Republic of China: My great warlord, many children, many blessings.

Although I couldn't understand it, I thought Shen Hao was really amazing.

(Zhao with money)

For some reason, I felt a little bit of admiration.

Shen Hao laughed and said, "It doesn't matter if you don't understand these things. They are all precise calculations, and it would be too slow for you to learn them."

Instead of doing that, you might as well practice more.

Completed using experience.

Sharpshooters are made by being fed bullets.

For the same target, you can shoot at 100 meters, 200 meters, 300 meters, and so on, up to 1,000 meters. You'll experience the different sensations and become proficient through practice.

Then there are times when it's windy and times when it's not windy.

Only through diligent study and practice can you become a true sharpshooter.

Cheng Shuzhen nodded, as if a new world had opened up in her mind. She realized that being a sharpshooter required knowing so much.

He is so awesome!

Cheng Shuzhen's cool eyes looked at Shen Hao with admiration, though she didn't show it.

"This gun is a gift."

"Give it to me?" Cheng Shuzhen felt a little excited;

"So valuable"

"It's nothing valuable. Here, take this. You'll have to unleash its power. Are you confident?" Shen Hao said with a smile.

"Yes, I won't let you down," Cheng Shuzhen said earnestly.

"Okay, you'll start practicing your marksmanship tomorrow. Don't worry about the bullets, use whatever you want," Shen Hao said.

105. Going to the capital

Cheng Shuzhen never expected that Shen Hao would actually ask her to practice marksmanship.

They also gave her a sniper rifle.

Cheng Shuzhen was quite excited when she first encountered a sniper rifle.

So, I picked up the 98k and focused it with 6x magnification. I found that the 100-meter target was clearly visible, as if it were right in front of me.

Back when I was a bandit, I never had the chance to handle such a good gun.

Cheng Shuzhen was eager to give it a try.

So, Shen Hao and Cheng Shuzhen went to the top of the mountain and aimed at a wild rabbit four or five hundred meters away.

Shoot it on the head.

"Um"

Cheng Shuzhen took a deep breath, held it, aimed, and observed the rabbit's movement. The moment the rabbit stopped to graze, Cheng Shuzhen decisively fired.

boom!

One shot, and it missed.

Looking through the camera lens, Cheng Shuzhen saw that the rabbit was lively and energetic, and she felt a little sad.

I was hit hard.

Shen Hao smiled, took the sniper rifle, aimed and fired in one smooth motion, without much hesitation, and with a single shot to the head, he killed the rabbit as it moved slowly.

Cheng Shuzhen was still shocked when she saw this scene through the telescope.

Shen Hao was still shooting at a moving target, and he still managed to get a headshot with one shot. He was much better than her.

540 In an instant, all the little bit of confidence I had vanished.

What dual-wielding guns and perfect accuracy? How shameful!

Looking at the dejected Cheng Shuzhen, Shen Hao hugged her and kissed her, saying, "A successful sniper must first understand his own gun, and then understand his own rhythm."

Moreover, it cannot be disturbed by external voices or other factors.

You should know that snipers are also known as "ghosts" on the battlefield.

Their long-range precision shooting on the battlefield made them an indispensable force in the war.

Imagine the enemy has heavy machine gunners, and you take one out with a single shot—that's a huge contribution to the attack.

If a sniper is too impatient and cannot control their temper, it will lead to a wrong judgment.

So your first lesson is to learn to stay calm.

Hearing Shen Hao say that, Cheng Shuzhen calmed down.

I started thinking about it.

At the beginning of the training, Shen Hao didn't have many requirements. He simply explained how to become a sniper.

Although Shen Hao was not a sniper, he had read countless books and watched countless movies about snipers and their training methods in later generations.

In addition, Shen Hao now possesses a photographic memory, and these things, once carefully considered, all surface in his mind.

Although there were soldiers with excellent marksmanship in this era, warlords did not pay much attention to them.

They have no idea how important snipers are.

Let alone snipers, even weapons with high lethality like heavy machine guns.

It was only after World War I that it began to receive attention.

Mortars and cannons are rarely used; Shen Hao is already several versions ahead of its time.

However, the Beiyang warlords were well-equipped, and Yuan Shikai was willing to spend a lot of money in this regard, possessing warships and airplanes.

The planes from World War I were not used for bombing, but for reconnaissance.

During World War I, the focus in Europe was on warships and cannons, with the most powerful and longest-range cannons being the most effective.

Before World War I even started, the attitude of European and American countries towards the Beiyang warlords was that they would sell you any equipment you wanted.

During the Xinhai Revolution, Western powers, represented by China, supplied large quantities of weapons to both the North and the South. Regardless of whether you were a revolutionary or a royalist, as long as you had hard currency, you could choose any kind of gun or cannon.

On the contrary, the great powers all regarded their countries as dumping grounds for military supplies, an inexhaustible gold mine, and wished the war would last as long as possible.

Just like Africa in later generations.

In the first year of the Republic of China (1912), the value of foreign weapons officially imported into the country through customs reached 770 million taels of customs silver, of which D country alone exported weapons worth 450 million taels of silver to the country.

从1912年-1914年（民国元年-民国三年）三年列强共对华输出价值高达2000万两白银的军火，其中d国和倭寇分别占到输入额德60%和14(bdcd)%。

This is why Shen Hao was able to buy so many weapons from the German businessman Becker.

When World War I broke out in July 1914, the war in Europe also had a significant impact on the country.

Arms trade with Germany was completely cut off, and Britain, France, and Russia were unable to export weapons to their own countries due to the intense war in Europe. As a result, the huge domestic arms market was monopolized by the neighboring Japanese pirates.

In order to prevent the Japanese from gaining too much advantage, European and American countries jointly issued an "embargo on arms sales to China".

The lockdown was lifted only after World War I ended. After the war, the weapons were piled up like mountains, like cabbages.

However, at the start of World War I, Europe needed a large amount of arms, so at that time, it was possible to export arms in return.

However, the country had no industrial base whatsoever.

Shen Hao originally wanted Cheng Shuzhen to go back with him, since she had just lost her virginity and her body hadn't recovered yet.

However, Cheng Shuzhen disagreed and insisted on practicing marksmanship.

Shen Hao went with her.

After returning home, Shen Hao cuddled Ren Tingting, Bai Ling, Sister Hua, Daiyu, Qingwenzi and the other girls and had a good night's sleep.

The next day, Shen Hao inspected the training session as usual.

With the militia training manual, Li Yunlong also had a systematic training method.

The results were very quick, achieved in just one day.

Shen Hao believed that he could train a respectable army in three months.

After several major battles, they became elite troops.

This time, they seized over a million silver dollars from Cao Ying's stronghold. Shen Hao didn't squander the money; instead, he planned to continue purchasing weapons.

Unlike other warlords, Shen Hao was willing to spend money to buy weapons.

After the last battle in Pucheng, Shen Hao had run out of artillery shells and hadn't received any resupply.

The mortar shells are all gone.

These aren't cheap either; they cost five silver dollars each.

If they run out of ammunition, these weapons are just scrap metal.

Shen Hao was preparing to meet with Becker, a representative of the German company Mauser, to buy 10,000 rifles and the rest of the equipment, including shells and bullets.

Unexpectedly, I received a telegram from Cao Yuanzheng.