Chapter 48 Thank you

  This round of shooting ended, although after Fan Shaoxia left, Qu Mingjun's performance slowly improved again. However, Qu Mingjun was still depressed and unhappy, as missing the target during shooting was the most contemptible thing, especially when it happened in front of Fan Shaoxia who had come over to watch him specifically.

  "Quan Mingjun!" The team members all went behind the shooting position to listen to the instructor's evaluation, and at this time, Captain Fan suddenly shouted loudly.

  "Attention!" Qu Mingjun stood up subconsciously and stood at attention.

  "Is the back shot still okay?" Captain Fan looked at the score sheet, "Is it because you shoot and then look at the target again before shooting, which is not very continuous and affects your shooting?"

  "Reporting officer, maybe it is." Qu Mingjun himself didn't know, but Fan Shaoxiao seemed to have given him an excuse, so he muttered.

  "Alright, let's do it that way." Captain Fan smiled and said, "Old Li, organize everyone to take a temporary rest in the back. Qu Mingjun, bring an ammo box and follow me."

  "Yes!" Qu Mingjun didn't know what Fan Shaoxia was going to do, but he thought it should be guidance. Qu Mingjun was very happy in his heart, after all, Fan Shaoxia valued himself, and now that the training was over, he still wanted to give him special attention.

  On the 200-meter shooting range, Captain Fan picked up a target pole nearby and swung it twice, saying: "Let's do this, you shoot at the target, I'll go to the other side of the target to score for you."

  "Oh." Qu Mingjun thought it was just a normal target report, and didn't think deeply about why Captain Fan would suddenly come up with this idea. With binoculars, why bother running to the side of the target to report?

  Fan Shaoxiao walked two steps, suddenly turned his head and said loudly: "Qu Mingjun, I believe in you. Later, I won't climb under the target hole anymore, it's too troublesome. I'll just report the target next to the target for you, go all out and get a good score."

  Oh, ah? What? Qu Mingjun's scalp suddenly exploded, and he was scoring for me next to the target?

  The entire training team behind Qu Mingjun also heard the news and were all stunned. Li Shangwei was too, his round eyes almost bulging out of their sockets.

  Soon, everyone reacted and watched as Fan Shaojie walked towards the target, humming a little tune, with comments flying back and forth. Li Shangwei couldn't help but say much, pulled down the walkie-talkie from his waist and connected it to Fan Shaojie.

  "Lao Fan, Fan Ge, what kind of trick are you playing?" Li Shang asked anxiously.

  "Huh? What kind of nonsense is this, how did it become a ghostly name? Am I just providing targets for my soldiers or something? Not good." Captain Fan's voice was still very relaxed.

  "Damn it." Captain Li was so annoyed that he couldn't help but look at the training team members, walked a short distance away, lowered his voice and said, "Fan, I know you want to boost Qu Mingjun's confidence, but there's no need to joke with your life. This is 200 meters, what if that kid gets out of control, even a stray bullet can take your life."

  "Haha, I'm on my way. Can't you say something auspicious for once? I told you, I still believe in that kid. Don't worry, be at ease." The voice from the walkie-talkie was still very relaxed.

  "Are you kidding me? You believe him, but does he even believe himself? Are you at peace with this, is he even at peace with himself?"

  The voice was so loud that all the training team members present heard it, and they all looked at Qu Mingjun standing still on the target.

  Qū Míng Jùn also heard Lǐ Shàng Wèi's angry voice, his face turned whiter and whiter as he stood there in shock. What to do? How can this be done? Can I hit it well? Can I hit it accurately? I...I cannot hit it, right, cannot hit it...

  Fan Shaoxiao had already walked to the side of the target, frowning and speaking into the intercom: "Speak softly, what do you want to do? Do you want to make Qu Mingjun even more flustered? That's going to be my death! Hurry up and stop it, what's wrong with you!"

  "You're the one who's crazy! I don't care, I absolutely cannot allow this shot. Either you hit the target or you come back here and watch." Captain Li was still furious, shouting into the intercom, "I'm going to go collect Qu Mingjun's live ammunition right now!"

  "Li Ming!" came a furious roar from the intercom, "Are you the team leader or am I?"

  "You... I..." Captain Li was rendered speechless by this sentence, unsure of what to say next.

  "Li Ming, I'm telling you, the training of the current team is my full responsibility. I believe in Qu Mingjun. Now put the walkie-talkie next to Qu Mingjun." Fan Shaoxiao looked at Qu Mingjun and Li Ming on the shooting range and shouted, "Execute the order!"

  "...Is!" Captain Li's eyelids twitched uncontrollably for a few moments, then he fell silent and walked over to Qu Mingjun, crouching down beside him and placing the walkie-talkie next to Qu.

  Qu Mingjun's face turned pale, looking somewhat helpless at Li Shangwei. Li Shangwei's face was pitch black, extremely dark, his eyes seemed to be devouring people as he shouted at Qu Mingjun, "Listen carefully!"

  "Li Ming, get out of the way!" The voice of Captain Fan came from the intercom, then calmed down and said, "Qu Minjun? Did you hear that?"

  "I... I heard it." Qu Ming's teeth were chattering slightly.

  "Listen up, Qu Mingjun." The voice of Fan Shaojie in the intercom was so calm and confident. "It doesn't matter if they don't believe you, as long as I believe you. So tell me now, do you believe in yourself?"

  "Uh... uh..." Qu Mingjun stuttered twice, unsure of what to say.

  "Qu Mingjun, listen to me." Fan Shaoxiao knew that Qu Mingjun was getting anxious, so he started doing psychological counseling on the spot. "Your shooting score is not bad, your automatic rifle, light machine gun, and pistol scores are among the top five in the training team, aren't they? Tell me."

  "...Report, none!" After a moment of silence, Qu Mingjun's voice began to stabilize.

  "Alright, then tell me, is your Barrett M82 sniper rifle always inaccurate?"

  "...report, no."

  "What does that mean? It means you can totally master this gun, and the reason you're not doing well now is just because of your psychological state. I believe in Qu Mingjun, I believe you can completely overcome yourself. Didn't you tell me when we were armed and crossing the river that you wanted to challenge your limits? Do you think it's not a limit that needs to be challenged now? Let me tell you, the psychological limit is far more difficult to overcome than the physical one. But you can, you totally can!" Captain Fan's voice was full of passion.

  "Now tell me, do you believe in yourself?"

  "......Reporting officer, I believe in myself!" Qu Mingjun's eyes changed from being perplexed to slowly brightening up and became determined.

  "Alright! I'm telling you, Qu Mingjun, if your performance is excellent this time, I'll let you return to the official team roster!" Captain Fan surprisingly gave Qu Mingjun another guarantee, which had a bit of an over-insurance flavor to it.

  What? Back to being a formal team member? Qu Mingjun's eyes widened, what was the point of his hard work for over half a month? Wasn't it to wash away the substitute hat on his body and become an official team member? Today, the opportunity is right in front of him, Captain Fan trusts him so much that he even entrusted his life to him. Does he not have confidence in himself? No, Qu Mingjun has always been fearless, nothing can ever stump me, what's a little sniper rifle shooting today?

  "Load, ready to fire!" Captain Fan's voice came from the intercom.

  "Yes!" Qu Mingjun quickly loaded the magazine into the sniper rifle and started aiming with a swift flip.

  Li Shangwei's eyes looked at Fan Shaobo ten meters away from the target with a complex gaze, and he held his breath without saying anything...

  The team members behind Qu Mingjun stopped discussing and silently watched this shooting performance by Qu Mingjun alone...

  The wind also stopped, as if the blue sky and the earth were silently watching this shooting...

  "Bang!" A loud whistle accompanied the faint smell of gunpowder as it faded away, but it seemed to strike a chord in people's hearts like thunder. Even Captain Li shuddered all over his body.

  Everyone rushed to look at the target in front, only to see Fan Shaobo holding a marker rod next to the target, about a few meters away, looking sideways at the target and making a ten-ring reporting motion with his hand.

  "Wow——" A burst of applause erupted among the training team members, it was unclear whether they were praising Qu Mingjun's good fight or admiring Fan Shaojie's courage.

  Li Shangwei also let out a sigh of relief, and upon hearing the applause, he hastily waved his hands to signal everyone to quiet down. The team members immediately stopped their applause.

  Bang!

  "Bang----""Bang----"

  ……

  "The sunset glows red in the west, soldiers return to camp after target practice..." Twelve team members walked along the spacious College Road No. 1, with a relaxed pace and joyful mood.

  Qu Mingjun was especially in a good mood, after this shooting practice, he had already obtained the permission of Fan Shaojie to return to the formal team, his wish had come true, and he had also overcome some impulsive psychology in his shooting, it was simply too good.

  Qu Mingjun couldn't help but turn his head in the queue to look at Fan Shao, who was hugging Li Shang's shoulder and saying something with a mixture of coaxing and intimidation. Li Shang had a helpless expression on his face, apparently still because of this serious violation of shooting range discipline, Li Shang had threatened to report Fan Shao earlier, but Fan Shao was sometimes being stubborn and sometimes begging him not to report, the two were bickering all along the way.

  Hehe, thank you, Commander Fan!