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

Chapter 250 A First-Class Merit?!
After firing all five bullets from the rifle, Xu Ge quickly flicked his right elbow outward, instantly drawing the pistol from his forearm.

Click!

Clap clap clap clap!
The two gunshots stopped almost simultaneously; it was impossible to tell who fired faster with the naked eye.

The audience remained silent, watching the target paper tens of meters away with bated breath.

Chen Tao and Xu Ge both lowered their heads to inspect the guns, while two staff members ran over to inspect the targets.

The staff responsible for inspecting Chen Tao's No. 2 target returned quickly.

However, another staff member in charge of Xu Ge had already checked 10 target papers, but for some reason went back and checked them one by one again.

The staff member's unusual behavior immediately caused a commotion in the surrounding area.

"What's going on? Why do we have to check a target twice?"

"Has something unusual happened?"

"What special circumstances could there be? Experts like them shouldn't miss the target. They should just count the rings, right?"

The unusual activity at target position number one piqued Chen Tao's curiosity, but he was confident in himself and looked at the staff: "No need to wait, just report my score first."

The surroundings immediately fell silent as everyone waited for the target to be reported.

The staff member announced loudly, "Target number two, 10 shots, all hits, 82 rings, 2.98 seconds!"

Chen Tao's lips curled up.

He was very satisfied with his performance, scoring more than 8 rings per shot on average and taking less than 3 seconds.

This is definitely an exceptional performance.

hum!
The crowd around them gasped in surprise.

Holy crap! That's insane!

"The Wolf Brigade's chances are probably slim!"

"This trip was definitely worthwhile; I've really learned a lot!"

None of the hundreds of people around were novices; on the contrary, they were all elite soldiers.

No one felt that Chen Tao's longer time this time was due to a lapse in performance; on the contrary, the value of this result was even greater than the previous one!

This time, we need to be not only fast, but also accurate!

Reloading twice and firing ten shots within three seconds, with the need to switch weapons in between, leaves no time for aiming; it's all about muscle memory.

In this situation, it is truly astonishing that he could still hit all 10 bullets and score 82 points!
Chen Tao looked at Xu Ge and smiled, "You are indeed very good. To be honest, if you hadn't put pressure on me, I wouldn't have been able to achieve such good results!"

Xu Ge was taken aback: "Does Captain Chen mean he's guaranteed to beat me?"

Chen Tao smiled but didn't say anything.

He was confident in himself and felt that it wouldn't take that long to check 10 target papers.

As for why the staff checked the target twice, he believed there was only one reason: Xu Ge missed the target.

Sure enough, when the staff returned, they kept looking at Xu Ge with a strange expression.

"Hurry up and announce the results! Everyone's waiting!" someone in the crowd urged.

The staff member looked at Xu Ge: "Um... should I report it or not?"

Wu Jun grew impatient and shouted, "Why are you asking him? This is a competition between us and the Wolf Brigade. What, are you afraid of losing face if your results are too bad?"

The staff member glanced at Wu Jun with a playful expression: "I'm afraid that if I told you, it would scare you to death!"

Wu Jun: ? ? ?
Chen Tao's expression changed.

This statement immediately ignited the curiosity of the surrounding crowd, and everyone shouted for the results to be announced quickly.

The staff member then looked at Xu Ge: "Xu Ge, let me remind you, you can choose not to announce this result!"

Xu Ge paused for a moment: "What Wu Jun said earlier wasn't wrong either. This is a contest between the Wolf Brigade and the Special Operations Battalion; a winner has to be decided..."

“I can declare you the winner right now!” the staff member explained, “but the specific score doesn’t have to be made public.”

Xu Ge finally understood what the other person meant: "Class monitor, are you saying that there will be some negative consequences after the results are announced?"

"It has its pros and cons, to be honest, I can't really judge," the staff member said ambiguously.

He believed he had already given a very clear warning: once Xu Ge's results were announced, they would inevitably cause a stir.

The other party is only a private first class. Whether this incident is good or bad, and whether Xu Ge can withstand it, is anyone's guess.

"Damn it, what are you babbling about?"

"Yeah, what do you mean by declaring him the winner without even announcing the results? What gives you the right?"

"Speak up now, or the Wolf Brigade will lose!"

Some people in the crowd started to jeer.

Neither the special operations team nor the wolf pack uttered a sound; one side had a grim expression, while the other looked puzzled.

Everyone heard what that staff member said. If the other party dared to say that, it means that Xu Ge's performance must have surpassed Chen Tao's!
Xu Ge was also deep in thought.

He understood the staff member's underlying message of caution; under other circumstances, he would have chosen not to disclose the results without hesitation.

But now he has issued a pledge, and the challenge cannot be completed without reporting results.

The penalty for failing the challenge was secondary; what he couldn't give up was the reward of 5000 general proficiency points.

"Class monitor, let's report the scores!" Xu Ge made the decision.

The moment these words were spoken, the entire room fell silent, and everyone held their breath.

Seeing this, the staff didn't waste any more words and announced loudly, "Target number one, 10 shots, all hits, 100 rings! Time: 2.77 seconds!"

The room remained silent, everyone's eyes wide open.

hiss! ! !
Suddenly, someone gasped, breaking the atmosphere.

boom!
The entire area around the firing range erupted in excitement.

"Holy crap!!! 100 rings?"

"Did I hear that right? 2.77 seconds?"

"Getting 100 rings isn't difficult, but getting it in 2.77 seconds is beyond just being difficult!"

"Damn it! I need to go see the target paper!"

Once someone took the lead, hundreds of people immediately rushed towards the target.

The members of the Wolf Brigade rushed over and surrounded Xu Ge.

"Holy crap! Xu Ge, you're awesome!" Zhou Meng's face flushed with excitement. "Even though I don't really understand, I just know you're awesome!"

Chen Wei laughed and scolded, "Damn! Have you been secretly practicing extra training in logistics lately?"

Xu Ge originally wanted to make a joke and say that was of course, but suddenly he felt himself being lifted up.

Zheng Tiannan laughed loudly, "Hahaha, brothers, how about letting Xu Ge ride a plane once?"

"Here we go!"

brush!
Xu Ge was tossed high into the air by the crowd and caught steadily.

"Hahaha! That's awesome! Let's do it again!" Xu Ge laughed too.

. . .

. . .

"Fuck!"

"Fuck!!"

"Fuck!!!"

The exclamations from the other side of the target paper grew louder and louder; these people seemed to have discovered something remarkable.

Unable to contain his curiosity, Chen Tao also went over.

After squeezing into the crowd, the first thing that catches the eye is five rifle targets, each with a bullet hole in the bullseye.

Chen Tao continued looking at the pistol target, and after looking at it, he, like the previous staff member, turned back and looked at it again. Not only him, but almost everyone who came to look at the target paper thought they had misread it the first time and looked at it again from the beginning.

"Holy crap!" Chen Tao couldn't help but exclaim.

He now understood why the staff member didn't want to report Xu Ge's score; the staff member was right, that score was truly terrifying!
This is not just about getting 100 points out of 10; Xu Ge hit the bullseye with every single bullet!

To put it simply, the perfect score on the target paper is only ten rings. If you mark a 20 ring in the very center of the bullseye, Xu Ge's score is still 200 rings!
What is this concept?
Even if you randomly pick someone on the spot and have them stand in front of the target and poke it with their finger, they might not be able to poke it this accurately!
Wu Jun approached Chen Tao, his face grim, and said, "Deputy Captain, this Xu Ge really got incredibly lucky; he actually got a perfect score!"

"That's not luck, that's real skill!"

Chen Tao's expression turned serious. "Do you know that Xu Ge's 2.77-second time has already broken the entire army's rapid-fire record? He's only a private first class; calling him a genius wouldn't be an exaggeration! I really don't know who could have trained him to be like this!"

“Deputy Battalion Commander, I feel that Xu Ge’s initial rifle drawing posture was the same as yours!” Wu Jun suddenly said.

Chen Tao was taken aback: "Are you sure?"

Wu Jun: "I'm sure! You can ask them if you don't believe me!"

The others nodded in agreement: "It's definitely the same, it's very obvious!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Tao immediately walked towards Xu Ge's location.

Xu Ge was joking around with the Wolf Brigade members when Chen Tao, looking on with envy, stepped forward and extended his hand: "Congratulations, Xu Ge! If you can maintain this level during the competition, you'll definitely break the army record!"

Xu Ge shook hands with the other party and said with a smile, "Captain Chen, you're also very impressive! Especially your one-handed cocking technique, it really opened our eyes!"

Chen Tao blinked: "Do you want to learn? I can teach you; it's actually very simple!"

Xu Ge was slightly taken aback: "Really?"

“Really, come over here with me, I have some questions for you.” Chen Tao pointed to the climbing tower not far away.

"Wait a moment, I still have things to take care of."

After saying that, Xu Ge shouted loudly to the surroundings, "Everyone, is there anyone who thinks they can defeat me? If so, feel free to give it a try!"

"Pshaw! Am I crazy?"

"Who do you think you are, kid?"

"Alright, alright, I know you're invincible, okay? Damn it!"

Laughter and curses erupted all around.

Chen Tao, Zheng Tiannan, and the others were all completely bewildered: "What are you doing?"

Xu Ge: "Didn't I just make a pledge? I definitely need to ask if anyone still has any objections!"

Everyone:. . .

Zhou Meng whispered, "Xu Ge, be careful you don't get ganged up on like that!"

Xu Ge didn't have time to say anything before the token appeared on its own.

[Congratulations, host, on completing the C-level military order challenge. Rewards are being calculated.]

[Please select your settlement method: 1-250 Universal Skill Points, 2-5000 Universal Proficiency Points]

Without any hesitation, Xu Ge decisively chose 5000 points of general proficiency.

After receiving the reward, Xu Ge didn't rush to add skill points. After all, there was still more than a week before the grand competition. He planned to make appropriate adjustments based on the data of each skill before the competition.

After following Chen Tao to the vicinity of the climbing building, Xu Ge asked, "Captain Chen, what do you want to ask me?"

Chen Tao: "Did you learn how to draw your gun from Squad Leader Guo Yuanshuai?"

Xu Ge nodded: "He's my deputy squad leader. I've been following him ever since I joined the company."

"No wonder! What a coincidence!"

Chen Tao thought for a moment and asked, "Xu Ge, do you know why that staff member hinted to you not to announce the results?"

Xu Ge wasn't sure, and replied, "Are you afraid that other contestants will be jealous if they find out, or that it will damage everyone's confidence?"

"That's not the case."

Chen Tao shook his head and suddenly said, "Actually, it's quite good for you to stay in Wolf Tribe!"

Xu Ge didn't understand what the other person meant and asked, "Captain Chen, why are you suddenly bringing this up?"

Chen Tao didn't answer, but instead pulled out his pistol and handed it to Xu Ge: "Didn't you want to learn how to fire with one hand? Try it first, and remember to pause halfway when you raise your arm."

Xu Ge took the gun and made a shooting motion with his right hand as Chen Tao had instructed.

Click!

The sleeve naturally pulls back into the clamp.

"Captain Chen, this gun?!" Xu Ge exclaimed in surprise. "Has this gun been modified?"

"You'll know once you open it up."

"Ok!"

Xu Ge quickly dismantled Chen Tao's Type 92 rifle, leaving Chen Tao stunned: "You actually shortened the spring!"

Chen Tao gave a wry smile: "How about that? I told you it's very simple to fire with one hand."

Xu Ge's expression was complicated: "Captain Chen, why did you do this?"

This does make loading easier, but it permanently damages the gun's performance.

"Want a smoke?" Chen Tao reassembled the gun, put it back in its place, and took out a cigarette.

Xu Ge nodded and took out a lighter to light it for the other person.

“Some roads, once you embark on them, there’s no turning back.” Chen Tao sat down against the wall, exhaling smoke. “To outsiders, I seem very successful. I get first place on TV and am respectfully called the King of Soldiers wherever I go.”

Xu Ge sat cross-legged opposite Chen Tao, puzzled, and asked, "Captain Chen, isn't this a good thing?"

Do you know why I cut the spring?

"why?"

"Because everyone cuts the clips during the competition, including our foreign counterparts, and they even modify their guns. If you don't cut them, you'll lose!"

This was the first time Xu Ge had heard about this, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

Chen Tao continued, "Look at those athletes, they win gold medals and are adored by thousands, revered as legends. But how many of those adoring athletes truly love sports? They only love the gold medals. Once they can't achieve results or win gold medals, they immediately..."

“Like me, I won first place in the entire army the year before last, and I still won first place now. Do you think we are really the strongest in the entire army? Definitely not, because some units don’t even participate in those kinds of competitions, like your Wolf Brigade.”

“Yes! I knew someone was faster than me, but he never participated in any competitions.” Xu Ge nodded in agreement.

"In any military unit, there are always those who take on the inner workings and those who take on the outward appearance."

Chen Tao looked at Xu Ge, "In the 76th Army, the Special Operations Battalion is the face, and the Wolf Brigade is the substance. If I had another chance, I would definitely listen to my squad leader and not participate in that ridiculous international competition!"

Xu Ge, you're still young. I actually envy you now, being carefree with these people from Wolf Brigade. Isn't that great?

Xu Ge understood what he meant: "Captain Chen, are you saying that I will be transferred to the Special Operations Brigade and follow in your footsteps?"

"Once your results are made public, people will definitely come looking for you."

Chen Tao said earnestly, "We are all soldiers under the command of Squad Leader Guo. As his senior, I advise you to be cautious when making any decision!"

. . .

. . .

Xu Ge didn't understand what Chen Tao meant at first, until a few days before the competition, when he was suddenly summoned to the base's office.

"Hello, Chief!"

Xu Ge was shocked after saluting.

Luo Jian sized Xu Ge up for a moment, then said with a smile, "Xu Ge, Old Lin called me. Now I want to ask you, are you willing to return to Wolf Brigade?"

Xu Ge immediately shouted, "Reporting to the commander, I am willing!"

Luo Jian remained expressionless and continued, "If you win first place in the rapid shooting event and break the army record in this competition, the headquarters will award you a first-class merit, as is customary!"

Xu Ge: !!!
"Not only that, but he will be promoted immediately after the competition, and will return to the Special Operations Brigade as the acting company commander of a company before the end of the year. He will be promoted to full captain two years later and awarded the rank of captain! After that, he will be promoted depending on the situation. In any case, he will definitely reach the rank of battalion commander within five years."

Luo Jian looked at Xu Ge and said, "You don't need to answer yet. Go back and think it over carefully. After all, Elder Lin specifically instructed me to do so, and I won't force you."

(End of this chapter)