Chapter Eighty-Six: New Equipment for Snipers
Yang Mingzhi planned to train Natasha well, and she was incorporated into the battle sequence of the guard company, and it was obviously the grace of the commander that a fifteen-year-old girl joined such a team.
Yang Mingzhi heard the small talk of some soldiers, saying that the chief had a special habit, and some people thought that because the chief saved her life, the little girl had to stay to repay the favor. Yang Mingzhi didn't care about these remarks.
The next day, Natasha came as requested.
Yang Mingzhi arranged for her to stay, and entertained her at the door of his house.
Early in the morning, star fruit gets up early to boil water for cooking. She skillfully made a few egg cakes, and then chopped potatoes and stir-fried a dish. This was prepared for Natasha, and the breakfast was quite hearty compared to the average warrior.
Yang Mingzhi sat at the wooden table, and he and his wife looked at Natasha, who was a little shy. "Eat slowly, you're welcome, I know you didn't eat breakfast. These are all made by Besica, aren't you good sisters, you don't need to be inhibited. ”
Natasha nodded, of course she really didn't know how to use chopsticks. Yang Mingzhi happily gave her a wooden fork, and ate it with this fork potato strips.
Perhaps only Chinese will think hard about the problem of eating, Yang Mingzhi estimates that his food is now somewhat similar to the original rural area. Every day is coarse tea and light meals, the nutrition is quite balanced, and the diet is light, which is not at all like the life of a poor guerrilla.
She looked at her wife, this girl rolled up the omelette, grabbed and bit it directly. Natasha also learned the same way, and talked about the benefits.
"If it's delicious, you eat more. I think you and your brother will move to me and live in the camp of the guard company. ”
Natasha was stunned, "This ...... Is it really possible? If we moved in, we didn't have a place to live. ”
"You don't have to worry. I would order the soldiers to build a small house for our snipers. Yang Mingzhi said happily, "In the future, you will have a great role in the army, and the team needs a natural sniper too much." ”
After saying this, Natasha was very moved. She no longer has parents, and her only relatives are her younger brother. Commander Berekov, he is a life-saver, and he is a soldier who is very capable of commanding wars. Her eyes were misty, and she couldn't help but cry when she thought of her background.
"Natasha, why are you crying, are you too excited?" Star fruit asked.
"Yes, Bessica. Thank you, thank you. ”
Yang Mingzhi looked at the sisters with great satisfaction, although star fruit is an older sister, her figure is a little smaller than Natasha. After all, that girl of Russian nationality must also be a tall and even strong person in the future.
Breakfast was quickly finished, and Yang Mingzhi was still sitting, holding a cigarette and looking at the two girls who were cleaning up the dishes. When they finish their work, it's time to set up a new task.
Yang Mingzhi ordered the two of them to sit down obediently, and said solemnly: "I have thought about it carefully, in the future, you two will use better weapons, and the Mosin Nagant that was originally used can be abandoned." ”
"Gave up?" Natasha was a little surprised, "The troops gave me a gun, and I like it very much and even have some feelings." Didn't I hit the enemy with it in battle and just give up? ”
"Yes, as a sir, I don't think Mosin Nagant is for you. You two need better weapons. ”
Yang Mingzhi's decision didn't even tell his wife, of course he knew that his wife star fruit absolutely listened to his words. The two girls will definitely have some doubts, because Mosin Nagant installed a PU scope is indeed a rifle with very good accuracy.
Yang Mingzhi knows the biggest disadvantage of Mosin Nagant, and this aspect may become a disaster for the little girl under some special conditions.
The Mosin Nagant rifle was designed during the Tsarist era, when Tsarist Russia was considered the weakest link of imperialism. Tsarist Russia does have good industrial strength, but Seiko manufacturing is far inferior to the old powers of Europe and the United States.
The barrel quality of such a rifle is very good, and the bolt is terrible. The main reason is that the materials used are different, and the machining accuracy of the bolt is already subject to the bad climate in Russia, and the temperature difference is too large, and many arsenals do not pay enough attention to the impact of temperature on the tolerance of parts. These problems can be solved by the soldier with a file, but if they do not work well, it will also cause the bolt to leak.
None of the above problems are big problems, but the most terrible thing is the unlucky metal material. In the early models of Mosin Nagant, the bolt was not made of good material, and it would swell after many shots, so that it would be very difficult to pull the bolt apart.
In this way, in the Korean War a few years later, many soldiers of the Volunteer Army loved and hated their water beads, and the bolt could not be pulled by the expansion of the bolt, so they stepped on it with their feet.
After listening to Yang Mingzhi's words, Natasha seemed to understand. "I see, I said, I fired more than ten shots in that battle, and it was already difficult to pull the bolt in the back."
"Yes, it's not that you're tired, it's the problem of the bolt expanding. This situation should appear more on machine guns, and generally solve the problem of overheating of the gun body, that is, directly replace parts on the battlefield. ”
"So, husband, what kind of weapon are we going to change?" Star fruit asked. "It's the SVT40 rifle, which is already in the army. You two will use this weapon in the future. ”
"However, that one is a semi-automatic rifle and there is no scope."
Yang Mingzhi subconsciously stroked his wife's little head. "Silly girl, the PU scope can also be used with the SVT40, and I'm going to improve it for you too. This time I'm going to have you use two sniper weapons. ”
The morning training of the troops has begun, the guard company has gone to high-intensity physical training, and the young soldiers have to practice shooting posture.
For star fruit and Natasha, the two girls were led by Yang Mingzhi personally, and the three of them went straight to the ammunition warehouse of the army.
Yang Mingzhi and the custodian Sergei have already said hello. "Comrade, are you ready with all the weapons I asked you to prepare?"
Sergei was still sleepy-eyed, but he didn't dare to slack off when he saw the commander coming. He saluted and immediately ran into the cruelty, and took out his weapon.
The fellow's behavior was very exaggerated, and the two girls saw that the man came out carrying something almost like a long tree trunk, and then laid it on the ground.
"That's all there is to it. Two SVT40 semi-automatic rifles, one PTRS anti-tank gun. ”
"What about bullets? Is it enough? I mean the bullets of anti-tank guns. ”
"Enough is enough, but why should the commander use an anti-tank gun, there are special requirements?"
Yang Mingzhi nodded, and then looked at the two girls with a smile. The result was clear at a glance, and the star fruit was taken aback, did her husband want to use such a heavy anti-tank gun with Natasha himself?
The girl weakly tugged at her husband's shirt, but saw the custodian enter the warehouse again.
Yang Mingzhi said to the two girls: "As you can see, you must be able to use SVT40 rifles, and even more so, anti-tank guns. ”
Soon, Sergei came out with a wooden box and gently opened the lid. "These are all bullets for anti-tank guns, and the cartridge casings that were previously consumed were not wasted, as per your requirements. The people of the blacksmith village reloaded, but you also know that the reloaded bullets are not good, sir. ”
"It's enough, there's no need to complain about anything." Yang Mingzhi squatted down to examine the bullets. His professional habits were keenly aware of the material of these warheads, and he knew that the blacksmith village only had earthen blast furnaces, and they had at least a lot of high-quality coking coal, so they could also make steel.
Carbon steel is quenched in cold water to make martensitic carbon steel, which is then processed with lathes of this material, and warheads are also made of this material. The warheads used in the reloaded bullets are far better than Yang Mingzhi's original idea.
But there are also problems, the arsenal in the blacksmith village is simply not able to produce armor-piercing shells. Not only is there a lack of specialty metals, but complex processing is also temporarily impossible for them to do.
Yang Mingzhi was basically satisfied, and he stood up and played with the huge bullet in his hand.
Sergei continued: "The last time we attacked the enemy's convoy, some fighters dismantled the enemy's heavy artillery shells and collected a lot of smokeless gunpowder. Yang Mingzhi was stunned, he really didn't know that there were soldiers who did this. It seems that the soldiers also knew what the troops lacked the most, and after serious inquiry, they learned that it was the army guide from the blacksmith village who did it.
"So the box of bullets you gave me isn't black powder?"
"Yes, sir! It's all smokeless, quick-burning gunpowder! ”
Yang Mingzhi counted, there were a total of thirty bullets here, all of them were 14.5x114mm big guys, each one was hugely powerful, but it was also quite heavy.
Because of some discrepancies from the original history, in the bidding competitions of various anti-tank guns before the war, the PTRD shot by Deggalev was not drawn out, the biggest reason is that there is very little residue after it is fired.
This variable gave the Soviets a great advantage, and the PTRD was quickly put into battle after being equipped with the Soviets, so the 284th Guards Division mastered quite a few of these weapons.
Everything Yang Mingzhi asked for was here, and he ordered: "Girls, you carry the SVT rifle on your back, and the two of you carry the ammunition box." I myself carried this huge anti-tank gun. “
"And where do we go?" Star fruit interjected.
"To the shooting range, of course. Girls, in the future I will change this anti-tank gun into a heavy sniper rifle, and you guys, you will have to practice the shooting skills of the SVT rifle these days. After that, Yang Mingzhi made a hard effort and carried nearly twenty kilograms of big guys on his shoulders.