Bright Sword: From Northwest Shanxi to Changjin Lake, a Hundred Battles, a Hundred Victories

Chapter 18 Training Degree

"Really?" Li Yong's eyes lit up.

It's not easy to get a drink from the captain's sweet potato liquor. With supplies scarce, alcohol is a "luxury."

Even Chen Ming himself only had two bottles, which was only two jin (approximately 1 kg).

And so, the squad leader, Dafei, would often run to Chen Ming's headquarters, ostensibly to build rapport, but really just to freeload a drink.

"Would I lie to you? If you don't want it, then forget it," Chen Ming said irritably.

"Yes, I definitely want it. The captain is giving me wine; he's doing me a favor, so I have to accept it," Li Yong said with a grin.

"Get lost, we haven't even started fighting yet, and you're already treating my wine like it's yours?" Chen Ming laughed and scolded.

"Captain, just you wait and see, I'm definitely drinking your sweet potato liquor today," Li Yong said confidently.

As he spoke, he took five bullets from Chen Ming and then ordered a soldier to move the target two hundred meters away.

The other soldiers, seeing that their shooting instructors were about to conduct live-fire target practice, all looked over curiously.

However, because Chen Ming was there, they couldn't get close enough to watch.

"Come on over if you want to see, watch your instructors demonstrate live-fire shooting for you," Chen Ming said with a smile, looking at the eager soldiers around him.

Shooting a gun is something that men who have never fired a gun have always longed for.

Since the soldiers' attention was all on Chen Ming, they naturally had no interest in continuing training. It would be better to call them all over and let them learn how to load bullets and fire guns, so they could gain some experience.

Upon hearing the captain's words, the soldiers who were training stopped pretending and all swarmed over.

Seeing so many people watching him, Li Yong secretly resolved to achieve a good result this time, so as to impress the soldiers he had trained and let them know that he was also capable.

"Are you ready?"

"Ready."

"Let's begin," Chen Ming said.

"Yes."

Li Yong responded, chambered a bullet, aimed at the target 200 meters away, held his breath and focused intently, becoming one with the gun. Once he felt he could hit it, he fired directly.

"Snapped!"

"Snapped!"

After five consecutive gunshots, Li Yong confidently put away his gun, a satisfied smile on his face.

Not far from the target, the soldier in charge of observation ran over excitedly.

"Captain, all five shots hit!" the soldier shouted excitedly.

"it is good!"

"Great!"

"Too good!"

When the surrounding soldiers saw Li Yong hit all five shots from 200 meters away, they all cheered loudly.

Li Yong's face was flushed; clearly, this country man had never been praised by so many people before, and he was a little embarrassed.

"Not bad, you've improved. Come to the team headquarters later to get some sweet potato fritters from me," Chen Ming encouraged with a smile.

"Yes." Li Yong stood ramrod straight.

"Da Biao, we have five bullets left, you can try them too," Chen Ming said to Da Biao.

"Captain, my marksmanship isn't as good as Brother Dayong's." Da Biao scratched his head, a little embarrassed.

"It's okay, let's give it a try," Chen Ming said with a smile.

Seeing that the captain had said so, Da Biao stopped refusing.

Then, he had the soldiers move the target to a position fifty meters away and let Da Biao shoot it.

Chen Ming suddenly took out ten bullets today to test the function of his newly acquired Level 2 Shooting Badge.

Is the 40% increase in shooting accuracy a total increase, or an increase based on the original accuracy?

He took the Type 38 rifle from Li Yong, loaded it, aimed at the target, and fired five shots. Not long after, the soldier in charge of observation returned.

"Report to the captain, four out of five shots have hit him."

"Not bad, you've improved." Chen Ming patted Da Biao on the shoulder.

In the last assessment, Da Biao hit the target twice out of three shots at 50 meters. This time, he hit it four out of five times, showing great improvement.

However, this also further illustrates that the effect of this badge is to increase efficiency by 40% on the original level.

Although Chen Ming felt a little regretful that it wasn't a total increase of 40% in accuracy, he was relieved after thinking about it.

If it really is a 40% increase overall, then it becomes a rule-based ability, practically a bug-like capability.

After understanding the effect of the badge, Chen Ming then announced that a second live-fire training exercise would be held a week later to test the soldiers' training results over the past few days.

After he finished speaking, the soldiers all cheered, and the happiest of them all was Wang Gui, the captain of the third squad.

These past few days, Wang Gui and the soldiers of the Third Squad have been holding their breath, determined to surpass the First Squad in the next assessment so that they can secure a combat mission.

For the past few days, they had been listening to their comrades in the first squad talk about how their captain, Chen Ming, led them in ambushing the Japanese transport team, how exciting the process was, and how satisfying it was to kill the Japanese soldiers.

They could only listen as spectators, watching the soldiers of the first squad chat and boast, and they felt terrible about it.

The soldiers of the third squad also wanted to be the protagonists of a story, so they could shine in front of their comrades.

Seeing the soldiers so happy made Chen Ming happy too.

After returning to the team headquarters, Chen Ming spoke with the deputy captain, Li Zhu, about the matter.

This time, Li Zhu readily agreed and made no excuses.

After all, when he came back last time, Chen Ming told him that it was because of that live-fire exercise that he discovered the most combat-effective people in the team.

By uniting their strongest men into a single force, they were able to eliminate more than thirty Japanese soldiers with minimal casualties.

They also seized a large amount of supplies, weapons, and ammunition.

Li Zhu had no reason to oppose Chen Ming's live-fire exercise anymore.

A week later, live-fire training was in full swing, and the soldiers were in high spirits.

After a day of live-fire shooting, Chen Ming looked at the compiled results and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

The soldiers' performance represents a significant improvement compared to the last time.

The soldiers in the third squad, in particular, have made the most progress this time.

This includes the 40% bonus from the Level 2 Infantry Badge and Level 2 Shooting Badge, Li Yong's conscientious and responsible teaching experience, and the soldiers' own hard work.

The interaction of these three factors has led to such great progress.

In the three-dimensional combat map in Chen Ming's mind, the soldiers' status also changed.

"The entire team of over 300 people has progressed from recruits to those who have completed initial training and have begun to possess combat capabilities."

"If we fight a few more battles, we can transform into qualified veterans."

Looking at the map, which marked the teams that had just completed their training, Chen Ming sighed inwardly.

This is a hidden function that Chen Ming recently discovered, which can show the soldiers' training level.

Specifically, they are divided into four levels: rabble (new recruits), newly trained (ordinary soldiers), seasoned veterans (elite veterans), and battle-hardened soldiers (fierce tigers in the army).

Now, the soldiers in the district squad led by Chen Ming have transformed from new recruits into qualified soldiers.

If you select the best core members, you could even form a team that is almost as experienced as those who have been through many battles.

This is the great function of badges.

This is only a level 2 badge, which only increases experience gain by 40%. If it were a level 5 badge that could increase the effect by 100%, Chen Ming wouldn't believe how elite his district squad would become.

While Chen Ming was reminiscing, Da Fei rushed into the team headquarters and said anxiously.

"Captain, there's a situation."

(End of this chapter)