Chapter 5: The Great Comparison Begins
This time, the scale of the military region's competition is unprecedentedly strong, and all technical arms must compete. The competitions for various conventional projects are even more crowded with strong players, and anyone who comes out is a well-known figure in the original unit group army. This time, Xie Xiaoshuai, as one of the three participants in the 56th Division's shooting competition, is also one of the key objects of attention from the division leadership.
The helicopter of the Group Army took Xie Xiaoshuai and others to the competition venue: the Military Region's Instructional Team, and then rested for a day before the competition began.
All the participants gathered in the center of the playground, listening to the passionate and stirring mobilization speech by the military leaders on the rostrum, feeling their blood boiling, as if they had been injected with chicken blood.
The first item of the Grand Military Parade was the five-kilometer full-armed run, which was uncontroversially won by last year's champion again. This guy refreshed the record of the military region with a score of 14 minutes and 55 seconds.
Seeing the results of this trial, Xie Xiaoshuai also took it seriously. Indeed, the military is a place where dragons and tigers are hidden, and those who can participate in the military district's competition are not simple characters. At the same time, he was also looking forward to the upcoming shooting competition, and exchanging moves with masters was a very interesting thing. After all, for half a year, he had been holding back and felt suffocated.
It's finally the turn of the shooting competition, and the rules for the trial are a bit different from before. The previous trials were 100m fixed target and 100m moving rapid fire. This year's trial subjects have changed to: 100m moving rapid fire and quick reaction shooting.
The 100-meter dash competition was quite intense, after all, everyone usually practiced this project. No one gave in to anyone else, and they all used their scores to speak for themselves. Looking at the scores of the first few people, none of them were higher than thirty-three seconds. Xie Xiaoshuai also felt a surge of passion in his heart, thinking that he should respect his opponents and give it his all in the competition.
When the people around saw a new recruit with a lieutenant rank walking into the shooting range, they all started whispering to each other. In the past, it was usually familiar faces that appeared in big competitions, and they were also familiar with each other. But this sudden appearance of a lieutenant made these kings of soldiers feel astonished.
"Is the 56th Division gone, or can't they take a loss? Losing isn't shameful, but don't try to fool us with just a private first class!" Upper Sergeant Li Ying Tian sneered. He was last year's champion and his score in the hundred-meter rapid-fire event was over thirty seconds, temporarily ranking him first. Because of his exceptional strength, he is also quite arrogant.
"Cut it out. What's wrong with Private? Isn't he still the same and can compare with you, who thinks highly of himself? A cowhide isn't made by blowing air, a train doesn't move by pushing. Don't use your condescending attitude to talk to me, you're just a clown. Xie Xiaoshuai never looked at Ying Tian straight in the eye, and responded without giving him any face."
Li Ying Tian's face turned bright red with anger, in 8 years, no new recruit had ever dared to be presumptuous in front of him. Just as he was about to take further action, he heard Xie Xiao Shuai's next sentence.
"Don't think too highly of yourself, you're not qualified to be the best in the world. Today, I'll let you see that even a private can defeat an old sly like you."
Xie Xiaoshuai's words fell to the ground and he quickly moved forward to start the competition.
Watching Xie Xiaoshuai's rapid running, gun-raising and shooting. Smoothly and fluently, one action connected to the next, and snatching the gun to hit the target's eyebrow position. Li Ying Tian felt his heart almost stop beating. When he heard the timer report twenty-five seconds, Li Ying Tian was completely stunned. This is not a score that a new recruit can achieve, it's clearly the result of a master who has been immersed in marksmanship for many years.
"Are you intentionally pretending to be a new recruit to bully us old guys? This is too depressing." Li Ying Tian said dejectedly.
"Are you kidding me? I'm not that free, I'm a new recruit who just enlisted last year." Xie Xiaoshuai did not continue to tease Li Yingtian.
"I'm really a frog at the bottom of the well, it seems I still need to continue strengthening. Private Li, what's your name and which unit are you from?" Li Ying Tian no longer had the same arrogance as before. In the military camp, the strong were respected, winning was about being upright and dignified, losing was about being open and honest.
"Thanks, Xiao Shuai. Wild Wolf Troop's Sharp Blade Regiment." Xiao Shuai thought that this Li Ying Tian was still a decent person, bravely facing failure. Maybe it was the honor of being first in last year's military district competition that made him a bit arrogant. But when faced with a strong opponent, he still showed the respect due to a strong opponent.
"Li Ying Tian, from the 89th Division's Reconnaissance Company. Thank you for teaching me a lesson, otherwise I might have really lost myself." Li Ying Tian saluted Xie Xiao Shuai voluntarily.
"You can find your own shortcomings so quickly, which means you're not someone who is complacent with just a little ability. There should still be room for improvement in the future." Xie Xiaoshuai returned the courtesy and said to Li Yingtian.
"I wonder how you'll perform on the next project? I'm really looking forward to it. This time, the second item of the competition is really strange, we've never practiced it before, can only see how it goes on the spot." Li Tianying also seemed a bit frustrated with the second project, making him lose some confidence despite his initial enthusiasm.
"Mind your own business, when soldiers come we'll block them, when water comes we'll dam it." Xie Xiao Shuai didn't care.
As the two chatted, everyone finished their first project, and Xie Xiaoshuai was temporarily in first place. Next, everyone gathered together to listen to the judge explain the rules of the second project.
Rapid Fire Shooting is to place ten targets at a distance of fifty meters or more, requiring the participant to shoot with their back to the shooting range. After the target is set up, quickly turn around and aim at the target, and must be completed within fifteen seconds. This is a great test for the player's shooting level and on-the-spot performance.
The match was still held in the order of the previous game, and this sudden change in the competition project obviously disrupted everyone's rhythm. Someone even missed the target. Li Tianying's psychological quality was still good, completing it in 12 seconds, with a score of 70 rings. This is currently the best result achieved by all participants, temporarily ranking first.
Xie Xiaoshuai stood with his back to the target range, without a ripple in his heart. Due to his outstanding performance in the first round, when it was his turn to shoot, many people focused their attention on him.
On the rostrum, a middle-aged man wearing a black beret, green digital camouflage uniform, with an arm badge of a sword and lightning logo, and a People's Liberation Army special forces tag on his chest, was holding binoculars and looking at something with great interest, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, his face obscured by the hand holding the binoculars.
"I said Old Cannon, what interesting thing did you see, look at you laughing like that?" A senior colonel asked after seeing the smile on the corner of the special forces colonel's mouth.
"I've found an interesting little fellow. Let's discuss it after I watch his next match, shall we begin?" Colonel replied without turning back.
