emu
When Australian emus flooded in the last century, what kind of action did the local government take? In the 1930s, the original large number of emus breeding rate soared, in a short period of time the population expanded several times, almost everywhere can be seen in their figures, and the explosion also means that wild food is difficult to meet the demand, a large number of emus began to invade the farmland to grab food, local farmers in order to protect the crops can only raise guns to hunt, while asking the government to take measures to curb, and the army also expressed its willingness to eliminate these nasty emu, so the government also formally approved the operation later, because the target of the attack is emu, Therefore, this operation is also called the Emu War, and the people are also full of confidence in this war, and the army will be able to eliminate it.
People hunt and kill
After all, the emu is only a bird, even the peasants can easily kill it with their guns, the lethality of the formed army is more powerful, these hateful birds are not opponents at all, and in order to protect their own interests, some peasants and veterans have also joined, for a time the army combat lineup is very strong, since to play the advantages of the army's strong firepower, it is necessary to first drive the emu all over the mountains together, for this reason the army formed a long line, and then with the barbed wire fence and other tools, began to continuously drive the emus to the predetermined location And this also achieved good results at the beginning, as long as the army fired a salvo of emus will be frightened to flee to the rear, and the army will not break the cannon to shell the emu group, but just when the crowd is in full swing, someone found that the situation on the scene is a little wrong, because although the army is indeed huge, but the number of emu corpses on the ground is pitiful.
Break through the fence
In addition, with the continuous suppression and expulsion of the army and the stimulation of the sound of artillery gunfire, the emus was not as the army thought, obediently gathered together to wait to be destroyed, but scattered and fled at the expense of confronting the soldiers, what embarrassed everyone present was that the emus was large and muscular, if it really collided with some people could not stop it, the army's barbed wire was also scattered and scattered, and the expulsion plan for many days ended in failure, although the soldiers raised their guns to shoot at the first time. But the speed of the emus is also extremely fast, and the soldiers have successfully escaped from the firing range before they have fully aimed, and finally they can only shoot by feeling, and they can't hit effectively at all, so mass destruction is impossible.
Invoke the machine gun
Finally, after several days of tossing, even the soldiers felt very tired and needed to rest, the results of the first attack were also counted, the huge combat lineup consumed a lot of ammunition, and finally only 12 emus were eliminated, which could not alleviate the flood problem at all, and the soldiers felt very humiliated after seeing such a record, so they immediately called the large killer Makqin machine gun, and at the same time, in order to restrain the running speed of the emus, a large number of chariots were also called to hunt them down, which finally occupied a certain advantage and the emus was constantly eliminated Although the emu knew that there was danger behind them, they still could not resist the temptation when they saw the crops, and even if they fled for their lives, they had to eat a few bites, so when the army chased after them, the crops were still a mess.
Docile personality
The Australian side did not hesitate to use the army to eliminate the emus but achieved dismal results, so what is the strength of this bird? First of all, the emu itself has excellent physique, as the world's second largest bird, the height can reach more than 160 cm, in addition to the weight can also reach 100 pounds, it can be said that it is very tall and mighty, some locals in the absence of weapons, do not dare to provoke them at will, otherwise they are rushed over and knocked down and pressed on the ground to peck, it is inevitable to escape the end of injury, fortunately these birds themselves are docile, if they do not deliberately provoke, they will not attack people at will at will, So even if you see that as long as you stay away in time, there is no danger, and because you live in a place with a suitable temperature all year round, you don't need to fly and migrate, and your wings are constantly degenerating and losing your ability to fly, and you can only rely on your legs to keep running for food, and they eat some wild grains or wild fruits.
Run fast
Of course, when very hungry even grass and insects also eat, in addition, because of the need to walk for food all year round, the muscles of the emus are very developed, the speed can reach about 50 miles when running, but also very lively and active, even dare to approach the human living area, and this also leads to the farmer's crops are often destroyed, although many times driven and even shot with a gun, but the emus after tasting the delicacy of the crop, the taste is also obsessed, at the risk of life to form a group to steal, the farmer can only guard the field all night, But because of its extremely fast running speed, it can disappear quickly after eating, and the farmers have no choice but to build a fence to protect the fields, but what the people did not expect was that even if these fences were very strong, it was difficult to stop the emus.
Reproduction is extremely fast
Only to see them casually flutter can overturn the fence, calmly into the field to eat a full meal, and then other emus and even hares can also easily enter, in a short period of time a large number of crops have been harmed, for this farmer can only organize on a small scale, eliminate the nearby emu to protect the crops, but the emus is not only very strong, reproductive ability is also very strong, a single can produce more than a dozen eggs at a time, even if it is constantly shot by farmers, but the number of groups does not decrease, but also increases, and because they are social animals, Each dispatch is a group of people, even if the peasants are prepared, it is difficult to resist the invasion, and finally can only watch the crops being destroyed but there is no way, can only make complaints to the government many times, asking for measures to curb the emus, but the government has no way to do anything about it, and finally can only use the bounty to encourage the people to find the emu in their leisure time and shoot them in exchange for a bounty.
Emu War
Affected by the trend of interests, many people do take action, but the emus is not to eliminate the extinction can be eliminated, its own running speed is very fast, in addition to some talented sharpshooters, ordinary people are difficult to achieve efficient elimination, so most people can not hold on to choose to give up, emus is quickly restored through reproduction, and do not know what the reason, the number of its ethnic groups began to increase significantly, and at that time capitalist countries are facing a serious economic crisis, the people's life is very difficult, The unbridled destruction of crops by the emus aggravated the contradictions between the two sides, and the peasants could not sit still at this time, and the government could only agree to send troops to eliminate them in order to appease them, but the speed and flexibility of the emus made these troops unable to think of any good solution.
Raise your gun to aim
The first attempt by the Australian army ended in failure, so what was the final outcome of this war? I have to say that the Australian army is very hard, not only willing to carry the Maxim machine gun around, but also drive the chariot to continue to pursue, vowing to fight to the death of the emu, but the chariot can also maintain a certain combat effectiveness on the flat ground, if driving on the mountain, the soldiers on the car are even very difficult to stand firm, it is even more impossible to raise the gun to aim, so even if it catches up, it is useless to shoot, and the general immediately drives the emus to the flat ground after realizing this problem. This achieved a certain degree of success, and just when the soldiers were encouraged, the emus seemed to be familiar with the Australian army's offensive method, and after seeing the army formation from a distance, it directly fanned out and fled, and the army did not have time to pursue the encirclement and disappeared, and could only continue to look for the trace of the emus.
Scattered and fled
After a few days of pursuit, the harvest is pitiful, at this time the government can not sit still, after all, the artillery ammunition is very expensive, but in the pursuit of emus is a lot of waste, so that the officials are very distressed several times want to recall the army, but a number of farmers will not agree to end here, when the time comes, in case the emus come back the crops are white, so the government can only change the way of combat, send more troops to move, but also remove some heavy weapons, replaced by individual light weapons, so that not only to avoid wasting ammunition, At the same time, it can also be more convenient for soldiers to react quickly and shoot, after all, emus is very flexible, and the soldiers can only be more flexible, and with the speed of the chariot, the army's record has suddenly improved a lot.
Cultivate crops
But after a week of hard work, they also eliminated more than a hundred, which is a dime a dozen for the huge emu population, but the army's ammunition has been seriously depleted, the soldiers are very tired, need to be repaired for some time before they can continue, and in the face of a large number of people's inquiries, the general can only ensure that the army destroys at least 100 per week, and will find ways to increase the number, but seeing that this war is going to evolve into a war of attrition, every day the government needs to spend a lot, Therefore, many officials feel that the country will be dragged down in this way, and the army sometimes destroys the crops in order to pursue the emus, and the people gradually feel that this is not a way to go on, in order not to further lose their own interests, they can only ask the government to end the battle as soon as possible, or try to rationalize the crops when fighting, and the army's record is even more dismal, so that many generals are helpless.
Breeding protection
Finally, in 1934, the government could only declare the end of the war on the grounds that the ammunition consumption was seriously difficult to replenish, which also made Australia an international laughingstock, but the government had no choice but to retreat to the previous policy, using the bounty to call on the people to contribute, after all, some capable people in the people are still very powerful, even more effective than the army's large-scale dispatch, and with the long-term hunting of the people, coupled with the development of weapons and so on are more advanced, So the problem of emu flooding was not only solved in the end, but also carefully eliminated it, and finally the Australian government immediately passed the protection bill in order to prevent the emus from disappearing, which allowed the few emus to survive.