Siheyuan: Survival Guide for Courtyard No. 95

The most powerful one was the Sijiucheng Heavy Machinery Factory (also known as the Second General Machinery Factory), which had three Pheasant Necks (Type 92 heavy machine guns). This type of machine gun was the most perfect infantry weapon designed by the Japanese. Although it was very old, it could still be used normally with proper maintenance. It had an effective range of 800 meters and a firing rate of 450 rounds per minute (no more than 200 rounds per minute in actual combat). It could be said to be the nightmare of our army during the War of Resistance Against Japan, and of course it could also be used to fight wolves.

When Zhao Shanhe saw these weapons, he felt a little numb. He really wanted to ask these security personnel whether they came to the grassland to exchange supplies or to fight?

When he found Shen Li and asked this question as a joke, Captain Shen smiled and patted Zhao Shanhe on the shoulder and answered.

“In fact, these weapons are not prepared for the wolves. Although the bandits have been almost wiped out by the army, there is no guarantee that there will still be some remnants in the wilderness. Don’t underestimate those bandits. In some places, the bandits even have mortars. That’s why the ministry asked the security departments of each factory to bring out these heavy firepower.

But now that we haven't encountered the bandits, the unlucky ones are the wolves. It's their fault for being so blind. I want to see which is harder, the wolves' iron heads or our bullets."

Zhao Shanhe looked at Captain Shen speechlessly, thinking to himself, "Aren't you just being a hooligan? When have you ever seen an animal's head withstand machine gun bullets? If you really encounter this, then congratulations, this novel can be directly changed from an urban novel to a fairy tale, because you encountered the demon king!"

Wolves are very cunning animals in the wild. Zhao Shanhe could see many wolves wandering in the distance and not approaching. Captain Shen said that the wolf pack was waiting for the arrival of other companions. Of course, it is also possible that they were waiting for night to fall.

Zhao Shanhe raised his head and looked at the sun in the sky. It was not yet noon. If the wolves wanted to attack after dark, wouldn't it take until nightfall?

Captain Shen looked at the boy and saw that he didn't know anything, so he chuckled and said.

"That's nothing. Wolves are very sneaky. With so many of us, they definitely won't come forward during the day."

In fact, Gan Ronghua was very anxious at this time. It didn't matter for people, as there was water and dry food in the car, but the same couldn't be said for the cattle and sheep. They had to return according to the plan given by the department, and after camping at a fixed place every day, they would have specially allocated fodder to feed the cattle and sheep. If they were trapped here now, the cattle and sheep would lose a lot of weight in a day.

20 minutes later, Captain Gan called all the factory team leaders and security captains and told them his plan.

"I plan to have the convoy advance in a diamond formation, with light machine guns leading the way and heavy machine guns covering the rear. We really can't waste time here. What do you think of this decision?

If you have any questions, you can raise them. It is said that three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang. With all the people in our room, we are better than several Zhuge Liangs."

Everyone knew that the area from here to Zhangjiakou was mostly grasslands or hills, which could maximize the attack range of thermal weapons, so Gan Ronghua's suggestion was very appropriate. In addition, he was the team leader. If he rashly made a wrong suggestion, who knew if he would report it to his superiors after returning to Sijiucheng? So let alone Zhuge Liang, there was not even a cobbler who stood up to sing a different tune.

After returning to their respective convoys, they asked the extra people to take guns and go to the back of the car. Zhao Shanhe had nearly four pillars of strength and a submachine gun in his hand. Of course, he was unwilling to stay in the cab. This opportunity to shoot and kill a wolf might only come once in his life.

As the vehicles moved forward one by one, the wolves in the distance began to get restless. When the first truck was only 200 meters away from the wolf pack, the light machine gun on the vehicle opened fire. The security personnel of each factory were all retired soldiers. Using weapons to shoot had long become their body's instinct. They would never fire in a sweeping manner if they could only fire in bursts. The sound of "da da" and "da da da" of the machine guns continued to ring out.

Because the steel rolling mill did not have machine guns, the convoy was in the middle of the entire formation. Even though Zhao Shanhe's five senses were enhanced, it was impossible for him to see the wolves clearly one or two kilometers away. However, when he heard the continuous gunshots, he was still a little excited and nervous.

By the time he could see the wolves, there were only wolf corpses all over the ground. The Czech 7.92x57mm bullet could leave an intact corpse on a wolf, and the Pheasant Neck's 7.7x58mm Arisaka bullet would make a big hole in a wolf's body. As for what the M1919A4 heavy machine gun at the end of the convoy would do to the wolves, he could not see it. He just had enhanced five senses, not clairvoyance. However, this wolf pack had encountered a devastating disaster. In this grassland where the strong prey on the weak, the wolf pack that had lost most of their manpower could only end up in extinction.

If it were any other time, the caravan would have stopped to load the wolf carcasses. After all, these wolf skins were good stuff and taking them back would be an income. But at this time, all the vehicles were loaded with cattle and sheep, so no one cared about the wolf carcasses at all. The caravan kept moving forward until it arrived at Taipusi Banner in the evening and stopped.

Zhao Shanhe's face was full of bitterness. The reason was that he didn't even have a chance to fire his submachine gun. The security personnel in front of him who were using several Czech-style and pheasant neck guns were simply inhumane. They didn't even let a single one live. The ones who followed behind were slaughtered by the two M1919A4 guns. What happened to the wolf killing? That's it? Kill a hairy egg...

However, Gan Ronghua was very satisfied with this. There was no casualty in the convoy, and they successfully killed the wolves. This also shows how unfriendly humans are to wild beasts since they have thermal weapons. The strongest group predators in nature can't cause any waves at all in front of bullets.

The convoy returned along the same route without any problems. When they returned to Sijiu City, the trucks loaded with cattle and sheep caused a sensation. The people thought that the cattle and sheep were going to be transported to the meat processing plant, but they were overthinking.

(PS: At the end of 59, the population of Beijing was about 400 million. When food was in short supply, the granary only had enough reserve grain to sustain the demand for 6 days. This was the capital of China, so you can imagine the situation in other places. I dare not write some things...)

The convoy did not return to the steel rolling mill, but went directly to the First Ministry of Machine Building. No. 34 (please search Baidu for this department) first picked out the good cattle and sheep and took some away. After that, the First Ministry of Machine Building also took some away, and the rest belonged to various factories.

The steel mill, with the help of the initiator of the event and the preference of Li Huaide's father-in-law, was finally allocated 140 sheep. Forget about the cattle. What kind of level is that? You still want to eat beef? Why don't you go to the moon?

Although half of the things that were brought back were lost before they entered the factory, none of Yang Liming, Li Huaide and Deputy Secretary Nie who came to the First Ministry of Machine Building to take over dared to say a word. It was already very generous of the superiors to keep half of them. Didn’t you see that other factories were secretly happy about being able to keep one-third?