Chapter 965 Firepower Demonstration

After three test firings at different distances and three different shooting postures, Luo Chong demonstrated the power and operation of the rifle, then stood up, ejected the remaining two bullets in the magazine, and turned off the safety.

"Go, carry the three antelopes back and examine the soldiers!" Luo Chong casually ordered the guards around him.

"Yes!"

Several people agreed, and went to the hillside to carry the antelopes back, and then carried them in front of the recruits one by one with bamboo poles, showing them to the recruits as they walked.

"Look, look carefully, and see if our rifles are powerful. They can still penetrate armor at a distance of 500 meters."

The soldiers stretched their necks and widened their eyes, looking at the gunshot wounds on the antelopes. This was the armor they put on the antelopes under their noses. When they pulled them over just now, they were still alive and kicking. Now, the front armor was directly drilled by the bullets, and blood kept oozing out, and the other side of the antelope was simply blasted by the bullets. A bowl-sized wound.

"Amazing! Was this really shot by a gun?! What kind of ammunition does this rifle fire?"

"Yes, this is amazing! If each of our rifles is like this, then our Shen Ce Guards will be invincible."

The soldiers were very excited when they saw the bodies of the three antelopes, but soon after they checked the wounds, they heard the leader shouting again.

"Warriors, have you seen the power of rifles? But I tell you, rifles are not only used for long-range shooting, they can also be used for close-range assassinations.

"Did you see the bayonet attached to this rifle? This bayonet is not for you to hold in your hand, but for putting on the muzzle. Look, everyone, put the handle on the muzzle like I did, and this rifle will instantly become a sharp spear. If you run out of ammunition, then this spear will be your last weapon. You must use the bayonet in your hand to pierce the enemy's chest and kill! "

While shouting, Luo Chong skillfully installed the bayonet on the rifle in his hand, and then he held the rifle high and made a stepping and stabbing motion, which made the soldiers below brighten up.

"It turns out that the dagger is mounted on the gun. I thought it was used alone."

"Yes, I was wondering why everyone was equipped with such a short sword, not even as long as the gun. How can such a short weapon fight the enemy? After all the fuss, it turns out it is mounted on the gun."

"The person who came up with this idea is really a genius. In this way, with only one weapon, we can have the dual capabilities of long-range shooting and close combat."

The soldiers excitedly discussed the novel way to use the rifle, while Luo Chong put the rifle in his hand aside, pressed his hand on the stage, and waited until all the soldiers were quiet before he continued.

"Soldiers, I have just demonstrated to you the power and usage of the rifle. It is definitely a good weapon, an excellent weapon that can kill the enemy. I hope you will make good use of it and make more military exploits.

"Okay, your instructor will give you detailed explanations on the specific usage and techniques of the rifle during training. Now I will introduce to you another weapon in your hands, the large-caliber shotgun."

As Luo Chong spoke, he picked up a newly opened eight-shot shotgun, then pulled a bullet belt full of shotgun shells and hung it on his body. He waved to Qubing and asked him to organize people to set up close targets. Then Luo Chong walked directly to the line of recruits and stood close to them.

He picked up the shotgun and said to everyone, "This kind of gun is called a shotgun. You can also call it a shotgun. Why? Because I told you before that a musket is fired based on the principle of a cannon. You can compare this new weapon to a super small cannon.

" These small 'cannons' are temporarily divided into two types according to different ammunition. The rifle I just demonstrated can be regarded as a cannon that shoots single-headed bullets, and this shotgun, as the name suggests, is specially used to shoot scattered bullets. Of course, it can also be used to shoot large-caliber single-headed bullets.

"Look, what I have in my hand is a shotgun shell. It is the same as rifle ammunition, in that it is a pre-packaged bullet with pellets and gunpowder packaged together. Each shotgun shell contains six lead pellets the size of soybeans. Each shot is equivalent to six single-headed bullets. The power is not as simple as multiplying it by six times.

"Let me give you an example. If you compare a rifle to a crossbow and bullets to arrows, you all have archery experience and should know that if you use a bow and arrow to shoot a human body, or a living creature such as a sheep, deer, horse, or cow, as long as you don't hit the vital parts, then the creature will not die immediately, right?

"If you shoot one or two arrows at a large animal like a horse or a cow, it can even run, right?

"But this shotgun is different. It's very powerful. If you use it to hit a person's limbs, if you hit the arm, it can directly break the arm in two. If you hit the thigh, even if it doesn't break it in two, you can break the target's leg. If you hit the body, you can directly make a hole as big as a bowl.

"Using this shotgun to attack a target, it has only one function, that is, to knock it down with one shot. Whether it is a horse, a wild bull, or a huge monster of the cannibal tribe, as long as you hit it, it will fall down in one shot!"

When the recruits around Luo Chong heard this, their eyes lit up immediately.

My God, this turns out to be the real killer.

If the rifle that the leader just introduced is used to shoot people, then this shotgun is really prepared for the monsters of the cannibal tribe. No matter how big they are, they can be knocked down with one shot. How powerful is this?

However, just after Luo Chong finished talking about its power, there was another turn that disappointed everyone, that is, the range of this shotgun was too short.

"This gun is very powerful, but in order to pursue a stronger lethality, we have to make some sacrifices in terms of range, so the effective range of this shotgun is only 100 meters.

"Moreover, 100 meters is the longest range. Generally speaking, the safest shooting distance, that is, the distance with a high hit rate and greater damage, is only about 70 to 80 meters, which is about the same as the flat shooting distance of our bows and arrows.

"But don't think that this gun is useless just because it has a short range. In fact, it is still very powerful. For example, in terms of firing rate and ammunition capacity, the rifle I just introduced to you has a five-round ammunition capacity. Each time you change the ammunition, you need to pull the bolt to eject the shell and then reload it. But this gun is different.

"The standard type 1 shotgun is 1.15 meters long and has a pump-action tubular magazine. It can hold 8+1 rounds at a time. The normal magazine holds eight rounds. When one round is loaded into the chamber, nine rounds can be loaded at a time. Moreover, its ejection and loading methods are relatively special, so the reloading speed is extremely fast. Let me demonstrate it to you below."

After Luo Chong introduced the characteristics of this gun, he walked in the array of new recruits and started loading ammunition while introducing the loading method.

"This gun does not have a bolt with a bolt handle. It only has a loading port and an ejection window. Straighten the gun body. The long oval window on the right side is the ejection window. After you fire a shot, the empty shell will fly out from this place.

"The other loading port is right below the gun body. There is also a long oval window here, but there is a movable iron sheet blocking it. This iron sheet can be pressed inward. When we load the bullet, we don't need to worry about it. Just use the bullet along the direction of the barrel and put it in from here with the head facing forward. You can put eight bullets in at a time. Of course, if you don't have enough bullets, you can still shoot even if you only put one in. "

As Luo Chong spoke, he first pulled the bolt handle that was linked to the gun body handguard to the back to open the chamber, then stuffed a live bullet into it from the ejection port, and then pushed the handguard to close the chamber, thus leaving a bullet in the chamber in advance, and then continued to push eight bullets in from the bottom. This is the so-called 8+1 round feeding method, that is, eight rounds in the magazine plus one in the chamber.

After Luo Chong loaded the bullets, the close target on the other side was also set up. The target was located just below the reviewing platform, less than 100 meters from the queue of recruits. This distance was just right for demonstrating shotguns. Sixty or seventy meters

in front of the queue of recruits, Luo Chong had specially brought in a live elk in the morning. At this time, it also became a target, standing there under the gaze of thousands of people, constantly stepping on its front hooves, looking extremely uneasy.

"I'm going to shoot. Everyone, pay attention to my movements when I change the bullets, and be careful of the sound of gunfire. By the way, help me count how many bullets there are in this gun, and how fast I can shoot.

"Three, two, one."

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang.

When Luo Chong counted three numbers, he immediately aimed at the big-horned deer in front and pulled the trigger. Six soybean-sized lead bullets sprayed out from the muzzle of the gun and hit the big-horned deer's chest at high speed. The powerful kinetic energy of the bullets directly blasted a big hole in the big-horned deer's chest, and then instantly knocked it to the ground, with its limbs stretched out, its eyes wide open, and its whole body twitching.

The giant beast that was still alive and kicking just now lost its ability to move in the blink of an eye, and would soon die completely.

But this was not over yet. Without waiting for everyone to react, Luo Chong immediately pulled the handguard in front of him, pulled and pushed, and instantly loaded the bullet. Bang, another shot was fired, and a clay jar filled with water 80 meters away exploded instantly.

Bang! The steel plate hoisted 70 meters away was hit and kept spinning.

Bang! A palm-sized hole was also blasted out in the pine board 60 meters away.

Bang, bang, bang, bang—

the continuous sound of gunfire rang out nine times. Luo Chong used his extremely fast hand speed to shoot the pump-action shotgun in his hand like a semi-automatic weapon. Every shot hit the target within a hundred meters. The powerful power of the shotgun and its super-fast firing rate shocked the group of recruits around him. Especially

the people around Luo Chong, because they had never heard gunfire at such a close distance. Even if they were mentally prepared, they were still stunned by the gunfire.

This thing is too powerful .

"Is this gun fast?" After Luo Chong finished shooting, he pulled the handguard back and forth to check the chamber, and then raised the shotgun in his hand and shouted to the recruits.

"Fast!" The soldiers were very excited. They had never seen a long-range weapon with such a fast firing rate in their lives. In terms of firing rate alone, even the rifle just now could not compare with this shotgun, and the power was so amazing.

"Is this gun powerful?" Luo Chong asked loudly again.

"Big!" The soldiers answered in unison.

"Then with this gun, do you dare to fight the cannibal monsters?!"

"Dare!" The soldiers shouted again in unison with increased confidence.

"Yes, the range of this shotgun is a little short, but it doesn't matter. Its firing rate is fast enough and its power is strong enough. When facing the cannibal monsters, as long as you cover each other according to your tactical positions and cooperate in shooting, even if several monsters rush at you at the same time, you can instantly fire a barrage of bullets and knock them all down.

"These two types of firearms are the main subjects of your first training. Learn to use them, and you will become one with the gun. I want you to be able to load the gun with your eyes closed. Not only that, but you must also shoot quickly, accurately, and steadily.

"The Shen Ce Guard also has types of soldiers. Your commander should have revealed this to you. One type is the long-range precision shooter who uses rifles as his main weapon. His main responsibility is to provide gun support for the assaulters in the rear and to cover their advance. The other type of soldier is the assaulters who use shotguns as their main weapon. When encountering enemy monsters, the assaulters must take the initiative to rush to the front and use the shotguns in your hands to kill the monsters one by one.

"As for the allocation of soldiers, after the first phase of your training is over, a shooting assessment will be organized. At that time, you will be assigned to the type of soldier that uses which of the two guns you shoot best.

"Finally, there is the issue of your organization. The Shen Ce Guards will adopt new tactics, so a new organization is needed. All soldiers will be temporarily reorganized according to the organization of squads, platoons, companies and battalions.

" The household registration will be disrupted. Each squad will have 9 people, including one squad leader and one deputy squad leader. During battle, they will be divided into three three-person groups. Nine squads will form a platoon, with 81 people in each platoon, three platoons will form a company, with 250 people in each company, three companies will form a battalion, with 750 people in each battalion, and three battalions will form a guard. That's all of you in the Shen Ce Guards, 2,400 people plus your 200-person instructor team, a total of 2,600 people. This is the total number of the Shen Ce Guards.

"Everyone, please sit here quietly. Your commander will start assigning you positions in a while. Your current positions are temporary. The real fixed positions and the appointment of squad leaders will be based on the results of the first training assessment.

"So, if you want to be an officer in the Shen Ce Guard and lay a good foundation for future promotion, you should practice hard during training. Now that you have the opportunity, it's up to you whether you want to make achievements and bring honor to your family!"

(End of this chapter)