"Platoon leader!"
Li Zheng stood up straight, his expression a little uneasy.
"Yes." Hou Jun nodded slightly, then stretched out his head and glanced behind the sentry post, reached out to take the book, put it in his hand and flipped through it.
"College students are college students. They don't forget to read even when they are standing guard."
He closed the book, shook it in his hand and said: "But don't be distracted while standing guard. You are in the army now, not in school. Do what you do and love what you do. When you are a soldier, you should be a soldier. When you study, you should study. Don't be half-hearted. "
After saying that, he threw the book on the table and warned: "I won't do this again."
"yes!"
Li Zheng knew that he was wrong, so he quickly admitted his mistake.
"I won't dare to do it again."
Hou Jun walked aside, sat down on the stairs, took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit one, and sat there puffing away happily.
Li Zheng secretly glanced sideways at him. Seeing veteran Hou Jun's carefree appearance, he couldn't help but murmur in his heart. He seemed to have never seen anyone else smoking in the company, and the recruits were not allowed to smoke. This veteran seemed to be really special.
Hou Jun seemed to notice that Li Zheng was peeking at him, and smiled: "What? Do you think I am blatantly violating the rules?"
Li Zheng shook his head and nodded, so he pretended not to hear clearly.
"Ah? Platoon commander, what are you talking about?"
Hou Jun saw Li Zheng's little thought, but did not expose it. He took out the cigarette case and handed it forward. While passing it, he asked: "Want one?"
Li Zheng shook his head this time: "I don't smoke."
Hou Jun laughed: "Cowardly!"
Li Zheng couldn't help but said: "Not smoking doesn't mean you are a coward."
He regretted saying it.
After all, he is the platoon leader. If he retaliates, he will not be happy.
Unexpectedly, Hou Jun didn't mind at all. He put away his cigarette and sat there by himself and continued to smoke.
After smoking one, I lit another.
Li Zheng asked cautiously: "Platoon leader, are you worried?"
Hou Jun was startled for a moment, the cigarette on his finger froze in his mouth. After a long time, he glanced at Li Zhengfang and asked him: "Did you see it?"
Li Zheng smiled: "It's all written on his face."
Hou Jun sighed and said to himself: "Damn, even the recruits can see it."
Li Zheng said: "Is it because of the failure in the last target shooting?"
"Recruit Dan, you know how to play!" Hou Jun's tone was obviously a little unhappy this time: "Is that called target shooting? Is that target shooting? Have you ever seen people shooting with wire?"
Li Zheng was far away at the time, but he actually couldn't see anything clearly, so he said, "I don't understand. I was too far away and couldn't see clearly."
Hou Jun said: "That subject is called 'detonation', not target practice. It is a special sniping method that simulates the need for remote emergency detonation. Do you understand?"
Li Zheng really didn't understand, so he could only shake his head.
Hou Jun snorted and said: "Recruit egg!"
After taking two puffs of cigarette, he suddenly said: "Are you going to serve as a soldier for two years and then leave?"
Li Zheng felt that Hou Jun's thinking was too fast. Just now he was talking about sniping, but now he suddenly brought up the topic of how many years he had been a soldier.
He said honestly: "Well, that's the plan."
Hou Jun was silent for a moment and said thoughtfully: "That's right. A college student from a prestigious university has a bright future. Of course it won't be long before he chooses to be a soldier. It's a pity..."
Li Zheng asked curiously: "What's such a pity?"
Hou Jun said: "It takes at least three years for a good sniper to become a good sniper, unless he is a talented sniper. I originally planned to teach you all my skills, but it's a pity that you only stay for two years. What a waste of time!" "
Li Zheng said: "I don't want to learn, but there are people who do. Platoon leader, you can teach others."
Hou Jun suddenly got angry: "Do you think anyone can learn the sniper profession just because they want to? There are only ten soldiers in our second battalion who can join the sniper class I lead. I wonder, Li Zheng, do you really look down on snipers? Already?"
Li Zheng said quickly: "No, no, that's not what I meant, platoon leader."
Hou Jun's anger subsided a little, but his brows furrowed again: "I've seen this year's soldiers. It's okay to join a class, but there are not many who have real potential."
Then he turned to look at Li Zheng: "Do you know why I am so strict with you?"
Li Zheng thought to himself, maybe you have taken a fancy to me, platoon leader?
But when I thought about it, if I asked and Hou Jun really said that, how would I answer?
Obviously Hou Jun is looking for an apprentice and wants to teach him skills.
Once he agrees, it will be a burden for a person like Li Zheng who is very committed. He really has no plans to develop in the army for a long time, and following Hou Jun to say nice things can only be deceiving and immoral.
So, he chose to remain silent.
Hou Jun also saw that Li Zheng was not interested in the sniper profession. He really didn't want to stay in the army.
After bringing the new soldiers back, Hou Jun will only have more than two years of service.
The past two years or so will be his last time in the Second Battalion of the Tigers. Over the years, he has brought out many sharpshooters, but only a few who can be called top snipers.
After all, there is no such thing as a talented sniper. Whether you can find one depends on luck.
Among the talented snipers he led, Zhong Rui was one of them, but he was picked away by the special forces team.
There is also Zhang Ao, who served as his observer during the last competition.
It's a pity that Zhang Ao's level is not considered top-notch in Hou Jun's opinion, and there is a gap between him and Zhong Rui. Like himself, he only relies on diligence.
It takes two to three years to train a sniper before he can get started, become somewhat mature and stable, and achieve results.
Time waits for no one, so Hou Jun, who led the troops this year, became more anxious than in previous years. This is also the real reason why Xie Dong could not understand why Hou Jun's style of leading troops this year became a little more extensive.
Among this year's soldiers, judging from the current fourth company of recruits, there are two pretty good prospects, one is Li Zheng and the other is Zhang Jian.
Li Zheng has an excellent foundation in theoretical knowledge. One advantage of studying sniper is that he can absorb some professional theoretical knowledge. Snipers also need to calculate, and it is not a mindless shooting, so it is always right to have a higher education.
The other one is Zhang Jian, who has good physical fitness and family background, which makes him a natural soldier.
But now Li Zheng said that he has no interest in staying in the army for too long, and Zhang Jian, a second-generation soldier, let alone Zhang Jian, even if he plans to stay in the army for a long time, he is probably going to the military academy.
Seeing that the two good prospects he liked could not stay, Hou Jun's little depression became natural.
In the end, nothing came of the conversation.
After smoking two cigarettes, Hou Jun threw away the cigarette butts and returned to the row room.
Li Zheng sat at the sentry position and thought for a long time, always feeling a little uneasy. Did his forthrightness just now offend Hou Jun?
But after thinking about it carefully, I felt relieved. At least Hou Jun didn't seem to be a stingy person.
The reason why he looks fierce and gives people a feeling similar to menopausal anxiety is because he is leaving the army and he thinks that he has not found anyone who can pass on his skills.
Sniper?
Li Zheng had never thought that he would learn this major before. He was no stranger to this major. Movies and TV series were full of various descriptions of snipers. Of course, Li Zheng didn’t think that in TV dramas, Those are true. After all, a sharpshooter who defies the laws of physics and kills a Japanese enemy with one shot from 800 miles away would make Newton jump out of his coffin and slap the screenwriter on the ear.
but……
Li Zheng thought.
If you can really become a sniper, it might be really exciting...
