Rebirth in 1972: Redemption in Changbai Mountain

Zhou Rui's mind was also racing, with ideas flashing through his head from time to time. He also wanted to keep both groups of wild beasts outside.

A series of crunching sounds could be heard. Zhou Rui knew that these were wolves that hadn't participated in the attack gnawing on the deer meat on the sled.

"Damn it! They didn't even leave me any meat; they ate all the venison I worked so hard to bring back. And my mule ran away! I've lost a fortune!" Zhou Rui felt like his heart was bleeding.

Zhou Rui got up and looked around the snow hut. Light and shooting angles—if these two issues were resolved, keeping the wolves and moose in place wouldn't be a problem.

Zhou Rui looked at the small, cup-sized vent that was very close to his head. He thought, "Why don't we make the vent bigger, climb onto the roof, and from there look down on everyone, no one can escape?"

"Could you two senior brothers help me enlarge the vent?"

"What, are you planning to leave from here?"

"Yeah, I'm going to ride up here and shoot down. The view is wide, and I can shoot wherever I want."

Wang Zhen raised a question: "Our roof isn't very high, just over two meters. A wild wolf could probably jump up there easily."

"It's alright. Our house is round, and the outside is wet, so it's very slippery. The wolves can't stand on it at all. Even if they jump right in front of me, I can sweep them down with the butt of my gun."

"I think that's a good idea. I'll inform Master, and then we can fight from both sides at the same time." Gu Shaofeng was very supportive and immediately wanted to inform Wang Shouye.

"Wait a minute." Wang Zhen grabbed Gu Shaofeng. "How do we fix the brightness issue?"

"Burn a few more large logs, and when I go up, throw them outside to light up a large area. The rest can be dealt with using flashlights."

"Okay, let's do it that way."

Wang Zhen clapped his hands, deciding to help Zhou Rui complete the plan. He then picked up his knife and started digging at the roof, but he was still a bit shorter than Gu Shaofeng, so he couldn't get a good grip.

"Master... Ruiwa is going to dig a hole in the roof of the snow house. He'll sit on the roof and fire a gun..." Gu Shaofeng shouted loudly into the hole.

The noise was so loud that it startled the wolves outside, causing them to pause their attack. However, seeing that there was no danger, they resumed their assault on the moose.

"What...? I didn't hear you clearly... say it again..." Wang Shouye's hoarse voice came from the other end of the line.

"Riva... is preparing to dig a hole in the roof of the snow house... and sit on the roof to fire a gun..."

"Okay...we'll go up too...we'll let you know when we're done...be careful..."

The two sides exchanged information through such shouts.

Zhou Rui added a few large pieces of firewood to the fire and poked at the ashes at the bottom, and flames immediately shot up.

Then, the three of them formed a circle, with two daggers and a bayonet, and kept working hard around the vent. Ice shards kept falling down, and sometimes they fell into their collars, but no one paid any attention.

The hunting outside did not stop because of Zhou Rui and his group's actions. The moose frequently encountered danger; the mother moose had no sharp antlers and could only attack with her hooves.

However, wolves are agile and often circle around to attack the female moose's weak points from the side or behind.

The largest male stag lowered its head, too busy taking care of its three wives to keep its attention.

Sometimes you hear the injured doe on the right screaming, but by the time you get there to help, the wolves have run away, and then another dangerous situation arises on the left.

The buck was being led around by the wolves, exhausted and clearly unable to keep going for long.

Bang... Several large chunks of ice fell down, making the hole much larger, seemingly big enough for one person to get out.

"It's done." "You can stop now."

"Should we flatten it a bit more? That would make it easier to get in and out."

Zhou Rui glanced at Gu Shaofeng and said, "It's not a door, why does it need to be so tidy? It's just something you use once, as long as it works, that's fine."

As he spoke, he stuffed the leather he would use as a mat that night out of the hole and laid it out at the entrance, ensuring both friction and preventing his bottom from getting cold.

"Junior brother, you can use my gun. My Type 56 has a large magazine capacity and you don't need to pull the bolt." Gu Shaofeng handed over his Type 56 semi-automatic rifle.

"I want to use all the guns. Once a gun is out of bullets, I'll pass it down to you guys downstairs to reload it."

Zhou Rui didn't hold back, treating Gu Shaofeng and Wang Zhen as mere tools. This way, he could sit on the roof and fire continuously without worrying about running out of bullets.

"Okay. Let's take all the bullets out first, so we can load them later."

Gu Shaofeng and Wang Zhen went to check the bullets, while Zhou Rui picked up several pieces of firewood that were about to be thrown out and placed them on top of the flames to make them burn brighter.

"Shaofeng...we're ready...get ready to go up to the roof..."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Rui hurriedly gathered the burning firewood into his hands, a total of five pieces.

"Eldest brother, second brother, take me up there."

Gu Shaofeng and Wang Zhen quickly squatted down, each of them grabbing one of Zhou Rui's legs.

"One, two, three, go!"

Zhou Rui, holding a torch, crawled out of the hole in the roof, sticking half his body out. Then, after looking around and avoiding the positions of the moose, he threw out several torches one by one.

Several torches were scattered around, instantly illuminating the area outside the snow hut. Zhou Rui braced himself against the cave entrance with both hands and sat steadily there.

Just then, a person emerged from the snow hut opposite, moving rather nimbly. Zhou Rui looked closely and realized it was Wang Shouye.

Wang Shouye looked up and said, "Hehe... Ruiwa, it's just the two of us again. Looks like we're about to have a big fight. Let's take down the moose first and see if the wolf pack will retreat."

"Okay, Uncle Wang."

Zhou Rui lowered his head: "Senior brother, hand me a gun."

"Okay." Gu Shaofeng handed over his gun directly.

Zhou Rui took it and glanced at it. It was a Type 56.5. Although he hadn't used it much, he was already familiar with it when he adjusted Gu Shaofeng's gun.

Zhou Rui picked up his rifle, released the safety, hooked one foot around the cave entrance, and kicked the cave wall hard with the other foot, pushing it in place forcefully.

Zhou Rui glanced at Wang Shouye out of the corner of his eye, waiting for his signal, a slight smile playing on his lips.

Come on, let's see how many of these wolves can escape.

Wang Shouye on the other side was also ready, his aim fixed on the largest buck.

Moose are huge, and Wang Shouye was afraid he wouldn't be able to kill one with a single shot, so the two of them didn't divide the fire and naturally both shot at the largest one.

Bang, bang... Two gunshots rang out almost simultaneously. The stag, not expecting that there was a person in addition to the hungry wolf, fell down without uttering a sound.

After firing one shot, Zhou Rui stopped looking at the result and immediately moved the gun away, bang, bang, bang.

Semi-automatic guns are great; you don't have to pull the bolt. Zhou Rui's burst fire almost achieved the effect of continuous fire.

Wang Shouye's gunshots weren't as fast. After firing four shots, Wang Shouye was one and a half seconds slower than Zhou Rui.

After shooting at the moose, a huge target, Zhou Rui moved his gun to the wolves, not specifically choosing any one, but shooting whichever wolf was closest to the muzzle.