War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 248: People are not as valuable as weapons
In the 19s, high-quality glass manufacturing and solid stretched steel telescope technology began to become popular. An immigrant engineer named Ron Chapman designed a set of pop-up built-in holders that could fix the telescope on the rifle to facilitate observation while shooting. Unexpectedly, it happened to catch up with the outbreak of the Civil War...

From then on, rifles had sights, and later sniper scopes came into being.

But the problem is that before the full-scale war between our army and the Japanese, that is, before the Type 97 sniper rifle was officially equipped, Xu Chaoyang seemed to have never heard of a gun with a scope installed on the Type 38 rifle.

That's why Xu Chaoyang was so curious about this team of 100 people using guns with useful sights.

"Isn't this just an ordinary Type 38 rifle?"

Chang Zhan recognized the gun at a glance. This gun was no different from ordinary Japanese firearms. Even the weight was almost the same. However, what Xu Chaoyang was looking at was not this, but the sight on the gun.

The scope of this Type 5 rifle is on the left side of the gun. It is neither like the Tokui scope nor completely different from the Zeiss scope, and it is not even as long-barreled as the Winchester A.

When Xu Chaoyang took the gun and looked through the sight, he saw that there wasn't even a crosshair on the sight. He even doubted whether it was a scope or a telescope.

“This scope, isn’t it?”

Xu Chaoyang had just shouted when a voice came from the side: "Battalion Commander, do you want a scope? We have our own!" Chang Zhan was stunned by Liu Gener's words.

Even Xu Chaoyang didn't dare to speak, for fear that he did not have enough knowledge about this era.

Liu Gener ran out happily and then carried one back!
Carry!
At that time, Xu Chaoyang almost rolled his eyes out in anger: "This is a scissor-shaped mirror, used by artillery. The Japanese Type 92 infantry gun uses it as an eye!"

Liu Gener brought this back from the artillery position. It is called "scissor-shaped glasses" or "horn-shaped double glasses", which are completely different things.

Liu Gener seemed to be a little embarrassed and immediately added: "And more!"

He ran towards the artillery position again. It was wrong for Liu Gener to go to that place, so how could the things he brought back be right?
"Captain, which of these two do you think is right?"

Xu Chaoyang was almost going crazy. This time Liu Gener brought back two, one was an altimeter and the other was a rangefinder!
These two things are observation scopes produced by the Japanese in 1933, which is this year. The manufacturing company is Seiki Optics, which is the predecessor of Canon.

In other words, the Japanese had already started scientific ranging when most of our country's troops didn't even know how to use artillery, so their artillery was more accurate than ours.

Of course, we didn't waste the stuff later on. We used all of them on that freezing cold battlefield, causing the other gang of devils a lot of trouble. It could be considered as paying back a debt of gratitude.

"Gen'er." Xu Chaoyang was really at a loss. He knew Liu Gen'er wanted to help, but wouldn't that just make things worse? If he didn't open his mouth to speak, Liu Gen'er might be able to remove the scope from the pheasant's neck.

"Take the things back and keep an eye on them. We all have a use for them. I'll come over and teach you how to use them in a bit. Oh, be obedient."

"Hey."

After finally coaxing Liu Gener away, Xu Chaoyang began to observe the Type 2 rifle in his hand again, and even carefully looked at the sight. Judging from the distance, this sight can only be 2.5x to x at most. However, this sight without any markings made it difficult for Xu Chaoyang, who was used to using modern sophisticated sights, to adapt...

This is just like taking a bath in a high-end bathhouse, where the bath attendant uses salt, milk, vinegar and red wine to serve you, then applies ginger slices to you, gives you a massage, and even washes your hair. But next time you go to a public bathhouse, the bath attendant there will just give you a hand towel. There is a huge difference.

Xu Chaoyang even found a reference object suitable for this kind of sight and took a look... There was no difference in the vision from holding up his telescope.

"Chaoyang, hug someone."

"Captain, try firing one shot!"

They were so excited about the wars around them, just like a poor man getting a donkey.

"Bullshit." If Xu Chaoyang allowed himself to be instigated by these people, wouldn't he become the one who didn't know what was going on?
"Gun is a skill that requires a lot of experience. Not only do you have to be familiar with it, but even if you have already run-in with a gun and put on the sights, you still have to run-in with the gun, the sights, and the person."

"Do you know why the Japs could only send out a team of 100 people with precise shooting skills?"

"It's probably because of the adjustment period..." When he said this, it actually reminded himself!

According to the time calculation, after the Japanese army occupied the Northeast, they got a lot of good things from the Fengtian Arsenal. If these scopes were made after the occupation of the Northeast, maybe the Japanese trained this team of 100 people just during this period of time. Perhaps, it was the first time that this team of sniper soldiers was sent to the battlefield.

Otherwise, why didn't we mention before that the Japanese had such a sniping unit?

But they were unlucky, they ran into Lao Huang... Lao Huang and his gang didn't even bother to compete with you in shooting range, they just rushed into your bed with their submachine guns!
If that's the case, it doesn't count as changing the course of history after participating in the Battle of Rehe.

Click!

Xu Chaoyang pulled the bolt and ejected a bullet directly from the gun. When he picked up the 6.5 bullet from the ground, a smile appeared on his face.

This ordinary 6.5 bullet and the Type rifle in his hand reminded him of a weapon that the Japanese army rarely used, that is, the "Type modified sniper rifle", also called the "prototype sniper rifle". This rifle has a scope installed on the left side of the ordinary Type rifle receiver.

The most important reason why this type of rifle has not been put into large-scale use is the sight. Not only is it easy for sand and water to get into it, it is also extremely easy to be damaged.

In other words, although I have changed some historical dynamics, as the overall environment has not changed... not many accidents have occurred.

At least he did not push the Japanese technology to develop beyond the times. Otherwise, if these Japanese came up with rifles that could fire grenades, he would have a headache.

"I command!"

Xu Chaoyang immediately turned around and shouted this sentence to most of his officers.

Yu Minghao, Chang Zhan, Wang Tianhao, Qu Yong, Jia Qin and others, as if they had already gotten used to life under Xu Chaoyang's command, all straightened their bodies and stood at attention.

"All the Type 38 rifles with scopes should be placed together and distributed to the soldiers and Oroqen people with good shooting skills in the battalion after the war, so that they can be the first to become familiar with all the Type 38 rifles with scopes. The Type 38 bullets captured this time should be used by these people first, so that they can become familiar with firearms as soon as possible!"

It is impossible for Xu Chaoyang to let his men change their weapons on the spot. Before his men have become familiar with the guns, it would be tantamount to reducing his own manpower.

"Remember, these guns and men are our treasures. They will not be allowed to fight with bayonets in the future. You are only allowed to shoot from behind. Do you understand?"

"Yes!"

The Oroqen people were originally hunters, and they were the group with the best shooting skills in the first battalion. This time, Xu Chaoyang was determined to give these Type 38 rifles with scopes to these people, with the idea of ​​using these people to destroy the Japanese army's firepower points!

Since you don’t have the Type 97 sniper rifle yet, don’t blame us for using the modified Type 38 first.

Xu Chaoyang was standing on the top of the mountain where the wind stopped and the snow stopped. He looked at the moment when the sun slowly rose in the east, and then looked at the mountains and rivers at the foot of the Northeast Highlands. When the golden light appeared on the shimmering water surface, he became ruthless and thought to himself, "Little devils, go get the advantage! The only reason I don't have weapons of mass destruction is that otherwise... Humph!"

He turned around, threw the Type 38 modified rifle in his hand to Yu Minghao, and shouted to the soldiers who were building fortifications on the mountain: "It's dawn!"

"The dark clouds have also dispersed!"

"Everyone be alert!"

"While the entire battalion is building fortifications, someone must be assigned to keep a close eye on the top of their heads and be prepared for air raids at any time!"

"Light and heavy machine guns, and Type 92 infantry guns are not allowed to be placed on fortifications. All of them must be moved to the gentle slopes."

"Be careful when carrying it to prevent it from falling off the cliff!"

He was not just talking about people. In other words, the people of the 29th Army at that time were far less valuable than a Type infantry gun or a pheasant neck. At least, that was the case before the battle started.

(End of this chapter)