Chapter 89: The Falklands War (8)
Then we asked to familiarize ourselves with the equipment in hand.
This requirement is not excessive, and it can even be said that as a soldier should have such a requirement, because a soldier must always be ready to fight, otherwise if there is a task here and we do not know the performance of the equipment in our hands, it can almost be said that we will die on the battlefield.
Of course, Xu Jianping had no opinion on our request, so he quickly took us to the shooting range.
It is said that it is a shooting range, but in fact, it is the deck of this cruise ship, but in order not to accidentally injure people on other ships when the soldiers practice shooting, the British piled up one-person-high sandbags at the end of the deck, and then put dozens of human-shaped targets in front of the sandbags, and a shooting range was completed.
This also proves that Major Will was right when he said before, that is, 99% of the British troops in this task force were novices, especially the army.
The reason for this is obvious: no army with any training or combat experience will practice marksmanship on the march.
Except, of course, for those of us who had just changed to British equipment for the Chinese advisory group.
As soon as we Chinese came on the field, we quickly attracted the attention of the Britons who were practicing target shooting, and just as Xu Jianping was negotiating with the instructor at the shooting range to let us join the training team, several Britons next to us whistled at us:
"And voila! Isn't that our instructor? ”
"You mean those Asians?"
"Yes, we met last night. I heard that they came to teach us how to deal with the Argentinians! ”
"Is our general busy!"
He laughed again.
Then a British soldier with a rifle in his hand shouted at us in a majestic and imposing manner, "Hey. I say Chinese. I'm surprised that you're here to be instructors. But why do we have to practice like us? ”
Lin Xia consciously translated this sentence to us, and this sentence with a provocative flavor naturally caused the soldiers to look at each other angrily, but the soldiers knew that these British could not understand their words, otherwise they would have scolded them a long time ago.
"You sue them!" I said, "We're not here to practice, we're here to test their rubbish equipment for battle!" ”
When the warriors heard what I said, they began to heckle as if they were out of a bad breath.
"That's it! Is this weapon still on the battlefield? ”
"When the time comes, if you can't defeat the enemy on the battlefield, don't blame us for not teaching well!"
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Sometimes things are so strange, although the quarrel is meaningless, but in the hearts of some people who do not admit defeat, if they lose the verbal battle, it will affect their morale in a large way.
For example, now. I don't have much of a sense of the British's provocation or Xu Jianping's sense of superiority that is revealed from time to time...... Later, I thought that as a modern person, I would have long since stopped taking these warships or even the so-called aircraft carriers in front of me in my eyes, which are still high-tech to be proud of in their eyes, but in my eyes they are too old to be old garbage.
For example, the aircraft carrier used by Britain at this time, an aircraft carrier can only carry a dozen fighters, and it is also a Harrier fighter with vertical take-off and landing...... In modern times, as a military fan, I know that vertical take-off and landing means that the ammunition and fuel that this fighter can carry are very limited, which means that the firepower is weak and the attack radius is short, simply put, the "short legs" mentioned on the Internet.
In modern times, such aircraft carriers can be said to be not a threat to any country that has intentions in building in terms of air force, which is why these aircraft carriers were decommissioned one after another after a few years. One of them seems to have been sold to India...... India, as a former British colony, is still very active in picking up British retired aircraft carriers.
That's exactly what happened. So I don't feel anything other than ridiculous about these Brits and Xu Jianping's sense of superiority.
But in the eyes of the fighters it was different...... From their standpoint, these British are a veritable high-tech country. No, the warship, the aircraft carrier, and the vertical take-off and landing fighter planes are all unattainable for our country in this era. Even if this automatic rifle and sniper rifle are not as good as the equipment used in our synthetic battalion, if you really want to compare, it is still compared with the 56 and a half and 56 that we still commonly use.
Therefore, there is an inferiority complex in a corner of the soldiers' hearts, so every time Xu Jianping and the British show their superiority in front of them, they don't say it on the surface, but in fact, they will indeed be hit in their hearts.
This kind of blow is not a big deal for the average person, and after a few days of ignoring it, forget about it.
But we can't do that, because we're going to have to spend some time on this luxury cruise ship with the British soldiers who all show their superiority at all times, and if I let the British look down on us, and let the soldiers' self-esteem suffer, then I am afraid that the rest of the training will not be able to proceed.
That's why I'm competing with these Brits, and it's not too difficult for me, because I'm mentally looking down on these dirty Brits who still think I'm tall.
Lin Xia quickly translated what I said to the British soldiers. Of course, the British soldiers did not agree with this, and they responded to us with a burst of ridicule.
"It's a shame you didn't bring your guns! Otherwise, we can see what kind of gun is a gun that can go to war! ”
"What guns do the Chinese use? It is said that you are still using semi-automatics! ”
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It is not surprising that the Sino-Vietnamese War a few years ago was a major event in the world, and as a soldier, he naturally knew some of these things intentionally or unintentionally.
It's just that these British don't know that the Chinese soldiers standing in front of them are not a group of ordinary Chinese soldiers.
"Battalion commander!" Xu Jianping saw that there was a bit of gunpowder here, so he hurriedly ran back and said, "I discussed with the instructor just now, and I will arrange a period of time for you to shoot targets!" ”
"Hmm!" I nodded.
"What happened?" Xu Jianping asked.
"Nothing!" I said, "It's just that your comrades-in-arms don't seem to be very friendly!" ”
"Don't be surprised!" Xu Jianping said apologetically: "They are all young and vigorous, including me!" ”
This sentence is true, these British troops are a little ignorant because they have never fought, and on the other hand, because they know that China is a relatively backward country (China at this time is), they don't take us seriously at all.
But of course I don't think too much about these Brits, I just smile and don't take it seriously.
However, those British were obviously not willing to let us go, and what we just said obviously made a British soldier unhappy, he was originally lying in a hammock wearing sunglasses and jumped down as soon as he turned over, and then took off his sunglasses in a cool pose and hung them on his chest, raised his head and said to us proudly: "David, these Asian friends of yours just said that our guns are not worthy of the battlefield!" In fact, I want to see if they deserve to be on the battlefield! ”
"Tom!" Xu Jianping replied: "They are military advisers invited by Major Will, please be at least polite and graceful!" ”
"Courtesy?" The Englishman, who was called Tom, made an exaggerated British hat off and said, "May I ask you to do a dance?" Miss? ”
The British burst into laughter again.
Hearing this, Lin Xia couldn't help but be stunned, but she quickly realized that the "Miss" that Tom was referring to was not referring to her, but to us.
I also know what Tom meant, and he was saying that we were women who didn't deserve to be on the battlefield.
Xu Jianping wanted to say something persuasive, but I quickly stopped him.
"So be it!" I laughed and said, "If you insist, then we'll have a match!" ”
"Look, Miss agreed to dance with me!" Tom waved around like a victor.
Then he couldn't wait to ask me, "Than what?" ”
"Whatever!" I said, "I have only one condition!" ”
"On what terms?"
I also waved at the British army and said, "What do you think of the losing side, nicknamed 'Miss'?" ”
"Good!" As soon as Lin Xia's translation finished speaking, a response rang out from me, including those soldiers under my command, and the shooting range quickly turned into a tense arena.
Our action even attracted the attention of the instructor, who did not know if he wanted to see the jokes of our Chinese soldiers or what, and he quickly emptied the British soldiers who were practicing on the range.
This is the shooting range, and Nabi is naturally a marksman, and I have always been very confident in marksmanship.
"Comrade battalion commander!" At this time, Xu Jianping whispered on the side: "You have to be careful, this Tom is a famous sniper in our army!" ”
"Don't worry!" I say.
I still approve of Xu Jianping's action, after all, he did not stand on the side of his comrades to "bully" us outsiders.
"It's not fair!" Xu Jianping then said to Tom: "They have never used these guns before!" ”
"Oh!" Tom replied, "If that's the case, I can give you some time to get acquainted with these guns!" ”
"No!" I replied as I threw the sniper rifle in my hand to Xu Jianping and said, "It's just that this gun has just been loaded, and it only needs to be compared with the gun!" ”
"Me?" Hearing this, Xu Jianping couldn't help but replied unexpectedly: "But my marksmanship ......."
"It's okay!" I looked Tom in the eye and smiled and said, "Otherwise, even if I win this young lady, I will feel shameless!" (To be continued......)