African Nationhood

Chapter 357 Martial Arts Competition in the Great Training Army

After the lecture, the military competition began.

The first thing to be held is the wooden lance and bayonet competition, which is divided into individual competition and team competition.

Since they have competed in the early stage, today's championship competition will involve a duel between the Jinling Garrison Division and the East African Garrison Division in the individual competition.

The team competition is a three-person competition, with the Matabeleland Defense Division and the Orange Grove Defense Division competing for the championship.

The first individual match started, Han Leiniao of the Jinling Garrison Division faced Xia Qing of the East African Garrison Division.

According to the rules of the competition, both sides wear sheaths made of cowhide to protect their head, face and lower body vitals. The gun tip is painted with white ash, and the victory is determined by hitting the vital points.

The wooden gun completely imitated the style of the bayonet on the rifle. Although wearing protective clothing, it was very painful to stab people.

The two soldiers were both very large, and their duel not only required confrontation skills, but also focused on physical strength and strength.

The two sides went back and forth, but neither of them rashly took action. They first observed their opponents and waited for opportunities to find flaws.

Han Leiniao was experienced and deliberately sold a flaw to lure Xia Qing into being fooled. As expected, Xia Qing was fooled and was stabbed in the chest by Han Leiniao and was defeated.

As for the three-person confrontation, Lin Shitou, Bronze, and Sheva, who united with the cunning Orange Forest defenders, won.

Boss Shi and Kelly awarded certificates to the winning soldiers together, encouraging them to train well and kill the enemy bravely.

The four soldiers were so excited that they didn't know what to say when they saw Boss Shi. They could only nod their heads.

Sheva and Bronze were both young men in their late teens or early 18s. When they shook hands with Kelly, their faces turned as red as a monkey's butt. They were so excited that they even forgot to nod, which made Kelly smile.

Finally, several people took a group photo with Mr. Shi and his wife.

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The next event is the 5000-meter long-distance race and the 400-meter weight-bearing obstacle course.

In these two events, elite soldiers from the six garrison divisions were selected to compete together.

The 5000-meter long-distance race was won by Wang Linlin of the East African Defense Division, and the 400-meter weight-bearing obstacle was won by Lian Haiying of the Matabeleland Defense Division.

Mr. and Mrs. Shi Jintang personally presented certificates to the two winners.

Because Lian Haiying was a soldier under his command, after awarding him the certificate, he reached out and patted the 17-year-old boy on the shoulder to show his commendation.

Lian Haiying was so excited that he bit his lips tightly for fear of fainting.

Shi Jintang and his wife did not forget to take a group photo with them after encouraging them.

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The next event is the team competition of 300-meter and 500-meter shooting. The reason why there is no individual competition is because those who are talented in individual shooting are selected to the shooter row.

The team competition is a group competition of 5 people. The team of the Namib Defense Division is Zhao Youjin's team. They compete with the other 5 divisions.

In the 300-meter team performance, the Namib Defense Division and the East African Defense Division were neck and neck, with equal results. In order to determine the winner, an extra game was played.

In the end, Zhao Youjin's team won by a narrow margin.

In the 500-meter shooting competition, the strength of the Namib garrison dropped slightly, and was eventually pulled back by the East African garrison.

So far, each of the two teams has gained something.

When Boss Shi and his wife came to present the certificate, Zhao Youjin seized the opportunity and spoke to Shi Jintang: "Hello, Mr. Shi, I am Zhao Youjin from Siming Town, Central Plains Region. Do you still remember this name?"

Shi Jintang stared at the young man for a while, then thought about it for a while, and finally remembered how he had named a pair of twins born in the town mayor's house when he was inspecting near Hot Spring City more than ten years ago.

He smiled and looked at Zhao Youjin, "You are already 17 years old this year, which is really good. How is your father? I remember your mother said that she wanted to have more children, and asked me to give her an award?"

Zhao Youjin nodded excitedly, "Mr. Shi, you have a really good memory. My father is very good, and so is my mother. It's just that she hasn't given birth to 10 children yet, so she's not qualified to ask you to give her the award."

Hearing that the Zhao family really took what he said as their goal and implemented it, Shi Jintang was even more happy and asked with interest: "How many brothers and sisters do you have in your family?"

Zhao Youjin chuckled and said: "There are already seven, I am the second child, and the eldest is my sister Zhao Fujin.

Because you gave our siblings names, it made it difficult for my father to name them.

As a last resort, he found a teacher and added Shanjin, Dejin, Zhenjin, Heartjin, and Yongjin. My dad said that if my mother was born again, she would be named Chengjin. "

He learned that his random actions had such consequences.

Shi Jintang gave Zhao Youjin a thumbs up and said with a smile: "Your parents and your family are doing well, your family is great!"

Being praised like this by Boss Shi, Zhao Youjin was so excited that he couldn't contain his excitement. He took the opportunity to nod and lowered his head, for fear that he couldn't help laughing.

"Thank you, Mr. Shi. I will definitely keep your teachings in mind and tell my parents."

Shi Jintang smiled and nodded, touched Zhao Youjin's head, and continued to award certificates to other soldiers. After handing out the certificates, Shi Jintang pulled Zhao Youjin to his side and took a group photo together.

Even after many years, Zhao Youjin still remembers Shi Jintang's unintentional act, and he often tells his children and grandchildren about this honor over and over again.

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The following events are the 81mm caliber mortar and 75mm recoilless cannon competitions. These two competitions can be said to be artillery competitions within the artillery brigade.

Because today's garrison divisions do not have artillery establishments, once a war is initiated, the artillery brigades will be dispersed to join the combat forces and serve as full-time artillery.

Therefore, the participants in these two competitions are all soldiers within the artillery brigade.

There are two types of 81mm mortar competitions.

One is to see which team can play more times quickly and accurately within the specified time.

One is to test the accuracy, specify the target, and determine the outcome with one bullet.

The first type of competition is a rapid-fire competition within one minute. Since the artillery brigade has three regiments, there are three teams in this competition.

The shooting range of the competition is located 1 kilometer away. Because it is more accurate than the test shooting range, no additional medicine packs were added in this competition, and the range was shortened.

There are two circles on the shooting range, one is a 2-meter circle and the other is a 5-meter circle.

During the competition, see whether the three teams can hit the most cannonballs into a 5-meter circle.

The first thing a three-person team has to do is to position the gun. The 81mm mortar is not too heavy. The round base can withstand the recoil at the moment of launch and also stabilize the gun body.

After aiming with reference to the distance benchmark in the distance, each group made preparations before the competition.

After the referee made sure that all groups were ready, he blew the game whistle directly, "Whoops!"

The ready gunner immediately released the grenade in his hand, and a "bang" sound was heard. The bombardier continued to drop bombs without stopping.

The sound of "bang" is endless.

The "whoosh" sound started again, and the time was up.

In the past minute, each group fired at least 15 grenades.

After more than ten minutes, it was determined that there was no danger in the shooting range, and the referee team went to identify and inventory.

In the end, it was determined that the 2nd Regiment of the Artillery Brigade fired more and more accurately, and they were the winner.

For shooting at distant targets, you need to add a powder bag to the tail of the grenade to increase the momentum of the grenade.

This time, the 1st regiment hit the center point of the shooting range 3 kilometers away and within the 5-meter white circle.

The competition rules for the 75mm recoilless force gun are the same as those for mortars. After the competition, two winning groups, the 2nd Regiment and the 3rd Regiment, were determined.

The last event is the grenade grenade competition. This event most tests the soldiers' skills and talents. Therefore, all six garrison divisions sent elite gunners to participate.

In the end, it was Zhang Guanglin of the Matabeleland garrison who won the final victory. This soldier's accuracy within a range of 300 meters was so high that even Shi Jintang was surprised.

When the final group photo was taken, Zhang Guanglin also stood in front of Boss Shi.

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The final summary results show that among the various garrison divisions, the Lunda garrison division's competition level was the worst.

Shi Jintang was unequivocal and demoted Tian Liang to the rank of deputy master in public, and all other officers in the garrison division were demoted to one level. This punishment was not light, and Tian Liang's expression changed immediately.

He no longer dared to smile playfully in front of Boss Shi. He sincerely reviewed Boss Shi and promised that such results would not happen again.

Shi Jintang glared at him, pulled Kelly away, and left a few words to let him take care of himself!

Tian Liang sighed, and the other military leaders present took a warning.

Tian Liang, who was closest to Mr. Shi, had already been reprimanded. How could they dare to take it lightly?

Each of them held back his energy in his heart and tried to get one or two more places next time to ensure that he would not have to make a fool of himself in public.

After returning, several military leaders began to train their soldiers non-stop. The soldiers in each garrison division suffered a lot.

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Time passed quickly, and 1899 came quietly, and the situation in southern Africa really became tense!

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