Seeing that the top of the cliff was not too high at the end, Zhou Jiping jumped down. The mud on the river bank was soft and the water was not very deep. Zhou Jiping held his backpack and swam across the river, wanting to throw the backpack onto the top of the cliff.
, I tried twice without success, so I simply put my bag on my back, threw away the wooden stick, followed the slightly sloped cliff that was still climbable, and climbed to the place where there was a bird hole, and I picked at the mouth of the bird hole with my hands and feet.
And use the ground to climb up
The arrival of the uninvited guest startled all the birds. The birds screamed and flew towards Zhou Jiping's head, face and body, so that Zhou Jiping did not dare to raise his head. He endured the sand and dust stirred up by the wings of the birds and the pecking of the beaks from time to time.
Climb up step by step with the beating of wings and wings.
With the help of these natural ladders, Zhou Jiping crossed the river bank in just a few dozen seconds, said sorry to the frightened birds, looked at the approaching pursuers, and ran south non-stop.
After running for a while, he looked back and saw several indigenous policemen standing on the other side of the river looking at him from a distance. Their expressions were dull and they had no intention of pursuing him across the river. They simply stopped and looked at them while panting.
From a distance, one of the natives raised his hand and said something loudly in the direction of Zhou Jiping. It was too far away to hear. Zhou Jiping picked up a piece of dirt from the ground, threw it towards the other person, and then raised his middle finger at the other person.
I guess the other party couldn't see it either, so he spat at them in an exaggerated manner.
Several natives stood for a while, as if saying something, then shouldered their guns and walked slowly northward.
Why don't you chase? Zhou Jiping is a little confused. Just now, the opponent has been hanging on the ground, and the pursuit is very tight. Is there some trick that can't work? It's better to be careful.
Thinking of this, Zhou Jiping stopped dilly-dallying and quickened his pace and walked southward for a while. Zhou Jiping felt uncomfortable. His clothes were wet when he crossed the river just now. They were not dry yet. When he looked up, he found that
The sun in the west is no longer blazing
Suddenly, Zhou Jiping came to his senses. He took out his watch from his backpack and saw that it was already past five o'clock in the afternoon, and it would be dark in a while. It turned out that they had only returned when they saw that it was going to be dark.
Tracking at night in Africa should be dangerous
At this time, Zhou Jiping could only raise his head and carefully observe the grassland under his feet.
Danger! This was Zhou Jiping's first feeling after seeing this grassland. Clusters of green trees, sparse or sparse, were scattered far and near on the grassland with withered yellow grass. The entire grassland was scattered with high and low terrain, hills and ravines.
When you are close, your view is blocked by hills for a few hundred meters. When you are far away, the main color of withered yellow mixed with green trees extends into the blue sky. On the withered yellow grass carpet, there are animals wandering in twos and threes.
The grass on the ground is a species unique to Africa. In order to adapt to the evaporation of the hot African sun, the grass branches and leaves have become very thin and tough, a bit like the ryegrass on the plains of northern China, but it grows much taller and thinner.
The fluffy grass formed a two-foot-deep grass carpet. Zhou Jiping couldn't tell how many unknown dangers were hidden in the grass carpet: maybe a cheetah with a speed of over 120 kilometers per hour was hidden in the grass and was peeping at him;
Several hungry lions are salivating and preparing to treat themselves as dinner
Zhou Jiping regretted his hasty escape decision, was it too hasty?
But then I thought about it, there was no turning back when I fired my bow, and the indigenous police were chasing me right in front of me. Apart from this dangerous grassland in front of me, was there anywhere else I could go?
Besides, with the knowledge of survival in the wild that I learned in the army, and a fairly powerful gun in my hand, why couldn't I walk out of the grassland for hundreds of miles? With the skill of my feet, it would only take four days at most.
I have planned where to sleep tonight to avoid being eaten by animals that appear on the grassland at any time.
Thinking of this, Zhou Jiping began to walk carefully towards the nearest forest. There were several trees there that Zhou Jiping had known since he came to Africa - the acacia tree, also called the baobab tree.
I can tell that it's because it stores too much water during the rainy season. People who travel far away will drink water as long as they see it. It's a pity that the season is wrong now, otherwise the fruits on the tree would also be very good. Zhou Jiping ran away
One afternoon, I was really thirsty
As he got closer, Zhou Jiping became cautious. People often say that in Africa, the closer to the water source, the more dangerous the place is. Is there any danger under these trees? Resisting the feeling of hunger and thirst, he held the gun in his hand and turned on the safety.
While walking, he carefully observed the dozen or so trees to see if there was nothing wrong with them. However, Zhou Jiping learned the lesson of running away from the indigenous police twice and being chased twice. He circled around the group of more than a dozen trees.
, once again confirmed that there was no danger, then came to an acacia tree.
He pulled out the M9 and punched a small hole in the bark of the tree. As the bark cracked, a stream of water slowly shot out from the small hole. Zhou Jiping quickly put his mouth on it and sucked hard for about a minute.
, I felt less thirsty. I plugged the small hole in the tree with my hand, took out the kettle from my backpack with one hand, held it against the small hole, and let the water in the small hole fill the kettle - but this is not always the case.
You can be lucky enough to find water, but you must plan ahead
When the water was filled, the sky gradually became gloomy. Zhou Jiping pinched some soil from the ground and plugged it into the small hole to block the water flow. This way, he could avoid unnecessary loss of water in the tree. He put away the water bottle, picked up his backpack and continued to observe.
With the wilderness around me, I was thinking that it would definitely be unsafe to camp tonight on the ground. Even if I had a lighter in my bag, fire could scare away animals, but it could also attract people. Not to mention that it was the dry season, so I was not careful.
It would ignite the entire grassland, which would be troublesome
After walking not far, Zhou Jiping thought of a way to pick a thin tree in the woods, cut it down and made it into a duckbill shape, with a pointed end, about one meter three to four meters long, and pointed further.
Walking past a patch of trees, he chose the camping site for tonight - a tree as thick as a bowl.
This tree grows in a patch of dozens of trees. From the edge, the branches branch out about four or five meters above the ground. The tree is not very thick and is easy to climb. More importantly, once someone attacks,
You can escape into the tree, you can hide yourself very well, you can resist for a while with your pistol, you can hide or run; if a wild beast attacks, even the most agile leopard, the vibration of the tree when it climbs can be
Awaken yourself from sleep so you have time to react