Zhang Taofang is among the world's top snipers, and he is also a god-like existence, among the world's top ten snipers, he is the fastest person to grow from a recruit to a sniper, and he is the world's top ten snipers in the shortest time on the battlefield. He is the only 10 ace sniper who can fly a fighter.
Zhang Taofang joined the army in March 1951 and participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea as a volunteer in September of the following year. On January 29, 1953, he began to participate in the sniper group, and until May 25, in less than 4 months, he sniped 214 enemies, setting a record for the highest number of single enemies killed by rifles in the volunteers. This record has not been broken to this day, and with this record, it has become one of the top 10 snipers in the world.
You may think that Zhang Taofang is talented and is a sharpshooter when he shoots, but this is really not, when he first joined the army in 1953, the recruits hit targets and hit the first in the whole army, but they were the penultimate first!All three shots missed the target, and three big zero eggs. However, through hard work, he successfully passed the recruit assessment.
Entering the Korean battlefield in 1952, it has been more than a year since Zhang Taofang joined the army, you think his shooting must be no problem, but the result is beyond your expectations!At that time, the infantry was equipped with a Mosin Nagant M1944 cavalry rifle, and just got the cavalry rifle, which was a little rusty for Zhang TaofangIt's three more shots that missed the target, and it's three big zeros.
This time he was criticized and transferred to the cooking class.
Zhang Taofang, who entered the cooking class, was not depressed because of this, but used the rest time to study shooting skills, ask veterans about experience, and work hard to increase skills. Well, the disappointed instructor threw him back into the cooking class, and if nothing else, he could only be an excellent firehead.
After a while, the squad leader saw that he was still practicing so hard, and he couldn't bear it, so he decided to give him another chance.
They came to the forward position, three American GIs in front of them were taking a leisurely walk, the squad leader signaled, Zhang Taofang raised his gun cleanly and shot, the enemy fell one, but there was another accident if nothing happened, aiming at the first, but the second one fell!The squad leader's helpless expression finally had a result, and Zhang Taofang was transferred to the combat unit.
Although the target was wrong this time, Zhang Taofang found the essentials of shooting, grew up rapidly in the back, and was selected into the sniper team of the Cold Gun Movement, and then he used 436 rounds of ammunition on the battlefield in 32 days, sniping 214 enemies, and became a veritable "king of Chinese snipers".
It is said that there is also a small episode, when Zhang Taofang sniped 211, he was received by the army commander Pi Dingjun, and said to him that you are from the 214th regiment and should kill 214 enemies.
After the end of the Korean War, Zhang Taofang was successfully selected as the first generation of Chinese air force pilots, and was the only personnel selected to be assigned to the air force in the 214th regiment.
Zhang Taofang is the most unexpected ace sniper, the recruit missed the target with three shots, and the three shots missed the target when he entered the Korean War, and the first time he killed the enemy and aimed at the first to kill the second one, that's how he entered the ranks of the world's top 10 ace snipers in 32 days!Later he also became a fighter pilot!
Zhang Taofang's wonderful and legendary life is worth learning from, and hard work will create miracles!
Our hero tragically passed away on October 29, 2007, at the age of 77.