Chapter 134: Machine Gun
The machine gun sergeant opened the heavy iron box, and six Soviet-style Maxim heavy machine guns and thirty Depp turntable machine guns were neatly placed on the ground.
The supervision of the training was handed over to Qiu Wei, He Kun, and Hao Zhong, while Zhang Wei and the sergeants who taught the use of machine guns opened the packed Soviet machine guns together. The machine gun sergeant laboriously put together the bracket and body of the heavy machine gun, as well as the huge dark green shield, and next to it was a box of 200 rounds.
Zhang Wei stroked these machine guns from Soviet Russia, and in the future, these will be the heavy firepower of the whole battalion.
Not far away, the selected recruits stood there, looking at these killing machines that had never been seen before, and some of them already understood something in their hearts.
"This machine gun is okay, right?" Zhang Wei asked. "Lao Maozi's things are very resistant, the heavy machine gun type is similar to our two-four type, that is, the bullet caliber is different, and the two-four type can basically be used, and the light machine gun has to be taught, that thing uses a large plate of magazines, and there is no handle behind the gun, which is not the same as the Czech style at all."
"Well, these machine guns are all 762 big butt rounds."
Zhang Wei said. "Yes, sir, the bullets are not the same as the seventy-nine bullets in our hands." It is best that machine gun cartridges and rifle cartridges can be universalized, and it is nothing if they cannot be universalized, anyway, there are only two kinds of bullets, and it is not particularly troublesome in terms of supply, and besides, the entire two hundred divisions are organized like this.
Looking at the dozen or so recruits behind him, Zhang Wei planned to teach heavy machine guns first, and light machine guns would have time to wait until the whole battalion had completed training and then teach them temporarily, and those veterans who had played machine guns could get started after teaching them a few times, and Zhang Wei planned to have recruits with good training results in each recruit class plus a small number of veterans of independent companies who were transferred to serve as light machine gunners in each class.
For the dozen or so recruits in the back, Zhang Wei wanted these people to receive education and training first, and these recruits would take on the role of deputy gun commanders, saddle engineers, and ammunition soldiers of each squad of the heavy machine gun company.
And these machine gun sergeants in front of him are all squad leaders of heavy machine gun companies, that is, gun commanders, if there are outstanding ones, Zhang Wei does not mind promoting them to be deputy platoon commanders or platoon commanders, although he still prefers to have military cadets who have fought in battles to serve. Obviously, there are not so many officers for him, and, until now, not a single officer or company platoon commander has been sent to him.
"That's what I plan, the recruits of the heavy machine gun company, the riflemen, just transfer directly from the recruits who are training, these behind them are singled out, looking smart, rough words, basically they are supplementary battalions, have received half a year of military training, and will fight Hanyang, you are all professional, just train these people first, and when training, grind the inertia and twists and turns on these soldiers."
"What about those light machine guns?" The sergeant asked again.
"The turntable machine guns are all left, and it's too late to teach them when the time comes, and besides, there are so many veterans."
The sergeants put away the six heavy machine guns, along with the turntable machine guns, and covered them with canvas. Only two heavy machine guns were left for teaching, and the sergeants first disassembled the gun carriage of the machine guns, removing the water tank and the water pipe connected to the cooling cylinder.
The chain and intake hole of the reloading bullet were displayed in front of everyone, and now all that was left was the body of the gun with two wheels. Another sergeant explained: "This thing is a heavy machine gun, in that box, it is loaded with bullets, and in that wooden barrel, it is filled with water, and the water is piped into the big barrel in front of the gun............" Any teaching is a theoretical explanation first, no matter whether the people below can understand it or not, Zhang Wei listened to it, but learned the specific use of the machine gun, and the sergeants just explained the basic operation of the heavy machine gun, that is, how to disassemble it generally, how to shoot, how to load, how to supply ammunition. The recruits below knew nothing about it, and now they were in a circle, watching the dismantling and explanation of those sergeants, the recruits all knew that no matter what, they had to live, especially these people who were sent to learn heavy machine guns, and they were all elite and literate among the recruits, Zhang Wei didn't think they would be fooled. Generally speaking, the heavy machine gun company is managed by the company commander in peacetime and obeys the command of the battalion commander, and in wartime, six heavy machine guns, usually in a group of two, are assigned to three infantry companies to fight, and the specific heavy machine gun command is responsible for the infantry company commander and the squad leader of the heavy machine gun squad, responsible for the fire blockade and support of the first 500 meters of the position.
In addition to other tactics, Zhang Wei didn't dabble in many other tactics in school, but the afterlife soul in his body brought a lot of new ideas.
"Beyond shooting tactics." "Accompanying Attack Tactics." The tactical use of heavy machine guns appeared in his mind, and immediately, Zhang Wei calmed down, with the current level of quality and the recruits under his command, playing this tactic is completely self-defeating, unless his own people have experienced real combat, they can try the following. Now, he is still down-to-earth, at most, he just plays platoon-level beyond shooting tactics, and these sergeants in front of him should not know much about the tactics of using heavy machine guns.
Seeing that the recruits were learning well under the guidance of the sergeants, Zhang Wei signaled to a few people, left on his own, and went to the camp in the middle of the playground, where the recruits were receiving queue training, and when he left, he also took a turntable light machine gun. Glancing at the recruits, Zhang Wei sat on the dirt floor of the playground and fiddled with the Soviet-style light machine gun, he had not learned how to use it, but out of competitiveness, he wanted to disassemble it himself.
Holding the bamboo shoot, he removed the heavy cartridge disc, the gun body was much lighter, behind the flared muzzle was the front sight and radiator, Zhang Wei groped for the pin in the middle of the gun, twisted it hard, the barrel shook, Zhang Wei pulled out the pin vigorously, the front barrel moved, but it still couldn't be removed, the radiator and the front sheath stuck the barrel, after all, I still didn't play. Zhang Wei removed the bamboo shoot behind the muzzle, untied the stamped sheath, and the barrel fell into Zhang Wei's hands.
"It's finally taken apart, Lao Maozi's things are indeed a little rough, and I should try two shots when I go back." There was a little gun oil on the gun, and Zhang Wei's hands were quickly blackened, and there were no other impurities and gunpowder residue in the barrel, indicating that this batch of guns was a new gun. In the distance, there were shouts of killing, it was the voice of the soldiers of the independent company, and then it was all "one, two, one" that came into Zhang Wei's ears. ”
Needless to say, it was a sergeant who was training recruits. The machine gun was reloaded, and the handle was pulled twice, making a crisp mechanical friction sound. Zhang Wei carried the machine gun and returned to the place where the equipment was temporarily stored, very close to the place where the heavy machine gun was used. Two sergeants were guarding there. Seeing Zhang Wei coming, the two hurriedly said, "Hello, sir!"
"No need to do this, get me some light machine gun bullets, I'm going to test the gun!"