Chapter 206 Iron Cross
The instructor wanted to use this movie to educate the instructors.
"This is what our spies got from the Soviets!" said the instructor. "We know nothing compared to them. See how they train, and then learn their skills and use it to deal with your enemies!"
What appeared on the screen was a black and white picture full of snowflakes. The Soviet Red Army soldiers in the camera always had sunny and confident smiles on their faces... At that moment, Qin Chuan had the urge to rush up to smash the projector. These people were not snipers at all, they were more like actors.
The subsequent plot is what the instructor taught in the course. Some things are simply common sense. For example, facing two windows, one with glass and the other without glass, then the enemy is more likely to hide behind the glass-free window...
Next is some fancy disguise techniques that do not have much practical value, some of which violate the sniping rules.
On the picture, a Soviet sniper company climbed onto the treetops at the edge of the woods, and the subtitles read: "The treetops with dense leaves are a great sniper position. The shooter will not be discovered, and it can also obtain excellent vision and excellent shooting range!"
"This is nonsense!" Qin Chuan couldn't help but say.
"Student, what do you want to say?" the instructor asked Qin Chuan while the screening was being held.
"Report to the instructor!" Qin Chuan replied: "The treetops cannot become an ideal sniper position, because the shooter will not be able to quickly transfer after firing, so it will become the target of the enemy's machine gun!"
"I agree!" said Werner: "Unless we can jump from this tree to that tree like a monkey!"
Werner's words attracted a lot of laughter.
"No, student!" the instructor retorted: "The trunk will be a good cover!"
"What if the enemy has a mortar?" The military spear then asked another question: "The shells will explode when they hit branches, and then we will be beaten into hedgehogs by shrapnel and branches!"
"Anyway!" Qin Chuan said: "I think a sniper position that cannot be transferred is almost the same as suicide!"
"But at least you have killed one or two targets before this!" said the instructor: "And you must know that you are not fighting alone, and friendly forces will cover you!"
The instructor's explanation was a bit far-fetched, and Qin Chuan and the soldiers did not intend to continue to get involved with the instructor.
In fact, Qin Chuan knew that there was indeed a country on the battlefield that used this sniping method on a large scale during World War II... Japan often climbed on trees to cover it when facing the US military on the Pacific battlefield.
This can indeed cause some trouble to the US military, because it has turned the forest into a solid state. American soldiers must not only pay attention to the ground but also the top of their heads.
But once the sniper on the treetops is discovered, there is basically no chance of surviving... The American soldiers will use a bazooka to blow off the entire tree canopy, and if one shot fails, two shots will come.
"I don't know what you think!" Werner said: "Anyway, I wouldn't choose such a sniper position!"
"Of course!" the German soldiers replied with a smile: "We want to live a few more days!"
"So, this movie won't have much impact on us!" Werner said: "It can't fool us!"
But Qin Chuan would not think that things were that simple.
Werner and others knew that these methods were incorrect and not applicable because they were veterans who came down from the battlefield. They knew what was going on in the battlefield. Of course, they also knew that the sudden battle was more common on the battlefield, and they had no time to prepare the disguises in the video that would take at least half an hour or even longer to make.
But what about those new recruits who have never been on the battlefield but have been selected to sniper schools because of their good shooting skills?
They even thought this was a valuable experience summed up by the veterans, so they foolishly did what they said in the movie!
What's even more terrifying is that when they know they are wrong, they no longer have the chance to correct them.
The first thing Qin Chuan thought of was to report these issues to General Streck, and then General Streck would tell Rommel to finally be corrected.
But in principle, students are not allowed to make calls from the outside world, especially Qin Chuan is still reporting training problems to his superiors. This is a bit like a small report and may embarrass the instructors... They are actually very dedicated instructors, and those unpractical sniper techniques have nothing to do with them, because German snipers were trained in this way at this time.
But Qin Chuan got the chance the next day.
At that time, Qin Chuan was training with his comrades in the shooting garden... The shooting garden was deployed very professionally. On the north side was a British defensive position, with barbed wire mesh protection in front of the position. In the back were some artificial craters, depressions, sand, etc., and a fallen tree. On the south side were water wells, several scattered houses and bushes.
Such a "shooting garden" can make it convenient for students to find various terrains and bunkers here for targeted training.
At this moment, a jeep drove into the shooting park, and the instructor hurriedly ordered the suspension of training... The reason was that the students used live ammunition, which may accidentally injure the people on the jeep.
"Who let them in!" the instructor couldn't help complaining.
But after he saw clearly that the colonel was sitting in the jeep, he didn't dare to say anything else.
It was Colonel Slain who came. He jumped out of the jeep and waved to Qin Chuan excitedly: "Sergeant Frick!"
Qin Chuan turned his attention to the instructor, who nodded.
So Qin Chuan got up from the sand and ran to Colonel Slein with a gun.
"Colin!" Qin Chuan stood up and saluted.
Colonel Slain held Qin Chuan's hand and said, "My heartfelt congratulations, Sergeant, I am very honored to be awarded the Iron Tenth Medal to your head of state with my own hands!"
As he said that, Colonel Slain took out a box, opened it and took out a medal and pinned it to Qin Chuan's chest. Then he took the certificate from the adjutant and handed it to Qin Chuan.
"Thank you very much, Colonel!" Qin Chuan took the certificate and saluted Colonel Slein again.
To be honest, Qin Chuan was still very excited, but it was not because of the medal itself, but because he had been studying the history of the German army, including the medal. He did not expect to win one... and Qin Chuan also knew that what was even more rare was the certificate, which was printed with the regiment badge and the reason why Qin Chuan received the medal. Because it was made of paper, few copies could be preserved to the modern day.
"How is it?" asked Colonel Slain, "Is life in training camp okay?"
"Yes, Colonel!" Qin Chuan replied: "But... can I talk to you?"
"Of course!" Colonel Slain smiled and handed a cigarette, saying, "You are not complaining about food, right? Now the whole army is the same, Sgt.!"
Chapter completed!