Reborn in the 1980s: I made my fortune hunting wild game in Changbai Mountain

Faced with the captain's questioning, Xiao Hu and Xiao Lin lowered their heads, their faces flushed red.

"Xiao Lin, tell me what happened?" Li Fei asked in a somewhat serious tone.

Xiao Lin scratched his head: "Captain, it seems we've run into a tough opponent!"

"A tough nut to crack? How tough? We're all elites from that place, how could something like this go wrong? I don't believe it!" Li Fei continued.

Seeing that the captain didn't believe him, Kobayashi explained, "We started from their group and immediately followed them."

As a result, after we lost sight of our forward base, we chased for several days but never saw a trace of anyone again!

We had no choice but to follow the trail along the way.

As Xiao Hu and I followed along, we realized something was wrong!
The other side must have realized we were following them and deliberately led us in circles in the woods!
The broken branches, footprints, and traces of passage were all very clear, but we just couldn't catch up with the person!

Xiao Hu and I didn't even dare to rest at night, searching all night long, but we still couldn't find any trace of the other person!

Upon hearing this, Li Fei frowned slightly: "Yue Feng and his brother are just ordinary mountain hunters. No matter how skilled they are, they can't possibly be more powerful than our well-trained soldiers!"

The problem lies with those seemingly harmless soldiers!

Xiao Hu chimed in, "I also think those soldiers are a bit suspicious!"

Their carry-on luggage was so heavy; if they didn't have the physical strength and endurance, they wouldn't have been able to shake us off!

Xiaolin and I traveled very light, bringing only a few personal belongings!

Li Fei nodded after listening: "Okay, you two go back and rest first. We'll have a meeting during dinner later, and if necessary, we can send a few more people out!"
If we can't track Yue Feng and his group's movements after they enter the mountains, then the subsequent mission will be disrupted. Since they are hiding from us, they must be on guard. We can't afford to be complacent!
As mentioned above, if they successfully complete the mission but are unwilling to hand over the mission items through our channels, then if necessary, we can…

At this point, Li Fei made a gesture of slapping his throat.

The meaning is simple: avoid falling out if possible, but if things really come to that, you can resort to violence.

"Yes!"

……

After Xiaolin and Xiaohu left, Li Fei's expression became noticeably more anxious. He paced back and forth for a long time before finally gritting his teeth and crawling into the tent where the communication equipment was located.

I turned on the device, reconnected to the communication following the agreed-upon procedure, and then sent out a message indicating that the tracking had failed and the other party was likely on guard due to being alarmed.

Soon, the other party replied with a message that, when translated, read: "Keep trying, stay in touch, and don't act rashly unless absolutely necessary."

Upon seeing the translated information, Li Fei breathed a sigh of relief.

If the five soldiers following Yue Feng were even more elite than them, they wouldn't gain any advantage in a head-on confrontation.

If you accomplish something that's beneath public scrutiny and can't be brought to the light, that's fine, but if you fail and make a mess of things, the higher-ups might not care.

This is a bit tricky!

……

On the other side, after setting up two salt pits, Yue Feng and his team briefly entered a rest phase.

The terrain north of Yanwozi also needs further exploration and detailed understanding, but it is not as urgent as it used to be.

After lunch, Yue Feng took Xiao Tao, No. 1, and No. 3 for another leisurely stroll.

There was no activity at the two salt pits this morning.

Last night, the sheep was startled, and it's uncertain when it will return or move around in the area.

As long as he doesn't flee immediately, Yue Feng can accept any of the remaining situations.

Over the next two days, numbers four and five, who had gone down the mountain, finally returned.

They went to great lengths to get the wounded soldier with a severed hamstring down the mountain.

When we arrived at the village at the foot of the mountain, there were only about twenty households. There wasn't even a telephone in the village office, so we couldn't communicate with the outside world.

The two brothers gritted their teeth and carried the wounded man on their bare feet to the nearest town. They then identified themselves, borrowed a phone, and were finally able to contact Ye Jianjun.

The other party then coordinated with personnel to handle the matter, which took up most of the day. By the time the person was finally taken away, it was already the evening of the following day.

After completing their mission, the two brothers took a short rest and then immediately rushed back, arriving home covered in dust.

The good news is that the person was taken away in a military vehicle arranged by Brother Jun and will definitely receive appropriate care and treatment. At the same time, the intelligence about the discovery of the hanging sheep tracks on the mountain was also communicated to Ye Jianjun over the phone.

The bad news is that the injured have been suffering for quite some time, and as for how well they can recover, that's up to fate.

……

Two more days have passed in the blink of an eye.

During these past few days, Yue Feng and his team went out every day to explore the surrounding terrain and check the actual situation of the salt pits.

What's a little frustrating is that it seems the salt pit hasn't been discovered by Xuan Yang yet.

What it looked like a few days ago is still exactly the same now, even when viewed through binoculars from dozens of meters away.

Back in his tent, Yue Feng couldn't help but exclaim, "Damn it, is this hanging sheep really as magical as the legends say? It just won't touch anything that a person has touched? It's been four days already!"

Xiao Tao leaned over, unscrewed the kettle, and gulped down a large mouthful of cold water, saying, "Brother Feng, is it possible that the main activity area of ​​that 'Hanging Sheep' isn't in this northern region?"

If you don't come over, you won't find out!

Don't forget, we've set up the salt pit, but we haven't deliberately scared it yet!

After Xiao Tao's reminder, Yue Feng immediately slapped his forehead.

The original plan included a strategy of deliberately startling and driving away the goat to make it change its overnight location.

However, Yue Feng overlooked this detail because the sheep were scared away by the fight between the black eagle and the hateful fox. He had been focusing on the salt cave for the past few days and forgot to check on the sheep in the mountain valley.

"Damn! I overlooked this!"
I was thinking of staying for two or three days before checking the stone platform where we spent the night, but when the team members who came down the mountain came back, they interrupted me, and I overlooked it!

Tonight, after it's completely dark, we'll go chase the sheep! Let's see if it's still spending the night on the stone platform!

"Okay! Shall we go together tonight?"

"No need, Xiao Tao, you can come with me. Too many people are useless for this job! The rest of you can rest in the camp as usual!"
We'll take firecrackers and start lighting them from a distance to the south. Once we get near the stone platform, we'll throw down a whole string of firecrackers and we're done!

"Row!"

……

Having made up their minds, Yue Feng and Xiao Tao did not go out for a stroll from the afternoon until dark.

After dinner, as dusk fell, Yue Feng called to Xiao Tao, and the two brothers, carrying guns and falcons, along with firecrackers in their pockets, set off from the camp towards the mountain valley.

When they passed near the mountain pass, Yue Feng deliberately pulled Xiao Tao aside and secretly went over to take a look.

There was no movement around, and it was impossible to tell from the stone platform below whether the hanging sheep had spent the night there.

"No movement! Bro, shall we go around to the south and set off some cannons?" Xiao Tao said in a low voice.

Yue Feng nodded and pointed to the inconspicuous stone platform below: "Throw the last string of cannons near the stone platform!" As soon as he finished speaking, Yue Feng suddenly felt Xiao Tao tugging at his clothes.

Yue Feng immediately turned his head to look, and saw Xiao Tao stretching out his arm, pointing to the horizontal branch of the white pine tree on the other side, which Yue Feng had already ruled out as a suspect.

Xiao Tao has good eyesight and can see more clearly at night than Yue Feng. When Yue Feng looked in that direction, he immediately froze on the spot.

Damn it, it looks like something's hanging from a branch of the pine tree.

A sheep hanging from a branch sleeps! Holy crap, it's actually true!
I didn't see it last time, I thought it only stayed overnight at Shitaizi, but this time when I came, Yue Feng actually saw it.

In an instant, Yue Feng's mind was highly active as he weighed what to do.

shot?
No, there's a cliff below. Killing or injuring them won't achieve the goal of capturing them alive.

Use an eagle to catch it?
The terrain here is not suitable, so we cannot act rashly.

Otherwise, try sneaking up close and using a rope or something similar to see if you can loop it around the limbs.

No way! This is a mountain animal that's half a size bigger than a goat, not something you can just tame and mess with like a hawk or something.

The other side would definitely be alert, and the terrain is very dangerous, making it almost impossible to maneuver.

A series of thoughts were instantly dismissed; it was time to stick to the plan.

"Don't make a sound, let's go! Go somewhere far away to set off the firecrackers!!" Yue Feng lowered his voice and pulled Xiao Tao aside. The two brothers turned around and quietly left in perfect unison.

After walking several hundred meters, the two brothers finally dared to breathe heavily.

Xiao Tao: "Damn it, it's true that sheep are sleeping hanging from trees! If we don't care about their lives, it's simple. I could take them down with one shot from less than fifty meters away!"

Yue Feng nodded: "Who says otherwise! Let's set off the cannons. At this distance, if we set off the cannons, that ram will know to run away as soon as it hears the noise! ​​We don't even need to set off the cannons over at the stone platform!"

"Okay, I'll order!"

Xiao Tao took a firecracker out of his bag, lit it with a match, and casually tossed it onto the edge of the cliff below.

Bang bang bang bang bang! The white-skinned volleyballs made quite a racket; someone unfamiliar with the area might have thought they were firing guns!

A series of firecracker explosions rang out, startling birds that were roosting on the cliff edge and in the distant groves, causing them to flee.

"Let's go back and take a look. If it's not working, we'll light another cannon!"

"it is good!"

After the two brothers finished lighting the firecrackers, they walked back confidently, no longer worried about startling the sheep.

When they returned to the vicinity of the ravine, sure enough, the hanging sheep that had been sleeping on the tree branch not long ago had vanished without a trace.

"Finished work, time to go back to sleep!"

Yue Feng's tense nerves completely relaxed, and he pulled Xiao Tao towards the camp.

Before they had gone fifty meters, they heard a series of short bursts of gunfire coming from the direction of the camp.

Xiao Tao stopped in his tracks: "What's going on? The camp's been shelling too?"

Hearing the noise, Yue Feng was slightly taken aback, then his heart tightened immediately: "No, damn it, that's not cannon fire, that's gunfire! Someone's gone to our camp!"

"Damn! Could they be poachers from the Russian side?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Tao immediately took the AK47 off his shoulder, released the safety, and cocked it.

Yue Feng acted quickly, taking the gun off his shoulder and holding it in his hand: "Let's go! Be careful when we go over there. We'll sneak in from the north side. The terrain there is more complicated. If things don't look good, just shoot. Be careful!"

"Ok!"

The two brothers crouched low and jogged around half of the camp's perimeter to check the situation before sneaking in from the north.

At the campsite, the acetylene lamps next to the tents had been turned off, and everything was silent.

Yue Feng lay prone next to a bush and quietly observed for at least three minutes, but he did not find anything unusual about the camp or see any people moving around.

Staying here isn't a solution, Yue Feng thought for a moment and then whistled a long whistle toward the camp.

This whistle was distinctly different from the usual whistle used to call hawks; it had a long, vibrato.

Upon hearing the whistle, the Azure Dragon barked loudly from inside the camp tent.

The next second, lights came on in the camp tent, and flashlights flickered for several seconds.

Yue Feng's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, relaxed when he saw the signal.

The dog is still here, and the personnel's password is correct, so there shouldn't be any major problems.

"What's going on? We just heard gunshots coming from the camp!"

Yue Feng didn't rush to show himself. Instead, he crouched low and used his hand to make a megaphone shape to call out a question.

"Brother Feng, someone came to raid the camp just now, but somehow their retreat was discovered by Number One!" Xiao Wu immediately responded.

"Were there any casualties?" Yue Feng continued to ask.

"No! Number One and Number Three went after them, everyone else is safe!"

"it is good!"

……

After a brief exchange of words to confirm that everything was in order, Yue Feng and Xiao Tao exchanged a glance, and the two brothers moved in tacit agreement, one in front of the other.

Ignoring Yue Feng's instructions, Xiao Tao insisted on carrying a gun and walking ahead of Yue Feng.

Yue Feng couldn't persuade Xiao Tao otherwise, so the two brothers slowly crept back to the camp, keeping at least seven or eight meters behind them and carrying their guns.

Upon arriving at the campsite and finding everyone safe, the two brothers finally relaxed.

"Number Two, what just happened?" Yue Feng turned off the safety and continued to ask.

Number Two replied, "After dinner, everyone had nothing to do, so we were chatting and joking around in the tents to kill time when suddenly a series of explosions came from the other side of the cliff!"

We know that you and Xiao Tao went to set off firecrackers to drive away the stagnation sheep, and everyone is quite calm about it.

But the next second, Number One, who was on night watch in the tree outside, discovered that someone was secretly spying on us on the ridge outside the camp!

When asked for the password, the other party realized they had been discovered, fired a few shots randomly, turned and ran, and then he fired back!

Upon hearing the gunshot, we immediately turned off the lights, and Number Three grabbed his gun and gave chase!

Upon hearing these words, Yue Feng's heart sank.

The fact that the other party was lurking around the camp with a gun clearly indicated they weren't up to anything. Their subsequent firing and fleeing after being discovered further supports this.

If Yue Feng and Xiao Tao hadn't lit firecrackers on the cliff edge, accidentally startling the spy, the person probably would have figured out the camp's layout and then made a move in the middle of the night.

Yue Feng continued, "What kind of gun did the person who fired that shot use? Was it a Type 81 rifle like us, or an AK-47?" (End of Chapter)