Siheyuan: Survival Guide for Courtyard No. 95

After driving for an hour, the guide brought them to a small lake on the grassland. Zhao Shanhe watched from a distance. This time he finally saw groups of gazelles, piles of roe deer, and some birds whose names he couldn't recognize flying in the sky. There was no need to aim at all. As long as he had a general direction, his blind shooting skills could work.

Zhao Shanhe did not use a submachine gun as that thing had too short a range and could not hit prey far away. He took out the spare Type 3 rifle in the truck, counted to three with Wang Gang and the others, and then opened fire together. There were five people plus the driver and the guide, and there were a total of seven gunshots, which directly knocked down three gazelles and one roe deer. The other animals ran away so fast when they heard the gunshots that when the second shot was fired, they had only killed any of them.

The driver drove the car to the edge of the lake, and several people carried the prey into the car. Wang Gang and Zhou Kangzhan threw the prey into the car while talking happily.

"We can eat roasted whole lamb tonight. I've heard about this delicacy on the grassland before I came here. This time I can finally eat it."

Zhao Shanhe also laughed and echoed.

"Yes, we ate hand-pulled meat yesterday and roasted whole lamb today. Such a life is unimaginable in Beijing."

A few people packed up the prey and drove back. Fortunately, they didn't encounter any wolves along the way. When they arrived at the gathering point, they could finally see some people. Some people who came with them from other factories saw them coming back and came over to ask questions.

"How many cattle and sheep did your factory get in exchange? Have you traded them all?"

Seeing the dead prey in the carriage, he asked curiously.

"Are you out hunting? Where did you hunt the yellow sheep?"

When Zhao Shanhe saw that the other party was drooling at the sight of the yellow sheep, he knew that he had not eaten anything good yesterday. This was not surprising. After all, hand-held meat was a very luxurious food for herders. If Zhao Shanhe had not taken out pagoda candies and distributed them for free, the herders would definitely not have been willing to kill the sheep.

People say that farmers are simple, but in fact herdsmen are more simple. As long as you are good to them, they will repay you a hundred or a thousand times. This is the tradition on the grassland. Of course, the heavily commercialized ones in later generations do not count. Besides, it is hard to say whether those locals who only know how to cheat tourists' money can be considered real herdsmen.

Zhao Shanhe pointed them in the direction of the lake where they had just hunted. Although the sheep and roe deer had run away when they heard the gunshots, water resources were scarce on the grassland and many animals still had to go there to drink water. It had been more than an hour, and it would take another hour for these people to get there. It was estimated that by the time they arrived, new groups of animals would have appeared.

When night fell, many convoys brought back some prey. Team leader Gan led everyone to light a bonfire and set up a grill. The people from various factories in Sijiu City drank kumis and talked about their gains. Zhao Shanhe also took this opportunity to meet many new friends, so it was not a wasted trip. These will be his future purchasing channels, just like the team leader of the Sijiu City Textile Factory. In the future, he will have to ask for help with the year-end benefits of the steel mill.

On the morning of the sixth day, all the vehicles refueled and started to return. This time everyone was relaxed. They were panicked when they came, fearing that they would not be able to exchange anything and would be punished by the factory. They never expected that the transaction would be so successful. Every vehicle was filled with cattle and sheep. As long as they returned to Sijiu City, everyone could get a handsome reward with the meat.

Zhao Shanhe lay down on the back seat and fell asleep immediately. He could not bear it any longer after drinking and eating meat until midnight yesterday. Unfortunately, he had just fallen asleep when he was woken up by Shen Li who was sitting in the passenger seat.

"Hurry up Shanhe, we are in trouble."

Zhao Shanhe looked at Captain Shen with sleepy eyes and asked.

"Brother Shen, have we reached Taipusi Banner? So soon?"

Shen Li looked at Zhao Shanhe who was still sleepy, took out a water bag, poured some water into his hands, and splashed it directly on his face. Stimulated by the cold water, Zhao Shanhe finally woke up completely.

"Brother Shen, why are you throwing water on my face?"

Shen Li looked into the truck's rearview mirror with a gun in hand and answered as he looked.

"Shanhe, the convoy has too many cattle and sheep. I just heard the howling of wolves. I think there is a wolf calling the pack. Don't sleep yet. Pick up your gun and be on guard."

Zhao Shanhe was not afraid when he heard about the wolf pack. He was even a little excited. If it were the era of cold weapons, the 200-plus of them would be in danger of death if they encountered a wolf pack. But now, hot weapons are the norm. Wolves? Even if a herd of elephants came, they couldn't withstand bullets.

The convoy drove forward for more than 20 minutes. Zhao Shanhe heard from Shen Li that they were about 70 kilometers away from Abaga Banner. He was wondering why the wolves had not shown up yet and whether they could not catch up with the car when he saw the vehicle in front slowly stop. Team leader Gan got out of the car and ran over to direct the convoy behind to form a circle.

Zhao Shanhe didn't understand and stepped forward to ask.

"Captain, what's going on? Why aren't you leaving?"

There was no sign of nervousness on Team Leader Gan's face, and it seemed that he had made some plans for such a situation before coming.

"Who did I think it was? It turned out to be Xiao Zhao.

There are wolves waiting for us on the grassland ahead. If we drive over, the car in front will be fine, but the trucks behind will probably be in trouble. Our trucks don't have awnings, and we're afraid that wolves will jump directly into the back of the truck. We don't know how many sheep we'll lose, so I decided to kill some of the wolves here. When they know they can't afford to mess with us, they'll retreat on their own."

Zhao Shanhe didn't know much about this kind of wild wolf pack. After all, it was impossible for him to encounter such creatures while delivering takeout in his previous life. In this life, he only went to Qinjiatun to hunt and never encountered a wolf. But what Team Leader Gan said sounded very convincing, so he just listened. It would be best if there was no loss, but if there was any loss, he didn't have to pay for it himself.

After the convoys behind caught up, they formed two large circles under the command of their respective team leaders. Only then did Zhao Shanhe see the real security forces of the security departments of several factories. The First Machine Tool Factory brought two M1919A4 heavy machine guns. This air-cooled heavy machine gun has a firing rate of 500 rounds per minute and an effective range of one thousand meters. It is the main offensive weapon of the Bald Eagle's infantry and vehicles. However, it was taken out by the machine tool factory at this time, which means it should have been captured and brought back by the Volunteer Army. I don't know which returning troops distributed this powerful weapon to the machine tool factory.

The steel rolling mills and coking plants all used M3 submachine guns. This weapon had a fast rate of fire and high accuracy, but its only drawback was that its range was too short. Beyond 200 meters, the bullets would basically miss.

Textile factory is a general term. The Sijiucheng Textile Factory during this period was actually a complete industrial system, which included relatively miscellaneous departments such as cotton, wool, silk, linen, knitting, printing and dyeing, and chemical fiber textiles. Therefore, they had the most vehicles, as many as 19, the most security personnel, and the most weapons. The advanced ones included carbines seized from South Korea, and the older ones also included Czech-style ones. The only drawback was that the firing rate of each weapon was very average. For example, the Czech-style had only a 20-round magazine, and the firepower was a bit behind.