"This long rubber tube is used to draw cooling water, and the purpose is to prevent the high temperature generated by the continuous firing of the barrel."

"Major Davis, you're right. This dial is mainly used to adjust the elevation angle of the machine gun, and each scale represents the distance of a target. ”

"Lieutenant Sean, this weapon relies primarily on the short recoil of the bullet when fired for continuous fire. The one in front of you is a bullet chain, as long as you press it into the bolt, as long as the chengguan is not overheated, these 250 rounds will not be interrupted. ”

"Major Davis, that is indeed the grip, not the butt, you see the round iron buckle in the middle of the grip, which is the trigger of this machine gun."

"That's right, that's the height adjustment bolt, the current height is suitable for heavy machine guns to be placed in the trenches for defense, if in the attack, there are no trenches that can be concealed, you can use this adjustment bolt to lower the entire gun carriage to a height suitable for a sitting position."

"That crank is the bolt and the locking device for the heavy machine gun...... Yes, Lieutenant Sean, it's called a flaky front sight, and the principle of aiming is similar to that of a Miller rifle. ”

Faced with these two curious babies, Terry can only patiently explain the same thing while assembling the other four heavy machine guns.

Soon, in the chatter of the two curious babies, the five heavy machine guns were assembled, and Terry carefully checked the bolts of the five heavy machine guns, pulled the locking crank hard, and felt the strength of the re-entry spring in the machine bracket, and then put his mind at ease.

The next step is how to place the heavy machine guns in a reasonable position so that the five heavy machine guns can exert their maximum power.

Although the gun carriage of MG08 has stabilized the shock of the gun body caused by the recoil, it will still cause a slight arc of the muzzle to swing, because the rate of fire of MG08 is only 450 rounds per minute, this small swing will form a small gap a few hundred meters away, causing a barrage fan surface hole, in order to make up for this shortcoming, in the Maxim series of heavy machine gun tactics, there is a defensive concept called crossfire is very effective.

According to the experience inherited from the system, when defending against the attack of the opposing group, the frontal fire of the heavy machine gun is not the most ideal, and the heavy machine gun slash theory is most suitable for the current defensive position.

At this moment, the trench designed by Davis and them, about a hundred meters or so, has a protruding point, and such a diamond-shaped fortification is just suitable for the application of this theory.

An MG08 heavy machine gun was placed at each protrusion of the diamond-shaped trench, so that the maximum angle of fire of each heavy machine gun was the frontal center of the left and right machine gun positions, that is, half of the firing sectors of each heavy machine gun overlapped.

This arrangement can effectively form a crossfire of diagonal shooting, which can not only increase the shooting density of MG08, but also have a great possibility of forming penetrating repeated damage.

"High, this arrangement is really reasonable, it not only solves the problem of low shooting accuracy for novices, but also effectively expands the attack surface."

Sean was indeed a top graduate of the Imperial Military Academy, and when he saw Terry placing machine guns in these positions, he could already see part of the doorway.

"Well, I can see that, but what are you asking people to dig for the stove to do?"

Hearing Sean's words, Major Davis also understood Terry's intention to do this, but when he saw Terry's behavior of ordering soldiers to build earthen stoves next to the machine gun stands, he wondered, after all, this is a war, how did he do this kitchen work?

"That's right, although it's not snowing now, but the temperature is still very low, and look at the sky, it is estimated that the temperature will be lower in the afternoon, this machine gun is very enjoyable to fire, but it will consume a lot of cooling water, if you don't burn the earthen stove, the spare cooling water is frozen, and the barrel is easily damaged."

After all, there were thousands of cavalry assembled by the High Priest, and although the five heavy machine guns were extremely lethal, they didn't know how long the battle would last, and Terry felt that he had to be prepared first, just in case.

"So that's the case, but let's let the soldiers rest for a while, the second company that went to reconnoiter hasn't reported yet, and the troops of the Great Sacrifice shouldn't come over so soon."

Although Davis and the others had probably estimated the direction of the High Priest's attack, they still sent scouts to disperse to the vicinity to keep on guard.

And the reason why this can be done is thanks to a few good horses left in the territory by the high priest, otherwise in the face of this cavalry coming and going, these scouts, let alone reconnaissance, even if they find the attacking enemy, they will not be able to come back in time to report the news.

"Well, but pick about 50 Gunners and Heavys, and let them practice shooting while there's still time."

Despite the fact that the battle was on the defensive, and there were no ten machine gunners needed for one machine gun, Terry decided to equip each machine gun with ten machine gunners to form five heavy machine gun squads.

Terry's consideration is very reasonable, not to mention that this can train enough machine gunners, but more importantly, the weight of MG08, which is a heavy machine gun weighing more than 100 pounds, plus attached ammunition, it is not superfluous for a heavy machine gun squad of ten people to serve a heavy machine gun.

So on this flat grassland, there appeared such a diametrically opposite picture, the black pressure of the clouds is getting lower and lower, as if God has sensed that a big war is coming, making the atmosphere of the whole snowfield seem more and more depressing.

But on the contrary, a group of people were practicing in full swing on the position, although they did not shoot live ammunition, but under the guidance of Terry, all the soldiers who were selected as heavy machine gunners were very excited to practice the basic movements of the operation.

"All of them, let's start preparing for live shooting, 50 rounds of ammunition for each person, give me a little leisure, if I see who is pressing the trigger, don't blame me for kicking you back to the original unit."

The man who stood behind the first trench and shouted was none other than Second Lieutenant Terry, no, he should be called Lieutenant Terry now, for at this moment he had been appointed commander of this newly formed heavy machine gun company.

"Yes, sir."

All the soldiers stood up and saluted excitedly, but everyone's eyes did not look at Terry, because after Terry's explanation and hands-on practice, these soldiers who were lucky enough to be selected as heavy machine gunners were already itching and couldn't wait to feel the shock that this new weapon brought to them.

"Excellent! All of them are there, turn back, enter the position in groups of three, and the squad leaders of each squad are ready to watch and aim. ”

PS: Courage and determination can make up for the excellence of weapons, but when such courage and determination are faced with forces that cannot be resisted, they seem so small.

—The Autobiography of Terry, Vol. 52