The rules of jousting came out.

On the morning of the first day of the official competition, there is a knockout round.

Because of the tight time of this year's competition, it has affected the difficulty.

Time was tight, and many previously separate projects were simply put together.

The knockout round is simple, rough and direct - the 600-meter Type 85 sniper rifle shoots the chest ring target, 3 rounds; 3 single shots in a 400-meter lying position, with a half-body target on target; 300-meter Type 81 light machine gun fired 3 times 9 rounds, aiming at a perforating target; Then there are 200-meter rifle shots, 6 rounds, and the target is a prostrate target; At 150 meters, two groups of 6 rounds were fired in a kneeling position, and the target ran sideways at the target; 100-80 meters with a gas mask for searching, short pauses, two shots, 6 bullets; 50 meters to 30 meters, wear a gas mask and shoot 2 rounds at close range, 3 rounds each time.

The number of rings is not counted in all shots, only the number of targets is calculated, and the number of targets is calculated first, and then the winner or loser is determined according to the time.

In the morning shooting, 54 of the 84 top players were eliminated, leaving the last 30 to advance to the semi-finals in the afternoon.

The 30 people selected will go to the semi-finals to select the top 10 to participate in the final championship competition, and finally select 3 people as the champion, runner-up and third runner-up.

Anyone who enters the top 30 will be awarded the title of Sharpshooter of the Army.

This means that most of the top shooters will be eliminated in one morning.

This contest can be said to be cruel and ruthless, in the past, there was plenty of time for the contest, but this time the time is urgent, so the staff officers in charge of the contest in the army simply cut through the chaos and strive for the fastest time to decide the winner.

As soon as the rules came out, everyone suddenly felt a huge pressure.

The first is physical strength. You'll have to shoot and run from 600 meters to different targets at different distances until you reach 30 meters.

Although running 600 meters is nothing for the crazy people who run 10 kilometers every day in the top training team, it allows you to shoot immediately after running, which has extremely high requirements for the soldier's shooting stability.

The second is light machine gun fire. This time it was required to fire three bursts at the perforating target at a distance of 300 meters, firing three rounds each. The perforating target is designed to simulate the perforation of an enemy bunker, and although it is 50 cm wide, it is only 25 cm high.

Therefore, the impact surface is very small, and it is easy to miss the target, especially pay attention to high and low control.

The third is to shoot with a gas mask. And the staff officers who specified the rules chose the most vicious way - to start putting on gas masks at the last 100 meters of entry and to fight until the last 30 meters.

Wearing a gas mask to shoot itself is an independent shooting subject, for gas masks, the soldiers themselves have a natural resistance and dislike, this thing looks quite powerful and domineering when wearing it for nothing, but once you use this thing in training, you will feel pain......

Gas masks can cause difficulty breathing, limited vision, inconvenient aiming, and if not handled well, they can also cause fog on the lenses when you breathe, affecting your accuracy.

Especially when accuracy and stability are required, it is not a comfortable thing to wear this thing after running for a few hundred meters, and it also requires you to hit various targets.

But I don't have a choice.

Since they are all known as the top shooters in each division unit, of course, they have also undergone various strict selections, and it is not untrained to wear gas masks to shoot, and they have to wear them themselves, and others have to wear them, and everyone is fighting for strength.

From the time the rules were announced, three consecutive hours of training were conducted every night to take off the gas mask and try to reach the fastest speed.

From the next morning, the gunfire in the direction of the shooting range rang out and never stopped.

On the morning of the first day, the military units chartered the field, then the 3rd division in the afternoon, the 2nd division in the morning of the second day, and the 1st division in the afternoon.

Everyone has an indescribable tension and pressure in their hearts, and every day, the favorite thing for the top shooters to do is to go to the shooting range to watch other brother units shoot live ammunition after a simple training.

The live firing was set up in accordance with the rules of the competition issued by the army, and everyone wanted to be as familiar with the whole competition process as possible before the official day of the competition.

The idle and bored spectators come to see what level other units are, and secondly, when others don't play well, they will make a fuss.

This is almost a tacit practice, because each unit occupies a half-day shooting range, so anyone will have a chance to make people watch and make people laugh.

Doing so is nothing more than deliberately putting pressure on the other party.

Time flies.

In the blink of an eye, the group army's top competition finally arrived as scheduled.

……

Han boasted that he was sitting in the jeep, and he looked at his watch, and the time was already 10 o'clock in the morning.

It's a bit late, but it's still too late.

"Xiao He, hurry up."

He couldn't help but urge the driver.

……

Five days ago, Han Zixuan completed the training task of the shooting team of the military region and returned to the "Red Arrow" brigade.

The first thing I did when I returned to the team was to go to the office to meet the captain Zhang Hui.

"Captain, I've thought of a way to fill our shortfall in the supply of troops this year."

Zhang Hui raised his head and saw that it was Han Zixuan, closed the documents on the table and pushed them aside, and said, "Han Zixuan, when did you come back?" ”

Zhang Hui is forty-two years old, dark and strong, but he still thinks he is thirty-two.

Last year, Zhang Hui could have been promoted, or he could have been transferred to another unit and a comfortable place.

However, Zhang Hui felt that he belonged here, so he reported to the head of the military region and asked him to stay in the "Red Arrow" brigade and continue to serve as the captain.

Han boasted that he was a young officer he admired very much, so he stayed at the team headquarters as a staff officer.

"Just came back." Han Zixuan looked left and right, went directly to the water machine, poured himself a glass of water, and poured it down.

"Captain, I said I found a way to replenish our soldiers."

"I've been thinking about this issue recently, and the chief said that I will add some more recruits from the team directly under the military region." Zhang Hui said.

Han Zixuan shook his head and said: "No, no, no, captain, I'm not talking about replenishing recruits from those teams directly under the military region. ”

"You mean straight moves?" Zhang Hui said: "We have already carried out direct recruitment, this year's direct recruitment quota is limited, I plan to recruit more technical personnel, the times are advancing, we must not always stay in the era of a rope, a dagger, and a gun, this year the military region has distributed us a batch of new types of technical reconnaissance equipment, and we must know how to play these expert technical personnel to be able to understand thoroughly." ”

"Yes!" Han Zixuan sat down in front of Zhang Hui again and said, "Captain, what I said is not a direct move, but an internal move." ”

"Inside tricks?" Zhang Hui said: "Do you still need to say this? Didn't I just say that the units directly under the Gu District will add a batch of new recruits to us, and you will follow and pick when the time comes. ”

"No, I don't want recruits who don't know anything, especially since I told you before that I need talents to form a special sniper detachment directly under the brigade, not ordinary talents, but the kind that are outstanding." Han boasted.

Zhang Hui said: "Yo! There are so many soldiers in our brigade, how many people do you need in your sniper team? Can't escape these dozen or so? ”

"I want the most talented, top-notch sharpshooter soldiers." Han Zixuan shook his head and said: "The veterans are discharged and left, the recruits can't keep up, don't talk about it, captain, we are in the military reform, this time it is really not accepted." I observed the shooting training level of all the soldiers in our brigade, checked their training files and past historical achievements, don't you say, I only singled out 9 people, and there are still 3 people missing. ”

Zhang Hui asked: "Then you say, where are you going to find these 3 soldiers who you think are the most talented and top-notch?" ”

Han boasted: "I went to the shooting team of the military region this time to take a look, but there is nothing suitable, the sports students in the special recruitment are indeed very talented, but they are not soldiers, it takes too long to train out, and they may not be able to meet the standards in other subjects." ”

"You can't even look down on the shooting team of the military region?" Zhang Hui said with a smile: "I said Han Zixuan, you are a person whose eyes are above the top, and you can't look down on the direct subordinates of the military region, you can't say that you can't recruit the shooting team members, these soldiers in our brigade, you said that you can't pick enough people, and those who know understand that you just want to form a professional sniper team, and those who don't know think that you are choosing superman." ”

Han boasted and said: "What I want is the superman among the soldiers!" Captain, let me tell you the truth, I have been here for more than three years, and I have thoroughly studied the sniper level of our brigade for more than three years. If you don't get angry today, I'll be straight to the point. ”

"You say, you say." Zhang Hui picked up the teapot and blew the tea leaves on it: "I'm not angry, I, who is the captain, don't even have this amount of tolerance?" You Han boasted that you also underestimated me. ”

Han boasted: "Then I'll say it directly." ”

He thought for a while, organized the language in his head, and said: "Don't look at the sign that we hang up the special brigade, in fact, the set we are training now is the same as the one of ......the reconnaissance brigade during the Liangshan Wheel War in the late eighties."

"Wait." Zhang Hui interrupted Han Zixuan: "I said that you are a Han staff officer, it is not right for you to talk like this, the reconnaissance brigade was originally our predecessor, this is a fact!" ”

Han Zixuan looked helpless, and could only say: "Okay, I was wrong, it's the truth." But we can't stay in that era. You also know that when I was in the Land Academy, I was studying the direction of sniping, and I came here to find that the sniper concept of our brigade is still very backward, not only the equipment can't keep up, but also the tactical awareness ......of the personnel can't keep up, if we insist on comparing with the professional snipers of the special forces of foreign armies, we are still at the elementary school level."

"Did you say that?" Zhang Hui was unhappy.

Han Zixuan could only admit his mistake again: "Okay, captain, it's my statement that is incorrect." I'm just saying that our sniper philosophy is a bit backward and unprofessional. You see, our brigade is also known as a special forces, but there is no professional sniper team, and the so-called snipers in the team are still holding Type 85 and Type 88 to practice target control within 600 meters, which can only be called precision riflemen, not professional snipers......"

Zhang Hui said: "Come on, I'll listen to it again, our brigade has become a garbage shelter, okay, I think a large part of what you said is true, I also reported to the head of the military region about your sniper team, and they also agree with your idea, and they also want you, a professional shooting talent from the Army Academy, to try what kind of reputation you can be." As for equipment and money, don't worry, I will fight for you, but you tell me first, where are you looking for someone. ”

When Han Zixuan heard that the captain Zhang Hui had already reacted with the head of the military region and received support, he immediately smiled and said: "I have found the people, including the source of troops we are currently lacking, I think we can also solve it together." ”

"Where?"

"Field armies, that's a good resource. Especially the A Army, they have been in a top-notch competition recently, they are all elite soldiers of their group army, I saw a soldier at the shooting range of the 1st Division that day, I liked it very much, it was too much in line with my requirements. Han Zixuan said, "I can go down to each group army to pick a group of people to come back, and then we will select, the best of the best, isn't this the problem solved?" ”

"This ......" Zhang Hui slowly shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it won't work......"

Han boasted that he was puzzled: "Why not? ”