Shadow Spy

Chapter 393 Competition of Five Rifles

Hearing this, Dai Anlan laughed and returned the greeting: "General Pan Sen's words are serious. Since it is a misunderstanding, it is not a big deal. We still have to look forward!"

"Well said, General Dai, thank you for your understanding! Although this is a quasi-military operation caused by a misunderstanding, it has truly tested our British army's ability to urgently gather and attack quickly, which will affect our subsequent battle situation. It's still very helpful." Lieutenant General Slim still showed the pride of a British aristocrat.

After the meeting between the three parties, they naturally explained the cause and effect of the matter and resolved the misunderstanding.

Speaking of which, it was indeed the walkie-talkie call made by Xiao Xiaomin. After receiving the message, Xiaohu thought that the five college students had caused trouble and were detained by the expeditionary force, so he reported the matter to Li Junhao.

At that time, Li Junhao immediately thought of the rumored dark incidents of the old army and was very worried about the safety of the five college students, especially three girls among them. Feeling that he was not strong enough, he immediately contacted Slim of the British Army. Lieutenant General, a battalion of British troops was mobilized and rushed over without even thinking about the serious consequences that would occur if a fire broke out!Fortunately, I found out in the end that this was a misunderstanding, otherwise I wouldn’t know how it would end in the end?
After the misunderstanding is resolved, you can naturally talk about some relaxed topics.As for the walkie-talkies, Li Junhao said that he was already preparing the supply and would equip the expeditionary force with them, but he ignored General Slim's wink.

After listening to Huang Xiang's introduction about the shooting competition just now, Li Junhao and Slim were a little curious.

Li Junhao couldn't accept that Liu Yunliang lost to the Mauser 1K with the M98 rifle. He said to himself: It seems that this guy really lacks training!

Slim found this very interesting. Of course, he believed that the British Army's Lee Enfield short rifle was the best rifle at the moment. Not only was it highly accurate, but its built-in magazine capacity of 10 rounds was also higher than that of the M1 and M98. 30K; moreover, because the gun is designed with a rear-locked swivel bolt, the bolt can be pulled with a flick of the finger, which can greatly increase the reloading speed. An excellent shooter who has been trained in rapid fire can It has a rate of fire of more than [-] rounds per minute, which is unique among bolt-action rifles!
Out of pride for the British rifles, Slim suggested that since it was a competition, it should be more comprehensive, allowing the US-made M1, German-made 98K, British-made Lee Enfield, Soviet-made Mosin Nagant, and Japanese-made III Comparing the eight major covers together can also help everyone understand the performance of rifles in various countries.

Hearing this, Dai Anlan and Li Junhao looked at each other and understood in their hearts that Slim wanted to show off the power of the British rifle, but this was a harmless thing; and one thing he said was right, that is, the officers and soldiers could understand Let’s take a look at the performance of each country’s weapons and be aware of them on the battlefield.

Therefore, the three parties agreed to another contest. Li Junhao sent his own security team leader Nick to play, using an American-made M1 semi-automatic rifle;
The British army sent a sergeant major who had served for six years, using British-made Lee Enfield rifles;

A captain of the 200th Regiment of the 599th Division who had studied in Germany used a German-made 98K rifle;

A veteran sergeant of the 600th Regiment uses a Soviet-made Mosin Nagant (M1891/30);

A lieutenant instructor in the Recruit Training Department uses a Japanese-made [-]-meter cap.

In this way, five rifles competed on the same stage, and the judges were personally judged by Major General Panson, an American observer, Lieutenant General Slim, commander of the 1st Division of the British-Burmese Army, and Major General Dai Anlan, commander of the 200th Division of the Chinese Expeditionary Force.

Although the five rifles all use top-loading magazines, the 98K, Mosin Nagant, and 5 Da Gai rifles all use 1-round magazines, while the M8 uses 10-round magazines. The Lee Enfield It also uses a [-]-round magazine.

For the sake of fairness, everyone discussed a more reasonable method to try to make each rifle play its own advantages.That's three five-round magazine-fed rifles that can be loaded 8 times and fire 40 rounds each; the M1 can be loaded 6 times and fire 48 rounds; and the Lee Enfield can be loaded 5 times and fire 50 rounds.The content of the competition is divided into two items, one is the total speed of all bullets fired, and the other is the comparison of target accuracy.

In fact, this method is not completely fair, but Nick feels that the M1 is a semi-automatic rifle, which already has an advantage over the other four bolt-action rifles. Although it fires 8 more bullets, it still has the advantage of having to change two less magazines. of.

The British Army Sergeant Major has absolute confidence in his rapid-fire skills, and he reloads the least number of times, and he doesn't care about firing 10 more bullets.

The other three contestants also believed that this was basically fair, so they had no objections.

After the competition started, the five people who were shooting in a prone position quickly started loading and shooting. They were all experienced veterans and were not nervous at all about this fixed target shooting competition without enemies.

In an instant, all kinds of gunshots rang out like exploding beans. The five rifles actually fired like a platoon-level unit shooting, which dazzled the British soldiers and expeditionary officers and soldiers who were watching. admire.

To everyone's expectation, especially the British officers and soldiers, the first one to finish shooting was the M1 rifle, and 48 of 44 bullets hit the target, with a target hit rate of over 90%, also ranking first.

射速第二的是李·恩菲尔德步枪，但50发子弹上靶39发，上靶率只有76%，低于98K的85%、三八大盖的80%。

The Mosin-Nagant rifle with the worst performance, not to mention the slowest rate of fire, has a target accuracy of only 72.5%.

Judging from the results, the advantages of semi-automatic rifles are obvious. There is no need to pull the bolt every time a shot is fired, which not only reduces hand movements, saves time, but also allows the shooter more time to aim, which is of great significance in actual combat. .

Seeing the results of the competition, everyone was thoughtful, especially the officers and soldiers of the 200 Division, who were a little frustrated. Their weapons and equipment were completely lagging behind!

Division commander Dai Anlan and other officers knew that the problem of army equipment was serious. Among the three main regiments, the 598th and 599th regiments used 98K, which was already the best equipment in the domestic army; the 600th regiment used Mosin Na Gan can only achieve unity at the regiment level; the remaining auxiliary units are of various kinds.

Most of the engineering regiments use medium and formal rifles, which are relatively good. The armored regiments and artillery regiments have tanks and cannons, and individual weapons are acceptable. The automobile regiments and cavalry regiments use Wanguo which has been eliminated from the main force. The cards are bad, not to mention the baggage regiment, even the old sleeves and Hanyang-made ones cannot guarantee one manpower.

This makes the combat effectiveness of the entire 200 Division extremely unbalanced, not to mention the huge pressure it puts on military supplies and logistics.

(End of this chapter)