Shen Xin thought that he couldn't sleep, but soon Shen Xin dreamed and returned to the recruit training period.

"The gun is the second life of a warrior, and it cannot be lost or damaged under any circumstances, unless your life is no longer there......"

Speaking of this, squad leader Ling raised his voice up a few decibels again, and continued to say loudly: "Even if your life is no longer there, the gun cannot fall into the hands of your enemies. ”

This is the scene before Shen Xin received a gun for the first time after enlisting in the army, and the recruits stood in line on the shooting range and listened to the lecture before the gun was fired.

At that time, the southern city was shrouded in the winter snow. This is the first snow that does not set quickly after falling to the ground. The melted snow water, on the shooting range without hardening, formed a clammy mud.

Shen Xin, wearing a thick military coat and shiny combat boots on his feet, lined up on the shooting range, waiting for the most solemn ceremonial pistol after enlistment.

Before coming, Squad Leader Ling taught everyone that soldiers have a second hometown, which is where your unit is stationed. But from this moment on, I knew that the warrior still had a second life, which was the steel gun in his hand.

Shen Xin has his own opinion on things, as for the company commander's sentence "Even if your life no longer exists, the gun can't fall into the hands of your enemy".

Shen Xin's understanding is that even if it is a last resort and must sacrifice his life, he must find a way to destroy the weapon first and not let the enemy capture it. Because if the enemy gets the guns in our hands, it will cause more casualties among our comrades.

The company commander used an extremely stern tone to talk about the importance of the gun as precious and sacred as life, but Shen Xin didn't think too much about the rest of his speech, because Shen Xin's brain couldn't wait to enter the procedure of carrying a gun, operating a gun and shooting in advance.

There are many descriptions of soldiers, all of which are connected to guns, such as charging in the rain of bullets, holding steel guns to protect the motherland, patrolling with guns, carrying guns to sentry posts, we are all sharpshooters, every bullet destroys an enemy, and so on. But he has been in the army for more than half a month, and the recruit company has been training and walking in the queue. But I know that the recruits have the same psychology as me, and what they want to do when they walk in the queue is to carry a gun, because only with a gun in their hands can they kill the enemy.

After the company commander finished speaking, he finally began to fire the gun, the gun ceremony was very solemn, the whole company lined up neatly, the squad leader was in place in the first place in each squad, the deputy squad leader followed the squad leader to stand, when the company commander pointed to several squads to receive the gun, the squad leader kicked the standard step forward, and stood two steps away from the company commander. The platoon commander picked up a 69-type semi-automatic rifle, the muzzle was erected upward, the back of the gun was facing outward, and both hands were handed to the company commander, the company commander took the rifle from the platoon commander's hand, turned the gun to the direction, still the back of the gun was facing outward, held the gun with both hands, and raised the gun from the chest to the outside in a parallel position.

Each squad leader was repeating the same action, and the scene was silent and solemn except for the password.

At the gun ceremony, each class only received one gun, and the rest of the guns were collected by each class after the gun ceremony.

What we didn't expect was that there were only five guns for ten people in each class. The squad leader said that the recruits did not have enough guns, so they could only use one gun for two people, and they would take turns to practice, and when they got out of the company, they would be able to issue one gun per person.

The recruits are all getting real guns for the first time, and their eagerness is the same, and they all want to get the guns in their hands as soon as possible. In order to avoid confusion in the use of firearms, the squad leader divides every two people into a gun handling group, and designates one person to be responsible for the custody of the firearms.

Before practicing the gun, the squad leader suddenly asked everyone a question: "Today we have a gun, and the next thing is to train the gun, and the soldier must do not leave the gun when he has a gun, do you know what the gun is for?" At this time, two or three people in the queue replied almost simultaneously: "Kill the enemy." ”

"The answer is very correct, guns are used to kill the enemy. Therefore, from the moment you get your gun, you must ensure that at all times, the muzzle of the gun is only aimed at the enemy, and not at your comrades, even if it is a joke. Because a gun is a weapon, it is dangerous to be a weapon, and it is necessary to ensure the safety of the gun in use, which includes not being lost, not damaged, and not having a fire accident. Can you do it? ”

"Yes!" We answered loudly, because other classes were doing the same thing, and we wanted to use a loud voice to let the whole company know our determination.

Since then, the muzzle of the gun against the comrade-in-arms has also become an iron law that every soldier must abide by.

As soon as the recruits joined the army, the company commander demanded that we, as revolutionary fighters with strong blood and strength, fight for the first place, carry the red flag when we see it, and seize it when we see the advanced; even if it is a small detail in ordinary times, whether the superior demands it or not, we must not fall behind others in doing it. This answer to the question was also a detail of the training, and it was clear that the squad leader was satisfied with our loud answer.

Don't look at the squad leader is a tall and thin man who is not stout, but he is a typical competitive soldier, and he often hates iron but not steel.

I put the gun in my hand, it weighed five or six pounds, this is an old gun, it is said to be old because the important parts of the gun body have been worn off the steel blue, revealing its bright true color, it seems that it has not been used by many soldiers.

As soon as I wanted to unleash the gun and see what it looked like in the chamber, the gun training began. The squad leader moved in front of the team, first of all, he told us about the gun, he gave a demonstration while speaking, and it could be seen that the gun was quite proficient in his hands, and every step was just right as he said, and there was no misalignment.

He's done talking and finishing, so let's all experience it.

I took the gun and started to operate step by step, but the more I tried to do it, the more I overdid it, the gun was either too high or too low, and the gun was either too far forward or too backward, especially when the gun butt hit the ground, in addition to the sound was too loud, and the landing point was not accurate, and twice it hit my ankle.

After correcting me, the squad leader said, "Don't worry, sometimes you want to do it too well, but it is easy to deform your movements." Then he said to everyone: "I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, today is mainly to master the essentials, and slowly experience it after going down." After three months, I believe that guns will become a part of everyone's body. ”

The time for practicing the guns was very short, only half a day, and the main exercises were to carry the gun, shoulder the gun, carry the gun, end the gun and lie down to the gun, and then enter the aiming procedure of shooting training.

A real warrior must carry a gun to kill the enemy as soon as possible, so aiming and shooting is the key to using a gun. Because in the subsequent shooting competition, the most unacceptable thing is that the bullet cannot hit the target, not the front and angle of the gun and shoulder gun.

Since we arrived in Bengbu after taking a two-day and three-night stuffy tank train from Henan, the weather here does not seem to be clear, except for the gloomy whole day, there is often rain and snow falling out of thin air.

On the day I started practicing aiming with a gun, it was snowing in the early morning, and by the time I started the morning exercise, the ground was already white. However, after breakfast, the company still followed the schedule, and each squad brought guns to the shooting range for shooting practice.

By this time, the snow in the sky had stopped, and our team had left a line of deep and shallow footprints on the snow.

We aim at a chest ring target at a distance of 100 meters, and to aim at such a target, we have to take a lying position, and the so-called lying position is lying on the ground with the abdomen down.

The chest ring target in the target trench has been erected, our first batch of recruits to enter the aiming position, under the command of the squad leader, in a horizontal line in front of the fixed position to stand, with the squad leader's "lying position aiming" password issued, we quickly turned sideways, in the posture of the left leg bow, right leg kick, right hand with a gun, left palm forward, lying down towards the snow. While landing on all fours, he quickly drew the gun with his right hand, placing the handguard of the gun on the mound and the butt on his shoulder blade. As for the snow and cold, I have long forgotten about that moment.

Just as the squad leader was teaching me how to clear the void of light from the sky and snow, and his eyes were engrossed in the gap in the ruler and stabilizing the always wandering crosshair on the barrel to the center point, the fire of youth had melted the snow under his body through his chest, and the snow water had soaked a large area of the military uniform on his chest.

But Shen Xin didn't feel the chill, but lay on the ground and successfully completed the aiming of one person for ten minutes. Ten minutes later, when Shen Xin stood up and subconsciously dusted the dust on his chest, he found that the dust was mixed with snow and water, and had already turned into a layer of armor-like mud, which was really painted all over my green uniform. When I looked down at the snow that I was lying on, the humanoid pattern was like a seal covering the earth, and I knew that it was a clear mark that I had covered with my youth.

At this moment, looking out the window, the first snow of this winter is quietly descending on the land of Beijing, and my thoughts drift back to the shooting range paved with snow, and the seal of youth that I stamped on the snow with my body......