Chapter 42: The Great Qing Dynasty's Flying Treasury Web

  On this day, Liu Feng assembled the team again to start a day of training. As many cadres sent by the regiment were old revolutionaries, some were even old Red Army soldiers from the Ruijin period, all of whom had been tempered in the mountains and seas of blood, with very old qualifications, each one was stubbornly opposed to Liu Feng's training methods. Liu Feng decided to make a change.

  When the team had assembled, Liu Feng stood in front of them and said: "Since you all have come from different places to receive training in the assault team, then you must be subject to the discipline of the assault team and accept the training methods here. For now, I will allow you to raise objections, and I will explain things to you. But after the explanation is over, starting from today, no matter what your previous position was, no one is allowed to object to the training. If you do not agree with the training here, then please leave."

  One of the team members in his thirties immediately said: "I object!"

  "What's your name?" Liu Feng asked.

  "My name is Yu Daqing, from the 245th Regiment." This man was eight feet tall, with a resolute face, looking like an old Red Army soldier.

  "What's your objection? Speak up." Liu Feng said.

  "I object to the wastage of bullets by the assault team! Our 245th Regiment, when fighting against the devils, each person only had five rounds of ammunition, and after finishing them, we would charge with bayonets. Who agreed to this kind of wastage? And you want us to learn from you? If we had so many bullets, we would have finished off those little devils long ago. What's there to learn?" Yu Daqing said angrily.

  Liu Feng said, "Regarding your objections, first of all, we are not wasting bullets now. We are training snipers and marksmen. Gun skills are built up with bullets, and our goal is not to train a large army, but to train a small and elite special forces unit. Every member of this special forces unit is a marksman, every member is a master of hand-to-hand combat, and everyone can use various firearms, commonly seen mortars and grenade launchers on the battlefield, and even the Type 92 infantry gun. This training method is only suitable for small teams, not for large armies. And the bullets we need to train with must be seized by ourselves."

  Yu Daqing looked dissatisfied and said: "So, Director Liu is proficient in all firearms and is also a master of hand-to-hand combat!"

  Liu Feng knew that Yu Daqing was a thorn in his side, and if he didn't let him yield today, it would be difficult to continue the team's training. This wasn't the time for humility, so he calmly said: "I'm not only proficient in various firearms, but I also know how to drive a car, speak Japanese, English, French, and German. As for hand-to-hand combat, I won't say I'm extremely formidable, but taking on a few people isn't a big deal. In shooting, using the Type 38 rifle, at 200 meters, it's a guaranteed hit, and at 400-500 meters, I can also hit the target."

  Yu Daqing snorted: "Nonsense!"

  Everyone heard what Yu Daqing said clearly. Lin Xuejun's face changed, and he said, "Yu Daqing, the Chief of Staff is telling the truth."

  Yu Daqing said: "I don't believe it, unless you show us your skills, otherwise none of us will believe! Is that right?"

  Yu Daqing is an old Red Army who participated in the revolution from Ruijin. He climbed over snowy mountains and walked through grasslands. Who would believe a young man of only twenty years old? Most of the people selected from various troops were like Yu Daqing, with very old qualifications, so they naturally didn't think that Liu Feng, a young man, could teach them. So many people followed up by saying: "Yes, let's see the chief of staff show us his skills."

  Comrade Chen also felt that these people were out of line and said, "Everyone is a veteran revolutionary, how can you be so undisciplined? Didn't the team leader send you here to learn?"

  "It's not that we don't want to learn," Yu Daqing continued, "but rather we want to follow and learn from people who are truly capable."

  Chen Zhengwei was about to speak, but Liu Feng waved his hand to stop him. Chen Zhiyuan said: "Since Yu Daqing insists on making me show my ugliness, then I also can't let everyone down. How about this? I think Yu Daqing is also a master of the trade, why don't you come out and we'll have a competition?"

  Yu Daqing was overjoyed when he heard this and immediately jumped out of the team, saying: "This is what you said, how do you want to compete?"

  Yu Daqing is a master in the 245th Regiment, who had learned martial arts at Shaolin Temple before joining the revolution. After joining the revolution, he was like a fish in water and now, whether it's hand-to-hand combat or marksmanship, all tactical projects are ranked top in the 245th Regiment. The regiment commander actually sent him to learn tactics from a twenty-year-old young man, which made him feel disrespected.

  Liu Feng smiled and said: "Yu Daqing, you see what you're good at, we'll compare that."

  Yu Daqing said: "Alright, let's compete in swordplay first, then fist and footwork, and finally shooting."

  "No problem."

  Then Captain Lin brought two wooden guns and two shields. Liu Feng and Yu Daqing dressed up, started to fence.

  Yu Daqing stood sideways, grasping the wooden spear with both hands, his toes pointing at Liu Feng, the spearhead slightly to the left, the tip of the spear level with Liu Feng's throat, his eyes fixed intently on Liu Feng.

  A master's move is known at a glance. Yu Dajiang's action was obviously that of a seasoned fighter, and one who had been through many battles.

  Liu Feng nodded and said, "Yu Dajing's movements are good. You see, this movement is a preparatory movement for using a gun. The key to this movement is 'press the top, send two simultaneously, and generally high'. Pressing the top means using the pressure of the tiger's mouth and the force of the four fingers to send out the gun; Two simultaneous means that turning the body, stepping out, and shooting should be done at the same time, and both hands holding the gun should be simultaneous. Generally high means that the tip of the bayonet is about level with the throat. This is a preparatory movement for close combat with bayonets. If this movement is done well, it can defend tightly, be advantageous to attack, and at the same time, give the enemy a huge psychological pressure, making them tremble with fear."

  Liu Feng surprisingly taught bayonet fighting techniques while competing with Yu Daqing, instructing his teammates. This showed his strong confidence in himself, and what he said was a summary of the PLA's years of combat experience, hitting the nail on the head. At this stage, the Eighth Route Army's bayonet fighting skills still lag behind those of the Japanese devils, and can only rely on numerical superiority to win. There is no such concise summary of bayonet fighting techniques.

  Liu Feng's explanation immediately caught everyone's attention, and Chen Zhengwei surprisingly took out his notebook and started recording what Liu Feng had just said.

  Yu Daqing heard that Liu Feng was talking about the key points, but he felt that Liu Feng was explaining his actions while competing with himself, wasn't this an insult to himself?

  He let out a loud cry, kicked out with his left foot, and made a sudden thrust, stabbing towards Liu Feng.

  Liu Feng immediately retreated backwards, and of course it was too late to explain now. Instead, he used the wooden spear in his hand to "slap" open Yu Daqing's wooden spear.

  Yu Daqing was shocked, he knew how powerful his shot was, ordinary people could only dodge, using a gun to block it was suicidal. Even the tiger's mouth might be shattered. Unexpectedly, Liu Feng casually blocked Yu Daqing's gun with a single swipe.