When you're in the Wolf Pack, your ability to obey orders becomes stronger.

Chapter 159 Shooting Shell Casings! Invincible in Close Combat?!
Xu Ge thought he had misheard, so he walked up to Guo Yuanshuai and asked again, "Squad leader, what did you just say?"

“I said, I was originally going to teach you how to hit a 30-meter target.”

Guo Yuanshuai repeated himself, looking at Xu Ge with a half-smile, "What, judging from your expression, you want to curse me, don't you?"

"That's not the case."

Xu Ge said irritably, "But squad leader, I can shoot accurately at 30 meters. My problem is that I can't keep up beyond 200 meters. What I need to practice is long-range shooting!"

Guo Yuanshuai lit a cigarette, exhaled a puff of smoke into the sky, and asked casually, "Why do you want to practice long-range shooting?"

Xu Ge stepped forward and reached out to touch Guo Yuanshuai's forehead, only to be immediately slapped away by Guo Yuanshuai.

"You idiot, you've gone too far!"

"Squad leader, I've come to check if you have a fever."

"roll!"

"Squad leader, I'm already pretty accurate at 30 meters, there's really no need to practice..."

"Wait!" Guo Yuanshuai looked at Xu Ge and tilted his ear towards him. "What did you just say? Say it again?"

Xu Ge didn't know what the old squad leader meant, but he still replied truthfully, "I said my 30-meter shot is already very accurate."

Guo Yuanshuai: "How accurate?"

Xu Ge blurted out, "Every shot hits the target! In your words, sergeant, you could hit it with your eyes closed."

Guo Yuanshuai said with a serious expression, "Then try hitting me with your eyes closed now?"

Xu Ge: ...

"Let me ask you, if you replaced these steel plate targets with chest ring targets, could you hit ten points every time?" Guo Yuanshuai suddenly asked.

Xu Ge was taken aback; he hadn't really thought about that question.

"Are you unable to guarantee it?"

"Squad leader, I've never fought before."

"Why don't you go get a target paper and stick it on to try it out and see?"

"Yes!"

Xu Ge ran to the safety officer at the back and asked for a new target sheet, which he then pasted onto the steel plate target in the middle. He then returned and quickly loaded the bullets and changed the magazine.

"Squad leader, then I'll just go ahead and attack!"

Guo Yuanshuai nodded: "Go ahead and fire ten shots first, let me see!"

Click!

Bullets loaded.

"Standing up and shooting, even at 30 meters you're shooting in a crouching position like a chicken cutlet!" Guo Yuanshuai cursed.

"Yes!"

Xu Ge, who had just lay down, immediately stood up, held his gun, and began to aim from a standing position.

This was the first time he had aimed at the bullseye at such close range. The white dot in the scope easily touched the bullseye, and he immediately pulled the trigger.

boom!boom!boom!boom!boom!
boom!boom!boom!boom!boom!
Ten shots were fired quickly, and Xu Ge ran over confidently to retrieve the target paper, only to be dumbfounded when he saw it.

"How many rings did you score?" Guo Yuanshuai asked with a half-smile.

Xu Ge asked in disbelief, "How come you only scored 91 points?!"

Guo Yuanshuai laughed: "What, didn't you say you were very accurate at 30 meters? You can't even hit the bullseye, that's what you call accurate?"

Xu Ge vaguely understood what the old squad leader meant, and asked uncertainly, "Squad leader, do you want me to pursue accuracy within 30 meters at close range?"

Guo Yuanshuai nodded: "It's absolutely accurate!"

Xu Ge was somewhat puzzled: "But pursuing absolute accuracy doesn't seem to be very useful. If I can hit the target with the first shot, even if I don't kill the enemy, I can just follow up with a follow-up shot, right?"

Guo Yuanshuai: "What if there's no chance to finish off the enemy?"

Xu Ge: ...

"Times have changed, Gobo!"

Guo Yuanshuai stood up. "Do you think fighting now is still like before, with two groups of people setting up their formations and firing away?"

"If they're far away, we'll bombard them with artillery; if they're close, we'll have drones and robotic wolves self-destruct. All our manpower will hide in the back. In the end, we'll either have to fight in urban areas or surrender directly."

Even special operations units like Sirius mostly fly around the entire map when carrying out small-scale infiltration missions behind enemy lines; who would run around on foot like that?

Xu Ge: "Yesterday we were running around on our own two legs."

Snapped!
Guo Yuanshuai raised his hand and flicked him on the forehead: "I said most of the time, are you just arguing for the sake of arguing?"

Xu Ge covered his head and begged for mercy: "Deputy squad leader, I was wrong, please continue!"

"Didn't you want to go to Sirius? Everyone there is incredibly skilled. You say you're a good shot, but others are even better! You can shoot 400 meters with a scope on a 191mm gun, but someone else can shoot 600 meters with a Type 95 iron sight! Unless you can be like Dongshui, far surpassing everyone else in shooting, can you?"

"cannot..."

"If you can't do it, why pursue something you can't do?"

Xu Ge's eyes lit up; he understood something.

Guo Yuanshuai continued, "You don't see yourself as a sniper, so why bother with long-range shooting? If you encounter a target you can't hit, just call a sniper over, right?"

"Yup!"

"What's our current shooting philosophy? Absolutely fast and absolutely accurate! What's your advantage? You're faster than everyone else within 30 meters, my Gobo!"

"Yup!"

"So what if those snipers are accurate? So what if they can hit 3000 meters? The bullets take more than ten seconds to fly, enough time for someone to sneeze and dodge them!"

"Yup!"

"To put it another way, if you can be absolutely fast and absolutely accurate within 30 meters, wouldn't that be invincible in another sense? Who can dodge a bullet within 30 meters?"

"yes..."

Guo Yuanshuai kicked him, yelling, "Stop righting yourself! Go pick up a spent bullet casing!"

"Yes!"

Xu Ge immediately scurried back with a spent cartridge.

He has now been completely enlightened by Guo Yuanshuai, and his understanding has become much clearer!
The squad leader is right. Even if I practiced at long range until I died, I might not be able to catch up with Li Dongshui, let alone a master sniper like Lao Lian. But I can practice at close range!
Within 30 meters, I really could be absolutely fast and accurate!

In close combat, I really am invincible!
"You always carry a claw knife with you, give it to me!" Guo Yuanshuai took the claw knife, cut off a section of fishing line from his pocket, tied it to the bottom of a bullet casing, and handed it to Xu Ge: "Go, hang it up. From now on, you'll practice shooting bullet casings, both with rifles and pistols!"

"Yes!"

. . .

. . .

For the next week or so, Xu Ge would go to the shooting range every day after completing two all-around events without fail to practice firing shell casings.

30 meters may not seem like a long distance, but if you replace the target with a bullet casing, it doesn't look any bigger than a 200-meter bullseye.

Keep in mind that the radius of the cartridge case is almost the same as that of the bullet, so the requirement for a high margin of error is ridiculously high!
At first, Xu Ge would often struggle to hit the target even after playing for an hour or two.

Guo Yuanshuai taught him how to focus his attention on the cartridge case and how to keep the gun firmly on the trajectory of the bullet.

In Guo Yuanshuai's words, Xu Ge has difficulty concentrating at long distances, but he is better than most people at close range.

After two days of practice, Xu Ge also discovered that he felt nervous when shooting at targets over 200 meters away, but he didn't feel that way at all when shooting at spent cartridge cases. Instead, he felt confident that he would hit all the targets sooner or later.

clatter! clatter! clatter!
Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!
Ding!Ding!
After finishing with the rifle, he switched to the pistol. By the fifth day, Xu Ge was basically able to hit the target with two out of three shots.

After being hit, the shell casings would swing back and forth. Xu Ge found the waiting time for them to return to stillness too long, so he simply took down all the steel plate targets and hung a whole row of shell casings on the shelf.

Da da da!
clap clap clap!
Ding Ding Ding!
Gunshots and the crisp sound of spent cartridges hitting the target echoed across the firing range.

Xu Ge had completely stopped thinking about the targets at 100 meters, 200 meters, or 400 meters; his attention was now entirely focused on the spent cartridge cases 30 meters away.

By the second week, Xu Ge was able to hit the target more than 8 out of 10 times with both rifles and pistols.

The price he paid was that his hands were covered in calluses, especially the base of his left palm, the index finger of his right hand, and the web between his thumb and forefinger.

Actually, the first few days were the most painful. In order to train Xu Ge's muscle memory, Guo Yuanshuai made him stand holding a gun for more than an hour every day, with a spent cartridge case placed on the muzzle to prevent it from falling off.

Having put in so much effort, besides the rapid improvement in shooting accuracy at a distance of 30 meters, my shooting skills have also improved significantly!

Shooting: LV4 (535/9999).

Guo Yuanshuai's next requirement for him was to increase the firing rate!

To achieve the same hit rate while firing rapidly!
To put it simply, they replaced the old steel plate targets with bullet casings, but all other requirements remained the same.

Xu Ge was startled when he first heard the request. He had always thought that the old squad leader just wanted him to achieve an accuracy of 30 meters.

Rapid fire to eject spent cartridge cases?
Let alone the deputy squad leader, Xu Ge even doubted that Thor could do it!

But when Guo Yuanshuai effortlessly achieved a perfect 10-0 shooting record in under six seconds right in front of him, Xu Ge was completely convinced.

Yes, since the old squad leader was able to propose this training and point out the potential problems at each stage in advance, how could he not be able to do it himself?

So Xu Ge began a new round of arduous training.

Da da da!
clap clap clap!
Ding Ding Ding!
As the sound of bullets hitting their casings filled the air, February arrived.

I don't know when it started, but every day military trucks have been speeding by on the road in front of the barracks, loaded with all kinds of supplies.

After the advance team of more than a dozen soldiers from the Sixth Company left with the convoy loaded with supplies, the specific time for the training camp was set: the day after tomorrow, the entire battalion will set off!
That evening after dinner, Li Dongshui returned with a backpack on his back and a big smile.

At the same time, they also brought back some exciting news: the Sixth Company has a second high-precision sniper rifle!
When Li Dongshui returned to his dormitory, Luo Shan personally carried his backpack in for him.

"Congratulations, old squad leader!"

Luo Shan couldn't stop smiling. "Li Dongshui won first place in the entire regiment's sniping competition!"

"Oh, really!"

"Holy crap! That's awesome, Ah Shui!"

"Did you bring back a high-precision sniper rifle?"

Faced with everyone's congratulations and questions, Li Dongshui's face turned red with excitement: "Wow, from now on my gun will be just like Wang Lin's, a 201 high-precision sniper rifle! Hahaha!"

"Not bad!"

Guo Yuanshuai looked pleased, "If we weren't leaving for training the day after tomorrow, I would have definitely celebrated with you this weekend!"

Luo Shan grinned at Guo Yuanshuai and said, "Don't worry, Deputy Squad Leader Guo, once we get to the training ground, I'll take care of your logistical support for the next few months!"

"Ok?"

Guo Yuanshuai looked at Luo Shan and said, "Li Dongshui brought back a high-precision sniper rifle, but that doesn't mean you're this happy, does it?"

"Old squad leader, today is a double celebration... no, a triple celebration!"

Luo Shan laughed heartily, "The order for meritorious service and awards has been issued. A military assembly will be held tomorrow night to present the awards, and this time it will be for the entire battalion!"

Everyone became excited upon hearing this, knowing that Luo Shan was referring to the operation on New Year's Eve.

"Platoon leader, who has been commended for their service?"

"Platoon leader, what does 'triple happiness' mean?"

"Platoon leader, you're laughing so lewdly, you're not going to get a share of the credit, are you?"

"Niu Sanxian, how dare you talk like that? Believe me or not, I'll beat you into a pulp!"

"Hahaha!"

Xu Ge was also joining in the commotion when he suddenly saw the token appear on its own.

The token appeared before my eyes, and several new prompts appeared.

[The host has received a third-class merit award and can submit a D-level military pledge once.]

[The host has received a collective second-class merit award and can submit an E-level military pledge once.]

The button for the military order in the lower left corner of the token flashed twice.

Xu Ge focused his attention on the button, and the relevant instructions appeared immediately.

[Level D Military Order Requirements: Achieve first place in any single subject during regimental-level unit training assessments, or complete other challenges of corresponding difficulty.]

[Level E Military Order Requirements: Achieve first place in any single subject during battalion-level unit training assessments, or complete other challenges of corresponding difficulty]

It seems I've earned a third-class merit this time!
Xu Ge was overjoyed and immediately learned about his military achievements through the prompts on the token. He not only received a third-class merit as an individual, but also a second-class merit as a collective.

This gives me two more opportunities to make pledges.

Huh? its not right!
After reviewing the prompt again, Xu Ge immediately noticed something was amiss.

The Ninth Platoon was awarded a collective second-class merit for the last rescue of Xu Can. At that time, the system gave a notification that it was a D-level military order. Xu Ge had already made the military order at the military assembly, so he would not have made a mistake.

But this time, it was also a collective second-class merit, so why did the system only give an E-level military order?
(End of this chapter)