Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 162 Arranging guns and sharpshooters

When they had survived all this and proved to be fully adapted to army life, the shooting training officially began.

Guns, even muzzle-loading muskets, are the most powerful infantry weapons in this plane, and travelers must ensure the loyalty and reliability of those who wield them.

Some people can't bear this kind of life and ask to quit halfway. Such people will be assigned to the commune as laborers, but they must repay twice the money, military pay and food given by the traversers. Before paying off the debt , cannot leave the commune, and receive no remuneration other than basic rations.

As for those who escaped, the powerful communication and night vision capabilities of the traversers made it impossible for the night and distance to be a cover for deserters. Those who were captured were all sent to quarries and brick factories as coolies without exception.

However, the situation was better than Ma Qianju expected. There were less than 20 people, whether they were deserters or those who asked to quit.Most people persevered.

Li Yunxing presided over the shooting training. He was a shooter in the provincial shooting team and is familiar with this aspect.In order to preside over the training, he himself received a rifle and 100 rounds of ammunition, and fought for a week, basically getting acquainted with the shooting performance of the Mini rifle.

The shooting accuracy of the front-loading rifles is relatively good. These guns were all manufactured before crossing, with good materials, fine workmanship, and calibration. After a few rounds, Li Yunxing immediately found the feel.

He started with the most basic gun-holding and gun-holding movements, and then practiced the stability when aiming the gun.After everything is qualified, the shooting training starts.

The day the Minie rifle was handed out caused a great commotion among the soldiers. This kind of gun was different from all the firearms they could see. The body of the gun was dark blue with a faint light, and all the parts were very smooth , without the usual roughness of iron products.The three-edged bayonet with its leather case gleamed.Inside the leather cartridge case were bullets wrapped in rough yellow paper.There is also a small yellow copper piece, which is said to be called a flash cap.

The gun was heavy, but it was lighter than the training guns they usually use, and all parts were made to the right size. Those who have used the birdie gun, the three-eye gun, and other kinds of firearms think that this gun is very delicate. It is easy to use, and it is not awkward to use.

When shooting live ammunition for the first time, the rifle erupted with thick smoke, the strong smell of gunpowder smoke and the heavy recoil of the butt, which made many mud legs who took the gun for the first time deeply appreciate the power of the weapon in their hands.The penetrating power of the lead bullets on the thick wooden target made them even more tongue-tied—the iron sand shot by the traditional bird gun can be blocked with a thicker wooden door.

In order to enhance their confidence in the weapons in their hands, Li Yunxing also persuaded Ma Qianju to get a pair of armor from the inventory, test-fired it on the spot, and shot it through 200 meters away, leaving everyone dumbfounded.

"Damn, isn't the iron armor useless?" Lin Fu touched the small hole in the armor that was still smoking. "It's too easy to fight."

"Then we are not invincible, we just stand there and shoot, and no one can rush over." The soldiers screamed excitedly.Morale soared.

"Invincible in the world is not enough," Li Yunxing said, "but we have a great advantage. We can fight farther, more accurately, and faster than the enemy. Whether it's cavalry or archers, they can't beat us. threaten.

"But if the enemy has a large group of cavalry, it's not enough to just fire the gun. This gun can shoot up to 400 meters, and the cavalry can rush over in less than a minute. How many shots can you fire in a minute?"

"Three or four shots."

"If we have few people and the opponent has many people, and everyone fires three or four shots in one minute, and the enemy is not beaten away, what should we do at this time?"

Everyone was lost in thought. A man among them, who had been silent for a while, interrupted at this moment: "Use spears to hold them back. All of them form a square formation, with spearmen guarding the outside and musketeers inside."

"Yes, this is indeed a method." Li Yunxing was not surprised by this suggestion - this method is not very rare, the Ming Dynasty also had a similar method of warfare: spearmen cover firearms shooters, and there is an upgraded version, using chariots to cover firearms. "Is there anything better?"

"Triple array." The man said again, "The musketeers are divided into three rows and shoot in turn. This way, they can shoot more than 1 or 3 times in a minute, and it can be continuous."

"That's right, that's right, where did you know about it?" Li Yunxing was very surprised. This "three-stage strike" has always been regarded as a secret method of time travel, and people in the Ming Dynasty had such a concept long ago.Thinking about it, since the Warring States Period of Japan could come up with this set of tactics, Daming would not fail to come up with it.

"The little one has seen the Beijing camp drills in the capital."

"Sighted, what's your name?"

The man snapped and clasped his fists at attention, who was neither a donkey nor a horse: "Little yellow bear, from Hejian, North Zhili."

"Okay, come to the headquarters after exercises."

"Yes!"

It is easy to practice shooting, but it is not easy to instill in them the concept of gun maintenance.Few people realize that guns need to be maintained. After the first day of shooting training, although the gun barrels were required to be cleaned afterwards, in the subsequent night surprise inspection, it was found that only a very small number of soldiers cleaned the guns as required.

In ancient times, the maintenance of firearms was not paid much attention to, and there were no specific requirements and specifications for the maintenance of firearms. At most, cannons were covered in the open air. Things like bird guns were of low quality, and the possibility of injuring themselves was lower than that of hitting them. The enemy is bigger, soldiers don't like to use it, let alone talk about maintenance.

The muzzle-loading gun uses black ammunition with a lot of residue and the paper that wraps the ammunition. It has higher requirements for the maintenance of the gun. Li Yunxing has to carry out mandatory maintenance work after each shooting training, teaching each soldier to do it hand in hand. Gun maintenance.Everyone's gun must be inspected before disbanding.Then this task was assigned to the monitors of the squads, and a layer-by-layer inspection system was adopted. Li Yunxing checked the guns of the monitors, and the monitors checked the guns of every soldier in the squad.Cooperating with the severe punishment system, the habit of wiping guns was finally established.Although I still got a lot of trouble, I think the "chief" is unnecessary.

More than once, Ma Qianju got such a report from the eyeliner placed among the soldiers: It is a waste to wipe the barrel of the gun.

Some people also say that these Australian maritime merchants are somewhat "independent", and they know how to admit death. They have rules in everything, and they are not as flexible as the locals.

Seeing such psychological reports of soldiers, Ma Qianju couldn't help but think of what the Chinese employees of the joint ventures said about foreign countries at the beginning of the reform and opening up—the two have similarities in purpose.

Tian Liang's shooting training was also at a low-middle level. Li Yunxing's assessment standard was 100 shots within a distance of 10 meters and 6 hits on the target to be considered qualified. Tian Liang only scored three shots in the first assessment. A make-up exam is considered barely passable.

But there are also very strong people, the three Ruan brothers all got good marks in the first assessment.Yang Zeng, the former Ding of the Goujiazhuang regiment, won the only one: all ten shots.

"The marksmanship is really good!" Li Yunxing patted him on the shoulder excitedly.

"Thank you, chief." Yang Zeng stood at attention in a standard manner, "The little one was originally hunting."

"A hunter? No wonder you have good eyesight."

"No, I've used such bird guns before when I was so young."

"Oh?" Li Yunxing became interested.

"In the past, I was with Lord Gou, no, when everyone Gou was a member of the regiment—" He quickly corrected himself, "One time the pirates sent a batch of goods, and there were dozens of such guns in it." He gestured , "But it's not as easy to use as the guns of the chiefs. You need to light a match, and it's heavy to hold."

Li Yunxing remembered that there were some foreign goods among the weapons seized from Goujiazhuang, including a batch of matchlock guns, which should have been made in Britain according to several historical figures.

"That gun is much easier to use than the original blunderbuss in the village, and it is also accurate. But the Zhuang Ding has suffered from the blunderbuss, and they don't like to use it. Master Gou, Gou Da saw that I liked it and gave one. When I have nothing to do, I just play with birds, so I get familiar with it."

"You shoot so accurately, Gou Da must treat you differently, right?"

A look of embarrassment appeared on Yang Zeng's face. Since he was captured in Goujiazhuang and arrived in Bairen City, he had been interrogated over and over again for many days, and then had to be reformed through labor for a period of time. Arranged to work in the commune.During this period of time, he has learned that the most important thing for this group of "gun thieves", "short-haired" or "Australian maritime merchants" is that everyone's "historical issues" should be innocent. Obviously a blemish.

"Looking back at the chief," he said cautiously, "the younger one is just an ordinary member of the Gou family village, although he shoots more accurately, the older one doesn't think too highly of the younger—he still likes the kung fu of those guns, sticks and swords. "

"No matter how good a gun, a stick, and a sword are, is it rare that they can stand up to your musket?" Li Yunxing didn't know what he was thinking, and thought he was underappreciated.

"It has to be the gun used by the gentlemen—I never imagined in my dreams that this gun can shoot so far, and it's accurate and fast." Yang Zeng was a little excited when he talked about the gun. , but it is too far behind this gun.”

"Oh? Tell me what's good about it?" Li Yunxing himself has a strong interest in guns and shooting, and knows how exciting a good gun is. He didn't expect such a hobby to exist in another time and space.

"There are too many benefits, but the villain thinks that there are two best features. One is the flash cap, which can be ignited directly without the need to put special sparklers on it. It is safe and easy to use; the second is that the ammunition is made of paper. Wrapped well, it is convenient to use, and the quantity is accurate. Usually small guns are poured out of ammunition bags. How much you pour depends on how you feel it. .”

Li Yunxing thinks that this person is really not simple. Ordinary soldiers follow the rules and follow the instructor's requirements. He still has a lot of ideas, which is a rare talent.

"100 meters can hit every shot, what about 200 meters? Try it?"

"The chief's order, the younger ones must do it!" These words, combined with the movement of raising the head and chest, felt very inconsistent.

Li Yunxing specially gave him a high-precision Mini rifle with the J+ mark. The target 200 meters away was a circular target with a diameter of 1.5 meters.Yang Zeng held his breath and concentrated, and hit ten shots out of ten.

It's amazing!Li Yunxing was very surprised. Although the Mini rifle can be regarded as a rifled gun, its accuracy cannot be compared with that of a breech-loaded metal bullet rifle.This Yang Zeng only has experience in playing matchlock guns, and he was able to achieve this result after a month of training, which is considered extremely talented.

Then he moved the target to 300 meters away. This time, Yang Zeng missed 4 shots.When the target moved to 400 meters away, he still hit 4 shots.This achievement is already considerable.Several veterans of the Military Commission at the venue applauded.Even taking 56 and a half shots, this result is not bad.

"That's right, you should all be snipers." Li Yunxing was happy to have such a number of people in his training team.

"Thank you for the promotion!" Yang Zeng didn't know what a sniper was, but he intuitively thought it would be good for him.

He was selected together with several other excellent marksmen for the next step of training as a sniper.Wei Aiwen decided to form a hunting platoon outside the infantry company as long-range precision shooting support.

(End of this chapter)