Chapter 655: The Prairie (First Shift)
After crossing the Rocky Mountains, the vast grassland that cannot be seen at a glance directly broke into people's sight, and the vastness of the grassland was beyond people's imagination, so that those who were on the grassland could not help but marvel at the vastness of this grassland. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
On the prairie, a North American bison covered with coarse hair, camel-like peaks, and lion-like hair graze leisurely there, turning a blind eye to the people who intrude on the grassland, and this herd, weighing thousands of kilograms, will be angry even North American brown bears will stay away.
Even now, when a herd of thousands of bison blocked the army's march, an entire infantry regiment had to stop and let the mighty herd of bison run past them, and there was almost no end in sight to this huge herd of cattle, like a continuous stream of water.
"My God......"
Standing on the grassland, Sun Xinghai looked in amazement at the endless herd, which was slowly passing hundreds of meters in front of them.
"This ...... So many cows! ”
In Sun Xinghai's consciousness, he had never seen so many cattle, and the soldiers in the company were also dumbfounded, they were no strangers to bison, in fact, even in the Rocky Mountains there are forest bison, and those bison are also their most important source of meat, and even here, they don't need to raise cattle at all, pigs, the forest has enough rich meat.
But despite this, they had never seen such a large number of bison!
"Developed, developed......"
While Sun Xinghai and the others were stunned by this huge herd of bison, the soldiers around them murmured one by one.
"Company commander, let's hurry up, hurry up, hurry up and get the British out of the way......"
The second platoon commander Yu Jiacai said eagerly on the side, Sun Xinghai noticed that the other soldiers were also fanatical, and they wanted to conquer this land immediately.
"That's it, company commander, hurry up, get the British out of the way as soon as possible, we're ......"
Good...... All eyes were on the bison, and everyone had a greedy look in their eyes - for these former lumberjacks, they knew very well what the mighty herd of bison in front of them meant, which meant wealth!
"What's the matter, brethren?"
Looking at the seemingly fanatical eyes of the soldiers, Sun Xinghai asked a little strangely.
"Company commander, bison!"
Yu Jiacai pointed to the bison herd, how many times he tried to control the desire to shoot and hunt cattle.
"This bison is full of treasures, a cow can produce more than a thousand catties of meat, not to mention, the skin of the bison is tougher and more elastic than ordinary cowhide. In Saltwater, tanneries were built in the first two years, and bison skins were made into conveyor belts in the tanneries, and of course used to make harnesses, belts, shoes and other leather products, and then sent to the country, where the tanneries bought bison skins for 1 yuan each......"
And then what bison bones can be ground into powder as fertilizer, in short, in the mouth of the family wealth, there is no place where this bison can not be used, up and down, even bison hair, can also be used to make hats and clothes and other winter supplies.
"This ......"
Yu Jiacai's words made Sun Xinghai almost can't believe his ears, although he is not from a Zhuang family, but he didn't expect that cattle can be used so much, and even asked in surprise.
"This, are these cows really so useful?"
"No, a bison can be sold for dozens of dollars just for meat, and then it can be sold for skins and bones, and it can be worth nearly a hundred yuan! With such a large herd of bison, at least a few hundred thousand can be sold out......"
Staring at the mighty group of bison in front of him, Yu Jiacai said with some excitement.
"What kind of bison did the brothers see there, it was simply a silver ox running one after another, so many cows, close your eyes, that is also a shot, how much is a bullet worth......"
Hearing Yu Jiacai say this, Sun Xinghai finally knew why the brothers' expressions had become so strange, it was strange, it was clearly a desire for wealth, and these bison were simply treasures sent to their doors.
“…… In the past, I only heard from others that the Rocky Mountain prairie was full of bison herds, and thousands of bison grazing here, but who the hell knew that there would be so many ......?"
"I knew that there were so many cows, so my grandson was cutting wood, and two or three cows would cover a year's wages......"
"It's not ...... like that"
As the brothers looked at the buffalo one by one, they wanted to rush over and kill them all.
"Don't daydream one by one, don't forget that there are red ghosts on this grassland! Be careful that you don't even have a cow to blow the scalp of the Red Devil! ”
A brother's reminder made the brothers who had fallen into a frenzy of making a fortune stunned, and they realized that in this prairie, bison is not the only creature, there is also a group of red fans who can threaten them, the so-called "red fans" are actually the local "red fans", they always like to paint their whole bodies black, so they are called "red fans", and they always cut off the scalps of the enemy when they treat the enemy.
For them, these soldiers who have come to North America for many years are naturally no strangers, after all, they have been attacked by Hongfan more than once, and heard Yu Jiacai, who was holding a gun, scolded hatefully,
"His grandmother's, isn't it the Red Fan Ghost, the turtle grandson, kill one of us, destroy them all over the house, I don't believe in killing them!"
"But no, if you want to cut our scalp, you have to cut off their heads!"
For a while, the warriors who were still fanatical about wealth immediately turned into bloodthirsty people, talking about how to kill those red fans, it seemed that for them, the hatred of the red fans far exceeded the desire for wealth.
"Company commander, you don't know, those miscellaneous things, when we first came here, we treated them well, neither killing nor fighting, but those ghosts, often break in and steal our things, not to mention, if someone finds out, kill people and kill them, they actually peel off their scalps and take them away, what kind of ghost can they do this kind of thing......"
When mentioning the customs of the Red Fan Ghost and the Red Fan Ghost, Yu Jiacai's tone was full of hatred, as the first lumberjack to come to Xianshui Port, he had fellow villagers around him who were scalped off by the Red Fan, and because of this, he only had one word in his dictionary to treat the Red Fan - kill!
Only a dead red is a good red fan!
Over the years, the people have developed a habit of instilling in each other that whenever a new logger arrives, telling them that the most dangerous animal in this forest is not a brown bear or a wolf, because the animals will not necessarily kill them, but the red will kill them.
Whether it's experience, lessons, or paranoia. These people chose to face the natives in their own way, and they also affected a lot, just like now, everyone looks like they can't eat their bones, which is the result of the habit they have developed over the years.
"Well, that's why it's a wild man!"
Sun Xinghai nodded noncommittally, did not express any opinion, as a traditional Chinese, the traditional "Huayi concept" also influenced him, in his opinion, the world except for the "Chinese" are "barbarians", as for the hairthirsty and blood-drinking "savages...... Not even worthy of being a "barbarian".
While the warriors were venting their hostility to the Red Warriors here, at the edge of the woods in the distance, a few red warriors on horseback and painted red were staring at the soldiers who had appeared in the grassland, and when these men in green uniforms had climbed over the Rocky Mountains, they had already noticed them.
"They are the Green Devils! ”
The red man on the horse pointed at those people, his eyes were also hostile, and his strong physique even made his heart beat violently because of his anger, and the hostile gaze was full of fear when he mentioned "Green Devil".
"Green Devil" is the title given by Hongfan to the defense team, in the face of the attack of Hongfan, the counterattack of the defense team is also extremely powerful, as for the means can even be described as cruel, for the culling of nomadic tribes, there is too much experience in the history books, such as Wei Yuan's "Qianlong Dangping Zhun Ji" record is very effective - "The emperor is angry, the general is angry at the bottom, the group is surrounded and covered, the net of the field is big, the poor and chaotic gluttonous group, the sky has nothing to say, the earth has nothing to tolerate, and it is self-inflicted, and it will make no trace of cultivation and cultivation in the old place." "Maybe this was the Manchu method, but it was an extremely effective method, and in the end, Jungar left nothing but a place name in Xinjiang.
It is precisely because of the effectiveness of this measure that the defense force will fully learn from the measures in the history books, adopt similar measures in the counterattack against the red fan, and successfully remove the threat of the red fan to most forest farms through years of attacks. Some of the Red Tibetan tribes were even driven out of the company's leased land and came to the prairie, and of course, they also brought their description of the defense force to the prairie - "Green Devils"!
And for the "Green Devil" the title of the defense team has always been proud, they even made the "Green Devil" armband as the logo of the escort team, and even now, in the 167th Division, those former defense members still wear the "Green Devil" wall badge, and Yu Jiacai is one of them,
"Where there are bison, there are red fans!"
Suddenly, Yu Jiacai looked left and right, and there was vigilance in those eyes, which made Sun Xinghai stunned, and when he was curious, he only heard Yu Jiacai say.
"Company commander, the Red Fan Ghost must be staring at us, you see......"
Pointing at the cavalry in the distance, the corners of Yu Jiacai's lips lifted, spat hatefully, and then scolded hatefully.
"These red ghosts, if you are smart, you should stay away, or Lao Tzu will ......"
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