Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

"I'm aiming at the yellow sheep with a patch of white hair between its right eyebrows. Can you see it clearly?" Li Long raised his gun, looked at his own position, then looked at the positions of others, and then said while counting the yellow sheep.

"Hey, Xiaolong, you have good eyesight. You can even see the white hair on the yellow sheep's head?" said a militiaman with a smile.

"Then let me tell you, counting from the left, the first yellow sheep is a female sheep, without horns, and the second one is a ram, with a black head and a yellow body. This is the largest sheep..."

"That's the one I aimed at!" Liang Shuangcheng shouted, "I aimed at the second one."

"The third one is the one I saw with two white eyes. The fourth one was so crowded that I couldn't see its head. The fifth one was a ewe, quite big. The sixth one was a little ram, with horns that had just grown out. It had a yellow head and half of its body was white..."

Li Long described the revealed or half-hidden characteristics of each yellow sheep, and these people had an idea of ​​what was going on.

Of course, some people think that Li Long is talking nonsense.

"Aim carefully, and shoot together when I say shoot!" Xu Chengjun held the gun but did not aim, as he wanted to see the strength of the militiamen.

Target shooting is different from hunting. Target shooting targets inanimate objects, while hunting targets living things. Only when you can hit a living thing can you be considered combat-ready.

This is Xu Chengjun’s opinion.

"All ready, set - fire!"

Xu Chengjun shouted loudly as if he was at a shooting range.

The gazelles more than a hundred meters away looked at this side vigilantly, probably wondering why these guys didn't leave? What did they want to do?
"Bang bang bang bang bang..."

As Xu Chengjun gave the order, gunshots rang out, almost at the same time, but with slight differences in more detailed time.

Li Long had excellent eyesight. The yellow sheep he was aiming at was hit directly and fell to the ground. Two other yellow sheep also fell to the ground, including the leader sheep that Liang Shuangcheng was aiming at.

More gazelles were frightened by the gunshots and ran away.

"Alright, unload the bullets and turn off the safety!" Xu Chengjun ordered again, "Put the guns away, go check whether you hit the target or not!"

The militiamen habitually obeyed the order to put away their guns, then ran towards the place where the gazelle fell with their guns in hand, just like running towards a target position.

They naturally lined up in a row, with no one in front and no one behind, to ensure that no one would be injured by mistake.

By the time they reached the yellow sheep, everyone except Li Long was already out of breath. Although they were not tired, it was inevitable that they were running short of oxygen after a while.

Li Long kicked the yellow sheep he had shot. The bullet went into the animal's neck and hit its internal organs, killing it almost instantly.

"Hey, Li Long, the yellow sheep you shot really has white hair on its forehead." A militiaman saw Li Long pick up the yellow sheep, took a look and said in surprise.

Liang Shuangcheng looked at the others, then at the biggest one he had hit, and said with a smile, overjoyed:

"Brother Long has a really good eye. Mine is the head sheep, the biggest one! Its horns are really long, about 30 to 40 centimeters!"

Tao Daqiang missed the target. He was aiming at a ewe, and the ewe was startled when he shot. The trigger of the gun he was holding was too hard and he had not maintained it well.

Neither he nor Li Long participated in the militia training this season. Li Long's gun was fired from time to time and maintained regularly, so there was no problem.

His gun had not been moved in the gun cabinet. He had just received it last night. The children were making a fuss at home, so he didn't pay attention to the gun. As a result, he couldn't get used to it.

Fortunately, it was his own gun, and Tao Daqiang knew how to adjust it. He believed that he would be able to hit the yellow sheep next time he encountered one.

A group of people came back with four yellow sheep. There were two male and two female yellow sheep, and since Li Long had described their characteristics before, no one fought over them.

There were a few people who wanted to take advantage of the situation, but when they saw that the person they were really targeting described the characteristics of the yellow sheep exactly as Li Long had just reported, they all gave up their thoughts.

It would be shameful to try to fish in troubled waters at this time.

Xu Chengjun watched the four people carrying the yellow sheep return to the tractor and said with a smile:

"Yes, we hit three of these gazelles from such a long distance, which shows that our marksmanship is pretty good. I think there must be more injured, but the gazelles have run away and we can't catch up, so let's keep going and keep going when we meet another gazelle!"

The four yellow sheep were thrown on the tractor and the tractor continued to move forward. It was difficult to open the sheep and remove their internal organs at this time, mainly because there were people sitting in the tractor and it was difficult to handle.

Li Long looked at the uninhabited areas on both sides and sighed in his heart. At this time, this place was still uninhabited. After another forty years, both sides of this place would be reclaimed into farmland.

From Shicheng all the way to Kuitun, and then west to Wusu and Gaoquan, both sides have become farmland, with prefabricated houses built and cotton, wheat, corn and other food and cash crops grown.

Only past Gaoquan is the Aibi Lake Nature Reserve, where the road sides are like now, with large tracts of red willows and saxaul, Gobi desert, and occasionally small herds of gazelles.

I have heard that in the other two countries outside the border, because of the large land area and small population, there are large herds of gazelles, antelopes and other animals.

There were hundreds of them.

The tractor continued to move forward. Less than two kilometers away, someone on the tractor shouted:

"What is that? A deer?"

Li Long looked in the direction the person who was shouting pointed, and his heart began to tense.

That's a weird-looking saiga antelope!
This small group of 11 or 12 antelopes were nibbling on the tender branches of Haloxylon ammodendron on the southern slope. They were more than 70 meters away from the road and on the upper side of the terrain, so they were not afraid when they saw the tractor stop.

"Come on, come on, no matter what it is, just shoot it down first!" Xu Chengjun was also a little excited. "The four people who just shot the yellow sheep, stand up. Those who didn't participate in the shooting, stand up too. You, and me, Brother Li, you also come and aim!"

Li Jianguo himself was no longer considered a basic militiaman. The rifle he was holding was the five-six-and-a-half rifle that was borrowed from the basic militiaman Li Long, the same rifle he had used before.

These people lined up in a row. Xu Chengjun knew that Li Long had good eyesight, so he asked him to point out the targets one by one.

"There are nine people who can watch and fight." Li Long looked at the people around him. There were four just now, plus Li Jianguo and Xu Chengjun, plus the two who didn't fight just now, there was still one missing, so he shouted:
"Daqiang, come to the edge!"

Tao Daqiang was stunned for a moment, then looked at Xu Chengjun.

"Xiaolong is calling you, just come over here. I'll give you one more chance to see if you can hit him!"

The different features of these saiga antelopes were not obvious, and even at a distance of more than 70 meters, no one could tell them apart immediately.

You can fight, just count your own position and the position of the antelope.

But what if we take it down?
This requires Li Long to name the different body parts of the antelope in different positions one by one so that they can be distinguished later.

There are four adult antelopes with horns in this group, and one immature ram with horns only a few centimeters long, and the rest are ewes.

Li Long adjusted his position while reading out the differences between these "sheep" to others. When he finished, he stood at the fifth position from the left - the head sheep was here.

"Okay, now Xie Yundong, you give the order. Just shout 'Ready—fire'. Okay, everyone, aim..."

Xie Yundong didn't hit the target just now, but he was not discouraged. After hearing what Xu Chengjun said, he stood behind the shooter and saw that he had almost hit the target, so he shouted loudly:
"Prepare—release!"

"Bang, bang, bang!" Chaotic and crisp gunshots rang out, and six of the dozen or so saiga antelopes fell on the spot. Xu Chengjun laughed loudly:
"Hey, I hit it! I definitely hit it! What about you guys? Li Long?"

"I got hit, too."

"The one I shot might have run away..." Liang Shuangcheng was a little excited this time and pulled the trigger a little hard, and the bullet flew out.

"I hit it too." Tao Daqiang said, suppressing his excitement.

"Brother Li, your target won't be off target, right?" Xu Chengjun asked with a smile.

"I hit it, a ewe." said Li Jianguo.

"Let's go over and take a look. You all remember the marks just now, right? Let's see who marked them."

After being shot, those who were not hit or those who were lightly injured quickly jumped up and ran away. There were so many red willows and saxaul here that there was no way to shoot them again. It was basically a one-shot deal.

These people turned off the safety and put away their guns and walked over there. Two of the six antelopes were still struggling and not dead yet. One of them was that of Tao Daqiang and the other was that of Xu Chengjun.

They wanted to shoot again, but Li Long stopped them and pulled out the knife he was carrying and slit their throats.

"It's a pity to bleed him." A militiaman said, "If we take him back alive and kill him, we can make a plate of blood."

"Alright, alright, this is a hit, there's a lot of meat." Xu Chengjun scolded with a smile, "Look at your useless look! Alright, those who hit, take yours back. Those who didn't hit, think about why you didn't hit."

The lead sheep that Li Long shot was knocked down directly, with the bullet hitting its head. The one that Li Jianguo shot was a female sheep, also an adult, which looked to be more than 40 kilograms, not light.

If you calculate this way, after two fights, the Li family already has three heads, which is unmatched by anyone.

Some people are envious, some are jealous, and some even whisper strange things.

But they didn't dare to speak loudly, because if they did, someone would definitely speak up for the Li family.

After all, he is capable.

Ten sheep, not a small number. The two tractor buckets each took up half, making it difficult for people to sit.

Xu Chengjun wanted to leave, Li Long suggested:
"Captain, let's deal with this meat first, otherwise it will freeze and the blood in its stomach won't be released, so it will stink."

"You are an expert, you have the final say." Xu Chengjun readily followed suit, "How do we do it?"

"Open the stomach. If you don't mind the trouble, take out the internal organs and put them in a bag to clean up - of course, squeeze out the shit in the stomach and intestines first. If you don't mind the trouble, just open the stomach and let out the air."

"Okay." Xu Chengjun agreed, "Just open it up and let the air out. It will freeze in a while, and we can thaw it when we get home and process it slowly."

He wanted to fight a few more times. After all, such good resources and such a good opportunity were rare. After two days, when the militia training was completely completed, the guns would be handed over to the township.

Although he had a way to get guns, it was not easy for other militiamen to get guns, and it was not easy to drive a tractor.

If he just wanted to gut the animals, the action would be very quick. After Li Long gutted the gazelles and antelopes one by one, he continued to throw them onto the vehicle. After the militiamen got on, he started the tractor again and moved forward.

He could hear people in the car discussing what this thing was since it didn't look like a yellow sheep. Some people didn't care and said as long as it was edible, it was fine.

We walked further forward, passed Anjihai, and then walked west for another two or three kilometers, almost reaching Kuitun, where we encountered the largest group of gazelles we had encountered on this hunting trip.

There were more than twenty of them, all grazing in the bushes on the south side of the mountain.

The red willows and saxauls here are not densely packed or tall. Their tender branches are often nibbled and do not grow tall, generally around one meter.

The shoulder height of these yellow sheep is about the same as that of shrubs. If you lower your head, you will be in the red willows, but if you raise your head, you will be higher up.

Because the red willows and saxaul are relatively sparse, the gazelles can see them clearly.

Xu Chengjun excitedly stopped the tractor and said:
"Alright, alright, this is your last chance. Everyone, start preparing from the left to the back. I don't need Li Long to mark you this time, right? With such a large area, if you make a mistake, then no one will be able to grab it when the time comes!"

The area where these gazelles are located spans nearly a hundred meters. They are scattered across such a large area, so there is naturally no need to mark them.

This time, Li Long planned to target a large female yellow sheep and bring it back for meat.

He was also thinking about how to get back the male antelope that was shot by others.

Of course, I'm not trying to trick you into changing it. If someone wants to change it, I'll change it. If they don't, I won't. I won't lie.

Because on average one person can aim at three or four, there is no need to fight for them, but orders are still needed.

This time Xu Chengjun also wanted to fight. If everyone wanted to fight, he would simply say:

"When you have taken aim, report the number, don't make too loud a sound, and then wait for my order to shoot. There are so many gazelles, if you kill one and are sure you can take aim again, the more the better..."

After saying that, he signaled everyone to aim freely.

Li Long saw that there was a half-grown male yellow sheep next to the one he was about to aim at, so he planned to kill both at once.

"Ready - shoot!" Xu Chengjun also took aim, looked left and right, then put his gun close to the target again, aiming and shouting.

He started shooting when the shout came. The others were a beat slower and had to wait until they heard it before shooting, so several people were missed.

But because there were so many targets and the gazelles didn't seem to be afraid of people, most people were hit.

"Snapped!"

Another gunshot was heard. Someone saw that it was Li Long who fired the gun, and someone said with a smile:

"Xiaolong, you're too late."

"Not finished yet." Li Long smiled, "I hit two."

"Hey? Is this true?" Someone asked unconvincedly after not hitting the target at all.

"Of course it's true. One is a big female and the other is a small male." Li Long said, "The female has a few black spots on her body, and the male has two circles of white hair on his butt."

Seeing that Li Long explained it so clearly, the man stopped talking.

"Okay, put away your guns and turn off the safety, let's go get the sheep." Xu Chengjun also hit the target this time, and he said:
"We have to get back as soon as possible. The military station must have heard the gunshots. They might come here soon. Although we are out hunting normally, it will be troublesome if people ask us about it."

A group of people immediately turned off the safety and lined up to see the gazelle.

The two goats that Li Long had shot were no more than ten meters away. He carried the two yellow goats and walked back with a triumphant look on his face.

That's enough. (End of this chapter)