Rise from eight hundred.

Chapter 1294 Military Competition (Part )

At two o'clock in the afternoon on New Year's Eve, the military competition with the new military training ground as the main venue officially started.

The main venue has two major categories: military physical fitness and combat, as well as the final military obstacle relay event. It has the most competition events and naturally the largest number of spectators.

Thousands of spectators packed the venue for the most exciting events such as hand-to-hand combat and spear stabbing.

And there were quite a few people surrounding the competition venue where they had taken off their cotton-padded clothes and were wearing only their unlined clothes, ready to exert their physical strength. Those who could represent each division in the competition were all strong and powerful young men.

The Four Elements Group is a little bit special, with three strong young men and a one-eyed uncle.

Boss Cao, who is already in his 30s, represented the Third Battalion in the push-up event!

He is old and half-blind, so he comes to compete with the boys in physical fitness?

This somewhat made the division commanders who were sitting on the stage watching the battle with binoculars a little curious, but no one would question the Four Elements Group's willingness to let go.

"Hurry up and find out who this person is and what his record is!" The white-haired general quickly waved his hand and asked someone to go and find out the information.

This is a competition field and a battlefield. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win every battle, right?

Boss Cao's reputation was not something to be concealed. It didn't take long for the information to reach the ears of the generals sitting at the main venue.

"A bomb can be dropped nearly 70 meters in a trench?" The white-haired general took a breath.

We are all veterans. Who doesn’t know that this requires extremely strong arm strength and waist and abdominal strength, and these are precisely the strength points most needed to do push-ups.

"Tell Brigadier Kong at the front to slightly change the soldiers participating in pull-ups, push-ups, and sit-ups." The white-haired general immediately made arrangements.

Or maybe it wasn't just him, several other division commanders called their communications troops to make adjustments.

Tang Dao snickered secretly. He had set aside more than half an hour for preparation time, just to wait for the division commanders who were sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai to get busy!

He didn't hide anything this time. Except for the reconnaissance company, which didn't participate, even the mountain infantry company sent three people, which was almost all elite.

There will never be any laxity in this kind of military competition. It is not only an insult to friendly forces but also disrespectful to oneself.

If possible, Tang Dao even hopes to take first place in all projects, show off in front of the generals, and collect more IOUs by the way.

What is the hardest debt to repay in this world, it is naturally the debt of favor! Tang Dao was actually targeting everyone except the 80th Army. If they really had to fight on the battlefield that day, this favor IOU would be another weapon besides the battlefield.

Of course, Tang Dao also knew it was impossible.

The Si Xing Regiment is strong, but which of these infantry divisions didn't fight through the flames of war until now? The guards came again, and they were basically the best of the best.

Tang Dao’s goal is to be satisfied if he can take first place in three out of 10 events!

However, he wants to be a catfish that muddies the water, forcing these big bosses not only to not hide and tuck in, but also to use their wise heads to organize their troops to strive for the maximum benefit.

Otherwise, how could the officers and soldiers of the Si Xing Regiment, who were bound by strict confidentiality regulations, reveal the abilities of their comrades so easily?

Compared with the bustling crowd at the main venue, there are also many people at the First Battalion training ground who are about to start shooting pistols, machine guns, rifles, and small-caliber mortars.

In particular, more than half of the security troops who followed the generals ran to the branch meeting room.

As the saying goes, laymen only watch the excitement, while experts watch the door. Now is the era of hot weapons. Marksmanship and artillery accuracy basically represent the combat effectiveness of an army.

Yes, physical fitness is the basis of combat effectiveness, but the competitions in these shooting events are not just about giving each person a gun to hit a dead target 100 meters or 200 meters away.

Instead, each contestant needs to carry a backpack weighing more than 30 kilograms and carry a familiar firearm for 800 meters, and then fall down at their respective shooting positions. The soldiers in the target ditch randomly raise the target target, each time. The target will not stay for more than 5 seconds before it is put down.

Each contestant will have five chances. Finally, the total number of rings will be counted, and the ranking will be based on the number of rings.

Even if someone wants to be lazy during the 800-meter run, it is not possible. Based on the comprehensive balance of the running time of each department, the organizing committee has set a time limit of 3 and a half minutes. If the person does not arrive within this specified time, it will be deemed to have given up the competition. qualifications.

This time is actually loose enough for most officers and soldiers. The qualifying standard for the 5000-meter armed cross-country tour of the Fourth Army Group is 20 minutes.

No one raised any objections to this, because this was not only a shooting competition designed entirely according to actual combat, but also the strength that front-line troops should have. Without sufficient physical support, there is no way to guarantee the accuracy of marksmanship.

"Lao Pei, can you run these 800 meters?" Wang Xiaoqiang looked worriedly at the special shooter of the 921st Regiment who represented the 771st Division.

It is true that Pei Tianlai is a veteran who has been in the army for five years, but this veteran from Orion was already over 46 when he joined the army. Now he is already over . If he had stayed at home, he would probably have raised his grandson.

It is not that the 921st Division does not have younger sharpshooters, but their marksmanship is somewhat different from that of the veteran who has served as the chief instructor of the 771st Regiment's marksman training team. Even though he knew that Tang Tuanzuo had set such rules, Master Liu still made the final decision. This one goes to battle.

"Don't hire people without doubting them" has always been Commander Liu's employment principle. He believes in his soldiers.

Of course, this is not a project that Master Liu is determined to win. He has been dealing with the Four Elements Regiment for a long time, and he knows how powerful the marksmen of the Four Elements Regiment are, even if Niu Er, who is known as the top marksman of the Four Elements Regiment, does not play. , with the ability of the Four Elements Group, I am afraid that it will be difficult for this number one to be left behind by others.

Then let's fight for two. Even if this grandfather-level shooter's marksmanship is not as good as usual because his physical fitness is not as good as that of a young man, there is still no problem in ensuring that he is in the top three.

The 921st Division also has two most reliable secret weapons that will impress people in the other two projects, which are what Commander Liu is determined to win.

"Hey, Captain Wang, don't underestimate me. Not long after I joined the army, I caught up with the great movement of thousands of miles. I marched for 30 miles with forty kilograms of grain and a gun and didn't fall behind. It's only been a few years. ? Let alone 800 meters, I can run even 8000 meters." The gray-haired veteran patted his chest, full of confidence.

"Okay, the division commander and brigade commander are cheering for the monks and the others. Lao Xu and I are not going anywhere. We are just here to cheer you guys up. It is best to win the Four Lines Group. If you can't win, then win the others. Division, the division commander said that as long as you rank in the top three, only half of the reward will be handed over to the public." Wang Xiaoqiang desperately encouraged the four veterans at the branch meeting.

"Captain Wang, are you serious? Then I can send money to my mother to buy medicine. When I left last autumn, my mother couldn't breathe. But the money I have saved for more than a year is not enough. Da Yang, the group didn't even bother to bring it back." A round-headed young man with a dark face asked blankly.

"You kid, don't worry about it blindly. Last time, the brigade commander wrote a letter to his friend in An County about your mother. Someone will take care of it, so there will be no problem. Don't worry about the reward, I'll keep an eye on it for you." Wang Xiaoqiang Looking at this young man who was only in his early 20s, he patiently comforted him.

People who can question Crazy Wang are definitely not ordinary people, and those who can calm Crazy Wang patiently after questioning him are definitely the cruelest among cruel people.

Perhaps no one except the people of the 921st Division would know that this young man who looks a bit naive is actually one of Commander Liu's two secret weapons.

The 80th Group Army once faced hardships due to lack of ammunition, which trained them to be immortal-level soldiers beyond people's imagination.

It was this young machine gunner who once followed two infantry squads to defend a high ground during the anti-mopping operations in May. When both infantry squads suffered almost all casualties, he used a light rifle with only 400 rounds of ammunition. Machine guns and a few remaining soldiers held the position for 3 days and 2 nights.

What they faced was the siege of three infantry squadrons of Japanese troops and two infantry guns!

A young machine gunner named Guan Chonggui was not willing to use long bursts of fire to suppress the Japanese infantry even during the most difficult times of the war. All he used were short bursts of fire.

But Guan Chonggui really used the fire-suppressing machine gun to produce the effect of a continuous-fire rifle. After the war, after counting, 400 rounds of machine gun bullets were fired, 389, but no fewer than 400 Japanese soldiers were killed and injured, and some were even killed by point shooting from meters away. Records of Japanese military officers.

Such a god-level machine gunner, even if he is as tough as Wang Xiaoqiang, can only be kind to him.

"Okay, then I will be the first to show off to the leaders!" A happy smile appeared on the face of the honest young man.

The 921st Division was not the only one who was eagerly waiting for the official start of the competition. The other divisions were also colonel-level officers. While observing the situation of the soldiers sent by their opponents, they cheered for the participating soldiers sent by their own side.

I'm afraid it's just that the Four Elements Group is a little more relaxed and freehand. The team was led by Chief of Staff Gong Shaoxun, and each of the four infantry battalions was recommended for the competition. Although it was a bit random, everyone from Tang Tuanzuo to the commander of each infantry battalion required everyone to strive for victory.

For example, the first battalion sent Yang Shoucheng from Wei Donglai Company to participate in rifle shooting. Since the last time Gushan, Lao Baanpan, and Tudou intercepted a Japanese infantry squad and was seriously injured, Yang Shoucheng had to recover from his injuries for more than 2 months. Calculate well.

Even though he hasn't touched a gun for more than two months, Yang Shoucheng's marksmanship, which has returned from injury, seems to have crossed a certain threshold and evolved to a new level.

In the first battalion's counterattack against the Japanese troops in southeastern Shanxi, Yang Shoucheng, who was still a precision marksman in the infantry squad, killed six Japanese soldiers. None of them were infantry. They were all Japanese grenadiers and machine gunners staying on the edge of the battlefield.

Although not many Japanese soldiers were killed, they were all firepower points that could pose a great threat to the battlefield, and were at least worthy of second-class military merit. The reason why he was not rated was because Yang Shoucheng himself applied to the company headquarters to give the battle merit to a comrade who had sacrificed his life.

And because of this, Wei Donglai was severely criticized by Lei Xiong, but this stubborn person still insisted on his choice.

"I say brother, are you thirsty? If you are thirsty, I will bring you water." Shen Laoliu, who has been promoted from quasi-brother-in-law to real brother-in-law, is even more nervous than his brother-in-law who is about to compete.

The organizing committee has no regulations on military ranks. As long as you have the ability, you can sign up for a lieutenant general.

However, considering the rewards, even hard-liners like Wang Xiaoqiang finally gave up. Although the officers were all soldiers, as their command time increased, their personal combat skills were inevitably rusty, even if they were better than ordinary officers and soldiers. , but compared with the strongest elites, after all, they are still a little behind.

Long Yan signed up by himself, and his lieutenant rank ranked among the top seven among all participants. If the pistol competition was excluded, he would definitely be ranked first.

But he is not only the lieutenant of the Mountain Infantry Company, but also one of the six special meritorious officers of the Four Lines Regiment. It would be a shame if the special meritorious officers did not get the top three.

"Brother-in-law, please keep it in your heart. My shooting skills may not be as good as some of them, but you have forgotten that when I am running in the mountains, I run from childhood to adulthood. If I say I am number one, no one will say I am number two." But Long Yan It's full of confidence.

Shen Laoliu thought about it. His brother-in-law's physical strength was indeed one of the best in the entire Four Elements Group. He could run 30 meters with 800 kilograms on his back without even breathing heavily. This was considered a feat. His talent.

Does this mean that my wife’s physical strength is also very good? It seems like today is my wedding night! The association of Shen Laoliu, Laoliu, is really rich.

That is, I don’t know whether I feel more joy than sorrow, more sorrow than joy, or a mixture of joy and sorrow.

I'm afraid only Shen Laoliu himself knows this.

That is to say, looking at his face, there is so much dullness.

A man's first time always has expectations and a little fear. It would be embarrassing if he doesn't perform well!

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In terms of guns for the competition, the Four Lines Group can provide the firearms that each contestant wants to use. For pistols, there are three types of pistols: Southern Fourteenth, Browning, and Black Star pistols; for rifles, there are Hanyang-made, Liao-made Type 26, and Type 60 rifles. , medium-sized rifles, Mosin-Nagant rifles, Czech rifles, etc.; there is only one machine gun, the Czech Type 50 light machine gun; small-caliber mortars. Originally, the Four Troops wanted to join the mortars, but other troops were companies I’ve never seen it before, so I just provide Japanese -caliber grenade launchers;

Moreover, in order to allow the participants to become familiar with the firearms they selected, nearly an hour was given for a gun test session.

However, most of the participants chose to carry their own firearms. Although the firearms were a little old and had worn rifling, they were more comfortable to use.

With the sound of a gunshot from the referee Lei Xiong, the first event pistol competition officially kicked off.

Seven officers and soldiers wearing armbands No. 7 to 1 rushed out carrying large backpacks. First they ran around a hill next to the training ground and then arrived at the already arranged pistol shooting range.

Except for the Fourth Line Regiment, which sent a sergeant squad leader, the other six troops all sent lieutenants or captains.

There is no way, even if it is the 28th Division, which is close to the central military and can use pistols, it must be at least company commander level.

Even German weapon masters can't think of a company like the Four Lines Regiment that equips machine gunners and sergeant squad leaders with pistols.

Then, the black and thin sergeant squad leader of the Fourth Army Regiment was one of the best, running all the way, taking only 2 minutes and 30 seconds, arriving at the shooting range one minute earlier than the maximum time allowed, and after resting for 20 seconds , and then he rang the gong and started his own shooting.

Five random 50-meter targets, the final score is 45 rings, which is already an amazing result. Even in the reconnaissance company, it is the best choice.

I didn't know that I didn't get first place.

The first place turned out to be a captain and guard company commander of the 101st Division of the Shanxi-Sui Army.

Although this Jinsui Army captain had average physical fitness, he finished the race in 3 minutes and 10 seconds and only rested for 10 seconds before shooting a terrifying score of 47 rings.

Later I learned that the guard company commander was a horse bandit in Suiyuan. With his Germanic gun skills, he became a serious problem for herdsmen in Zangheng grassland. Later, he was surrounded and suppressed by the regular army. Commander Dong was interested in his ability and did not shoot him immediately. He was eventually promoted to commander of the division guard company for his bravery in combat.

That shooting technique can break a wicker 30 meters away, not only on flat ground, but also on horseback.

Encountering such a master, other divisions including the Four Elements Regiment have nothing to say but admit defeat.

But even so, the sergeant squad leader of the Fourth Army was not able to secure second place, because the captain guard company commander of the 45th Army also scored an astonishing rings. In the end, it was because he was faster than the sergeant. The squad leader was more than ten seconds behind before finishing third.

The worst one in this game was the 28th Division. The score of 40 rings was already good, but the lieutenant deputy company commander who couldn't hold up against the 104th Division who had the same score was just a little faster than him.

But how to say it? Even if you are in last place, it is not a shame.

The five 5-meter random targets can all hit more than 50 rings. On the battlefield, they are all ruthless people who can destroy an enemy with one bullet.

The onlookers cheered and applauded the somewhat dejected officers at the back.

Compared with the less powerful pistol competition, the competition between rifles and machine guns is the highlight.

After all, on the battlefield, rifles and machine guns are the most powerful weapons for infantry, and those participating in the competition are all sergeant-level veterans.

The veteran of the 80th Group Army, who had taken off his military cap and had gray hair on his temples, was the most conspicuous.

Even if he is not familiar with it, and even his age is not appropriate, the straight waist and the old Hanyang-made pole placed horizontally on his backpack, which is already somewhat mottled, make people feel that this is definitely a soldier on the battlefield. A veteran who makes his enemies fearful.

The soldier's intuition was right.

This veteran who has left his name in the history of China's Anti-Japanese War has left an indelible impression on sharpshooters from all divisions who are almost 30 years his junior.

The rifle competition was a random target 300 meters away that was beyond the imagination of ordinary soldiers!

As far as the surrounding soldiers are concerned, if they can hit every random target, they are considered good.

What's more, anyone who can shoot more than 800 rings without even catching his breath after running 40 meters is a god!

But it just so happens that there are only a few such gods.

The precise shooting skills displayed by these participating sergeants made even Lieutenant Niu Er, who had been silently watching the scene, give a thumbs up!

"Damn it! Xiaomei, where do you think you can get if you participate?" Shen Laoliu bared his teeth and asked the indifferent and clueless person next to him.

"I can guarantee the top four on this field, but when we meet on the battlefield, there is only one person I can't guarantee I can kill him." Wu Nainao thought about it carefully and gave such an answer.

Shen Laoliu

(End of this chapter)