Chapter 420: Tiger and house cat

Seeing this scene, everyone was a bit dumbfounded, because Wang An clearly told Sun Nian to hit the tiger, but Sun Nian killed a dhole instead.

Mu Xueli and Wang Li's thought was that Sun Nian's marksmanship wasn't great.

Wu Dong and the others' thought was that Sun Nian's marksmanship had gotten worse.

No one considered that Sun Nian had just made a mistake.

And Wang An, seeing this scene in his scope, although he had expected this situation, really wanted to laugh.

However, what Wang An wanted to laugh at wasn't that Sun Nian clearly aimed at the tiger but killed a dhole.

Although this was indeed funny, what Wang An was laughing at was actually the tiger.

Because of the distance, everyone could only see the general movements of the tiger and dholes fighting; as for the details, they couldn't actually see them.

But Wang An, in his scope, saw it very clearly.

The tiger saw this dhole, without any attack from itself, suddenly collapse in front of it, and it was obviously startled.

So Wang An saw very clearly in his scope the tiger's expression of disbelief, its terrified big eyes wide open, and its fur already exploded.

And Wang An also saw the tiger obviously take two steps back.

The tiger's performance made Wang An involuntarily think of a passage in "The Donkey of Qian":

"The tiger saw it, a huge thing, thinking it was a god, peeking from the forest, coming out a little to approach it, trembling, not knowing what it was. Another day, the donkey brayed, the tiger was terrified, fled far away, thinking it was going to bite itself, very scared."

The tiger at this moment was so similar to the tiger in "The Donkey of Qian."

Never expected that such a fierce beast as the tiger, when afraid, actually looked no different from a house cat.

Fortunately, Wang An still held back his laughter; mainly, Wang An was afraid that if he laughed out loud, he would be distracted and fail to hit the tiger.

So, just when the tiger was still stunned, Wang An decisively pulled the trigger.

It must be said that the recoil of the Type 79 sniper rifle is indeed not small; compared to the recoil of the Type 81 and Type 56, it's just a few levels worse.

Fortunately, Wang An's shot hit the tiger's head squarely.

Although the point Wang An aimed at was the tiger's brow, the bullet hit the tiger's eye socket.

Regardless, the accuracy and lethality of the Type 79 sniper rifle are still very awesome.

Because Wang An saw in his scope that the tiger didn't even react before its life was taken by this bullet.

Immediately after, Wang An pulled the trigger again, firing at the dholes around the tiger.

With the dhole pack nearby, even if the tiger was dead, everyone wouldn't dare to approach.

The Type 79 sniper rifle, like the Type 56, is semi-automatic, meaning you don't need to pull the bolt; as long as you pull the trigger one after another, you can achieve rapid fire.

However, this thing, after all, isn't as easy to control as the Type 56, especially when pulling the trigger one shot after another, the recoil is really unbearable.

Seeing the tiger shot by Wang An, everyone became full of excitement and started firing freely.

Of course, the targets everyone was shooting at were also the dholes around the tiger, but the accuracy was just so-so.

Anyway, many bullets flew out, but only three or four dholes died.

Finally, as bullets flew toward the dhole pack like rain, the dholes in the pack fell one after another.

And the surviving dholes, unable to find a target to attack, started to scatter and flee.

After the dhole pack left, everyone put down their guns, and only heard Wang Shuai laugh loudly:

"Hahaha, satisfying, it's been a long time since I fired like this."

Wu Dong said even more excitedly:

"Little An, well done, didn't expect your marksmanship to be genuinely okay; you finished off that big claw with one shot."

Wang An just smiled and didn't speak; mainly, whatever he said at this time would be suspected of showing off.

You have to know that Sun Nian's shot didn't cause any damage to the tiger at all.

If Wang An showed off, it might make Sun Nian even sadder.

The reason for saying it would make Sun Nian sadder is because Sun Nian didn't look happy at this time; everyone was laughing, only she was expressionless, and no one knew what she was thinking.

Wang Li, holding the Type 81, said to Mu Xueli, unable to put it down:

"Brother Mu, you say this gun is just better than the 56; the rate of fire is too fast. Shooting ten bullets, the time difference is half."

Mu Xueli was also unable to put the Type 81 down, rolled his eyes at Wang Li, and said:

"What's the use of being good? Don't we have to return it when we go back?"

Wang Li touched the gun, nodded, and said:

"That's true, using this thing to hunt must be super cool."

Mu Xueli rolled his eyes at Wang Li again: "Just admire it, don't dream about good things."

Wang An returned the sniper rifle to Zhang Shuya, and everyone chatted for a while longer. Feeling that the tiger and the dholes were completely finished, everyone started walking toward the tiger.

To prevent the tiger and dholes from faking death, when they were about 100 meters away from the tiger and dholes, Wang An again had everyone raise their guns to their faces and start firing at the heads of the tiger and the dhole pack one by one.

After finishing the supplementary shots, everyone continued walking toward the tiger.

Seeing the tiger lying on the ground, its eyes hadn't even had time to close, and its mouth hadn't had time to shut, before it was shot dead by Wang An.

And looking at the tiger on the ground, the shock on everyone's faces was beyond words.

This tiger in front of them weighed at least 500 jin or more!

If you count the tail, the entire length of the tiger was a full three point four or five meters long.

The four large fangs exposed outside, the longest upper fangs were more than twelve or thirteen centimeters long, looking like a small sickle.

With such a behemoth, in these mountains, what animal could be its opponent?

Only heard Wu Dong say leisurely:

"Growing up so big, this is my first time seeing a real tiger. No wonder those old guys all want this thing's fur; this fur is really damn cool!"

Wang Shuai said from the side:

"But the fly in the ointment is that the tiger's body was bitten with many wounds by the dholes. This tiger skin is completely ruined in terms of aesthetics, but for practical use, it's not a big problem, no impact."

Wu Dong suddenly said with a smile:

"Regardless, we didn't lose out. Looking at the body size, you know this is a male tiger; the tiger penis alone is worth a lot of money."

Wang An suddenly interjected:

"Hahaha, indeed, this time we made a huge profit, hahaha."

As he spoke, Wang An arranged for everyone to gather all the dhole corpses together, and then stab them one by one to drain the blood.

After counting, a total of 23 dholes had died. Judging by the bullet holes, the number of dholes shot by everyone was not as many as those bitten to death by the tiger.

After draining the blood of all the corpses, including the tiger, Wang An said to Mu Xueli and Wang Li:

"You two lead them to skin these things first, and I'll go get the sled."

(End of chapter)