He is two meters and five centimeters tall. Who made him a soldier?

Chapter 204 The Disliked Type 89 Heavy Machine Gun
"It's decided. For tomorrow's patrol, Lu Qinglong, you will walk at the end, and the three of you new recruits will walk in the middle."

"Once I am familiar with this road, I will consider letting you three walk on the periphery."

Chen Ting has already finalized the matter of the advancing queue.

The main reason is that the three recruits have no experience in this area. If they are suddenly attacked, they will definitely not be able to react and will just stand there in a daze.

In comparison, the veterans are better. Although Wang Yuan and his friends are only in their third year, their performance is definitely better than the other three.

"Okay, squad leader, what weapons and equipment should we bring tomorrow?"

Ji Baichang then asked.

Today they just followed the main force and each of them only had a Type 191 automatic rifle, and they did not bring those big guys.

For example, he didn’t even bring the most commonly used individual rocket launcher.

"Don't worry about that. You three recruits just need to carry 191 automatic rifles. Lu Qinglong, come with me to the armory and I'll pick out the weapons you'll be using tomorrow."

"Okay, squad leader."

Lu Qinglong nodded, and walked out of the tent with Chen Ting amid the envious gazes of the other three.

At present, if we talk about the configuration of a firepower squad, they are still quite lacking in heavy firepower.

Including Chen Ting, there are only five veterans in the class. Apart from the three regular ones carrying individual rocket launchers, one carrying a sniper rifle, and another one leading the squad with a machine gun, the other four recruits all carry rifles.

Of course, in addition to individual rocket launchers, their veterans will also be equipped with precision rifles, which means that one person will carry two weapons.

The firepower is indeed a bit weak.

However, Lu Qinglong's physique just happened to make up for this shortcoming. If he were to carry a Type 89 heavy machine gun, the firepower of the squad would be barely enough.

Chen Ting brought Lu Qinglong all the way to the company's armory. The armory at the training point was built in a cave in the mountains nearby. If you want to enter, you need to go through a level of inspection before you can enter.

After leading Lu Qinglong into the armory, Chen Ting signaled Lu Qinglong to take the Type 89 heavy machine gun placed on the ground nearby.

(Figure 1)

The Type 89 heavy machine gun is currently the main weapon for long-range fire support for active infantry, and it fires 12.7mm caliber bullets.

Normally, the effective range of this heavy machine gun reaches an exaggerated 1,500 meters. All false shelters will be penetrated by its caliber.

The total weight of this heavy machine gun including the tripod is 26.5 kilograms. Lu Qinglong easily grabbed it with one hand and held it under his armpit like a shoulder bag.

"Squad leader, don't we have any more powerful heavy firepower weapons?"

"It seems that the Type 89 heavy machine gun looks very powerful, but why do I always feel like something is missing?"

Lu Qinglong weighed the heavy machine gun in his hand, with a hint of disappointment in his tone.

"A powerful heavy firepower weapon? The Type 89 heavy machine gun in your hand is already very exaggerated."

"Normally, they would be placed in a motorized infantry company in an ordinary combat unit. They are heavy machine guns that require three people to operate together. Why are you not happy with operating it alone?"

Chen Ting shook his head. After all, Lu Qinglong had never seen the power of the Type 89 heavy machine gun.

It fires the same 12.7mm caliber bullets as a sniper rifle, with a maximum effective range longer than a sniper rifle, and it fires continuously!
Adding these three things together, it can be understood that the Type 89 heavy machine gun is a Barrett sniper rifle that can fire continuously!

Of course, if Lu Qinglong is still not satisfied with the firepower, he can talk to the company commander alone to see if one of the close-in defense guns can be removed and equipped to Lu Qinglong.

"Okay, squad leader, then let's go with the Type 89 heavy machine gun."

Lu Qinglong nodded and finally agreed to use this heavy machine gun as his weapon.

The ammunition belt for the heavy machine gun was made up of fifty rounds per section. Lu Qinglong also took four ammunition boxes, which contained a total of two hundred rounds, which was barely enough.

After doing all this, Lu Qinglong returned to the tent carrying the equipment, which weighed nearly 60 kilograms in total.

Everyone rested well tonight, and the next morning, at five o'clock, everyone in their class woke up.

After brushing their teeth and washing their faces, they went to the restaurant tent to eat the breakfast prepared by the kitchen staff. After doing all this, everyone put on bulletproof vests, took their weapons and equipment and set out on the border patrol route.

A squad just happened to be sitting on a flat-head diesel troop carrier.

The one driving the flat-head diesel troop carrier was a veteran from the motor company of another battalion. After seeing Chen Ting, he greeted him, chewed betel nut, and drove the vehicle to send them to the patrol line.

This also saved them five kilometers of travel along the patrol line.

"Chen Ting is here?"

"Be careful when your squad is on patrol. There was a little frost just now, and the road is very slippery now. Several soldiers in our squad almost fell just now."

As soon as they arrived at the patrol line, a squad of veterans came towards them. The one leading the group and walking in front was a fourth-term non-commissioned officer like Chen Ting, and he seemed to have a very good relationship with Chen Ting.

"Oh, I see."

Chen Ting nodded, and the other party took his class members onto the flat-head diesel troop carrier that had just brought them here.

Before getting on the car, they all looked at Lu Qinglong with confusion and bewilderment in their eyes.

"Squad leader, why is there a giant in armor among the soldiers under the fourth-term squad leader just now?" "Is that Lu Qinglong? Is that a Type 89 heavy machine gun in his hand? He also brought four ammunition boxes. How much do they weigh in total? Is he that scary?"

They were quite confused. It was the first time they saw a class equipped with more than three individual rocket launchers, plus class machine guns, sniper rifles, and a Type 89 heavy machine gun!
This means that with a squad like them, they can easily stop an entire company!
"I don't know. I'm a little confused too. Maybe the brigade is going to set up some kind of composite integrated combat squad?"

"Okay, go back and have a good rest later, and don't think too much."

The flat-head diesel troop carrier slowly drove away into the distance. All the people in the team had already stretched themselves out and began to enter the patrol line according to the formation they had agreed on last night.

Wang Yuan was still the vanguard walking in the front, Ding Wei walked behind him and was responsible for the situation in the front, three new recruits walked in the middle, with an old soldier on each side, and Lu Qinglong walked at the end of the team to cover the rear.

However, because the sideline was on the right, Chen Ting walked alone on the far right, about five meters away from the team.

In this way, if there is any emergency situation on the right, he can give instructions immediately.

The first section of the patrol line is actually quite easy to walk on, because it was used by the border defense company every day, so a path has basically been trampled out.

They just need to follow this path.

This is also limited to the initial section of the road ahead. Once you go a little deeper, you have to start climbing along the mountain range, which becomes a bit steep.

The walking speed of the members of Class 1 suddenly slowed down a lot.

It’s different from yesterday. Yesterday, most of the troops were there and they could help each other, and they didn’t have to worry about whether there would be enemies showing up on the sidelines. But now it’s different. Now the only ones they can rely on are their comrades in the same class.

When crossing the stream, squad leader Chen Ting also strictly requires that everyone must wear waders.

The group set out at six o'clock and walked more than ten kilometers of mountain roads until around nine o'clock in the morning, when they finally arrived at the top of the place they needed to patrol.

There were definitely some bumps along the way.

"Okay, rest here for ten minutes, replenish your water, eat compressed biscuits if you need them, and replenish your energy if you need them."

After Chen Ting finished explaining things to everyone, he looked towards the right sideline.

They were at the top of a hill, just high enough to see the scenery below.

"Squad leader, Vietnam is next."

Ji Baichang chewed the compressed biscuits, took another sip of water, looked at Nanfang with some curiosity and asked.

"OK."

"Leaving aside the Heihe PMC, the exchanges between the two countries are still quite close, and there are a lot of economic exchanges on a regular basis."

"At least, our relationship with the other side is much better than ours in Shigatse."

Chen Ting nodded.

"Oh, squad leader, when can we fight this Black River PMC?"

"I've been annoyed with these guys for a long time!"

"If I meet them, I will blow their heads off!"

Ji Baichang swallowed the compressed biscuits and water with some difficulty.

It must be said that drinking the compressed biscuits together with water gave him a very strong sense of fullness. Basically, after eating two pieces of compressed biscuits, he was already quite full.

"You, don't be so arrogant. Facing a trained enemy is not the same as the usual confrontation within the company. If you really encounter an enemy who wants to kill you, the feeling will be different."

Chen Ting shook his head. After all, Ji Baichang and the other four recruits still lacked some combat experience in real modern warfare.

It was too good to be true when it came to actually fighting the enemy.

In fact, among the class, the only ones who actually fought against the enemy were himself and Ding Wei.

"Okay, the ten-minute break is over. Let's clean up the trash and prepare to return."

Chen Ting stood up and stretched his lumbar spine.

He had been in the army for sixteen years, and inevitably had some sequelae, including problems with his lumbar spine.

"Ok?"

"Squad leader? Is that our drone in that direction?"

Lu Qinglong's eyes narrowed slightly as he pointed to a drone diagonally above them, about three or four hundred meters away.

However, when he looked up at the drone, it had already flown in another direction.

"Drone?"

"What direction?"

Chen Ting showed a solemn expression on his face and raised the telescope in his hand to look in that direction.

(End of this chapter)