Chapter 140: Wolves

"What do you think angels mean?"

In the flickering firelight, Burton asked as he took a big sip of broth, and frowned.

The broth is indeed a bit unpleasant, a small amount of salt, no more condiments, and the smell of the lamb is so clear.

"I don't know, maybe it's just a waterfall, maybe it's some kind of key, maybe it's timing. Gordon took two sips of ale and shook his head.

"Jon, any more information?"

Jon, who was sitting on the side, also shook his head helplessly: "Captain, I only know so many things. Unless there is anything else in Colonel Adudin's log. ”

Even as the lieutenant of the Explorer, Jon couldn't know everything, there were many things that only the captain himself knew.

"Then we can only catch up with the Spaniards and grab the logs. ”

"Brigadier General, do you want to go straight to war? We haven't found anything. ”

Gore hesitated, they had already fought the Spaniards for no reason, the fortress was destroyed, and the soldiers suffered many casualties.

"Now that the war has begun, let's fight to the end, haha, my adjutant, when will you start to be merciful. ”

Burton didn't care, but smiled, they had fought several major battles with the Spaniards, and they still often clashed over the division of the colonies.

"Of course not, Brigadier General, I follow your will. Gore hastened to express his loyalty, he just felt that it would be silly to end up fighting and get nothing.

It was night, and the whole camp was somewhat quiet, and the patrolling soldiers walked around with the sound of clattering footsteps, and the shadows pulled in the flickering firelight.

From time to time, wolves howled in the forest, and almost no one could sleep soundly.

There are special soldiers who are responsible for adding some dry wood to the fire, ensuring that the fire is needed to ensure that the camp is not attacked by wild beasts.

"Hey, Ron, we're running out of firewood, and what about firewood?"

Soldiers napping by the fire were woken up from their stupor.

"Well, on the other side of the fence, are all the neighborhoods burned out?"

"You go back to sleep, I'll go get some. ”

When they approached the shore in the evening, they cut down quite a few trees, some of them set up tents, and some of them were used for burning and building walls.

The soldier patted the dirt off his body and headed for the place where the wall was, not too far away.

The sound of the wolf's howl still sounded in the night sky, and it seemed to be relatively far away.

He just buried his head and held a lot of firewood, and when he looked up, he saw dense green eyes in the jungle.

"It's wolves!" he shouted in a bit of panic!

Then he instantly dropped the firewood in his hand and tried to take down the spear behind his back.

"Wolves!" he shouted.

But in this place where the fire could not shine, this shout directly angered the wolves, and the first wolf let out a low roar, and then pounced directly with bared teeth.

In this jungle, the beasts saw almost no man, and they did not know what these upright creatures were capable of, not sharp claws, no heavy fur, and no sharp or huge roars.

The wolves had been hungry all day, and they were a little frightened by the fire, they had waited too long, but these sun-like things did not cause them any harm, so the hunt began.

The most ferocious and largest head wolf moved quickly, directly climbing over the fence that was already shoddy and rushed.

It was a large predator herd, consisting of forty timberwolves, led by the head wolf, or rather, the wolf king, who were confident that they could eat the camp.

Bang!

The muzzle of the gun spewed flames, and the sound was so loud in the night sky that it instantly woke everyone up.

"There are gunshots!"

The patrolmen had already reflected the shouting, which was accompanied by the sound of sharp whistles.

The whole camp began to be in an uproar.

In the panic, the soldier's bullet did not hit the wolf's body, and the flames and sounds were terrifying, but they did not cause actual damage.

The wolves were a little frightened, and many timber wolves instantly turned their heads and ran away, and then wandered outside the fence, not daring to approach.

But under the low roar of the head wolf, these wolves, who had been hungry for a day, still followed the instinct of hunger and launched the attack again.

The wolves swarmed up, and the soldiers who fired the guns had already pounced, and the sharp fangs and claws tore through the fragile clothing, and the flesh and blood could not be stopped at all, and they were disemboweled in an instant.

The soldiers on patrol had already rushed over, looked at the swarming wolves, and directly raised their spears.

"Free fire!"

Dense gunfire rang out, and more soldiers rushed out of the tents, some with crooked hats and guns.

The sound of muskets undoubtedly frightened the beasts, and timberwolves began to scurry around the camp, biting the soldiers who rushed out of the tents.

The scene was very chaotic, and from time to time soldiers were bitten to death, but they no longer dared to shoot casually, and it was very likely that they would hit their own people in the chaos.

Burton emerged from the tent, looking at the chaos and only able to shout.

"Everyone kept their composure, moved closer to my place, and brought fish oil and gunpowder. ”

For these beasts, they need more flames and explosions to stop them.

The soldiers found the backbone and began to move closer to the central tent.

"Ready!"

Rows of soldiers raised their muskets and then half-knelt on the ground.

"Fire!"

Rows of muskets began to scare the beasts, and many timberwolves fell to the ground with a whimpering sound.

More soldiers were out of danger and began to move to the central position to begin repairs.

Gordon and the sailors' tent was on the edge of the wolf's attack, and when they heard the whistle and gunshots, timberwolves were running all around.

He also gave the same order as Burton: "All sailors move closer to the middle!"

They were a little too far from Burton's position, and there were many naval soldiers in the camp, and the sound of muskets frightened the beasts, and the torches kept them from coming forward, but they did not leave.

This is really a very abnormal phenomenon, not only are there too many adult wolves in the pack, but they are obviously afraid of the fire, but they do not retreat.

"Woo~Woo......"

On the top of the towering hill, there is also a wolf howl, which seems to be summoning more wolves.

Already wild wolves have dragged away the bodies of sailors and soldiers who were unfortunately bitten to death and started a good meal.

"Keep firing, don't stop!"

The sailors began to reload with gunpowder, firing constantly.

The bullets killed many timberwolves, and they gradually learned to be obedient and retreated into the jungle.

But the green eyes in the grass prove that it doesn't stop there.