Chapter 449 Crocodile Mountain
It is impossible to outwit the crocodile. The only way to outwit the crocodile is to lure it away with food.
There were hundreds of crocodiles. Even if they took all the people on the boat to feed the crocodiles, it would not be enough. How could they lure the crocodiles away? They could only drive them away violently.
Xia Xiaoman carefully observed the hilltops that were exposed above the water, found a place that was easy to defend but difficult to attack, and said, "We will take that place down later, and then drive the boat over there. Half of us will stay on the boat to respond to the situation, and the other half will get off the boat with enough guns and ammunition to surround that place and prevent the crocodiles from attacking."
Xie Yi looked at the terrain and thought Xia Xiaoman's method was feasible, so he nodded and said, "I'll lead the charge, and you guys will follow behind, mainly to prevent the crocodiles in the water."
Xia Xiaoman nodded and instructed: "Count the guns and ammunition, take half of the ammunition off the ship, and bring gasoline."
After finalizing the plan, Xia Xiaoman and others sailed slowly towards the top of the mountain. When the crocodiles on the mountain and in the water saw such a huge creature approaching, they all opened their eyes and stared at the boat.
When the ship approached the crocodiles' territory, the crocodiles moved their bodies one after another and slowly surrounded the ship.
Sensing the danger, Maodan let out a low roar. Xia Xiaoman felt uneasy for some reason when she heard its voice. After thinking for a while, she raised her rifle, aimed at one of the crocodiles that swam in front of her, and pulled the trigger.
The sound of a gunshot not only startled the crocodiles, but also frightened Li Yu'e and the others. Who fired the gun before reaching the designated location?
Before Li Yu'e could find out who fired the gun, she heard Xia Xiaoman shouting, "Evacuate! Retreat! Drive the boat back!"
It was such bad luck. The skin of these crocodiles was like a solid wall, bullets could not penetrate it at all. The bullet she fired just now grazed the crocodile's skin and bounced off directly, without the crocodile being hurt at all.
The disturbed crocodile quickly swam towards the ship, and Xia Xiaoman ordered people to evacuate the ship in a hurry. Before finding the crocodile's weakness, they should not confront the crocodile head-on.
The skin of these crocodiles was much harder, but their swimming speed decreased. After a while, Xia Xiaoman and his friends had distanced themselves from the crocodiles. Seeing the ship running away, the crocodiles were too lazy to continue expending their energy and slowly turned around and swam back.
Sun Qing was puzzled. "I remember that crocodiles are most afraid of low temperatures. It's ok for these crocodiles to survive two extreme cold weather events, but how come they can reproduce so many of them?"
Wang Shijin said, "The world is so big that there are all kinds of strange things. Maybe these crocodiles hid in the underground river during the extremely cold weather and did not escape from the underground river until the sea level rose and the flood broke out."
"What should we do now? Those crocodiles are not afraid of bullets. How can we get close to the mine?" Li Yu'e asked.
Xia Xiaoman took out a telescope and looked towards the top of the hill. "Let's shoot shells at that place to scare away the crocodiles nearby. Then we can sail over there before the crocodiles gather here." She said, pointing to the location they had decided on earlier.
Xie Yi frowned, "I wonder if that place is suspended underneath. If it is, it might collapse if a shell hits it."
"Let's try it first! If it collapses, we'll look for another place."
"We only have 16 shells, and they will be gone once we use them up." Xie Yi looked at Xia Xiaoman.
If they had enough shells, they wouldn't be so timid. They could just use shells to bombard the crocodiles directly, and they wouldn't be afraid even if there were thousands of crocodiles.
Xia Xiaoman frowned when he heard this, "Let's bomb three times first. If all three times fail, we'll think of other ways."
Xie Yi nodded in response, then led his men to drive the ship to a suitable position for bombing. After adjusting the position, he began the bombing.
The first shell was fired, and the crocodile at the designated destination was caught off guard and blood and flesh splattered everywhere.
The surrounding crocodiles heard the deafening sound of the bombing and were immediately frightened and fled far away. However, they had only been running for a short time when they smelled the scent of fresh blood and flesh, and immediately turned around and ran back, fighting and biting the bodies of their dead comrades.
The destination that had just been bombed clean was instantly filled with crocodiles again.
"No need to bomb!" Xia Xiaoman said as he looked at the destination covered by crocodiles. "It will be the same if we bomb them again. These crocodiles' desire for food exceeds their fear of shells. Bombing them like this will only waste shells."
Xia Xiaoman rubbed his brows and asked, "How many tanks of gasoline do we have left?"
Su Ran said, "There are still eighteen and a half boxes."
Based on the experience of the past ten days, they would need about a tank of gasoline for a day of normal driving.
Xia Xiaoman thought for a moment and said, "Leave fifteen boxes of gasoline, and use the rest to make incendiary bombs. We'll use fire to attack!"
These gasolines are all oils extracted from snow vines. Their burning temperature is comparable to that of coal, and they can definitely burn away these crocodiles.
Xia Xiaoman took out many containers from the Jade Buddha space and asked everyone to put gasoline in the containers to make incendiary bombs. Then he asked someone to throw a container filled with water up the mountain to calculate the approximate distance they could throw the incendiary bottles.
After most people on the ship took the meteorite liquid, their physical fitness improved, and the shortest distance they could throw a Molotov cocktail was one hundred meters.
Xia Xiaoman asked people to drive the boat slowly towards the top of the mountain and stopped about a hundred meters away from the top of the mountain.
The crocodiles were all attracted by the flesh and blood of their own kind. Only a few of them noticed the actions of Xia Xiaoman and his group, but they all joined the fight for the flesh and blood of their own kind after just one look.
Xia Xiaoman found the angle and threw a Molotov cocktail first. The Molotov cocktail hit the crocodile's hard back and broke into pieces with a snap. The liquid inside spread all around and flames instantly appeared.
Feeling the high temperature burning its skin, the crocodile rolled over frantically, trying to put out the fire on its body. But the gasoline extracted from snow vines was not so easy to put out. The crocodile struggled for a long time but failed to put out the fire. Instead, the flames spread to the crocodiles next to it.
A raging fire broke out, and the crocodiles suddenly became panicked.
Seeing that the crocodile didn't care about them, Xia Xiaoman said, "The distance is still a bit far, move closer by about ten meters."
The ship moved forward another ten meters, ensuring that every crew member could throw the Molotov cocktail onto the mountain.
Lit Molotov cocktails were thrown on the mountain one after another, the flames grew bigger and bigger, and the crocodiles roared angrily. But facing the nemesis of animals, fire, they had no choice but to flee to a place without fire. Many crocodiles crawled into the water to avoid the fire.
Seeing that there were not many crocodiles in the place she had her eyes on, Xia Xiaoman immediately ordered the fleet to set off at full speed to occupy the destination as soon as possible.
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