were more than two hundred of them.

It feels like there are wolves everywhere in the mountains and fields.

A rough estimate suggests there are at least four hundred or more.

Because they used the snow-covered hills to avoid being shot, there were many that could not be seen.

Zhang Zongshan and his men temporarily suppressed the wolf pack's pursuit with firepower.

However, due to the distance and the chaotic fighting, half of their bullets were used up, and they only managed to kill or wound a few dozen wolves.

The rest remained a dark mass, lurking menacingly about seventy or eighty meters away.

"Damn it, where did all these bastards come from!"

Zhang Zongshan cursed.

In previous years, there had never been a pack of more than thirty wolves.

Where the hell did all of these come from?!

Uncle Ba lived at the foot of Dahuan Mountain his whole life and had never heard of so many wolves in the mountains.

Seeing the wolves begin to flank from both sides outside the effective firing range, Zhang Zongshan felt anxious.

The snow accumulation after the blizzard provided these wolves with many favorable conditions.

They burrow into the soft snow and crawl over to ambush you.

Once they charge at close range, the wolves surrounding them from a distance will quickly launch an attack to close in.

These wolves even know military strategy.

Isn't this a classic case of feigning one way while secretly advancing another?

Having survived the battlefield, how could I possibly be defeated by these beasts?

Jiang Baocai approached him and asked, "Old Zhang, what should we do?"

Zhang Zongshan also had no good solutions.

Looking back at the hillside: "Keep retreating, all the way to the top of the hill, from where we can look down and see just how many there are!"

As they talked, they all ran towards the top of the hillside.

The wolves behind also began to chase, but always maintained a certain distance.

We won't get too close, but we definitely won't fall behind.

If it weren't for the fear of the hunting party's firearms, we would have caught up with them long ago.

Zhang Zongshan and Jiang Baocai, along with three other armed militiamen, covered the rear.

If the wolves get too close, fire a few shots.

The higher you go, the clearer the view becomes.

On the snow, the wolves, pale and indistinct, were scattered about; they were so numerous that it was difficult to count them all.

Everyone knows that wolf packs are the most enduring.

They can surround you for ten or twenty days in order to hunt you down.

Wolves can run much faster than humans.

Once they run out of ammunition or their strength wane, they will immediately launch a fierce attack.

Uncle Lao Ba led the commune members running ahead.

When you reach the top of the hill, first cut tree branches to clear a trench so that the wolves can't dig a hole and can directly reach your feet.

That way we can hold out for a while longer.

The militiamen also withdrew.

Let's take a look at the ammunition.

Zhang Zongshan still had two bullets left.

Jiang Baocai only has twenty shots left.

The three men, who were using small-caliber rifles, each had about twenty rounds left.

However, only a few wolves were actually killed, and the wolf population did not appear to have decreased significantly.

The saying goes that bullets shouldn't be wasted unless in a critical moment, but just now everyone felt that every moment was a crisis.

Without firing a shot, they couldn't suppress the pursuing wolf pack.

If we launch another fierce attack, we'll run out of bullets.

Just as everyone was watching the approaching pack of wolves below, gunshots suddenly rang out behind them.

"Bang bang bang"

Everyone was taken aback and turned to look at the north slope.

A man carrying a gun was seen approaching from a distance.

Not far behind them, he shot and killed several wolves that had just emerged from the snow.

Unexpectedly, wolves were lying in ambush on the hillside as soon as everyone arrived.

If this person hadn't fired the shot, everyone would have been focused on the wolf pack on the south slope, and no one would have looked behind them.

It turns out that the wolves had already anticipated their arrival when they ran up the hill.

Wolves had already flanked them from both sides and quickly reached the mountaintop, lying in ambush on the north slope, waiting for their arrival.

The wolves were much faster than the people who were fighting and running, so at least fifty wolves were lying in ambush on the north slope.

If it weren't for the people shooting from a distance behind them, they would have already pounced on them.

The person who helped them shoot the wolves lying in ambush was Lu Yao, who rushed over after hearing the gunshots.