HA2 10.2 – Doctrine

In the back area, Shizuka kneeled on the floor. Her left hand supported her body while her right hand held her throat, almost choking it.

“Garghhhhh… Hide…garghhh… you bastard!!” Shizuka complained while desperately gasping for air.

“Don’t say that. You looks enjoy it moment by moment,” Hide evilly said.

Shizuka then looked at Takeo for a help, but Takeo just turned his eyes away.

“Twig, can’t you see that Hide has gone too far?”

“I can see Hide is enjoying your suffering,” Takeo flatly replied, “but I don’t think he has gone too far.”

“Heartless bastard!”

“Hey, leave Takeo out of this. This is on your own, so suck it up and accept your fate.” Hide then kneeled next to Shizuka. “And this is not over yet. Get ready for the second round.”

“Can we postponed it for tomorrow,” Shizuka genuinely pleaded, “or change it to other penalty?”

“No.” Without delay Hide put forward a tea spoon of chili oil to Shizuka’s mouth. “Stop your whine and take your penalty.”

“Hide, you are a demon,” Shizuka tearfully said before opening her mouth and took the chili oil into her mouth.

She spontaneously almost spited out the chili oil, but she remembered it would cost her another serving of chili oil if she did that so she immediately held it back.

Then, while her left hand was drumming the floor, she bitterly swallowed the chili oil. After that, with all her might she tried to survive from the chocking sensation in her throat.

“Garghhhhh… I swear it will kill me if I have to go for another round,” Shizuka tearfully said.

“Well, that’s the point of the penalty.” Hide closed the bottle of chili oil as he continued, “It has to be painful enough to make your body and mind is traumatized by the consequence of your mistake. Therefore, you will consciously and unconsciously prevent yourself from repeating it.”

“Hide,” Shizuka put her most pitiful expression as she asked, “Next time I break the basic rule of firearm safety, can we change the punishment?”

“No,” Hide firmly replied. “Your choice is only two, don’t violate it or drink two tea spoons of delicious chili oil.”

“What if it doesn’t work and I kept breaking the firearm safety?”

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“We will increase the dose into two table spoons.”

“That will fucking kill me,” Shizuka desperately protested.

“Then, put your life on the line to prevent yourself from breaking the firearm safety.”

“Fuck! Why is it only me who broke it?”

“No worry, sooner or later Takeo will also break it, intentionally or unintentionally.”

“I see.” As she vexingly looked at Takeo, Shizuka continued, “I can’t wait that day.”

“Well, that is for the later day, for now, get some rest and drink milk as many as you can.”

“Okay.”

Once Shizuka settled in the back area and calmly enjoyed a bottle of banana milk, Hide then supervised Takeo’s training. It was the second Saturday of firearm training, and in total he had spent around 500 rounds, but Takeo’s accuracy had reached to intermediate level. Takeo’s session also went pretty smoothly. He didn’t violate the firearm safety at all.

Once Takeo fired his 100 rounds quota Hide immediately said, “Shooter, clear the weapon.”

Without delay Takeo did the instruction. He swiftly took the magazine out, pulling the slide a few times, and then visually checked the firing chamber.

“Gun is clear,” Takeo said before showing the empty firing chamber to Hide.

“Weapon is clear,” Hide said after he confirmed that the firing chamber was truly empty. “Let’s rest for a bit before we clean the range."

“Okay,”

Hide and Takeo then tidied up the gun, extra magazines, and the folding table before returning to back area. Then, after the two took a mouthful of mineral water Takeo turned his gaze to Hide.

“Can I ask a question?”

“You can,” Hide casually replied.

“Do we always fire double tap when using counter terrorist stance?”

“Yeah,”

“Last night I saw a promo of firearm course in YouTube. The guys who ran the place are former special force, and their technique is double taps in the chest followed by single in the head,” Takeo said as big question mark appeared in his forehead. “Which technique is the best, theirs or ours?”

“First, double tap at everything, double tap followed by head shot, or other firing sequence are not a technique, but a doctrine. Second, which doctrine is the best fully depend on how much effort, time, and resource you put on it.”

“Wait.” Takeo tilted his head to the side as question mark in his forehead thickened. “Those firing sequences are a doctrine and not a technique?”

“Yup.”

“Hide, I don’t get it,” Takeo honestly admitted.

“I don’t get it too,” Shizuka added.

“Basically, doctrine is something we drill into our mind and body until it becomes our second nature, including the way we shoot.”

“Is there any unit that adopts doctrine of double tap at anything?”

“Britiss SBS, FBI HRT, and CIA paramilitary. Other than shoot to disarm they will just double taps at vitals.”

“I see.” Takeo nodded before continuing, “Can I have another question?”

“You can.”

“In the promotional video, I see the instructors use counter terrorist stance for both when he took aim with and without sight. Can we do it like that too?”

“It’s not wrong approach, but we have valid reason why we adopt two stances.” Hide turned his gaze at Shizuka asked her, “Do you still remember it?”

Shizuka nodded and replied, “Instinctive counter terrorist stance work with emphasize in speed and wide field of view. Shoot and kill all targets as fast as possible indiscriminately.

While conventional stance greatly put emphasize on highest possible accuracy for specific target, with a goal to disarm or perfect instant kill one target at a time.”

“I worry the chili oil has done damage more than necessary, but it seems you are alright.”

“Thanks for worrying me, but fuck you Hide,” Shizuka sulkily replied.

“Someday you will thank me because I work so hard to drill the basic rule of firearm safety into your body and mind.” After a smile Hide then continued, “Now, back to the reason why we adopt two stances. Other than a mean to maximize best result in specific situation, it will also enable us to carry our job as if we are two different teams.”

Big question mark in an instant appeared in Takeo’s forehead. “Carry our job as two different teams?”

“Yeah.”

“Is that also the reason why contra terrorist unit adopt two stances?” Shizuka curiously asked.

“Sort of.” After a moment of pause Hide continued, “Not all their mission is legal. Even when they are preventing a terrorist attack, sometimes they have to carry it without leaving clue that they are member of well-trained contra terrorist unit.

Using firing stance and weapon adopted by regular law enforcement is one of their means to cover their true identity. In other situation, they can also make an impression that their job is the work of an amateur. They call this modus operandi as ‘Paint it pink’.”

“Do you mean it’s like some kind of misdirection?” Takeo concluded.

“Correct.” Hide nodded before explaining further, “As for us, we are just a bunch of amateurs. So, to cover our trail we will make an impression that our job is the work of professional from ex-military or ex-law enforcement tactical unit. We call this modus operandi as ‘Paint it black’.”

Takeo nodded and concluded, “Therefore, metro police will never think that their suspects are three high school kids.”

“Yup, and luckily, I know how to do it so just follow my plan and training.”

““Understood,”” Takeo and Shizuka firmly replied.

“Let’s clean the range then.”

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