In the eyes of most people, General Zhang Aiping has a big temper, does not accept defeat, has the ability, and can fight. However, in terms of marksmanship, no one will compare him with Su Yu, Wang Shusheng, Luo Binghui, Xu Shiyou and others.
Why?
Because Su Yu, Wang Shusheng, Luo Binghui, Xu Shiyou and other people's marksmanship is good, they are well-known in the military. They are smart in marksmanship, they can wear Yang in a hundred steps, shoot a hundred shots, and when they raise their hands, they will have no false shots, and what they hit.
In fact, Zhang Aiping's marksmanship is not worse than theirs.
He has been through hundreds of battles, and he can escape death, most of the time, relying on a gun in his hand.
Zhang Aiping was originally a political commissar, how good is his marksmanship?
At the time of the 3rd Division of the New Fourth Army, there was such a thing.
In the spring of 1941, the 3rd Division returned to northeastern Anhui to prepare to retake lost ground from the Japanese. On this day, the snow had just stopped, and the earth was silvery. The troops were still advancing on the snow.
Suddenly, a large bird took off in front of it in the reeds, flapped its wings and flew high into the air, circling 200 meters above the ground. Zhang Zhenhuan, director of the Political Department, said: "This is an osprey, it will come down with bright wings and specialize in fishing on the lake. ”
Deputy Commander (at this time, the 3rd Brigade still uses the title of the original three detachments) said: "The osprey will not fly so high. This is an old eagle that specializes in catching birds and watching it find its target mile. ”
Zhang Zhenhuan did not admit to being an old eagle.
Zhang Aiping smiled and said, "Hey, is it an osprey or an old eagle, let's take a look!" Saying, he took a carbine from the messenger's hand, "What, make a bet, who is wrong?" ”
"Whoever is wrong pays for the wine, this game will be eaten." Zhang Zhenhuan said.
Sun Xianghan smiled and said, "If you can't fight, Commander Zhang will buy wine." ”
"Well," zhang Aiping said, "but my wine, you can't drink it." So he raised his gun, and who knew that this big bird suddenly vibrated its wings like an arrow in a circle and flew high into the air.
Sun Xianghan laughed and said to Zhang Aiping, "Wine, you have bought it." ”
Zhang Aiping withdrew her gun and waited for a while, but the big bird had not yet come down. Everyone had to continue to move forward.
Unexpectedly, after taking more than ten steps, Zhang Aiping suddenly swung her gun sideways, and with a "bang", a bullet was fired, and the big bird was hit and fell from mid-air.
It turned out that Zhang Aiping did not relax her observation of it, and when it swooped down from a high altitude, she immediately gave it a head-on shot. The correspondent picked up the big bird, and Sun Xianghan and Zhang Zhenhuan looked at it as a big bird that no one could name, and the bullet just penetrated through the front chest of the big bird and shot through the back. Everyone couldn't help but admire Zhang Aiping's good marksmanship.
Zhang Aiping was also triumphant, and on the way to the march, inspiration surged and recited a poem:
Oriental white,
Evil Eagle Heaven Outer Xie Hongze.
Xie Hongze,
Yellow sorghum dream pillow,
Spring in disguise.
Pi Xing Dai Yue Canal Yue Yue,
Jokes about who wins the game first.
Who hunts first,
Will eat game,
Celebrate the return of Shijie.
This poem, rather than recording a small episode on the way back to northeast Anhui by the 3rd Division, is rather a proof of Zhang Aiping's superb marksmanship. Later, when Zhang Zhenhuan was in Huaye, once someone praised Su Yu's marksmanship on time, he couldn't help but say:
"As far as I know, Zhang Aiping's marksmanship is also very good. Outsiders don't know. If you compare with Commander Su, the two have a fight. ”