War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 365: Shy Open-Book Exam Candidate
range.

The so-called shooting range to the east of Dagu Shipyard is nothing more than a field with targets set up. At this moment, Xu Chaoyang is standing at the edge of the shooting range in his military uniform covered in dirt. There are two guns on the table next to him.

Both were inspired by Liu Jiangjun's rifle and modified according to the G98. They were completely changed to a blowback-style semi-automatic rifle, which is very similar in appearance to the Mauser G41M.

In order to reduce the recoil, the rear end of this gun is streamlined and designed to be lower. This results in a groove at the connection between the rear end and the barrel. In other words, the downward curve can hold the chin, which is just right for cheek contact. In addition, after Xu Chaoyang removed the bottom-loading magazine, he saw a double-row magazine design that can hold ten rounds of bullets. Moreover, the gun is also equipped with a muzzle brake that can better protect the muzzle.

It can even be said that except for the design inside the gun, which has been completely changed according to the G98 model, everything outside the gun is designed to reduce recoil.

Xu Chaoyang reached out to the table next to the shooting range, grabbed a handful of loose 7.92 bullets, and loaded them into the magazine one by one. When he loaded the tenth bullet, he counted them deliberately to fill the magazine.

At this second, he seemed to have seen the firepower advantage of his troops after they became familiar with this gun on the battlefield where bolt-action rifles were rampant. Once this gun was officially put into production, the design of ten bullets for this rifle would be the key factor in determining victory or defeat, as most domestic rifles could only hold five bullets!

Xu Chaoyang even remembered that in the Pacific battlefield, the US military dared to use only two or three soldiers with the Garand to fight against a Japanese squadron, and they even won...

click!
He installed the magazine on the gun and when he raised the gun, he found that the researchers from Peking University not only changed the appearance of the gun slightly, but also changed the overall weight of the gun. This gun was only slightly heavier than the short G98 they sent, and much lighter than the G98 currently being used by the troops.

call.

Xu Chaoyang exhaled slightly and pulled the trigger at the target in front of him - bang!

After the gunshot, Xu Chaoyang could still feel the vibration of the gun, but this vibration was no longer unacceptable. Although the recoil of the gun was still very large in Xu Chaoyang's impression, it was already within the normal range for guns of this era.

Bang, bang, bang!

Xu Chaoyang opened fire again. This time he did not hesitate at all and fired three shots in a row!
After three shots, Xu Chaoyang's shooting action did not change at all. Even when the bullet was fired, his body would vibrate slightly due to the recoil, but the completely controllable recoil still allowed all the bullets to hit the target.

"Target report!"

At Xu Chaoyang's shout, the signalman rushed to the shooting range, tore off the target paper and ran back, then shouted: "Captain, the first shot hit nine rings, and the next three shots all hit the target, but they were seven, six, and six rings respectively."

He was shooting at a 100-meter target, and he was not familiar with the gun's ballistics... He fired the first shot as if it were a bolt-action rifle, and the rest were continuous firing.

In other words, by adding a muzzle brake and changing the streamlined design of the gun's tail to a downward curve to reduce recoil, this gun has achieved stability that allows ordinary soldiers to go into battle and kill the enemy the first time they pick it up.

"it is good!"

Xu Chaoyang looked at the gun in his hand like a treasure, then glanced at the signalman beside him and shouted, "Come on, fire a few shots."

He passed the gun aside, and the signalman was embarrassed: "Captain, I won't come anymore, right?"

bump!
Xu Chaoyang kicked the signalman on the butt and said, "I'm being polite to you. This is to see if ordinary soldiers can show their combat effectiveness after getting this gun for the first time."

"Just shoot as you normally would and use up all the remaining bullets."

The communications soldier smiled embarrassedly, took the gun, aimed at another 100-meter target on the shooting range, and fired directly - bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!

The communications soldier fired six shots in a row without interruption. Xu Chaoyang watched helplessly as another chest target a hundred meters away was hit six times in a row, until even the target paper exploded into pieces. Only then did he say with satisfaction, "Go, report the target." When the communications soldier came back with the target, it turned out that his shooting skills were not much worse than Xu Chaoyang's. Except for the first shot which scored five rings, the rest were all above six rings. The last shot seemed to have mastered some rules and scored an eight ring.

Xu Chaoyang looked at the target and said, "Your task these days is to shoot, non-stop. Shoot one thousand rounds at a 100-meter target and one thousand rounds at a 200-meter target. If your eyesight is good enough, then test the stability of this gun at the extreme distance. Do you understand?"

"Yes!"

"Remember, no gun calibration allowed."

"What?"

"What a bunch of bullshit!"

Xu Chaoyang did not let the communications soldiers calibrate their guns because he was afraid that the power of the gun would be greatly reduced if it fell into the hands of soldiers who did not know how to calibrate their guns. Judging from the historical situation of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, when most of the battle-hardened troops in the hands of the warlords had died on the battlefield, the soldiers who were replenished were all rookies who had rarely been on the battlefield. Many of them did not have enough time for training, and some of them had only been in the army for a few days and had not received much training before they went to the battlefield. What should they do at that time?
Therefore, Xu Chaoyang wanted to test the combat effectiveness of the gun when it just fell into the hands of the soldiers and when the soldiers were not familiar with it. In addition, he also had to test the endurance of the gun. All parts from the barrel to the gun body had to be tested. He had to use two thousand rounds of bullets for testing, rather than taking the soldiers' lives for testing after going to the battlefield.

Is it so easy to develop a gun?
"Chaoyang, what's going on?"

When Yang Jingyu led Chang Zhan and others to the shooting range, they saw Xu Chaoyang's communications soldiers standing at the shooting position and firing with great interest. As a soldier, how could he not be itching to fight when seeing such a scene?
Xu Chaoyang picked up another gun and said, "The weight of the gun is just right for ordinary soldiers, but the shooting feel is average. In the case of continuous shooting, you need to concentrate all your energy to control the muzzle to ensure the accuracy of the trajectory."

"My feeling is that under continuous shooting conditions, the feel is not as good as the Liao Type 13." As he said this, he threw the gun to Yang Jingyu.

Of course, it is not as good as the Liao 13 type. The Liao 13 type needs almost no adjustment after one shot and one pull of the bolt, while this gun needs to be adjusted during continuous shooting: "I am afraid that the troops will need to adapt for a period of time before they can fully exert the full performance advantages of this gun."

Yang Jingyu couldn't wait any longer, so he took the gun, removed the magazine and started loading bullets: "Let me try."

In the hands of a man as strong as Yang Jingyu, the gun developed by Peking University did not become a weakling!
The recoil still existed, but it could no longer escape Yang Jingyu's control. After Yang Jingyu emptied a magazine and fired all ten bullets, Xu Chaoyang saw that the gun was trying to break free from Yang Jingyu's hands like a wild horse, but Yang Jingyu was like an experienced rider and always kept it under control.

"What a gun!"

Yang Jingyu was not very satisfied, and immediately thought of another question: "But these ten bullets were used up too quickly, weren't they?"

He didn't even realize what happened, but the magazine was empty!

Xu Chaoyang smiled, looked at Yang Jingyu and said, "Now you know why I was so determined to go with Song Zheyuan to the military repair shop, and why I tried so hard to go to Dagu Shipyard to work hard?"

In an instant, Xu Chaoyang's life trajectory became clear. He certainly knew how much semi-automatic rifles consumed bullets, otherwise why would he go to Dagu Shipyard with such a sharp head? He also knew how he should deal with this situation, so as soon as he arrived at Dagu Shipyard, he stopped all the equipment in the shipyard, in order to provide convenience for the troops after determining the caliber of the gun bullets.

He took every step firmly and steadily, and even after experiencing so many hardships, he never changed his original idea. It was this foresight that the entire 217th Regiment did not have.

Xu Chaoyang felt embarrassed by Yang Jingyu's gaze. As an open-book examinee, he could not stand such a look. He turned around and shouted, "Where is Bi Sheng? Go call Bi Sheng over and let our factory director come to test the guns as well."

　There are two more chapters to go, I’ll do it while I eat, hehe, the third chapter is really nice and cool!

　　
　
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