Qin Chuan heard about the platoon commander from the baker, who died when he was cleaning the house before, that is, fighting against the Austrian army, and could not find a suitable replacement for a while, so he was temporarily vacant.

Qin Chuan was not surprised by this, because he knew that the appointment of the commander of the German army at the platoon level, that is, the position of platoon commander, was different from that of other countries, and the German army usually only had the first platoon commander served by an officer, that is, a second lieutenant, and the platoon commander of the other platoons was held by senior non-commissioned officers such as sergeants.

This is mainly done to make the rights and responsibilities clearer...... If the company commander dies, the deputy company commander will command it, and if the deputy company commander dies, it will be commanded by the first platoon commander, so there will be no situation where three platoon commanders of the same rank do not know who should take on the heavy responsibility or disagree with each other.

Qin Chuan's platoon is the first platoon, so the platoon commander must be a second lieutenant, and it is not possible to transfer a second lieutenant in the case of such a large number of casualties in the troops.

Idle, Qin Chuan sat on a stone and took out an oil-soaked cleaning cloth from his backpack to wipe the rifle...... Fighting in the desert, guns can easily seep into a few invisible sand or something, Qin Chuan is not willing to die because of a stuck shell in battle.

Qin Chuan wiped his gun while casting his eyes on the barracks used by the troops for rest...... As mentioned earlier, Libya is an Italian colony, and Agdabia is a very important city in Libya, and Italy will of course maintain its military presence in this city.

It can be seen that the Italians enjoyed it very much, because the buildings here were obviously much better than the houses of the people outside, and there were two wells in the barracks, and some German officers were bathing in the water...... This is nothing short of a luxury in the desert.

But of course, a squad leader like Qin Chuan couldn't enjoy this kind of treatment, he could only endure the sour smell of sweat on his body, and then watched with envy the few almost naked officers cheering while splashing water next to the well.

At this time, a person walked in front of him and stopped, Qin Chuan looked up, and was surprised to find that it was a sniper lieutenant who had secretly competed with him at school.

Qin Chuan hurriedly stood up and said, "Sir! ”

The second lieutenant looked at the rank on Qin Chuan's collar badge, nodded slightly, and asked, "Sergeant, is this a platoon of the first battalion, two companies, and one platoon?" ”

"Yes, sir!" Qin Chuan replied.

"Good!" The second lieutenant said, "Go and gather the troops!" ”

So Qin Chuan realized something...... Their new platoon commander is here.

Sure enough, after the team was assembled, the second lieutenant said: "My name is Kuhn, and I have been appointed as a platoon leader, what should I do in the future...... You know, disband! ”

Qin Chuan and the others couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this, everyone didn't expect that the new platoon commander's self-introduction would be so brief, which made them almost end before they could react, they were stunned for a moment before they responded: "Yes, sir!" ”

Werner leaned in and whispered to Kuhn's back beside Qin Chuan, "Do you know who he is?" Everyone calls him the Viper Kuhn, and there will be no good days ahead! ”

Viper Kuhn...... This nickname is very vivid, Qin Chuan couldn't help but think of Kuhn's cold eyes and his sniper rifle that could kill people at any time.

Soon, Qin Chuan soon knew what Werner meant by "not having a good life", and at the same time had a further understanding of the "poison" of poisonous snakes.

Most of the other troops are resting, after all, this is the interval between the big battles, and it is natural for the soldiers to recover some physical strength and recharge.

But Kuhn doesn't think so.

"Rest will only increase your chances of being killed by the enemy!" "Because it takes a process to get into combat mode, and many people will never be able to go through this process because they are dead before that!" Kuhn said. So, if you don't want to die, you can't let yourself slack off unless you're sure you don't have to go to war! ”

This was followed by a series of armed marches, fortifications, shooting, etc......

This is something that other German troops have done thousands of times ago, but it is the first time for Qin Chuan, so he still learned a lot from it.

For example, when marching in arms, Qin Chuan learned how to use a backpack: towels and shirts were placed on the top, food was placed on the bottom, as well as rifle cleaning tools, spare ammunition, etc., each with their fixed position.

This is obviously the right thing to do, because anything you need to find at any time is just a touch of your hand, and that can sometimes save your life on the battlefield, especially with spare ammo.

Shooting is controversial because the troops are running low on supplies, and shooting consumes ammunition, albeit a small fraction.

For this reason, Bazel also talked to Kuhn, but obviously Kuhn did not compromise, because Qin Chuan and the others had been shooting at the target under the scorching sun without interruption......

In Kuhn's words, this is the most effective way to stay in combat condition, and wasting a little ammunition now gives the soldiers a little more hope of survival, and it is worth it anyway.

What is impressive is that Kuhn also taught everyone a very practical technique:

It was during the interval of training, Kuhn raised his head at Qin Chuan with his rifle and said, "Let me see your skills!" ”

Qin Chuan couldn't help but be stunned, and then replied, "Okay, sir!" ”

As he spoke, he picked up his rifle and stood up.

The German soldiers all came up to watch, and even people from other units came up to watch...... Most of them hoped that Qin Chuan would win, because it would vent their anger against Kuhn.

"Shoot all the bullets!" Kuhn said in his signature cold voice, "The one with the most rings wins!" ”

"Yes, sir!"

The chest target was more than 300 meters away from the position of the two people, and Qin Chuan was full of confidence at this distance.

Kuhn raised his gun to shoot first, and shot out a nine rings, and Qin Chuan raised his hand to be ten rings, and there was an immediate burst of cheers around him.

Then Kuhn fired several shots in quick succession, all of them with nine rings...... Qin Chuan was a little suspicious that Kuhn intended to play the Nine Rings.

The last shot was the fifth bullet, and with a gunshot, the chest target in front of Qin Chuan had an extra bullet hole in the nine rings, and everyone cheered, because Qin Chuan had already won: four ten rings and one nine rings.

However, just when everyone thought that the game was over, Kuhn raised his gun unhurriedly, and then there was a "bang", and it was another nine-ring ......

"It can't be!" Qin Chuan's eyes widened, K98K only had five bullets, while Kuhn fired six bullets.