Yes, the soldiers of the engineer platoon just missed shooting, but they did not pay attention to whether they could win the competition.
The reason is simple, they didn't think they would lose.
The engineer platoon is in an independent regiment. Although its main business is to build roads and bridges across mountains and rivers, and is responsible for guiding the army to build fortifications and lay landmines during wartime, it has never been said that the engineer platoon is not a soldier.
Even though their military training is not as strict as that of ordinary infantry, and the individual skills assessment of ordinary infantry is not as strict, their daily shooting volume at the base training ground will never be less than twenty rounds.
It may be true that the marksmanship of the soldiers in the infantry battalion is not as good as that of the infantry battalion soldiers, but the ability to survive in this meat grinder-like battle depends not only on luck? When the battle was fiercest, the engineer platoon was also on the front line fighting the Japanese invaders.
Fighting is no different from infantry.
Wu Chenghu's reinforced engineer platoon originally had more than sixty people. After the battle, the remaining twenty were all elites who were not only lucky enough, but also strong enough.
The headquarters of the 68th Division is located in Datong, and the 200th Brigade is based in Tianzhen, 200 miles away from Datong, which is the place where Zhang Jingjun led a regiment to fight the Japanese army in historical time and space.
For unknown reasons, the Independent 200 Brigade did not place its brigade headquarters in the small walled city of Tianzhen. Instead, it chose to build its garrison on a small mountain pass.
However, that location is also just two miles away from the main transportation road from Shanxi to Zhangjiakou. Troops can be sent out to seal the main road at any time, and there are many light and dark firepower points on the mountains on both sides.
If Liu Lang hadn't seen the 200 Brigade setting up checkpoints on the road and being very busy collecting fees from merchants coming and going, he would have thought that Comrade Liu gave up the comfortable environment in the city and chose to live in the countryside purely for strategic purposes.
, I finally figured it out later, and it took me a long time just to be able to count the money nearby.
However, there is an advantage to this kind of station - it has a large area.
More than 4,000 people from the Independent Regiment and more than 5,000 people from the 200th Brigade sat on both sides, with a shooting training range in the middle.
Since the independent regiment's engineer platoon only has 20 people in total, the 278th regiment will naturally not send out a platoon with No. 40 people. Zhang Jingjun just happened to send out the 20 most skilled shooters recommended by each battalion in his regiment.
soldiers and officers.
Although Zhang Jingjun has a hot temper, how can he be a fool if he can sit in the position of the leader of a group that oversees thousands of people?
The Independent Regiment and the two regiments of the 29th Army together wiped out the Japanese 4th Brigade. Their record was so brilliant that it was almost blinding. You can imagine the strength of the Independent Regiment. Even if they knew that their own side was thick
Zhang Jingjun had the nerve to choose someone else's engineer platoon, and Zhang Jingjun did not take it lightly. A lion must fight a rabbit with all his strength, and the independent regiment is by no means a rabbit, so Zhang Jingjun shamelessly stuffed five or six second lieutenant platoon leaders into the twenty people.
Those are the top shooting masters in his 278th regiment.
There was no dispute over the order of shooting. In order to ensure a fair period, Liu Tanfu, the chief referee of the competition, and Tang Yongming, the deputy chief referee, discussed it and decided to draw lots.
Zhang Jingjun took the lead, his rough and weathered face immediately filled with a smile.
Of course it is a good thing to fight first. There is no need to look at the opponent's performance. There is no pressure on one's own side and no psychological burden. The officers and soldiers of the 278th Regiment can naturally perform better.
Under the leadership of Wu Chenghu, the engineers from the independent regiment's platoon smiled and stood thirty meters behind their opponents who had entered the shooting position, carrying their respective guns and waiting to see what tricks they could come up with.
The shooting competition is a 100-meter half-body target. Twenty people are divided into two groups, with ten people in each group. Each person has five bullets, which is exactly the capacity of a magazine. Finally, the scores of the twenty people are added up to calculate the total score.
The guns used in the competition were the own guns of the officers and soldiers participating in the competition, because the guns used by the Independent Regiment and the Jinsui Army were completely different. The Jinsui Army used Jin-made Type 65 rifles, which are, to put it bluntly, a copycat of the Japanese Type 38 rifle.
version, even the caliber of the bullets used are exactly the same, and the soldiers of the Independent Regiment used Hanyang-made bullets.
Soldiers from both armies would not be used to switching to a unified gun. Of course, more importantly, the Jin-Sui Army officer also learned the characteristics of the Type 38 rifle’s flat trajectory, stability, and high accuracy from the Jin-made 65 rifle.
People naturally think that this kind of gun is much better than the Hanyang-made gun with more powerful bullets but not as accurate as the 65-step gun.
Therefore, you have your own guns and bullets. You only need to press in a magazine and have it checked by someone when entering the shooting position.
Those who can participate in the shooting competition of the Jinsui Army are the elites of the 278th Regiment. It can be seen from their expressions when they enter the shooting position. Whether it is before or after shooting, what appears most on their faces is confidence.
As the unique gunshots of the Type 38 rifle continued to sound like "Pa Gou'er...Pa Gou'er", it finally became silent and the first group of shooting ended.
Taking advantage of the two groups' handover positions, while the target paper was being changed at the distant shooting range and handed over to the two chief referees of the 200 Brigade and the Independent Regiment for counting, Lao Li put down the telescope and looked at the man sitting next to him with some pride, smoking silently.
Fatty Liu, who had a "melancholy" face, said: "How about it, Commander Liu, are the soldiers of my 68th Division okay?"
Lao Li's pride is not without reason. He just saw several nine rings through the telescope, and even a gun hole that hit the bull's eye. A proper ten rings, a hundred meters away, can achieve such a result, it is definitely considered worthy.
A sharpshooter.
But just after he finished speaking, before Liu Lang had time to reply, Comrade Lao Li wanted to give himself a big mouth. He knew that the fat bastard was a poisonous tongue, but he still took the initiative to talk to him. He was not making himself uncomfortable.
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You know, Comrade Lao Li had been teasing Liu Lang for a long time just now, but who knew that he couldn't hold back the feeling of being embarrassed and took the initiative to seek abuse.
However, somewhat to the surprise of Lao Li, who was secretly annoyed, Liu Lang did not have a venomous tone this time. Instead, he nodded in agreement, "The marksmanship of these ten soldiers is good, very good."
Old Li was stunned, and then smiled. This is strength, which can win dignity.
However, just when Comrade Li's face had just bloomed, Liu Lang continued to talk to himself: "I just don't know if the 300,000 Shanxi-Sui army in Shanxi can find such a beautiful flower."
Can the soldiers form a regiment?"
Lao Li's face froze and he almost vomited blood. Tunima, since you have a venomous tongue, you will continue to be venomous to the end, and you still talk about the good things you said before.
However, it was difficult for him to refute what Liu Lang said. The 278th Regiment has always been the training regiment of the 68th Division. Those who can count in the 278th Regiment can definitely be regarded as the top soldiers of the 68th Division. What Liu Lang said
Likewise, with such soldiers, looking at the 300,000 Jin-Sui army, they really can't make up 2,000.
At this moment, the results of the first group also came out. Ten people each shot five bullets, and scored a total of 434 rings. The average number of rings per person without firing a bullet was 8.68, which is quite a remarkable result.
If you take it to the battlefield and shoot at the enemy a hundred meters away, it will basically be one shot at a time, and the bullets will not be missed. Of course, that will be when the enemy is not aware of the movement.
Anyway, no matter how you put it, this is an extremely excellent result, and there is nothing to say about it when it comes to the Central Army.
Facing the arrogance on the face of Lao Li who was holding the results, Liu Lang also gave a thumbs up to express his appreciation. These soldiers are really good, even if these soldiers do not really represent the level of the Jinsui Army. This is like a military force.
Just like a football team, superstars can certainly turn the tide, but what really determines victory or defeat are those who help them.
While talking, the second group also finished shooting.
Maybe it was because the first group had good results, and the second group was a little bit more stressed, or maybe it was because in order to get a good start, those with the highest shooting skills were placed in the first group, and the second group's results were worse than the first group.
Quite a few, a total of 403 rings were played, with an average of 8 rings per person.
However, this is still a pretty good level.
In the end, the twenty people from the 278th Regiment of the Jinsui Army who participated in the shooting competition scored a total score of 837 rings, and each person scored an average score of 8.37 rings per shot. The highest one even scored a total of 46 rings, with an average score of 9.2 rings.
After Tang Yongming approved it and announced it to the two armies, thousands of people from the Shanxi-Sui army cheered as if victory had already been won.
The soldiers of the independent regiment were grinning, unmoved at all, just smiling and waiting to see the show of the engineer platoon.
After dozens of days of fighting, the new recruits turned into veterans, and the veterans turned into elite soldiers. The officers and soldiers had lost any interest in these fixed and dead targets.
On the battlefield, how can there be a dead target that stays still for you to aim and shoot? All the little devils can jump faster than rabbits, okay?