Spy Wars: I have space, but I choose to work alone

The other snipers were all clamoring for the same thing, but Ma Liang's words left the other snipers speechless.

"If anyone can hit a 400-meter target as accurately as Young Master, I will equip him with such a gun!"

If snipers during World War II were classified according to modern tactical division of labor, they should be classified as precision shooters rather than snipers.

The snipers of this period were equipped with guns and scopes with poor processing accuracy, as well as poor craftsmanship at the junction between the gun and the scope.

This results in these so-called sniper rifles having defects when they leave the factory. The problem is not too serious when shooting at targets within 300 meters. Within this distance, factors such as wind deviation and geocentric stress do not have much impact on the bullet.

Ordinary snipers can make simple corrections through experience.

But once the distance exceeds 300 meters, the sniper needs to make precise calculations and then adjust the shooting angle based on the calculations. Then the above mentioned things will lead to huge errors.

Therefore, for safety reasons, snipers during World War II generally operated at a distance of around 200 meters.

As for those farther than 800 meters, or even meters, only the rare genius snipers can shoot based on their intuition.

This is also why Ma Liang equipped the remaining snipers with the Mosin-Nagant M1938 carbine instead of the M1930 with a longer barrel and higher accuracy.

Because there was no need, and they were agents conducting covert raids in the city.

They are not soldiers fighting in field conditions, so the Mosin-Nagant M1938 with a barrel ten centimeters shorter is more suitable for them to carry with concealment. Comparison of the sizes of different Mosin-Nagant rifles: At a distance of 300 meters, there is basically no big difference in accuracy between the Mosin-Nagant M1930 and the M1938 with a barrel ten centimeters shorter.

This is also the reason why after the end of World War I, all countries shortened the length of their own rifles.

Ordinary infantry can't fight that far, it's a waste.

For example, the famous Kar.98k is an improvement on the Mauser M98, with the barrel reduced to 600mm to better suit trench and urban warfare.

The lowercase "k" means "short" (kurz) in German, and the uppercase "K" in front represents that it is a carbine (Karabiner). Kar.98k actually means "Type 98 short carbine".

Throughout World War II, only those who were mysteriously confident in bayonet fighting continued to be equipped with the extra-long Type 38 rifle that met the tactical standards of World War I.

Even at this time, the backward China realized this and followed the international trend, using the Zhongzheng rifle, which is also a short-barreled carbine and is a blood cousin of the 98K.

And for a natural sniper like Li Weizhen, if he was really treated like an ordinary sniper, equipped with a short-barreled Mosin Nagant M1938, and asked to shoot enemies within a distance of two or three hundred meters, it would be a real waste of his talent.

As Ma Liang watched Li Weizheng excitedly fiddling with his new 6x scope sniper rifle, he pulled out a shooting chart that he had made using the modern sniper-assisted ballistics system and handed it to Li Weizheng.

Each gun has its own shooting table, so this thing is very valuable, and Ma Liang cannot mass-produce it. Ma Liang looked at Li Weizheng seriously and said:

"This is the shooting table for this gun. That is, after 300 meters, when the gun is disturbed by different wind speeds every 25 meters, the height to which the bullet will fall. You must remember it even if you don't sleep. I will check it irregularly after three days. If you are wrong, you will see how I will deal with you."

Holding this shooting table is equivalent to holding a ruler. It can be used to measure slightly longer distances, but it is not omnipotent.

If you want to be more accurate, you must use complex advanced mathematics knowledge to make precise calculations.

Ma Liang was very skilled in this method of calculation, but he had no intention of teaching it to Li Weizhen and the others.

It’s not that I’m reluctant, because these calculations require a lot of advanced mathematical knowledge, and the results must be obtained in a short time.

After all, the wind speed in the last second cannot be exactly the same as the wind speed in the next second.

In order to master this set of calculation formulas, one needs a high IQ and a lot of long-term practice.

At present, it seems that the snipers under Ma Liang have not mastered advanced mathematics knowledge, and it is impossible for Ma Liang to teach them advanced mathematics in a short time.

Moreover, even if someone could master this calculation method in a short time, Ma Liang's first reaction would be to send this talent to the artillery unit where he was more needed.

Compared to killing people with a gun on the battlefield, it is more efficient to quickly calculate the enemy's firepower coordinates and use artillery shells to attack.

Ma Liang then briefly explained to everyone how to use simple methods to roughly judge the basic knowledge such as wind speed and distance without any instruments.

Ma Liang also continued to explain the sniper course:

"The bullets you use are all common 7.62x54R heavy-pointed bullets. These bullets are mass-produced on an assembly line, so it's impossible for each bullet to have exactly the same charge. Bullets with different charges will produce different deflections when sniping at long distances. In order to unify the deviations, you need to select bullets with uniform weight and smooth appearance from the mass-produced bullets."

After he finished speaking, Ma Liang gave each sniper a standard sample bullet that he had selected for the most balanced purpose. He also gave each person a box of bullets and asked them to weigh them one by one using a small scale.

After weighing the bullets, formal sniper training began.

Ma Liang used up every bit of usefulness of Takeda and other active Japanese coaches. In the shooting range of 100 to 300 meters, Ma Liang had people dig many criss-crossing tunnels that were one person deep.

After finishing the combat training, Takeda and others ran in the alley with targets in their hands and changed speeds, while the sniper in the distance began to learn how to shoot moving targets.

As for the occasional Japanese active coach who wants to resign because he dislikes the danger of the job, that is the most exciting moment for the sniper, and fights often break out at this time.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Ma Liang was in the warehouse looking at the assignments handed in by each team, which contained detailed information about each officer of the direct guard battalion in charge of alert.

This was intelligence gathering training. Ma Liang secretly ordered each team to be responsible for collecting information on the officers of a guard company, and gave each team 100 oceans of funding.

Whether it's by paying soldiers, building relationships with fellow villagers, or talking about ideals, the key is to collect as much detailed personal information of officers as possible without alerting the other party.

Ma Liang picked up the newly installed phone and called Gao Feng, the battalion commander in charge of security:

"Captain Gao? Come over to my place."

Five minutes later, Captain Gao arrived at the warehouse where Ma Liang lived.

"Report to the commander, Gao Feng from the department is here to report!"

Ma Liang dealt with it casually, handed the document in his hand to the other party and said:

"Captain Gao, take a look at this, is there anything wrong with it?"