Chapter 102: Royal Flush Right From The Start? All God-tier Players!
Division Competition Arena.
The shock brought by Steel Seventh Company in the Regiment Competition spread crazily throughout the entire regiment like a virus, reaching every corner of 702 Regiment.
The legend belonging to Chen Jun, the legend of Steel Seventh Company.
It began from this moment!
And as the birthplace of an even higher-level legend, the competition in the Division Competition Arena was unfolding vigorously, and it ignited the whole audience right from the start.
In one round of the Division Competition, there were ten competitors, besides Cheng Cai, the strongest new recruit.
There were also two competitors from the Division Reconnaissance Battalion.
And surprisingly, one of them was a new recruit!
As expected from the Division Reconnaissance Battalion, which had the resources of an entire division and could intercept quality soldier sources in advance by transferring them before new recruits went down to the regiment.
Not to mention one genius new recruit; even several would be normal.
The competitors from the Division Reconnaissance Battalion had strong overall strength, and their team configuration was not inferior to Steel Seventh Company at all. The other seven competitors remaining in the same group were also no pushovers.
They all came from the Grand Competitions of various regiments, each being a sharpshooter-level existence.
In their own regiments, they were all top experts!
A bunch of experts gathered in the same arena for the competition, and the direct result was that after the first group finished shooting and waited for the target reporting, the whole audience exploded.
“Target number one, 100 rings; target number two, 99 rings; target number three, 100 rings; target number four, 100 rings…”
As the results were announced one by one through the loudspeaker, the people on site went from surprise to astonishment to being stunned, and finally even dumbfounded.
Because among the ten competitors who went up, seven actually scored 100 rings full marks.
“Is the intensity of the Division Competition this high?”
Not to mention the other competitors on site who never expected their opponents to be this strong—even Chen Jun, who had seen big scenes, was shocked by these brilliant results.
So many sharpshooter top students in a Division Competition—even though the rifle 150 meters was the project with the lowest difficulty—it was still a very exaggerated thing.
But thinking that T Division was the “gatekeeper” of the capital, backed by the whole country with various special admissions.
It seemed reasonable to have stronger strength.
And the explosive performance of the first group throughout the audience was just the beginning; the performances of the competitors in the subsequent second and third groups were equally astonishing.
Over eighty percent of the competitors in them all scored 100 rings full marks.
With so many competitors scoring full marks, even using the rules from the regiment competition—comparing the combined scores of the two competitors from each competition team—there was still no way to determine victory or defeat.
Because the two competitors from seven teams all scored full marks.
It was impossible to have seven tied for first place.
The competitors’ performances exceeded those of every previous edition, which also proved from the side that the difficulty of this competition project was no longer suitable for this batch of competitors.
The competition command post, caught off guard, could only immediately hold an emergency meeting to discuss countermeasures.
Before the new solution came out, the spectators began discussing enthusiastically, especially the atmosphere around Regiment Commander Wang was even more intense.
“Yo, Old Wang, not bad, no wonder your tone was so bold this time. Turns out you produced two with decent marksmanship. After holding back for so many years, it’s really not easy. If I were in your position, I’d definitely be excited too.”
Regiment Commander Yang from 701 Regiment heard the company commanders below introduce that 088 and 037 who scored full marks were both from 701 Regiment. Thinking of the rivalry between the two, he couldn’t help but speak in a sarcastic tone.
“My soldiers progress fast, of course I’m happy. I’m still waiting for them to win first place for me.”
Regiment Commander Wang had a very seasoned mentality and emotional intelligence. He smiled and completed a sharp counterattack.
“Regiment Commander Yang, don’t get too happy too soon. Even though your regiment has two teams that scored full marks, does it matter? In competitions, it’s not about having more people. Be careful, don’t let my soldiers go one-through-two, or you’ll lose face.”
Gao Cheng didn’t have Regiment Commander Wang’s calmness and couldn’t stand it, so he retorted on the spot.
“Company Commander Gao is really confident. Youth is great. But I do want to see how your two soldiers will overturn my four.”
Regiment Commander Yang knew Gao Cheng’s background and wasn’t foolish enough to pressure him with status, but he didn’t give face either.
“Wait and see, then let’s wait and see.”
Gao Cheng wasn’t afraid at all that the other was a regiment commander; the word “confident” was clearly written on his face.
A mere company commander daring to confront him, a regiment commander head-on—Regiment Commander Yang, no matter how much he considered the other’s background, still couldn’t save face.
Seeing the gunpowder between the two regiments growing thicker, if they continued talking, they might even turn red-faced.
The command post that had been in emergency consultation finally came up with a plan.
They decided that the seven teams with both competitors scoring full marks would have a separate second round playoff.
And increase the project’s difficulty.
Change the shooting posture from the previous prone unsupported posture to standing unsupported shooting, and extend the distance from 150 meters to 200 meters.
The human body is definitely not as stable as the earth, making the standing posture’s difficulty far higher than prone.
Plus adding 50 meters to the distance.
The competition’s difficulty was raised by at least three levels.
Equivalent to jumping from sixth grade of elementary school to first year of high school, testing the competitors’ basic shooting skills even more.
Although the competitors had practiced standing posture shooting in their companies, they had never shot standing 200 meters in training.
This meant it was a difficulty never competed before!
Now, whether it was Regiment Commander Yang with his four qualifying competitors, or Gao Cheng who trusted Cheng Cai and Wu Liu Yi very much, they all felt uncertain inside.
Speaking recklessly without any confidence could lead to slapping one’s own face.
Most soldiers liked to brag, and those who could become company commanders and regiment commanders were especially so.
Regiment Commander Yang and Gao Cheng, who had been fiercely trading barbs earlier, now completely lost interest in it and focused their attention on the venue.
The 14 competitors in the venue also had no confidence in their hearts at this time.
Having never practiced rifle 200 meters standing shooting, they had no concept of this kind of shooting and could only rely on experience to compete.
Everyone wanted to showcase their strength and win the competition on this big stage of the Division Competition.
The pressure suddenly skyrocketed!!
Under this immense pressure, the competitors reloaded their ammunition and returned to the shooting positions, divided into two groups of seven each for the second round playoff.
The seven competitors from the first round were already terrifyingly strong.
Three of them were from the Reconnaissance Battalion, each a sharpshooter-level expert; the two second-class non-commissioned officers from 701 Regiment were no less capable than the Reconnaissance Battalion competitors.
The last two competitors were from two regiments, one of whom was the veteran soldier powerhouse Wu Liu Yi.
The two teammates were divided into two groups for shooting, not sure if it was good or bad, and there was no way to change it; they could only enter the shooting range.
The unprecedented rifle shooting playoff had already kicked off vigorously.
The hundreds of competitors watching from the sidelines, the regiment commanders and company commanders watching from the rear, and even the division-level leaders on the grandstand.
All involuntarily stopped their discussions and turned their gazes to the shooting range.
“Bang bang bang bang bang…”
Gunshots rang out one after another.
With every gunshot echoing across the venue, everyone’s heart would skip a beat, and the anticipation and curiosity in their hearts would intensify.
Soon.
All seven competitors finished shooting, and the target inspector began reporting this round’s results.
“Target number one, 99 rings; target number two, 100 rings; target number three, 100 rings; target number four, 98 rings; target number five, 94 rings; target number six, 97 rings; target number seven, 96 rings.”
With the distance increased and the posture made harder, the competitors’ results indeed worsened.
All sharpshooter-level competitors who were full rings experts—among the seven, surprisingly only two scored full rings, and some even only got 94 rings.
The hearts of the spectators were instantly gripped.
