Naturally, Liu Ruyi would not understand Zheng Zhibao's thoughts. After all, sparrows and swans are not on the same level!
The reason why Liu Ruyi competed with Wen Cheng was actually after careful consideration!
Young people are strong-minded and eager to win!
If they are guided, their greater potential will often be stimulated, but if they are stifled, the consequence will be that everyone will be wiped out!
The main purpose of Liu Ruyi's establishment of the Navy Academy is to discover and promote talents for my use. But doing so now actually means more like "buying horse bones for a thousand gold"!
After all, these young people are not just one person, they also have parents, they also have relatives, and they also have friends!
What Liu Ruyi needs to do is to open a door for them, a door that allows them to let their ideals fly!
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"You come first, or me?" Liu Ruyi skillfully pushed open the fire door of the gun, loaded it with gunpowder, and smiled at Wen Cheng beside him.
Wen Cheng bowed respectfully, cupped his hands and said, "The general decides everything!"
Liu Ruyi looked at his somewhat unruly and confident eyes and couldn't help but smile, "Okay, I'll let Wen Cheng go first!"
Wen Cheng was overjoyed. He had long wanted to show his true ability in front of everyone!
At that moment, he bowed respectfully to Liu Ruyi, held his fists in front of everyone, picked up the blunderbuss in his hand, and came to the shooting range!
And his movements are also very graceful, loading the bomb, charging the powder, igniting the rope, stepping up, aiming, all in one go, straight into the flow!
Obviously, Wen Cheng is not very young, but he is definitely an expert!
"Bang!" After the first shot, it hit the bullseye, and the head of the wooden target at 70 paces cracked, and the wood pieces shattered on the ground!
"Okay! Well done Wen Cheng! Come on!"
"Well done! You are indeed a descendant of the old Wen family!"
"Wen Cheng, we support you!"
Seeing Wen Cheng's first shot being so brave, the friends around him couldn't help but be very proud and cheered!
After all, if Wen Cheng performed well, they would also have face!
Huo Lang was slightly disdainful, 'It's pretty good for a young boy to have such abilities!'
Liu Ruyi was smiling, not tepid, obviously looking forward to Wen Cheng's next performance!
With the first shot, he showed off his seven skills, and Wen Cheng was slightly excited!
The blunderbuss in his hand is the latest blunderbuss equipped by the Caishi Army. It is lighter in weight and has more accurate ballistics. Moreover, the center and trigger parts have also been optimized in a more humane way. It feels very good in the hand, and I can't help but feel happy.
Wen Cheng’s confidence greatly increased!
Looking at the friends around him who were roaring like a tsunami, Wen Cheng was very excited. He gave everyone a thumbs up proudly and devoted himself to the next shooting!
"boom!"
"boom!"
"Bang~bang~bang~!"
In the blink of an eye, all seven guns had passed by, and without exception, the wooden targets seventy steps away had their heads shattered, showing the accuracy of Wen Cheng's ballistics!
"Wen Cheng, well done! Hahaha! You didn't embarrass us, the sons of Caishi Town!"
"Wen Cheng! Come on! Haha! Three more shots and you'll hit them all! By then, I'm afraid you can really defeat the general!"
"Wen Cheng, Wen Cheng..."
Seeing Wen Cheng's sharpness, the friends around him were already excited, cheering and jumping for joy!
At first, when they saw that Wen Cheng dared to challenge the general, they were all worried about Wen Cheng. After all, the general had experienced hundreds of battles and had never seen any big scenes. How could a kid like Wen Cheng do this?
Is he the general's opponent?
But now that the actual results are before their eyes, these friends are simply stunned and stunned!
You know, in private practice, there are not many bird gunners who are "always on target", but this is in front of the general, with a thousand new students watching, and hundreds of elite Colored Stone Army helping out. In such a big scene, they can still maintain their
With such a level, it's not just a matter of strength!
The psychological quality is even more transcendent than ordinary people!
At this time, Wen Cheng was also very excited, and there were dense beads of sweat on his forehead and palms!
"Seven guns! Seven hits!" Wen Cheng didn't expect that he would show such bravery today!
Looking at the new gun in his hand, Wen Cheng couldn't help but fall in love with it!
It was precisely because of this treasure that he performed exceptionally well today. Wen Cheng could not wait to kiss this treasure fiercely!
"Not bad! Keep working hard and let me see your true strength!" Liu Ruyi also felt Wen Cheng's nervousness!
This is actually like the shooting competition in the Olympic Games in later generations. No matter how well you practice on weekdays, it is all training, and the key to everything is to show your true performance in the competition!
If Wen Cheng is the athlete currently participating in the battle, then Liu Ruyi is the opponent and coach!
On the one hand, we must encourage athletes, and on the other hand, we must also cleverly increase the excitement of athletes!
Wen Cheng nodded hurriedly to Liu Ruyi, "Seven guns out of seven, as long as there are three more guns, he will be the general. I'm afraid there will be no way to save him, right?"
Thinking of this, Wen Cheng quickly concentrated his energy, pressed the tail of the blunderbuss against his shoulder, kept his eyes on the target, and slowly pressed his finger on the trigger!
"boom!"
"boom!"
"Bang~!"
With the crisp chirping of the bird gun, and three more shots, the two wooden targets on the opposite side shattered, but the last wooden target shook a few times and stood firmly again!
"Oops! I missed it!" Wen Cheng grabbed his hair with both hands in annoyance and hit nine out of nine shots. This was basically the same as his usual results. But the last shot may have been due to excessive excitement or too much nervousness.
As soon as he made the move, Wen Cheng felt that he was a little anxious. He didn't expect that it was really like this!
The projectile grazed the wooden target as big as a human head and floated by the wind. Obviously, it was only a few centimeters away from being able to completely hit the target!
"Nine out of ten shots hit! Not bad, very good! It seems that I have to hand over the one hundred taels of silver today!" Liu Ruyi laughed loudly.
Wen Cheng scratched his head in embarrassment, "General, this, this isn't even a comparison! But it doesn't count!"
After Wen Cheng finished speaking, he looked at Liu Ruyi with some luck but also some excitement!
"Hahaha!" Liu Ruyi couldn't help laughing. These young people are really interesting! "Well, that's right! Come on, use the gun!"
After Liu Ruyi finished speaking, several soldiers around him took off their muskets, opened the fire door, loaded them with gunpowder, filled them with projectiles, and arranged the ten muskets in a straight line!
"General, are you prepared to shoot these ten guns in one go?" Wen Cheng couldn't help but gasped when he saw it!
Shooting can be said to be a purely delicate job, or in other words, it is a delicate but very physically demanding physical activity!
Although Liu Ruyi does not need to load the ammunition or light the match rope by herself, just proofreading and aiming will consume a lot of energy!
"Haha!" Liu Ruyi smiled, but remained silent, minding her own business with her eyes closed and resting!
Wen Cheng stuck out his tongue, but he wanted to see how the general would behave!
The students on the side also kept their eyes open, looking forward to the general's mighty display!
Zheng Zhibao also recovered from the shock at this time. He had been trading in Southeast Asia for many years and had many entanglements with the Dutch. He certainly knew the power of muskets!
He really couldn't imagine that the seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy in front of him could actually hit nine out of ten shots!
You know, this is just a young boy from the Caishi Army! Then, how sharp will the real gunman of the Caishi Army be?
More importantly, Zheng Zhibao also discovered that the muskets of the Caishi Army were fundamentally different from the muskets of the Ming Dynasty army he had seen. They were almost ten times more advanced. Even compared with the advanced muskets of the Dutch, they were much more advanced.
There is a winner!
this……
Zheng Zhibao couldn't help but have mixed feelings in his heart. He had just laughed at Liu Ruyi in his mind for accompanying a bunch of children to cause mischief. Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, this so-called "child" slapped him hard in the face!
And next, Liu Ruyi will take the stage in person, so how far will he go?
Zheng Zhibao opened his eyes wide and stared closely at every move on the shooting range!
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At this time, on the shooting range in the distance, a dozen soldiers led ten hunting dogs into the field. They quickly removed the wooden targets that were originally fixed and tied them to the hunting dogs!
Immediately, another soldier took some wooden boards, formed a small circle about seventy steps away, and corralled the hunting dogs!
"Ah! This, this? The general is going to hit a moving target!" Wen Cheng's expression changed drastically!
"This, this..." The surrounding students were also stunned. They all wanted to see the general's true ability. Unexpectedly, before the fight actually started, the general gave them a big surprise!
You know, in general training, ordinary gun soldiers use fixed wooden targets as their training targets!
Only those who have truly made great military exploits in the Colored Stone Army and have the ability to "cut through a poplar with a hundred steps" dare to practice mobile wooden targets!
Wen Cheng was a child of the Caishi Army. He once heard his father mention that there was a small group of elite gunmen in the Caishi Army. Their number was very small, less than twenty people, but almost all of them were soldiers.
After hundreds of battles, every shot was accurate and every shot hit the target. They have a secret code name, which is called "Hou Yi Army", which is taken from the allusion of the ancient god "Hou Yi Risha". They are the elite among the elite of the Colored Stone Army and among the warriors.
The soldiers have always been led by the general himself, and they will only be dispatched when the most important tasks are needed!
Moreover, their treatment is also frighteningly generous!
Not only were the military salaries generous, but they also had priority in sharing the spoils of war! Although his father did not say it explicitly, Wen Cheng found out something about the thief refugee army captured by the general in Sichuan last year through his relationship with his friends.
The 'beauties' in the department, the most beautiful dozens, were selected by these people!
A boy of 17 or 18 years old was in a period when he was ignorant about the opposite sex. Thinking of hearing his friend's eloquent description, Wen Cheng also felt a little thirsty!
At this time, he could actually see the general demonstrating the mobile target in person. Wen Cheng hurriedly suppressed the distracting thoughts in his heart and concentrated his energy on the shooting range!
At this time, the shooting range in the distance is almost ready!
A soldier whistled to indicate that everything was ready, and then he threw the torch in his hand into the dog farm!
Suddenly, the hunting dogs in the dog farm were frightened, barking and running back and forth one after another!
Liu Ruyi smiled slightly, took a deep breath, walked forward quickly, and picked up the first blunderbuss...