Standing on the target position, Lucas picked up the rifle that Hans had just put down, and the first feeling he had when he started it was a bit heavy, much heavier than the Gew.86 that he was used to, which made Lucas a little strange, the new guy was very unhappy in terms of weight, and KSK who had to carry a lot of items for a long time to perform tasks outside.

Maybe it's a good shooting performance, Lucas thought, and continued to look at the thing, about the same length as the Gew.86, but the handguard was slightly shorter, the exposed part of the barrel was longer, the shape of the butt had been trimmed, and the grip part was more curved downward, and it felt good.

The bolt part looks complicated, which means it's more cumbersome to maintain and more prone to problems. The position of the magazine has been moved forward, which means that the pull back distance of the lever is increased, and the shooter has a greater range of action to reload the ammunition.

Well? This thing doesn't have that curved handle? There is only a short small round tube protruding on the right side, how do you use this? Lucas tried to pull the thing, and sure enough, it could be pulled open, revealing a small window on the side from which to reload ammo? No, this thing will automatically pop back as soon as you let go, and it's very inconvenient to reload.

After watching it for a long time, Lucas really didn't think there was anything good about this thing, and he shipped such a broken thing from home for a long time? Playing tricks? Even if it feels good, or the shooting performance is good, it can't hide so many flaws about this thing.

"Hahaha, it won't be used, right? Freeze, right? I was like that at first. Hans teased in the back: "That magazine can be removed, push the clip in front of your trigger guard." ”

Lucas took a closer look. Sure enough, there was a small gear-shaped protrusion at the back root of the magazine, and when I pushed it with my left thumb, I immediately felt the magazine shake, and I pulled the magazine off with a turn of my wrist.

Look at the empty magazine in his hand, it should be called a magazine now, and then look at a few magazines full of bullets on the front desk of the target position, Lucas knew how to use this thing, so he picked up a full one and inserted it up, only to hear a slight click, and the magazine was reset.

Then put the gun to the side. The right hand slowly pulls the bolt back. Through the small window that was opened, it was clear that a golden bullet was pushed into the chamber.

It doesn't seem to be much faster than reloading with a bridge clip, Lucas thought, and the extra weight of the magazine has to be carried. What are you doing?

As he thought, he picked up his rifle and fired a shot at the target. With the crisp sound of gunfire. Lucas's brow furrowed even more, the shooting performance was not very high, no. It should be said that it is worse than Gew.86, this thing is completely broken......

Lucas was stunned, he noticed that his rifle seemed to throw out the cartridge casing? Didn't pull the bolt yourself? Turning the gun to the side again, he pulled the bolt open halfway with a slight force, and through the half-open shell window, he saw that there was indeed a new bullet waiting to be fired.

This thing ......!

"Yes, that's right, that's what you think." Hans shouted again: "You don't need to retract, you can keep shooting." ”

Now Lucas finally knew what made this thing attractive, so he picked up his rifle and pulled the trigger on the target repeatedly, shooting all the remaining 9 bullets, and then dismantling the magazine again, reloading, and not finishing the 4 magazines before putting down the rifle in his hand.

Although he only fired 40 rounds, as a veteran, Lucas already had a rough idea of the pros and cons of this thing.

The gun body is slightly heavier, the structure is complex, maintenance is difficult, and the action of the bolt automatically throwing the shell will bring shaking and affect the shooting accuracy, but its fire durability is several times more than that of the Gew.86, and this alone can offset all the defects. Only two of these new rifles were needed, and even a whole squad of bolt-action rifles could be suppressed. This is simply an artifact for the KSK, which lacks automatic firepower!

Of course, Lucas, this is the fastest bolt-action rifle Lee seen in a trench battle in World War I? Enfield, the British's ability to pour fire in a short period of time is almost unbelievable, and without aiming for a strong shot, Jochen has seen a cow man shoot 10 rounds in the magazine in 6.5 seconds in his previous life.

However, it is undeniable that semi-automatic is semi-automatic, and the advantage will naturally manifest itself when shooting at a long time. And this new gadget is the new product of HK Company, the HK98 semi-automatic rifle.

In fact, Europe developed a rifle that can be automatically loaded and thrown into the shell quite early, even as early as the use of black powder propellants, but everyone understands the products that have been taken out. The Madsen-Rasmussen M1888 of the Danish Army is exactly the product of this attempt. That's right, Madsen, the same Madsen light machine gun with the name of the best light machine gun of the First World War.

The Madsen light machine gun was also developed on the basis of this Madsen-Rasmussen M1888, but Jochen's HK company had its own development route, so Jochen did not consider poaching people under the hands of the Danes. Besides, it's not like we don't have a great god here.

In fact, as early as 1893, with the annexation of Austria to Germany, Adolf ? Feng? Odlek? When Ujezd was brought under his command, Jochen's air-guided principle of using the residual kinetic energy of gunpowder to propel the rifle into automatic loading and throwing was realized.

Jochen then ordered the development of a rifle that could self-load and throw shells. However, at this time, the main task of HK company is to develop a gas-conductive machine gun, and the second is to continue to reduce the weight of the machine gun, so the research and development progress of the new gun can be said to be as slow as a turtle.

The several samples produced were the same as the Madsen-Rasmussen M1888, bulky, complex, and unreliable, and the final conclusion was the same - it was not as good as a bolt-action rifle.

And the HK company itself is not very anxious, the Maxim machine gun has become a hot commodity in the international arms market, and the gas guide machine gun does not have a significant advantage over the MG90 in weight after it is made, so the launch of the market is far away, and the road to weight loss is endless.

The semi-automatic rifle, on the other hand, becomes a cycle of experimentation, dissatisfaction, improvement, continued experimentation, and dissatisfaction. At this time, the Germans did not have any large-scale wars, and there was little demand for new rifles. But with the Philippine strategy about to begin, Jochen is in a hurry.

Both the army and the Marine Corps operated on a large scale, and the numerical superiority and machine guns could compensate for the shortcomings in the rate of fire of the rifle. But the disadvantage of the elite special squad fighting in the dense rainforest in terms of firepower is in great trouble. The Americans had to suffer a lot in the process, so Jochen decided to speed up the development of semi-automatic rifles.

As for the semi-automatic pistol, Jochen could only tear up, although by this time there was already a Mauser military pistol, which is commonly known as a barge gun or box gun.

It's called a Mauser pistol, but it's not the same thing as Paul? Mauser has nothing to do with it, it's just the Royal Arsenal, oh now reorganized into the Mauser Arms Manufacturing Company, something that was concocted by the technicians of the Mauser Arms Manufacturing Company and then applied for a patent in the name of the company.

However, this pistol that uses 7.63mm pistol cartridges is too penetrating and insufficient stopping power, and it is not suitable in the tropical rainforests of the Philippines, and it is said that the Americans' .45ACP Colt pistol cartridges were developed because the U.S. military suffered in the Philippines, so Jochen was not ready to use this relatively bulky semi-automatic pistol.

Although the HK Company would be rejected by the Winchester Company in 1897, he obeyed his friend John in a fit of rage to go to work at the National Arsenal of Herstal (later FN Company) in Belgium. Moses? Browning cut off the beard halfway and brought it back to Germany.

However, even the Browning God could not make a reliable semi-automatic pistol in a year on the basis of scratch, so HK Company's own development of semi-automatic pistols could not be finished for a while.

However, the arrival of Browning accelerated the development and improvement of the semi-automatic rifle, and finally in mid-1898 this HK98 was produced, using a long piston stroke of the conductive type, a rotating bolt mechanism, and a magazine feed.

I don't know if it's the fate between Browning and FN, but in short, the finished product after his modification is very similar in appearance to the FN49 semi-automatic rifle of the later FN company, and it also has the problems of the FN49.

Big, heavy, complex and expensive, but much more reliable than the previous ones, although Jochen was still not happy with this, continuing to reduce the number of parts, improve reliability, and reduce weight were the next priorities.

However, some people are not as picky as Yochen, and after about 4 months of testing, the Navy decided to purchase a portion of the KSK in small quantities to alleviate their lack of automatic firepower.

And the first batch was transported to the Philippines at the end of 1898, and as a result, on the first day of 1899 it aroused the interest of these KSK officers and soldiers.

Veterans like Lucas immediately felt the value of this new gadget, and in a rainforest like the Philippines, if there was an encounter between the two sides, the distance would be very disadvantageous for the KSK, which only had bolt-action rifles, although the shotguns of the reinforced assaulters in the four-man reconnaissance team were incredibly powerful in such an environment. But it's hard for a single assaulter to deal with everything.

So if you use this new rifle as a sighter and a rifleman, this can form a fire suppression, and then give the sniper and assault more to deal with the world, but only 10 rounds is still a little too little.

Thinking like this, Carl, who had been waiting impatiently on the side, walked over quickly: "Okay, you're cool enough, don't stand in a daze, I'll have fun too, just standing next to me and watching it feels exciting!" The boss said that each person can only play 40 rounds, so you don't want to continue to occupy the position and not let me play. ”

Lucas, who was interrupted by his partner, smiled slightly, and was ready to get out of the way so that the guy could shut up quickly, and this crusher could only be quiet when he held the gun.

But just as Carl was about to reload HK98, the company commander stopped him: "Hey, boy, don't play that, this is what you should play." (To be continued......)

PS: I'd love to write the chapter title as "I don't want to say anything about this chapter of the plan", but I just wanted to joke about it once, so I had to give up (laughs)