Chapter 36: The Brigade Commander Comes to Rob
There are human-shaped targets on the training ground of the Wanjia Town Cavalry Camp.
However, for the sake of visual effect, during the competition, Yang Lin replaced the human-shaped target with a wine jar filled with water.
"Target ahead, charge!"
Liu Xiao squeezed the horse's belly hard, and the warhorse under him neighed loudly, then immediately spread out its four hooves and galloped forward.
As the war horse galloped, Liu Xiao held the gun in his right hand and the reins in his left hand. He leaned back suddenly, and when his eyes, crosshairs and the first wine jar were in a straight line, he pulled the trigger suddenly.
There was a loud bang of a gunshot, and the first wine jar a hundred meters away on the right shattered, splashing water everywhere, which was extremely visually impactful.
The warhorse continued to gallop forward. Liu Xiao pulled the bolt to eject the shell, then pushed the bullet into the chamber. The whole action was done smoothly and in one go.
Immediately afterwards, another shot was fired, and the second wine jar shattered.
“Snap, snap, snap!”
Three more shots were fired, and in the blink of an eye, all five wine jars were broken.
"good!!!"
Seeing this scene, all the soldiers watching couldn't help but cheer.
Ma Gan couldn't help but praise: "Captain, this Liu Xiao is still a real tiger general!"
Yang Lin nodded in agreement. Putting aside Liu Xiao's superb horsemanship, just looking at his marksmanship, he definitely has the chance to become an excellent sniper.
Taking the Central Military Academy as an example, its assessment requirement is only to hit a human-shaped target 150 meters away, because being able to hit a human-shaped target at this distance is already considered an excellent soldier.
Although the wine jar Liu Xiao shot was less than 150 meters away, he was riding on a galloping horse.
Under such conditions, hitting a wine jar 100 meters away is obviously more .
It is even more difficult than hitting a human-shaped target 200 meters or even 300 meters away.
In particular, it took Liu Xiao no more than 30 seconds from the first shot to the fifth shot. This shooting speed was terrifying. He had almost no time to aim. He relied entirely on his feeling and experience.
These two points are exactly what an excellent sniper needs most.
At this moment, Liu Xiao had already ridden his horse to Yang Lin's front, then dismounted.
"Captain, the test has been completed, please give instructions!"
When he came back, Liu Xiao had replaced the lance in his hand with a cavalry sword. He raised the cavalry sword to report, and then put it down diagonally with a "swish".
This is a salute unique to cavalry.
“Yeah, very good!”
Yang Lin nodded with satisfaction, perhaps Sun Desheng's riding skills were just so-so?
Then, Yang Lin glanced around and said loudly: "Now, I officially appoint Liu Xiao as the commander of the cavalry company of the independent brigade. Does anyone have any objections?"
Everyone had witnessed Liu Xiao's superb riding skills, so naturally no one dared to object.
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The other side.
Ding Wei returned to Hejiagou with the spoils. Before he had time to catch his breath, a staff officer from the regiment on duty came running over in a hurry.
"Captain, the brigade commander called you."
"The brigade commander is looking for me?"
When Ding Wei heard this, his heart skipped a beat. That pig skin guy came to me at this time, he must be trying to be a weasel and has no good intentions.
No matter what, you still have to answer the phone.
Ding Wei strode into the regiment headquarters, picked up the phone and said, "Report to the brigade commander, I am Ding Wei, the commander of the new first regiment, please give me your instructions."
The voice of the brigade commander soon came from the other end of the phone: "Ding Wei, congratulations on your fortune."
The brigade commander got the news so quickly? Could it be that there was a traitor?
In fact, Ding Wei guessed wrong. The 358th Regiment had scouts lurking in Wanjia Town, and the Eighth Route Army also had underground party members lurking in Wanjia Town.
And this news was passed back by the underground party members.
Even though the truth had been revealed, Ding Wei still played dumb and said, "What kind of fortune are you making? You know that our New 1st Regiment's assets were all squandered by Li Yunlong in Cangyun Ridge.
Now the soldiers can’t even afford food, some are almost begging for food.”
The brigade commander's face suddenly darkened: "How could this be hidden from my eyes? I tell you, I knew it before daybreak !"
"Tell me the truth, how much benefit did you get this time?"
Ding Wei said with a bitter face: "Not much, just enough equipment for a cavalry company and a battalion, and 20,000 kilograms of rice."
The brigade commander raised his lips slightly, showing a fox-like sinister smile: "Is this all the equipment? As far as I know, Wanjia Town has a cavalry battalion, and you also attacked Qinghe Town."
Ding Wei said: "Brigade Commander, since you know all these things, you must be very clear that it is not only our New 1st Regiment that is participating in this battle, but also the independent battalion of the 358th Regiment.
Moreover, my New 1st Regiment is fighting in coordination with the enemy, so being able to share so much spoils is already a great honor from the enemy."
The brigade commander naturally knew all this. The reason he said it was to tell Ding Wei not to lie to me. I know everything.
He stopped pretending and got straight to the point: "How about this, you keep half of the equipment and rice, and send the rest to the brigade headquarters."
Ding Wei was about to cry: "What are you doing, Brigade Commander? Robbery?"
"You might as well just shoot me!"
"No, no, absolutely not!"
The brigade commander said in a bad tone: "No? Well, then we have to talk it out."
"You mobilized troops without permission. Isn't this a serious crime?"
"Why did Li Yunlong go to the clothing factory? You should know it clearly without me telling you, right?"
Ding Wei said: "Hey! Brigade Commander, if you say so, we really have to talk it over."
"When I went to the headquarters to report and took over the mess of the New 1st Regiment, the boss promised me to give me a certain degree of freedom. Some small-scale combat operations do not need to be reported."
"So, this really doesn't count as us mobilizing troops without authorization."
The brigade commander didn't expect that he would shoot himself in the foot and was outmaneuvered by Ding Wei.
But will this stump him?
cannot.
Immediately, he said with a gloomy face: "Ding Wei, are you trying to use the boss to pressure me?"
Ding Wei immediately apologized with a smile: "How dare I? I'm just stating a fact."
"You should be very clear about the situation of the New 1st Regiment. We are the main force of our brigade after all. We can't be worse than the county battalion or district squad, right?"
"Isn't that a slap in your face, Brigadier?"
"So, let's give you 5,000 rice. Is that okay?"
The brigade commander asked, "5,000 kilograms of rice? Do you think I'm a beggar? And what about weapons and equipment?"
Ding Wei was not happy: "Commander, it's fine that you didn't give us a single bullet to rebuild our independent regiment, but now you're robbing us. That's really unfair."
"Half of the rice, half of the weapons and equipment, not a single cent less!"
"At most 8,000 kilograms of rice..."
…
The two of them were bargaining like vegetable vendors and buyers in a market.
In the end, Ding Wei handed over 10,000 kilograms of rice and the weapons and equipment of a reinforced company. As for the horses of the cavalry company, he kept them.
