Chapter 37: Going to the shooting range

After the troops returned to the camp, everyone was soaked in sweat, including me. After all, the fully armed ten-kilometer emergency pull was extremely exhausted. Of course, after running down, I was the one with the easiest expression. After everyone gathered in the yard, Sun Yuanchao looked at me unexpectedly, and then started the whole team:

"Look right! Look forward! Rest a moment! Comment!"

Although everyone was very tired, as long as the team was not disbanded, the queue discipline was maintained very well. We followed the company commander's series of commanders to make movements. When the company commander said "commentation", everyone stood at attention neatly.

Sun Yuanchao raised his hand and saluted, then said:

"After a moment! Today's emergency gathering and the subsequent training are a test of everyone. The training has not been very tight recently, but the facts have proved that comrades are good! Whether it is the assembly speed or the subsequent training, everyone basically meets the standards of an emergency maneuver action combat force soldier! Starting today, we will conduct a week-long intensive training, then conduct an assessment of the entire company, select the four best comrades to form the preparation group for the army competition, and finally select the best ones, and decide to participate in the competition! It should be noted here that selecting four people does not mean that others will have no chance. As long as the army competition has not started, all comrades have the chance! Selecting reserve personnel is just to organize training better, so all comrades cannot relax. Maybe it means that you are the ones participating in the competition in our company!"

Sun Yuanchao said a big word, which immediately changed my impression of him. From his words, I could tell that he was not as careless as he appeared. After all, he had been leading troops for so many years and could not be a naughty man. First of all, my speed of gathering dragged the entire ranks and even the entire company, and he did not criticize them publicly. I knew yesterday that Lin Feng had been hit by him in person, so at least he knew that his successor needed to establish prestige in front of the soldiers, and he still had a clear idea of ​​what he should say and what he should not say.

Secondly, he did not say anything, which was equivalent to mobilizing the training enthusiasm of all the cadres and soldiers of the company and forming an atmosphere of competition. In contrast, the four people who were selected immediately became the target of public criticism, and the soldiers would definitely regard them as the target of catching up. The leader of a company likes to see the most is that the soldiers under his command fight to fight. In this way, it is difficult for the company to make progress or advance.

Sun Yuanchao glanced at me and continued:

"This year, we have two new cadres in our company, namely the first platoon leader and the third platoon leader. I believe that both platoon leaders are very excellent, but it takes time to adapt to the environment. I hope that comrades can see the shining points of the platoon leader and do not look at the new cadres with tinted glasses! If I hear someone saying anything below, I will be the first to scold him! In my company, there is no such thing as a thorn! The comments are over!"

I looked at Sun Yuanchao gratefully. He was giving them a vaccination! Otherwise, a platoon leader would arrive when the emergency gathering arrived, and all the soldiers of the platoon were waiting for the platoon leader. This was about to be passed on, and I don’t know what it was said.

After disbanding, Lin Feng came over and whispered to me. I followed him to the side with confusion. Lin Feng handed me a cigarette and asked:

"What happened when gathering?"

I told him the reason with a wry smile, and then asked:

"What's wrong? Everyone knows it?"

Lin Feng said: "How can you not know? Everyone is waiting for you!"

I asked strangely, "I'm not late for long! You were still checking people in the whole team when I went out!"

Lin Feng curled his lips and said, "Brother Feng! At that time, the company commander called Liu Yi and me, and asked us to wait until you come out before starting the whole team, so as not to embarrass you... Damn! If I do this, he will not scold me to death! Why is he so kind to you? Hehe, is he interested in you?"

I suddenly realized that after hearing Lin Feng's words, my eyes turned and said with a smile:

"Brother Feng, are you talking to the future company commander like this?"

Lin Feng stared at me with wide eyes, and asked for a while:

"Have the organization talked to you? This is too fast, right? Are you riding a rocket?"

I smiled and said, "I told you only when you are a brother. Don't go out and yell. Now there is no official conversation in the organization. However, Section Chief Zu has this intention. In fact, I am already in the company. No matter where I am, I can't always be the platoon leader!"

Lin Feng nodded, looked at the rank of captain on my shoulder, and said:

"Changfeng, among those brothers, you are probably the most likely to become generals. You just graduated and are the first-class heroes and promoted to captain three years ahead of schedule! But Changfeng, a tower of thousands of feet high rises, you must pass the platoon leader, otherwise you will be empty talk afterwards. Don't make such low-level mistakes again in the future..."

I smiled and nodded and said, "Lin Feng, you are the same. Do it well, don't be discouraged! We have been comrades in four years, and now we are in the same company. This is fate! If I really become the company commander of a company, I will not treat you badly! Don't worry!"

After saying that, I patted his shoulder and turned around and walked towards the dormitory.

Before I entered the door, I heard something enthusiastically discussing inside. I knew that it was probably about my urgent gathering. I suppressed the urge to eavesdrop, pushed open the door and walked in. Seeing me in, the originally warm atmosphere in the room immediately became silent. I frowned, but it immediately stretched out, and then asked with a smile:

"What are you talking about, brothers? I'm so happy, let me share it too?"

Zhang Shaoshang quickly smiled and said:

"Platform leader, nothing, everyone is bragging and fucking! It's boring..."

Liu Zhao interrupted Zhang Shaoshang and said:

"We are talking about other classes talking about your affairs..."

I raised my eyebrows and signaled him to continue talking. Liu Zhao said calmly:

"Lu Platoon, today's emergency gathering, some veterans from other platoons said that you... are embroidered pillows! You are not good at it! The people in the class are holding you a grudge!"

Zhang Shaoshang said: "Yes! Everyone knows that your assembly speed is a problem with the backpack rope. You just arrived at the company yesterday, and it is understandable that you were not ready..."

With cadres here, the recruits didn't dare to speak anymore. I smiled and said:

"Everyone washes and prepares for breakfast. Whether the embroidered pillows is not the only thing that matters, let's see if you want to go ahead!"

After listening to my words, everyone went to the water room to wash and prepare for dinner. Liu Zhao looked at me and said:

"Lu Pai, I know you are not an embroidered pillow! At least in terms of physical fitness, no one can compare to you in the whole line. I have been here for eight years. The first time I saw someone's physical fitness is better than Captain Sun!"

I smiled without objection and said:

"Team leader, I was told by others like this. Do you think the price is reduced? I feel that the face is gone when I go out?"

Liu Zhao thought for a while and said:

"There must be some private discussions, but the company commander has warned me that it should not be spread everywhere. It's just that someone pointed at us, so I definitely feel uncomfortable!"

I smiled and nodded, and didn't say anything. I turned around and prepared to sort out the personal items scattered all over the floor in the morning, but found that the soldiers had already helped me organize it clearly. I opened the interior cabinet, and it was the same... Alas! These soldiers!

When I was in school, I heard from others that after graduation, I became a platoon leader and even changed his socks and underwear, the recruits would pick up and wash them immediately. Some platoon leaders even took the water for the foot washing every day. I didn’t agree with it at that time. Did the officers and soldiers agree to it just talk? On the first day, I saw it. At that time, Zhang Shaoshang said that he asked a soldier to fold the quilt for me... I was a little uncomfortable.

After breakfast, the soldiers had a short rest in the dormitory, and several of our company cadres stood in the yard chatting and bragging. Sun Yuanchao seemed to be in a good mood today. In his words, "I haven't relaxed my muscles for a long time. Today I ran down ten kilometers, which was so cool!"

His thinking is really strange when treating hard physical training as a very happy thing. But it is understandable that a leader who has been in the grassroots company for many years, who accompany the soldiers to struggle every day, can develop feelings, and it will be uncomfortable if he doesn't practice for a day. What's more, he may soon be about to change careers.

After a while, a horn sounded at the gate of the yard, and Sun Yuanchao said to Lin Feng:

"The people from the car company are here, the third platoon leader, gather together with blowing the whistle! Let's go to the shooting range today!"

Lin Feng quickly blew the assembly whistle. The assembly speed was very fast, maintaining the usual decisive style of the field troops. Sun Yuanchao did not talk nonsense this time. After the assembly was completed, he said:

"Today, I went to the teaching team and I was more proud of myself! Whoever dared to be diarrhea and was embarrassed at my brother's unit, I want you to look good! Get on the bus!"

So everyone boarded four Jiefang trucks in an orderly manner. Sun Yuanchao, who should have been sitting in the cab, squeezed into the trucks we lined up with excitedly and sat in the carriage with us. Wu Yanfeng, the instructor who was guarding the house, shook his head helplessly, and Sun Yuanchao laughed:

"It's better to be at peace with the soldiers!"

Sun Yuanchao led everyone to sing all the way, from old songs such as "I am a soldier" and "Three Disciplines and Eight Points of Attention" to new moral group songs such as "Strict Discipline Song", we sang them all. The cars passed through the streets of Fuzhou, and our singing also flew in this steel and concrete forest...

Soon, we arrived at the teacher teaching team located in the suburbs of Fuzhou. There was a standard shooting range here. The companies stationed in Fuzhou city all came here to shoot. As soon as we got off the car, Sun Yuanchao pulled me and asked softly:

"The first row leader, how are you shooting a target? If not, I will arrange for you to report to the target..."

I chuckled softly and said, "Company Commander, this is my strength! Just look at it! Why don't I show you my skills first?"

After hearing what I said, Sun Yuanchao's eyes lit up and he shouted loudly:

"Comrades, comrades! Let's be quiet! Before starting the training, everyone welcomed the leader of the row with warm applause to show everyone his magical shooting skills!"

After saying that, he took the lead and clapped his hands. The soldiers liked to watch this kind of excitement the most, so they all started to cheer and shouted loudly, asking me to perform for them quickly. I smiled and said to Liu Yi:

"Chief of the Second Platoon, can you ask a few soldiers to go over and paste the target paper and report the target by the way."

Liu Yi nodded and agreed, shouted loudly and called several veterans to walk to the other end of the shooting range. Two new soldiers resisted a box of bullets in front of my target position. I skillfully took down the Type 95 on my back. When the general army was still using the 81-1, our emergency maneuver action combat troops were fully equipped with Type 95. However, I have studied this type of gun specifically during shadow training. Now, with your eyes closed, you can disassemble and assemble them in a very short time.

The veterans made the target paper quickly, and then jumped into the trench in front of the target, preparing to report the target to me. I glanced at the company commander, he nodded slightly and said:

"Put bullets on your lie-down position!"

I quickly lay down, skillfully pulled out the empty magazine, took out a magazine filled with bullets from the bullet box and installed it. I opened the security, loaded the bullet "slam", and then stretched the gun forward and aimed. The whole set of movements was neat. The veterans in the trench over there shook the flag, indicating that they were ready and could shoot. The company commander shouted in a low voice:

"Start shooting!"

The target is in the east of me. Although the sunlight is not fierce at this moment, it still shines a little when facing me. However, this is a small problem for me. When I am in the shadow, I will rely on the feeling to fire after practicing. This feeling is only found after I knocked out countless bullets.

After the company commander gave the order, I gently placed my finger on the trigger. The lying position is the easiest to shoot, because the gun can be relatively fixed. As long as you aim at it, you can at least get on the target. Unlike other positions, if your hands shake a little, you won’t know how far the bullets are. This is the real "a slight difference, a thousand miles of error."

Through the sight, I clearly saw the target I was going to hit. I held my breath and grabbed the trigger finger and began to slowly exert force. I still remember that the teacher in the military academy said: "Slow button and quickly release", which is what I mean.

Just when I felt everything was just right, I pulled the trigger, and the bullet flew towards the target. The moment I fired, I knew that it must be a ten ring. Sure enough, the veterans there immediately waved the flags left and right, ten rings!

The first shot was ten rings. Sun Yuanchao took the lead in applauding me, and the soldiers cheered. I didn't even change the posture of lying down, and then I shot a string of dots, listened to the sound, and flew out in total three bullets.

Anyone who has had shooting experience knows that the first shot is usually more accurate. The next bullet is not off the target, because the muzzle will jump due to recoil when the first shot is released, so the second bullet will deviate much more quickly.

After I finished shooting this point, I quietly waited for the veterans to report the target to me, but there was no movement there for a while. The soldiers couldn't help but talk. After a long time, we saw the flags that reported the target to be swaying left and right, and were repeating this action. All three shots were ten rings!

This was as expected by me, and I said to Sun Yuanchao with an incredible face:
Chapter completed!