148. Battle of the Jungle
In the end, the time of the race was set for two days later, and I said that I needed to go around the island and have a look, and let Yugohama know before sunset tomorrow. It was a reasonable request, and so it was decided!
After the banquet was over, I didn't ink, and took a few people around the island. Be sure to choose the most suitable terrain, I thought.
Although he knows that I am extraordinary, he has never seen me compete with real guns, and he is not at ease after all. Several times I offered to participate for me, but I shook my head and smiled and said no.
However, he was still worried, and after repeating it several times to annoy me, I said to him sincerely: "Your technique is too rough, when I have the opportunity, I will teach you something, and it is not too late for you to say what you will say in place of me when you learn it!" ”
Suddenly, he was speechless. After following me for so long, he knew 10,000 times that what I said was never impossible to do. So he turned around and asked, "Which gun am I going to use?" I pointed to the new instantaneous musket that I had picked out with him yesterday and that he had taken for use, and nodded.
But suddenly I remembered something, and called Halleha. Halleha was confused, how could she help in this matter? I whispered this to him, and the more Halleha and Burn listened, the more frightened they became, and this kind of operation? However, I felt that what I said was reasonable, and it was completely in line with the principle of shooting. So when they heard this, they were commanded to go.
I took the nine ghosts Masataka, No Regrets, Kite and others around the island, and finally I chose the western part of the island, the woodland where shrubs and deciduous trees coexist and are full of grass!
This woodland is two kilometers long from east to west and one and a half kilometers from north to south, and the terrain is very complex, and it is definitely a paradise for top snipers and a nightmare for fish belly snipers!
The second day passed in a flash, and it was time for the third day of the competition. Tanegashima and I met at the agreed place, greeted each other, and put on that kind of test suit together. Well, it's not very heavy!
The two sides sent people together to push around the place and searched it, and there was indeed no one else in it, so they planted small flags around it, and the people on both sides formed a big circle, and the game officially began.
Tanegashima and I walked into the competition area, each holding the iron cannon of our choice, and after entering, according to the agreement, one to the east and the other to the west, walked for about ten minutes before the official competition began!
The people outside waited from morning to noon, and from noon to afternoon, and they all began to fidget, and there was still no sound in the woods! But the rules are the rules! They can't wait, they have to endure it for the sake of the dignity of the samurai. However, no regrets, nine ghosts, Zhengxiao and others are very calm and relaxed, and they look like they are eating each other.
Finally, just before sunset, a violent gunshot rang out in the woods! As the aftermath cleared, the woods were calm again! All the people sitting on the ground jumped together! Keep an eye on the direction of the exit from the woods!
After a long time, I saw the two of them walking out together, but one of them was obviously not in good shape and was supported by the other...... Who wins and who loses?
After the start of the race in the morning, I walked into the woods with Tanegashima Tokiyo, and the moment we parted, I could clearly see in his eyes the meaning of the winner's banter on the loser.
I didn't say much, smiled slightly, and walked with him separately towards the woods. I'm heading east, and Tanegashima Shiyao is heading west. Judging by what he meant, he felt that he was winning, but how could I not be full of confidence?
After ten minutes, I came to the back of a big rock, looked left and right, well, this is indeed the place I had set before. I found the big banyan tree, reached into the hole of the tree, and found a burden!
Without saying a word, I immediately opened it, but it was a bunch of green stuff inside! I grabbed a corner and shook it lightly, and the green thing was shaken off and became a green cloak! The top and bottom of this cloak were all densely wrapped around branches and leaves, all kinds of grass and trees, I draped it on my body, squatted in the woods and grass, and suddenly disappeared!
This is the "auspicious suit" I made overnight the night before yesterday! The so-called auspicious suit is actually not a particularly profound thing, and senior snipers will make it on the spot! The principle is nothing more than a chameleon-like protective color, choosing local plant branches and leaves to hide your body! But I'm just going to make this one a little bit more detailed!
Dressed in auspicious clothes, I took out three small boxes from my baggage, and when I opened them, they were black, green, and yellow oil paint! I sat in the tree nest and first applied oil paint to the body of the gun, which was originally a wooden body and an iron barrel of primary color, but after painting, it became colorful! I painted the gourd in the same way, and painted the oil paint on my face and hands!
In this way, there is no trace of flesh color on my body, and even if I lie down in the grass and woods like this, ordinary people may not be able to notice it even if I walk by! Not to mention aiming at a few hundred meters away!
After doing these two things, I felt in my pocket again, and found something like an iron shelf, and with a "click", clamped it to the body of the gun, and then took out something and stuck it on the upper shelf!
It's nothing else, it's the scope I asked Halleha and Scorch to work on! With this super blacksmith, it is not too difficult to achieve a precise and stable mechanical structure, and with the repeated proofreading and adjustment of this excellent shooter, a simple sniper rifle made with a monocular is now available! I dare say that this is the first sniper rifle in history, but the second one will not appear until the battlefield of World War II!
Holding this sniper rifle with a heavy sense of history, I am even more confident in my heart. Yesterday I went out to sea by boat and went to a small island next to me to test it myself, and the accurate shooting distance of this "sniper rifle" has reached 450 steps! That's three hundred meters!
Of course, I also experienced shooting again and again, and I got used to the rifle and scope until I experimented at multiple angles and distances.
And it wasn't until this time that the others were convinced, knowing that I was really sure of winning!
The auspicious costume is the masterpiece of the Nine Ghosts, Masataka and Kite. After I chose a place, I asked them to send Shinobi, and I went there at night to collect a lot of branches and leaves, and came back, and Kite took out a cloak and carefully disguised it according to my request, and after I checked that there was no problem with the try-on, I sent the Shinobi to send the auspicious suit back again and put it in the hollow of the banyan tree that I had designated before.
So, in the jungle at the western end of Tanegashima, the first sniper in the modern sense appeared! As Fang just said, snipers in the modern sense appeared during World War II, and sharpshooters before that could not be called snipers, but should be more appropriate to be precision shooters.
In my previous life, I experienced Uncle Suzuki's devil sniper training, and I still shudder when I think about it, and the scene I am in now is very similar to the actual shooting scene at that time!
At that time, my favorite thing to use was a modified "M1903 Springfield Sniper" rifle. Although there are also excellent guns such as the more advanced M24 to choose from, the one I have the most comfortable with is Haruta.
This Springfield rifle is a standard rifle equipped by the U.S. Army during World War I and World War II, which belongs to the rotary post-pull bolt magazine type manual rifle, which was finalized in 1903 and called the "0.30 caliber M1903 rifle", which was developed by Springfield - Spring Field Arsenal and got its name, so it is also translated as Springfield Arsenal and called M1903 Springfield Rifle.
The effective range of the Springfield rifle can reach 600 meters, the mechanical structure is reliable, and it is extremely stable after the magic change, which is enough to cope with the shooting use in general use, especially within 400 meters, and the accuracy is abnormal. Therefore, a hundred years after this rifle became the standard equipment of the US military, it still appears in small quantities in the US military for sniper training and review.
In fact, Uncle Suzuki also recommended to me at that time the Führer's Kar98K Mauser sniper rifle or Maozi's Mosin Nagant sniper rifle, as well as the Queen's Lee Enfield sniper rifle, which are all famous world classics.
Of course, the scope, the cheek support, and the accessory rails are all modern products, so what I have been using is such a modern antique rifle.
Today, when I held the magic * gun in my hand, I suddenly had a feeling of returning to my previous life! Yesterday's test launch at sea, the calibrated error was less than 300 meters/10 centimeters! Definitely the most accurate rifle of 1582! Not one of them!
I carried my musket and walked through the woods like a leopard, and now the sun was behind me at seven o'clock, about one hundred and thirty-five degrees, one of the times when the shadow was shorter! Perfect for tactical moves like transfers! So I quickly hid in a low-lying area with lush vegetation!
In many modern film and television works, snipers like to hide in high places in order to be handsome, and then hit with a shot, and then float away, this kind of behavior of pretending to be X does not know how many girls have won the screams and hearts of girls!
I remember a modern war film starring Wu Jing, in the exercise, he hid on the chimney of the enemy's location for two days and two nights as a sniper, and finally waited for the enemy leader to appear, so he hit with one shot!
Although the leader of the other party was reluctant, he still generously admitted defeat. In fact, this is all against the basic principle of sniping. What snipers fear most is smoke and fog! Staying on top of the chimney? I'm afraid that if I don't get killed by the enemy, I will choke to death by the smoke!
What's more, snipers must strictly avoid prominent landmarks such as hills, lonely trees, chimneys, etc., which are hidden in whichever corner is hidden, so I hid deep in this low-lying ground, quietly observing any movement in the grass outside the forest ahead!
From morning to noon, I didn't find any trace of Tanegashima Shiyao, it seems that this old guy is close to the title of "the world's first iron cannon" is not a waste of fame, and he does have some real skills! But I'm not in a hurry, I'm more patient than I'm the strongest!
By noon, the sun was already overhead, and I looked at the terrain to my left and right, I was in the east, and the enemy was in the west, and as long as the sun was past noon, it was past the time that was not in my favor—for the shadow would stretch in my direction, and any movement would be easier to spot! So the more time passes, the better it will be for me! So I'm more calm and composed!
I quietly changed the sniper position a few times, but it was easy to hide, and the vision was also guaranteed to a certain extent. On two occasions, when I noticed movement and raised my gun to aim, I realized that it was nothing more than a sika deer jumping through the woods!
The sun was past noon and began to move westward, and I changed my firing position again with the angle of the sun's rays, and moved to a half-hill slope! I firmly believe that Tanegashima Shiyao is in the woods on the other side! Haven't moved since morning!
The reason is very simple, one and a half kilometers is the limit distance I can monitor, in this distance, along the propagation of the westerly wind, any footsteps will be detected by me, and so far there is no movement, indicating that he is lurking in the woods opposite, deeply ambushed!
than patience? Hehe. I have 10,000 reasons to believe that Tanegashima Shiyao is more anxious than me.
So I calmed down, moved the muzzle of the gun little by little, and looked for the traces of Tanegashima Shiyao through the scope! Until the sun gradually went down, there was not a trace of movement! But I'm sure the other party must be even more impatient! Because the pressure on his back is much greater than mine!
Just when the sun was close to sea level and the last rays of sunset remained, I suddenly saw a figure moving on the opposite hill out of the corner of my eye! The distance is about three hundred and fifty meters away! I raised my musket and looked at it with my scope, and sure enough, it was Tanegashima Shiyao in green clothes and a green hat!
He's running towards a boulder, presumably trying to change his firing position to prevent me from spotting! Unexpectedly, I finally found out because of the shaking of a little shadow!
I'm starting to aim! Holding my breath, on the basis of precise aiming, I slightly raised the position of the scope by about ten degrees, and the breeze blew from my right front, and I once again shifted the muzzle of the gun slightly to the right by five degrees!
Pull the trigger! Gunshots rang out! Thick fireworks flashed, and I saw Tanegashima Shiyao instantly falling to the ground!