Chapter 80: The Creator Of The Regiment’s New Record!
Chen Jun had fired more bullets than a six-digit number, and he could tell the model just by the smell. Shooting at the target held no difficulty for him anymore.
As soon as he picked up the gun, man and gun became one.
There was no longer a gun as a separate thing; his arm just gained an extra section, with the pistol extending out as part of his body.
Since it was his own body, he could naturally wield it as freely as an arm.
Plus, to achieve his goal—
Let everyone up and down the entire 702 Regiment, especially the regimental leaders on the rostrum, know from today onward that there was a platoon leader named Chen Jun, laying a solid foundation for transforming Steel Seventh Battalion later.
The stronger the strength and ability, the greater the right to speak.
This was the troops!
Chen Jun no longer held back in any way, unleashing everything as wildly as possible.
“Bang bang bang bang bang.”
Five consecutive gunshots.
Other competitors took two minutes at least, or over a minute even if fast, to finish five shots, but Chen Jun did it in just five seconds.
Then, under the shocked gazes of the whole audience, he pointed the muzzle skyward to inspect the gun, then shouted loudly: “Shooting complete.”
Confirming that Chen Jun had indeed finished five shots, all the people nearby who had been immersed in Cheng Cai’s 48 rings stunning debut and discussing endlessly.
Inevitably had their attention forcibly pulled away, all drawn to Chen Jun’s exaggerated shooting speed.
“This, this is done already????”
“My goodness, is this just firing blindly? Even blind firing isn’t this fast.”
“Hiss, no, this is too casual, did he really aim at the target? Which company’s is this guy, acting so recklessly on the martial arts competition field.”
“Heh, sensationalism guy, he’s definitely getting torn apart by their company commander when he gets back.”
…
It was Chen Jun’s first time appearing at regiment level; there had been no prior news or rumors about him, so no one in the audience knew him.
Such an obscure first lieutenant treating a pistol like a machine gun made it hard not to raise doubts.
As for his motives in doing so!
Absolutely no one would think positively that Chen Jun had enough strength and didn’t need to aim that long, so he shot that fast.
“The first lieutenant shooting target number five… isn’t he also from Seventh Company?”
Regiment Commander Wang was also stunned by Chen Jun’s actions; it was just too abnormal, impossible to tell if it was blind chaos or truly aiming that fast.
But recalling a few days ago when Gao Cheng came to him, the sly grin he accidentally caught on his face.
For some reason…
A vague sixth sense emerged, telling Regiment Commander Wang that this oddly behaving first lieutenant was very likely also a Steel Seventh Company contestant.
“Regiment Commander, he is indeed from Steel Seventh Company, named Chen Jun, a cadet fresh from military academy just over half a year ago, who ended probation four months ago to become a platoon leader…”
“Oh, I know, so it’s him.”
Regiment Commander Wang interrupted the political department director’s words, recalling that a few months ago Gao Cheng had indeed come to him, asking him to help approve a cadet’s permanent status and appoint him as platoon leader in his Seventh Company.
Gao Cheng’s proud and competitive personality meant he rarely asked for favors; this was his first time, and for such a small matter, Regiment Commander Wang had agreed without paying attention to who it was.
Today he finally saw the man in question, and Regiment Commander Wang immediately fell deep in thought again.
“Regiment Commander, I saw in another report that this Chen Jun was also platoon leader in the new recruit company; the new recruit who earned third-class merit was from his platoon,” the cadre section chief added.
“Oh, there’s that too?”
Regiment Commander Wang raised an eyebrow upon hearing this news, already harboring anticipation in his heart.
The political commissar and others also grew curious.
Meanwhile, Chen Jun heard the faint buzzing discussion voices from the field, proving the discussion was extremely heated, and the corners of his mouth curved up in a smile.
This was the effect he wanted, the contrast he sought.
Experts were fast, accurate, and ruthless.
Only noobs needed to dawdle.
While Chen Jun stood calmly and proudly alone in the field, more and more people at the edge were drawn to him, and the other four competitors finished shooting one after another.
The target announcing segment to reveal the truth began, and everyone perked up their ears.
Was it strength, or sensationalism.
Shooting results would tell!
“Target number one, three shots 22 rings, target number two, three shots 23 rings…”
Perhaps influenced by Chen Jun finishing in five seconds, the first four competitors’ scores were terribly low, even below the average of the previous twenty-five competitors.
Fortunately, everyone’s attention was on Chen Jun, with no time to notice how badly they did.
“Target number five, five shots…”
Perhaps the score was too astonishing, even the target inspector paused a full three seconds, pulling everyone’s curiosity to their throats.
“5… 50 rings!!!’
Just a single number, yet the target inspector stuttered it out.
“Ah????”
And as this 50 rings spread through the whole audience, a cry of shock instantly echoed everywhere.
Followed by hard control.
The whole audience fell completely silent, controlled for a full five seconds.
Regiment Commander Wang on the rostrum reacted even more directly, jumping up from his chair in shock at the result, his face full of ecstatic disbelief.
“Pistol 80-meter precision shooting 50 rings, creating a new regiment record for 702 Regiment in this project. Let’s give warm applause to congratulate Chen Jun from Steel Seventh Company, congratulate him on becoming the new record creator.”
The martial arts competition on-site host from the regimental propaganda section shouted this with a high-pitched, excited voice, awakening the hard-controlled audience and pushing the atmosphere to its peak.
Clap clap clap…
Applause like the sea roared up, wave after wave, lasting endlessly.
Chen Jun became the brightest star in the audience; after just the first competition event, he crushed everyone with absolute strength, making the entire regiment remember him.
Chen Jun, creator of the regiment’s new record, absolute king of pistol 80-meter precision shooting.
The competitors spectating below were all utterly convinced, 80-meter pistol full rings an unattainable height for them, a score they wouldn’t dare dream of.
The group of regimental leaders spectating on the rostrum also gained a real eye-opener today.
At the same time, they couldn’t suppress the ecstatic smiles at the corners of their mouths for their regiment producing a sharpshooter who could full ring such a high-difficulty project.
Especially Regiment Commander Wang, who had a dark face before; now it turned sunny, his eyes squinting with laughter.
The way he looked at Chen Jun was all “dripping with honey.”
Even though the competition schedule was packed, with another shooting project right after and only twenty minutes rest in between, Regiment Commander Wang couldn’t contain his excitement.
Without greeting anyone, he quickened his steps off the rostrum, heading straight to Steel Seventh Company’s spectator area.
“Leader good, leader good…”
Along the way, officers and soldiers from various companies saluted and greeted, all ignored by the inwardly urgent Regiment Commander Wang.
Just stepping into Steel Seventh Company’s spectator area, he couldn’t wait and shouted loudly: “Seventh Company commander, you’ve hidden this deep, giving me such a big surprise.”
“Leader good.”
Wu Liu Yi and the others saw the regiment commander arrive and immediately stood at attention to salute properly.
Gao Cheng wasn’t so restrained, grinning smugly as he said: “Regiment Commander, I didn’t hide it; this might be that, that, right, temporary good performance, good competition state, heh heh.”
Seeing Gao Cheng acting like he got the bargain and playing coy, Regiment Commander Wang laughed even happier.
He laughingly scolded Gao Cheng a couple times, then went straight to the core of the matter.
Inquiring about more things regarding Chen Jun.
Learning that Chen Jun had entered eight projects, Regiment Commander Wang was shocked once again.
Thinking that Chen Jun could full ring such a difficult pistol event, he must have other killer moves hidden, instantly building even more anticipation for the remaining projects.
