My 1995 Small Farm

  Chapter 460 Air Combat

   "No way, the second bald man has only been away for a long time..."

  Chen Ling got off his horse and pointed to the Harrier Eagle and two pigeons standing on the horse: "I found this guy followed me out on the way, and also took two little pigeons with him.

  But I haven’t seen any eagles come to steal chickens before. "

  "Don't say that no eagles have come to steal chickens before, and I haven't seen a few eagles get together to steal chickens from someone's house before.

  There are quite a few eagles flying in the sky in the morning and evening these days. I counted them several times when I was herding the sheep. At most, there were more than a dozen of them flying in circles in the sky.

  As a result, this morning, not long after you left the house, seven or eight eagles rushed directly to the chicken flock on the mountain behind our house.

   Do you think this is strange? "

  Wang Cunye cursed angrily when he said this: "His grandma, I keep sheep on the **** and watch those eagles fall."

  The falcon, in literary terms, is born to belong to the sky. It has seen the vast world, so it is very lonely and out of gregarious.

  When they go hunting, they are always alone.

  Even after the autumn harvest, you can often see a few goshawks circling in the blue sky, that is not group hunting.

   It just proves that there are enough prey, each of them has its own target, and they rarely fall in the same place.

  Especially a small place with a clear goal like Chen Ling’s Farm Back Mountain.

   "Yeah, Erhei was alone at home at that time, and Heiwa followed your father to herd the sheep and played with Ruirui. The rest of the dogs didn't come back from looking for food in the morning, and they didn't follow the chickens on the mountain.

  Who knew those eagles would come over to our chickens.

   As a result, Erhei ran out and yelled, and Susu and I noticed that something had happened to the chickens in the back mountain. We counted them and found that four chickens were missing.

   They are all old hens laying eggs.

   When Er Hei was chasing after him, there was an eagle tearing chicken feathers from a tree on the edge of the cliff in the distance, ready to eat it.

   Two more came just now, and this time the dogs were blown away.

   If it doesn't go away, if you dare to fall down, see if I don't kill it. "

  Gao Xiulan held the long bamboo pole and gritted her teeth angrily.

   This is actually not to blame for the lax supervision of the puppies.

  It is true that the dogs at home have a huge appetite, their stomachs are like a bottomless pit, and their appetites are scary.

  The leftovers are not enough for them to stuff between their teeth.

   It happens that the wheat is harvested this season, and there are many wild animals in the farmland.

   Voles, hares, pheasants and the like.

   Birds are the most numerous, wild birds and water birds are very abundant...

   Let them out every morning to find food by themselves.

   Once in the morning and evening.

  This will not only exercise their predation ability, but also save the family from worrying about their food every day.

   Otherwise, the food for these dogs alone would have to prepare a large pot every day.

   Ten dogs eat more than ten people.

  Actually, Chen Ling didn't care how much he spent on dogs.

  The key is that it is very troublesome.

  Every day, it’s like asking workers to work, and there is a big pot meal every morning and evening.

   It’s fine for a day or two, how can I bear it like this every day.

   "It's probably because our dogs caught the wild things in the nearby fields too hard, so those eagles aimed at us..."

   Chen Ling thought for a while and said.

   "Hey, according to what you said, it's really possible."

Wang Cunye frowned, "After all, there are too many birds flying over our orchard every day, and the chickens, ducks and geese are also released to run around every day. When the eagle sees it, it must think: I have to work so hard if I have this ready-made food to eat." Find something in the wild.

  Hey, I didn't expect that one came, and they all followed.

  Fortunately, there are people in our family all the time, and we discovered it early, otherwise we may not know how many were stolen. "

  The chickens and ducks raised by the mountain people have always been free-range.

  It is difficult to keep free-range chickens and ducks like this. They are most afraid of two things, one is foxes, and the other is eagles.

   In recent years, there have been fewer foxes, and weasels and mountain foxes have become natural enemies second only to foxes.

   But these are above ground.

  There have always been eagles flying in the sky. Apart from the common kites, the most common ones here are goshawks, which are often called eagles.

   This thing is different from other omnivorous mountain birds.

  Not only does it like to eat birds, mice, rabbits, etc. smaller than itself, but it also likes to eat things that are bigger than them, and even the corpses of wild animals. It is very ferocious.

  Catching a chicken is nothing but a piece of cake for them.

   "The sun is very poisonous now, and I can't see eagles flying in the sky. I guess it won't come again for a while."

  Chen Ling looked up at the sky around him.

  It is close to noon, when the sun is at its most venomous. Standing in a place without shade for a while, the sun will make people dizzy.

  Eagle couldn't stand the heat even in the sky.

   "Well, there were two wandering around in this forest just now, trying to fall down, and my mother drove them away with a bamboo pole."

  Wang Susu sighed, looked at Er Bald who was preening his feathers on horseback, and asked, "Will Er Bald see those eagles coming again?"

   "I am also worried, if I have dinner later, I will go to the mountain to guard it.

  The mountain is very cool, even if I move a deck chair to sleep, they will not dare to come if someone is watching. "

  Wang Cunye thought of the old hen eaten by the eagle, and felt distressed for a while, fearing that the eagle would come again.

  Now the size of the chicken flock is quite large, looking for food everywhere on the mountain, running around and drilling, too scattered, the dog flock is just a deterrent to the little beasts in the mountains and forests that steal chickens.

  The eagle in the sky is still a bit unpredictable.

   Those eagles want to catch the chickens on the ground, they will definitely find the best time to launch a sudden blow, and they may not know when they will come down.

  People always guard against them, so there is no need to do anything else.

   Stare at it all day.

   "No, I'll do it."

  Chen Ling shook his head. This wild thing, whether it is a bird or an animal, as long as it knows a place to eat, no matter whether it has been driven by humans or not, it will definitely come again in the future.

  So they must be beaten once, so that they will not attack again in the future.

   "Two bald men started to hunt birds, and he hunted every time with accuracy. He has never hunted eagles before."

  Chen Ling touched the hard and smooth wing feathers of Erbald, "Don't go out these few days, perform well, and reward you if you perform well."

   Those eagles who stole chickens have already flown away.

  Er Baldy didn't know what was going on, but enjoyed Chen Ling's touch very much, and spread his wings on the horse's back to get close to him.

   "You haven't gone out these two days?"

  Wang Susu knew that Chen Ling was going to send clothes and fabrics to his second brother, no matter how big or small the amount was, he would definitely go there.

   "Go out, but it's okay, there are many eagles in the morning and evening.

Pick morning and dusk to avoid delays. When they come out to look for food and see which eagles dare to fly towards us, I will put Erbald on it. If there are too many, I will be there shoot down...

  See if they dare to come over in the future. "

  Chen Ling chuckled, even if he didn't have a second bald man, he still had a gun at home.

   To deal with eagles in the sky, guns are more effective than bows and crossbows. If you hit them once and hear the gunshot again, it is almost like a frightened bird.

  Hearing that Chen Ling had figured out a solution in a few words, the father-in-law and the father-in-law were also relieved. They were actually out of breath and panicked, and didn't know what to do.

  So in the afternoon, Chen Ling drove the tractor to Huangni Town to bring the defective clothes and fabrics home, then took out the shotgun, took Erbald to the back mountain, and waited while weaving fishnets.

  It turned out that when it got dark, there were only a few or two eagles circling over the lake in the mountains, and there were also near Laohewan in the distance, but they didn't fly this way.

  Until the next morning, shortly after the chickens, ducks and geese were released, the family was eating breakfast when they suddenly heard the rapid and sharp whistle of pigeons in the sky, and a group of black shadows suddenly passed over their heads.

  The pigeons in the sky flapped their wings and flew away, the dogs barked wildly from the back mountain, and the chickens and ducks also panicked for a while...

   "The eagle is here! It's catching our pigeons!"

  Wang Zhenzhen put down his chopsticks and looked up at the sky.

  But in the early morning sky, the pigeons were suddenly attacked by a black hawk, and they fled in panic.

  At this moment, Chen Ling had already hurried out with his gun in hand.

  Going out to have a look, I found that several old hens foraging at the foot of the mountain gave out the alarm of "cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck" and were leading the chicks to rush into the lush bushes.

  To Chen Ling's surprise, his chickens were not frightened or stressed after experiencing yesterday's crisis.

   Instead, they evacuated their children in an orderly and calm manner, looking for places to hide.

  After it was over, there were some bold ones who just hid in the chicken coop on the hillside, turned their flushed cheeks sideways, blinked their small golden eyes, and watched vigilantly the fierce battle of the eagles catching the pigeons.

  These pigeons are not two small breeders in the farm, but those raised in the village.

   There are already six small families and twelve pigeons, forming a small group of pigeons.

  Basically, they would fly to the farm every day to beg for food, or they would just walk around on the bamboo tiles on the roof.

  Yesterday afternoon, Chen Ling didn't wait for the eagle. Out of boredom, he took out the two small ones from the pigeon whistles given by Chen Sangui, and tied them to the legs of the strongest pigeons.

   Put a few rounds of pigeons to play.

   But what I didn't expect was.

   On the first morning when the pigeon whistle was tied, it was attacked by eagles.

   "Could it be that the whistle attracted the eagle's attention and diverted the eagle who originally wanted to steal the chicken?"

  Chen Ling muttered to himself, aiming at the eagle attacking the pigeon in the southwest direction.

  At the same time, out of the corner of his eye, he noticed several goshawks circling over the fields in the south.

  As long as you dare to fly here, you will immediately turn around and shoot into the air.

  At this time, the black hawk was chasing one of the lonely pigeons. The sky was black and gray, and there seemed to be only these two figures...

  Chen Ling saw an opening, so he raised his gun and shot.

"boom-"

  The moment the shot was fired.

   At the same time, the whistle of the dove in the sky sounded again, which seemed a bit shrill.

  The eagle that was chasing after the pigeon did not know what happened, suddenly turned around, made a sharp turn, and flew towards the lake in the mountain.

   even gave up the prey that was about to be obtained.

  The birds in the forest also became restless with chirping.

  I saw another group of black shadows appearing in the sky, flying from nowhere, it was much bigger than that eagle, and its speed was much faster.

  As soon as it appeared, the black eagle was frightened and fled in panic.

  Seeing this, Chen Ling immediately felt relieved: "It's not bad, Er Baldy is not off the hook."

   As soon as the voice fell, the black shadow flying towards the lake in the mountains turned back, sank, then raised its head suddenly, flapped its wings vigorously and flew up, drawing a beautiful arc in the sky...

   And the second bald man's speed is so fast, it is several times faster than when he was flying behind Chen Lingma, and he couldn't see the shadow clearly.

  I can only see a black arc like undulating waves, swishing past like a float.

  In the blink of an eye, the figure of the second bald man flew past the black eagle in a strange and unpredictable arc, and when he saw it again, he had already flown ten meters away from the black eagle.

   And the black eagle, like an enemy plane that was bombed, fell headlong in the sky, unable to fall.

   "Damn it, isn't it, the eagle is also a quick move when it meets it?"

  Chen Ling was shocked immediately. He thought they were all birds of prey, and they were going to circle the sky to make a move.

   After all, eagles are not ordinary miscellaneous birds.

   Hurriedly whistled at the second bald man, and the second bald man turned back, swooped down, grabbed the dead black eagle that was about to fall from the sky, and glided here with ease.

   "Patter."

  Hei Ying's body fell at Chen Ling's feet. When he picked it up, he saw that his head had been shattered.

   It turned out that when the two bald men quickly passed by the black eagle, a pair of sharp claws delivered a fatal blow to the black eagle's head.

  (end of this chapter)