Seeing this, Gong Jian simply called everyone over. "Do you know this big guy?" Gong Jian asked with a smile.
"Yes!"
"No!" Two different answers rang out.
The Type 10 Large Caliber Anti-Materiel Sniper Rifle had only recently entered production and been issued to the troops. Unlike Assault Rifles, it would not be distributed on a large scale.
It would only be issued to certain special units. Even a spearhead company like Sharpshooter Fourth Company only had two or three of them.
That alone showed it was not intended for use by regular field units.
"So, genius, want to introduce it to everyone?" Gong Jian asked Jiang Yan Hai with a smile.
"Yes!" Jiang Yan Hai answered crisply, snapping to attention.
Holding the Type 10 Sniper Rifle high in his hands and facing everyone, Jiang Yan Hai began speaking.
"The Type 10 Large Caliber Anti-Materiel Sniper Rifle uses specialized 12.7-millimeter sniper rounds, though it can also fire 12.7-millimeter machine-gun rounds. Its maximum effective range is 1,500 meters, and it can penetrate a 15-millimeter homogeneous steel plate at 500 meters. It is a heavy sniper rifle designed for special targets such as bunkers, Armored Vehicles, and helicopters. It is also our country's first heavy large-caliber anti-materiel sniper rifle to officially enter service on a large scale."
Jiang Yan Hai gave a brief introduction. He knew much more than that—he could recite every word of the information from Baidu Encyclopedia—but there was no need to say it here.
"Not bad. Now everyone knows it, right?" Gong Jian said with a smile. Naturally, he knew Jiang Yan Hai had only given a general introduction.
"Yes!" This time, everyone answered in unison.
"Alright. Our genius here wanted to play with something even more impressive, so he asked for this. Now, let's have our genius demonstrate it for us. What do you say?" Gong Jian said with a grin.
"Good!" The entire company immediately burst into cheers.
That was the atmosphere in the military. As long as you had the ability, you could earn everyone's respect.
Through yesterday's assessment and his performance that morning, Jiang Yan Hai had already won the recognition of every soldier in Fourth Company.
That was only because, when Jiang Yan Hai had fired at the 600-meter target with an Assault Rifle earlier, everyone else had been conducting shooting drills and had not seen it. Otherwise, they would have been even more shocked.
After all, 600 meters was nearly beyond the limit of human eyesight, not to mention that it was already beyond the effective range of an Assault Rifle.
"Come on, genius." Gong Jian smiled at Jiang Yan Hai.
"Report, Instructor, you'd better stop calling me genius." Jiang Yan Hai replied with a loud laugh.
"Oh? What, is there actually a title that Jiang Yan Hai doesn't dare accept?" Gong Jian immediately teased.
"No, I'm afraid genius isn't enough to describe me." Jiang Yan Hai simply cracked a joke as well.
That set the whole company laughing.
Someone in the crowd even shouted, "Jiang Yan Hai, you have no shame!"
"See? The people's eyes are sharp." Gong Jian pointed at everyone and laughed. With the mood this good, he naturally would not spoil the fun.
As an instructor responsible for political work, he naturally knew what kind of atmosphere worked best at what time.
"Alright, enough nonsense. Let's begin." Gong Jian said, "Old Hei, have them put up all the targets over there. Set up two simple human-shaped targets on the flagpoles on the distant hill as well. We'll move farther back."
The farthest target at this sniper range was at 1,000 meters. There were no targets beyond that.
But they could move farther back themselves and deliberately extend the distance, while human-shaped targets were also raised on the flagpoles on the distant mountain.
The entire company moved back together. Before long, the original 1,000-meter target was now roughly 1,700 meters away from them.
"Well? I understand you well enough, right?" Gong Jian pointed at the distant target. "At this distance, even I can't see it clearly through my binoculars."
The entire company sat cross-legged behind Jiang Yan Hai. Gong Jian even had Old Hei distribute binoculars to the other soldiers. There were not enough for everyone, but several people sharing one was no problem.
"I won't explain it to you in detail, but Jiang Yan Hai, let me tell you this: ultra-long-range shooting isn't the same as using the Type 88 sniper rifle to shoot at 1,400 meters. You even have to consider the bullet's flight time, the target's swaying time, and so on." Gong Jian's voice was not quiet, and he was also explaining it to the other soldiers.
"Start whenever you're ready. Call the target first." Only after the soldiers setting up the distant targets had retreated to a safe position did Gong Jian speak.
"Yes! Original 500-meter target, now 1,200 meters." Jiang Yan Hai called out loudly.
Gong Jian immediately raised his binoculars.
The other soldiers holding binoculars hurriedly raised theirs as well.
With a thunderous bang, a huge hole instantly appeared where the human-shaped target's head was at 1,200 meters.
"Good!" The soldiers behind him immediately cheered. Those without binoculars quickly grabbed them from the people beside them to take a look.
At 1,200 meters, it was more like testing the rifle. But after that shot, Jiang Yan Hai could instantly tell that this Type 10 Sniper Rifle was far more accurate than the Type 88 sniper rifle. The adjustments required at 1,200 meters were extremely minor.
"Original 1,000-meter target, now 1,700-meter target." Jiang Yan Hai immediately called out the second target.
Everyone instantly fell silent again. As Jiang Yan Hai lay prone, the data in his eyes began changing wildly. But after training all morning, the speed at which the skill's data changed had become extremely fast—at least much faster than the first time he had used the Type 88 sniper rifle.
So Jiang Yan Hai deliberately waited a few seconds before suddenly pulling the trigger.
With a bang, more than two seconds later, the distant human-shaped target suddenly burst into a spray of fragments, leaving behind a huge hole.
"Good!" This time, Gong Jian shouted only after taking a deep breath.
"The farthest target on the flagpole on the distant hill!" Jiang Yan Hai called out another new target.
Gong Jian paused. He wanted to say something, but in the end held back, because that farthest target was roughly 2,400 meters away at their current position.
At that distance... not just in the country, but even internationally, it was a terrifying sniping range, even for target shooting!
Within the country, this would absolutely be a record!
This time, Jiang Yan Hai took a long time. He was not only calculating the data, but also calculating the pattern of the target's movement, since it was tied to a tall flagpole and swayed back and forth in the wind.
At 2,400 meters, the bullet would need nearly four seconds to reach the target! The target's movement had to be taken into account!
After more than ten seconds of silence, even all the comrades behind Jiang Yan Hai seemed to hold their breath. The air grew heavy until a dull bang rang out. Only then did everyone seem to let out a breath, but they all raised their binoculars.
About four seconds later, through Jiang Yan Hai's Sniper Scope, the middle of the distant flagpole holding the target suddenly exploded in a burst of fragments before snapping cleanly into two pieces.
"Yes!" Even Jiang Yan Hai could not help letting out a low cheer as he pumped his fist.
"Jiang Yan Hai!"
"Jiang Yan Hai!"
"Jiang Yan Hai!"
The comrades behind him could no longer hold back and began chanting his name in perfect unison.
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