Chapter 1084 My God
The military camp of the Shen Ce Guard was not very far from Xingang County. It was only a two or three hour ride on horseback. Lin Fei quickly rushed back with Luo Chong's order, and then immediately organized people to start designing a hand-cranked loader.
This thing was not difficult, at least not as strenuous as a hand-cranked rice transplanter. It could only be regarded as a small tool. With the research and development strength of the Power Research Institute in the field of machinery, it took only more than an hour to draw a sketch, and then spent another two hours making a wooden model. After a simple experiment, the next day began to formally produce steel samples.
While making samples here, Lin Fei was not idle. He asked the bullet production workshop not far away to get a lot of bullets, tracer bullets with barium sulfate, and more than a dozen newly made canvas bullet chains.
After both sides prepared the things, they immediately started to experiment together. However, in order to better adapt to the use needs, the research and development team added a vertical feed plate to the structure mentioned by Luo Chong, and the funnel for loading bullets on it was made into a movable and detachable structure.
The advantage of this is that when loading ordinary bullets, you can directly use the funnel to pour a box from the top, and then use the hand crank below to quickly complete the loading. The function of the feed plate is to load tracer bullets, so that the feed plate can be used to sort the bullets and complete the three plus one, four plus one loading sequence mentioned by Luo Chong. If you only use the funnel, you can't sort the order. The
final experimental effect is also very good, which perfectly solves the problem of manual loading being too strenuous. In addition, the loader is also made according to Luo Chong's requirements. It is relatively small, low-cost, tough, and not easy to damage.
Such things can be taken to the front-line battlefield and squatted in the trenches to load bullets. It can be used at any time and is easy to carry and transport. The total weight is only three or four pounds, and any soldier can carry it on his back.
The three days were not used up at all. After Lin Fei got the two qualified loaders, he rushed back to the barracks of the Shen Ce Guards in the evening of the next day, so the machine gun test here could continue.
The previous simulation environment test and accuracy test have been completed, leaving only the firearm durability, that is, the life test, which has not been completed, and the second accuracy test after the life test. Now with more sufficient bullets and a more convenient hand-crank loader, the remaining test subjects can finally be completed. The roaring sound of the machine
gun
resounded again in the shooting range between the mountains and forests, scaring away flocks of birds.
A dozen soldiers took turns to shoot, and they could use up a belt of ammunition every one or two minutes. The staff of the research institute next to them immediately came forward to change the bullets. After four belts of ammunition were used up, the barrels would be replaced. Behind them, several soldiers were still using the newly made hand-crank loader to load the ammunition. The empty belts were sent over and would soon be refilled.
In the end, it took less than two hours, and the task of two barrels and 20,000 rounds of ammunition was completed.
Qu Bing and the three battalion commanders of the Shen Ce Guard, as well as some company commanders, were all keeping count in their hearts. According to the leader, the rate of firing 250 rounds of bullets per minute was almost the normal firing rate in combat. In this case, about 20,000 rounds of bullets were fired within an hour. This consumption rate was really terrifying.
According to the number of 3,000 rounds in a box of bullets, at least seven boxes of bullets should be prepared in two hours. How many people are needed to transport seven boxes of bullets? !
This machine gun is very exciting to shoot, and the firepower is indeed strong enough, but maintaining logistics is also a huge problem!
"Report, the shooting mission has ended, please give instructions!"
At this time, the soldier who had finished firing the last round also came to the leaders to report the situation.
Luo Chong nodded, looked at Lin Fei on the side and said, "You go check the two barrels. If there is no problem, start the secondary test of accuracy."
"Yes!" Lin Fei arched his hand and immediately started his work with the two people around him.
They first removed the barrel, poured water on it to cool it down, and then wiped it with a dry cloth. Then they took out the spar, brush, and tung oil brush and began to clean the gunpowder residue in the barrel. After wiping the barrel clean inside and out, they used a carbide lamp to illuminate the inside of the barrel and observe the wear of the rifling.
The heat resistance and high hardness of molybdenum steel were once again confirmed. Although both barrels had experienced 10,000 rounds of bullets, the wear of the rifling was similar to the test results of the previous Type 2 and Type 3 rifles.
There was wear, but it was not serious and was still within the usable range, which was enough to finalize.
So then everyone started precision shooting again. At this time, the sky was gradually getting dark, which was the best time to test the trajectory. Lin Fei's staff quickly reinstalled the barrel on the machine gun and replaced it with the tracer bullet chain prepared in advance.
The accuracy test subjects are still the same old three, namely five short bursts, ten long bursts, and fifty cluster target sweeps, plus different shooting distances, from four hundred meters to one thousand meters, a total of several rounds of shooting.
The shooting range was quickly set up again. Because it was to test accuracy, it was necessary to select soldiers with good shooting skills. In the shooting test of the past two days, there was really a genius who stood out. He was very talented in operating machine guns. After only firing a few hundred rounds, he was already far better than others in shooting.
"Xiao Li, you shoot." Qu Bing greeted the soldier.
"Yes!"
Xiao Li agreed, and quickly took the gun in place, lying on the ground, and placed the machine gun on the sandbag. He began to aim at the target in front of him. Tut-tu-tu-tu--the rapid five-shot burst flashed by, and three targets four hundred meters away were knocked down at the same time, which was enough to represent a hit.
Because the accuracy of the machine gun is like this, it does not require a number of rings, as long as you can sweep the target.
Qubing was secretly pleased with himself watching from the side, so he came to Luo Chong and started to show off.
"Chief, what do you think of my fighter? Is he very talented?"
Luo Chong nodded expressionlessly, "He is indeed very talented. He is not only accurate, but also has a good sense of rhythm. He can train to achieve this result in such a short time with so few bullets, so his talent is certainly good.
"In fact, accuracy is nothing. They are all top shooters with experience in rifle shooting, so they naturally have no problem shooting machine guns. The most valuable thing is actually the shooting rhythm.
"Look at this guy, he fires as many shots as he wants, he can control it, unlike some people who don't let go of the trigger once they pull it, always wanting to fire a few more shots to satisfy their desire.
"Also, when firing long bursts and sweeping, the machine gun needs to sweep left and right in a small range. This guy also has a good control of the angle of the sweep, and his hit rate is very high. If we follow the standard I mentioned before, this guy should have a hit rate of more than thirty shots after firing fifty shots, right?" Luo Chong also praised generously.
Qubing grinned, "Hehehe, what the leader said is right. After Xiao Li fired fifty shots, he can basically control the speed and angle of the sweep. There are a total of ten targets, and he can fire exactly ten shots each time, just one target at a time.
"He can fire five rounds out of fifty, while others can only fire three or four rounds at most, and then they have used up all the bullets, or they just fire randomly, with fifty bullets scattering around, and in the end, not many of them actually hit the target."
While Qubing was talking, Xiao Li also started to fire fifty rounds of bullets continuously. Amid the sound of gunfire, several tracer bullets mixed in the ammunition belt also dragged bright green light towards the targets in the distance, sweeping out in a fan-shaped manner. From this, we can see how strong this person's control over the machine gun is.
However, at this time, Luo Chong said, "Don't be too proud. What I want is not how good a person is at machine gunning, but the overall shooting level of the troops.
"This is because our enemies do not have equivalent weapons and equipment. If the enemy is also equipped with our bolt-action rifles, then the machine gunners will be the type of soldiers with the fastest and largest casualties in the battle.
"For example, if I lead people to fight you, and you have more machine guns than me, and more firepower than me, then I will definitely select a group of soldiers with good marksmanship to focus on your machine gunners. I will kill one of them and make your machine guns unable to start."
Qubing grinned as he listened to the leader. He couldn't help but complain in his heart that this leader was too cruel. He actually focused on his machine gun. But then he thought that if he and Luo Chong exchanged positions, he would probably do the same. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but be more cautious.
Luo Chong obviously meant something. What he meant was that he shouldn't be too proud of having a genius. Such a talent is not necessarily a good thing. On the battlefield, such people will die the fastest.
So what did the leader want to tell him? Tell him that the casualties of machine gunners were too high, so he should train more substitute machine gunners?
Thinking about it this way, Qubing quickly figured out some things. The leader had said that each machine gun team must have at least three people, one of whom operated the machine gun to shoot, the other carried the bullets and was responsible for changing and delivering the bullets, which was equivalent to the first assistant, and the other was responsible for guarding, changing the barrel and other auxiliary tasks, which was equivalent to the second assistant.
But now it seems that these two assistants not only have to complete auxiliary tasks, but also have to be trained as machine gunners! If the main shooter dies on the battlefield, then the first and second assistants will soon take over. Even those other ordinary infantrymen, when the machine gunners in the class die, someone must be able to continue to operate the machine gun.
So it is not necessarily a good thing to have a talent for machine guns. On the contrary, it is possible that they will be the first to die on the battlefield
. Thinking of this, Qubing began to have a toothache.
After he told Luo Chong about his idea, Luo Chong also nodded seriously and affirmed it.
"Your idea is correct. Each machine gun must be equipped with a main shooter and at least one assistant shooter, who is also the ammunition handler. Of these two people, the main shooter's shooting performance must be above excellent, that is, in the fifty-round sweeping subject, he must be an excellent shooter who hits at least thirty bullets. And the assistant shooter must reach a good level of at least twenty out of fifty.
"Other ordinary infantrymen will also need to undergo machine gun shooting training in the future, but the requirements do not need to be so high. A minimum of ten hits will be enough to meet the qualification requirement. "
Qubing nodded when he heard this and confirmed his idea once again. It seems that after being equipped with machine guns, the soldiers' training tasks will increase again. However, now the soldiers of the Shen Ce Guard have rich experience in rifle shooting subjects, so they can appropriately reduce rifle shooting training in the future and use the freed time for training on other weapons. The
machine gun accuracy shooting test in front is still going on. The tracer bullets with green light kept whistling in the air, making a sharp "chirp" sound, which seemed particularly terrifying in the dim evening.
The fighting in the front was going on, and Qubing continued to discuss other equipment issues with Luo Chong in the back.
"Chief, how should we equip our pistols?"
"Pistols are temporarily only equipped to officers above the platoon level, as well as the chief and deputy machine gunners, because their weapons are not suitable for close combat, and they can only use pistols for self-defense. "Luo Chong casually decided the number of pistols to be equipped.
Qubing did a quick mental calculation. The Shen Ce Guard had three battalions, each battalion had three platoons, each platoon had nine squads, and each squad had a chief and deputy machine gunner. That meant each squad had two pistols, which added up to about two hundred pistols. Adding in officers at all levels, the total number of pistols in the entire Shen Ce Guard would not exceed three hundred.
It was a little less, but what Luo Chong said was not wrong. Pistols were basically unnecessary on the front battlefield, unless you had already rushed to the enemy's face, or the enemy had rushed to your face. Otherwise, there was no chance to use a pistol at all. After all, the total range was only fifty meters. When equipped with a large number of rifles, what could the pistol do with that limited range?
After figuring out the problem, Qubing asked again, "Chief, at the celebration banquet before, I remember you said that in addition to these guns, there were other weapons? What weapons are those?" "
Luo Chong was stunned when he heard this. He squinted at Lin Fei who was discussing something with someone not far away, and then turned back to Qubing and said,
"It is a small indirect-fire artillery that fires tail-stabilized grenades. It is much more powerful than the previous field artillery because its shells will explode secondary after being fired, exploding in the enemy crowd.
"And this kind of artillery is very light and can be quickly disassembled and assembled. When on the march, only three soldiers are needed to carry it on their backs. There are three large parts in total, each weighing 10 to 20 kilograms, and the range can reach about three kilometers."
Qubing's eyes were straight when he heard it.
My God, that's a cannon!
It can fire three kilometers, and it has a secondary explosion grenade!
The most important thing is that it is so light that three people can carry it on their backs. All the parts of the whole cannon together only weigh about 60 kilograms. What is this concept? !
Just when Qubing was very excited, Luo Chong released another blockbuster news.
"Oh, I forgot to mention it just now. Let me add one more thing. This kind of cannon is called a mortar. It has a firing rate of thirty rounds per minute. Its shells weigh more than eight kilograms. One shell can blast an area of three square acres. All enemies within the range will be blown to pieces on the spot!"
Qu Bing was stunned when he heard this.
(End of this chapter)
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