Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

The next day, the shooting continued.

On the third day, shooting continued.

On the fourth day, we changed the subject to throwing grenades.

That kind of wooden-handled grenade was not outdated at that time.

"Grenade throwing training and live ammunition only take one day. Training in the morning and live ammunition in the afternoon." There was a box of ammunition at Xu Chengjun's feet. Li Long glanced at it and saw that it was labeled as training ammunition.

"Now, one by one, continue throwing. Those who have thrown more than 40 meters will take a break, while those who have not thrown more than 40 meters will continue throwing."

Li Long remembered that he later heard that after the 1990s, the passing standard for grenade throwing for new recruits in the army was 30 meters. Now Xu Chengjun has raised the standard to 10 meters, and he doesn't know how many people will pass.

Xu Chengjun demonstrated to everyone. A few hundred meters away, someone was shooting. The dam in the north of Dahaizi is a semicircle, with a total length of two or three kilometers, so several villages can train here at the same time.

Everyone had done shooting the other day, so they didn't pay much attention to the noise. Xu Chengjun also spoke in a loud voice, using the local dialect:

"Look, I'll demonstrate once. Let's throw here on flat ground. There's a red flag in front, 40 meters away. Throw it over there, and everyone will throw three times, and we'll take the one that's closest."

Well, Li Long felt that this standard was a bit stricter. Usually, the best score was taken from the three practical exercises, but he was so good that he took the worst score.

The tall and strong Xu Chengjun drew a line casually under his feet. He made a throwing posture and threw the grenade into the air. The grenade rolled out.

The landing point created a cloud of snow, which everyone could see was about ten meters away from the position of the red flag.

A distance of more than fifty meters.

Xu Chengjun shook his head and said:

"I haven't practiced in the past few years, so my hand strength is not as good. All right, you guys come one by one. When one class finishes throwing, the next class will pick it up and continue. Those who haven't thrown more than 40 meters, stand aside."

Xu Chengjun's strict requirements are reasonable, after all, they are all calculated as basic militia. If the votes are not enough, then practice.

Ten people went up in a group, six passed the 40-meter mark, and four did not. Three of the four who did not pass were under 20 years old, a little younger than Li Long. However, Li Long saw that the closest throw was 35 meters, and it was obviously a problem with the throwing method.

Throwing a grenade is not just about throwing it with all your strength, you also need to pay attention to the angle and force technique. If you throw it too high, it will definitely not go far, and if it is too low, it will not go far either.

The four who failed went to pick up bullets. After they came back, except for one who was still talking to others with a smile, the other three were dejected.

Xu Chengjun didn't say anything and waited for Class 2 to start voting.

Li Long thought that he should be able to throw it forty meters, right?
As the squad leader, he was the first to throw. Fortunately, he had experience with this thing, so he tried it on the spot and found a non-slip place - one of the four people had slipped during one of his throws, and ended up being a few meters away from the red flag. The other two throws went over, but it was the worst result, so there was nothing he could do.

Feeling the ground under his feet was hard and non-slip, Li Long tried the grenade and found it was not very heavy, so he pulled it back and threw it out with force.

About forty-two or forty-three meters.

He felt he still had some strength left, so he bent down and picked up another one. This time he got used to it and threw it out again, about forty-five or forty-six meters.

The third one was thrown more than fifty meters away.

The farthest throw by the previous class was one or two meters closer than Xu Chengjun. This time, Li Long threw it directly between the two.

"Not bad." Xu Chengjun said with a smile, "Xiaolong is good."

Li Long smiled, waved back, signaling the next person to come, and then sat down next to the people who had finished throwing away their trash.

The others were chatting, and two of them praised Li Long, saying that he threw far enough and might be selected to be a grenadier in the army.

Li Long knew that there were no grenadiers in the army, so he just smiled and talked about passing the ball with others.

Although Li Long was a legendary figure in the team and didn't talk much at ordinary times, when they sat together, they talked about all kinds of things, which were actually the same. However, Li Long had a radio at home and knew more about national affairs, so he quickly became the center of attention among these people.

I don't know when the Chinese started to pay more attention to national affairs. In the past, some of them would be broadcast on the loudspeaker occasionally, and newspapers would be circulated in the team.

Now we have radios, and we can know many things at the time. For example, this year the women's volleyball team won the World Championship for the second consecutive time, this year's population census showed that the Chinese population exceeded one billion, this year the country began to form an armed police force, this year the 12th National Congress was held, a nuclear submarine successfully launched a missile underwater, and the chief designer met with the Iron Lady this year, etc.

Ordinary people do not know many things exactly, but with the radio and the popularity of short videos and online platforms in later generations, Li Long knows these things in great detail.

He then told everyone some things, which served as a way to popularize national affairs.

Before Li Long finished speaking, the second squad had finished dropping bombs, and two people failed.

Li Long smiled and said to the two people:

"You two should practice hard later. Try to throw it in one go next time. Just now you should have looked carefully at the captain's throwing posture and strength, as well as the angle of the throw. He didn't just throw it randomly into the air, nor did he throw it horizontally to get far..."

As he spoke, he gestured for the two men to look in the direction of the throw.

He was just a temporary squad leader, and Li Long didn't think about competing for much honor. Xu Chengjun watched from the sidelines without saying anything, but asked the third squad to continue throwing.

Tao Daqiang was in Class 3. Li Long paid special attention to him. He threw the ball fifty-five or fifty-six meters away, which was farther than Xu Chengjun's.

The strength is really great.

Yang Yongqiang was in Li Long's class, and his throw was about 41 or 42 meters, just barely crossing the line.

"Okay, those of you who didn't pass the test, come here and vote five more times each." As a military cadre, Xu Chengjun was very good at having the final say. He didn't ask for any advice from others and just did what he thought was right.

Li Long and his team were taken to the top of the dam.

There were two boxes of grenades there.

But we definitely cannot throw the bombs now. We have to wait until those who failed to throw the bombs have finished throwing, and then we can gather together and throw the bombs.

After all, the explosion radius of this thing is quite large, and the shrapnel flies quite far, so it cannot blow up people.

At this time, the water in the sea was less than two-thirds of that in summer, but the north side was deeper and the ice was thicker. Li Long wondered if he could break the ice later.

It was almost time for the ninth day of the lunar calendar. The ice was at least 20 to 30 centimeters thick. The power of the wooden-handled grenade was not small. Li Long planned to see if he could really blow a hole in it. Maybe he could even pick up some fish.

Ten minutes later, Xu Chengjun and the others came over, chatting and laughing. Two people were holding the training grenade box, and it seemed that they had practiced well.

Although they couldn't eat meat at that time, they still worked hard. Most teenagers did heavy work at home in their teens, so they definitely had the strength.

"Okay, enough talking, I'll tell you the essentials. Most of you have thrown it last year, and the standard is higher this year. When throwing, remember to unscrew the bottom cover, take out the pull ring, buckle it on your little finger, and then, just like before, hold the handle and throw it down.

Remember, the farther you throw it, the better - and don't be nervous, I don't want to be like last year when someone in another village in the township threw a grenade directly under their feet and almost injured someone!"

After Xu Chengjun finished speaking, he took out a live bullet from the open box and held it up to demonstrate to everyone.

He unscrewed the lid, tore through the oil paper, took out the pull ring inside, put his little finger through the pull ring, then held it with his right hand, waved it to everyone, and then threw it towards the ice layer of the dam.

There is no red flag over there now, but Li Long estimated that the throw must be at least fifty meters away.

The grenade fell on the ice and snow, tumbled twice, stopped, and then exploded with a "bang". Smoke and snow powder mixed together, were blown into the air by the wind, and slowly dissipated.

"Three squad leaders, come over and throw first. One for each of you. After you're done throwing, see if there are any left, and then we'll talk about it later."

The squad leader threw first, and it exploded successfully after being thrown more than forty meters away. The next one was Li Long.

Li Long was not nervous, he took the grenade and looked at it. The Type 67 wooden-handled grenade was about the same weight as the training grenade, he unscrewed the cap, tore through the paper to take out the pull ring, put it on his finger, and tried it out towards the distance.

Far away, you can see people shooting, and you can hear the sound of bang bang bang. Because it is daytime, you can't see the muzzle flash, but the sound echoes between the dams and is quite loud.

Li Long raised the grenade and gestured, then threw it hard towards the dam.

From a high vantage point, he threw the ball almost sixty meters away, which even scared himself!
"boom!"

The grenade exploded at the farthest point, and Xu Chengjun said with a smile:
"Not bad, Xiaolong. This angle is better. Okay, Third Squad Leader."

The third squad leader was obviously a little nervous, and his hands were shaking when he was twisting the lid. Xu Chengjun thought he was a little unreasonable, patted him and said:
"Be careful! Your classmates are watching us, don't act like a woman!"

After being patted by Xu Chengjun, the third squad leader felt relieved, and then when he threw the ball officially, he threw it about forty meters.

It was pretty standard, but Xu Chengjun still kicked him.

The three squad leaders took the lead, and most of the people below were excited rather than nervous. After all, the impression of martial arts was engraved in their bones. For something like this, who wouldn't want to throw one or two of them themselves?
Li Long even wondered if, if he threw it directly into the small lake after a summer or two, would it stun a lot of fish?

So far, the grenades thrown out have not broken the ice layer. I don’t know if it’s because the ice is too thick or the power is not enough.

Of course, there is another possibility, that is, the projectiles do not land at the same point, and at most they will create a crack in the ice. This thing will be frozen tomorrow.

After everyone had thrown their balls, there were still a few left. Xu Chengjun called over a few squad leaders and those who threw farther, such as Tao Daqiang, and had them throw one more ball, and then he called the team together.

The training sounds a bit ridiculous, but if you have experienced it yourself, you will know that if there is no accident during such live-fire training, it is considered a success. When he returns this time, Xu Chengjun still needs to report to the township.

Then the next day, Li Long received a notice from Xu Chengjun that the training was over and there were new changes in the village competition, or assessment.

Five iron round targets will be erected on the top of the dam for rapid shooting competitions - of course this is one of them.

As for the rest, accuracy shooting and so on, it all depends on your own ability.

"Xiaolong, I mean you don't have to participate in the others, just this one. I think you can do it!"

Li Long thought to himself, Captain, you really think highly of me! (End of this chapter)