Chapter 105: We're the One Who Lives
Snap!
There was a clear gunshot, and the escaping leader of the Japanese and puppet soldiers was shot and knocked off his horse.
Ma Xiaojun looked for a moment, and saw a cavalryman wearing an Eighth Route Army uniform walking out from the mountain pass at the three-way intersection in front of him. He raised his gun with one hand and shouted: "Is this Officer Ma from the Independent Regiment!?"
"It's me!" Ma Xiaojun responded.
"I am sent by the division headquarters to meet you. There are Japanese and puppet troops fighting in the autumn wind on the road. It is not safe. We take a shortcut." The cavalry soldier shouted in response.
Ma Xiaojun's eyes narrowed. He saw that the soldier sent to respond was undoubtedly a sharpshooter. The distance of the shot was almost 460 meters! Moreover, a headshot shot while the puppet cavalry was moving at high speed was not something that ordinary soldiers could do.
Ma Xiaojun rode his horse to join the soldier sent by the division. The cavalry soldier showed surprise when he saw Ma Xiaojun: "I have long heard that the young scholar from the Independent Regiment has amazing marksmanship and is the most powerful marksman.
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When I saw him today, he certainly lived up to his reputation. I didn’t expect him to be a young man."
"We are already married. This is my wife Tian Xiaomei." Ma Xiaojun introduced.
"My name is Ma Sihan, a soldier from the commander's guard company." the cavalry soldier responded.
"No wonder the leader's guards are so powerful! That's a distance of 4 or 5 hundred meters. One shot blew the head of the puppet cavalry." Ma Xiaojun said sincerely in admiration.
What Ma Sihan was holding was just a Zhongzheng rifle, not a combo rifle in his hand. If he hadn't had a system nearby! This kind of gun would never have been able to hit this far without any help.
In addition to having good eyesight, the snipers in the aftermath also need a scope to be so accurate.
Although in later generations, accurate sniping at 800 meters is already very impressive, those who can snipe targets at 1,000 meters away are even rarer.
It was very rare in this period for Ma Sihan to hit a moving target nearly 500 meters away without using a scope, especially when the Eighth Route Army was in short supply of weapons and ammunition.
"Hello, brothers and sisters! So I picked you up to take your brothers and sisters to night school. The chief also asked me to discuss with you, little scholar, to see if you have any ideas to come to the divisional security company.
Compared to you, a marksman, I'm far behind.
I have acquired this skill through many years of fighting. I have to live longer before I can reach this level of shooting.
It's not like you have only been in the army for more than two years! You are truly talented as a marksman." Ma Sihan said modestly, without any pretense.
What he said is true. He joined the Red Army at the age of fifteen! It took more than ten years after the Long March to become so powerful.
If the Eighth Route Army had as good a shooting ability as the Japanese, they would have to feed it with bullets. The Eighth Route Army did not have this condition.
Nowadays, soldiers of the Eighth Route Army are allocated less than five bullets on average when they go to the battlefield. Only veteran soldiers with good shooting skills will shoot a few more bullets.
And you have to use it sparingly and try to kill an enemy with one bullet! The sharpshooter has been alive for many years and has been fed with bullets.
Killing an enemy with one bullet is so easy! To reach this level, you have to be very talented and survive by grabbing the enemy's bullets and fighting a few more battles.
Otherwise, they are some old soldiers who are old enough.
"Hehe... we also fought too much." Ma Xiaojun also smiled modestly.
"That's wrong! These are twelve puppet cavalry. I heard the gunfire and rushed over in just one pack of cigarettes. You knocked them all down! In the end, if my hands weren't itchy, none of them would have survived.
Leave it to me." Ma Sihan said with admiration.
Tian Xiaomei was very obedient and did not interrupt. She listened to the conversation between Ma Xiaojun and Ma Sihan and knew that the leader was very powerful! This gave rise to a sense of pride in her heart.
‘This is my own man! A sharpshooter, he is always on target. Even the head of protection at the Eighth Route Army Division Headquarters admires him so much.’
"There is a guerrilla group on this shortcut. Wait a minute while I collect these horses. These are all Japanese horses! They have good endurance.
I'm holding the hand, please pay attention to your surroundings! This thing can't be wasted." Ma Sihan said, riding his horse and ran over.
Ma Xiaojun watched the horse, Sihan, use their skillful equestrian skills to gather the thirteen war horses at Yang Kai, tie them to Yang Kai with the reins of the war horses, and pull the reins to tie them to the saddles of his own horses.
Just because of this riding horse, Xiaojun had to secretly scream: "I admire you!" If he hadn't learned to ride at the racecourse in his previous life, he would probably have to walk today when he saw that the horse could no longer be ridden.
After passing the three-way intersection of the mountain col, it was the path leading to the Daxia Bay headquarters! Passing by a village, Ma Sihan found the guerrillas to help lead the horse back to the headquarters.
The general headquarters of the Eighth Route Army stationed in Daxia Bay.
Ma Sihan stopped and said: "This road is five miles ahead, where is the night school of the Logistics Department.
You can feel relieved after sending your younger siblings over! The boss asked you to hurry over and don’t waste time.
The credit for these dozen war horses is yours, and I think you will become famous again this time.
A young scholar from the Independent Regiment used the words of his boss: 'This boy is born to be a soldier. Compared with Li Yunlong, this boy is worthy of being an uncle and nephew. He is a pair of treasures.'"
Ma Xiaojun was shocked. This is what the boss will say when he really likes someone! Didn't you see that when Li Yunlong was in the quilt factory, the first thing the boss thought of was Li Yunlong?
This Li Yunlong is the one that the boss both loves and hates. This Li Yunlong dares to open a dyeing workshop just by giving him 2 taels of fuel. He has the audacity to give you a piece of candy! He will definitely let you have his ass inserted in the next moment and make the smell rise to the sky.
"Sure!" Ma Xiaojun responded, riding with his wife to the logistics department.
"Remember to come and see me when you are free! It would be great if you stayed here." Tian Xiaomei said softly.
She wanted to keep her man, but she knew very well that the head of the family might not agree.
"Daughter-in-law! It's good to stay at the headquarters, but your man is a Japanese fighter who wants to avenge his parents. Besides, the leader is my uncle! Following him these past two years has saved our lives.
The boss said it was true that he asked me to promote me! But I still feel comfortable following my uncle to fight against the Japanese.
We are not people who can behave well. Even if we dance in the independent group, no one will do anything to us.
He just has a temper that can't stand discipline.
Wife, you study hard, and when the war stops, I will go find you! It would be great to go home and farm together, and live a lifetime full of children and grandchildren." Ma Xiaojun said with a longing look on his face.
"Well! We all need to live well while waiting for the master." Tian Xiaomei nodded in response.
Compared with staying with the boss, the most important thing in this war-torn era is revenge. If you don't defeat the little devil, you will win! It is impossible to live a good life.
At this time, after Tian Xiaomei experienced the massacre of her village by the Japanese, she also experienced a hellish experience, which made her understand this truth very well.
"Is it Miss Tian? The director asked me to pick you up." A woman carrying a rifle appeared and stopped Ma Xiaojun.
At this time, we have reached the boundary where the logistics department is located.
"The boss!" Tian Xiaomei shouted.
Ma Xiaojun sighed and reluctantly asked Tian Xiaomei to dismount.
"I will leave my wife to you!" Ma Xiaojun said.
"Can I still eat your wife!? Go back quickly, don't delay your trip." the woman responded.
"I'm leaving my wife!" Ma Xiaojun turned his horse around reluctantly and rode away.
Chapter completed!