Chapter 55: Investigation
In the dense jungle, three figures wearing penny hats and army green camouflage uniforms are carefully using the daggers of the Australian Army to chop through the weeds and branches in front of them.
"Hey, Yu Shan, give me your kettle, I'm done drinking." Makarov turned to Yu Shandao, who was walking behind him.
"Sergeant, mine is gone, have you forgotten that you drank all my water just ten minutes ago." Yu Shan replied helplessly.
"Alright, Yu Shan, we should find a stream of water first, or the three of us will die of thirst, this damn weather, I would like a storm now."
"Head, the last thing you should do is take on this task, and you also involved me and Qiao Yan, you see how we can find the natives nest in such a large rainforest." Yu Shan complained.
"Damn, Yu Shan, have you forgotten the theories you learned on the first day of entering the army, soldiers should take obedience to orders as their duty, and the commander trusts us by entrusting us with the task, how can we refuse. Am I right, Qiao Yan. ”
Mu Ne's Qiao Yan nodded in agreement: "Head, there is a situation, look there." ”
As Qiao Yan looked in the direction of his finger, he saw a native shuttling quickly through the forest, running towards the southern plateau, the weeds and dead branches in the rainforest did not seem to have any resistance to the natives, judging from the speed of running, it was definitely much faster than Makarov.
"Quick, let's hurry up, as long as we follow him, we can find the native's lair." As soon as Makarov got up, he didn't care about the thirst in his mouth, so he chased in the direction of the natives, and Yu Shanqiao followed closely behind.
The three of them kept chasing in the direction of the natives, but in just a few minutes, there was no sign in the rainforest.
As a last resort, the three of them stopped the pursuit, and it was not a way to run like this, maybe they would not catch up, and they would be caught by the natives.
"Let's stop chasing, it's not a way to go on like this, we still have to find a way to find a water source, the place where the natives live must be not far from the water source, according to the local aboriginal living customs, they generally choose to live in a place with abundant food and a water source." Makarov was the first to stop the pursuit, and then said to the two behind him.
"Head, you're so smart, you can find the natives when you find the water source, why didn't we think of that." Yu Shan patted the horse's ass in time, which was very useful to Makarov.
Although Makarov is a little clever enough to find the natives by finding the water, it is extremely difficult to find the water, and there are dangers everywhere in the rainforest, because if you are not careful, you will end up in a desperate situation.
The method of finding water sources in the wild is popular in the Australian Army, because the Army often goes out to find indigenous tribes, and generally needs to find water sources by three aspects, one is to listen quietly, generally the water flow through the mountain stream or in the flow through a small place with a drop will make a sound, as long as you follow the sound to find it.
The other method is to rely on the sense of smell, which is usually done by experienced people, and the third is based on the topography and plant production.
Of the three methods, only the first one was the easiest for Makarov, because the others were so laborious, that he usually listened to the sound of the water only by ear.
"Sergeant, there seems to be a voice," Qiao Xi was once again the first to notice the situation.
Makarov nodded, and then quietly listened to the sounds of the rainforest, and among the cries of birds and various insects, he heard the slight sound of running water.
"Target southeast."
"Head, you're sure you heard me right," Yu Shan looked at the distance of Makarov's finger with some disbelief, because when he was in his homeland, Makarov often made mistakes, so that everyone always ran in vain. And he pointed to the place, which from here happened to be the middle of a slope, and from Yu Shan's experience, there was absolutely no water there, maybe there was a seaside there.
"Ou, Private General, are you questioning my abilities?"
"No, I just wanted you to hear it, because the more we walked, the more we sweated, and you know, we didn't have any water." Yu Shan replied cautiously, and then whispered to Qiao Yan beside him, meaning that he should listen too.
"That's right, you should be able to find a source of water from here." Qiao Yan said.
Ten minutes later, when the three of them looked for the direction of the sound of water and got closer and closer, they saw a small stream not far away, and the white water was leaving for a small pond below.
"Native," Yu Shan couldn't help but cry out when he saw a dozen or so shacks made of branches and rattan by the pond, but fortunately, the natives not far away who were collecting fruits and handling hunted food outside did not appear to be out of the ordinary.
"Idiot, you almost exposed us all, let's go over there and have a look, that's a big discovery." A smile appeared on Makarov's face, proud that he had been able to accurately locate the indigenous tribe this time.
"Head, something is wrong, the ratio of men and women in this tribe is very normal, you see those young and strong women. After observing for more than ten minutes, Qiao Yan said the problems he had found.
"What's wrong, what's so strange about the normal ratio of men and women," Yu Shan asked with a nonchalant face.
"If this tribe is the one who attacked us, then he should be very young, at least now there should be only old and weak women and children left in the tribe, you see below, all of them are young, so it can't be that they attacked us." Qiao Yan gave Yu Shan an analysis on the side.
"Yes, Qiao Yan is right, the number of people in this tribe is only about a hundred people, and it can be seen from the dozen or so shacks that there are dozens of natives who besieged us who were killed by us, and when we came out, they were still hiding in the rain forest and ready to attack at any time."
Makarov looked at the watch he was wearing on his wrist, which He Yu had given him when he came out on this mission, so that he could keep time in the field. It's been a full half hour now. The natives below didn't seem to have any anomalies, so they came to the same opinion as Qiao Yan.
Just when the three of them had already decided that this was not attacking their indigenous tribe, more than a dozen obviously injured indigenous people ran back from the direction of Flying Fish Bay, and the indigenous people who ran back exchanged some words with the indigenous people in the tribe, and then more than a dozen young people in the tribe picked up wooden spears and ran in the direction of Flying Fish Bay.
"Head, things have changed, these natives are the same tribe that attacked us." Yu Shan exclaimed excitedly.
"Yu Shan, calm down, we should be taking a closer look, didn't you see that there were two natives running in opposite directions, you and Qiao Yan followed, and I continued to squat here."
"Head, it's not fair, why didn't I stay behind." Yu Shan protested in a whisper, but then followed behind Qiao Yan.