Under Luo Chong's orders, the Shence Guard's shooting assessment began soon afterward. The assessment mainly covered various firing positions with three types of firearms.
For rifles, soldiers fired fifteen rounds in each of three positions: standing, kneeling, and prone. The distances were three hundred, four hundred, and five hundred meters respectively. At each distance, they fired five rounds in each position. Once all the shooting was complete, their scores were calculated by the number of rings hit, and the final assessment result was based on that score.
Next came the shotgun rapid-fire reaction assessment. The range was arranged in an arc, with the targets positioned like the numbers on a clock. The firing zone formed a fan from ten o'clock to two o'clock, with fixed targets placed according to the direction of the clock hands.
During the assessment, one soldier entered at a time. Standing behind the soldier, the examiner loudly called out a firing direction. The soldier had to shoot the target in that direction. It was not enough merely to hit a target—the soldier had to hit the target in the announced direction. Otherwise, a hit on the wrong target was counted as a miss.
Each soldier received eight shotgun rounds, with only one round of testing. All the shots were fired from a standing position. The entire point was to test reaction speed.
Finally came the Short Shotgun self-defense shooting assessment. Each soldier carried his Short Shotgun in a cowhide holster strapped to his right thigh. During the assessment, the soldier lay prone on the ground, holding his rifle in a firing position with both hands. When he heard the examiner's whistle, he had to immediately discard the rifle, draw the gun from the holster on his thigh, and fire. Each soldier fired four rounds in total: