Life 1984

Li Yunhai drove and took Gong Tao to the shooting training ground.

He used Li Juan's connections to find a local military training base, and with the help of Li Juan, he was able to come in for training.

The person in charge of receiving him was a team leader named Liu Tiejun.

Liu Tiejun is about 40 years old. Although he is thin, he is very energetic, muscular, with a straight back and a loud voice.

Gong Tao didn't expect that Li Yunhai would actually bring him to a real military camp. He opened his eyes with great curiosity, eager to try.

Liu Tiejun knew that Li Yunhai was a relative of his higher-ups, so he did not dare to neglect him and gave him a warm welcome.

Li Yunhai shook hands with him and said, "Hello, Captain Liu. I brought my child here to experience military life. I mainly want to experience target shooting. Please arrange it. Thank you for your hard work."

Liu Tiejun patted Gong Tao on the shoulder and asked, "Little classmate, have you ever touched a gun before?"

Gong Tao shook his head, nodded, and answered loudly: "I have touched a toy gun!"

Liu Tiejun laughed and said, "Plastic? That can't be called a gun! It's just a toy!"

Gong Tao was very depressed, but he couldn't refute.

Liu Tiejun led Li Yunhai and Gong Tao to a training ground and called a man over: "Chen Jing, come here."

The young man named Chen Jing trotted over and saluted.

Liu Tiejun said to Li Yunhai: "His name is Chen Jing, and he is a famous sharpshooter in our army. Let him teach you how to shoot."

Li Yunhai nodded and shook hands with Chen Jing.

Chen Jing took a Type 95 automatic rifle and first taught Li Yunhai and the others how to hold the gun.

Gong Tao bit the corner of his mouth, feeling fresh and excited.

The real gun is very heavy. The Type 95 automatic rifle weighs 3.25 kilograms and is about 745 mm long.

Gong Tao raised the butt of the gun. It was fine at first, but after a while he found it a bit too much.

But he did not say he was tired, for he was afraid that the shooting opportunity he had finally obtained would be cancelled just because of a word he said.

Chen Jing taught Gong Tao very carefully and step by step.

He first taught the gun-holding posture: "Hold the gun handle tightly with both hands, keep your wrists relaxed, and avoid shaking due to tension. Point the muzzle at the target, keep the front sight parallel to the eyes, and make sure your sight is always on the target. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and maintain a stable standing posture to avoid shaking that affects your shooting accuracy."

Next, he taught how to adjust the crosshairs, and adjust the position of the crosshairs according to the shooting environment and personal habits so that it is located in the center of the front sight.

The second step is to aim, align the front sight with the target, and be careful to keep the front sight at the same height as the eye.

Then pull the trigger, gently pull the trigger with the front part of your finger. Be careful not to use too much force so as not to affect the aiming effect.

When I first started practicing, I fired blanks.

Gong Tao is still young and needs to use a lot of force to pull the trigger.

Chen Jing taught him: "During the shooting process, you must keep your breathing stable to avoid aiming errors caused by shortness of breath."

After the teaching, it’s time for target practice.

Li Yunhai asked: "Comrade Chen Jing, my son is still young, can he really shoot?"

Chen Jing smiled and said, "Please rest assured that the 95-type automatic rifle uses blank ammunition instead of real 5.8mm live ammunition in military exercises and training. Blank ammunition is usually used for training and exercises. They only have shells, a small amount of charge and primer, but no bullet, so they are basically harmless to people. This type of ammunition is designed mainly to simulate real shooting actions and sounds so that soldiers can conduct shooting training in a safe environment and improve their actual combat capabilities. Using blank ammunition for training and exercises can effectively simulate real shooting scenarios while ensuring the safety of participants."

Only then did Li Yunhai feel relieved.

Unexpectedly, Gong Tao was unhappy when he heard it, and shouted: "Didn't you say I should bring live ammunition? Why are you using blanks again? No, I want to use live ammunition!"

Li Yunhai said: "Didn't you hear what your uncle said? They usually practice with blank bullets! Don't underestimate these blank bullets, they are almost the same as live bullets!"

Gong Tao pouted and said, "You are lying! Who are you looking down on? Give me live ammunition, and I can still fight!"

Chen Jing said: "Oh, you are so ambitious despite your young age! How about this? If you can hit the bull's eye on the other side, I will shoot you with real bullets!"

Gong Tao's eyes lit up: "Really?"

Chen Jing laughed and said, "Is it possible that I am lying to a child like you? Go ahead and hit me!"

Li Yunhai said: "You can't easily agree to him, he is very serious."

Chen Jing grinned: "If he can hit the target, he's already amazing. Want to hit the bull's eye? He'll need at least a few months of practice!"

Li Yunhai thought that this was the truth and felt relieved.

Gong Tao lay on the ground, following Chen Jing's instructions, doing everything step by step, and then aiming at the target opposite.

Chen Jing stood by and guided him. He said to Li Yunhai, "Your son is amazing. He can learn things right away! He is a natural soldier!"

Li Yunhai thought, even if Gong Tao was born to be a soldier, Gong Jie only had him as her child, so how could she be willing to let him join the army?

At this time, Gong Tao pulled the trigger.

Li Yunhai stared at the target opposite.

The target didn't move.

As expected, Gong Tao's shot missed.

Chen Jing smiled and said, "Little classmate, you still need to practice!"

Gong Tao was unwilling to give up, so he took aim again and pulled the trigger.

Failed again!

Li Yunhai paid attention this time and found that the bullet was far away from the target.

Sure enough, target shooting is not an easy task.

Gong Tao fought more and more bravely, firing more than ten shots in a row, but every shot missed the target.

He bit the corners of his mouth until they bled, tears of grievance welled up in his eyes, but he refused to admit defeat.

Chen Jing corrected his posture and said, "Poor accuracy is mostly caused by incorrect gun holding posture or hand shaking when aiming. The solution is to practice more and master the correct gun holding posture and shooting skills. There is no shortcut on this road."

Gong Tao asked, "Uncle, how long did it take you to become a sharpshooter?"

Chen Jing said: "Three to seven years! This is the normal time to train a sharpshooter, except for geniuses."

Gong Tao asked: "What is a sharpshooter? Does it mean that he never misses a shot?"

Chen Jing said: "Let me tell you this, a hundred steps and a hundred shots will never miss the target!"

Gong Tao asked: "Can you show me how?"

Chen Jing took the gun and fired three shots.

All three shots hit the bull's eye!
Gong Tao was surprised and envious, and asked, "Uncle, how do you usually practice?"

Chen Jing said: "Ordinary soldiers consume less than 100 rounds of bullets a year. Sharpshooters consume 3 rounds of bullets a year. That's 9 rounds of bullets in three years. On average, they fire more than rounds a day. Some even consume more than rounds of bullets a year. On average, they fire more than rounds a day. Pulling the trigger, your hands are calloused. In addition, you have to crawl and roll, adapt to various terrains. You also have to learn camouflage, while better disguising yourself and not being discovered by the enemy. Give the enemy a fatal blow at the critical moment. You also have to train endurance, concentration, and other aspects. It's very hard. We practice arm strength, and we even hang bricks on the gun barrel to practice!"

Gong Tao was stunned.

Because he had only fired a dozen bullets and had no strength left!

Chen Jing smiled and said, "Don't worry, you are very talented. With continuous intensive training, you will succeed."

Today's training is over.

Li Yunhai took Gong Tao away.

Sitting in the car, Gong Tao asked, "When are we going to practice again?"

Li Yunhai glanced at him and said, "Aren't you afraid of hard work? It's very tiring."

Gong Tao said: "I want to be a sharpshooter too! If he can succeed, so can I!" Li Yunhai said: "I thought you were just doing this as a hobby, you don't really want to be a sharpshooter, right?"

Gong Tao turned his head and said, "I knew you and mom were in cahoots! You both don't want me to practice shooting!"

Li Yunhai pondered and said, "It's a good thing that you really have this idea. However, if you want to practice again, you have to agree to one condition of mine."

Gong Tao turned around, blinked his big eyes, and asked, "What are the conditions?"

Li Yunhai said: "If you call me daddy, I will bring you here to play. Every time you call me daddy, I will let you shoot a bullet!"

"Ah?" Gong Tao rolled his eyes and said, "You are really funny. You want to bargain with me for this?"

"Hey, aren't you bargaining now?" Li Yunhai said, "I'm your father, and you don't even call me, so why should I bring you to target practice?"

"Humph! Boring! You adults are really boring!"

"You are a child, you are not bored, so why don't you listen to me? Is it rude of you to call me dad?"

"Humph!"

Gong Tao crossed his arms over his chest, turned his head away stubbornly, and ignored Li Yunhai.

Li Yunhai glanced at him and thought, can't I cure you?

arrive home.

Gong Jie had already returned home and chuckled, "Hey, where have you been? You're back so late!"

Li Yunhai said: "I took Xiao Tao to shoot. Friends in the military camp said he has talent!"

Gong Jie asked, "Really? How was the fight? How many rings did you hit?"

Li Yunhai pointed at Gong Tao and said, "Ask him."

Gong Tao pouted and said, "I missed."

Gong Jie said: "You didn't hit the target, but they still praised you for your talent? If you hit one or two rings, wouldn't you be a genius?"

At night, Li Yunhai still stayed at Gong Jie's place.

Amy called.

Li Yunhai said, "I'm talking to someone outside, you are free to move around."

Amy said: "Brother-in-law, I don't know what to do!"

Li Yunhai smiled and said, "Shanghai is so big, you can go out and play as you like. If you don't have money, I'll give it to you."

Amy said, "Aren't we here to work?"

Li Yunhai said, "The work is done! Let's stay here for a few days. You are such a grown-up, do you still need me to take you out to play?"

Amy had no choice but to say okay.

At night, Li Yunhai and Gong Jie went to bed.

Although Gong Tao did not call Li Yunhai "Dad", he did not come to drive Li Yunhai away, nor did he run away from home.

The child has slowly begun to accept Li Yunhai in his heart, but he still cannot call him "Dad".

Gong Jie rummaged around in the room for a long time, pulled out two photo albums, and said with a smile, "Yunhai, let me show you, these are the photos we took together. My memory is not very good, and I forgot where I put them after I put them away."

Li Yunhai took the photo album and looked through it.

Most of the photos in the album are of Li Yunhai and Gong Jie together.

There is also a photo of the three of them when Gong Tao was just born.

Li Yunhai smiled and said, "Got it!"

He took the photo album and went to Gong Tao's room.

Gong Tao was lying on the bed, reading a picture book. When he heard the door open, he thought it was his mother coming. He was so scared that he quickly hid the book under his pillow, then turned his head and pretended to sleep.

Li Yunhai had seen it, but didn't mind.

Who hasn’t secretly read novels in bed when they were young?

Li Yunhai came over, sat down on the edge of the bed, and said, "Xiao Tao, I know you are not asleep. Get up, I will show you something good."

Gong Tao sat up and asked, "What good stuff? Buy me a real gun?"

Li Yunhai touched his head and said, "Real gun? I can't buy you one unless you join the army when you grow up!"

Gong Tao shrugged his nose.

Li Yunhai opened the photo album and said, "Come and see, who is this?"

Gong Tao leaned over and took a look: "When I was a kid!"

"Who is the person sitting next to you? Who is the person holding you?"

"My mother, and you!"

"Well, think about it, why am I with your mother, holding you and taking pictures?"

"Ah? How should I know?"

"Because I'm your father!"

Gong Tao stopped talking.

The facts were before him and he had no choice but to believe them.

Li Yunhai pointed at each photo and told him the stories behind them.

Gong Tao looked at those dusty fragments of memory and couldn't help but be lost in thought.

After Li Yunhai finished speaking, he closed the album and said, "Look, this is the wonderful time we had together! But in recent years, Dad has been busy with his business and has to make money to buy you a big villa and a luxury car, right? So I come home less often. You can't disown me as your father just because I come home less often, right?"

Gong Tao said nothing.

Li Yunhai said in great disappointment: "Okay, it's late, go to sleep!"

He tucked in the quilt for Gong Tao, adjusted the temperature of the air conditioner, turned off the lights, closed the door, and left.

Back in the bedroom, Gong Jie smiled and asked, "How's it going? You two are reminiscing about the past. Have you made any new progress in your relationship?"

Li Yunhai said: "It takes time to resolve his problem. It takes time to resolve his problem."

Gong Jie lay on his chest and asked softly, "But you are so busy at work, do you have time to take your time?"

Li Yunhai put his hand on her back, stroking it gently, and said, "I was thinking, it's not a good idea for us to be separated like this forever, right? The children are already unfamiliar with me."

Gong Jie asked, "What else? Are you going to take us to Xizhou to live? Or are you going to move here? Are you going to take only the two of us? Or are you going to take Zhu Lin and Zhu Fei together? And what about Chen Hong? What about Shen Xiulan? And Lin Zhi! How are you going to deal with them?"

Li Yunhai got a headache whenever he thought about these things.

The next afternoon, Li Yunhai still went to pick up Gong Tao from school.

Gong Tao got on the car with his schoolbag on his back and said, "I still have to go shooting."

Li Yunhai started the car and said, "Sure! But I have conditions!"

Gong Tao held his breath for a long time, then suddenly shouted, "Dad!"

Li Yunhai's hand suddenly stopped, and he turned around, looked at Gong Tao, and said, "Shout it again!" (End of this chapter)