I am an artillery soldier

Chapter 458

"How do we compete? Are we shooting fixed targets?" Liu Gen asked in the training ground.

Du Jie glanced at the environment of the training ground. He felt that the training ground was extremely simple.What else can you do without a fixed target in such a crude training ground?Du Jie didn't think he could bring himself some surprises in this training ground.

"Let's just hit a fixed target, and try twice, one for accuracy, and the other for distance." Du Jie said in a deep voice.

The brigade commander frowned slightly. According to Du Jie's method of competition, it was a bit too much of a waste of shells.Now the Huangyadong Arsenal is able to produce the artillery shells needed by the various units of the Eighth Route Army, but these shells are produced by the workers of the rear arsenal with hard work.Four shells were used for one test, which was a bit too much.

Liu Gen didn't notice the brigade commander's expression, but he still said directly: "It's a bit of a waste of shells, maybe for your rich and powerful Jinsui army, this shells are nothing."

"But for our Eighth Route Army, every shell is extremely important. In battle, one shell can play too much role."

Some officers in the Jinsui Army exchange group laughed softly. They couldn't help feeling a little bit more superior. Even if the Eighth Route Army killed a lot of devils, so what?In terms of equipment, they are far behind the Jinsui Army. Even if Liu Gen is a really powerful artilleryman, there are not enough artillery shells for him in the Eighth Route Army.

As far as artillery is concerned, if there are not enough shells, then its value cannot be fully utilized.

"Is it too much? Four shells are not many, and our artillery regiment conducts live ammunition training on weekdays, which is much more than this." Du Jie said with a frown.

Liu Gen was a little helpless, the Jinsui army was really rich, if the Eighth Route Army had so many shells to use, then even if the devils entered the base area to raid, they would not dare to be too arrogant.The reason why the devils dared to fight against the continuous raids of the Japanese base areas was that the Eighth Route Army had simple equipment and could not compare with them in terms of firepower.

"Too much!"

"Well, I'll just launch a bombardment. If you can do what I did, I'll be considered a loser." Liu Gen thought for a moment and thought of a way.

Du Jie was slightly taken aback, with an angry look on his face. From Liu Gen's words, it seemed that Liu Gen didn't care about his opponent. What does it mean as long as he can do it?Du Jie didn't understand why Liu Gen was so confident. Even if Liu Gen had some strength, he probably couldn't compete with him, an artilleryman who came out of the artillery school.

"It seems that you are very confident! Well, I want to see what gives you confidence!" Du Jie said angrily.

Liu Gen smiled lightly, and didn't care about Du Jie's words. He believed in his own ability, and also believed that his artillery skills were incomparable to Du Jie and others.

His eyes swept across the training ground. The artillery team's training ground is not small, but for Liu Gen, this training ground is still a bit small, which makes it impossible for him to use it.

"Brigade Commander, please ask your comrades to clean up the area in the direction of 12 o'clock to make sure there is no one there." Liu Gen said to the Brigadier Commander.

The brigade commander nodded and understood Liu Gen's meaning. Before shelling, it is very important to confirm whether there are people in that area. In case of any accidental injury, it will be very troublesome.Besides, the brigade headquarters are all soldiers of the Eighth Route Army. Liu Gen didn't want any soldiers to be injured because of his contest with Du Jie.

"I would like to trouble everyone in the Jinsui Army to find a fixed target 1500 meters away." Liu Gen said again.

Naturally, Liu Gen chose to let the officers in the Jinsui Army Exchange Regiment do this to prevent someone from saying that all of this was an arrangement of the 386 Brigade. Since it was decided to compete with Du Jie, Liu Gen did not want any question.

Du Jie was shocked. He couldn't believe the number Liu Gen said, 500 meters?If there are other fighters to assist and special range-finding optical instruments, then hitting a target 500 meters away is not difficult.But Du Jie saw that the mortar to be used next did not have any optical instruments on it.

That is to say, Liu Gen has to measure the distance with his own naked eyes to ensure that he can accurately hit a target 500 meters away.

Chu Yunfei and the others also showed obvious surprises on their faces. Even if they are not professional artillerymen, they still clearly know what a distance of 500 meters means. Such a distance is beyond the reach of ordinary people's eyesight. of.What's more, Liu Gen doesn't have any optical instruments for distance measurement in his hands. Can he really do it with just a pair of naked eyes?

Could it be that Liu Gen chose to say this because he knew it was impossible?After all, few people can do it, even if Liu Gen can't do it, there will be good reasons?Many people have such thoughts. If this is the case, then Liu Gen's choice to bombard a target 500 meters away can be explained.

Chu Yunfei couldn't help looking at Liu Gen, wanting to see Liu Gen's thoughts, but on Liu Gen's face, he could only see a faint confidence, as if he was not worried about his failure at all.Looking at Liu Gen, Chu Yunfei inexplicably had a little more confidence in Liu Gen, maybe Liu Gen could really do this!
"As artillerymen, we all know what it means to target a target 500 meters away. Unless it is a truly top-notch artilleryman, it is not that easy to hit a target 1500 meters away."

"I, Du Jie, don't think you can do it. I can say for sure that among us, none of us can do this! If you can really hit, then I don't need to shell anymore, I will just admit defeat But it's too difficult, I don't think you, a young man, can do it!" Du Jie looked at Liu Gen and said seriously.

Du Jie knew his own abilities. He usually dealt with targets within a kilometer, and he could only rely on continuous test firing to ensure the hit rate of the shells.

Now Liu Gen, a young man, wanted to hit a target 500 meters away. How could Du Jie believe it?

"Open your eyes and watch! Our old captain said it can be done, so it will be done." Ning Ze couldn't help but said.

Ning Ze admires Liu Gen quite a lot. Let alone a target 500 meters away, even if it is a farther target, he believes that Liu Gen can achieve it.

Soldiers from the artillery team brought up mortars. This time Liu Gen and Du Jie competed with 82mm mortars. With its range, Liu Gen could hit a target 500 meters away.Next to the mortar, there was a shell. The soldiers of the artillery team had great confidence in Liu Gen, and they had no idea of ​​preparing a second shell.

Liu Gen squatted down, stroking the mortar with both hands, and carefully inspected the various parts of the mortar to avoid problems during the shelling.

It can be seen that the soldiers of the artillery team took good care of this mortar. There was no dust on the mortar, and it was slightly shiny after being wiped by the soldiers.

Since the officers of the Jinsui Army hadn't determined what target Liu Gen was going to hit, Liu Gen could only wait patiently, which made Liu Gen a little helpless. With his ability, as long as the target was determined, he could shoot directly.Now these Jinsui troops have spent so much time discussing a bombardment target, Liu Gen is a little impatient to wait.

"Hurry up! I don't have so much time to waste!" After 10 minutes, there was still no discussion, so Liu Gen could only speak.

Even though Liu Gen didn't have much to do at the brigade headquarters, he didn't want to waste his time on such things. With this time, he could definitely teach the soldiers of the artillery team of the brigade headquarters a little more.Liu Gen didn't understand why a small bombardment target would be discussed until now and there was no result. He kept squatting on the ground, and Liu Gen was a little sleepy.

Seeing the impatience on Liu Gen's face, Chu Yunfei felt a little helpless. The other officers hadn't discussed any results, which left him with no good solution. Who made many of them have higher ranks than him?No matter how powerful Chu Yunfei is, he still can't say anything about such a trivial matter.

No longer concerned about when the officers would be able to discuss the results, Liu Gen got up, and he came to the soldiers of the artillery team, took the time to explain some artillery theories to them, and at the same time helped the soldiers answer the accumulated questions.

Seeing that Liu Gen didn't seem to care about this contest at all, Du Jie was a little helpless. Could it be that he was really that weak?Didn't get Liu Gen's attention?Du Jie looked at the officers who were still discussing. As an artillery officer, he has always acted very neatly without too much delay.

Looking at the officers who were discussing now, Du Jie suddenly lost the intention to continue to compete with Liu Gen. He realized that his own initiative to challenge Liu Gen to this matter has probably become a "monkey show" in the eyes of many people .The shelling target these people are discussing is just to make this "monkey show" look more attractive.

It wasn't until this time that Du Jie noticed that Brigadier Chen of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army disappeared at some point, leaving only his own guards to receive him.Obviously, Brigadier Chen had long affirmed the result of this contest and was full of confidence in the young Liu Gen.

Du Jie looked at the other artillery officers who came together, and found that they were also somewhat excluded. These artillery officers, their behavior style is completely different from that of ordinary officers, so how can they easily blend in with those people?Noticing this, Du Jiesuo discussed with the other artillery officers, and walked towards the position of the artillery soldiers together.

Du Jie and others wanted to hear Liu Gen's guidance to the soldiers of the artillery team. The truly powerful artillery can be seen from the guidance to the soldiers.

After arriving around the soldiers of the artillery team, Du Jie and others did not speak directly. They listened carefully to Liu Gen's explanation for the soldiers of the artillery team.At the beginning, Du Jie and the others were looking for trouble, but the content of Liu Gen's explanation did not allow them to find any flaws, let alone any problems.

As time passed, Du Jie and the others had no intention of making trouble. As artillerymen, they still had some understanding of artillery theory.Du Jie and others found helplessly that what Liu Gen explained was not only useful to the soldiers of the artillery team, but also useful to them.

At least after listening to Liu Gen's explanation, Du Jie and the others have gained a lot, which is undoubtedly their improvement.

When Chu Yunfei, who was staying in the exchange group, noticed the situation of Du Jie and other artillery officers, he couldn't help being slightly taken aback. On the faces of Du Jie and the others, he saw the look of something.Turning his head to look at the other officers who were still discussing the target of the shelling, Chu Yunfei immediately lost the mood to continue the discussion. There was no need to continue this contest.

From the changes of Du Jie and others, it is enough to explain the problem. Liu Gen, the "cannon god" in the Eighth Route Army, must have real materials. Otherwise, how could Du Jie and his artillery officers have such a temper? quiet?

"Everyone, I'm afraid we don't need to continue the discussion. The result of the contest is already very obvious." Chu Yunfei reminded.

The other officers didn't understand, but when they looked in the direction Chu Yunfei pointed, these officers understood what Chu Yunfei meant.From the state of Du Jie and the others, these officers all understood that they were not fools, so they naturally knew what this meant.

Obviously, before Liu Gen launched the shelling, Du Jie and the others chose to admit defeat, otherwise why would they listen so vigorously?

Before Chu Yunfei and the others opened their mouths to say anything else, Du Jie and the others asked Liu Gen questions one after another. As artillerymen, they also encountered many problems, some of which had not yet been resolved.Now that Liu Gen is here, Du Jie and the others naturally want to seize this opportunity so that they can gain more.

Liu Gen did not treat Du Jie and others differently. After listening to the questions raised by Du Jie and others, he answered them seriously.Liu Gen knew that when he answered the questions of Du Jie and others, Du Jie and the others would definitely gain a lot, but he believed that the soldiers of the artillery team would gain more.

Compared with the soldiers of the artillery team, Du Jie and others still had many advantages. At least their combat experience was very rich. The shells they fired by themselves were not a hundred, but dozens of rounds.

If possible, Liu Gen also hopes that Du Jie and others can pass on some experience to the soldiers of the artillery team, so that the soldiers of the artillery team can improve more.

Time passed in Liu Gen's continuous explanation, and Liu Gen stopped explaining when the cooking class called for dinner.During this period, Du Jie and others never talked about the contest with Liu Gen. After listening to Liu Gen's explanation in the afternoon, they all clearly understood the gap between themselves and Liu Gen, so naturally they would not mention any contest.

After Liu Gen stopped explaining, Du Jie and others were still a little bit reluctant. Excellent artillerymen like Liu Gen are very rare, and they finally met one. How could they let Liu Gen go easily?Du Jie and the others, who originally thought that the conditions of the Eighth Route Army were difficult, had no idea at this time. No matter how difficult it was, they would continue to stay here for a while.

Liu Gen could clearly see the changes in Du Jie and the others. He didn't have too many thoughts. It's good to save one more shell.

(End of this chapter)