South China Sea Myth

"There is a theory about the origin of snipers that originated from a game played by British soldiers stationed in India around 1773," Tian said. The soldiers there often hunted an agile bird called the snipe. The second theory is that during the American Revolutionary War, a major of the American Volunteer Army, Major Sharp, led an independent mobile team of gunners to shoot and kill many high-ranking British officers with incredible long-range accuracy, and many times won great victories at a very small cost. The third theory is that the name sniper in the true modern sense was first used in the First World War. At that time, the Germans selected soldiers to form free-moving snipers. Most of them had a background as hunters and rangers, and inflicted heavy casualties on the Anglo-French and Russian armies on both the eastern and western fronts. To this end, at the end of the war, the British army set up a sniper school to train counter-sniper talents. "

According to the captain of the sniper team, on the European battlefield of World War II, the 9th and 10th armored divisions of the German fascists, relying on superior firepower and troops, launched an encirclement and suppression against the 1st Airborne Division of the British Army. However, most of these British soldiers wearing red berets have been trained as snipers in shooting, and almost all of them are sharpshooters. The German offensive was thwarted and suffered heavy losses, and finally had to send additional units of anti-armor rockets, self-propelled guns and flamethrowers to achieve its goal on the fourth day. The superior combat skills of these British soldiers later earned them the prestigious name of "Red Devils".

Ah Lang asked: "Tian Gong, the main task of a sniper is to treat the enemy, or to treat the enemy's military equipment. Tian Gong replied: "I served as a sniper in the army, once on a mission, before departure, the superior ordered me to say that shooting enemy personnel only occupies a small part of the sniper's task, enemy vehicles, helicopters, communication facilities, oil tanks, missile bases, ammunition depots, oil depots, etc., are more important sniper targets, snipers must have a wealth of knowledge and experience, should have the ability to adapt to the situation, for example, when you see a personnel carrier coming, you should fire an armor-piercing bullet first." "

Doctor Myth said, "Isn't it okay to have a normal bullet?" Tian Changjiang said: "The car transporting the soldiers is bulletproof glass, which cannot be penetrated by ordinary bullets. Doctor Myth said, "You're trying to break through the bulletproof glass and kill the driver directly." "

Engineer Tian nodded: "The sniper method has a certain logical way of thinking. If I found that the first armor-piercing bullet failed to achieve its purpose, I immediately replaced it with an armor-piercing incendiary bullet and destroyed the bulletproof glass with a high-temperature armor-piercing projectile. I then switched to armor-piercing bullets to kill. Of course, if the task is still not completed, then the sniper should continue to use armor-piercing incendiary shells. If the enemy in the armored vehicle refuses to come down, the sniper should shoot at the tank's communication antenna, the commander's periscope, and the external fuel tank. The armored car caught fire, the crew on top got out of the car, and the sniper's shot was effective. "

Doctor Myth said, "Is the behavior you just said soft hunting?" Tian Gong said, "Yes. Snipers often have to coordinate with anti-tank units. First, the sniper ignited the tank with an armor-piercing incendiary bomb, and when the armored vehicle burned and lost its defensive capability, the anti-tank unit destroyed the tank with anti-tank missiles. "

Ah Lang asked very smartly: "Can a sniper carry out a hard shot independently?" Tian Gong said, "Of course. I once sniped a Russian-made Mi-8 helicopter with a 7.62mm semi-automatic sniper rifle, shooting exposed and vulnerable parts such as its rotor shaft. I fired about 5 rounds that hit the fuel tank of this helicopter and the helicopter exploded. "

Ah Lang asked: "Snipers are all mortals, different from us immortals, how to solve the problem of eating and drinking?" The sniper's dry food is also high-calorie compressed food. A piece of 5 cubic centimeters of food can ensure the body's caloric supply for 18 hours.

Tian Gong smiled and said: Yes, although snipers have created modern myths, they are mortals after all and need to eat and drink. If there is such food as half a lunch box, then the sniper will not have to worry about hunger for half a month. It's just that this food tastes bad, chewing like swallowing a candle. Snipers from all over the world choose to use water bags and straws in the process of carrying out their missions, and abandon the common military water bottles. This ingenuity is determined by the characteristics of the sniper's profession, because they often need to lurk in a hidden place for a long time, waiting for a fierce decisive battle to come, so drinking water can only be changed to absorb water. "

Dr. Myth said: "I have seen a source that in the summer of 1997, the flagship of the US Navy's 7th Fleet, the Blue Ridge, and the guided-missile destroyer USS McCain visited Qingdao. A U.S. Marine Corps also visited the ship, including soldiers who served as snipers. They are dressed in ragged clothes. From head to toe, the back and hind legs were all nailed with green and yellow strips of cloth, and the face was painted black and green, and even the sniper rifle was covered with wisps of cloth. This outfit stands out on a warship, but once it hides in the jungle, it immediately blends in with its surroundings and is indistinguishable. It is also designed to hide the painstaking pain for a long time. "

Guangzhou Xiangjiang Wildlife Park, with 150 white tigers. These tigers are artificially fed, and if they are put in the natural environment, it is difficult to survive because their color is too obvious to blend in with the natural environment, that is, they cannot hide themselves, they cannot hunt for food, and of course it is very difficult to survive.

Tian Gong said with emotion: "'Lonely and long', these five words can be described as a simple and vivid summary of the sniper career. Long-term survival in the wild requires a convenient and safe shelter. The position of the sniper itself can be regarded as a small position, often designed as a suitable observation point for camouflage and concealment, about 3 meters wide and 1 meter high. There are usually two exits, one larger for personnel to enter and exit, and the other smaller for observation and shooting. There is often a smooth slope inside the firing port, so that the sniper can rely on his elbow and his upper body will not be overworked when he is lying down for a long time.

Tian Gong said: "The selection of the sniper's hiding point should meet the needs of long-term concealment, not only not far from the water source, but also to ensure that there is no water accumulation in the rain, and that the heat is cool and ventilated. Snipers try not to use artificial objects, and the natural environment is best integrated with the sniper, and natural caves, woods, and rocks can be used directly, including natural rock crevices, hollow tree trunks, and bushes. In order to make it easier for snipers to be safe and invisible, snipers should also sprinkle tear gas around them to prevent curious and olfactory wildlife from coming over and exposing the strike or even injuring the sniper. During one of the movements, my lower back hurt, and I noticed that something was entangled in my waist, and then my leg was also entangled. I touched it with my hand, it was very cold, and when I looked sideways, it turned out to be a two-meter-long python. I was afraid of exposing the target, so I couldn't move too much, so I could only use my hands to jam the python's head and neck, and in the end, I stuck the python to death. Otherwise, I'm afraid I'll be entangled by a python to death. "