Boot Camp (4)

  Finally, the drill training subject was completed, and after a simple drill assessment, the next subject - basic tactical action and shooting training began.

  Every day's training is still repeating the same action, from prone, crawling forward, tactical evasion and tactical advancement, etc., all of which are repeated countless times before changing to the next action. By the time this subject's training ends, a brand new camouflage uniform appears with signs of wear and tear, even holes! The scars on the clothes are the only visible marks of growth!

  In the long wait, we started shooting training, a training subject that excited us, and also the most basic element of a soldier on the battlefield. When I got the gun, the excitement in my heart can only be described as "excited"! Although I had seen guns before when I was in the university shooting team, it was just an air rifle, not a real gun used on the battlefield. So at that moment, my inner heart couldn't help but get excited.

  Shooting training is not like what's shown on TV, where people hold guns and keep shooting targets. Instead, it's just holding a gun without bullets and quietly aiming at the target. Since there are no bullets, nobody knows whether they're actually aiming or not. Only Da Hei Lian (Big Black Face) seriously inspects each rookie's movements and aiming with his face right in front of them.

  Excitement is over, and then it's the inescapable dullness. Holding an empty gun all day, aiming at a target 100 meters away, this kind of dullness is really unbearable! I'm not saying that because I can't stand that kind of boring life, but it's really boring! A boredom that makes you want to fall asleep.

  Like this, under the dull and uninteresting accompaniment, we spent a whole week, just when today's training ended, Big Black Face announced an important news: tomorrow go to the shooting range for live ammunition shooting! In excitement, starting to savor every second, but what we didn't know was that the next step would not be just a single shot, but would determine the direction of our future military career. A result based on shooting scores, deciding where these ignorant rookies will go in their military life.

  Lying in bed at night, thinking about tomorrow's shooting competition, I couldn't fall asleep! I don't know when, but I eventually fell asleep with a daze. This isn't because I'm worried about anything, it's just that in my heart, this is simply a shooting competition, and also because we all don't know what the results of the shooting will be used for, it's just a simple summary of our training over these days, an exciting, thrilling and curious process!

  The next day, after breakfast, Da Hei Mian assembled the team and took us to the shooting range in the back mountain! It was also our first time leaving the place where we had lived for two months, leaving the accommodation area within a radius of two kilometers!

  On the shooting range, the bullets have been placed on the edge of the shooting position. Da Hei Lian called two people over to load the bullets, each new recruit only had eight rounds, and after finishing, they shouted "report".

  We all remembered the big black face's orders, one by one eager to try. I stood aside and quietly watched, watching the rookie in front of me shooting one by one!

  Finally, it was our turn, eleven people in a row. Each person took a clip with only eight bullets when they passed by, and then followed the training requirements: lie down, load the clip, listen to the command, fire!

  At the sound of the command, everyone seriously aimed at the distant target, and after a few seconds of silence, there was a burst of chaotic gunfire. Some people closed their eyes and frantically pulled the trigger until the gun jammed due to lack of ammunition, then slowly put down the gun. I looked at the distant target with confidence, pulling the trigger one shot at a time. Because I knew that the recoil of continuous shooting would affect the accuracy of the shot! I'm not showing off, nor am I trying to show off or make a scene, but just want to shoot every bullet in the barrel into the small circle of the ten-ring! Moreover, it's a challenge to my past achievements!

  When Grandpa and Dad chatted, they often told me about the use of firearms and shooting skills, as well as how to correct their own shooting accuracy in different environments! This time I shot one by one according to what they said.

  After the shooting, the results came out quickly. Among all the newcomers who had shot, I was the only one with a full score! When I heard my result, I was overjoyed and thought that it was not in vain after all, proving that my skills had not regressed!

  "Yin Bing! Come here!"

  The big black face looked at my grades and shouted my name loudly, I don't know if it was because of the gunshot noise just now or what, but I didn't hear his shout.

  Gao ran over and patted me on the shoulder with a complicated look in his eyes, saying "The class monitor is calling for you!"

  "Who is the class monitor?"

  Gao Gang looked around and then whispered "Lao Hei!"

  When I heard him call out "Lao Hei", I didn't hesitate any longer and ran quickly over to Da Hei's side.

  "Report! The class monitor is looking for me?"

  "Do you know your grades?"

  "Report, I know!"

  "Tell me what I want to hear!"

  Dà hēi liǎn yī huì kàn kàn chéng jì dān，yī huì kàn kàn wǒ，bù kě zhì xìn de wèn wǒ。

  Translation:

  Big Black Face looked at the report card for a while, then looked at me and asked in disbelief.

  "Report! It's because of our rigorous training!"

  "Fart! Is this just a few days of training?"

  "Report, yes. It's because of these few days' training!"

  "I'll give you a chance to rest. If you can hit another full score, I'll let you have tomorrow off and you don't need to attend tomorrow's training!"

  "Really?" I started getting excited because I knew I had a few pounds!

  "Nonsense! Don't you believe a word I say?!"

  "Yes!"

  "Someone, give him a full clip!"

  The big black face, spirited and lively, finished speaking to the novice who was loading ammunition, then handed me a rifle. I went over and took a fully loaded clip. Lie down, load, aim, fire.

  "Fire at will!"

  When I heard what Big Black Face said, I calmed down in my heart, turned my head and took another look at the movement of the small grass beside me, then looked at the target and started pulling the trigger.

  Everyone, I'm really sorry. Due to my negligence, I wrote the title of Chapter 4 as Chapter 5! Xiao Yun apologizes to everyone here! Hope you continue to pay attention to this book!