He is the "Chinese sniper god" and "cold gun hero" and is recognized by the US media as the "most deadly sniper".
On January 27, 2018, the US National Interest magazine selected the top ten deadliest snipers in global history, "Chinese Sniper God" Zhang Taofang ranked first.
article uses brief language to describe the legendary deeds that he used a rifle without a mirror on the Korean battlefield to kill the American ace sniper "ghost" and killed 214 enemy troops (mainly the US military) with 436 bullets in 32 days, making the enemy frightened.
It is said that the times create heroes, and Zhang Taofang's sniper legend also has a great relationship with the social situation at that time.
"Chinese Sniper God"
At this time, Korean War has entered a white-hot stage. After the bandit suppression ended, Zhang Taofang's troops received a new order - support Keep U.S. aggression and aid Korea .
The situation at that time was that after five fierce battles in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, the representative of the volunteer army in my country, began a ceasefire negotiation with the representative of the "Joint Army" represented by the United States.
Although there is no large-scale head-on conflict, the US military relies on its high-tech weapons to vigorously suppress the volunteer army and launch fierce bombardment from time to time.
In order to fight the enemy's arrogance, the Volunteer Army changed its strategy. trained special snipers across the army to shoot and kill single targets of the enemy, and thus developed the entire army's cold gun cold cannon movement .
Zhang Taofang therefore joined the shooting training. Loading, lurking, predicting, aiming, and shooting are all skills he must learn.
After a period of high-intensity training, Zhang Taofang finally received a Soviet M1944 Mosin Nagan rifle (currently in Chinese People's Revolutionary Military Museum ).
When it comes to the test and assessment, he is full of confidence. Because before joining the army, he had come into contact with guns and knew that his advantage was his good eyesight and aiming accurately.
However, he fired three shots in a row, and the gun off the target. has the last score for the assessment . The company commander was so angry that he cursed:
"Who brought this young boy to our sniper company? He was not the material for being a sniper. It was clearly holding fire stick beats sesame cakes and serves as the cook's ingredients. "
. That's it. Zhang Taofang was assigned to cooking squad as a chef, but he was so strong that he did not give up.
also carefully analyzed the reasons for the failure:
. I used a short gun before, but now it has been replaced by the Soviet M1944 Mosin Nagan rifle, which is not very used to it. Second, my shooting skills are indeed not skilled enough.
So while doing your job well, Zhang Taofang will practice shooting skills diligently whenever he has time.
He looked for the activity target during the day to shoot, and at night he shone on the kerosene lamp 10 meters away, practicing aiming with the fire core that was rising and falling.
In addition to how to aim and position, in order to ensure the stability of shooting, he also tore the broken sheet into two pieces of sand and soil, tied them to his hands, and strengthened his arm strength to fight against the powerful recoil during shooting.
Finally, with the help of hard work, Zhang Taofang achieved excellent results in the shooting assessment later, became a sniper as she wished, and received a new order.
The battle here is fierce, there is no grass or trees, no vitality, and looking around, it is desolate. Various gunpowder , burnt smoke, and corpses mixed into a disgusting and unpleasant smell. In addition, the defensive platforms and sniper points built on the position are only composed of a few large bluestones.
However, it was in such a simple and arduous environment that Zhang Taofang began his sniper legend.
sniper legend
is at the forefront of the 597.9 highland front. Zhang Taofang has five shooting positions in total, connected by a 30-meter-long traffic trench in the middle. Soon, he ushered in his first sniper mission.
On this day, with his keen reconnaissance power, Zhang Taofang discovered the figure of the enemy and then decisively raised his gun to shoot.
However, after a gunshot, not only failed to hit, but instead exposed his position and was frantically fired by the enemy. Under the suppression of powerful firepower, the company commander quickly ordered Zhang Taofang to retreat.
The first time he sniped, he actually "returned empty-handed" , and Zhang Taofang couldn't help feeling a little disappointed. Seeing this, the company commander of
analyzed the reasons for his failure:
"This place is almost all tunnels with a large slope. When shooting, you not only have to aim at the enemy, but also determine the shooting direction based on analyzing the enemy's direction, movement speed, etc., remember to go up the mountain and hit the foot down the mountain."
After knowing the cause of the problem, Zhang Taofang held the gun with confidence and ambushed at the sniper point. For half an hour, one hour, two hours ...
After a long wait, Zhang Taofang found that three enemies were carefully reconnaissing in the tunnel near the position.
Combined with the suggestions given by the company commander, Zhang Taofang decisively pulled the trigger, and with a "bang", an enemy on the opposite side fell to the ground.
This is Zhang Taofang's "first picture". After slowly finding the feeling, his shooting skills became more and more skillful.
, in order to improve his marksmanship, Zhang Taofang became more diligent. He practiced as soon as he had time, and even found out how to "tempt the enemy" when he didn't know the enemy's position. :
Hang up his helmet with the tip of the gun, and then slowly lifted it up high to lure the other party to shoot, so as to know the other party's position.
First-class shooting skills and feasible and effective combat strategies, Zhang Taofang has killed more and more, including important figures such as officers and generals.
On this day, Zhang Taofang had been ambushing the No. 4 sniper platform for a long time, and suddenly a person dressed in an officer broke into his sight.
The officer was arrogant and looked leisurely. Seeing this, Zhang Taofang immediately raised her gun, pulled the bolt, pulled the trigger, and shot the officer to death. Because he did not know Zhang Taofang's location, the other soldiers were so scared that they fled everywhere. After
, Zhang Taofang used his super high marksmanship and to clear away many enemy key points using the "name" method. As of the end of February 1953, he had killed 71 enemies with 247 bullets.
At that time, the 24th Army's "First Report " also left a large page to specifically report on Zhang Taofang's record.
He found his staff, went to the regiment where Zhang Taofang was located to learn about the situation, and handed over the military boots he had always treasured to the staff: "I saw him hit three enemies with my own eyes and gave him these military boots."
The staff completed the task with great sincerity and responsibility, and followed Zhang Taofang to the sniper point the next day. He thought that the best evidence was to take pictures, so he took out the camera that he had prepared for a long time.
Zhang Taofang is also refreshing. She successfully completed the sniper mission of three people 400 meters away from the 400 meters that the staff member had to see clearly with a telescope.
Since then, Zhang Taofang’s vivid shooting myth has spread, and he has been called the “Volunteer Army Sharpshooter”, “Shangganling Sniper God” and “Cold Gun Hero”. The whole group has also set off a wave of learning from him.
, and Zhang Taofang also shared his experience of sniping shooting with his comrades without reservation. With his guidance and help, countless excellent snipers who fight cold guns emerged throughout the regiment:
snipers of the eighth company and squad of 471 enemies in 54 days, and soldiers Lu Changqing killed 178 enemies ...
A large number of snipers appeared in the Volunteer Army in a short period of time, which gave the enemy a heavy blow. There is a saying circulating in the " United Nations Army " led by the country: "The Americans really got to know the Chinese people from Shangganling." "
They no longer dared to stand in front of the position like before, but imitated the volunteer army and began to dig tunnels and fought a hidden war. Therefore, the United States later called Shangganling " Sniper Strike Ridge" .
But even if the US military relies on advanced weapons, it still cannot gain the upper hand in the long-term war. Especially when the volunteers had many snipers, they did not dare to show up. They hid in the tunnel all day long, used jars to deal with the toilet, and then threw them out of the position.
(A breakdown here, the volunteers seized a large number of canned food from the enemy army in the back, because all of them were flying, which caused the soldiers who came back from the Korean battlefield to resist canning food.)
The battle made the US military extremely frustrated. In order to reverse the situation, they specially found Colonel Ike, the ace sniper with the title of "ghost", and vowed to get rid of Zhang Taofang, who they called "death".
Ike is equipped with an M2 heavy machine gun , with an scope , which has strong firepower and a very long range, and its performance is far better than Zhang Taofang's purely manual M1944 Mosinnagan rifle.
So what will the result of this showdown between China and the United States?
Chinese and American ace sniper matchup
On this day, it was just dawn, and Zhang Taofang was squatting down at the sniper point. Before she could check the situation of the other party, a slalom bullet flew towards him and hit the tunnel and the cloth bag.
has one even passed through his ear, rubbing his skin and passing through . In just one second, Zhang Taofang buried her head in the tunnel, thus avoiding damage.
But Zhang Taofang knew that her location had been exposed!
In order to find out the enemy's location, he hung the helmet out, but after shaking for a long time, no gunshots from the other party were heard. Obviously, the other party was well aware of these little skills.
Zhang Taofang wanted to poke her head out to look, but as soon as she showed her head, the other party's bullet flew over in a slalom. He realized that he had met a sniper this time.
However, Zhang Taofang quickly calmed down. After careful thinking, a bold idea was born in his mind.
He quickly crawled forward to the end of the tunnel, then jumped up and fell into another tunnel. As soon as he climbed over, the enemy's bullet flew over almost to his heels, and Zhang Taofang had to avoid it urgently.
The "ghost" sniper in the dark opposite to look at Zhang Taofang who was chased by bullets and couldn't help but feel proud.
But what he could not imagine was that all this was just Zhang Taofang's plan.
With the just series of bullet strafing trajectories, Zhang Taofang was able to roughly determine the direction of the enemy.
Next is a competition of will. Through the cracks of the stone, Zhang Taofang finally discovered the "ghost" location in a hidden crack in the stone.
The firepower suppression just now also made him realize that the opponent not only had superb marksmanship, but also had first-class weapon performance. Zhang Taofang knew very well that if he wanted to survive, he had to shoot the opponent to death.
He speculates on the enemy's movement range, movement speed and other factors, and calculates his gun position and angle.
A few minutes later, he poked his head out again, and after attracting the opponent's continuous shooting, he stood up suddenly and pulled the trigger immediately. With a gunshot, the bullet fired out. Almost at the same time, after the "ghost" discovered Zhang Taofang, he immediately pulled the trigger.
With a "bang", the bullet hit the target. What was thrilling was that after the smoke and dust dissipated, Zhang Taofang survived.
Later, in a report from the United States Coal, the cause of death of "ghost" was described in this way: Zhang Taofang's bullet passed through the scope of "ghost" and hit the "ghost"'s forehead.
From this we can see that Zhang Taofang is evident in his magical shooting skills.
get victory
After the army commander Pi Dingjun learned of these legendary events, he wanted to know the legendary sniper himself.
So Zhang Taofang took off her leather boots from the bedside, hung them around her neck and walked into the regiment headquarters. Every step she took, a crisp clang sound made inside.
Commander looked surprised and asked in confusion: "What's the sound? Why don't you wear leather boots?"
"The commander reluctantly wears leather boots, and the shell used to kill the enemy. ."
Zhang Taofang explained that every time he killed an enemy, he would put the bullet shells in the leather boots, and now there are 211 of them in it.
Looking at the shell full of boots, the commander didn't say anything, his eyes were full of appreciation. He patted Zhang Taofang on the shoulder and said, "Your army number is the 214th Regiment. You have wiped out 211 enemies. Make up the same number and keep working hard."
The young man is always passionate. As soon as the commander finished speaking, Zhang Taofang went to the sniper point to guard the gun. In less than 4 hours, he came back with three shells.
At this time, North Korean armistice negotiations have come to an end. On July 27, 1953, representatives of the Volunteer Army and representatives of the United States-led "United Nations Army" signed an armistice agreement on Panmendian , marking the end of the Korean War.
Zhang Taofang's bullet shell is also stuck at 214!
He killed 214 enemies with 436 bullets within 32 days, setting a record for the highest number of enemies killed by the Chinese volunteer army on the Korean battlefield, which also shocked the enemy.
After the end of the Korean War, Zhang Taofang, who had made great achievements in military affairs, won the honorary title of "Second Level Sniper Hero".
However, when he returned to China with the large army, he hid his merits and fame, gave up all his previous honors, and in the second year, he became the pilot of the first generation of fighter jets in my country.
It can be said that he has been contributing to the cause of the motherland throughout his life.
History will not forget the real hero. Until now, Zhang Taofang's heroic deeds are still encouraging people to work hard and fight tenaciously.
salutes the heroes of the Volunteer Army!
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