Shooting Training

"Today, I deliberately moved shooting training to the morning. I'm sure everyone knows why without me saying it—because our company has another powerhouse. No objections to me saying that, right?!" Gong Jian opened with a half-joking remark.

This was not a formal occasion. Gong Jian actually enjoyed joking around and was not always so serious.

"No!"

"He's an absolute beast!" A burst of laughter immediately rose from the crowd. Most of the soldiers in Sharpshooter Fourth Company were not that old. Though they were soldiers, they were not completely out of touch with the times. As soldiers of a new era, they were quite fluent in online slang.

"Haha..."

Sure enough, upon hearing the phrase "absolute beast," most of them laughed outright. Even Gong Jian laughed, clearly understanding the meme as well.

"Then I won't need to explain much. Our Sharpshooter Fourth Company has only one tradition: the capable rise, the mediocre fall! Comrade Jiang Yan Hai gave everyone a small demonstration of his shooting skills yesterday. Today, let him really show us what he can do. What do you say?" Gong Jian shouted.

"Good!"

The soldiers instantly grew excited, shouting their approval amid applause.

"Come on... what are you waiting for?" Gong Jian smiled and waved Jiang Yan Hai over.

Jiang Yan Hai did not waste words. He stood up at once, jogged quickly to the front, came to attention, and saluted Gong Jian.

"At ease." Gong Jian smiled and waved his hand. "So? We all saw your rifle scores yesterday. Want to try a Sniper Rifle today?"

"Sure." Jiang Yan Hai agreed immediately. He wanted to try it too, especially after acquiring... Newton's Coffin Lid skill.

Speaking of that, the Special Forces Experience Card had to be mentioned. During its active period, Jiang Yan Hai had felt like an elite special forces soldier with years of training.

But the main point was what happened after the experience period ended. Once it was over, nothing he had experienced through the card truly disappeared—but how much he could remember depended on himself.

Strictly speaking, during the card's time limit, the Red Star Auxiliary Engine had enhanced and imprinted all the special forces techniques and memories into Jiang Yan Hai's mind.

After the time limit expired, without the Red Star Auxiliary Engine's help, some things Jiang Yan Hai had not used during the card's active period would naturally fade away.

After all, that experience had not originally been his. But if he could truly absorb and master all those special forces techniques during the card's time limit, then even after it expired, Jiang Yan Hai would still be a genuine elite special forces soldier.

However, the human brain had limited memory. Even a brain as powerful as Jiang Yan Hai's, with Brain Activity reaching 180, could not instantly memorize everything. It all required repeated practice and familiarity.

And what he had experienced most during the card's active period yesterday had been shooting, along with Physical Training, long-distance marches, and armed cross-country techniques and experience.

So even without the card now, while his hundred-meter moving rapid-fire shooting might not be as outrageously monstrous as yesterday, it would not be bad. The same went for his rifle skills. But Sniper Rifles were another matter. Jiang Yan Hai had never really handled one before, though he had assembled one once, so it would not be completely unfamiliar.

"So? Which one?" Gong Jian smiled as he pointed at the two Sniper Rifles beside him: one Type 88 sniper rifle and one Type 85 Sniper Rifle.

The Type 88 sniper rifle used domestically produced standard 5.8mm ammunition. It weighed 4.1 kilograms, had an overall length of 920mm, a barrel length of 620mm, a ten-round magazine, and an effective range of 800 meters.

Because the Type 88 sniper rifle used 5.8mm machine-gun rounds, its muzzle velocity was high and its bullet retained tremendous energy. So although its effective range was only 800 meters, even at 1,000 meters, its rounds could still penetrate a 3mm-thick A3 steel plate with 100 percent certainty!

Its performance at medium and long ranges was excellent!

It was also the world's first small-caliber Sniper Rifle to be issued to troops.

The Type 85 Sniper Rifle, meanwhile, used 7.62mm ammunition. It was a long-range Sniper Rifle with a maximum effective range of 1,000 meters and was generally used alongside the Type 88 sniper rifle.

"The Type 88 sniper rifle, then." Jiang Yan Hai smiled.

"Fine." Gong Jian did not waste words. He picked up the Type 88 sniper rifle beside him and tossed it to Jiang Yan Hai.

After catching the Type 88 sniper rifle, Jiang Yan Hai said directly, "Instructor, I've only handled it a few times before, so I'd like to disassemble and reassemble it a few times first, then get familiar with it."

"No problem." Gong Jian gave him that courtesy and let him familiarize himself with it.

Indeed, Jiang Yan Hai probably had not had many chances to use it. Although units like the Kitchen Squad under logistics tended to have relatively high casualty rates, so the regiment was fairly generous with firearms training and ammunition—or rather, all military units were fairly generous—they had their own duties and did not have that much time.

Otherwise, just as Li Er Niu's Kitchen Squad leader had said, if you wanted to, you could even play with an RPG. But for the other combat squads in Fourth Company, getting to use an RPG was not so easy.

So Jiang Yan Hai likely had very few chances to handle one.

After receiving Gong Jian's permission, Jiang Yan Hai immediately took a gun cloth from beside him and spread it on the ground. Without avoiding the others, he began disassembling and reassembling the rifle.

In truth, Jiang Yan Hai wanted to reinforce the techniques he had learned from yesterday's Experience Card in his mind.

His first attempt was somewhat rusty. After all, the card's active period was over, but he was still above standard.

By the second attempt, Jiang Yan Hai's proficiency began to rise sharply, and his assembly speed increased as well. He assembled it a total of five times.

By the fifth time, Jiang Yan Hai's speed had nearly reached its limit. Although the soldiers beside him were all watching, they were now staring in stunned disbelief.

Seriously, this kind of disassembly and assembly speed was something you sometimes only saw during the military-wide skills competition.

Click! After loading the magazine, Jiang Yan Hai stood and said, "Reporting, I'm ready."

"Good. There are human-shaped targets at 400, 600, and 800 meters over there. Once you're ready, fire on your own. Let us see what you can do." Gong Jian smiled and clapped.

"Could I have a few more magazines?" Jiang Yan Hai thought for a moment, then asked with a smile.

Gong Jian smiled without saying anything, then took two magazines from nearby and handed them over. All three magazines were fully loaded, for a total of thirty rounds.

Clearly, Gong Jian thought that Jiang Yan Hai had never used a Sniper Rifle before and wanted to test-fire it.

Actually, he was not wrong. Jiang Yan Hai really did want to test-fire it—but what Jiang Yan Hai meant by test-firing was something entirely different.