Chapter 353 Sniper Rifle

Dominic seemed to see through Charles's thoughts. He was quite unconvinced: "I know I am not suitable, but everyone who goes to the battlefield has to go through this stage. They all have a process from being uncomfortable to being comfortable..."

Ciel interrupted Dominic: "You're right, but many people are already a corpse before they adapt."

Dominic was speechless.

What Charles said was true. Dominic had no other strengths except his knowledge of guns, and his fat body was deadly on the battlefield.

Not to mention whether he can run fast, just the fact that he is nearly twice as big as an ordinary person will make him more easily discovered by the enemy.

"Everyone has his place, Dominic," Charles said. "Your place is to deliver better, more accurate, and more battlefield-suitable guns to the soldiers on the front line. This is far more useful than you personally going to the battlefield."

Dominic agreed with what Charles said, but he didn't care about it.

"I don't care about that, General," Dominic replied. "This may disappoint you, but..."

Charles nodded. This was Dominic's persistence. There were only guns in his mind. As for whether his contribution to the country was big or small, it had nothing to do with him.

He wanted to go to the battlefield not to fight for France, but to improve his psychological quality and control over the gun.

At this moment, an idea suddenly popped into Charles' mind: "Maybe you don't need to go to the battlefield to improve yourself."

Dominic smiled bitterly: "Thank you, General. But I don't think such a good thing will happen."

These words almost meant giving up. He insisted that the next challenge was to go to the battlefield, and the only question before him was whether to go or not.

Charles didn't say anything. He stood up and stood in front of Dominic, stretched out his hand and waved at the rifle in Dominic's hand.

Dominic understood what Charles meant, and hesitantly handed the rifle to Charles.

Charles took the rifle and took out the telescope from his waist, placed its single-sided lens barrel on the rifle, and handed it back to Dominic.

Dominic took the rifle in confusion, he didn't understand what this meant.

But at Charles's signal, he stood up, raised his gun and looked into the distance, then suddenly turned his head to look at Charles and exclaimed: "My God, you mean to combine the telescope and the rifle together?"

"Why not?" Charles said, "This will allow you to see distant targets more clearly, and your shooting skills will instantly improve to several levels."

Dominic was so excited that he tried it again and said excitedly, "Amazing idea, General. It's even easy to do. Just add a monocular."

"We should add a rail to the rifle," said Charles.

"Slide rail?" Dominic was a little confused.

But he soon understood and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, add a slide rail to make it detachable. It is sometimes needed and sometimes not, such as charging at the enemy. In addition, the slide rail makes it detachable and easier to replace."

The more Dominic thought about it, the more he felt it was right. His breathing became faster and faster. "Great, General. I, I can't wait to see what it looks like. I should produce it now..."

He actually wanted to see how far he could shoot with this weapon.

But Charles didn't let him go. Now that things had come to this, Charles thought it was time for the submachine gun to appear.

“We should discuss another issue.” Xia Er raised his head in Billy Shen’s direction.

The latter was practicing at the shooting range wearing a gas mask. He hoped to find out the pattern of the gas mask's refraction angle so that one day, when the battlefield environment forced him to fight in this situation, he would not miss the target like last time.

This is Shen Billy's advantage. He is very purposeful and targeted, and can overcome the difficulties in front of him and adapt to the new environment in the shortest time.

He knew that if he didn't do this, he might not be able to come back alive from the next battle.

"You mean, equip the sniper company with this kind of gun equipped with a telescope?" Dominic guessed.

"Yes," Ciel replied, "so they can hit targets farther away with greater accuracy."

Dominic hummed, a little confused, "You only want to equip the elite troops with it. I thought you were going to modify all the rifles like this."

"No, Dominic." Charles smiled and shook his head: "Ordinary soldiers don't need this. Their combat environment and quality determine that this will be of no use."

This is not a question of cost, but rather that ordinary soldiers on the front battlefield are more concerned about rate of fire. They need to fire as many bullets as possible to block the crowds rushing towards them. At this time, there is not much point in adding a scope to emphasize accuracy, unless the human wave tactics disappear completely.

"No problem, General." Dominic nodded and said, "I will produce this gun soon. It won't take long."

He wanted to say goodbye again, as he was anxious to produce this new gun.

"That's not what I meant to say." Ciel stopped him again: "We need another gun, one that can provide cover for the rifles, a gun for observers."

As an instructor at the police training base and an instructor who is interested in guns, Dominic certainly knows about the two-person collaborative team of the sniper company.

"I heard about it." Dominic replied, "Billy Shen told me that the observer needs a gun. He thinks this gun should have a short barrel but a high rate of fire to provide cover for the shooter when the enemy launches a group charge."

Xia Er was a little surprised, he didn’t tell Shen Billy about this, this was analyzed by Shen Billy himself, and it was accurate.

From this perspective, Billy Shen is indeed a remarkable talent.

Dominic then said helplessly: "But unfortunately, we don't have this kind of gun. I once considered the 'Saint-Etienne 2' light machine gun, but after we tried it, we all agreed that it was too long and required a deputy shooter, which was obviously not suitable for observers."

"Have you considered pistol bullets?" Charles asked calmly.

"Pistol bullet?" Dominic looked at Charles, then immediately realized: "You mean to say that a high-rate gun can be developed with pistol bullets, a new gun?"

"Yes." Charles nodded. "Pistol bullets have less powder and less recoil. It shouldn't be too difficult to produce a machine gun-like gun with a short barrel and high rate of fire, right?"

Dominic's eyes instantly widened into bells, and he stared at Charles for a long time without reacting.

This is indeed not difficult. If you change to pistol bullets, you can even simply shorten the gun body of "Saint-Etienne 2" to achieve it.

But no one thought of this!

(End of this chapter)