Indiana Jones

Chapter 40 Encountering the U.S. Army on the Way (04)

Regarding the issue of staying overnight, Rhodes and the others have a simpler and more practical approach than Si Xuanyi and the others. The method they adopt is to cut a space in the canopy about four meters above the ground that can accommodate one or two people, and then tie them to the branches. Good hammock, after lying in it, cover yourself with a raincoat or tarpaulin, which can effectively avoid mosquitoes and block the sight of other animals, relatively speaking, it is much safer than Si Xuanyi's method.

In terms of jungle combat experience, Rhodes and the others have an inherent advantage. That is because they are regular troops. At that time, the United States was already a powerful country in the world, both economically and militarily. Its soldiers naturally had the best and strictest training. Training, it is no exaggeration to say that they are well-equipped and well-trained. In terms of combat ability, they are definitely not comparable to Si Xuanyi and others. However, in terms of jungle survival experience, Si Xuanyi and the others are better because of Agui. Knowing how to survive in the jungle is not caused by Rhodes and the others being incompletely trained, but the particularity of this jungle determines that in many cases the training content he has experienced is simply useless. This is the environment It is determined by factors, and Agui has been hunting in a similar environment all year round, and he must be more familiar with this place than Rhodes and the others.

So after seeing Rhodes and their hammocks, Agui understood what was going on. The purpose of covering himself up was to make some animals who saw them mistakenly think that they were part of trees. Animals are not people. It is impossible to compare the ability of discrimination with human beings. In their eyes, things that do not move are no different from trees and vegetation, and the smell from the campfire below can cover the original smell of them to the maximum extent, so no matter whether it is from Animals ignore them both visually and tastefully.

After figuring out the reason, Li Siming called Agui an idiot. Why didn't he think of such a way before? Agui said that he had never considered that he could spend the night like this before. The hammock so ignored that approach, and it rained a few nights and he didn't think about it that much at all.

They have hammocks, and looking at themselves, Si Xuanyi couldn't help but smile wryly, even the raincoat has been used as an emergency kindling, Agui observed Rhodes' campsite and said that he could do it , so according to the previous method, we made several hammocks with hanging tree vines not far from Rhodes' camp. There are five of them, and three beds are enough. This is not difficult to do, although there is no Rhodes and theirs Comfortable, but I can lie down and sleep at last. Liang Rong was placed in the hammock in the middle as the only woman. Now almost everyone understands her importance. As the only bridge that can effectively communicate with both parties, she is indeed Played a crucial role in the subsequent cooperation.So after finishing making the hammocks, several people found something to cover themselves up and began to sleep. Almost everyone fell asleep after lying down, snoring loudly.

Si Xuanyi and Rhodes each arranged night watchmen. After the previous few nights, they really didn't dare to be careless. Speaking of seriousness, this is a place where if you don't pay attention, you will be killed or worse than dead.Although the sleepers were snoring like thunder, their hearts were still full of fear, no matter whether it was an eagle owl or a leopard, they could easily kill them.

Under the tree, Agui lit a few more bonfires to drive away wild animals, hoping that he would not encounter a leopard attack like last night, but the most important thing here is predators, so we still have to be cautious.

Si Xuanyi leaned on the bed and stared at the situation below. He was covered with Agui's raincoat. Agui and Ma Zhong "shared the same bed" and naturally saved one to cover him. The jungle seemed more lively at night than during the day. All kinds of strange calls came and went, and many things seemed to be wandering around, making all kinds of sounds non-stop.

This was the most comfortable night after they entered the jungle. At least they could fall asleep. The encounters of the past few days have almost exhausted their energy and physical strength. Relying on hard work until now.

It was a different night, they were not infested by anything except mosquitos, I don't know why there were not many people, but they got a good rest this night, which is really too much in the jungle It’s rare, when Agui had already cooked the soup when he got up early, they have no shortage of food in this kind of place, especially with Agui as a hunter, they don’t even have to think about what to eat in many cases, Agui has already hunted The animals are ready, the breakfast is very simple, the wild grass broth is not bad, at least it can be full, the meat inside is a mixture of leopard meat and venison, the taste is a bit strange, but not annoying. .

After they returned to the ground, Agui pointed to the trace on one side of the ground to show them. It was a wide indentation, passing under the tree and extending into the jungle on the other side.

"It's a python." Agui said, "It passed by without us noticing."

"So big? Can the Burmese python grow so big?" Rhodes didn't really believe it.

"In this kind of place, everything might be so big that we can't accept it." Si Xuanyi couldn't help but sighed looking at the direction where the traces disappeared.

The team members got up one after another, and Liang Rong had already made some ointments with Ashes and the herbs provided by Agui, which were prepared for several wounded. Although these things could not increase the healing of the wounds, nor could they relieve the pain, they could To prevent wound infection to the greatest extent, wound infection in this hot, humid and sweaty jungle will threaten the life of the wounded to the greatest extent.

The people on the tree came down to eat one after another, and soon they found that there was one person missing. It was the wounded man named Degel who had just woken up in Rhodes' team. Matthew En said that he hadn't woken up yet, and he didn't call him after seeing that he was sleeping soundly. After all, everyone hasn't slept well these past few days. It's better to let him sleep a little longer if he finally has a chance to rest at ease. There are benefits to recovery.

Rhodes didn't pay much attention after hearing this, and they had to wait for a while before leaving before the thick fog cleared, so it wouldn't be a bad idea to let him sleep for a while.

But Agui didn't think so. He felt that he had to get people down as soon as possible. Being alone in the jungle meant that it would be very dangerous. Rhodes felt that he was a bit too fussy, but he still followed his advice, but went up. People found that De Geer was missing...

(End of this chapter)