Chapter 20: Contest
“Report! I want to know what skills this leader wearing different clothes from us has.”
Knowing that Dog Head Old Gao’s disdainful look was put on at Miao Lian’s request, Chang Ning simply went along with it and directly provoked him. He wanted to use this to test the gap between himself and real special forces soldiers.
“Chang Ning!”
Standing beside, Miao Lian seemed to be lightly scolding Chang Ning for being ignorant, but actually he was delighted inside. This was exactly the effect he wanted.
“Captain Gao, this young soldier seems unconvinced by you. Why don’t you show off a bit?”
Young people aren’t young if they’re not impulsive, right? Minister Zhao didn’t feel disgusted by Chang Ning’s rash challenge to the leader. On the contrary, Minister Zhao showed an expression of enjoying the show.
Gao Zhong Dui smiled: “I’ll listen to the leader.”
Minister Zhao said: “Then you exchange with them and have a comparison.”
Gao Zhong Dui looked at Chang Ning who was looking at him, confidently smiling as he said: “But since the leader has spoken, let’s exchange a bit.”
He walked in front of Chang Ning: “Comparing multi-purpose shooting would be unfair to me.”
As an elite of the army, Gao Zhong Dui had his pride. He disdained taking advantage of a private who had just entered the military unit. Multi-purpose shooting, this basic training for scouts, was in his view completely a childish project.
After speaking, he took off his black beret and pinned it on his epaulet: “Old Miao, do you have beer bottles?”
Miao Lian pointed to a pile of beer bottles stacked high not far away: “There’s a pile over there, for our Hammerhead to use.”
“Find two soldiers to help throw them.”
Miao Lian smiled bitterly. He wanted Old Gao to help suppress the arrogance of these kids, but now seeing Old Gao like this, it was obvious he was going to go all out.
“You kid, embarrassing my soldiers on my turf?”
Dog Head Old Gao pretended not to understand: “Wasn’t it you who asked me to crash the venue? Regretting it?”
“What are you saying? You two, go get the wine bottles!”
Miao Lian couldn’t stand the stimulation from these old brothers the most, and immediately sent two soldiers to fetch the bottles.
The two soldiers turned and ran upon hearing the order.
Dog Head Old Gao had no gun in hand, and without any embarrassment, he naturally took Chang Ning’s assault rifle to check it: “The gun is well maintained.”
Although Chang Ning’s rifle shooting experience bar was maxed out by him, he didn’t slack off just because it was max level. Instead, he always kept the good habit of maintaining firearms.
There wasn’t a speck of dust on his gun. Even after inserting his finger into the barrel, rubbing it, and pulling it out, there wouldn’t be any stain.
“Thank you for the praise. I believe treating your gun well will make the gun give you surprises.”
Hearing Dog Head Old Gao’s praise, Chang Ning felt quite pleased. No matter what, getting praise from a veteran soldier meant Chang Ning really had something in firearm maintenance.
“You think I’m praising you? What’s there to be proud of. Maintaining firearms is a basic quality of a soldier.”
Who knew Dog Head Old Gao didn’t play by the rules at all. One moment he was praising, the next he stunned Chang Ning with criticism. It might be a side effect of training special forces soldiers.
‘What kind of plot twist is this? Does he have some serious illness?’
Chang Ning couldn’t understand why Dog Head Old Gao, who was fine one moment, could change faces so quickly. Was he a dog?
But he was a leader, so even if Chang Ning was upset inside, he had to endure it. He couldn’t directly snap back at Dog Head Old Gao.
Otherwise, even if Dog Head Old Gao didn’t mind, Miao Lian would deal with him.
Chang Ning decided to teach Dog Head Old Gao a lesson in the upcoming competition.
“I calibrated the gun myself. You can try it again.”
Everyone has their own gun-handling habits, so Chang Ning kindly reminded him in case Dog Head Old Gao wasn’t used to it.
“No need. Shooting isn’t with the eyes, but with this—”
Dog Head Old Gao pointed to his heart, then held the gun with both hands, shouted loudly, “Good!”
Miao Lian, who was watching him, received the signal from his old comrade and immediately shouted loudly to the soldiers in the distance: “Throw!”
Hearing the company commander’s order, a soldier threw out a wine bottle, which spun in the air with a faint whistling sound.
Gao Zhong Dui raised the gun, quickly aimed, and his index finger lightly pulled the trigger. With a gunshot, the wine bottle shattered in the air.
The scouts were all dumbfounded and forgot to applaud because it was all too fast. Not only were the scouts stunned, even Chang Ning, whose rifle shooting experience was maxed, was somewhat moved.
Miao Lian said: “Keep throwing, throw more!”
Crash!
Several wine bottles were thrown out, and Gao Zhong Dui fired with each throw, the wine bottles shattering on impact.
“Next is one-handed moving target rapid fire!”
Gao Zhong Dui switched to holding the gun with his right hand, still rapid firing.
Bang bang bang! The wine bottles turned into puffs of green smoke in the air.
“Switch hands!”
Gao Zhong Dui flipped the 95-style assault rifle to his left hand in mid-air while continuing to shoot.
Another burst of gunfire followed, and then the wine bottles shattered.
The scouts had top-notch individual qualities in the regular army, and their horizons were definitely wider than ordinary soldiers. But Dog Head Old Gao was from special forces, the reconnaissance unit among reconnaissance units.
Therefore, everyone got a real treat this time, and after Gao Zhong Dui finished his demonstration, thunderous applause erupted.
Gao Zhong Dui stopped shooting, forced a stiff smile—it was clear he wasn’t used to it: “No need for applause. This is just basic skill for every special forces member!”
With things having progressed this far, Miao Lian knew it was his turn, so he smiled bitterly: “Minister Zhao, you’ve brought people to crash our venue!”
Minister Zhao played along with Miao Lian: “No no! I’m just bringing cadres from the special forces squadron to visit various reconnaissance subunits, to gauge the baseline for this year’s selection. Gao Zhong Dui’s private sparring with you doesn’t count!”
Gao Zhong Dui smiled reservedly: “Old Miao, sorry about that!”
Although he knew it was an act, Miao Lian just couldn’t stand seeing Old Gao’s smug look. He cursed: “Damn it, if I had half your training budget, my soldiers would all be better than yours!”
Gao Zhong Dui laughed heartily without getting angry. They were old brothers of decades—who didn’t know who?
“I said early on, it would be unfair to me. This doesn’t count, just a minor trick.”
“Company commander, since this leader is from special forces, I’d like to ask him for advice on my rifle shooting skills. Is that okay?”
Seeing that Dog Head Old Gao had finished showing off, Chang Ning figured it was his turn. Otherwise, the previous loss would be for nothing.
He had to regain face on the training ground; he couldn’t suffer this anger in vain.
Chang Ning had already schemed it out; he wouldn’t lose this round. If he won, he’d restore the reconnaissance company’s face; if he lost, he could learn from Gao Zhong Dui and maybe even unlock a new experience bar.
‘It might just mess up the company commander’s scheme. After the leaders leave, Miao Lian might drill me hard.
Whatever, take a chance—turn a bike into a motorcycle! Not everything goes your way.’
Chang Ning’s words drew everyone’s attention to him. The facts were right there; there was nothing left to show.
‘No matter how awesome you Chang Ning are, can you beat Wolf Fang’s Gao Zhong Dui?’
Looking at Chang Ning’s stubborn face, Miao Lian was now in a dilemma. If Chang Ning lost now, Night Tiger Reconnaissance Company would lose both face and substance!
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