Episode 267 The Land of Life

Our plane is still flying, and the combat deployment is about to be determined, and Sun Hongxu and I are relatively good at this kind of small-scale rescue plan, and after a little discussion, we immediately decided to send two people to parachute first, and the rest of us will take a big plane to find an airport to land, and then we will meet again. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Wu Shuyuan was concerned and confused, scrambling to jump down, and finally we agreed to Martin Bruch's suggestion and sent the two of them down to explore the way first, and it was best to rescue the Lionheart King Sal. So Wang Yong pulled the big plane to the predetermined airspace, and as soon as the hatch opened, Wu Shuyuan and Xiao Martin jumped out.

Although we have maps in hand, none of us are familiar with these local scenes, and we are not sure where we are now, and we can only know which country is at the junction of Burundi, Uganda or the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Of course, we don't care which country it is, the task at hand is to find a place for our big plane to land right away...... In such a place where the border of the three countries meets, the airport is not to be counted on, Wang Yong took all of us around in a big circle in the sky, and finally found a section of asphalt road to use, and immediately flew down with all of us.

After the plane landed, I opened the cabin door and looked at the traces of the plane's taxiing, and I was a little secretly afraid that as long as it was slightly crooked, our plane would rush into the forest.

What is even more dangerous is that less than 50 meters in front of the big plane, a big truck is parked there, and our big plane will run a little bit more and it will crash into the big truck.

This is the wilderness of Africa, and it is also a border region, and even in the prosperous early 21st century, there was little movement of people, and now it is even more empty, only echoed by the cry of birds and apes. The birds are empty and the mountains are silent, and the dry cicada forest is even quieter, and it will only be so quiet when no one disturbs them.

We don't want to get in trouble, the quieter the better, and it's better to keep it quiet until we leave. Sun Hongxu sighed: "To be honest, my opinion on Africa at this moment is basically the same as Lao Mei more than a month ago, this ghost place has no resources, and people's civilization has yet to be developed (in fact, of course this is not the case, sometimes in the novel deliberately nonsense, or the opposite, this needs to be judged by the readers). ”

Just by suspecting that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, Lao Mei beat Saddam Hussein with a bruised nose and swollen face, and later found that he could not find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, so he simply followed Qin Keqing's example and swung Lao Sa on the beam of the hanging house.

However, the genocide between Ethiopia and Eritrea directly killed millions of people, which shocked the world, but Lao Mei, as the world boss, did not bother with the shadow puppets of those poor. It seems that we have to wait until the people of Egypt and Eritrea produce oil, gold, diamonds and the like from the ground, and then American-style democracy and freedom will come to that magical land~.

I nodded, and I had to admit: "Africa is too poor, it has been tossed by white people for hundreds of years, and it is really poor and white...... Now the gold and diamonds are all garbage, they can just dig them out, and we are not in the mood to buy them. ”

Sun Hongxu took out the walkie-talkie and called: "Wu Shuyuan, Martin Bruch, can you hear me?" The area was a continuous hill under the highlands, very open, and the military walkie-talkies were far away, and it was not long before Martin Bruch replied: "I speak English, but I don't understand Chinese." ”

I rolled my eyes and asked in English, "Are you two okay?" Did you find Sal? Martin Jr. confirmed: "The two of us are fine, and we have found Sal...... He was hung so high that he could see it at a glance. Now Wu Shuyuan is trying to figure out how to get Sal down. ”

We all exhaled and, after telling little Martin to be safe, jumped off the plane. Sun Hongxu roughly looked at the direction and pointed to me: "It's over there, it shouldn't be more than 30 kilometers, let's act as soon as possible, there are still more than two hours before it gets dark." "Generally speaking, the zongzi between the Tropic of Cancer are not afraid of the sun, and it doesn't matter if it's dark or not, but after all, it's convenient to do things during the day.

We don't have a lot of people, and we have to keep people to watch over the planes, so we can't all send them to save people. Therefore, the division of labor was quickly settled, Sun Hongxu took Lu Hu and Cao Yijing to pick up Wu Shuyuan and them, and I took the rest of my brothers to guard the plane and take care of the housekeepers.

Sun Hongxu and the others set off in the heavy truck, saying that they would run 20 kilometers along the road first, and then drive more than 10 kilometers into the woods, and they would almost find it. The woods here are very different from the woods we see in China, they are simply sparse, the distance between the trees, let alone the leaves of each other, it is estimated that the two trees are cut opposite each other, and they may not be able to touch each other. Between the trees is a vast expanse of wild grass, and now it is the dry season, and the upper part of the wild grass has died.

Sun Hongxu is an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, Cao Yijing is an active special soldier, and Lu Hu is a top killer, and the formation of a team of these three people is the most effective combination. Seeing them disappear from our sights, I turned back to Ou Xiang and said, "Man, find a place to hide and be on guard." ”

Ou Xiang nodded, climbed to a big tree with a big sniper, and set up a sniper rifle to guard. It is said to be a big tree, in fact, it is only more than ten meters high, but its trunk is very thick, this kind of tree is the famous baobab tree, the scientific name is Bobab tree, also known as the monkey tree, is a large deciduous tree. The canopy of the baobab tree is huge, and the branches are strange, resembling tree roots, and from a distance it looks like a "fallen onion". Its trunk is very thick, the thickest diameter can reach 12 meters, and it takes 40 people to hold hands to circle it, but it is not tall, only more than 10 meters. As a result, the whole tree appears like a pot-bellied beer keg. From a distance, the tree does not seem to grow on the ground, but in a vase with a big belly.

In addition to the snipers, we also have heavy machine gunners, but unfortunately the dwarf girl does not have the ability to climb trees, although she is very envious of Ou Xiang, but she can only look at the trees and sigh. The brown panda was the happiest, and ran into the jungle happily, and I shouted behind it, "Don't run too far." The brown panda waved his hand casually, indicating that he had heard it.

The two little girls were bored, and they opened the chessboard to play chess, and the twins were good, and they were born with playmates. Jian Tianhan and I watched crooked neck chess on the side, you made a move, I made a move, and after walking more than ten steps, it became me and Jian Tianhan playing chess, and the two little Loli watched the crooked neck chess.

But what made me collapse was that Jian Tianhan, this kid, played chess so well, but I was okay to play Chinese chess, this chess just knew how to move each chess piece, so within ten minutes, I was killed by Jian Tianhan and lost his armor and was embarrassed.

Although the three of them didn't laugh at my stinky chess basket, I also felt quite faceless, so I left my seat in a daze, and used the walkie-talkie to confirm that Wu Shuyuan and Sun Hongxu were safe in both aspects, and when I was bored, Ou Xiang suddenly said on the walkie-talkie: "Someone is coming." ”

We were all startled and hurriedly picked up our weapons, and even the driver, Wang Yong, was called out to be on guard with a gun. Quietly looked up, saw Ou Xiang gave me directions, hurriedly looked in that direction, and sure enough, from the woods in the distance, a little boy ran over.

It was a black kid, very flustered, looking back from time to time, and then desperately running towards our big plane. He didn't wear any clothes on him, so he wrapped a rag around his waist, and hastily wrapped ******.

Such a sleek little child is naturally not in any danger, so Ou Xiang did not shoot, and let the little guy run in front of our big plane. He stood in front of our big plane and shouted a few words, and I got up from my hiding place and asked in English, "Do you speak English?" ”

That African kid is really called a black, and after I looked at him, my first reaction was to look down at my shoes...... It's a shame to say that this African kid is darker than my leather shoes, because he is covered in sweat, so he looks black and bright.

The African kid looked at the gun in my hand, and began to grunt, and then pointed to our big plane, and said a lot of things that we didn't understand. That language should be an indigenous African language, I don't know it, I looked at Ou Xiang and Jian Tianhan, and the two of them shook their heads at me together.

At this time, we found out that this African child's slippers were too wall-toning, completely homemade, and the soles were actually two bottles of mineral water that had been stepped on...... I asked Xiaojian to bring a piece of bread, handed it to the child, and said, "You're hungry, here's for you." The African boy didn't answer, and continued to say strange things to me, and then he frequently turned back and pointed in the direction he was running from, as if something was behind him.

I glanced at Ou Xiang, who gestured and said that he didn't find anything. I exhaled, took a bite of the bread, and then said to the African child, "It's not poisonous...... The African child ignored me, but also said that he was tired, put his hands on his knees, and bent over to gasp.

Jian Tianhan brought a bottle of mineral water, and this time the African child took it, but he didn't unscrew the lid and drink it, but took out a knife from the rag around his waist like a trick, and then walked under the baobab tree and dug a small hole in the trunk with the knife. Immediately, clear water flowed out of the small hole, and he caught it directly with his mouth, and soon drank it full.

We were all dumbfounded, we didn't expect the baobab tree to have this effect. Later, we learned that since most of the African continent does not have spring, summer, autumn and winter, there is only a dry season and a rainy season. In order to reduce the evaporation of water, the branches of the baobab tree are often bare, once the rainy season comes, it uses its thick body to desperately store water, a baobab tree is said to be able to store thousands of kilograms of water or more, it is simply a water storage tower of the wasteland, when it absorbs enough water, it will grow leaves, and produce large white flowers. Although the trunk of the baobab tree is very thick, the wood is very loose, which can be described as strong on the outside and dry in the middle, the outside and soft on the inside. This wood is the best for storing water, so it has a unique "stripping" and "water absorption method". Whenever the dry season comes, it quickly strips all its leaves in order to reduce water evaporation. When the rainy season comes, it uses its thick body and soft wood instead of its roots, like a sponge, to absorb and store a lot of water for the dry season. It is said that it can store thousands of kilograms or more of water, and it can be called the water storage tower of the wasteland.

If you are thirsty in the African wilderness during the dry season, you don't have to use your "reserves", you can dig a hole in the belly of the ubiquitous baobab tree with a knife and the spring gushes out, and you can drink in a jar. Therefore, many desert travelers say, "Baobab trees are with life, as long as there are baobab trees, you don't have to worry about traveling in the wilderness." ”

After drinking the water, the African boy knew that it was useless to say anything to us, so he simply didn't say anything, but he was still relieved to see that we had guns in our hands, and hid not far from us, looking nervously in the direction he was running from. We didn't dare to be careless, and we quickly hid it.

The Scottish sisters also spotted the African child, and Leslie was more daring, ran down the gangway, crouched down next to me, and said, "He probably speaks French." "I couldn't help but be stunned when I heard this, and I thought that it was possible, in the colonial era of horse racing, the British went to occupy India, Australia, and New Zealand, and the French vigorously invaded Africa, and until now, France still regards Africa as its own back garden. Correspondingly, French is very popular in Africa, and the official language of many countries is French.

I nodded and asked Resri, "Do you speak French?" Resri nodded, and I was just overjoyed when I heard her say, "But I'll say a word." I rolled my eyes and thought to myself, "It's better than anything, and I said, "Then you can tell this African kid." ”

Resley leaned over and muttered something, and the African boy stared at Resley with wide eyes, not saying a word. Resli turned back to me and said, "He doesn't speak French. I asked, confused, "How do you know...... By the way, what do you mean by that French phrase? ”

Resri laughed and said, "I asked him if he was a stupid pig...... You look at him, and he doesn't react. I turned my face and shouted, "Nonsense, who told you to curse indiscriminately?" Resri didn't dare to pout, stuck out her little tongue, and laughed and ran behind the baobab tree, where the dwarven girl was on heavy machine-gun alert.

As soon as Resri ran away, Gersley got off the plane and said to me, "He probably speaks French...... and I turned my face blank: "Go back to the plane!" Gasley pouted and returned to the plane. After thinking about it, he felt that it was a bit dangerous for Resri to stay outside, so he shouted, "Resli, you will also go on the plane, and you two are not allowed to run down without my orders." Reluctantly, Resley spun out from behind the baobab and ran back as well.

I looked back at the African kid and saw his startled mouth open for the eldest who could not understand how a man could run away from the east and then out of the west...... Dizzy, I wanted to explain the twins to him, but I couldn't get him to understand me, so I sighed.

At this time, Ou Xiang whispered on the tree: "Someone is here again......" Before he finished speaking, he put down the gun, and when I looked up, I saw a chimpanzee swaying in the woods.

Orangutans have always been familiar with orangutans, and the simple theoretical analysis is that chimpanzees are the closest related animals. According to scientists' DNA research, humans share 60 percent of their genetic information with fruit flies, 80 percent similarity with mice, and about 98.5 percent similarity with chimpanzees. Chimpanzees are surprisingly similar to humans, and there is a maximum of 0.5 percent genetic difference between two people, when in fact, humans and chimpanzees can transfuse each other.

Many people are impressed by the movie "King Kong", but to be honest, the King Kong image in the movie is not a chimpanzee, but another cousin of humans, a gorilla. Although King Kong is portrayed as violent, the gorillas are actually more vicious in appearance, and the real gorillas are mild-mannered vegetarians who never attack humans or other animals...... It may be a bit vague to say this, but you must know that adult gorillas can grow up to more than 550 pounds, and when they walk upright, they are 1.8 meters tall and their arms are outstretched, nearly 3 meters. Bamboo, which is ten centimeters in diameter, is the equivalent of a matchstick in our hands in the hands of gorillas, and can be broken effortlessly. Therefore, adult gorillas have no natural predators in Africa. In such a situation, it is really commendable that they do not attack others.

The opposite of gorillas is chimpanzees. Chimpanzees are the most intelligent animals in the world except for humans, we all know that judging a species of higher animals or lower animals, the least difference is to make and use tools, and the ability to manufacture and use tools is not a problem for chimpanzees at all, they break branches, repair into fishing rods to catch termites to eat, almost every chimpanzee housekeeping ability.

After years of research, people no longer dare to think of chimpanzees as simple animals, in fact, many scientists have called for chimpanzees to be removed from the orangutan family and classified as a subspecies of Homo sapiens family. There is a striking fact: chimpanzees even eat their close relatives - other primates such as colobus monkeys, baboons, etc. They even attack chimpanzees of their own kind in order to gain territory and food, similar to human warfare.

At first, I didn't take the chimpanzee who walked slowly from far and near seriously, but Jian Tianhan was stunned and reminded me: "Old flower, why doesn't that guy use his forelimbs to help him walk?" This sentence simply scared the hell out of me! Damn, I also noticed that although the chimpanzee was very inconvenient to walk because of his short hind legs, he didn't mind at all, and walked slowly towards us.

Of course, there is nothing to make a fuss about a walking chimpanzee, and it occurred to me at that moment that many species have been affected after this viral crisis, and most animals have significantly improved their IQs, except for the emergence of a large number of zombies in humans...... Chimpanzees are already so smart, if they were a little smarter, wouldn't it be ......! Oh my God, I can't even think about it! (To be continued.) )