When boys watch military dramas when they are young, they will dream of becoming a sniper, snipers are different from sharpshooters, their requirements are more stringent, not only to have the target head of the sharpshooter, but also to be able to arrows, crossbows, knives and other bizarre, and even master martial arts, when encountering the enemy can be killed in close combat, is a decisive role in the battle.
In modern times, our country has a very famous sniper, who once single-handedly made the United States helpless. This person's name is Zhang Taofang. Zhang Taofang was born in 1931 in Xinghua, Jiangsu Province, in his childhood Zhang Taofang personally experienced, the Japanese invaders went into the village to kill innocent people's cruel acts, so they hated the Japanese invaders very much, at a young age became the leader of the anti-Japanese children's regiment, after the victory of the war, some people wanted to persecute him, clever he did not take this gang seriously at all, and still herded cattle in the field.
In 1951, the 19-year-old Zhang Taofang signed up to join the volunteer army, and later joined the battle with the large troops, but the enlistment time was not long, only a little more than a year, but in such a short year, Zhang Taofang had a strong interest in snipers, based on interest, he trained very hard, as soon as he had time, he asked the elders in the barracks for advice, and after consulting, he took the rifle for aiming training. This diligence, combined with his talent, laid the foundation for Zhang Taofang's subsequent pioneering work.
The Battle of Shangganling must be known to everyone, and the hero Huang Jiguang, whom we all know, died heroically in this battle. And this is also the place where Zhang Taofang became famous in world war I. After the battle, Zhang Taofang used a total of 240 rounds of ammunition to eliminate 71 enemy troops, setting a record for a sniper at that time, but Zhang Taofang was a recruit who had only been in the army for a year, and everyone couldn't believe it at the time, especially the military commander Pi Dingjun.
However, Commander Pi also felt that the young man was a malleable talent, so he let Zhang Taofang go to the training class for professional training, and after exchanging and learning with others, Zhang Taofang soon returned from school, and the first thing was of course to test the learning results. Zhang Taofang did not disappoint everyone, and five bullets hit four birds. Prove to everyone that he is a sniper. Zhang Taofang, who later rejoined the battle, performed even better, and soon completed the goal of killing a hundred enemy troops. Become the first of the volunteer snipers.
And his reputation also spread in the enemy camp, when the enemy sent the best snipers to fight Zhang Taofang. At that time, Zhang Taofang went to the sniper station as usual to stand guard, just walked in and flew a string of bullets overhead, the battle began, Zhang Taofang also realized that the other side had premeditated. He took a look at his surroundings, put a worn-out steel helmet on his rifle, and then exposed it to the ground, originally intending to lure the enemy to shoot the first shot, he wanted to find the enemy's location, but it was obvious that the person who came this time was not a good stubble, and was not fooled at all.
This moment aroused Zhang Taofang's desire to fight, Zhang Taofang reacted quickly, crawling forward in the traffic ditch, shifting his position, looking for the next sniper point, when he reached the end, he quickly got up and ran into the next sniper station, in such a short period of more than ten seconds, the enemy fired again, fortunately, it was rubbing Zhang Taofang's heel past, Zhang Taofang re-concealed, and observed the enemy.
At that time, there were two machine guns on the opposite side, which were firing at other positions, so exposing their own behavior was obviously impossible, Zhang Taofang did not act rashly, continued to search, and finally found that there was the same in the gap between the two rocks on the distant mountain, after determining the position of the enemy, he no longer hesitated, when the other party had not yet made a counterattack, quickly aimed at the enemy's head, but unfortunately it was still a slow step, at this time the enemy also found Zhang Taofang, this shot was dodged by the other side.
In order to suppress Zhang Taofang, the enemy made a point shot, and Zhang Taofang still maintained his stability, looking for an opportunity to shoot again. Finally Zhang Taofang found that the enemy always concentrated fire on his left side, and the right side became an empty block, so he carefully climbed over, the rifle quietly stretched out, in order to ensure that it was not a trap, Zhang Taofang waited patiently for ten minutes, the enemy shot at his right side, to make sure that the other party did not find that he had changed positions, so Zhang Taofang stood up violently, quickly pulled the trigger towards the enemy, although the enemy also reacted quickly, but Zhang Taofang's bullets were a little faster, directly killing the enemy. The enemy's bullets flew over his scalp, and Zhang Taofang won the final victory.
After that, Zhang Taofang appeared in the battle, killing 214 enemies with 436 bullets in three months, the highest record holder of snipers in the Volunteer Army, and also became the well-deserved "King of Chinese Snipers." "It should be known that Zhang Taofang was still using an old-fashioned rifle without a sniper scope, because of his heroic combat, after the war, Zhang Taofang was awarded the title of special meritorious service of the volunteer army and the title of second-class hero.
Zhang Taofang's final record was originally 211 people, but when he came down from the battlefield, Commander Pi, after learning of his combat records, said that he did not play a famous name, Zhang Taofang did not know, and then Commander Pi asked him what was the number of the regiment he was in, Zhang Taofang replied that it was 214 regiments, so Commander Pi replied that if he could fight three more, no more and no less, it would be 214 people and the regiment number of their regiments. After listening, Zhang Taofang took the gun and returned to the sniper ground, completed the task in an hour, and handed over the errand to Commander Pi.
Because of the long-term sniper work, after Zhang Taofang returned, one eye was always squinted into a slit, and the other eye was shining, and this "sequelae" could not be changed back, and his appearance changed as a result. Zhang Taofang is a character who does not accept defeat and likes to challenge, and when he returned, the army was recruiting fighter pilots, Zhang Taofang was successfully selected, and since then he has not taken a sniper rifle and has not been on the battlefield.
But Zhang Taofang's deeds have always been a legend in the military, and Zhang Lao died in 2007 at the age of 76.