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Chapter 138 Chapter 137, just say it differently

"The wild boars are nowhere to be seen now. They have all gone to the pine forest in the east! Look carefully, there is a series of footprints on the snow over there. They were made by the wild boar family!" said Li Yuexuan.

"Sure enough, something ran by, and quite a few of them! How many wild boars are there?" Hearing Li Yuexuan's guidance, Zhao Danian aimed the telescope at the traces of wild boars running, and also saw the series of traces on the snow.

"I counted them. There were six big wild boars, each weighing over 200 kilograms. There were 6 half-grown wild boars, big and small. There should be two to three litters. I'm just guessing. These should be the piglets of a big boar and several sows, or two big boars and four sows. Now that the mountain is blocked by heavy snow, these wild boars are gathering together!" Li Yuexuan analyzed himself.

"Dabao, Dashan, what do you think?" Zhao Danian looked at the two brothers who were born as hunters.

"Our analysis is similar to Comrade Peregrine's! But that's not important. What's important is whether we can shoot with guns? Captain, if we don't use guns, we have to dig traps to catch them. Otherwise, we can't defeat these wild boars with the cold weapons in our hands! Old hunters always say there are three dangers: one pig, two bears and three tigers. Compared with black bears and tigers, wild boars are a greater threat!" said Bai Dabao.

"My brother is right! Although the tiger is the king of beasts, it is naturally cautious and will not actively attack humans; although the black bear looks clumsy, it runs faster than humans, and the power of the bear's claws is very strong, it can kill a person with one blow! However, black bears usually act alone, at most with one or two cubs! And black bears usually avoid human activities!"

"But wild boars are different, especially adult wild boars! Wild boars like to live in groups, and they come out as a family! Adult wild boars love to rub against tree bark, especially pine trees, which will coat their bodies with a layer of pine oil. They also like to roll in the mud, so the pine oil will be coated with mud and stones, and in the end, it will be like wearing a suit of armor."

"The wild boar's skin is very thick, and with this layer of armor, ordinary muskets can't penetrate it at all! Of course, the Type 38 rifles in our hands have good penetration, so it's still okay! But this thing has strong vitality. If it doesn't die with one shot, it will retaliate! At this time, it will rush towards the shooter and kill the person in one shot!"

"The key is that wild boars don't avoid people and often go to farmlands to look for food. Once they go, they bring a whole den of them together and can destroy a large area of ​​crops in one night!" said Bai Dashan.

"Is that so... Since we have discovered wild boars, it means that a group of wild boars will be moving around here! Then next spring, the crops we planted will be destroyed by these wild boars!" Zhao Danian talked to himself, as if trying to convince himself.

"Captain, can we shoot and kill these wild boars? We are not hunting, we just want to protect the crops from loss!" Li Yuexuan quickly suggested.

"Hunting... You can't waste bullets unless you have to! Although we have a lot of bullets, they are hard to come by and too precious!" Zhao Danian hesitated. "Captain, I want to apply for a live-fire target shooting training for the veterans!" Li Yuexuan said solemnly, "You see, the soldiers we recruited from the third division are also veterans, but they have fired only a few times! In order to give them better shooting skills in the next battle, I propose to give them shooting training!"

"Since these comrades have been training with fixed targets before, and shooting at moving targets is more in line with actual combat, I propose that this time we train with moving targets! I will apply for 5 rounds of training for each comrade, and the wild boars in the woods over there have also volunteered to serve as targets for the moving targets. What do you think of this?"

"Well, Comrade Peregrine's suggestion is very good! Our comrades are living in difficult conditions and cannot use too many bullets for shooting training, but they cannot be too frugal with bullets! Therefore, necessary moving target shooting training is still necessary! Captain, I agree with Comrade Peregrine's proposal!" Xing Weiguo also rushed over, so he followed up on Li Yuexuan's proposal.

"Okay, platoon-level officers present, let's vote by raising our hands. Those who agree to provide live-fire shooting training at moving targets for the soldiers coming from the third division, please raise your hands!" Zhao Danian looked at everyone.

Swish, swish, swish... Li Yuexuan raised his hand, Xing Weiguo raised his hand, Zheng Changfeng, Lu Xiaoran, Chen Changsheng, and Guo Liandong also raised their hands to express their agreement with this proposal.

"Very good. After everyone voted by raising their hands, the Beishan guerrillas decided to give the old comrades a live-fire shooting training! Each person has a quota of 5 bullets! Well, the vanguard squad is not here, so wait until they come back to make up for it for the comrades! Okay, Comrade Xing Weiguo, Comrade Zheng Changfeng, you must return to the village immediately, gather the comrades, and bring the bullets! Because the village cannot leave the cadres, Comrade Xing Weiguo will stay in the village and continue to work with the new recruits!" said Zhao Danian.

The conversations between the leaders were all heard by the Bai brothers and many Taoist priests. What was going on? Hunting was not allowed, that was a waste of bullets; but target shooting was allowed, and the wild boars also volunteered to become moving targets for training... In the final analysis, wasn't this still hunting wild boars? But after such a proposal, why did it feel like this was not hunting, but training? ?
Since everyone raised their hands to agree, Zhao Danian took Zheng Changfeng back to the village to organize the veterans. On the hillside, Li Yuexuan continued to propose: "Captain, comrades must be trained by veterans! Because this is shooting at moving targets, it is best to have veterans with good marksmanship! Therefore, I propose that I, Bai Dabao, Bai Dashan, Tian Chuan, Hu Lanzhou, Zou Ming, Luo Wei and other comrades serve as training instructors this time. What do you think? In order to ensure the safety of the comrades, we also apply for 10 rounds of training tasks each to ensure that our marksmanship level is at its peak."

"Okay, I agree!" What else could Zhao Danian say? He also wanted to catch all those wild boars! He was the captain and he didn't care about worldly matters? No, he wanted to get this pile of meat more!

The comrades proposed by Li Yuexuan were the ones with the strongest marksmanship and individual strength in the guerrillas. With them, especially with Li Yuexuan present, at least two wild boars could be captured! That's right, Li Yuexuan fired two shots and killed two adult wild boars. With two wild boars weighing more than 2 kilograms, that meant at least 200 kilograms of meat, and at least a dozen kilograms of lard!

Suet, boiled into pig fat, can be eaten for a long time...

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