The gunshots rang out, short and rhythmic, one after another, not continuous shooting.
The gunfire rang for a while and then stopped, and Chu Xiang clearly heard seventy-six shots.
"Successfully annihilated the invading wolf pack." The intercom rang.
"Received." Chu Xiang responded.
The surrounding area fell silent, with the occasional two howls of wolves, and the flames jumping continuously, making a loud bang from time to time, illuminating Chu Xiang's calm face, appearing and disappearing.
"The wolves are divided into three groups and roaming around the outside." The intercom rang.
"The strategy is to disturb the enemy's tired troops. Stay focused and conserve your energy." Chu Xiang said.
By building a fortress and changing from a secret sentry to an open sentry, the enemy clearly knew that he had been discovered and did not conduct unnecessary secret tests. Instead, he deployed the two armies according to the strategy of confronting the enemy, testing and disturbing the enemy. These are the most commonly used tactics. .
The two armies faced each other, attacking the heart first.
The wolves harassed the camp all night long, launching small-scale attacks from time to time. In the second half of the night, Chu Xiang asked two teams to take turns going up the city wall and kill the invading wolves with their bare blades. He no longer used the firepower under Gao Jian's command and retained Ammunition for the coming war.
Gao Jian and Yang Zhigang got up before two o'clock. Tao Gongchi also sat up when he heard the noise outside. Although Tao Gongchi is unsophisticated and usually ignores the affairs of the escort team and concentrates on research, he is an out-and-out peak Yijin master.
"Lao Gao, how much ammunition did you bring?" Chu Xiang asked.
"Ten thousand rounds of bullets, one hundred grenades, and twenty kilograms of TNT." Gao Gao Jian said.
"Judging from this scale, the firepower is a bit overwhelming." Yang Zhigang said.
"There shouldn't be many wild animals in the environment of Lop Nur. Such strong firepower plus Tang Long and everyone should be enough." Tao Gongchi moved over and looked at Chu Xiangdao.
"There shouldn't be so many wolves gathering in Lop Nur." Yang Zhigang said.
"I have heard a rumor that Lop Nur's Pisces Jade Pendant can infinitely copy living things. I don't know if it is true." Chu Xiang said.
"How could such a thing exist?" Tao Gongchi was the first to question. As a professional archaeologist, he never believed in these legends of gods and ghosts.
"Lao Yang, what do you think?" Chu Xiang asked.
"The environment in Lop Nur simply cannot allow so many wild animals to survive. They may have been driven from other places." Yang Zhigang lit up a cigarette.
"You should be able to find something if you check the carcasses of those wolves after dawn," Gao Gao said.
"Who are those people and why are they attacking us? What's the benefit of attacking an archaeological team?" Tao Gongchi didn't understand the situation.
Yang Zhigang smoked his cigarette silently, and Gao Gao said: "Maybe some people said that we have dug up some magic weapon, and if we get it, we will be invincible."
"How is it possible? Do they think they are making up a novel? The most they can find is some national treasure-level funerary objects. These things are not valuable to them. If they were before the war, they were really priceless treasures. Who wants these now? Something." Tao Gongchi said.
"Rumors only stop with wise men, but there are not many wise men in this world." Chu Xiang said. The three of them had a tacit understanding and did not let Tao Gongchi know the truth. The methods used by the other party may not be complicated. Just like Gao Jian said, there are Baby, there is a baby that makes people invincible.
Tao Gongchi knew that what Chu Xiang said was reality, so he opened his mouth and wanted to argue but was unable to do so.
"We are already in deep danger. Why don't we report it to the superiors and ask them to send someone to pick us up." Yang Zhigang said, exhaling smoke, and the smoke enveloped his face, making it hazy.
Gao Gaojian shook his head and said: "The other party clearly wants to keep us. It's not that easy to evacuate. And it's hard to say whether the higher-ups will send people here."
"You mean we can only hold on here? Then how long can we hold on!" Tao Gongchi frowned.
"Lao Yang, where do you think we can evacuate if we evacuate?" Chu Xiang said, changing the topic.
"The best retreat direction is to go northwest, along Provincial Highway 235 to the west to Ruoqiang, or to the northeast to Hami." Yang Zhigang said.
"The snow is too thick, and it is impossible for a car to outrun the wolves, and the opponent will definitely count this retreat route." Gao Gao said.
"Let's stick to it for a few days and see what happens. Maybe it's just a hungry wild wolf that finds us coming to hunt. If the situation is not right, then ask for help from above." Chu Xiang said.
Tao Gongchi looked at Chu Xiang with some confusion, wondering why Chu Xiang was saying so strange things at this time and then that time.
"Okay, let's do this first." Gao Gaojian nodded.
"This is the case for the time being, lest the higher-ups say we are not doing our job well." Yang Zhigang also agreed.
Tao Gongchi frowned, looked at Chu Xiang, then turned to look at Yang Zhigang and Gao Jian. The attitudes of the three people made him feel very strange.
"Old Tao, you stay in the tent these days, clean up the things you dug out, and don't go out for the time being." Chu Xiang said to Tao Gongchi.
Tao Gongchi nodded.
"Don't worry about these things. Go back to sleep. I'll call you if anything happens." Chu Xiang said.
Tao Gongchi nodded again and got into the sleeping bag.
"The other party is just testing. There shouldn't be much movement today. I'll get some sleep first." Chu Xiang said, getting into the sleeping bag and closing his eyes, but he didn't sleep.
Gao Gao Jian and Yang Zhigang obviously concealed something. As for what it was, Chu Xiang couldn't deduce it. What made Chu Xiang even more surprised was Tao Gongchi. Tao Gongchi seemed normal, a nerdy researcher who didn't know much about the world. But when he thought about it carefully, Chu Xiang felt the weirdest. From the moment Chu Xiang stepped into the Archaeological Research Institute, Tao Gongchi revealed an unusual aura. breath.
There was a silent fight, with blood stains everywhere on the wall made of ice and snow. The tentative attack did not cause any damage to the camp. Only two members of the guard were accidentally scratched by the wolf, which did not affect the subsequent battle.
After daybreak, the wolves retreated. When the archaeological team went outside, they found blood stains everywhere. After asking, they found out that the escort team had experienced a fight last night and resolved a crisis.
The two women, Han Ruru and Guo Yun'er, were too frightened to leave the tent due to the bloody traces. Tao Gongchi restrained everyone and asked several archaeological experts to stay inside the tent to clean up the excavated things.
Firepower points were set up on the city wall, and the guards went down to count the results. They found that not many wild wolves were killed, only more than 400.
Before Chu Xiang could go down to dissect the wolf carcass, Zhao Junping from the second team jumped back to the top of the city and said to Chu Xiang with some fear: "Captain, all the dead wolves below look exactly the same."
Chu Xiang was shocked, and he jumped down with Gao Jian and Yang Zhigang. The three of them checked the wolf corpses everywhere, and then cut them open. Sure enough, as Zhao Junping said, all the wolf corpses were exactly the same, not only in appearance, but also in the internal organs. .
Gao Jian and Yang Zhigang couldn't suppress the shock on their faces. They didn't expect that there really was such a machine in the world that could perfectly copy living things.
Zhao Junping spoke loudly just now, and all the team members on the wall heard it. Others who came down to check also discovered this anomaly, and it was impossible to suppress the news.
"Everyone go back to the city." Chu Xiang shouted loudly, calming down the commotion.
Everyone was shocked when Chu Xiang shouted, and they did not dare to disobey Chu Xiang's order and returned to the city wall one after another.
"You two, what countermeasures do you have?" Chu Xiang said solemnly.
"Why don't we send someone to explore the surroundings? If there are no traps, we can look for an opportunity to evacuate?" Yang Zhigang looked gloomy.
"I'm afraid there is no return." Gao Gaojian said solemnly.
"Do you have a drone?" Chu Xiang asked.
"Yes, but it's a small one and can't fly very far." Gao Gao said.
Chu Xiang nodded and turned on the intercom: "Luo Feng, Zhao Bing, Xu Ziliang, and Qian Laosi, check around the southeast, northwest, and don't go beyond the three-kilometer range. If there is any abnormality, return immediately."
"Understood." The four people responded and immediately moved away in all directions without breaking away from Chu Xiang's control.
"Zhao Junping, Dong Lianshan, check the vehicle." Chu Xiang continued to order.
"receive."
"Lao Gao, try asking for help from above?" Yang Zhigang said.
After thinking for a moment, Gao Gaojian nodded: "Okay." He used the walkie-talkie to notify Deng Tianhua to contact his superiors and request support.
"Lao Yang, how's the traffic going toward National Highway 315?" Chu Xiang asked.
"It's not easy to walk. The snow is deep in some places, so we need to explore the route in advance." Yang Zhigang said.
Chu Xiang nodded: "You know Lop Nur well. The machine that can copy living things, let's call it the Pisces Jade Pendant. Where is it most likely to be?"
