Chapter 240 Gun Genius? Let's Test Our Skills Meanwhile, inside the gun repair workshop...
A strong smell of gun oil mixed with metallic rust wafted over.
This is the heart of the entire camp, and also the "hospital" for weapons. The walls are covered with all kinds of tools, from hammers and files to precision calipers and gauges.
On the workbench lay disassembled gun parts, each one glistening with a black sheen of oil.
An old man with gray hair, wearing oil-stained work clothes and a face full of wrinkles, was smoking an unlit "Daqianmen" cigarette, frowning as he carefully polished a firing pin with a piece of extremely fine sandpaper.
He was the only gunner in the camp, Sun Dahai, and everyone called him Old Man Sun.
Old Sun had a foul temper and a reclusive personality, and he regarded these guns as his lifeblood. Having survived the Korean War, barely clinging to life, it was his gun-repairing skills that kept him alive. In his eyes, the guns were alive, his comrades-in-arms.
Therefore, he dislikes two types of people the most. One type is those who don't cherish guns, and the other type is those who pretend to know what they don't.
But today, for the first time ever, an "outsider" appeared on his territory.
Su An, dressed in clean training uniform, stood ramrod straight, a stark contrast to the greasy and messy surroundings.
She didn't touch the disassembled guns, but stood in front of a display shelf. On the shelf were several old guns that were not frequently used in the camp, and some were even faulty, with signs saying "teaching aids" hanging on them.
What she was holding was the sights of a Type 56 semi-automatic rifle.
She just watched quietly, her fingers gently stroking the notch on the sight, as if she were studying some rare treasure.
Old Sun's eyes hadn't left her since the beginning of the session.
This female soldier came with a special permission slip from Chief Instructor Lei Kuan, saying she was there to "learn about firearms."
study?
Old Sun sneered inwardly. What does a little girl who hasn't even grown a beard know about firearms!
Guns are for men! They're for killing enemies! Not for these little girls to play with!
If it weren't for Lei Kuan's sake, he would have kicked the person out long ago.
"Hey!" Old Sun finally couldn't hold back any longer and spoke in a gruff voice, "What do you think you can see in that thing? Don't touch it! It's all scrap metal, you can't afford to pay for it if you break it!"
Upon hearing this, Su An turned her head, her clear eyes looking at Old Man Sun, her face expressionless.
“Master Sun, the rifling on this Type 56 semi-automatic rifle is severely worn. Is it due to overtraining?” Her voice was calm, as if she were stating a fact.
Old Sun was stunned for a moment.
This girl has a sharp eye.
That gun had indeed been used for too many training rounds, and the rifling was almost worn down, which is why it was phased out and used as a teaching tool.
He snorted and said irritably, "You already know, why are you asking? You're just a little girl, why aren't you running laps on the training field? What's the point of coming here to smell the oil? Hurry up and leave, don't get in the way."
Su An didn't move, but instead focused his gaze on the firing pin that Old Man Sun was polishing.
"This firing pin has uneven wear at the tip and the material itself contains impurities. Even if you polish it properly, there is still a risk of it breaking after firing more than 500 times."
Old Sun's polishing motion suddenly stopped.
He raised his head, and for the first time, a look of surprise and uncertainty appeared in his cloudy eyes as he stared intently at Su An.
How did this girl know?
He had only just discovered the problem with the firing pin. This batch of firing pins was newly replaced, but the material was indeed defective. He had already ruined several of them while trying to repair them, and was considering whether to report it to his superiors.
She just glanced at it from a meter away and got everything right? She even mentioned the "five hundred times" threshold?
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