Super Ranch: Brothers come to Africa to farm

Chapter 210 The destructive power of the hare!

Soon Wang Lu also learned about the model of the aviation machine gun that Brand had obtained for him.

The AN/M2 Browning heavy machine gun is a large-caliber heavy machine gun developed in North America. It has been in service from 1921 to the 21st century. It is usually installed on ground armored vehicles or infantry fighting vehicles and is used as a heavy fire support weapon. , and the AN/M2 is a version specially modified for attack aircraft during World War II.

The long service time means that the inventory of this heavy machine gun is very large, especially in North America, and Africa is the dumping ground for a large number of retired North American weapons, so Brand can get himself one. AN/M2 heavy machine gun, Wang Lu is really not surprised.

Parker was very excited when talking about this heavy machine gun:

"Boss, I have to say that Brand has got a pretty good piece of equipment for you. The rate of fire of this thing can reach 1 to 600 rounds per minute. The large caliber determines that its power is beyond your imagination!"

Wang Lu was equally excited, eager to try the power of this airborne machine gun now.

However, it will take several days for his AT-402B to arrive at the port of Dar es Salaam, and Brand cannot deliver it to him immediately, so he can only wait patiently. .

So for now, Wang Lu still has to grind potatoes into powder. Besides, the local climate is suitable and the land is fertile. The fields don't even need to be rested, and they can directly plant crops for the next season.

The potatoes that were left aside were just for sowing. They were cut into tubers of about the same size and planted.

This time Wang Lu planned to plant more varieties. Anyway, these things don't need to be taken care of at all. They can grow very well relying on the strength of the black soil, so there is no need to worry about it.

Ever since, the Lovol 704 came on stage again and leveled seven or eight acres of land, all of which were then planted with potato seeds.

There are also sweet potatoes in his own vegetable garden. They will probably grow in another two months. Unexpectedly, Wang Lu felt a sweet fragrance lingering in his nose as soon as he thought about it.

Just as potato vermicelli was being made and the new season's potato planting was underway, a gunshot broke the lively atmosphere of the ranch.

Wang Lu was also alerted at once. Fortunately, Parker quickly ran over and reported the situation to Wang Lu. This guy was also carrying a prairie hare in his hand, and his hind legs were stained with blood. It looked like he had been hit by a bullet. middle.

"Boss, the good news is that we can have extra food at night. The bad news is that our pasture has been invaded by these prairie hares!"

Prairie hare?

Wang Lu took a look at the hare on Parker's hand. At first he thought the guy was joking, but after he followed Parker to check the situation in person, he couldn't stop laughing.

"This guy was arrested on the spot in our potato field. He was probably attracted by the potato seedlings we left in the field. When we found out, there were seven or eight hares looking for food, but these guys He was too fast and very vigilant, so he only caught this one.”

While walking, Parker reported the detailed situation to Wang Lu.

I hadn't had time to process the potato seedlings myself. I originally planned to collect them together to feed the African zebu and Boer goats, but I didn't expect that these prairie hares would get the first step.

"According to my experience, when you find seven or eight prairie hares at one time in your pasture, it means that the number of prairie hares in this area is definitely more than that, and this number may even be ten times or more!"

Wang Lu was also a little dumbfounded when he heard this. Such an exaggeration? "Boss, don't underestimate the reproductive capabilities of these prairie hares. They are definitely one of the species with the most powerful reproductive capabilities on the prairie. They can give birth to more than four times a year! Two at a time, or even more, as long as If you don't pay attention to them, they can multiply into a huge population."

Based on this calculation, a prairie hare can give birth to ten young rabbits in a year. This reproductive ability is really incredible!

It wouldn't matter if it was just that their fecundity was amazing. The key point is that once these hares overflow, they will cause great damage to the grassland!

These guys can destroy an entire grassland just by chewing turf. The hares in Australia have done this kind of thing, and in the end manpower had to be dispatched to kill those hares.

However, at least this will not happen in Wang Lu's pasture. After all, there are too many predators in the grassland area north of the Woulu Mountains, and they can hunt these prairie hares, thereby inhibiting their unlimited growth. .

But there is still such a risk around the living area. After all, except for the cattle and sheep that Wang Lu keeps in captivity, there are very few wild animals. If they are really natural enemies, they may only have a small fortune.

Soon, Wang Lu saw the traces left by prairie hares in the two potato fields. Some of the missing potatoes were eaten to pieces by these guys. Prairie hares mainly eat plant roots and tuber crops. For food, it was obviously attracted by these potatoes.

Wang Lu even saw some clearly freshly dug holes in the potato field, surrounded by moist new soil.

"Boss, we found these guys' lair through tracking. It's not far from our living area. It's hard to imagine that that land has been ruined by these guys!"

Then Parker led the way, and Wang Lu also arrived at the area where the prairie hares inhabited.

Only after Wang Lu saw the conditions in this area with his own eyes did he see with his own eyes the destructive power of these prairie hares.

It can almost be described as devastated. On a land area of ​​less than five square kilometers, just a cursory glance revealed at least hundreds of cave entrances, basically all of which were dug by the hares.

That's right, these hares on the grassland, in order to avoid predators from the sky and the ground, have almost maxed out their burrowing talent, even compared to those ground squirrels.

Moreover, these prairie hares are much smarter and faster than silly ground squirrels.

"Shet, these guys have probably dug a dungeon down here!"

Parker also cursed in a somewhat troubled manner.

"It's not an easy task to get rid of them. If this continues, they might be able to dig underneath our living area, and it will be bad then!"

Wang Lu got a headache when he thought that these prairie hares might cause devastating damage to the crops in the pasture.

The disadvantage of a large pasture is that new threats will pop up at any time. Why is it so difficult for me to farm seriously?

(End of this chapter)