All the recruits, led by the squad leader, left in an orderly manner, with excitement on their faces, all the tiredness from the morning exercises gone.
As the company commander watched the new recruits leave, a clerk in the distance suddenly ran up and saluted the company commander.
"Captain, the commanders of the Fourth and Seventh Companies are here. They want to watch our new recruits practice live ammunition today."
The company commander frowned.
These two companies are very famous in the Red Star Brigade.
The Fourth Company was a well-known sharpshooter company. Any one of them, picked out at random, was a sharpshooter who could definitely hit the head with a single point from 300 meters away.
As for the Seventh Company, it is also a famous company, an elite reconnaissance company. The quality of the individual soldiers in it is the strongest in the entire brigade, and they are proficient in both camouflage reconnaissance and jungle search.
It is said that as long as you tell them where the enemy's base camp is, no matter how strong your defense is, they can carry out the beheading without anyone noticing, and even have the enemy leader's throat cut while he is sleeping.
Lin Changfeng frowned, "Why did the two of them come to watch us new recruits practice shooting? Did they have water in their brains?"
As he spoke, the company commander glanced at the new recruits who were heading to the shooting range. He happened to see Chen Ming in the crowd. His heart suddenly skipped a beat, and he realized that these two people came just for Chen Ming!
Damn it, he came uninvited!
Lin Changfeng cursed in his heart, then gritted his teeth and said to the clerk: "Take them to the shooting range together. I know what they want to do, but they want to snatch food from the tiger's mouth of the elite soldiers I trained with great difficulty, so I have to make them prepare to be swallowed by me in one bite!"
At this time, Chen Ming did not know that his reputation had already attracted the attention of so many officers.
Knowing nothing, he gathered at the shooting range, waiting to receive bullets.
"Hey, who are those two?"
Yu Jun, who was standing behind Chen Ming, suddenly saw two unfamiliar faces coming from a distance.
They trained in the company every day and knew almost all the instructors in the company, but it was the first time that Yu Jun saw those two people.
Led by the clerk, the two unfamiliar faces passed by the recruits as if they were at a military parade, looking at them and talking and laughing.
Chen Ming also looked over, equally confused, as he had never seen these two people before.
Both men had the rank of captain on their shoulder straps.
He is a gentle and easy-going man who looks quite young, probably around 27 or 28 years old. To be able to become a captain at this age, he must be a great man.
But Chen Ming didn't know that this person was Ye Qingshan, the company commander of the Sharpshooter Company 4, a man with superb marksmanship.
What Chen Ming didn't know was that the purpose of this person's trip was for him.
There was another one who was older than Ye Qingshan, and looked to be in his thirties, but his face was a little haggard, probably the result of years of running around.
And he is the company commander of the 7th Company of the Elite Reconnaissance Company, Hu Zhihu, an equally remarkable figure, who came for Chen Ming with the same purpose.
Led by the clerk, they came to Lin Changfeng.
Lin Changfeng looked at the two with a fake smile and snorted, "Old Hu, Comrade Xiao Ye, what bad wind brings you two here today?"
Hu Zhihu and Lin Changfeng are not much different in age, and they usually call each other Lao Hu or Lao Lin.
The fourth company commander, Ye Qingshan, is younger than both of them. Although they are of the same rank, both of them usually call him Xiao Ye.
The two men looked at Lin Changfeng, who had a bad expression on his face, and naturally knew that the other party would like to find a broom to chase them out.
But both of them had come here, and had never met the famous Chen Ming to test his authenticity, so how could they leave so easily
Hu Zhihu chuckled and said, "It is said that you, Old Lin, are good at training new recruits. Comrade Xiao Ye and I came here specially to observe and see how these new recruits are trained by you. If I am assigned to serve in the new recruit company in the future, I can learn from you."
The wisdom of the Long people in speaking was fully demonstrated by this company commander, who did not speak out his true intentions.
However, Lin Qingfeng did not give him this opportunity and snorted coldly.
Before, he was smiling with his face but not his heart, but now he didn't even smile with his face, and yelled, "Stop pretending, I heard that I have a good seedling, you want to dig it up, right?"
When the plan was exposed, Hu Zhihu just laughed awkwardly, neither saying yes nor no. His wisdom was all in the conversation.
Ye Qingshan, the commander of the Fourth Company, quickly stepped forward and said with a smile, "Captain Lin, look at what you are saying. How the new recruits are assigned is the business of the brigade, and we can't interfere. Don't think so badly of us."
Lin Changfeng rolled his eyes at the two men's hypocritical remarks.
The new recruits are indeed finally assigned by the brigade headquarters, and there is no problem with that. However, if you find a good candidate, you just need to go to the brigade headquarters in advance and talk to the brigade commander, and tell him by name who you want.
As long as no one competes with you for the talent, the brigade commander will naturally follow their ideas and assign the good talents to their company.
Of course, it has been a long time since we have encountered a situation where several units are competing for one person.
After all, when they were in the recruit company, those with good shooting skills were recruited by the fourth company as sharpshooters; those with high individual qualities were recruited by the seventh company, and so on.
Normally, these company commanders are also very generous. If there are recruits with really outstanding shooting skills, they will even notify Ye Qingshan to come over for inspection.
After all, soldiers like that will have broader development prospects if they join the Fourth Company.
Similarly, if they find a soldier with good qualities, they will also tell Hu Zhihu to see if he is interested in recruiting that soldier.
But Chen Ming is different this time. He is outstanding in all aspects, although we don’t know how his live-fire shooting results are yet.
However, even if he failed in shooting, at most he would be rejected by the Fourth Company, but other companies would still want him very much.
Because he is so outstanding and so many people know about him, the competition for talent has become unstoppable.
Moreover, Lin Changfeng had a hunch that Hu Zhihu and Ye Qingshan were just stepping stones, and there would probably be more companies coming to "inspect" in the future!
Lin Changfeng has made up his mind. In a few days, he will go to the brigade commander and cry. If the brigade commander does not give Chen Ming to him, he will not leave!
By then, perhaps the brigade commander will be the one who has a headache.
After all, everyone has their own reasons, and everyone has ten thousand reasons to let Chen Ming join their company.
But we are all in the same group, and we can’t be too lenient on one side and too heavy on the other…
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Chapter 40: Inspecting Chen Ming, how many points can he get
Thinking about it, Lin Qingfeng was too lazy to argue with them. If they wanted to watch, let them watch.
Anyway, I will go to the brigade commander when the time comes and try my best to get him to put Chen Ming in his second armored infantry company.
Of course, if the brigade commander disagrees in the end, then forget it. Anyway, the decision still depends on the brigade commander.
"I won't stop you from watching, just don't disturb me."
Lin Changfeng said to the two men, and then said to his three platoon leaders, "Prepare to organize live-fire shooting."
The three platoon leaders then hurried down to make arrangements.
There are only nine targets in the shooting range, just enough for one class at a time.
Two platoon leaders carried two boxes of bullets, two sealed army green boxes, and placed them next to the shooting range.
The three platoon leaders opened the box and found the bullets inside were in boxes, with each box containing a hundred rounds.
A platoon leader opened a box, took out five bullets, counted them, and then handed them to another platoon leader next to him for confirmation.
After confirmation by the platoon leader, he hands it over to the last platoon leader, who distributes it to the new recruits who come up to collect the bullets.
Before issuing it, he has to check it again to make sure it is the fifth shot.
Compared with guns, the control of bullets in the military is more stringent. After all, a gun without bullets is just a piece of iron.
But when the gun is equipped with live bullets, it turns from a piece of iron into a deadly weapon!
Even after shooting, you have to count the shells to make sure the number of recovered shells matches the number of bullets fired.
Therefore, for some recruits who want to collect bullet shells and take them home to make necklaces or something, it is basically impossible to do so.
In the army, bullet control is stricter than they could imagine!
At this time, the first squad of the first row was ready to go on stage, and their squad leader gave them a final warning:
"Remember, don't be too nervous when shooting. After firing five rounds, remove the magazine and make sure there are no extra bullets in the magazine. Pull the bolt a few more times to prevent the bullet from getting stuck in the gun. Finally, remember to put on the safety!"
Obviously, they were still very worried about the recruits' first time shooting.
"First row, first squad, come up and get your bullets, five per person!"
As a platoon leader shouted, the squad leader quickly stopped chattering, "Go, remember, don't be too nervous!"
The nine men nodded, then walked towards the positions of the three platoon leaders, took the bullets, and loaded them into the magazines.
When new recruits practice shooting for the first time, they all practice in a prone position.
After all, compared to standing and kneeling, the prone position has more support points, and it is more stable to shoot. There is no need to worry about being blown away because of the inability to adapt to the recoil of the gun.
As several people lay down in their own positions, they loaded the magazines into the chamber, turned the safety to single-shot mode, pulled the bolt, loaded the gun and aimed. Everything was ready.
The platoon leader yelled, "Fire!"
Nine people pulled the trigger almost at the same time, and gunshots rang out.
The popping sounds are like those of firecrackers during the Chinese New Year, but crisper than those of firecrackers.
After a round of shooting, the platoon leader took out a telescope to report the target.
After everyone's scores were recorded and the nine people left the pit, someone went up to change the target paper.
The results of these nine people were not satisfactory. None of them reached the passing line of 30 rings. Most of them scored in the teens, and the better ones scored in the twenties.
This is normal, after all, these recruits are experiencing live-fire shooting for the first time.
Moreover, live-fire shooting is different from other training. The first time depends on luck and talent. Unless they are the chosen ones blessed by God, few people can get good results the first time.