Chapter 179 Jackal Pack's Counter-Ambush
Sheng Xiping led his men to ambush the jackals, but they were discovered by the jackals, who circled around behind them and quietly approached, attempting to surround them.
Fortunately, the hunter's natural keen senses alerted Sheng Xiping to something amiss, and he discovered the pack of jackals right behind him.
Otherwise, they might have been in serious trouble this time.
However, the situation at this moment is also fraught with crisis.
When the jackals saw Sheng Xiping and his group turn around, they knew that their ambush plan had failed.
The jackals emitted a series of eerie sounds that were a mix of crying and laughing, sending chills down one's spine and raising goosebumps.
Among hunters, there is a saying: "I'm not afraid of the tiger's roar, but I'm afraid of the jackal's laugh."
That's what I'm talking about—these jackals are even more terrifying than tigers.
In the forest, tigers fear nothing but this kind of evil little beast.
Most wolves will avoid tigers and dare not steal their prey, but jackals are not afraid.
Sometimes, jackals will follow tigers closely, waiting for them to succeed in their hunt before swarming in and taking advantage of the prey.
Tigers are always wary when faced with an attack from a pack of jackals.
Most of the time, they will abandon prey that is already in their mouths and avoid getting entangled with the jackal pack.
This shows that jackal packs are very difficult to deal with.
These jackals are fierce, extremely bold, and fearless, with exceptional teamwork capabilities.
For example, at this moment, after their ambush failed, the jackals did not leave, but instead wandered and circled in the forest.
They were very clever, always keeping a distance of more than 200 meters from Sheng Xiping and his two companions.
At that distance, if it were an old-fashioned hunting rifle, it would definitely be beyond the firing range.
Type 56 semi-automatic rifles have a long range and are still within firing range.
However, people like Wang Jianshe who don't use guns often have low shooting accuracy, making it difficult for them to inflict fatal damage on jackals at this distance.
"Don't rush, we need to find a safe place and wait for them to get closer before we attack."
In the distance, there appeared to be about a dozen jackals, currently maneuvering and spreading out in the forest, seemingly preparing to encircle the area.
Sheng Xiping and the other two were all carrying guns, but the jackals moved quickly, and if they missed their first shot, the jackals would soon be right in front of them.
With its sharp teeth and claws, even bears and tigers fear it in close combat. How could a human possibly defeat it?
Moreover, these guys clearly wanted to surround Sheng Xiping and the other two.
Once they're surrounded and attacked from both sides, the three of them really don't know what the outcome will be today.
So Sheng Xiping quickly looked around and saw a steep slope resembling a rocky cliff about three or four hundred meters to his left.
"Let's move to the left and get to the bottom of that rocky cliff."
Sheng Xiping made a decisive decision to use the advantageous terrain of Shilazi as cover and wait for the jackals to get close before shooting them.
Fortunately, Wang Jianshe and Chen Weiguo came out with them; they were a bit older and more composed.
The three men immediately stood up, holding their guns, and leaned back to back as they slowly moved toward the rocky cliff.
The jackals in the woods, perhaps sensing Sheng Xiping and his companions' intentions, suddenly let out a shrill cry, a sound that was particularly eerie.
One of the larger jackals made a growling sound.
Then, the jackals quickened their pace and surrounded Sheng Xiping and the others.
Upon seeing this, Sheng Xiping immediately aimed at one of them and fired.
With a bang, a brownish-red shadow on the opposite side fell to the ground, indicating that it had been hit.
However, this shot also enraged the other jackals.
Those guys, showing no fear whatsoever, darted around, changed lanes, and jogged straight towards Sheng Xiping and his companions.
Fortunately, Sheng Xiping and his men had brought Type 56 semi-automatic rifles with them today, which could fire in bursts. Sheng Xiping aimed at the jackal in front of him and fired another shot.
"You two be careful, and don't waste any bullets."
The Type 56 can fire ten bullets in a row before needing to be reloaded.
These jackals are cunning and fierce. If you fail to kill them all after ten bullets, they will definitely rush up while you are reloading.
That's why Sheng Xiping reminded the two men not to hit them recklessly.
Fortunately, they had already moved to the bottom of the rocky cliff.
With their backs secure, the three men could safely shoot the jackals from behind.
Sheng Xiping was a skilled marksman and killed three jackals in a row. Wang Jianshe fired three shots and knocked down one. Chen Weiguo also seemed to have hit one.
Of the dozen or so jackals, nearly half were lost in an instant.
At this moment, the jackal king, which had been bringing up the rear and was the largest in size, let out another strange cry.
The sound was even more shrill and unpleasant than the wailing of ghosts and howls of wolves, and it was full of resentment.
The jackals that had been poised to attack stopped abruptly. Then the jackal king let out another call, and the remaining jackals immediately turned around and followed him away.
"Have they left?"
The pack of jackals vanished in an instant, and the three of them breathed a sigh of relief.
Wang Jianshe looked incredulous. Just now, he thought the jackals were going to fight them to the death.
"Most of those who launched the attack and were killed by us were bitter jackals."
They were sent out to test the enemy's strength and were meant to be sacrificed.
It doesn't matter if these people die, but we can't easily risk the lives of our reserve of young and strong men.
So when the jackal king saw that the first few jackals were dead, he quickly withdrew his troops.
Like wolf packs, jackal packs have a strict hierarchical system.
The "bitter jackal" is the lowest-ranking member of a jackal pack, and most of them are either injured or old.
Those sent out as scouts to scout ahead and wear down the enemy's forces are sacrificed.
While the bitter jackals were expending the ammunition of Sheng Xiping and his men, the fighting jackals behind them seized the opportunity to find an opening and attack.
Once they get close, guns become ineffective; given the jackals' fighting prowess, a few people can easily handle them.
If there were twenty or thirty jackals, or even more, Sheng Xiping and his two companions might very well have perished here today.
Fortunately, the pack of jackals was too small, only about ten jackals, to achieve such a perfect force configuration.
Most importantly, Sheng Xiping and his men were carrying Type 56 pistols, not the old-fashioned breech-loading rifles or Type 16 pistols.
Not only does the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle have a long range and great power, but most importantly, it can fire continuously, firing a total of ten bullets at once.
So when the jackal king saw that all the bitter jackals had been killed and one of the fighting jackals had also been lost, he immediately called to his companions that it was best to leave first.
They weren't afraid; they just wanted to change their strategy or call on their companions to find a suitable opportunity to make a comeback.
Upon hearing Sheng Xiping's explanation, both Wang Jianshe and Chen Weiguo gasped in shock.
How daring were they to be, rushing to snatch food from under the jaws of a jackal?
If there had been a larger pack of jackals at the time, they probably wouldn't have made it back to the forest farm; they would have been eaten alive, even their bones.
"So what do we do now?" Wang Jianshe coughed twice and asked in a hoarse voice.
"What to do? Of course, we should take advantage of their weakness and find a way to kill them."
Let's go and take those dead jackals back first.
Then I brought out my Erlang Shen and Black General, and had them lead the way so we could go into the mountains to settle accounts with the jackals.
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