Doomsday rat

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Juma can already be seen through the binoculars. At least she has received formal military training, and her heart is tougher than Saren. She was not frightened by the helicopter. She was already dressed and took a weapon and slipped out of the cabin of the plane, hiding not far away. in the snow pit.

But I don't know if she didn't bring the walkie-talkie or the signal was interfered by the metal hut, no matter how I called, there was no response.Don't even think about the Crimean side. The small depression he chose is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and only the side facing the lake is relatively open. If it is far from the visible angle, the radio will fail.

Now he can only let the children go down and ask Juma to run into the mountains while the helicopter is still circling over there.Hong Tao was not idle either, he curled up as much as possible with his head in his hands, and rolled down the hillside.

This is the fastest way to go downhill, faster than downhill with snowboards on.Of course, death is also fast, and once you hit a rock, you can go to be with Schumacher.

Over the years, Hong Tao has really worried about the safety of the aircraft cabin, and he almost turned Sailimu Lake into a military fortress.Although he and Crimea alone could not build permanent fortifications, they dug six cellars on the west bank of the lake, filled with weapons, ammunition and living supplies.

The nearest one is at the foot of the mountain he rolled down, and the farthest one is about two kilometers deep into the western mountains.According to Hong Tao's plan, if the number of enemies coming is small, all of them will be led to the west bank to destroy them, and none will be let go.

If the enemy comes in a large number, then use the terrain advantage of the Crimea to play guerrilla warfare in the mountains. As long as there are enough weapons, ammunition and food reserves, hundreds of people will not be afraid.

If you can't finish killing in one month, you can take two months, and if you can't kill in two months, you can take three months.In this mountainous area, the Crimea is the land lord, and he himself is a big mouse spirit.One person is responsible for leading the pursuers around in circles, and the other person is responsible for blocking the mountain pass behind, so that no one can get out.

But, it's still out in the sky.If he had thought that the enemy would come from the sky, he would not need to deploy any complicated anti-aircraft weapon system, let alone radar, but only need to store a few machine guns on the mountain ridge on the west bank of the lake, and now he would not be so passive.

As the ancients said, it is not too late to make up for it.He is not afraid without a machine gun. Hong Tao found individual anti-aircraft missiles and individual rocket launchers from Lao Maozi's border camp.

The former was left intact, because Hong Tao didn't know how to use it.It's also fortunate that I didn't carry it all the way back. Even if I know how to use it, the battery will not work after so many years, so high-tech things are nothing if they have no power.

The latter, Hong Tao knew how to use it, so he also brought back two.This thing does not need any electronic equipment to support it. Although it has been stored for several years, it has not been opened and it should still be usable.

"Don't go, don't go...you idiot, don't go!" Just as Hong Tao was scrambling to dig the cellar door on the snow, the helicopter was not idle and opened fire on the new target.Hong Tao looked up, then lowered his head immediately, and the movements of his hands became faster.

Riding on a horse, carrying a shotgun, and holding a shotgun, Kerim ran out of the mountain pass and launched a desperate charge to the helicopter.He was very accurate with his gun, and he could kill a fleeing hare while riding a horse.It's a pity that we are facing a helicopter this time, and the range of the shotgun is obviously not enough.

But Sa Ren's death enraged this simple shepherd. In his mind, if his daughter-in-law was killed, the gentlemen had to rush forward to fight for their lives.It is nonsense for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years. A shepherd is not a gentleman. If you give me a knife, I will stab you again. There is no reason to be a turtle. Life is as simple as that.

"Bijs, Bijs...that's Sabine's plane, the Redeemers are coming!" At this moment, Juma's call came from the intercom. She had already recognized the origin of the plane, her tone Some flustered.

"I need your help. First shoot the plane twice, then ride the horse and run north, let the children hide in the snow first." If there is no call from Zhuma, Hong Tao will shoot himself to attract the attention of the helicopter, and then wait for it Fly over and see who shoots who first.

Seeing that the shepherd who had been with him for eight years was swept down by the machine gun again, Hong Tao wanted to beat the plane down with all his heart.As for whether Zhuma will be unlucky, what if he misses the shot, and the safety of the two children... I can't take care of it for the time being, so I can do whatever I want.

"...Okay, okay..." Zhuma agreed, stepping on the calf-deep snow and ran towards the fence behind the aircraft cabin, firing an automatic rifle at the helicopter hundreds of meters away while running, emptying the magazine Then he threw his gun and got on his horse and ran away.

The airplane cabin is on the northerly side of the west bank of Sailimu Lake, and the log cabin where Crimea lives is in the middle of the west bank, with a straight-line distance of about 800 meters between the two.The helicopter must have heard the gunshots, and soon spotted Zhuma who was galloping on horseback. Without any hesitation, he lowered his head from the hovering state into a low-altitude sprint, and rushed over with a howl.

Hong Tao was located in the north between the airplane cabin and the mountain pass. At this time, he had opened the cellar cover, took out two individual bazookas, cut open the outer plastic packaging with a dagger, and pulled out the safety pin to open the safety. In front of him, he knelt on the snow and held up his binoculars to stare at the helicopter that was flying closer and closer.

"500/400/300, click... Chi...!" When the ranging system showed a distance of 300 meters, Hong Tao threw away the telescope, picked up a bazooka on his shoulder, adjusted the advance slightly, and then pulled it trigger.

The quality of Lao Maozi's military products is still good. This bazooka, which had to be stored for at least eight years, fired smoothly. The one-time reloaded rocket immediately spewed out a wake four or five meters long, roaring through the seal, and plunged into the Helicopter in the sky.

Hong Tao didn't look at the shooting results at all. He threw away the empty barrel after firing, quickly picked up the second rocket launcher and put it on his shoulder. He looked carefully at the helicopter that was desperately turning through the sights, and took aim for two seconds before pulling the trigger. .

The first rocket flew over a dozen meters in front of the helicopter with a beautiful white trail. The posture was pretty but the error was a bit large, but it really scared the pilot to pee.People will have an instinctive reaction, and the driver is also unavoidable.

He didn't even have time to find the person who fired the rocket, so he subconsciously took evasive actions, turning sharply in the opposite direction of the rocket attack and climbing at the same time.The action is really good, the reaction is fast enough, and the judgment is no problem.

The range of ordinary rockets is only 100 meters to 300 meters, as long as they leave this distance, they are safe.For helicopters, that's a matter of seconds.

But he was fooled, Hong Tao was waiting for this opportunity.It is a bit difficult to shoot the lead from the side of the low-flying helicopter. He has never been trained before, and he has no idea how fast the helicopter is flying, let alone how fast the rocket is flying, and how many meters to advance.

So he didn't expect to be able to solve the target with one rocket at all. The real killer is the second one.Of course it's good to hit the first shot, but you'll be shocked if you don't hit it.

As long as you dare to turn, no matter whether you turn left or right, the head and tail will be facing the direction of rocket launch.At this time, you only need to aim, and there is no problem of advance.

It would be better if the opponent dares to pull up urgently. Civilian helicopters don’t have such a high thrust-to-weight ratio. If they climb too fast, they don’t need to be hit, and they will fall down by themselves.If the other party didn't react at all, then Hong Tao could only consider himself unlucky and wait for them to fly back and fight each other with rifles.

In fact, it's not that there is no possibility of winning at all, just relying on his elegant marksmanship of aiming at the chest and hitting the head, he hit the pilot first if he missed it.This kind of broken plane is not bulletproof. Whoever said that a rifle can't hit a plane.

"Click... Chi... Boom!" God blesses Hong Tao not to use his elegant marksmanship to fight for his life. The second rocket accurately hit the rear part of the helicopter and exploded into a big orange fireball in the air.

However, this helicopter is quite big, and its ability to resist blows is quite strong. Instead of falling down, it turned and struggled desperately in the air. Lake, smashed a big hole in the thick ice, stuck!

Chapter 578 The Battle Is Coming

"It's true that good people don't live long enough to cause trouble for thousands of years. This can be done!" Facing such an ending, Hong Tao was also speechless. He looked down at the Russian marking on the bazooka, and could only shake his head and sigh.

РПГ-26 "Аглень", Zhuma said it was translated as "Agren", which can penetrate 150mm uniform armor and half a meter thick brick wall at 440 meters.As a result, even the thin-skinned civilian helicopter didn't explode, only half of the tail was interrupted, which is obviously a quality problem!

"Zhuma, go get the first-aid kit and see Kerim and Saren, let the children keep hiding, and don't come out without my order!" Complaints are complaints, the danger has not been completely eliminated, and rescue is imminent.Hong Tao chose a two-pronged approach, asking Zhuma to save people and killing people himself.

In fact, it wasn't that the ice was too thick to jam the helicopter, but that the water was too shallow and the helicopter's head had touched the bottom.Hong Tao purposely ran southward for a hundred meters, turned to the angle of the bottom of the helicopter, and leaned over carefully. While paying attention to the movement in the plane, he had to watch his feet to avoid stepping on the broken ice.

On the importance of air belts!When Hong Tao moved to the side of the helicopter and looked in, he immediately had a topic for a thesis in his mind.

There are seven or eight human bodies stacked up and down in the cabin, most of their bones are deformed, and some have been penetrated by debris or hit with bloody heads.Although it only fell from a height of tens of meters, the human body still appears so fragile in the face of inertia.

"You, you are Yuluo..." But there are also more stubborn ones, a burly middle-aged man with black eyes and black curly hair is hanging by a seat belt on a precarious seat and is still alive, and he can still talk.

But he was not too far from death, with a shattered piece of plexiglass stuck in his thigh, and blood was gushing out.There seemed to be something wrong with the waist, the twisted angle of the body was abnormal, and the two arms were drooping weakly.

"It's a pleasure to meet... who are you?" He took out his pistol and shot at the other corpses. After confirming that there was no danger, Hong Tao stretched out his hand, regardless of whether they liked it or not, he shook it on his own.

"You, you should know my name, Ilya Vacker, the vice president of the Penance Order, the new commander-in-chief of the Redeemer Armed Forces... Fate is really stubborn, and I died in your hands in the end."

The middle-aged man was indeed unable to move, and was forced to shake hands with his sworn enemy.However, he acted quite magnanimously, he didn't curse or curse, and he introduced himself first while panting heavily.

"Can you tell me how I found this place? In return, I promise not to let you suffer too much, and I will build a grave by the lake. The scenery here is good all year round. I heard that you are from the Altai Republic. Being buried here should be similar to being buried in my hometown."

Hong Tao lit a cigarette, took two puffs himself, and stuffed it into Wacker's mouth.It’s really better to meet people than to be famous. This vice-president of the Ascetic Order and the No. [-] powerful figure of the Redeemer, who the refugees and most of the Redeemers regard as a murderous god, looks no different from an ordinary herdsman, and even looks like Kerry. There is a bit of similarity in eyebrows and eyes.

He has been entangled with himself for several months, chasing and fleeing, but there is no personal grievance, let alone deep hatred, just to live more comfortably.In the end, he lost his life in a foreign land, and also killed the couple of Kerim, which is both hateful and pitiful and pathetic.

"...cough cough cough... fish, the fish you caught... There are people from us in the rebel army who finally provided a piece of information before they were cleared out, saying that the representatives of the East Asian Alliance did not receive you, but after returning they asked I asked a very strange question, where in northern Xinjiang has high-grade whitefish been raised."

"I did a careful investigation...cough coughcough...I realized that only high white salmon have been stocked on a large scale here...Unfortunately, I still didn't expect you to have a heavy weapon hidden. Can you let me know, and tell me what are you doing? Who is it and where is it from?"

Wacker took a puff of cigarette laboriously and greedily, and then began to cough, bleeding from his mouth and nose while coughing, and almost extinguished the cigarette butt.It seemed that the internal injury was far more than what he saw from the outside, but he didn't care at all, he babbled a lot, and finally he had to satisfy his curiosity.

"A wise man is bound to make a mistake... You should know my name, Hong Tao, the founder of the Revival Alliance, which is now the East Asian Union... Hey, hey... I am not, my name is so disgusting !"

Hong Tao can satisfy this curiosity, and he is willing to satisfy it, let others understand.But the ending made him a little crazy. Wacker spit out blood again just halfway through, and tilted his head.

In view of the fact that Wacker insulted himself before he died, Hong Tao decided not to keep his promise to bury him, and use the helicopter as a coffin!In fact, Hong Tao wasn't so narrow-minded, he really didn't have the time to take care of the dead, so he had to find a way to keep the living alive.

Regardless of whether Waker is the vice president of the Ascetic Order or the new commander-in-chief of the Redeemer, he will definitely not plan to wipe himself out in the mountains with only seven or eight adjudicators.As the saying goes, one learns one's wisdom through a pitfall. After two head-to-head confrontations, if one does not have a long memory, one is too stupid and illogical at all.

There must be an objective reason why only one helicopter has been found so far.Hong Tao firmly believes that Sailimu Lake has been exposed, and also firmly believes that a large number of Judges and even Redeemer soldiers are nearby.Now not only is there no way to bury Waker's body, but even the bodies of Kerim and Saren can only be left first.

That's right, the herdsmen and his wife were both dead. None of them had the vitality of a movie character, and they were still strong enough to survive after being shot several times. If they had to wait to have a sensational chat with him, Zhuma didn't even have the chance to give first aid.

"Hurry up, take the children to the bear cave, and don't take anything except clothes and food!" Hong Tao had no time to comfort the tearful Zhuma.

As soon as I sketched a road map, there were two small black spots on the lake that were approaching quickly.Those were the shepherd dogs of the Crimea. They were supposed to stay at the entrance to the east of the lake area, but now they came back to show only one thing, they found something abnormal.

"...What about you?" Zhuma was not as affectionate as the heroine in the movie, and she talked more and more nonsense at critical moments, but she was not a machine either, she just shook the rein and pulled the horse.

"Don't worry, as long as there are no planes, cannons and tanks, no one can keep me here." Hong Tao said it was very relaxed, but he didn't dare to delay at all, and ran to the cellar at the foot of the mountain.

What I took out this time was still a cylindrical thing, but it was not a rocket launcher. There was an extra bracket and a metal object like a pot lid.Assembled in less than 5 minutes, the lid sits in the snow dug close to the ground, with a bracket hooped at the front so that the bottom of the cylinder rests on the lid and the upper end is angled toward the sky.

Hong Tao is quite satisfied with his proficiency speed. When he just brought this thing back, no assembly took less than 5 minutes, so he performed super-level today.It seems that people really need pressure, especially at the moment of life and death, some people can often break through themselves, such as themselves.

But he didn't get carried away too much, he just lit a cigarette as a reward, and immediately got into preparations again.What I took out of the cellar this time were two wooden boxes, which looked quite heavy. After prying them open, a thick oil paper was revealed, covered with four black-painted cannonballs with big tails and a few things similar to bagels. .

The mortar, to be precise, is a domestically produced PP93 60mm mortar, which he found a few years ago from a border guard station near Alashankou.

At that time, there were two cannons and fifteen boxes of shells. One was left at the station, and the other was brought back with five boxes of shells. Most of the shells were used by him for practice, and only the last eight remained.

Since the outbreak of the zombie disease, the proportion of artillery in the weapons that Hong Tao has seen is not low. He has discovered it since the rescue team, but he has never paid attention to it, and rarely uses it.The main reason is that the technical requirements of artillery are relatively high, and the storage of shells is relatively dangerous. It is difficult for ordinary people to get started without professional guidance.

But this kind of mortar looks different from the ones he has seen before. The biggest feature is that it is long. The barrel is extremely long, almost as long as the barrel with a caliber of more than 80 mm.

Why use such a small-caliber mortar with such a long barrel, he couldn’t walk as soon as he was curious, and after reading the manual carefully, he immediately became possessive.

It has a range of more than 5 kilometers!In order to verify whether the instruction manual was written wrong, I deliberately fired a box of shells in the station, and it turned out to be reliable.

Chapter 579 The pressure is a bit high

It only weighs more than 20 kilograms in total, and together with five boxes of shells, it can be carried by a horse.I didn't think about what it would be used for at the time. Anyway, I just brought it back and put it away. I have been idle for three or four years, and I have never encountered any trouble that needs to be solved with a gun.

But the ancients said it well, use it when you are idle, and you will be poor if you can’t eat and drink if you can’t calculate it. This is not used today.

Now it's time to find a place for the mortar, such as above the aircraft cabin.There is a special tripod there, coupled with the post observation mirror with ranging function, not only can see far and clearly, but also can correct the point of impact.

"Hey, why haven't you left yet?" But Hong Tao raised his eyebrows as soon as he got into the hut. Zhuma, Kamili and Yu Jia were all there, taking bullets from the box under the bed. magazines.

"..." Zhuma lowered her head without making a sound, while the two children raised their heads in unison, their red cheeks were stained with tears.

The time living by the lake was the happiest time the siblings had ever lived. Apart from being able to eat meat and drink milk, they didn’t have to spend their lives for food every day, and they could also enjoy the warmth of the family.

Kerim and his wife treated them like their own children, taking care of them meticulously. They sewed more than one set of new leather jackets alone, and now there is a semi-finished set beside Sa Ren's bed.

The two of them must have heard what Zhuma said, the uncle wearing a fur hat and dirty sheepskin jacket who always came over on horseback to ask for drinks, and the taciturn aunt who can cook delicious pilaf and barbecue , never to be seen again.

"Uncle is going to fight against the bad guys. Not only can you not help but cause trouble here. Be obedient, follow sister Zhuma to the bear cave and wait, don't make me angry!"

Hong Tao tried his best to calmly let the children understand why they had to leave, but he also knew that talking alone might not be effective, so he picked up a can of gasoline and poured it on the bed.

The plane that carried him for thousands of kilometers and stayed with him for eight years will also come to an end today.No matter how reluctant and helpless I am, I have to burn it with my own hands, as well as everything in this room, every bit of it that has been in the past eight years.

"We can also shoot and kill wolves!" It was still Yu Jia who was the eldest, and took the lead to challenge the adults' orders.

"Shut up, Zhuma, I don't care what method you use, pack up your things and take them away within 10 minutes..." Hong Tao really didn't have the time or the mood to tell the truth to the women and children, staring with triangular eyes It's easier than saying anything.

"Sister Sa Ren told me that she is pregnant...Maybe it's too late to tell Brother Kerim... Let the children go to the bear cave by themselves, and I will stay and help you!" But this time the threat didn't seem to be very effective, Zhuma wiped away her tears and began to talk back blatantly.

"Don't think I'm afraid to take you to the house to order together... If you say one more word, we don't know each other, get out!" Hong Tao was really convinced, he didn't know who this woman was with.

Don't you feel sad about the tragic accidents that happened to the couple in Crimea, but what you need to face the enemy is not emotion, but calmness and rationality. Why do you still tell me such a thing that easily causes emotional fluctuations.

And it did work, I felt more and more depressed, and even wanted to smack my mouth out to shut everyone up.Sa Ren is pregnant, and Kerim definitely doesn't know about it. Based on what I know about that guy, if he finds out, he will definitely come running over and clamoring for a drink, and he will have a bonfire party.

"You, you must live..." This time it worked. Zhuma and the children may have never seen such an annoyed expression. They didn't dare to mention the things left behind, and picked up their backpacks to pack their belongings.But there are still people who are not afraid of death. Zhuma not only said, but also more than one word.

"...Bring all the batteries and radios, and keep the communication normal." Hong Tao didn't finish listening at all, picked up the box containing the sentry scope and scope, and left the hut without looking back.

The east-to-west width of Sailimu Lake is more than 20 kilometers. Even with the observation mirror of the outpost on the west bank of the lake, the details of the east bank of the lake cannot be seen.But there must be something going on in the east. The group of crows, who regard the visitor center as their home and come here to steal things from time to time, have been disturbed and are flying around on the lake.

Hong Tao didn't guard the observation mirror and searched stupidly. After setting up the mortar, he ran to the cellar not far behind the hut, tied the weapons and ammunition to the horse's back from inside, rode one horse and led the other, stepping on Zhu Ma and the others walked into the valley with the footprints they had just left.

On the mountainside on the right side of the entrance of the valley, there are two big sylvestris pine trees growing next to each other, all of which are thicker than two people hugging each other. There is the second sniper position.Now what Hong Tao has to do is to step on the wooden strips that have been nailed before, and send the weapons and ammunition up.

There is a tree hole more than ten meters above the ground. People standing in it can not only see the entrance of the valley, but also the airplane cabin on the other side of the mountain ridge.In addition, the branches of another tree in front of him are natural shelters, and most frontal attacks can be avoided by bending over and shrinking the head.

"This is a big trouble..." After going back and forth twice, Hong Tao saw the movement in the mirror of the outpost, and then he had an expression of lovelessness.

Six or seven snowmobiles were driving along the ice from east to west. They stopped for a few minutes after discovering the wreckage of the helicopter, presumably asking for instructions from the rear commander. Then two vehicles rushed towards the wreckage, and the rest continued to head towards the lake. Damn, everyone in the car raised their guns.

This result was not unexpected. From the moment he saw the helicopter strafing Sa Ren, Hong Tao knew that his nest had been exposed.Even if Waker hadn't personally led the team, the Redeemers wouldn't just send a helicopter to search, and there must be a large force behind them.

If it was placed in another place, Hong Tao would have taken Zhuma and the children to flee in a hurry. No matter how powerful a person is, he would not be able to fight the army head-on.This time I didn't run, apart from being angry and wanting to get some justice for Crimea, it was also because I had the advantage of the terrain.

According to Juma, the Redeemer had only one aircraft available, the helicopter that Wacker was flying in.It originally belonged to Sabine, and the pilot was also from the Russian border guards.Now that the plane is gone, Hong Tao no longer has to worry about threats from the sky.

In addition, he also knew that the attack from the ground would not have heavy weapons such as tanks, armored vehicles, or self-propelled artillery, and even motorcycles were unlikely to appear.

From Yining to Sailimu Lake, no matter who comes from the Judgment or Redeemer armed forces, they can only walk through the ravine under the Guozigou Bridge.Except for horses and people, that section of the mountain road is difficult for any modern means of transportation.

From this, Hong Tao judged that apart from machine guns, bazookas and other weapons, the other party was at most equipped with small-caliber mortars like himself.

In this way, he will have the confidence to fight the enemy recklessly on his own territory.In recent years, Hong Tao has basically been in a state of forbearance, except for a small punishment of those scum who have gone too far in the name of Yuluo from time to time.

It's a pity that no matter how much he endures, he is still not a character who can be calm, aloof from the world, jump out of the three realms and not be in the five elements.The tighter the spring is, the greater the rebounding force will be. The deaths of Kerim and Saren are the critical point, and he will finally return to his original nature and no longer want to be a turtle.

"Go ahead and let you taste the taste of domestic shells!" However, the appearance of these snowmobiles greatly exceeded previous expectations.But it was too late to change tactics at this time, and he had to stand up to it.

"Boom... Whoo...Boom..." A fuzed shell was stuffed into the barrel, and then the body of the gun was shaken, and the surrounding snow was bounced high, tens of meters away from the wreckage of the helicopter. A burst of flames suddenly exploded on the ice.

The first shot was far away. It is said that he has adjusted the scale very accurately and calculated the distance very carefully. I don't know what went wrong.And there was no howling sound of shells at all, that thing was added by himself.

No way, it's been played like this in movies and TV since I was a child. The shell will make a sharp cry before it falls. Without this step, it will explode directly on the ground, which seems a bit abrupt.It's like shooting a pistol with a silencer at the beginning. Without gunshots, it is always difficult to grasp the rhythm.

Chapter 580

"Boom... Boom... Boom... Kacha..." Even though it is just a small 60mm shell, compared with the rocket fired just now, the effect is really heaven and earth.

This is called an explosion. The shock wave visible to the naked eye directly blew off the hats of the two Redeemer soldiers, and the shattered ice balls covered the surrounding tens of meters like a goddess scattering flowers.

Immediately, the ice surface also groaned, the kind of murmur that seemed to come from the depths of the earth, even the torrents four to five hundred meters away could clearly hear it, and then there was an even harsher rubbing sound.

The ice layer cracked, and two pieces of ice the size of a basketball court were supported by the water waves below and rode onto the surrounding ice surface. They were broken by their own gravity, cracked again, and fell back into the water in four or five pieces.

"Boom... Whoosh... Boom..." Hong Tao was not in the mood to appreciate how the ice layer released the stress, so he gently twisted the gun mount twice, slightly lowered the angle of the muzzle and inserted another round.

The shot was quite accurate this time, and the explosion point was only three or four meters away from the wreckage of the helicopter, which happened to land between the two snowmobiles.A car was pushed more than ten meters away by the shock wave, slid on the ice in a circle, was stirred by the broken ice layer, and slipped out of the water lying down.

The other one had its fuel tank ignited and slammed into the wreckage of the helicopter with flames and black smoke.It seems that there are also human-shaped objects that were blown away and slid along the ice to the shore, leaving a dark trail along the way.