Chapter 30: Here Comes the Wolf
10 km?
Chen Chao checked the database, wolves can run up to 55 kilometers, and the persistence is also very good, they have the ability to run 20 kilometers at a speed of 60 km/h, if it is a long-distance running wolf, the speed can even exceed the cheetah.
Isn't that a short distance for a wolf running at full speed? Even if they were coming slowly, they would have less than thirty minutes left to prepare!
What the hell can you do in these 30 minutes?!
Since the tribe has always had wolves hunting and lone recently, you should know that a pack of wolves should have appeared around here recently! I relied too much on the golden finger to develop soft power, and forgot that the enemies of people now are not only the weather, hunger and disease, but also the hordes of beasts that can really threaten the survival of mankind!
But it's useless to regret it now, the top priority now is how to solve this matter, Chen Chao patted One-Eyed on the shoulder, "Go and inform everyone, the wolf is coming!" ”
He didn't understand the words in front of him, but he heard the three words wolf in the back clearly, and he panicked, you know, wolves are all social animals, and they come in groups.
One of them went back to the cave to inform the people to be on guard, and the other went to call back those who were still outside.
Chen Chao walked to the cave and found that Wu was carving something on the stone slab by the moonlight at the entrance of the cave, and then looked inside, many people were already asleep, but they couldn't find Yuan's figure, and now they could only hope that Yuan could be found on the one-eyed side.
He told Wu that there were wolves coming, Wu also panicked, and the two woke up the sleeping people respectively, the old man and the children were in the innermost, the woman was in the middle, and the man was in the outermost, and now it was too late to find a boulder to block the cave, so he could only find a way to repel the wolves.
Gathered the existing weapons in the tribe, the spears and slings that killed moa birds before were all recovered, and the hunting team also made some weapons when they didn't go hunting, about 2-4 spears/slings per person, plus the wave of moa killing, the average hunting team could get 8 spears/slings per person, and today they also made 11 stone axes.
But considering that the women of the gathering team are also good combat power, if the men are repulsed, there are still women who can go up. So Chen Chao gave each of the members of the collection team 2 spears/slings.
Yuan also hurried back, followed by One-Eye, and the two of them were holding a large bundle of wood.
That's right! Wood!
Wild beasts are afraid of fire!
Chen Chao hurriedly asked everyone in the hunting team to bring over the wood they had saved today, and there was wood around the mouth of the cave, which was only for self-protection!
It's a pity that you can't attack directly with fire, because the vicinity of the Tianyuan tribe is mainly in the mountains and forests, and if you use fire attack against the wolves, they will also burn themselves to death.
The people in the tribe already knew that there were wolves coming, and although everyone was very afraid, the thought of the dried meat stored in the cave behind them was as high as a hill, and there were piles of chestnut mountains, these were all hard-won good lives.
Then they looked at the stone axe they were holding, and the spear and slings beside them, and they were afraid, but they did not dare to retreat, and they could not retreat!
Everyone waited in fear and sleepiness, and it wasn't long before a neat wolf howl was heard!
The hunting team, which is always on guard, knows in their hearts that it is a wolf coming!
And a whole pack of wolves!
The scenery within 10 kilometers of the Tianyuan tribe kept switching in Chen Chao's eyes, and he watched the wolves start to accelerate under the leadership of the head wolf, heading straight for the cave, they had already smelled the dried meat in the cave, the smell of the food residues that had been discarded at will, and the smell of the freshest human flesh.
"Ignition!" Chen Chao said in a deep voice.
The pyre in front of the cave was lit, and the rising flames reassured the hunting party standing on the outermost layer of the cave.
Chen Chao counted it, there were a lot of them, there were about seventy of them, and it was estimated that the entire wolf pack had been dispatched. There are so many wolves, it's night, it's not that you can't beat it, you can definitely beat it, you have plenty of long-range attack weapons on your side, and a stone axe that is invincible in close combat.
However, for long-range weapons such as spears and slings, the hunting party now only has 6 spears/slings per person, and once thrown, they will face the problem of not being able to recover, and there are only 9 stone axes that are invincible in melee combat.
It's true that you can win the wolves now, but what about after you win the wolves?
What about casualties and attrition? In this era, injury is almost equal to death, and Li Nong, who is one-eyed and missing 2 fingers, is really one of the lucky ones, and so many people who have died have long been unable to argue about their luck and misfortune.
Wu didn't hide inside, he chose to stand at the front, standing beside Chen Chao and Yuan. The old man was still holding his horns, and the only stone knife in the tribe was clutched.
He looked at the campfire blazing in front of the cave, at the wolves howling at the moon, and at them charged.
Chen Chao gave an order, "Throw the spear!" ”
A round of spears shot straight out, "whoosh", and the wolves were startled by the spears before they could rush to the campfire, leaving behind a few wolf corpses and retreating.
The people of the hunting party looked at the few wolf corpses left by the wolves and cheered quietly, these wolf corpses gave them encouragement, let them know that the wolves are not terrible.
But they weren't happy for long, and the wolves began a second charge, although this time there were still a few wolf corpses left, and this time several wolf corpses were dragged back by the wolves and tore in front of them.
Chen Chao found that the number of wolf charges began to decline. Thinking of the wolf corpse they had just dragged back, and the fact that animals are naturally afraid of fire...
It may be that because they have food in their stomachs, they can no longer suppress their fear of fire, and the spear has caused them great damage, and animals are also afraid of pain.
While the number of wolf charges has begun to decline, the number of spears of the hunters has decreased to the naked eye.
Noticing this, Chen Chao gestured and told them that it was enough to throw only one spear each time.
Because one throw is 18, the coverage is enough, and any more throws may just be airdrops, and every spear thrown now must be carefully calculated, because the current long-range attack weapon is still a spear with a piercing effect. The current use of the slings may be more to smash the wolves.
That's right! Chen Chao clapped his hands excitedly, so he smashed the wolves first and then threw the spear!