Chapter 21: War Preparation! Little White Tiger, here I come!
"Are you sure you can find someone to give you the command so that you can pass the 200-meter race before the end of today's drill?"
Guo Yuanshuai looked at Xu Ge suspiciously, "You missed the target with your first shot, didn't you know that?"
"Deputy class leader, I'm sure!" Xu Ge said seriously, "How about we make a bet?"
Guo Yuanshuai was stunned. He suddenly remembered the bet on the 400-meter hurdles yesterday and did not dare to agree to it.
"Li Dongshui!" Guo Yuanshuai shouted.
"arrive!"
"come over!"
"yes!"
Li Dongshui got up and quickly walked behind Xu Ge: "Deputy, are you looking for me?"
"With your shooting ability, you don't need to practice the 200-meter range anymore. You will be responsible for training Xu Ge from now on."
"How to train?"
"Just shout the commands." Guo Yuanshuai walked away with his hands behind his back. "I'll come and inspect before we finish the exercise."
After Guo Yuanshuai left, Li Dongshui looked at Xu Ge unhappily: "Are you addicted to masochism again?"
"What are you taking for? Hurry up!" Xu Ge changed the magazine.
Li Dongshui squatted down and said, "For 200-meter shooting, you need to slightly raise the white dot in the optical sight when aiming. The air temperature is relatively low now..."
"Stop, stop!" Xu Ge turned his head. "I don't need you to teach me how to shoot. You just need to shout the commands."
"How do you shout?"
"Just shout whatever the squad leader yelled when we were in recruit company. Don't worry about whether I can keep up or not. Just yell faster!"
"Oh!" Li Dongshui sat cross-legged on the mat. "Prepare for shooting. Aim for the chest ring target 200 meters away. Start!"
Bang!
[100% execution of current military orders, shooting proficiency +1]
"Go on, hurry up! You call for the next shot as soon as I'm done."
"Xu Ge, you didn't even look..."
"Don't worry about it, hurry up!"
"Shooting ready, aim at the chest ring target 200 meters away, start!"
Bang!
[100% execution of current military orders, shooting proficiency +1]
"...start!"
Bang!
[100% execution of current military orders, shooting proficiency +2]
. . .
Shooting: LV3 (500/999).
At around four o'clock, Guo Yuanshuai came over with his hands behind his back.
"How's the fight going?" Guo Yuanshuai picked up the walkie-talkie and called.
Niu Sanxian quickly responded: "The hit rate is about 70%."
Guo Yuanshuai was a little surprised and looked at Li Dongshui: "It's okay if you teach me!"
Li Dongshui: "Deputy squad leader, I was only responsible for shouting commands, Xu Ge did all the typing himself."
"Damn it, you're quite a bitch!" Guo Yuanshuai kicked Xu Ge in the butt. "Do you really need someone to supervise you?"
"Shoot me ten times seriously, and see?"
"yes!"
Xu Ge began to reload.
Guo Yuanshuai leaned over to take a look and saw that half of the box of bullets had been used up.
"Niu Sanxian, next you report the number of rings!" Guo Yuanshuai said into the intercom.
"receive!"
Xu Ge changed the magazine and loaded the bullet: "Ready!"
"Shoot on your own!"
Bang bang bang!
Bang bang bang!
Xu Ge shot at a very fast pace and finished firing ten bullets in less than ten seconds.
"Why are you hitting so fast?" Guo Yuanshuai asked unhappily.
Xu Ge: "Deputy Squad Leader, it doesn't matter to me whether I shoot fast or slow. If I take too long to aim, I'll be even less accurate."
"Oh my god...you have quite a lot of strange things about you!"
Guo Yuanshuai was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, so he picked up the walkie-talkie and asked Niu San to start reporting the targets first.
Sizzle!
"Nine shots on target, 75 rings!"
Xu Ge smiled and said nothing, waiting for praise from the old class vice-chairman.
"That's quite a progress!" Guo Yuanshuai nodded. "Then we'll keep this training method from now on. I'll have them take turns shouting commands at you. We'll end it when you can score above 90 rings."
Xu Ge: ...
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. . .
In the next few days, Xu Ge was indeed given extra shooting training by Guo Yuanshuai every day.
Xu Ge didn't think anything of this, but it caused the veterans to complain.
Because Xu Ge is shooting, at least two other people are needed, one is the starter and the other is the target reporter.
In addition, the temperature was getting lower and lower, and the target trench was almost frozen into an ice cave. It was not comfortable on the ground either. Sometimes Xu Ge had to change to a kneeling or standing position after shooting for a while, otherwise his body would not be able to bear the cold.
Finally, on Friday afternoon, Xu Ge's 200-meter shooting score reached over 90 rings.
Shooting: LV3 (803/999).
Originally, he wanted to take this opportunity to improve his shooting skills to LV4, but his proficiency increased more slowly towards the end, and sometimes he had to fire several shots before his proficiency increased a little.
During these few days, Xu Ge also consumed nearly two boxes of bullets.
"92 rings, 92 rings! Dad Xu is awesome, Mom is finally done, let's call it a day!" Niu Sanxian's voice was trembling on the intercom, and it seemed that he was very cold.
Su Liujun, who was wrapped in a coat beside him, also stretched and patted Xu Ge's shoulder: "For you, the rest of us have suffered a lot. If nothing else, it's not too much to arrange a bucket of instant noodles for everyone tonight, right?"
Xu Ge deftly unloaded the bullet and inspected the gun: "We must add two more eggs and a sausage!"
"Great! Let's retreat."
"withdraw!"
Since today is Friday, the afternoon training ended at three o'clock. After everyone brought their guns back, they started to clean and maintain them.
On the third floor, in the corridor outside the ninth squad, the veterans were cleaning their guns and chatting. Xu Ge nudged Li Dongshui, who was standing next to him, and asked, "A Shui, what are you going to do tomorrow, the weekend?"
"Playing games in class. I have made an appointment with Ao Xiang." Li Dongshui said while poking the gun barrel with a cleaning rod.
"Do you want to go to the military dog squad to see the squad leader?"
“No!”
Kaiyoumu, who was sitting opposite, spoke up: "The weather forecast for tomorrow is snowing, why are you still running out?"
Xu Ge chuckled: "I was thinking about our squad leader and Baihu. I even dreamed about them yesterday!"
"Do you believe that?" Kai Youmu said expressionlessly, "Are you thinking of playing with the dog again? Last time, the squad leader sent me a message saying that you were almost driving Baihu into autism!"
"That must be the case!" Li Dongshui agreed. "Xu Ge has been tortured every day these past few days, and his addiction to masochism has worn off. He must be looking for Baihu to vent his sadistic desires!"
Xu Ge: "What the hell are you talking about? I'm mentally healthy. Doctor Lin tested me!"
"If you want to go, just go. Why do you have to drag me along?"
"Isn't it a rule that new recruits must go out in groups?"
"Then find someone else and ask Zhou Meng and the others if they want to go."
"I asked, but no one went."
"Then I won't go either."
Xu Ge put down the gun oil and pointed at Li Dongshui's gun: "If you don't go, return the scope to me!"
Li Dongshui rolled his eyes: "Can you change the word?"
Xu Ge: "I saved your life! If it weren't for me, you would have been eaten by a bear!"
Li Dongshui: . . .
"I'm so annoyed! Okay, okay, let's go! Just for two hours!"
Beep beep beep!
Suddenly, a whistle sounded downstairs.
All I heard was Company Commander Liu Guoping shouting, "Everyone, gather outside the door in ten minutes!"
Kaiyoumu quickly said, "Hurry up, clean the gun and return it to the armory."
At this time, Guo Yuanshuai came up from the stairs. Niu Sanxian immediately asked, "Deputy, what are we gathering for?"
"The battalion commander is back with the reconnaissance squad. He's probably going to assign tasks, so you better be quick!" Guo Yuanshuai said as he walked into the squad and started putting on his hat and belt.
The veterans' expressions all changed: "Fuck! He's finally back after being away for a few months!"
After hearing this, Xu Ge suddenly remembered something. That is, when he was in the recruit company, he had never seen the battalion commander. The political instructor was in charge of the work.
Every time we gather to report the number of people, there is always one person who is on a mission.
It seems that the original commander of the recruit battalion is his current second battalion commander.
Ten minutes later, all the members of the Second Battalion had gathered on the road outside the barracks.
Xu Ge discovered that in addition to the three combat companies of the 4th, 5th and 6th, even the logistics personnel such as the kitchen team and the motor vehicle team had all come.
Right in front, next to the instructor Huang Jiabo stood a thin major, who must be the second battalion commander Zhang Hua.
After each unit finished counting the number of people, Zhang Hua walked forward, glanced at the entire audience and smiled.
"There are a lot of new faces here. Maybe you new recruits don't know this, but I'm the commander of your new recruit battalion. Isn't that dereliction of duty? Hahaha!"
Some people in the team couldn't help laughing.
"It's not that I don't want to enjoy the new recruits camp, it's mainly because I received a temporary mission from the brigade. Don't blame me, everyone!"
There was another burst of laughter from below.
"We've gathered here today for two main reasons. First, I need to meet our new comrades now that I'm back. I can't expect you to not recognize me as the battalion commander if we run into you out in the world, right?"
The recruits smiled and replied, “Yes!”
"The second thing is more important. Everyone knows that I went out on a mission for a few months. I can't tell you the content of the mission, but I can tell you that it was abroad."
!!!
In an instant, everyone's faces turned serious and the whole place fell silent.
Zhang Hua continued, "Actually, I've only completed half of this mission. The other half has been taken over by our brother unit. They're in constant danger right now!"
"I hereby declare that the entire battalion will enter a state of readiness for combat. All personnel's family leave is cancelled. Each unit must ensure that the arsenal has two base quantities of ammunition before lights out tonight. Any shortage must be replenished immediately!"
Zhang Hua suddenly shouted, "All logistics units must be on duty 24 hours a day, and all combat units must be ready to depart for the border support at any time!"
"Is everyone clear?"
"clear!"
. . .
. . .
Although it was the weekend, the atmosphere in the entire camp had become tense since the battalion commander announced the combat readiness order.
All the new recruits were very nervous, wondering if the war would start so soon.
In contrast, the veterans were relatively calm. It seemed like this wasn't the first time they had experienced this.
Before going to bed at night, Xu Ge came to ask Guo Yuanshuai if he could go to the military dog class tomorrow.
"As long as we don't leave the base, we can still rest normally. Ask the platoon leader tomorrow morning. It should be possible." Guo Yuanshuai was a little puzzled.
"Why do I feel like you're not very nervous after hearing what the battalion commander said? Are you still thinking of running to the military dog squad at this time?"
In Guo Yuanshuai's opinion, Xu Ge's performance was indeed much calmer than that of other recruits. People like Li Dongshui kept asking the veterans questions since they came back from dinner.
Xu Ge chuckled and said, "Deputy squad leader, serving in the army and fighting in wars is just a matter of course. There's no need to be nervous."
In fact, compared to when he first joined the army, Xu Ge has indeed changed a lot now. At least his mental quality has become very strong, especially after being taken to Qiangtang by Lei Shen.
The reason why he insisted on going to the military dog class tomorrow was, of course, to draw skills.
Since there is a high possibility that we will have to go to the border to fight next, it is always a good thing to have an extra skill.
Moreover, Xu Ge was very concerned about whether he could draw skills related to smell, as this could directly verify whether he understood the operating logic of the system correctly.
After breakfast the next day, snowflakes began to fall from the sky.
After asking for leave from Luo Shan, Xu Ge dragged Li Dongshui out of the house.
By the time the two men arrived at the gate of the military dog squad's yard, there was a thick layer of snow on their coats.
"Squad leader, Baihu, we are here to see you!" Xu Ge pushed the door open and walked in while brushing off the snow on his body.
"Why are you two here in the snow?" Du Hu poked his head out from the kitchen.
Several instructors from other rooms came out upon hearing the noise and said with a smile, "Great, Du Hu! Your soldiers still came to see you in such heavy snow. I'm so envious!"
Du Hu glanced at Xu Ge and said unhappily, "Who knows why this guy came here?"
"Sergeant, where is Baihu?" Xu Ge glanced at the kennel and turned around to go into the kitchen.
Li Dongshui rolled his eyes: "I knew you wanted to bully Baihu."
Du Hu quickly blocked the way at the kitchen door: "What the hell do you want to do? Last time, after you left, Baihu was in a state of respite for several days. During those days, he sometimes even ignored my commands!"
Xu Ge had already spotted a white tail hiding behind the stove and grinned, "Little White Tiger? What's wrong with you today? You didn't even greet me when you heard I was coming?"
"Get lost!" Du Hu glared. "If you dare to cause trouble to Baihu again today, I'll kill you!"
"Squad leader, look at what you said. I was just joking with Baihu." Xu Ge said seriously, "I came here today mainly to help you cook for the military dogs!"
"Hmm?"
After Xu Ge finished speaking, the little Siquan poked his head out from behind the stove and looked towards the door.
"Baihu, do you like the food I cook?" Xu Ge waved his hand quickly.
The little Siquan hesitated for a moment, then opened his mouth and said, "Woof!"
"Look, squad leader, Baihu still welcomes me!" After saying that, Xu Ge squeezed into the kitchen with his belly puffed out.
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