War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 541 Berber Survival Skills

In the hinterland of the desert under the setting sun, the three vehicles found a suitable place to camp on the west side of the short mountain that stretched for 500 meters.

Taking advantage of the early weather, Wei Ran was not in a hurry to set up a tent, but walked around in circles along the foot of the mountain.

This bare stone mountain is not too high. I don't know if it is because of the wind. The east and west sides of this mountain range that extends almost in the north and south present completely different scenes.

On the east side, the accumulation of yellow sand makes the exposed mountain only about 20 meters high.But on the west side, the distance between the surface and the top of the mountain exceeds 40 meters, which seems to be a natural sand-retaining wall.

Correspondingly, trying to climb to the top of the mountain from the west side of the mountain is as difficult as finding water around it, but it is much easier on the east side of the mountain range.

Standing on the top of the mountain, Wei Ran glanced at the companions who were camping at the foot of the mountain on the west side and the bonfire that was raised, then sat down on a hot stone, and took out a telescope from the metal book to observe the surrounding terrain.

It's a pity that as far as the eye can see, it is almost all boundless yellow sand. Only the skyline in the southwest direction can vaguely see the outline of what seems to be a mountain range.

Without looking at the satellite map at all, he can be sure that the looming mountain range is probably located in Libya.

Putting away the binoculars, Wei Ran took a few steps back until he was sure that the people at the foot of the mountain could no longer see him, then he began to plan in his mind.

For the sake of the 50 euros, he certainly didn't mind using the metal book to see what happened to Edward's grandfather, Mr. Laws, and what secrets Edward was hiding.

What's more, after a preliminary inspection of the terrain here, and combined with the geographical location here.He is basically certain that if he returns to the era of Mr. Laws with the help of a metal book, there is a high probability that he will not encounter all kinds of dangers that would be encountered in the frontal battlefield. On the contrary, those that may really endanger life may be more Most of them come from the harsh natural environment test.

"Sure enough, money can turn ghosts around."

While muttering to himself, Wei Ran took out three oil drums and a big red food box from the metal book.

The three 20-liter oil barrels are filled with kerosene, cold beer and cold fresh water.And in that double-layer food box, except for a little space left for the vital authenticator, the rest of the space is filled with foods such as chocolate and compressed biscuits.

The only thing that is uncertain now is whether these things can be taken out when he returns to the era of his grandfather Laus with the help of the broken telescope provided by Edward.

Waving the food box and the three oil barrels away, Wei Ran slapped the sand on his buttocks, and walked down the foot of the mountain, thinking secretly, in the evening, he would find a chance to ask Soliman to help him, and go to the A Berber learns some desert survival skills.

When he slowly walked back to the west side of the mountain range, Saleh, his son and Mr. Edward had already set up their own tents.

Even the Berber guide had put the Taji pot on the bonfire, and was busy baking pasta like flatbread on the hot sand baked by the fire.

"Victor, do you need me to help you set up the tent?" Soliman asked while handing Wei Ran a coconut with a straw inserted.

"I'll do it myself"

Wei Ran took a sip from the coconut and asked, "Soliman, can you ask the Berber guide how they survived in the desert? Do they have any special survival skills?"

"Survival skills?"

Saleh, who was cutting watermelon next to him, took up the topic, "You just give up, learning desert survival skills from those Berbers is of no use at all."

Wei Ran simply sat cross-legged on the hot, soft sand, and asked curiously, "Why do you say that?"

"They can walk [-] kilometers in the desert in one night with only two legs, but they only need a few sips of water and a few dried dates."

Saleh picked up the sliced ​​watermelon and handed it to Mr. Edward beside him, turned around and took a piece himself, and continued to say while gnawing, "Whether it's a Berber, a Bedouin, or something even rarer. The Tuareg people have lived in this desert for a long time, and they have already adapted to the environment here, both in heart and body."

"I actually had thoughts similar to yours before." Soliman took a big sip of coconut juice, "Guess what they said?"

"How do you say it?" Wei Ran asked curiously.

"They'll just tell you to keep a few extra dates in your pocket"

Soliman didn't know whose tone he was imitating, and continued in a tone of voice, "Also, follow the stars at night, and sleep while hiding from the wind and desert plants during the day."

"Rest during the day and travel at night?"

Seeing the other party spread his hands, Wei Ran said, "I can still understand chasing the stars, but why do you hide from the wind and sleep with desert plants?"

"Wind takes away moisture from the body"

Soliman explained nonchalantly, "There are usually scorpions or poisonous snakes hidden near the desert plants, but these are just common sense in another way. What? Do you want to learn how that British man eats Berber snakes?" Fresh goat testicles provided by humans? And then a disgusting and appetizing wilderness survival?"

"I'm not interested." Wei Ran tossed the cleaned coconut to the other party, "Help me split it, I'll go and put up the tent first."

"If you are interested in trying to survive in the desert wilderness, I can send you 20 kilometers away and let you find a way to walk back."

When Wei Ran passed by him, Saleh held back his bad humor and said, "I believe Ms. Anna will definitely be interested in my proposal."

"Then I'll just have to eat my Mr. Photographer"

Wei Ran responded to the other party's teasing with teasing, walked to the rear of the armored pickup truck, opened the tarpaulin and began to take things out.

This time he came to walk Mr. Edward in the desert. Although Teacher Anna specially arranged a truck for him to deliver supplies, Wei Ran also packed a lot of things in his car just to be on the safe side.

In addition to a full set of camping supplies and two spare tires, there are two additional 100-liter iron barrels in this small cargo box, which are of course crucial fuel and equally vital freshwater.

However, when he threw the recliner out of the car and was about to move out the tent that was rolled up indiscriminately, he found two pairs of big iconic ears popping out of it!At the same time, there was a strong foul smell in the tent!
"Soliman, what's going on here?"

Wei Ran held the collar of a fennec fox in one hand and yelled at Soliman who was not far away.Although these two little things are obviously underage, and the light blue bows around their necks also prove that these two little things may have owners.

"Why did you steal two little foxes here? Do you want to keep them as pets?" Soliman obviously hasn't figured out the situation yet.

"Why would I steal them if I have nothing to do?" Wei Ran asked helplessly, "They are in my cargo box, and they even peed on my tent."

"Didn't you steal it?"

Soliman turned his head to look at the Berber guide who was not far away, and asked a few words in Arabic that Wei Ran could not understand, and the latter stood up and went to Wei Ran's side to look at the two little boys covered in feces and urine. The guy pointed to the sand under his feet nonchalantly, then said something, then went back to the campfire and started busy cooking.

"He said it should be a gift from a child in the tribe."

Soliman came over with a watermelon, gnawed it and explained, "The tribe raises a lot of these little things. These two should be born three or four months ago. If you find it troublesome, you can throw them wherever you like." Just let them fend for themselves, and if you want to keep them, you can wash them with sand."

"Why are those Berbers raising so many foxes?" Wei Ran asked as he jumped out of the pickup truck carrying these two stinky things.

"Don't underestimate them"

Soliman explained nonchalantly, "These little things are good at catching scorpions, even venomous snakes dare to bite a few times."

"Just to catch scorpions and poisonous snakes?" Wei Ran asked subconsciously, "Berbers also eat poisonous snakes and scorpions?"

Soliman patted his forehead, "Victor, are you an idiot? Those Berbers don't sleep on beds in buildings like city people. In this desert, no matter poisonous snakes or scorpions If it kills people, even if people can escape, their camels and goats will also suffer.”

"I thought they were purely pets." Wei Ran grinned, he really didn't expect that these cute looking little things would still have jobs.

"Berbers don't need useless pets"

Soliman got excited when he said this, licked his lips and said, "But I heard from the Berbers that the meat of these little things is actually quite delicious, especially after being bitten by a poisonous snake, it is not as good as ours."

"Forget it, let them live."

Wei Ran forced these two stinky little things to Soliman, "Help them wash them with sand, I'll go to set up a tent first, and when I get back, I'll ask if I can bring them back to Russia. These two little things are used as pawns." It's a good gift."

"It must be for a woman." Soliman made a judgment with great certainty.

Taking advantage of the time when Soliman bathed the two little creatures with sand in a way that almost buried them alive, Wei Ran also set up a tent that was stained with a large amount of urine.

"Soliman, did you bring a spare tent?" Wei Ran frowned and asked, although the smell was not strong, it inevitably made the tent smell a bit unpleasant.

Soliman gloated and took out the two foxes with only their heads exposed in the sand and threw them into Wei Ran's tent, "I didn't expect this to happen, so I'm sorry, I didn't bring a spare tent. "

(End of this chapter)