Chapter 1602: Devil's Valley
After entering the house and taking their seats, Cao Guoliang got straight to the point and asked Augustin Maris if there were any highly toxic substances in this jungle, which could seal the throat with blood and was easy to take.
Augustin Maris told Cao Guoliang without hesitation that there are countless poisonous snakes, poisonous insects, and poisonous plants in the jungle, but the only one that can be easily obtained is the poison wood, also known as the bloody throat.
This tree is abundant in the jungle and is easily recognizable, because it has a well-developed root system, grows tall and large, and often stands tall above the main canopy, so as long as you look for the tallest tree, it is accurate.
Peel off a piece of bark and mash out the milky white juice, which is poisonous juice, which can kill people in a few minutes on the broken skin of humans or animals, and is often used by locals and guerrillas to set traps or smear them on arrows to deal with little devils.
Cao Guoliang's eyes lit up immediately when he heard this, and he immediately asked if there were any antidotes.
Maris replied, of course, there is, near the growth of arrow poison wood, there is a slender grass, the local people call Jiadu grass, mashed and applied to the wound, can cure the poison of arrow poison wood, is also the only antidote.
Cao Guoliang was overjoyed, and immediately asked Maris to go with him to find this antidote, and bluntly told Maris that the enemy was too bad, and smeared this poison on the bullets, resulting in a large number of his soldiers killed, and he was now in urgent need of this antidote herb.
Maris was also a warm-hearted person, and got up immediately, but when he walked to the door, he suddenly remembered something, and said something to Cao Guoliang.
The interpreter immediately explained, and Maris asked, this bullet fired from the chamber of the gun, it should produce high temperatures, this arrow poison wood poison can not tolerate high temperatures.
Cao Guoliang thought for a while and said: "Our military experts said that at most, it is only seventy or eighty degrees, which is not considered a high temperature, and it is better to boil water." ”
Maris frowned, hesitated for a few seconds and said, "Have you seen the corpse, what are the characteristics of the corpse's wounds and other parts?" ”
Cao Guoliang said without thinking: "There is black liquid oozing out of the wound, and the poisoned person's body is faintly dark green. ”
"No need to go." Marris dropped a sentence and turned back into the house.
Everyone looked at each other and didn't know what was going on, Cao Guoliang hurriedly turned around and asked, "Mr. Marris, what's wrong?" ”
Maris shook his head and said with a serious face: "Among your soldiers, it is not poison dart wood poison at all, but poison dart frogs that are more powerful than poison dart wood. ”
"Poison dart frogs?"
As soon as the translator's voice fell, there was an exclamation in the room, obviously, no one had heard of such a thing.
"What the hell is this poison dart frog, is it more poisonous than poison dart wood? Is there an antidote? Cao Guoliang's words were like a bullet out of the chamber, fast and urgent.
Maris sighed and began to gush.
This poison dart frog is a common sight in the jungle and is one of the most beautiful frogs in the world, as well as one of the most venomous.
They are very small, with the smallest being only 1.5 centimeters, and some species can reach up to 6 centimeters. Don't look small, but they are very conspicuous, and the color is a combination of black and bright red, yellow, orange, pink, green, and blue.
In the jungle in front of you, there are very many of them, there are more than 100 kinds of species, but not all of them are poisonous, and there are only a dozen poisonous species, among which gold and cobalt blue are the most poisonous.
The toxins extracted from these two poison dart frogs, either of which can poison two or three elephants, and tens or hundreds of humans are not a problem.
Moreover, there is no antidote to this toxin at all, and poisoning is certain to death.
The point is that it is not afraid of fire, and once the arrow is stained, a simple barbecue will not completely remove the toxin, so this toxin can be applied to the bullet and hurt people.
After saying this, Cao Guoliang's face was already drenched in cold sweat, and the whole person was not good-looking, but his mind was still clear, he still remembered that the poison bullet was only used for their army, and the left army that was also in the jungle was not used, and he hoped to find the answer here.
Maris did not disappoint him, he told Cao Guoliang that although this poison dart frog is extremely poisonous, it also has strict requirements for food and the temperature and humidity of the living environment, and the north is seriously affected by the typhoon climate, so it can only be found in the jungle in the south.
Moreover, the number of poisonous poison dart frogs is not large, and it is not so easy to find, so the dose of toxin that the island army can obtain should not be too much, even if Cao Guoliang and the enemy in front of them should not be able to smear every bullet with poison.
This gave Cao Guoliang a reminder, and he immediately ordered his adjutant to use walkie-talkies to contact the front line and ask what kind of weapon the soldier who died of poisoning was hit.
The answer soon came back, and all the bullets dug up from the corpse were 6.5 mm caliber, that is, they were all fired from the 38 big cover.
Cao Guoliang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, which showed that Maris's words were right, the enemy did not collect many toxins, not every bullet was poisonous, but only precision shooters used this kind of bullet.
Even so, this is still the biggest threat, and the key is that there is no solution, and as long as the offensive continues, the troops will face this threat head-on.
"I remember you swore that the Chinese guerrillas were still in this jungle? Then you must have a little bottom in your heart, where will they be hiding now? Cao Guoliang's head was also lively, and when the frontal attack was blocked, he immediately thought of the 48th detachment, which was behind enemy lines.
"Devil's Valley." Maris said without hesitation: "Only this place is not dared to enter by little devils, and the guerrillas have been active in this jungle for a long time, they must know the secrets of the Devil's Valley."
"Devil's Valley? In what place? What's famous? Cao Guoliang said strangely.
Maris said: "Along the jungle road across the Cagayan River, there is a jungle more than ten miles to the south, the trees are high and dense, the smoke is shrouded all the year round, it is a forbidden place in the whole jungle, the legend is that there are man-eating monsters in it, poisonous insects and beasts do not know how many, and those who enter by mistake will surely die." ”
"Ah...... And you still say they're in there? Wang Teng's mouth was quick and he asked.
Maris smiled slightly, as if there was something unspeakable, and after hesitating for a few seconds, he said: "This is related to the livelihood of our entire village, and also to the livelihood of our entire Aeta people, so ...... Hahaha. ”
Cao Guoliang comprehended, and bowed to the beautiful adjutant beside him, and the delicate adjutant immediately opened the leather bag he was carrying, took out a thick stack of dollars from it and handed it to Cao Guoliang.
Jiang Haoran's adjutants are all beauties, and the generals below him are also doing the same, many of them are looking for a beautiful adjutant for themselves, not to mention their ability, but all of them are highly educated and good-looking, and they can't take them out.
Do they have any other responsibilities? These are unknown, and Jiang Haoran never asks.