The targets faintly lit up, and two seconds later they were immediately extinguished. In that brief two-second window, gunfire erupted.
The duration the lights were on was irregular; the intervals might be less than ten seconds or even as long as ten minutes. If you weren't careful, you'd miss the moment the targets were illuminated.
"Cease fire, unload your weapons, check your firearms," came the loud command. After Gao Yang gave the order, he turned on his flashlight and watched as the marksmen lying prone began to stand up, one by one. When everyone was on their feet, Gao Yang shouted, "Rabbit, report the hits."
Cui Bo led the sniper team out of the sand pits behind the targets and began reporting hits for their respective shooters.
"Hamir, one hit."
"Ahmad, two hits."
"Uliya, no hits."
"Basane, no hits."
"Asan, eight hits."