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Chapter 353 Chapter 352, This gun is good, but...

Because there is a lot of data support and auxiliary panels, Li Yuexuan's design ability is already very high, so there are many things to refer to. And Li Yuexuan chose - Type 63.

Yes, it is the Type 63 that was born at the wrong time. Although this gun did not play its due role for various reasons, it is undeniable that its design is excellent. Of course, to ensure that it is easy to use, it requires very fine production technology, high material requirements, and high processing technology requirements.

But what's the problem? It's not mass production, it's just sporadic laboratory trial production, getting materials from a division and letting two fitters rub them carefully.

Of course, the Type 63 is not a light machine gun, at most it is an assault rifle. But what difference does that make? It can fire continuously, it can fire without malfunctions, it has good accuracy, and it is easy to maintain! At most, you can equip it with a larger magazine and increase its continuous feeding capacity to 30 rounds.

In an era when the concept of assault rifles did not exist, anything that could fire continuously was called a light machine gun. Who is in favor of this and who is against it?
Moreover, taking into account the existing semi-automatic system, Li Yuexuan designed the magazines for the two guns to be interchangeable, which is of great benefit to combat duties.

Of course, in order to ensure the continuity of the battle, Li Yuexuan deliberately thickened the barrel of the gun and made it heavy, so that the gun could fight for a longer time. In fact, this design did not make much sense, after all, the ammunition reserves of the Eighth Route Army basically would not cause the barrel to turn red.

As for the life of the gun barrel? Where did the Eighth Route Army get so many bullets for testing? And where did they get so many bullets to wear out the barrel? The life of 3000 rounds is enough for a long time.

In short, after Li Yuexuan made some changes, a light machine gun that was not really a light machine gun appeared on the assembly table in the ordnance workshop.

Test target: Improved Type 63 assault rifle; caliber 6.5mm; gun length 1132mm, bayonet extension 1542mm, magazine capacity, 20 rounds, 30 rounds, barrel life 5000 rounds (accuracy guaranteed), effective range 400 meters (single shot, continuous shooting at single target) 500 meters (cluster target probability shooting); theoretical rate of fire 600 rounds, combat rate of fire 200 rounds. Total gun weight 3.9-4.2 kg...

Holding the new gun in his hand and with the information on the auxiliary panel appearing in front of him, Li Yuexuan was in a good mood and a smile appeared on his lips.

"Huh..." There was a puff of smoke next to me. It was Huang Tianyang smoking. When the smoke dissipated, I heard Huang Tianyang's voice: "Captain, how about this gun?"

"Haha, what do you think? You and Chen Mo made it yourself, what do you think?" Li Yuexuan looked at Huang Tianyang with a smile.

"Well, I can only say that for this gun, Lao Chen and I made every part exactly according to the drawings and information you provided! As for the final result... I can't say for sure."

"Well, whether it's a mule or a horse, we need to take it out for a walk! Come on, wash your face, and go to the shooting range in the east of the village! Xiaotian, go and notify the two captains and the instructor!" Li Yuexuan shouted.

There are two shooting ranges in the east of the village, one is a fixed shooting range on the northern hillside, and the other is a floating mobile shooting range by the river. This time Li Yuexuan went to the fixed shooting range on the northern slope.

Bang bang bang... Da da da... Just after leaving the village, they heard fierce gunfire coming from the east, which made Li Yuexuan stop for a moment.

At this moment, he remembered that the special training team had been practicing shooting these days, and the gunshots came from their side.

Holding the newly launched "light machine gun", Li Yuexuan continued to move forward. Behind him, followed Huang Tianyang and Chen Mo, and beside him were the soldiers of the special service squad who followed and protected him. Just this lineup made the soldiers who were struggling on the training ground look sideways.

Because the size of the guerrillas reached 4 companies, 3 platoons and a special operations team, it was not convenient to put them all together. Therefore, the 3rd company went to Qigeng Village for garrison, the 4th company went to Huidong Village for garrison, and the 2nd company and several platoons directly under the team headquarters stayed in Liangjia Village. Together with the 1st company in Baijing Town, the guerrillas occupied a defense area spanning more than 4 miles. With such a span, mutual communication became a problem, so the first division specially sent telephones and telephone lines so that these four points could have telephones for communication.

Don't doubt that the First Division can do this. Anyway, there are plenty of telephone lines around the county where the Japanese are stationed. They can bring back a few kilometers of lines after going out, and they can seize one or two telephones at a checkpoint. Compared with radio stations, it is much easier to seize telephones and telephone lines.

Following the path beside the woods east of the village, Li Yuexuan and his party finally arrived at the shooting range. Looking at the withered and yellow mountains and the somewhat green willow trees by the river, Li Yuexuan knew that spring was coming.

Seeing Li Yuexuan coming, Tian Chuan quickly ran over to salute, and then said: "Captain, are you here to check the results of the training?"

"There's no need for inspection. I'm relieved that you are in charge! By the way, let the comrades pause and make room for me for a target!" Li Yuexuan said after returning the gift.

The target position was quickly cleared, but the soldiers of the special training team did not get a rest. Instead, they lay down on the flat ground of the shooting range and did push-ups. At this time, Li Yuexuan also looked at the soldiers of the special training team and found that they were full of energy and could do push-ups easily.

"Peregrine, have you made your light machine gun?" At this time, Zhao Danian and his team also trotted over to the shooting range.

"Yes, this is it!" Li Yuexuan raised the gun in his hand and showed it to Zhao Danian and the others, then he came to the shooting position alone and stood with the gun in hand.

"Wait, Peregrine, is this a light machine gun?" Zhao Danian saw the gun in Li Yuexuan's hand and asked quickly.

"Well... this is a light machine gun!" Li Yuexuan gave an affirmative answer, then raised the gun and aimed, then said: "Is it? Everyone, look carefully!"

At this time, the gun was hung with a 30-round curved magazine, which was already loaded with bullets. Li Yuexuan opened the safety, adjusted the shooting mode to the burst mode, and then pulled the bolt to load the gun.

Da da da, da da da... da da... With Li Yuexuan's continuous short bursts of fire, bullet impact points appeared continuously on the target 200 meters to the north, and a burst of wood chips flew.

Soon, all 30 rounds of bullets were used up and the bolt was in the empty position.

"Tianchuan, give me a full magazine!" Li Yuexuan said, stretched out his right hand, and then received a full magazine with 20 rounds.

After a few clicks, a new magazine was replaced and Li Yuexuan shot again, still with short bursts, and still every shot hit the wooden target.

After firing all 20 rounds of bullets, Li Yuexuan placed the gun on the chopping board beside him, turned around and said to the officers and soldiers around him: "Look, this gun can fire continuously and it's very light. Isn't it a light machine gun? Moreover, because it's very light, it can be held and fired like me, and it's very accurate!"

(End of this chapter)