Chapter 228 Weaver Pistol Shooting
In the Schneider Arsenal office, James was sitting leisurely in front of the fireplace drinking wine.
Just now, he reached an agreement with Wentai to double the price of special steel, and this is just the beginning. It will soon increase to two or three times, and will increase even higher depending on the situation in the future.
The reason is simple: Scarcity makes things valuable!
During the war, France was in urgent need of steel. At the same time, 68% of France's steel industry had been occupied by the German army. Steel was in short supply, so a price increase was normal.
Among them, special steel is especially important. It was originally used to make battleship armor, and now there is one more thing: tank armor.
Before this, James did not realize the importance of special steel to tanks until he heard that German tanks used ordinary steel in the Battle of Cape Town.
(Note: The German A7V tank uses ordinary steel, and the 15MM thickness of the side and rear armor is roughly equivalent to 11MM special armor)
So James sensitively realized that although the special steel needed for tanks was not much, it was particularly critical.
The lack of special steel means that thicker steel plates are needed to achieve the same defensive power.
Thicker steel plates result in greater weight.
And greater weight will consume engine power and affect the tank's maneuverability!
Charles has neither a steel plant nor the forging technology for special steels, which is his weakness.
Then, as long as the price of special steel is increased, Charles' tanks will not have much profit margin even if they receive orders from the military.
Profit is secondary, more important is...
Schneider only needs to bypass the patent and imitate the "Charr A1" tank to achieve similar performance, but the cost will be much cheaper than the "Charr A1".
The tanks are similar, but the Schneider is cheaper. Which one should the military choose?
Thinking of this, James took a sip of wine towards the burning flames with a smug smile on his face.
However, Paulina stood silently beside James and called softly, "Sir!"
James turned to look at Paulina in confusion, he knew that Paulina's tone meant bad news.
Sure enough, Paulina reported: "Charle has signed a contract with the United States, authorizing the US military to produce 'Charle A1', and the US military will provide Charle with affordable special steel..."
James raised his hand to stop Paulina from continuing, his face livid.
When he heard the word "America", he realized what was happening. Charles used his technological advantage to gain overseas resources, which made James' plan to strangle Charles with materials aborted and would not work in the future.
Looking at James who was in distress, Paulina wanted to persuade James to give up.
There is no hope. After the appearance of the "Charr A1" tank, everyone was left far behind. No one could compete with Charr in tanks, including Schneider.
Who is this Charles that can make Schneider helpless against him?
However, Paulina knew James would not give up easily.
Because giving up would mean acknowledging the rise of Charr: Charr can survive solely on tank orders, no matter how Schneider suppresses it.
Sure enough, the next second James said, "Call Eugen, we need to discuss the new tank further!"
If other methods don’t work, you can only break through head-on!
…
“Bang, bang, bang!”
“Bang!”
At the indoor shooting range of the police training base, Charles shot at a half-chest target with a revolver.
This is to prepare for going to the battlefield when you grow up. If you can't even use a revolver by then, it will not only be a matter of face, but your life may be in danger.
Charles chose the indoor shooting range because he was worried that poor marksmanship would damage Charles's glorious image.
A person's reputation is like the shadow of a tree. It is not so comfortable to carry a reputation.
"Let your arms hang naturally and look at the sight!" Dominic stood behind Charles and looked at him, then ordered: "Fire!"
"Bang!" Still missed the target.
I couldn’t hit the target at 20 meters?
Dominic discovered the problem: "Colonel, try to keep your force steady when you pull the trigger, otherwise it will easily shake at the moment of firing."
"Understood," Charles replied.
But it’s not Charles’ fault, the trigger is a bit heavy.
This is the characteristic of a revolver. Pulling the trigger not only drives the hammer, but also drives the revolver to rotate. Therefore, the trigger stroke is long and the force is strong, which is not very friendly to Charles, a minor.
As he loaded the revolver with bullets again, an image flashed through Charles' mind: In movies, we often see police officers shooting with both hands on their guns. Wouldn't that be more suitable for me?
Thinking of this, Charles placed his left hand on his right hand to steady the gun, and pulled the trigger repeatedly at the target.
“Bang, bang, bang!”
I found the feeling and two bullets hit the target.
Then he fired a few more shots to use up the remaining bullets. Three of them hit the target, and one hit the center of the bull's eye.
Charles felt that this rapid shooting had a kind of continuity. If the previous shot missed or went astray, he would subconsciously make fine adjustments. As long as he didn't pull the trigger frantically like a machine gun, he had a feeling that he was in control of the rhythm.
Dominic, who was standing nearby, was quite surprised. After a while, he said in surprise: "Why, Colonel... Why do you shoot like this?"
"Is there something wrong?" Charles asked. He thought it was just a wrong posture.
"No, no, no problem." Dominic replied, "It's just that this method... is very novel. I have never seen this shooting posture before. Did you invent it yourself?"
Then Charles understood that in that era, there was no such method of shooting with both hands holding the gun. People used to hold the gun with one hand and shoot, like cowboys in the West.
(Note: The "Weaver-style pistol shooting" with both hands holding the gun appeared in 1959. A sheriff in California, USA, created this shooting posture in order to win a shooting competition. As a result, he beat a group of people who relied on faith to hit the target.)
"Well, right?" Charles felt a little guilty. He added, "It was just a sudden inspiration."
Dominic swallowed hard, looking at Charles with a strange look in his eyes.
He is a famous gun tester who has been dealing with guns all his life, so he knows at a glance that this shooting posture has the characteristics of small exposure area, fast positioning speed, good stability and good directionality.
This is especially applicable to the battlefield, where what is required is speed, and speed often means survival.
And this was actually invented by Charles accidentally?
He had only been practicing for over half an hour so far and had never even fired a gun before!
Sadly, Dominic has never thought of changing over the years. He always follows the standard shooting posture, over and over again...
Dominic was a little confused. Was he too stupid or was Charles too smart?
(The picture above shows Weaver in the game)
Thanks to loloipp, Xiaotaibao Guiyuan and Blooming Popcorn for the tips, thank you very much!
(End of this chapter)
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