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Chapter 354 Chapter 353, Hot Pot

At the shooting range, the smoke cleared and everyone turned their eyes to the "light machine gun" in Li Yuexuan's hand, their eyes filled with scorching light.

"Ahem, Comrade Peregrine, we all saw it just now. This gun is really good. In your hands, it never misses a shot! However, we can't all have the same shooting skills as you, right? So let me try it first to see how accurate this gun is!" Xing Weiguo said as he took out a magazine from the pouch on his chest and walked up to Li Yuexuan.

"Captain, instructor, these bullets are consumed by our experimental machine gun. Take a look at this?" After changing the magazine, Xing Weiguo looked at Zhao Danian and Zhu Xingyu who were eager to try.

"Ahem, as a new light machine gun, it must be tested by many people in person to determine its performance! Therefore, let's all try the 20 rounds of bullets per person! What do you think, instructor? We have to be responsible to our comrades and must not let this gun malfunction on the battlefield. This requires a large number of bullets for actual testing!" said Zhao Danian.

"Well, I agree with the captain's opinion. After all, this is going to be distributed to the combat squad. Comrades will use it to fight the Japanese desperately. The failure rate must be tested!" Zhu Xingyu said.

"Ahem, the instructor is right! I agree with the instructor's opinion!" Li Yuexuan smiled and looked at Tian Chuan beside him: "Comrade Tian Chuan is the sharpshooter in our team whose shooting skills are second only to mine. He should participate in the live-fire test of this gun! Then, select some veterans with mid-level shooting skills to test it!"

"Comrade Youshun is right. We should use different people to conduct the test! Well, Wang Wu, Lan Hu, Song Changsheng, Li Qingyun, Cai Xiaotian, all of you get ready. We will try one by one later!"

The five highest commanders of the guerrillas and the military workshop, plus Tian Chuan, Wang Wu and others, decided that a total of 5 people would conduct the live-fire shooting test. However, Li Yuexuan had already done it, so he was naturally excluded from the list of the next live-fire shooting.

But Li Yuexuan can't leave now. He needs to explain the structure and usage of firearms to the comrades participating in the test.

"Look, behind this trigger is the trigger safety. If you put it in this position, the trigger cannot be pulled... Here is the adjustment of the gas flow... Here are the single and continuous fire paddles. This position is for single-shot shooting, and this position is for continuous shooting..."

They were all veterans, and after Li Yuexuan's explanation, everyone present understood how to use it. Then, everyone dispersed, and Xing Weiguo held the gun and stood in the shooting position.

Snap, snap, snap... Dadada, Dadadada...

Xing Weiguo first fired three single shots, then adjusted to continuous fire and continued to fire short bursts, with wood chips flying from the wooden target from time to time. However, the magazine only had 3 rounds of bullets, and they were soon gone.

"This gun is good, very good! It has very good accuracy, and its single-shot shooting is no worse than our semi-automatic one, and its continuous shooting is also very accurate! And it is very light, and there is no problem charging with it!" Xing Weiguo made his judgment.

"It's my turn!" Zhao Danian quickly replaced Lao Xing and started firing short bursts with his gun.

Captain Zhao is a former machine gunner. He holds the light machine gun steady and fires accurately. He even shoots at the wooden targets around him. "This gun is really good and accurate! But how do I change the barrel?" Zhao Danian asked.

"This cannot be changed, and there is no need to change it. You see, the barrel of this gun is thicker, so there is no problem firing 300 rounds of bullets continuously. Captain, when will we be able to fire 300 rounds of bullets continuously at one time after a battle? A machine gun team only has 300 rounds of spare ammunition." Li Yuexuan said.

"Let me try, let me try..." Xiao Fengyun couldn't help it, and quickly took the light machine gun that had become a "hot commodity" and replaced it with the magazine that had been prepared long ago.

The sound of gunfire rang out, and Xiao Fengyun quickly finished shooting. Then he said excitedly: "That's it, that's it! I don't understand other things, but I know that this gun can be operated by one soldier alone, which requires fewer people than the Czech machine gun crew. I suggest that during the battle, the assistant gunner should be equipped with a semi-automatic gun, and the machine gunner should carry a few magazines!"

"Yes, yes, these magazines are universal. If the whole company is equipped with this light machine gun, the magazines of a squad will be universal, so the machine gun crew will not be short of bullets, and they can have an extra firepower point. In other words, if too many of these guns are made, just equip each squad with two machine gunners, each carrying a light machine gun. The firepower... hum! It will scare the Japanese to death!" Xing Weiguo continued.

"Well, let me try it first, and then give you an evaluation?" Zhu Xingyu held the magazine in his hand and looked at several old comrades...

The sound of gunfire continued for a long time. After everyone's continuous shooting tests, the newly-produced light machine gun was fired with 500 rounds of bullets before it was able to rest.

The reviews of this "light machine gun" were unanimously positive! After all, after an hour of shooting and 500 rounds of ammunition, the gun maintained a stable accuracy, which was enough!
As for the barrel life? If we test it again, we will feel sorry for the bullets! So we gave up.

"So, should we give this gun a name? According to the headquarters' custom, this should be the Type 81 light machine gun. But we must have a name that is convenient and easy to remember, right?" After the test, Xiao Fengyun raised this question.

"Well... what should we call it? Light machine gun is too general, automatic rifle is not suitable, and the Peregrine light machine gun is not easy to remember... Peregrine, what do you think is the common name for this? Or a nickname?" Zhao Danian asked.

"Just now the captain said that this gun can be used for charging, but someone called it a submachine gun, so let's just call it an assault rifle! The assault team can attack just by holding it, so an assault rifle is fine!" said Li Yuexuan.

"Okay, let's call it an assault rifle! No matter what model the headquarters gives us, this is the assault rifle!" Zhao Danian happily patted the Type 63 in his hand.

"Okay, since there is no problem with the experiment, let's ask the comrades in the ordnance workshop to work hard and try to make more! Well, how about we try 18 of them first?" asked Zhao Danian.

"No problem! It just so happens that during this period of time, the workers have sorted out the production of semi-automatic and carbine rifles, so the two fitters can concentrate on the production of assault rifles! By the way, don't forget to give some rewards to the two skilled workers. They have been busy day and night for half a month, and it's hard enough!" Li Yuexuan said.

(End of this chapter)