Chapter 174: Thoughts
As the training progressed, more and more people were eliminated from the sniper company.
This is especially true when it comes to offset calculations...... In that case, more than 50 people were eliminated for the same reasons as we had encountered before...... It is difficult to calculate quickly if the education level is not enough, and these 50-odd people are still not taught by us after the efforts of all aspects.
Sometimes there's no way around that...... Originally, the soldiers of the sniper company were all sharpshooters, and they should have a set of shooting if they could become sharpshooters, but the problem was ...... A range of less than 400 meters is not the same thing as a range of 400 meters away. In addition, they are not good at mathematical calculations, especially when we still require accurate results in a short period of time, so Zuihou can only be eliminated.
Of course, there are some exceptions...... For example, there is a platoon commander called "Hua Rong" among them......
"Hua Rong" is not surnamed Hua, but surnamed Hua Mingbin...... Hua Rong is also a great archer who walks through a hundred steps in the Water Margin!
It is said that although the people of this era are not highly educated, the storyteller is everywhere, so the soldiers such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin" are naturally familiar.
And because of this Hua Bin's surname Hua ...... is similar to flowers, and he is a sharpshooter who belongs to the company, so the soldiers gave him the nickname "Hua Rong".
Hua Rong is such a warrior...... I don't know anything about math and offsets, but this shot is accurate.
This illustrates a problem...... Not all sharpshooters rely on calculating offsets to shoot guns, and there are always a small percentage of them who have a talent for guns, that is, they rely on intuition to shoot guns.
When I asked Hua Rong how he practiced this pistol technique...... He scratched his head a little inexplicably and replied, "I don't know how to practice." It feels like it's right to shoot there. Then just pull the trigger! ”
It's actually hard for me to understand. Because I feel this way all the time myself...... This can also explain that I didn't know what the offset was before, but it can also be accurate!
And so the question arises...... According to the assessment standards, Hua Rong is obviously going to be kicked out of the sniper company, but he is also a rare sharpshooter......
"Of course you can't kick it out!" I said, "Not only can't you kick him out, but you should also give him a platoon commander!" ”
"Battalion commander!" Company Commander Luo was a little embarrassed and said, "Then other soldiers may have opinions...... Why doesn't he have to calculate the offset? ”
"The purpose of our calculations is to be able to hit the target!" I said, "If anyone can hit the target without offset...... Then he doesn't have to learn either! ”
As soon as I say this, the warriors are silent, and the reason is actually very simple: whether it is a white cat or a black cat, a cat that can catch a mouse is a good cat...... This is actually the reality on the battlefield, and the purpose of our training is to be able to kill the enemy, not to have more knowledge than the enemy.
So Hua Rong stayed. And he became a platoon commander, and everyone else was kicked out without exception......
In this way, the head of the 40th Division was very happy...... They were still distressed that too many elites in the army were transferred to the synthetic battalion, but they didn't expect that it wouldn't take long for them to kick back batch after batch, and after coming back, that skill seemed to be much better than before, which was of course a good thing for the 40th Division.
This is exactly what I decided to do in the 40th Division from the very beginning, but what I didn't expect was ...... While the 40th Division was progressing, this appetite was also raised......
"Battalion commander!" On this day, when I was training with the soldiers on the training ground as usual, the correspondent saluted in front of me and reported: "Commander Liu asked you to go!" Say you have something to discuss with the battalion commander! ”
"Captain Liu?" Hearing this, I couldn't help but wonder for a while, although I am still in the 118th regiment, but in fact, I am no longer under his command. What else is he going to do with me...... Renoscramble? Probably not, he knows I'm busy training right now. You should also take a break to catch up.
With such doubts, I got into the jeep and went straight to the camp of the 40th Division.
"Battalion Commander Yang! "As soon as I came to the headquarters ......of the 118th Regiment, Commander Liu warmly beckoned me to sit down, pouring tea and serving fruit, which only made me a little baffled!"
"Commander...... You're ......."
"Huh!" Head Liu waved his hand: "It's just to catch up with you!" ”
"It's really just old?" I saw that Captain Liu's expression was a little unnatural.
"Hmm, this ......" Head Liu smiled a little embarrassedly: "Okay! We have a friendship, and I won't beat around the bush...... There's something I'd like to ask you to help with this time! ”
"Commander......" I said with a wry smile: "You are too uninteresting, if you have anything to say, just say it, I will definitely help if I can help, and I will engage in such a big battle......"
"I'm relieved to have your words!" The regiment commander patted me on the shoulder and said, "It's interesting, it's worthy of being a soldier of our 118th regiment!" ”
"That's right!" After a pause, Regiment Commander Liu continued: "First of all, I want to thank you for the selection of troops in our division, and now we really see the benefits, this combat effectiveness has not only not decreased, but has also improved......
"Needless to say!" I replied, "I don't dare to lie to anyone, the head of the regiment!" ”
"But......" Commander Liu then hesitated and said, "those soldiers who were kicked back by you...... After they used a sniper rifle, they came back and used 56 and a half listless......"
"Oh!" As soon as I heard what Regiment Commander Liu said, I understood that I was here to ask me for 79 snipe.
But this seems to be normal, how bad is that 79 snipe...... Compared to 56 and a half, it is still much stronger, and it is no wonder that Regiment Commander Liu will speak.
"Here's what I think!" Commander Liu said: "I heard the sharpshooter who came back say...... The kind of sniper rifle that you copy in your synthetic battalion...... What's it called? ”
"Type 79 sniper rifle!"
"Yes, it's Type 79!" The regiment commander clapped his hands and said: "I heard that that thing is used for training in your synthetic battalion, and the real thing from the Soviet Union is used in the shooting range, and there are quite a few Type 79 sniper rifles...... There are 300 of them! Now there are more than 200 people in your sniper company...... That extra gun......"
"Captain!" I replied with some embarrassment: "We do have some more 79s, but ...... It's not up to me to decide! The equipment given to us by our superiors is for us to train, not to whoever I want to give! ”
"I know that!" Head Liu said: "My thoughts are like this...... Your sniper company is going to go to the battlefield to deal with Vietnamese snipers, right? You also need our 40th Division to cooperate when you go to the battlefield, don't you? Then if we have a group of sniper rifles in the 40th Division to fight with Vietnamese snipers...... Then ...... you say."
"Hmm!" I couldn't help but be stunned when I heard this, this idea is indeed very good.
In fact, this is also the pattern of sniper rifles arranged in the USSR...... The SVD sniper rifle isn't expensive to build, it's actually an enlarged version of the AK47...... The low cost is that it can be equipped in large quantities. So Soviet snipers were everywhere...... They divide the snipers into two categories, one is formal, like the sniper company I trained...... This sniper unit is the best of the strong, and it is also professionally trained, so it is not an exaggeration to call it an elite. The other is the informal establishment, this part of the people have not undergone professional training, in fact, it is OK to pick some accurate marksmanship equipment on an SVD in the ordinary army, although these informal establishments are not as prominent as professional snipers, but the advantage is that the number is huge, and it can often play an unexpected role on the battlefield, and it can also play a role in confusing the enemy with professional snipers!
"How?" Head Liu chased after him and asked, "That's a good idea, isn't it!" It can be said that it is beneficial and harmless, as long as you mention this idea to your superiors...... I'm sure nine times out of ten I won't be able to run! ”
"But ......," I said, "what if the other troops have an opinion?" The reason why the superiors did not equip the troops with the Type 79 in batches was, on the one hand, because the Type 79 was still room for improvement and was not suitable for too much production. On the other hand, once one unit is equipped, other troops will then ask for ...... There's a good chance that the situation will get out of hand! ”
"I've thought about this too!" Commander Liu replied without thinking about it: "Type 79 is in your hands to practice sneaking and the like, and you haven't fought at all...... If you don't fight, you can't find more shortcomings, and if you can't find more shortcomings, you can't improve...... Then we can leave this task to do! ”
I couldn't help but sweat when I heard this, it seems that this head Liu has been prepared...... Now that I've thought it all through, what else can I say since that's the case?
So I just nodded: "Okay! I'll mention it to Commander Zhang when I have a chance! ”
"Good! That's what I want! Head Liu jumped up excitedly, holding my hand tightly, it was enough to thank me from the left and thank me from the right, but I was a little embarrassed.
When I walked out of the regiment headquarters, I felt a little helpless...... This may be the "back door" of this era, I don't know when I have become the object of "going through the back door", and now even Head Liu has to come to have a relationship with me......
But this doesn't seem strange, our synthetic battalion can now be said to be the trump card under Commander Zhang, and what equipment you still want, you can have any equipment, and it is an exaggeration to say that as long as you have something in this era, you can get it, so that now even the 79 sniper that we don't use, other troops are still trying to grab it, so who else will be popular if we don't eat it? ! (To be continued......)