Chapter 44: The Sniper (2)
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The first thing to do as a sniper is to observe, that is, to find the possible position of the enemy.
Of course, Zhang Chi also knew that he couldn't poke his head out rashly, not only would he not see anything, but he would also let the other party open a hole in his head.
Zhang Chi spent a few minutes reliving the scene just now, and then made a judgment: although the opponent is smart, he is inexperienced.
The first reason is that his camouflage to cover up the bloodstains by the pond is not in place, so that Zhang Chi found a flaw. The second is that he did not find Zhang Chi, an officer, in time and missed the opportunity to capture the thief and capture the king first...... This is especially important, because if Zhang Chi is shot from the beginning, then the remaining soldiers are likely to fight indiscriminately because there is no one to command.
Although Zhang Chi was reluctant to admit this, the soldiers of the Engineer Regiment did have the shortcomings of insufficient training, otherwise they would not have been repulsed by a charge when they first saw the Japanese at the airfield.
This inference gave Zhang Chi some confidence, and the rifle in his hand was also Enfield...... This was Zhang Chi's self-comfort, in fact, he had a vague sense that the other party was probably using an Enfield with a sniper scope.
"Platoon commander, what should I do?" Seeing that Zhang Chi did not answer, the fellow villagers asked again.
After thinking about it, Zhang Chi gave an order: "Don't move, listen to my command to throw a grenade in the direction of the pond!" ”
"Throwing a grenade?" Hearing this, the villagers couldn't help but be puzzled, but the situation did not allow them to ask more, so they took out the grenade and unscrewed the safety cover as ordered.
"Ready...... Cast! ”
With Zhang Chi's order, the fighters threw grenades out of their bunkers.
Zhang Chi ordered this for two reasons:
One is that throwing a grenade is not the same as shooting a gun, and shooting a gun requires you to pop your head out or even lean out, which will expose your own people to the muzzle of a sniper. But throwing a grenade doesn't have this problem, the fighters just pull the fuse and flick it out......
Another reason is to use the barrage from grenades to interfere with the other party's line of sight.
Just like now, the fighters almost simultaneously ignited the grenades and threw them almost at the same time, and dozens of grenades exploded between the enemy and us with a chaotic "boom", and immediately exploded a lot of dust, and even a few were thrown into the pond and exploded several water columns, coupled with the smoke of the grenades themselves, the vicinity of the pond was immediately hazy.
Zhang Chi poked his head out at this time......
He just poked his head out slightly and didn't put the gun up, because he was worried that Enfield's black hole barrel was too conspicuous and too sensitive, and if he attracted the other party's attention, his little life would be over.
Zhang Chi carefully observed the jungle in front of him, trying to find the sniper's position...... But he found nothing, and Zhang Chi had to slowly retract his head before the smoke cleared, which was too difficult for him, especially since the jungle had just been strafed by machine gun fire, even if there were any clues, I was afraid that it would be covered by scattered leaves and sawdust at this time.
But Zhang Chi was still unwilling, and shouted: "Come again!" ”
"Boom, boom, ......" another barrage exploded in front of him.
This time, Zhang Chi changed his position and poked his head out of the back of the car, but the result still discouraged him, and he even wanted the soldiers to forcibly run back under the cover of the barrage.
But at the same time, he knew that the barrage could not cover dozens of running living people with such a good line of sight.
At this time, Zhang Chi's head flashed, and when he poked his head out just now, he seemed to see a tree missing the tops...... In other words, it is very likely that the other party cut off the treetop and inserted it in front of him as a disguise.
Thinking of this, Zhang Chi couldn't help but feel a burst of ecstasy, but he quickly took a few deep breaths to suppress the ecstasy...... At this time, he needs to be calm and calm, he knows that this is a duel between snipers, and any small mistake can lead to a misjudgment and lose his life.
"Listen to me!" Zhang Chi finally shouted: "Cast ......"
Another barrage exploded in front of him, and this time Zhang Chi poked his head out and put the gun on at the same time.
His heart was beating like a rabbit in his chest, and although Zhang Chi knew that it was not good for his observation and shooting, he still couldn't make it stop.
First of all, Zhang Chi determined that his judgment was correct...... It is true that one tree has its tops cut off.
Then his gaze quickly swept through the jungle, because he had the judgment of "treetops", so he quickly locked on three small trees about the same size as the treetops, and then he compared these three small trees with the original trees, and finally determined a small tree at the edge of the jungle according to the degree of matching shape.
This surprised Zhang Chi a little, because everyone knew that the more central the better, but this sniper chose the edge of the jungle in the opposite direction.
However, it was precisely this that prevented the soldiers from firing machine guns to injure him, which proved that the sniper was meticulous.
But he finally let Zhang Chi find a flaw...... At this time, of course, Zhang Chi no longer hesitated, raised his rifle and pulled the trigger towards the target.
"Bang, bang, bang......" Zhang Chi fired all ten rounds in the magazine in one breath, and it was rapid-fire.
This is actually a helpless way, firstly, because Zhang Chi is not confident enough in his marksmanship, after all, he has not fired a few shots so far. The second is that although Zhang Chi knows the other party's hiding place, he doesn't know whether the other party is lying on his stomach or kneeling, so he can only try his luck by "casting a wide net and fishing more".
But obviously Zhang Chi hit the right one, because there was a faint snort from the opposite side.
"Hit! hit ......" Xiao Zhejiang couldn't help but shout.
Zhang Chi also knew that he had hit, and in fact he realized this when he fired the third bullet, otherwise, he would not have had a chance to shoot the rest of the bullets at all.
Without saying a word, the machine gunner of the armored car picked up the machine gun and hit the small tree again, and there was no movement in the jungle.
After a long while, a few of the soldiers of the countrymen stood up with a sigh of relief.
"Okay, platoon commander!" The fellow villagers looked at Zhang Chi with a sigh and said, "How did you find out where that guy was hiding?" I don't ...... at all."
"Less nonsense!" Zhang Chi interrupted the hooligan's words and ordered: "The third shift is covered by fire, and the first and second shifts follow me!" ”
As he spoke, he picked up his rifle and led two squads of soldiers to the opposite side of the bread...... Zhang Chi didn't dare to be careless, unless he saw the other party's corpse, he didn't dare to easily determine whether the other party had been killed by himself.