Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

In fact, Li Long participated in the village militia training just for fun. He had lived two lives, and in his last life he participated in militia training until the end of this century, when he was already in his forties.

The main reason is that there are fewer and fewer young people in rural areas, and in the end, those who have been staying in rural areas can only continue to participate.

Therefore, Li Long is very proficient in the contents of militia training.

Another purpose of participating in the training is to get bullets, and now the goal has basically been achieved.

Representing the village to participate in the township competition was a minor event. From Li Long's point of view, Xu Chengjun didn't seem to care much about whether he won a place or not.

However, when he actually started to take his gun to the competition, Li Long guessed that he had made a mistake.

Xu Chengjun should be very concerned about this competition - not only did Xu Chengjun lead the team, he also participated in one of the events - three-stage shooting.

It means starting from 200 meters and shooting five bullets in prone position, then shooting five bullets in kneeling position at 150 meters, and then shooting accurately in standing position at 100 meters.

Count the number of hits in the prone position, and count the number of rings in the kneeling and standing positions.

This is a real test of the shooter's mental quality and ability to withstand pressure.

There are three shooting competitions in total: 100-meter precision shooting, three-stage application shooting, and confrontation shooting in which Li Long participated.

Tao Daqiang participated in the grenade throwing event.

Tao Daqiang was quite excited. Being able to represent the village in the township competition was a huge improvement for him, who had never been on a competition field before.

In fact, Li Long felt that he had contributed to this. After all, Tao Daqiang had made a lot of money with him this year, and the family's life had improved a lot. They could eat fish every now and then, not just every day, and meat every ten days or half a month.

I feel much better now and naturally I have more strength.

Of course, this is what Li Long thought privately, the mutant genes of the old Tao family are also better. Tao Jianshe is relatively thin, not as tall as his elder brother Li Jianguo, Tao Dayong is at most 1.7 meters tall, but Tao Daqiang is very tall, and he was almost 1.8 meters tall when he was not with him.

It can only be explained by mutation.

just kidding.

As the group walked to Dahaizi, Tao Daqiang whispered to Li Long:
"Brother Long, you said that if the township participates in this event and wins a place, what kind of reward will be given?"

"Give him a certificate of merit for being a five-good militiaman?" Li Long thought for a moment and said, "Maybe they will also give him supplies as a reward? I'm not sure, after all, I've never received an award before."

"That's good too. If I have a certificate, it would be nice to hang it at home." Tao Daqiang was dreaming.

"Da Qiang, are you sure you can win the prize?" Another veteran who participated in the precision shooting joked, "Maybe if you participate in it, you won't even make the top ten - it will bring shame to the team!"

"Lao Niu, what are you talking about?" Xu Chengjun, the leader of the team, turned his head and glared at him. "Don't even mention Daqiang. If Daqiang really throws 50 or 60 meters like he did the day before yesterday, he will definitely not be in the top ten. But you, if you play more steadily and don't hit 48 or 49 rings, you might not even be in the top ten!"

The old soldier Lao Niu stopped talking.

Li Long smiled. Tao Daqiang has always been a follower in the team. Every time the boys play together, he is the one at the periphery and few people pay attention to him.

But this year, he has changed significantly. His family has become richer, his life has improved, he speaks more, and he is more confident. He bought a bicycle and got married. He has surpassed many young people who thought they were better than him. This makes people like Lao Gu, who are older than him and still single, a little jealous.

This is normal.

Tao Daqiang was not angry at what Lao Niu said. He stood side by side with Li Long and whispered to Li Long:

"Brother Long, I actually saved some strength when I threw the ball that day! How do you think I should throw it today?"

"Throw it with all your strength." Li Long said without thinking, "Step firmly and don't slip. You may need to run to get a head start. Throw it with all your strength. The farther the better! It would be best if you can come back with first place - now is the time to fight for a rank, and we have to fight for it!"

"Okay." Tao Daqiang smiled.

The place where the village held the militia competition was at the Dahaizi Dam. There was no grandstand or anything like that. In those days, formalism was not that strong, and practicality was the main thing.

The main venue was a banner held up by two poles. The officers of the township armed forces department and the seconded militia were already busy. After Xu Chengjun arrived with his men, he asked them to take a break while he went to greet the officers of the armed forces department and sign in.

Li Long looked around and found that the place had been divided into three areas. In the middle were three shooting ranges with positions marked by small triangular flags. On the left was the precision shooting range and on the right was the grenade throwing range.

No position for confrontational shooting was seen.

Li Long thought, could it be cancelled? Compared with the rules of confrontation shooting, it is still a bit dangerous.

If it is cancelled, then I don't have to participate. But I am also a little disappointed. Just like what I said to Tao Daqiang, who wouldn't want to win a place in a fair and open manner?
At least my brother has a reputation as a man who is good at making money in the whole village.

Xu Chengjun came back and said:

"Over there is precision shooting, Lao Niu, you go there. Over here is three-stage shooting, I'm here, over there is grenade throwing, Da Qiang, you go there later. Xiao Long, the confrontation shooting was proposed by the new head of the armed forces, and it will be launched at the end, so you have to wait. Bring your gun and watch it, don't get into trouble. Don't be anxious or panic when the time comes."

It turned out to be the finale. Li Long smiled and nodded, feeling a little excited.

The village leaders had not arrived yet and the time had not come yet, so Xu Chengjun began to talk about what he had heard.

"This competition was initiated by the newly arrived township armed forces chief. He was transferred from the county and has a lot of experience. He thinks that the international situation is different now. Our militia should focus on actual combat training and hold such a competition. If we do well, we may be sent to participate in the county competition."

"Is the county also holding a competition?" Li Long was a little confused.

"Not now. The county competition will be in the spring. Our townships will hold it during the slack season. The organization of the county militia will be next year, and there may be some activities by then." Okay, it's still early.

At half past ten, all the people who had gathered in the villages arrived. There were seventy or eighty people making a commotion here. After all, they were all from the same township. Some of those who participated in the competition were soldiers of the same year. Many of them wanted to chat with their fellow villagers. They gathered in groups of three or five, just like going to a big market.

The armed officers of the township went to talk to the leaders of each village several times, but the leaders were not there, so the people gathered and dispersed. It was not until the township leaders came that the militiamen took their positions.

Li Long saw that they came by bicycle, and there were not many people, only three. When the competition started, the deputy head of the township armed forces department presided over it and introduced the leaders, one was the deputy township head, one was the deputy secretary, and one was the head of the township armed forces department. The three people spoke in turn, and they probably felt it was too cold, so they spoke very skillfully, and it was over in two or three minutes. The main point was that the militia was also a soldier, and after training, they had to show their skills. Then the head of the armed forces announced the start of the competition, and the three armed officers led people away in three groups.

Li Long and his group who were doing confrontation shooting stayed at the original location.

Seeing that the three leaders also went to watch the competition, Li Long simply stood up with his gun. In fact, the shooting results of both sides could not be seen. There was no target reporting. After shooting, you had to check the results yourself, and then the clerk recorded the number of rings and shots. Only the side throwing the bomb could see the distance of the throw.

Tao Daqiang was fourth among the seventeen villages, and Li Long saw him soon. For safety reasons, they threw training bullets, with small red flags marking the positions, one small red flag every five meters, so that they could roughly know the distance, and then the recorder would measure the accuracy.

Can help you run.

The farthest throw of the first three was more than fifty meters, so Li Long felt that as long as Tao Daqiang threw well, he should be able to get a place.

When he reached Tao Daqiang, Li Long took a few steps forward, passed a few people who were blocking him, and looked over there with squinted eyes.

Tao Daqiang's movements were not very standard. He retreated a few steps, rushed forward three steps, leaned back, and then threw the grenade out with force.

Li Long remembered the sixty-meter mark, and then he saw the black dot of the grenade fall outside the sixty-five-meter flag.

It works!

Then he saw a staff member coming over and pointing at Tao Daqiang's feet. Li Long saw Tao Daqiang standing there in a daze for a moment and guessed that he must have crossed the line.

However, the rule was not like what Xu Chengjun had set, which was to judge based on the worst result. These three throws were judged based on the best result, so Tao Daqiang still had two chances.

Soon, Tao Daqiang adjusted himself, took another run-up, and threw it out.

Crossing the line again.

This time the throw was farther, nearly seventy meters.

But crossing the line again made him cautious.

The third time he didn't even run up, but threw the ball from where he was. Perhaps because he only had one chance, Tao Daqiang tried several times, and when he finally threw the ball, he felt like his body was about to bend to the ground.

Seventy meters, and hit the edge of the small flag.

Amazing!
Li Long felt that Tao Daqiang would definitely get a rank this time.

Gunshots have been heard from both sides. The precision shooting and three-stage shooting are carried out by three to five people together, and the progress is relatively fast.

By the time the grenades were thrown, the shooting results were also known.

Lao Niu didn't look very good, Xu Chengjun looked calm, but Tao Daqiang was a little excited.

"Daqiang, not bad, you're third in the whole township, and you threw it from the spot. Practice hard, and you'll be the winner in the next competition like this." After seeing Tao Daqiang, Xu Chengjun patted his arm and said, "Not bad, not bad."

The old cow said somewhat angrily:

"I got 48 rings, fourth... no prize, oh, such a bad idea!"

"No prize, no prize. What a bad idea." Xu Chengjun said to him, then turned to look at Li Long, "Xiaolong, it's up to you now."

"We may have to compete in several rounds, unlike you who can decide the result in one round." Li Long had already thought about it while waiting. It is impossible to decide the winner in a competitive shooting in one go. If he wants to persist to the end, he should compete in several rounds.

"Yes. There are 17 villages, and the township will draw one armed officer to participate, so there will be nine groups. In the first round, nine people will compete. Among the nine people, the worst one will be eliminated. Eight people will be divided into four groups, and the remaining ones will be divided into two groups. The last two people will compete against each other." Xu Chengjun said, "So the highlight is here. Let's go and draw lots."

Li Long followed Xu Chengjun and drew number 16.

Not bad numbers.

Number 16 faced off against number 3. Li Long didn't see who number 3 was. Then they were divided into groups and taken to the shooting range. This was a special range in Dahaizi, about 700 to 800 meters away from the main competition field. In the middle was a raised area with five targets. The top target was as big as a football and made of iron. The terrain on both sides was relatively low. There was a target platform 100 meters away. The shooters on both sides shot here. Whoever hit the most targets won.

As for judging, it is simple. After shooting, you put away the bullet and stand up. The staff will look at the target. If the target falls towards shooter A, then shooter B is counted as having hit a target.

Number one and number eighteen arrived first. Li Long and the others waited outside the venue, while the others watched the game from a distance.

The shooting started with a whistle, and the guns fired almost simultaneously with the whistle. It was obvious that the two shooters had already taken aim. However, Li Long could also see from the waiting area that both sides received the command to lie down and load bullets at the same time. The interval between the whistle and the command was less than ten seconds, so it depended on who loaded the bullets faster.

Perhaps because they were quite nervous, after two gunshots, not a single target fell down. It was quite embarrassing.

Then a third shot rang out, and a target fell to the north, and then it continued.

Li Long was a little nervous at first, but he gradually got used to it.

It's just target shooting, it's not difficult at all! (End of this chapter)