Chapter VIII: Exceptional Promotions
"James Murphy, you have not received any training as a recruit, so if you want to stay in my regiment, you must show me what you are capable of." The colonel told the soldiers to stop their shooting training, and then said to Murphy, "This recruit told me that he can catch up with your progress, and I don't care why he came to the 107th Infantry Regiment, but I want him to see what you are capable of, whether he can catch up, you come out." ”
The colonel casually ordered a soldier to come out of the ranks, "James Murphy, what he does, what do you do, if you can achieve the same results as him, then you can stay, otherwise you can leave the 107th Infantry Regiment with your things." ”
"No problem, sir, but I haven't used this gun, can I see him do it first?" Murphy's answer made the colonel angry, this recruit was so arrogant.
"Okay, the soldier will do it once so that he can see clearly." The colonel agreed.
The soldier who was called out was only a new recruit, and he had only been in the barracks for a few months, and his firearms training had been going on for a long time, and he seemed to be learning well. The parts of the rifle are dismantled, serviced, and then assembled. I can't say it's fast, I can only say it's decent, I debugged it, the 1 Garand semi-automatic rifle uses an eight-round double-row magazine, and after suppressing the magazine, the bolt pushes and opens the safety, "bang bang......"
Shoot eight times in a row, with an interval of a few seconds in between, and shoot a target of 150 meters, and finally the result is the seventh and eighth rings. Then there were the pistols, seven rounds at a distance of twenty meters, and the M1911A1 pistols were used, which were improved after the First World War.
The grenade training ground was next to it, and the soldier threw the grenade to about thirty-two meters, and the colonel said again at this time: "Yes, it has reached the average standard, do the recruits understand?" This is the only way you can get into my regiment. ”
"No problem, sir, can you get started?" Murphy left his luggage and pulled his brand new M1 out of his gun pocket.
"Okay, let's start showing you what you're capable of." The colonel said with a wave of his hand.
Murphy began to disassemble his firearm quickly, and then carried out maintenance, wiping the oil clean, and in his eyes, all the structure and problems of the new gun were not missing. Then it was reassembled, the front sight was adjusted, and then a magazine was pressed into it, and the safety "......bang bang" continuous design was opened, and the empty magazine ejected with a "ding" sound, and Murphy pulled the bolt a few times to prove that there were no bullets, and put the rifle aside.
Ignoring the results, he picked up the pistol again, this time at a faster pace, and the last seven bullets were fired in a row, and the grenade he threw a distance of fifty meters, where there was white powder to indicate the target, which landed right in the center.
"A rifle of 150 meters and 80 rings, a pistol of 20 meters and 70 rings, and a grenade of 50 meters are in the middle of the target." Hearing Murphy's results, the soldiers were in a commotion, and the colonel looked at Murphy in surprise.
"Yes, recruit, you do have the capital of pride, I mean what I say, you will be a soldier in our regiment in the future." After speaking, he looked at the platoon commander of these soldiers at the shooting range, "Second lieutenant, this recruit is yours, give him a corporal, and then let him complete all the foundations." "The colonel suddenly admired Murphy very much, the army is like that, people with ability are always easy to get ahead, and of course in the American army your skin tone must be white.
The colonel was about to leave, but turned to look at Murphy again, "I gave you this gun, I hope that the next time the whole regiment assesses, all your items will be the best." The colonel suddenly gave Murphy his matching gun, which made Murphy extremely surprised, although it was also M1911A1, but the regimental commander sent a gun, this is very rare.
"Thank you, Colonel, you won't be disappointed." Murphy has to show his strength here, otherwise how will Captain America choose him in the future, and he will be selected only if he performs particularly well, and Murphy will not pin all his hopes on a prison break.
The second lieutenant platoon commander walked over, "Not bad corporal, as a recruit, let the regiment commander directly make an exception to be promoted to corporal, but there is still something you will suffer, I will keep an eye on you." Sergeant Dugan, he's yours, let him learn everything as soon as possible. ”
"Yes, sir." Dugan was out of the ranks, and then the platoon commander announced his disbandment.
The bearded Dugan walked over, "Come on, take your stuff, we have someone in the platoon who has been retired." Murphy felt a burst of relief, he had been designing for a long time and finally got in touch with the future members of the Roaring Commando, which is very good, let's be captured together!
In fact, the colonel's promotion to Murphy may not be because he likes his ability, if he doesn't do this today, then he will probably have a hard time finding a step, and now doing so is completely conscientious and responsible, and keeping his promises. The last gift of the gun made him even more bellied, and the reputation spread immediately, and for the next few days Murphy could hear the soldiers talking about the colonel and the recruits.
Of course, this may be Murphy's own speculation, maybe the colonel didn't think about it so much, but no matter what, Murphy is integrated into the 107th Infantry Regiment, and the soldiers are willing to ask about something, but Murphy naturally won't say that he has friends here.
The hierarchy of superiors and subordinates is very strict, the colonel will not say much, the soldiers will not have a chance to ask, and the officers will not care about a corporal. Murphy breathed a sigh of relief, so as not to make up any lies in the future, saying that there was a mistake in information or something.
Timos Dugan is considered the platoon commander's deputy, and now the non-commissioned officer is promoted to sergeant, and the rest depends on the performance on the battlefield, after one or two battles, someone will inevitably be promoted to sergeant, and Murphy is now trained individually every day.
However, a few days later, Murphy entered the platoon training, followed by the company's training, and the speed at which he learned was needless to say, especially the skills required to master various weapons including machines, mortars, mines, sapper shovels, foxholes, etc. Murphy didn't have much time, Timos Dugan trained him alone, and naturally the progress was very fast, and it was only about two weeks after arriving at the 107th Infantry Regiment that the troops left the station.
The port of New York City was crowded, and after a large number of soldiers gathered, they boarded the troop carriers in an orderly manner to go to North Africa. The more specific circumstances were not well known to the soldiers, but Murphy knew that it was already September 1943, and that their troops must have gone to North Africa to transit supplies and then attack Italy via Sicily.
The first battle of the 107th Infantry Regiment was there, and as the advance advanced, the troops of Hydra were finally encountered, as a result of which the entire advancing front was forced to retreat, and the 107th Infantry Regiment suffered heavy losses, as a regiment that had just arrived on the battlefield, they were unlucky enough.