The capabilities of police and military dogs are often exaggerated, and a sense of smell that is a million times stronger than that of humans is clearly unreasonable.
In fact, usually well-trained dogs can smell objects two to three hundred meters away under normal wind speeds, which is about ten times the human sense of smell.
In terms of their ability to identify residual odors and track targets, police dogs and military dogs can generally track odors that remain for no more than five hours. However, in changing environments, the odors that dogs can distinguish may only last for one or two hours. Hours.
But their ability is not limited to tracking targets. Dogs have better vision than humans in low light, which is very useful when moving at night. At the same time, their hearing is more sensitive and they can hear sound waves at higher frequencies than humans. Anomalies can be heard at greater distances.
Walking quickly in this mountain forest is more likely to be scratched by branches, leaves and shrubs. It is miserable to walk through the forest in the deep mountains. Many people's hands and faces have been scratched with blood.
"Woof! Woof!"
"Watch out! Stop!"
"What's going on?"
The military dog barked twice, and the dog handler immediately stopped the leading group. No one knew why.
The corporal looked around and said: "The reaction of 'White Bear' is that it has discovered a thunder. Everyone, please check the surroundings carefully."
Hearing that there might be explosives, everyone's hearts suddenly jumped up and they looked around without even daring to breathe.
Someone soon discovered something unusual. They saw a thin wire tied to a tree branch in front, and the other end of the wire was tied to the ring of a grenade in the bushes.
Obviously this is a simple booby trap made of 18-type grenade.
And because it was obscured by the bushes nearby, how could anyone in a hurry see it?
"He's very vicious and cunning."
After confirming that there were no chain mines nearby, a sergeant cursed and stepped forward to hold the handle of the grenade, while the soldier next to him used his bayonet to break the thin wire.
Although there was no danger, encountering booby traps made everyone more nervous. After all, no one can guarantee that this will be the case.
The footprints left on the ground are quite clear, and the dog handler also said that the smell of the white bear feedback has become more and more obvious.
After another twenty minutes, the white bear suddenly stopped and roared several times.
"There is enemy territory!" The corporal stretched out his hand and waved, "We are very close, we should have heard some noise!"
"Okay, get ready to engage the enemy," Zhao Rong nodded, turned on the safety of the Type 20 automatic gun in his hand, and ordered: "Class 2 and Class 3 will go around to the left, and the rest will press directly on."
The signal corps also immediately used the radio to report the situation, saying that there might be enemy contact here, and asked surrounding units to be ready for support at any time.
The soldiers slowed their pace and moved forward cautiously in search.
Two minutes later...
There is a relatively open and sparse area in the dense forest, where more than two hundred gangsters are resting.
"...Will the officers and soldiers still come after me?"
"Come on, they've been gone for dozens of miles, how could they bite so deep?"
"Besides, none of the traps set earlier went off."
"Yes, it seems that this time the officers and soldiers are also thundering loudly but raindrops are light. Let's..."
The bandits' chat was interrupted by the sudden "bang bang bang" sound of gunfire.
They followed the sound and saw some moving blue-green figures in the forest where they came from.
"The officers and soldiers are here!"
"Copy guy!!!"
"Da da da - da da -"
An encounter broke out in an unknown forest more than 30 miles north of Lijia Mountain. The two sides engaged in a fierce exchange of fire in a rough place full of bushes.
Obviously Zhou Changfeng's obsession with borrowing weapons from other troops and equipping him with as many automatic weapons as possible is very correct.
At least one-third of the soldiers in the temporarily formed mopping up team were equipped with Type 34 submachine guns or Type 20 automatic guns, and the dense bullets were like a storm.
At one time, there were at least 20 to 30 automatic fire points pouring out ammunition.
At least twenty bandits were knocked down immediately. The bandits who were stunned by such exaggerated firepower thought that a whole battalion of Ming troops had arrived. However, what was chasing them was actually just a fifty-man squad.
"Run! There are too many officers and soldiers!"
After so many years of hard work, the qualities of the stubborn bandits are naturally not ordinary.
They immediately threw out all the life-saving gadgets they carried. The so-called life-saving gadgets were actually some incendiary or smoke grenades that they had looted over the years.
For a time, this small area was filled with thick gray-white smoke and faint flames.
After creating chaos, they immediately smeared their feet and fled.
Because the situation was so chaotic, the bandits obviously couldn't understand each other, so some of them were fleeing in other directions.
"Go! Bite and kill!"
The dog handler spotted a figure staggering away to the west, and immediately pointed the direction to the white bear and gave the order.
The commands of "bite" and "bite and kill" are completely different. In the case of the former, the military dog will only bite the target's hand or leg to make it lose its ability to resist; while in the latter case...
The strong and nimble lower dog walked through the undulating forest filled with trees, and in a few breaths it could go dozens of meters away.
When the dog handler and several soldiers arrived, the bandit had turned into a corpse, with a big hole in his neck. The white bear's muddy dog hair was also splattered with bright red blood.
At the same time, Zhao Rong asked the signal corps to report the situation.
"Report! They set off smoke and fire where they were, and then fled!"
"Direction? Which way are you going?"
"The situation is complicated and I can't tell clearly. It seems to be heading northwest."
At this time, in the northwest of Lijia Mountain, a stream flowed from the southwest to the northeast, and Zhou Changfeng had already led his team to a small hill beside the stream.
After learning of the movement, he raised his hand and glanced at his watch, nodded and said, "It seems my judgment is quite correct...Okay, call the gunship and let them come over. As for us...just wait and wait."
"It's an order."
More than 400 officers and soldiers began to set up defenses on the spot, set up temporary heavy machine gun fire points, and began to determine the approximate shooting direction for the mortars.
Similarly, after receiving the order, Zuoshan Diao No. 1 immediately turned its nose and flew straight in this direction.
The number of bandits who fled in a hurry has been reduced from the original 250 or so to more than 160. Except for dozens of people who were killed and injured, the rest are lost.
They never expected that the Ming army had arrived here long ago and was waiting for help.
Although the stream is neither wide nor deep, the current is a bit fast. You have to step firmly when flowing, otherwise you will easily be washed down by the stream.
However, Zhou Changfeng's prediction was not 100% accurate. For example, the place where the bandits chose to cross the river was more than a hundred meters farther than he expected.
But it's okay, because there is another unit on the way.
"Sir, can you fight me?"
"Wait a little longer and strike halfway across."
(End of chapter)
