Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 416 Special Police Competition (Part 3)

At the outdoor shooting range, eight snipers representing their respective squads stood at their designated firing positions. Among them, Zhang Zhongzhen, standing at firing position number 3, was particularly eye-catching. Although it was only a city-level sniper competition, the other seven participants were all wearing ordinary black training uniforms, while Zhang Zhongzhen was not only wearing a full set of jungle camouflage clothing, but his face was also covered with green camouflage paint.

As Chen Shu stood at attention awaiting orders, he glanced a few more times at his junior from the police academy standing beside him. From his previous circle of friends, he knew that Zhang Zhongzhen, as the captain of the detachment's direct assault squadron, was not a person who liked to show off.

His attire, if not intended to attract attention, clearly indicates that he takes this competition very seriously.

Just as Chen Shu was pondering whether all sniper competition participants in the provincial capital wore camouflage uniforms, or whether these camouflage uniforms provided an accuracy buff, the commander at the head of the team gave the order.

Commander: "Take cover! Begin firing!"

The first round of the sniper competition was precision shooting. There were no special requirements on the shooting time; you just needed to complete the required number of shots within two minutes.

The score for this project is based on the final hit, so speed is not the most important factor. Stability is paramount.

Upon hearing the order, Chen Shu, dressed in a special police training uniform, quickly bent down, put his hands on the ground, and lay face down on the grass in a spread-eagle position. He then reached out with his right hand to support the butt of the Type 88 sniper rifle on his right shoulder, clipped the magazine, and chambered the rifle.

Chen Shu's breathing was steady. Through the scope, all he could see was a half-body humanoid target 150 meters away.

Suddenly, five gunshots rang out from the side.

"boom!"

"Click."

"boom!"

"Click."

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After five shots were fired, Zhang Zhongzhen stood up in a standard stance and was the first to report: "Position number three, firing complete."

Chen Shu, who was still aiming, was somewhat surprised that Zhang Zhongzhen had turned precision shooting into rapid shooting, and the originally ample two minutes of shooting time was used to finish the rapid shooting in ten seconds.

Putting aside his achievements, his character alone is enough to earn his respect. No wonder he is the captain of the assault squadron directly under the brigade.

What a terrible future!
Chen Shu took a few deep breaths, suppressed the distracting thoughts in his mind, and fired all five bullets at a pace that suited him.

With one shot and one pull, five bullets were fired in succession from the long barrel of the sniper rifle, hitting the bullseye without any doubt.

One ten-ring, five fifty-ring.

"Position four, firing complete."

Chen Shu ejected the magazine, stood up steadily, and reported. While waiting, he glanced around at the other participating team members and knew that he was not slow.

After a short while, the shooting ended. After the target announcer reported the results, Chen Shu felt that the score was unsatisfactory, as his shooting speed was indeed much slower than Zhang Zhongzhen's.

Back at the temporary camp, a group of team members surrounded them. Xu Mingliang patted Chen Shu's shoulder vigorously and said happily, "I knew you would definitely take first place." "Don't be silly, they went easy on me." Chen Shu said, but his eyes were always on Zhang Zhongzhen, who was wearing jungle camouflage clothing not far away. "Fire five shots in just over ten seconds and keep the score at 48 rings. His skill is indeed better than mine."

Perhaps sensing Chen Shu's gaze, Zhang Zhongzhen glanced back at Chen Shu from afar, his expression calm, seemingly unaffected by the first round of the contest where he was at a disadvantage.

"Of course, that's not his ambition." Xu Mingliang, who was transferred from the detachment, clearly knew a lot about the inside story and commented with an expected expression, "This kid probably doesn't take this competition seriously either. He's just here to practice his shooting and create some atmosphere."

Pu Shu, unaware of the situation, said, "What he wants to do is their business. I think this is good. If Captain Chen wins the sniper competition, our team will probably be able to climb to second place in the overall score."

Chen Shu smiled and said with emotion, "Yes, Pu Shu is right. This is a good thing. If we can make it into the top three in the city this time, I'll have the instructor treat everyone to a drink!"

"Hey, it's a must!"

"Haha, with the instructor's stingy nature, we'd be grateful if he could add a few extra chicken legs to our dinner!"

"Haha! Look at what you're saying."

"What are you all talking about? Come and have some snacks!" A female voice interrupted their conversation. Everyone turned around and saw Zou Qing, the brigade's internal affairs officer, jogging over to greet them.

"Zou Qing, what brings you here?" Pu Shu, who won the five-kilometer race, was the first to rush over, puffing out his chest with his medal and asking with a smile.

"There wasn't much going on in the team, so the captain drove me to buy some snacks to bring over. Pu Shu, I heard you got first place? That's amazing! Let me see your medal!" Zou Qing walked into the middle of the group, her big, watery eyes particularly endearing.

Li Da followed behind, carrying two large bags filled with bread and drinks.

Zou Qing helped take the bag and distributed the snacks to everyone, laughing and joking with the younger team members, looking extremely happy.

Chen Shu led Li Da to the side and offered him a cigarette: "Li Da, didn't you just finish your shift last night? Why are you here already?"

Li Damei happily accepted the cigarette and said frankly, "I've heard about it. Your grades are so good, so I came here right away. If we don't seize this opportunity now, it'll be gone by today."

Chen Shu was somewhat amused and exasperated. He felt that the straightforward captain in front of him was completely different from the heads of the police stations or various business teams he had met before. It was truly a stroke of incredible luck that he had been promoted to a leadership position at the section chief level.

Chen Shu laughed and said, "We were really lucky this time. The people from the detachment never even thought about competing with us for the rankings. I saw that all the people who came out to participate in the competition were new police officers wearing crutches. The other county and district brigades were about the same as us to begin with, but now that we had the advantage of starting first, they didn't react in time and fell behind. We estimate that we can make it into the top three this year, but we may not be so sure next year."

Li Da's mouth almost stretched to his ears: "That's enough, that's enough. This year's results are enough. Why worry about next year? You can keep bragging for as long as you can."

Chen Shu lit a cigarette and quietly waited for the details of the next two sniper competitions to be revealed, pondering his next move.

Chen Shu had his own ideas. He hadn't originally planned to win, given the formidable strength of the brigade's assault squadron. But seeing how careless and pretentious the First Direct Battalion was, Chen Shu felt that it would be a disservice to his reputation as the branch's all-time leader in strikes if he didn't seize the opportunity to take first place.

Chen Shu appears humble on the surface, but the desire to be number one is deeply ingrained in his genes.

(To avoid concentrating the entire year's training on only a few specific events in the competition, the Dongzhou Special Police Competition, in addition to a few fixed traditional events, only announces the details of popular events such as sniping and team assault during the competition. Furthermore, to allow special police officers to participate in the competition at multiple levels, a special rule has been set up: winners of individual events are not allowed to participate in subsequent team events.)

(End of this chapter)