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How many enemies can a Chubby-1944 Mosin-Nagant rifle destroy with rough workmanship and short arms?
In just 32 days, Zhang Taofang killed 214 enemies with 442 bullets, creating the highest record of the volunteers killing the enemy with cold guns on the Korean battlefield, and was known as the sniper god.
But after participating in the battle this time, his superiors no longer let him perform sniper missions, and soon after, Zhang Taofang returned to China, why is this?
In the impression of many people, snipers must first have a complete set of shooting equipment, among which the scope is indispensable, but Zhang Taofang does not have these equipment, and it all depends on the naked eye positioning.
Is that Zhang Taofang a shooting genius?
It's really not, he was born in Xinghua, Jiangsu, he has been fishing for a living since he was a child, and before he became a soldier, he didn't even touch a gun.
In 1951, Zhang Taofang signed up for the army and served as a soldier in the 214th Regiment of the 72nd Division of the 24th Army of the Volunteer Army.
In other words, Zhang Taofang was actually a "rookie" at the beginning, but he used practical actions to tell people that as long as they are willing to work hard, everything has a chance.
In the cooking class, Zhang Taofang kept studying shooting skills in addition to cooking, and personally asked veterans for practical combat experience, he learned the essentials of action, and also understood what is the advance amount of shooting.
After a period of study and Xi, he ushered in the opportunity of actual combat, but the first time he carried out the mission, he fired 22 shots in a row, but not a single enemy was hit, the instructor hated iron and steel, and the squad leader was also extremely disappointed.
If nothing else, Zhang Taofang might only be an unknown cook who only cooks, but the squad leader saw his efforts and decided to give him another chance.
The two came to the front line again, there were three American GIs in front of them, Zhang Taofang aimed at the front one and shot quickly, the enemy fell, but the squad leader frowned, because it was the one in the middle who fell, Zhang Taofang still didn't hit accurately.
But it was finally opened, and this shooting gave Zhang Taofang a lot of confidence, and after he returned, he continued to improve his skills, and soon became an excellent sniper.
In just 32 days, 214 enemies were eliminated, this record was recited by the whole army, Zhang Taofang suddenly became a celebrity, and even the army commander Pi Dingjun personally met him and gave him his beloved double leather warm boots.
During this period, an interesting incident also happened, it turned out that Zhang Taofang eliminated a total of 211 people when he completed the blocking mission, and Pi Dingjun joked after seeing him: "Your regiment is 214 regiments, how can you eliminate 211 of them, and there are 3 less." ”
The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention. Zhang Taofang took this as an order, and he returned to the sniper position again and eliminated 3 enemies with three bullets, so that 214 people were gathered, which was also the highest record in the whole army.
Zhang Taofang was awarded a special merit, and his deeds are also well-known, it stands to reason that such an excellent sniper should stay on the front line and continue to kill the enemy, but his superiors no longer let him perform sniper missions, and he returned to China not long after, why is this?
Many years later, Zhang Taofang recalled this incident and told people the answer, it turned out that this was the protection of him in the organization, after all, it is not easy to train an excellent sniper, and protecting his safety is also an incentive for morale.
However, for Zhang Taofang, it may be a pity that he can no longer go to the front line to kill the enemy.
After returning to China, Zhang Taofang personally trained a large number of excellent marksmen, and he taught his experience to the newly recruited soldiers without reservation, just like the old squad leader taught him.
It's just that what many people didn't expect was that at the highlight moment of success, Zhang Taofang took the initiative to apply to his superiors, saying that he wanted to change careers to the Air Force and become a pilot.
In fact, this is undoubtedly a big loss in the field of snipers, but Zhang Taofang's spirit of daring to challenge himself and break through himself was recognized by his superiors, and the organization approved him to transfer to the air force.
And the rifle he used to kill the enemy on the Korean battlefield was also voluntarily handed over to the Chinese Revolutionary Military Museum for collection, and whenever tourists saw the record of Zhang Taofang's killing on the nameplate, they admired him from the bottom of their hearts.
Zhang Taofang, who came to the Air Force, mainly flew MiG-15 series fighters, although he did not have any previous flying foundation, but Zhang Taofang's tenacity still allowed him to quickly adapt to the life of piloting fighters.
He also received a third-class merit for his outstanding performance, became an excellent air force pilot, and worked for 20 years.
It's just that Zhang Taofang never had the opportunity to kill the enemy on the battlefield, and he couldn't fly the fighter to fight the enemy in person, which was also a pity in his opinion, but he always comforted himself like this: "It's a good thing that there is no war to fight, which shows that our country is peaceful." ”
In 1980, Zhang Taofang officially retired from the army and was a deputy regimental cadre, many people felt that this was really low compared with his merits, but he never cared about his position, but said lightly: "The people have given me enough, think about the comrades-in-arms who died in North Korea, I am content!"
On October 29, 2007, Zhang Taofang passed away at the age of 77.