Rise From Eight Hundred

Since Tang Dao and Colonel Gu both agreed and each presented a reward, this competition, which respectively represented the shooting level of the Sichuan Army and the Northeast Army, was decided.

All preparations are done by dedicated personnel. There is a wilderness near Dalinzhuang, and you can find a shooting range anywhere you want.

The busy staff actually put up wooden targets and cleared the area in front to prevent anyone from walking into the shooting area.

The first guard class of Tang Dao and the guard class of Colonel Gu were not deliberately selected shooting masters, but they were both composed of elites from their respective infantry regiments, which basically represented the elite level of the two infantry regiments.

However, since it is not a simple test of guns but a competition, it is naturally impossible for more than a dozen people in a guard class to participate.

Colonel Gu proposed the rules of the competition: "Captain Tang, it would take too long to have all the brothers from the two guard squads participate. It would be better to have the two guard squad leaders lead the team, and then let them randomly select 3 of the other guard squads." People, a group of four people, each person will empty the magazine with 10 bullets, and then calculate the individual score according to the number of rounds of each person, and divide them into first, second and third place. The opponents of their choice will compete with each other. Winning or losing depends on both strength and luck."

He hesitated to speak and glanced at the officers and soldiers of the guard group who were still standing upright behind Tang Dao. Colonel Gu's eyes were full of confidence, "As for the honor of the Sixings Regiment and our 622nd Regiment, the military exploits have already said it all. There is no need for this." The results on the training field prove that if the general is passed out, it will only make a laughing stock, so please don't worry about it, Captain Tang and the brothers. "

Good guy, no wonder he became the commander of the personal guard battalion of the Lieutenant General of the 49th Army! This person's emotional intelligence and smooth way of handling things are comparable to Gu Shaoxun. He is definitely a capable person. Tang Dao wants to applaud this person.

He talks like a flower, but in fact the real meaning is: to see the level of elite shooting between you and me, it depends not only on the individual results, but also on the overall results!

Despite the fact that the Czech zh-29 semi-automatic rifle is not equipped with many troops, China is the country with the largest number of such semi-automatic rifles in the world. According to records, China as a whole imported 10,000 rifles of this type before the war began.

Not only the Northeastern Army has equipment, but several German weapon divisions also have small amounts of equipment.

The reason why the number of equipment in the world is small is not because of this gun difference, but because the shooting concept of this rifle, which was developed more than ten years ago, is completely ahead of the times and is not accepted by the public.

Moreover, this rifle also has flaws. When continuous firing creates intensive firepower, the ballistic trajectory cannot remain stable due to the large recoil.

But the intensive firepower output produced by this rifle's 10-round standard magazine is definitely the best among rifles in this era.

Even, as the brother of the Czech ZB-26 light machine gun which has almost the same locking system, bolt action and gas rod structure, the ZH-29 semi-automatic rifle can also use the ZB-26's 20-round magazine.

In a sense, the zh-29 semi-automatic rifle is actually a light machine gun that reduces weight and does not require a tripod. It cannot fire continuously and can only fire in bursts.

The 10-round large-capacity magazine gives each soldier a total score of 100 points. For a group of four, the score is naturally as high as 400 points.

Of course, Colonel Gu's move was not to deliberately suppress the Four Lines Group in terms of personal performance and overall performance. What he actually meant was to remind Tang Dao and the Guards Squadron that one of the two would be successful. If both If they all fall behind, it would be a bit embarrassing.

But they have also laid the groundwork. Don't worry, no matter what, the results of the game will only appear here and will never be spread to the outside world. The name of the hero is proved by the Japanese brains and does not need this.

How artistic is it to express one's determination to win in one word and one sentence, while also making the allies feel less domineering? This is of course a reflection of the wisdom of life.

Sure enough, an era of turmoil must also be an era of talents emerging in large numbers! Although Tang Dao had never underestimated this era, at this moment, he gained a deeper understanding from this soldier in his early 30s who was on the same level as him.

"Okay!" Tang Dao nodded and looked back at the first guard: "Zhen La Ya, go pick someone up!"

‘It’s so spicy? 'What the hell? Colonel Gu and his guardsmen were slightly startled.

Officers and soldiers like to call them nicknames with personal characteristics, such as Heizi, Laohei, Bailian, etc. Once they hear it, they can tell whether the guy is a black briquette or a whiteface. But this one’s so spicy! ’ Moreover, Tang Dao, the leader of the regiment, shouted it out personally. I always felt that it was strange.

"Yes!" Facing the strange looks from the friendly troops, a thin but capable army sergeant strode out of the queue, gave Tang Dao a military salute, walked straight to the 662 regiment guard squad, and clicked three dots in sequence. Next: "I will invite these three brothers!"

In fact, since joining the army, Zhen Laya, who was born in Guizhou Province, has seen too many similar looks after hearing such a distinctive name.

Guizhou Province is mountainous and has a hot and humid climate. Meat is not easy to preserve. Bacon, cured duck, and cured chicken are the only ways for people in mountainous areas to preserve meat. Zhen La Ya's father is a mountain man who cannot read a word. Faced with the birth of his eldest son, he scratched his head and decided to name whatever he saw. Before he left the main room, he was hit on the head by a wax duck hanging under the eaves. , so it got the name Zhen La Ya.

As an adult, Zhen La Ya has never blamed his father for choosing a random name. He can only be happy and grateful. At least, the person who hit his father's head at that time was not La Ji!

Laji, coupled with his surname "Zhen", it is a tragic name.

Seeing this sergeant with a strange name choose people so casually, the confidence in his eyes made the more than a dozen soldiers in the 662nd Regiment Guard Squad look cautious.

The name is very strange, and his body is not strong, but this sergeant shows these soldiers who have also experienced the cruel battlefield that he is an elite soldier and a strong soldier, no matter from his steps or the momentum he shows.

That is the intuition of the soldiers!

Their intuition is not wrong!

Zhen Laya can become the squad leader of the sharp knife squad of the former Lengfeng First Company, not because of the relationship with old comrades, but because of pure strength.

As a private of the 524th Regiment of the former 88th Division, Zhen Laya, who has only been in the army for more than a year and a half and is still a recruit, has absolutely remarkable performance on the Songhu battlefield. He not only became one of the four soldiers in his infantry squad who survived the Battle of Sihang, but also killed a Japanese soldier in the hand-to-hand combat dominated by Tang Dao in the Sihang Warehouse and successfully withdrew to the warehouse.

The reason why he was only a sergeant in the army was that his rank was too low before. After three consecutive promotions, he had reached the highest level of non-commissioned officer.

The fact that he failed to be promoted continuously like Gu Xishui, Niu Er, and Yang Xiaoshan does not mean that his ability is worse than theirs, but that he does not have a characteristic that is dazzling enough to attract Tang Dao's attention.

Yes, Zhen Laya looks like a very mediocre soldier. His archery skills are not bad, but he is definitely not as talented as Niu Er, who is dazzling to the point of being dazzling. In hand-to-hand combat, he is not like Tang Dao who kills ten people like killing chickens, but it is enough to kill a Japanese soldier in a forceful battle. In terms of brains, he is not as flexible and fast-improving as Gu Xishui, but it is enough for him to command an infantry squad.

He is not outstanding in everything, but he is not bad in everything. He seems mediocre, but on the battlefield, such a soldier may be the one who can survive to the end.

Not everyone can become the so-called soldier king. Zhen Laya should be the representative of ordinary soldiers. The balanced ability value is enough to ensure his survival on the battlefield, which is the key to victory in battle.

No matter how awesome you are, it is useless if you die on the battlefield.

If you say Zhen Laya's shooting skills are not strong, that is relative. For example, compared with "abnormal" shooters like Tang Dao and Niu Er, he is not even a little bit worse. But if you know that Zhen Laya has a record of shooting and killing two Japanese soldiers at a distance of 250 meters with a Type 38 rifle in the Qinglongling battlefield, no one will dare to ignore the plain-looking and weird-named Army Sergeant in front of them.

Obviously, the burly sergeant guard squad leader who stood out from the 662nd Regiment was not as relaxed as Zhen Laya. After carefully scanning the faces and figures of each member of the guard squad, he selected three people very carefully.

After all, the requirements of the superiors of both sides are different. Tang Dao of the Four Lines Regiment only wants to get a third place to get a meal, while their superiors are determined to win. If they don't win, everyone will have to drink northwest wind in the village tonight.

He has a good eye for picking people. He even picked three people, all of whom are tall soldiers.

Being tall means that the combat capability of a single soldier is stronger, because the strength is sufficient and the control of the gun is stronger, but such soldiers are often not riflemen but machine gunners.

If it is an ordinary guard, he will certainly use the opposite concept to select people, but Tang Dao just said frankly that his guard company was reorganized from an infantry company as a whole before the expansion a few days ago.

The correct thinking leads to the correct result. Among the three people selected, one is the main shooter of the light machine gun and the other is the shooter of the grenade launcher. Both of them rarely use rifles. However, he picked the wrong one. That is the accurate shooter of the guard squad 1 and also a veteran of the former Fourth Battalion.

But two of the four are destined to be inferior to the soldiers who often use rifles in shooting, which basically guarantees victory in the overall score.

Although one side is casual and the other side is cautious, and the attitudes of both sides before the competition are different, Colonel Gu did not blame his guard squad leader for being cautious. In his eyes, this is actually similar to the battlefield. It is the most correct choice for soldiers to be cautious in their own battles. It is shameful to show enough momentum but lose.

A bit arrogant but pragmatic! Tang Dao's evaluation of this colleague of the same level in front of him is even higher.

The 49th Army was able to fight from the battlefield in North China to the battlefield in Songhu and then to the Battle of Xuzhou. Although it was defeated repeatedly, it could fight again and again. This pragmatic trait is indispensable.

The soldiers of both sides who participated in the shooting competition have been selected. The guard squad 1 is led by squad leader Zhen Laya, who leads the sergeant light machine gun shooter, grenade launcher, and precision shooter. All of them are elite veterans, basically representing the highest level of ordinary officers and soldiers in the Four Lines Regiment.

The reason is very simple. Zhen Laya and the precision shooter named Sun Xingjia are not mentioned. If they are not good enough, the ordinary officers and soldiers of the Four Lines Regiment except for a limited number of perverted shooters will not be good enough. And the light machine gun shooter named Shen Laoliu was originally a rifleman, and rifle shooting is very familiar to him.

More importantly, when everyone started picking up ZH-29 to check their guns, Shen Laoliu almost laughed out loud. The seemingly high-end and classy semi-automatic rifle in his hand was actually not much different from the ZB-26 light machine gun he was already very familiar with. If there was a difference, it was just that it was lighter, the gun body was longer, and no tripod was needed. And the shooting method of pulling the trigger to fire a bullet was just the same as the burst shooting he did with the ZB-26!

As the main shooter of the light machine gun of the guard squad, Shen Laoliu has a record of killing a Japanese officer at 400 meters. It was because the reflection of that guy standing in the trench with a telescope observing the battlefield was too conspicuous. He would be too sorry if he didn't shoot him.

And Shen Laoliu also got a popular exclamation in the company because of this shot: I am really impressed by you, Laoliu!

Today, Shen Laoliu decided to bring this popular phrase to the 662nd Regiment to let them know how powerful Laoliu is.

"Brother, remember! My name is Laoliu!" Before going to the shooting position, Shen Laoliu reminded the sergeant guard squad leader of the 662nd Regiment without thinking.

"Oh! Brother Laoliu, no matter whether you win or lose, if we meet in the future, I will treat you to wine and meat!" The sergeant squad leader, who is also from the Northeast, heard the Northeast accent of his fellow countryman and patted the shoulder of his "opponent" who had some thoughts.

When you meet fellow countrymen in a foreign land, it is definitely warm. The army sergeant is very Chinese.

By now, all ten wooden targets had been erected, and ten-ring target papers similar to those in the future were also pasted on the wooden targets.

Considering that the zh-29 semi-automatic rifle was the first time for the soldiers to use it, Colonel Gu was not too demanding. The distance of the wooden targets was set at 150 meters. Otherwise, if one of these so-called elites didn't even hit the target, no matter which regiment they appeared in, the two commanders would look bad.

This was not a fight of wills, but just to judge the combat effectiveness of the other infantry regiment. There was no need to make them look bad, right?

There was no time limit, but the soldiers participating in the competition knew that if others had finished shooting, they would not be the only ones left lying there. All 10 bullets must be fired within a minute at most.

They were all veterans. After checking the guns and making sure they would not jam, they gave an order!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" The gunshots on the temporary shooting range came one after another.

Neither Tang Dao nor Colonel Gu used telescopes to look at the target paper in the distance.

Colonel Gu, who offered Tang Dao a cigarette, lit it with a match, and exhaled a puff of blue smoke, smiled and said, "It seems that Commander Tang has great confidence in you!"

"Hehe, so does Commander Gu!" Tang Dao responded with a smile. "Based on this alone, the 662nd Regiment was able to fight against a Japanese infantry regiment with the strength of a regiment on the Shanghai-Hangzhou Highway for a whole day and night. It was not a fluke! It's a pity for the commander Gu who died for his country, alas!"

Tang Dao was talking about the colonel commander of the 662nd Regiment who died in battle. The battle report recorded that the army colonel named Gu Huiquan led the guard company to support the front line several times when the battle was fierce on the front line, but was hit in the chest by a shrapnel and died on the eve of the evacuation. How could it not be a pity?

This is undoubtedly an admiration for the 662nd Regiment.

But to Tang Dao's surprise, Colonel Gu, who was originally in a relaxed posture, suddenly fell silent. The brim of his helmet and his drooping eyelids blocked his sight, and the blue smoke from the cigarette also covered his face.

The empty shooting range was filled with the sound of the semi-automatic rifle still firing.

Tang Dao, who was slightly stunned, seemed to have grasped something. It seemed that the colonel in front of him was also surnamed Gu. Could it be that

After a long while, Colonel Gu looked up at Tang Dao, "Sorry, Huize was a little excited just now. Please don't misunderstand, Colonel Tang."

"Captain Gu and that Colonel Gu," Tang Dao asked tentatively.

"That's my brother!" Colonel Gu looked forward with his eyes, his face unchanged, trying to appear calm.

However, the slightly bulging muscles on his cheeks revealed his sadness.

Tang Dao finally understood that the coldness of the new colonel when he first met him might not be his personality. It was just that his brother had only passed away for a month, and it was difficult for him to smile in front of a stranger.

"Captain Gu Huiquan is a hero of the nation! His name will definitely be on the Victory Monument in the future! I hope Captain Gu will mourn!"

Tang Dao had no mercy, no comfort, and directly stated his views and evaluations!

In such an era, soldiers are also a profession to support their families. It is not uncommon for brothers and fathers to join the army. There are many such examples in the Tang Dao Four-line Regiment.

However, when they go to the battlefield and watch their relatives being shot by guns and dying in front of them, the pain is heartbreaking. No one can empathize with them except themselves.

Soldiers are like this, and so are the commanders.

What they want may not be comfort, but the recognition of their relatives who died in battle. At least, they did not die in vain!

Just like Leng Feng's younger brother Shitou who died in battle, Tang Dao specially won a Baoding Medal for him to commend his bravery.

That is an affirmation of the deceased and the greatest comfort to the living. His relatives died for the country and the nation. If they can be remembered, he is not dead yet.

"Thank you!" Colonel Gu turned around and stared at Tang Dao, who looked solemn, with gratitude in his eyes.

This was exactly the honor he had been fighting for for his brother!

But he didn't expect that when the military exploits were reported to the Military and Political Department, someone said that the 662nd Regiment only blocked the Japanese invaders for one day and night, and eventually lost the position. They were defeated but no one was held responsible. That was because they died in battle. Why did they report the exploits?

That was simply too much. The commander got angry and almost quit. But in the end, he still considered that the war with the Japanese invaders was imminent. At this time, he would only give people a reason to talk, and it was not in line with the interests of the country and the nation. He could only swallow his anger.

The evaluation of his brother by Tang Dao, the commander of the friendly army, was undoubtedly the most in line with his heart.

At this moment, the gunfire from not far away gradually stopped.

Eight soldiers from both sides climbed up from their respective shooting positions and stood straight in place.

They were waiting for the signalman to take down the target paper and count the number of rings shot by each soldier.

"Captain Tang, regardless of winning or losing, I, Gu Huize, will make you my friend!" Colonel Gu suddenly said as he watched his soldiers take down the target paper from afar and run towards this side at a high speed.

His eyes were sincere!

"Same here!" Tang Dao grinned.

Tang Dao liked such soldiers, who were cunning and worldly-wise, but had the character of a soldier!