Chapter 83: Red Third Company’s Dark Horse Powerfully Breaks The Record!
Steel Seventh Company demonstrated absolute dominance in the shooting subject, making all other competitors feel immense pressure, as if shouldering Mount Tai and unable to breathe.
Fortunately, the army’s men are all gutsy fellows who aren’t easily defeated by setbacks and pressure.
Even under the oppression of such tremendous pressure, the competitors’ unconvinced tenacity was stimulated, transforming into soaring fighting spirit.
One by one, like they had been injected with chicken blood.
Viewing Steel Seventh Company as the biggest enemy in this martial arts competition, they howled that they must take down Steel Seventh Company.
The martial arts competition, originally a parallel contest among fifteen companies, thus turned into Steel Seventh Company’s solo show, challenging the other fourteen companies single-handedly.
This is the pressure brought by absolute strength, a special treatment only the stronger ones can enjoy.
The other fourteen companies tacitly united against the common enemy, each tense as if facing a formidable foe, seizing every moment to prepare meticulously.
Steel Seventh Company’s atmosphere, however, was exceptionally relaxed.
With two king bomb cards already in hand, they held a significant mental lead.
For the upcoming 200m rapid movement shooting, which Gao Cheng considered Seventh Company’s weak project, it wasn’t very urgent—even if they lost it, it wouldn’t matter.
They could focus their energy instead on securing the next two projects.
In previous years, Steel Seventh Company’s speed shooting project results were indeed very average, without a single pillar of strength, not even placing in the top three.
Among the main competitors now participating, Cheng Cai, Chen Jun, and Wu Liu Yi were all good at running and shooting, but that didn’t mean they had strong speed shooting ability.
Speed shooting is more a new subject than just shooting.
It tests not only stamina bursts and shooting accuracy, but also on-the-spot reaction and shooting speed; it’s a comprehensive shooting project.
Without long-term targeted intensified training to form sufficient muscle memory and neural reactions.
Results simply couldn’t improve!
Wu Liu Yi had previously focused mainly on running, with shooting being just so-so.
His current results were entirely taught by Chen Jun.
Cheng Cai relied purely on his own talent, his physical fitness incomparable to veteran soldiers who had served for years, with his advantage only in shooting.
Chen Jun’s results in the company test were average, merely achieving 1 minute 15 seconds.
According to the news Gao Cheng heard, several companies’ competitors had already broken through to under one minute in this project.
The gap between them was too large.
With preconceived notions, Gao Cheng naturally thought their own competitors had no advantage here; rather than waste stamina forcing this project, it was better to save stamina for a full sprint in their advantage projects.
As long as they secured the advantage projects, Steel Seventh Company was bound to take first in this year’s regiment competition.
There was no need to blindly pursue perfection, insisting on taking first in all projects, leading to biting off more than they could chew and losing advantage projects.
However, what Gao Cheng didn’t know was…
During the company test, since there was no one skilled in speed shooting, they had to pick the tallest dwarf to make up the numbers; Chen Jun had no need to go all out.
So he achieved 1 minute 15 seconds with almost a warm-up mindset.
Even that result led the second place by over 30 seconds.
Therefore, upon hearing Gao Cheng’s rare consolation—that they just needed to do their best in this one, not pursuing results, with plenty of opportunities in the later projects.
The other competitor Yue Peng looked grave; he was truly under great pressure.
Chen Jun couldn’t help but curl up the corners of his mouth, but he didn’t stand up to refute Gao Cheng; instead, he planned to leave some suspense and give Gao Cheng a big surprise later.
A few minutes later.
The third martial arts competition, the 200m rapid movement shooting—which most tested competitors’ comprehensive shooting ability and had the highest technical difficulty—officially commenced.
The early stages remained the same, still drawing lots to decide the order.
Only the competition format changed.
No longer five per group like before, but due to speed shooting not allowing multiple participants at once, only one competitor per turn.
Everyone knew the rules, but the host still read them aloud on site.
200m rapid movement shooting required advancing 150 meters forward within 1 minute 30 seconds, with no fewer than three tactical movements, unlimited specific tactical movements.
During this, 10 instances totaling 35 pop-up targets would randomly appear within 50 meters around the route.
That is, possibly five at once, or one at a time.
Display time based on the number.
One target displayed for one second, five targets for five seconds; 35 targets totaling 35 seconds, overall time unchanged, ensuring competition fairness.
Targets had to hit the central red area to count, roughly within the seventh ring.
Targets downed in the outer white area counted as misses.
Completing all rapid fire within the time limit; exceeding the shooting time resulted in zero points, and failing three tactical movements also zero points.
For single project first place, priority on time, then target hits, each target five seconds.
That is, on the base of 30 targets, each extra hit reduced total time by five seconds, all targets hit reducing 25 seconds.
Each missed target added five seconds; missing 5 or more inevitably timed out, equaling zero points with no ranking.
From these competition rules, speed shooting competed on time—time was the result, and fast reactions shortened time.
Even reducing 5 seconds per target on 35 targets could improve results by nearly 18 seconds.
Under this premise, even if you ran fast—only 200m distance—even Bolt possessed, you couldn’t be much faster than others.
But losing those 18 seconds meant a huge final result gap.
As for target hit rate, rifle at 50m targets—even pop-ups—not high difficulty; competitors here definitely had the ability to hit.
The only difference was controlling breathing, transitioning from motion to stillness and back, sustained switching ability.
Rapid movement made breathing very rapid, and rapid breathing caused violent front sight movement; controlling breathing in shortest time, keeping front sight stable and completing firing, was a crucial skill and technique.
This was also the core of speed shooting, the key distinguishing experts from average.
Chen Jun drew number 28 this time, Yue Peng number 29; both very late, with both advantages and disadvantages.
Advantage: enough time to observe the venue, figuring out terrain structure to mentally plan the best route.
Which tactical movement best where, preparing plans in advance.
Disadvantage: turn too late; even at fastest pace, averaging three minutes per competitor.
By Chen Jun’s turn, over an hour later.
Sitting dry on the venue for over an hour—not to mention mental anxiety affecting mindset—body would definitely stiffen by turn time.
Even arriving early at waiting area for bullets, warming up after loading.
Reaction and speed would still be affected.
Balancing pros and cons before and during competition—this seemingly minor detail would also be one of this match’s keys.
As a veteran of speed shooting, Chen Jun had even formed muscle memory for advanced double guns speed shooting.
While confident in taking this project, he didn’t forget to guide teammate Yue Peng while waiting, imparting all details.
Yue Peng was already convinced by Chen Jun, noting his teachings with devout attitude.
Other companies all knew Seventh Company wasn’t good at rapid fire; to “intercept” Seventh Company, this was the best opportunity, all going all out.
And it was just such a coincidence.
The first competitor, number 1, Zhan Fei, was Red Third Company’s rapid fire expert; he was also last year’s first in this, strength unquestionable.
He truly lived up to his reputation, giving everyone a shock right from the start.
A set of fluid tactical movements, plus actions proficient to the bone, exquisite marksmanship and reaction, erecting a towering mountain from the opening.
A first attempt that, even for experts, was an extremely hard-to-surpass Mount Everest.
Because he broke the 702 regiment record!!
