African Nationhood

The waning moon on the horizon slowly disappeared, and Zhu Xiaochun, wearing a straw hat and camouflage uniform, lurked in the dense forest close to the German military camp, which was only more than a thousand meters away.

There is a river not far from his lurking position. According to observers, Germans in the military camp come here to wash themselves every day.

That's why he chose this location as a sniper point.

His father, Zhu Shan, is over fifty and is basically semi-retired. He is now an instructor at the Handu (Bulawayo) sniper school.

Zhu Xiaochun is a senior sniper taught by his father. Not only him, his younger brother Zhu Xiaoxia has also graduated from sniper school.

All three of them, father and son, have joined the army and are both snipers. This is a great honor. The military region has already reported the situation of their family. It is said that after hearing about it, Chairman Shi made special instructions and awarded their family a medal. All three of them, father and son, are passionate warriors fighting for their country.

This medal has been hung in the main hall of their home, and everyone who comes to visit his home can see it.

This honor is also a responsibility, and their family cherishes this hard-won honor.

Therefore, their father often taught their brothers and sisters that they must be loyal to the country and fight the enemy bravely, so as to be worthy of Nanhua and worthy of the trust of Chairman Shi.

……

He followed the troops all the way, and many enemies died under his gun. When he reached Austria, he encountered an enemy.

The German snipers were also very good. Although the military strongly emphasized the need to be cautious, there were still casualties among officers and soldiers.

The legion commanders felt sorry for this, so they gathered the sharpshooters in the army and formed a separate company.

Let these snipers retaliate reciprocally, and the Germans must be taught a lesson.

These sharpshooters have no fixed mission, and have only one goal, which is to kill and injure the enemy, whether they are officers or not, as long as they are enemies.

Therefore, their daily attack time and attack location are not fixed, and they all choose the sniper location based on their personal feelings.

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As dawn came, the German military camp opposite became noisy.

Hearing the commotion in the German camp getting louder and louder, Zhu Xiaochun became more and more nervous.

His sniping position was chosen a bit too far forward. Once exposed, the enemy would lock his position, making it difficult for him to escape.

Especially with the popularity of light artillery such as mortars, snipers must be more cautious when taking action.

After killing the enemy soldiers, the most important thing is to escape unscathed.

……

As the morning sun rose, the mist in the dense forest began to slowly dissipate. Zhu Xiaochun was soaked all over, and the heat of his body was constantly evaporating water vapor.

Fortunately it was summer, otherwise he would have caught a cold.

But when you go back like this, you have to drink some ginger soup to warm your body, otherwise it will be easy to get the root cause of the disease.

A tinkling sound came, and Zhu Xiaochun immediately became alert. He turned his head slightly to look for the source of the sound.

I see!
It was a young white boy. He was very young and wore more than ten water bottles on his body, making jingling noises as he walked.

Behind him were two middle-aged white men holding cigarettes and unbuttoned collars.

These three people were wearing the gray military uniforms of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It was obvious that they were officers and soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

At the end of the team was a guy wearing a grass-green military uniform. This should be a German soldier, four in total.

While observing, the corners of Zhu Xiaochun's mouth turned up slightly. He was very lucky today.

……

He began to adjust the telescope, estimating the distance between himself and the target.

After estimation, his location was almost 500 meters away from the four enemies on the opposite side.

This distance was a bit far, and he had to make some adjustments to try to kill four enemies quickly.

It would be his shame if one of them escaped. Move your body carefully and slowly crawl forward to reduce the distance between him and the target.

He needs to adjust the distance to within 200 meters. The sniper scope on the gun is a 4x scope. If the distance is too far, it will be easy to fail if the reaction cannot keep up.

With the mechanical sight, he cannot guarantee a kill in one hit, causing other enemies to flee in surprise.

……

Move your position bit by bit and get closer slowly.

Finally, he could clearly see the four opponents through the sniper scope. The aiming distance of these four enemies in the sniper scope was just right, which was the best distance for the scope to play its role.

Nanhua's sights generally adopt the "T" three-column design.

This thicker gradation design is based on the current level of industrial manufacturing. It is very difficult to manufacture high-performance metal filaments that can withstand frequent and strong impacts without deformation and breakage.

On the other hand, this design is also particularly conspicuous in an environment with many shrubs. It will not cause confusion between the reticle marks and branches in the field of view, which is conducive to the shooter's rapid aiming and shooting.

But after the shooting distance exceeds 200 meters, the disadvantages of this design begin to become apparent.

As the distance increases, the target becomes smaller and smaller, and the huge differentiated metal lines will seriously block the target.

For T-shaped reticles that lack precise scales, shooters often can only rely on their own personal experience to measure distance based on the thickness of the reticle itself and the width of the reticle gap in the horizontal direction.

The distance estimated based on the sniper's personal experience often has deviations, which is not conducive to accurate sniping.

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Four enemies came to the river. The boy with the kettle began to fill the kettle with water, while the white man who smoked sat by the river and chatted.

The German soldier took out his toothbrush and washed himself.

Because the distance was close enough, he could clearly see the enemy's face through the sniper scope.

Zhu Xiaochun began to rehearse the sniper sequence in his mind, which required planning in advance to prevent the enemy from escaping.

With a plan, he could kill the enemy quickly and orderly. After rehearsing several times, he made the final plan.

First, kill the Germans washing up, and then the two guys smoking and chatting. Because they are sitting on the river bank, they need to react and run away when they hear the gunfire. Their brains need buffering.

The last person to be killed was the water-drinking boy. He had a lot of water bottles on him, so it was not easy to escape.

After taking a deep breath, Zhu Xiaochun held his breath and pointed the sniper scope at the head of the German soldier who was constantly moving because of brushing his teeth.

When the German soldier took off his toothbrush, took a sip of water to rinse his mouth, and then lowered his head to spit out the water, Zhu Xiaochun directly pulled the trigger.

"Bang", the German soldier's head exploded and he fell directly into the river.

Zhu Xiaochun exhaled and quickly pulled the bolt of the gun. After loading the gun, he aimed at the two middle-aged Austro-Hungarians who were stunned for a moment. After the shock, the two men leaned over and tried to crawl away.

Zhu Xiaochun didn't give them a chance at all.

"Boom!"

There were two quick gunshots, one was directly shot in the head, and the other was hit in the chest. Because the lung lobe was penetrated, he crawled hard but his body had no strength at all.

He couldn't speak, his mouth was full of blood foam, and he could only wait silently to die.

The white boy was petrified. He reacted quickly and wanted to escape, but the water bottle on his body hindered his escape.

"Whoo~"

Zhu Xiaochun had already exhausted his breath. He could breathe in easily, then continued to pull the bolt of the gun, and then pointed at the white boy who was constantly pulling the water bottle on his body.

"boom!"

The white boy fell down in response. His blue eyes were still wide open when he was dying, as if he was looking for his killer... (End of this chapter)