4: Erniu: Although I'm a machine gunner

Hearing Deputy Squad Leader Chen Song's voice, Lin Zhi stroked his chin and pondered for a few seconds, then looked at the increasingly dense bushes outside the car window and spoke.

"This place is deep in the mountains; the probability of encountering danger should be very small."

"Since that's the case, let's rest here for a bit."

"Understood."

Upon hearing this, Deputy Squad Leader Chen Song responded.

Immediately after.

He drove the Mengshi vehicle and parked it under a large tree by the dirt road.

As the engine turned off.

The restless Mengshi vehicle immediately calmed down, no longer making any sound.

The people inside the car got out one after another.

It must be said that the air deep in the mountains was quite fresh.

This was the first time Lin Zhi had smelled such fresh earth after a week since the zombie crisis broke out.

This made his nerves relax a little.

However, compared to Lin Zhi, as a professional soldier produced by the System.

Squad Leader Yang Guo always remembered his duty as a soldier, no matter when.

He spoke.

"Xiao Liu, Xiao Wu, He Chen, Wang Yan, the four of you split into two groups, one shift per hour, rotating guard duty."

"The Area of ​​caution is within two hundred meters of the Mengshi vehicle. Report any situations via walkie-talkie."

"Understood!"

Upon hearing this, the four immediately saluted and replied.

Afterward, Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu, as the first group, each picked up a type 95-1 automatic rifle and dispersed in two directions, north and south.

The rest of the people gathered around the Mengshi vehicle for a nap.

As soldiers, they had to remain energetic at all times and would never waste any opportunity to recover their physical strength.

Just then, the System's voice rang out in Lin Zhi's mind again.

[Ding! Detected Host has safely rendezvoused with the Infantry Squad, reward received: Firearms Mastery!]

[Firearms Mastery: Any registered firearm in the world is like an extension of your arm, reaching the level of a sharpshooter!]

As the System's reward was issued.

A vast amount of knowledge, not his own, suddenly appeared in Lin Zhi's mind!

The firearms he had only known before, with knowledge limited to theoretical texts.

Now all became practical combat knowledge.

He could guarantee that from now on, no matter what firearm he held, he could hit the target every time!

This couldn't help but fill Lin Zhi's heart with excitement.

He immediately spoke to Squad Leader Yang Guo beside him.

"Squad Leader Yang, could I borrow your gun for a moment?"

Hearing Lin Zhi's voice, Squad Leader Yang Guo did not hesitate.

He handed Lin Zhi a type 95-1 automatic rifle with a suppressor, which was hanging on the weapon rack inside the car.

Lin Zhi took the firearm, his hand caressing the patterns on the gun body and its various precise parts.

A few seconds later, he suddenly assumed an extremely standard shoulder-firing stance.

His entire aura abruptly changed!

It was as if he was no longer the office worker who couldn't even use a knife properly, but a battle-hardened Soldier King!

Using only the iron sights, he pulled the trigger at a thin branch on a large tree a hundred meters away.

Bang—!

A muffled gunshot rang out.

A bullet flew out rapidly from the thick, long muzzle!

In less than a second.

That thin branch in the distance snapped in response!

This marksmanship stunned everyone!

After Squad Leader Yang Guo came to his senses, he even took out his binoculars to look.

"Your marksmanship is excellent, Commander!"

"How did you do that?!"

Through the binoculars, Squad Leader Yang Guo saw how tiny the broken end of that snapped branch was!

Before Squad Leader Yang Guo's voice could fade.

Suddenly, Xiao Liu's familiar voice came from the walkie-talkie hanging on his chest.

But it was somewhat angry.

"Holy crap! Who did that?!"

"Shot off a branch and it hit me right on the head!"

"I thought a zombie jumped at me, scared the hell out of me!"

"...?"

"You brat, I advise you to organize your words properly! That branch was shot off by the Commander!"

Yang Guo was only slightly stunned before he replied.

"Ah?? You're saying the Commander did that?"

"I thought it was that bastard He Chen..."

Liu Wu's voice sounded a bit wronged.

In his opinion, besides He Chen, who was a designated marksman, no one in the squad could accurately snap a branch at such a long distance.

"By the way, how thick was that branch?" Squad Leader Yang Guo continued to ask.

Xiao Liu, who was lying on the grass in the distance, hiding and on guard, couldn't help but pick up the fallen branch beside him, gestured with his hand, and then replied.

"Counting from the break, the branch was about as thick as a pinky finger, and the tip was like the needle of a syringe."

"????"

"Holy crap, holy crap!!"

Everyone in the Infantry Squad heard Liu Wu's voice through the walkie-talkie.

This immediately made everyone present exclaim in surprise!

The simple-minded Er Niu, and He Chen, who was the designated marksman, couldn't help but come over to Lin Zhi's side.

They looked in the direction of the branch Lin Zhi had shot off...

"Commander, are you a superman?"

"How did you even see and aim at such a thin branch?"

"And with iron sights, no less!"

"This is something even I can't do!"

He Chen's marksmanship was undoubtedly the best in the Infantry Squad.

But if you asked him to observe with his naked eye and use iron sights to aim at and break a pinky-finger-thick branch two hundred meters away.

He Chen could only say: I can't do it!

Upon hearing this, Lin Zhi just smiled.

"Luck, just luck."

Looking at Lin Zhi's humble appearance, He Chen rolled his eyes speechlessly.

If Lin Zhi had fired several shots and accidentally broke the branch, he would believe it was luck.

But Lin Zhi only used one shot from quickly aiming to breaking the branch.

This was definitely not as simple as luck.

It was as if he had aimed to break the branch from the very beginning.

"Wow, the Commander's marksmanship is so good, even He Chen feels inferior!"

"Do you have time to teach me a few tricks?"

"Although I'm a machine gunner, I also have a dream of becoming a sharpshooter who can hit whatever I aim at!"

Seeing He Chen concede defeat.

Er Niu, beside him, immediately looked at Lin Zhi with admiration.

The army was like this; the strong were respected.

Lin Zhi just smiled.

"No problem, I'll teach you when I have time."

After speaking, Lin Zhi turned to look at Squad Leader Yang Guo and handed him the gun.

"Squad Leader Yang, your gun."

"Ah...? Oh, oh!"

It was hard to imagine that the mature and steady Squad Leader Yang was so astonished by Lin Zhi's marksmanship.

After returning the firearm, Lin Zhi tugged at his somewhat dirty, even smelly, white T-shirt.

He frowned.

"Squad Leader Yang, does the squad have any spare clothes?"

Hearing Lin Zhi's voice, Squad Leader Yang answered without hesitation.

"Yes, there's an extra set of Type 21 urban camouflage training uniform and matching tactical gear in the car."

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