My Military Career in a Parallel World

"I remind you again, you must never point your gun at anyone, regardless of whether you have ammunition or not. If you are found, you will be disqualified from shooting immediately!"

"Don't worry, squad leader, we all know this and we won't make the mistake!" The new recruits nodded quickly upon hearing this.

This point has been mentioned countless times when the guns were awarded, and it is also the first item in the code of safe firearms use.

Not to mention, it also involves shooting qualifications, so no one dares to let down their guard.

"It's good to know!"

Li Gang was very satisfied with the attitude of the crowd. He nodded and continued, "When to reload, when to release the safety, when to shoot, you must listen to the instructions and follow the instructor's instructions. Do not operate without authorization. You are not allowed to shoot without permission!"

"Only load the gun at the last moment before shooting! Don't touch the trigger when you are not ready to fire!"

"If a firearm malfunctions during shooting, do not operate it without authorization.

After shooting, check the gun carefully to prevent any bullets from remaining inside, and turn off the safety in time.

Finally, private possession of ammunition is strictly prohibited! ! "

After briefly explaining the things that need to be paid attention to when shooting with live ammunition, Li Gang thought about it and asked another question.

"By the way, none of you should be left-handed, right?"

After living and eating together for such a long time, Li Gang did not find anyone left-handed in daily life, but he still asked to be on the safe side.

Everyone shook their heads, indicating that no one was left-handed.

"Sergeant, is there any difference between shooting with the left hand and shooting with the right hand?" Luo Ming couldn't help but ask curiously.

There is nothing to hide about this matter, Li Gang answered directly: "There is nothing wrong with other places, the main reason is that most firearms were not designed with left-handed use in mind. Small weapons such as pistols are okay, but rifles are not.

Firstly, the location of the ejection port makes it very easy to hit the face, and secondly there are some ergonomics of the gun.

Avoid shooting with your left hand unless necessary."

After listening to Li Gang's explanation, everyone nodded in understanding. Someone tried it against the wall with his left hand and found it was indeed very awkward.

There was still some time left before the half-hour deadline, so everyone simply gathered together to talk about target shooting.

As the only person in Class 5 who had ever used firearms and practiced target shooting, Chu Fei naturally received special attention.

"Feizai, didn't you say you had shot targets before? What does it feel like to shoot?" Zhou Xinghai came over and asked curiously.

"I've already told you, I was shooting a pistol. A pistol is completely different from a rifle!"

"They're all guns, what's the difference?"

"There's a huge difference! Didn't you hear what the squad leader said? We're shooting at a 100-meter target, and I'm shooting at a 10-meter target with a pistol. Do you think there's any difference?"

"All right……"

"Is the 100-meter target difficult? Will I miss even one shot?"

Without personal experience, most people don't have much feeling about the difference between the 10-meter target and the 100-meter target.

At most, the 100-meter target is farther away, and the 10-meter target is closer. What else could be the difference?

But the fact is, when a target is placed a hundred meters away, it will basically look like just a blurry dot in the field of vision. If there is a problem with vision, double images and virtual light will appear.

Plus, it was my first time firing a gun, and I was not familiar with the recoil of the gun in my hand, the noise it made, etc.

Not to mention hitting the bull's eye, being able to not miss the target is already considered an excellent shooting talent.

This is also the reason why the 228th Regiment conducts live-fire shooting exercises several times before the new recruits are assigned to their companies.

Reality is not an anti-Japanese war drama, nor is it an online novel. Without training, it is impossible for someone to hit the target every time he shoots.

Let alone ten rings, being able to hit the target with every shot is considered a gifted genius!

"The 100-meter target is very small when you aim with the machine sights, only the size of a fingernail. This is your first time handling a gun, so I don't ask for too much. If you can hit the target with two out of five shots, you'll pass!"

"If he can hit the target with four shots, I'll buy him a drink when he comes back. If he can hit the target with five shots, I'll give him an extra hour of rest tomorrow, the weekend!"

Looking at the new recruits gathered together to discuss shooting, Li Gang smiled and made a promise.

"Don't worry, squad leader, I'm sure all five shots will hit the target!" Chu Fei said confidently, patting his chest.

The others didn't think they couldn't even hit the target, so they followed suit.

"That's right, squad leader, you underestimate me too much. I can definitely hit the target with all five shots!"

"Haha, that's what you said yourself!" Hearing the confident words of the recruits, Li Gang also laughed.

"After practicing aiming for so long, it's hard to believe that all five shots missed the target.

Let's put it this way, if anyone misses the target with all five shots, don't even think about taking a break and going to the computer room to surf the Internet tomorrow. Use your free time to practice aiming with your gun!"

No one took the punishment Li Gang mentioned seriously. If all five shots missed the target, how bad must that be!

They didn't believe that such a thing would happen to them, and they all said that there was no problem.

"I still don't believe it. If five shots can miss the target, then you can probably hit one with your eyes closed!"

"Yes."

Regarding everyone's behavior of setting goals before the game, Jiang Chen said that it had nothing to do with him, and he didn't want to set goals and then be slapped in the face.

Although, because of the existence of the dream space, Jiang Chen had practiced aiming with a gun for much longer than others imagined, but without having experienced it himself, he was inevitably a little nervous.

What if it really turns out to be just as the squad leader said, and all five shots miss the target...that would be really embarrassing.

Li Gang smiled but said nothing. Now everyone is full of confidence. When they get to the place and actually go on stage, they will understand the difficulty.

Of course, Li Gang didn't mean to trick them.

Just as he said before, after practicing aiming with a gun for such a long time, as long as he can keep a steady mind when performing on the spot, hitting the target with three or four shots should not be a problem.

If you have solid basic skills and a healthy mentality, it is possible to hit the target with five shots, or even hit the center of the target once or twice.

Of course, there are exceptions to everything.

No matter how well you practice aiming, you still have to look at the person when you actually shoot.

There are people with good talent who, when they touch a gun for the first time, can hit the target with all five bullets, and some even achieve results that are not inferior to those of veterans. This has happened in the recruit company as well.

Every once in a while, one or two talented examples emerge among the new recruits.

Similarly, there are one or two people every year who have practiced holding a gun well and have no problems with their movements, but their mentality is easily unbalanced when shooting.

Missing the target with all five shots was nothing. There were even cases where the target was mistaken and the bullet hit someone else's target...

Half an hour passed quickly, and all the recruits gathered downstairs again and headed towards the target shooting range under the leadership of several platoon leaders.

This time they did not sing the familiar song "Unity is Strength", but instead sang "Returning from Target Practice".

When they met other companies on the road, the old soldiers smiled knowingly when they saw the excited and eager expressions on the faces of the new recruits and heard the familiar songs, thinking that they were the same when they first practiced shooting.

Go with high expectations and return with low expectations.

Thinking about the target practice, the recruits sang particularly loudly.

Such a good song was sung out to sound heart-wrenching, and everyone sang with red faces and thick necks.

Although, this song "Returning from Target Practice" would be more appropriate to sing when we get back, but who would care about such a small matter?

Everyone was only thinking about the shooting later.

The shooting range of the regiment headquarters is some distance away from the recruit camp, and it took about ten minutes to walk there.

"stand at attention!"

"Take a break!"

They stopped at an open space next to the shooting range, and after a simple formation, the squad leaders led their men forward to collect the bullets.

Class 5 was in a pretty good position; after the first two classes finished, it was their turn to go shooting.

There is only one hour left, so everyone must hurry. While other classes are still preparing, Li Gang and his men start loading bullets.

Each person has five bullets, and it only takes a few minutes to compress them.

On the other side, the first class had already walked to the target and were ready to start shooting.

Lying down with legs spread in a "human" shape, they loaded the magazine with bullets. Several squad leaders acting as instructors squatted beside them and reiterated the precautions when shooting, taught the recruits how to aim, and made preparations for dealing with emergencies at any time.

About five minutes later, gunshots rang out following an order.

bang bang bang...

There were only five bullets, and before many people could react, the magazines had already been emptied.

"Remove the bullets and check the guns!" Following the squad leader's order, after confirming that there were no problems with the guns, they picked up the empty shells on the ground. Their first live-fire shooting session was over.

It was not until they returned to the team after the game that several recruits slowly came to their senses. Listening to a series of questions from their comrades next to them, all of them showed a confused expression.

The more confident you are before going on stage, the more confused you will be after you come off the stage.

The moment the trigger was pulled, the intense and harsh noise of the gun filled the entire eardrum, and the violent recoil caught them off guard.

Before many people could react to what was happening, the five bullets in the gun had been used up.

As for aiming…what is that?

"Target number one, two shots on target, four rings!"

"Target number two, one shot on target, one ring!"

"Target number three, off target!"

"Target number four, one shot on target, five rings!"

……

"Target number seven, twelve shots on target, forty-five rings!!!"

The squad leader, who was communicating with the target trench through the walkie-talkie, didn't react to the result when he first heard it. When he came to his senses, his face instantly turned dark.

Twelve shots on target?!

A new soldier only has five bullets, which means that target number seven has been hit by at least three guns at the same time...

Looking back at the new recruits in his squad who were still in a daze, the squad leader felt that there might have been more than three guns fired at target number seven, maybe four or five...

Later, when the recruits who were listening carefully heard a long list of misses and scores of no more than two digits coming from the walkie-talkie, they all became a little confused.

This is completely different from what they had thought before.

Forget about hitting the bull's eye with every shot. With so many people, not even one shot hit the target with five shots!

No, that's not right. Isn't there still a dozen shots on target, forty-five rings?

and many more……

Twelve shots on target?!

Each person is only given five bullets, right?

"What's going on? With five bullets, how can you hit the target with twelve bullets?!"

"Could it be that when the bullets were being distributed, they gave him seven extra bullets?!"

"Nonsense, it must be that the two people nearby hit the target when they fired!" Finally, someone who understood the situation stood up and said.

"Ah? No way! Missing the target is fine, but how could it hit someone else's target?"

"Haha, this is too stupid, don't they look at the target when they shoot?!"

The scene suddenly became noisy.

"What are you laughing at? How good do you think you are?!" In the end, the squad leaders stepped forward to stop the recruits from making noise.

It was not a big deal for a recruit to hit someone else's target while shooting. There were few similar incidents in the recruit company that year.

But today's situation was really difficult to deal with. If there weren't so many new recruits on the scene and the company commander and instructor watching nearby, several veteran squad leaders would have probably burst out laughing.

A standard target, twelve bullets on it, just imagine the scene at that time...

Especially when coupled with the third squad leader's face, which was as black as the bottom of a pot, they couldn't help laughing.

However, despite the noise, what happened just now also served as a wake-up call for them.

What if a similar situation happens in my class?

Thinking of this, the remaining squad leaders who had not yet gone on the field hurriedly found the new recruits in their squad and began to threaten and intimidate them in various ways, teaching them by words and deeds, for fear that someone else would encounter a similar situation.

Their requirements are not high. It doesn’t matter whether the target is hit or not, as long as they don’t make a joke like the one just now!

"I will definitely not make such a low-level mistake. I can even recognize the wrong target, but why would I shoot a useless gun?" Chu Fei muttered softly as soon as Li Gang left.

This is also what most recruits think.

Although the situation of Class 3 just now showed that shooting was not as easy as they imagined, most people at most slightly lowered their psychological expectations of their own marksmanship.

They are still full of confidence and firmly believe that missing the target or hitting the wrong target will never happen to them.

At this time, the recruits in another squad were also ready, waiting for the squad leader to give the order to fire.

A lesson for the past and a guide for the future!

The lesson of the previous class was right in front of them. This time, every recruit was extremely alert, constantly looking up to confirm their own target position, for fear of accidentally hitting the target of the person next to them.

Following the squad leader's order, gunshots once again rang out across the shooting range.

"Target number one, three shots on target, eighteen rings!"

"Target number two, two shots on target, nine rings!"

"Target number three, one shot on target, three rings!"

……

The results this time were obviously much better. Except for one or two people who missed the target, the rest of the people hit the target a few times, and the highest number of rings finally broke through double digits.

"It's our turn, everyone get ready!" Looking at the recruits who were packing up the shells and preparing to leave, Li Gang turned back and reminded them in a low voice.

After waiting for so long, it was finally their turn. Everyone immediately quieted down, staring at the shooting range not far away with fiery eyes. They had already begun to imagine that they would shock everyone by hitting the target with five shots, and then be looked at differently by the squad leader and platoon leader...

However, as the distance got closer, especially when they passed by the new recruits who were about to go off, after seeing the frustrated expressions on their faces, everyone in Class 5 inexplicably became nervous.

Things don't seem to be as simple as imagined...