"Ready" with the signal flag raised by the commander. The three Italian soldiers quickly picked up the magazines and skillfully loaded them on their rifles. The three Beiyang soldiers opened the magazine and pressed a row of 5 rounds into their rifles.

"Shoot." Accompanied by a signal flag dropped by the commander. Six soldiers raised their rifles and began to design at the target 100 meters away. Everyone is trying to increase their rate of fire as much as possible, but no matter how hard the Beiyang soldiers try, the Mauser rifle in their hands is always one beat slower than the opponent, and with each shot, the Beiyang soldiers need to rotate the bolt, then pull it into place, push it into place, and finally rotate the lock. And the 4.54KG Mauser rifle was a little heavier for the relatively thin Qing soldiers. The Italian next to him only needed to pull the bolt and back to complete the loading. COUPLED WITH THE PHYSIQUE SUPERIORITY OF THE EUROPEAN CAUCASIAN AND THE 1889 RIFLE, WHICH WEIGHED ONLY 3.8KG. The rate of fire of the Italians was basically twice that of the Beiyang soldiers! With the fire from the muzzle, bullet casings jumped out of the bomb port. Holes appeared in the distant target.

With a click, an Italian and a Beiyang soldier ran out of ammunition from their guns almost simultaneously, and the Italian quickly pushed off the magazine and replaced it with a new one. The Beiyang soldiers depressedly picked up a row of 5 rounds of bullets and loaded them into the fixed magazine. Maybe because of nervousness, I didn't press into the magazine twice. And after he laboriously pressed the bullets, the Italian GI, who had almost simultaneously fired the first bullet in the first chamber, had already fired three leisurely shots.

Four minutes later, with a click, the last Italian soldier had already used up his fifth magazine, and all three Italian soldiers had finished firing a total of 50 rounds in the five magazines in front of him. The fastest of the 3 Beiyang soldiers still has 4 magazines on the table in front of them, this tired and sweaty Beiyang soldier is stronger than the other 2 soldiers, but the complicated loading process and the rifle weighing more than 9 pounds After a long time of rapid fire, his hand holding the gun has obviously trembled a little, and the bullets are getting more and more floating. The other two soldiers looked at the six five-round bullets in front of them, and they were a little helpless, and their movements were much slower than just now, because the result was already there, whether they worked hard or not, the result was certain. But the sturdy Beiyang soldier still tried his best to finish the remaining bullets, although because of the fatigue factor, both speed and accuracy have decreased, but there is no doubt that he is serious and hardworking.

Eight minutes later, the last Beiyang soldier ran out of bullets. Immediately, all those who participated in the shooting put their guns up and straightened up. The officer in charge of the target ran over, and then a group of numbers came up, and the Type 1889 rifle hit an average of 38 rounds, while the Mauser rifle hit 32 rounds.

"This Type 1889 rifle is really a sharp weapon, the accuracy is slightly higher than that of my Beiyang Mauser rifle, and the rate of fire is almost twice that of the Mauser rifle!" Wei Rugui, the commander of the Feng army, excitedly picked up an 1889-style rifle and looked at it carefully.

"In fact, in terms of accuracy, the 1889 rifle is actually similar to the Mauser rifle, but because of the long period of high-speed shooting, the shooter using the Mauser rifle is more likely to get tired, so the accuracy will be slightly reduced." Xu Jie said modestly.

"This gun is good, but once it starts, the consumption of bullets is quite amazing." Zhang Wenxuan couldn't help smacking his lips, according to the calculation of 150 rounds of spare ammunition per person, this can be used up in less than half an hour.

"Housheng, how much does this gun cost?" Li Hongzhang ignored the two of them, but asked directly.

"It won't exceed the price of my Beiyang homemade Mauser." Xu Jie is still unclear about the cost of labor costs, but referring to the selling price in Europe, it will not be higher than Mauser. "And it's the same size as the new Mauser rifle bullet. At present, if we want to produce it in Beiyang, it is completely possible, of course, the propellant is smokeless gunpowder. ”

"This rifle is for cavalry?" Wei Rugui asked curiously.

"Lord Wei has good eyesight, this is exactly the short-barreled rifle for cavalry. The barrel is shorter, making it easy to carry. But the bayonet could not be installed. Xu Jie said respectfully.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please look at this gun." Xu Jie took out a brand-new 1889 rifle from a box and pressed something resembling a monocular to the top of the gun. Then it was respectfully sent to Li Hongzhang. (You know what this is, right?) This is by no means made up by the author, as early as 1840, the US imperialists had even Kepler telescopic scopes, but the division was fixed. If you return to zero, you have to use the adjustment mechanism on the guò gun body to reset to zero, and the aiming multiplier is fixed, which cannot be compared with the current scope. ）…,

Li Hongzhang raised his rifle curiously, and his eyes looked over the "telescope". The scenery in the distance was suddenly pulled into view. "Isn't this just a telescope?" Lao Li said curiously.

"My lord Mingjian, this is a telescope, but it can be used with the sight that is grabbed, which is very helpful for long-distance shooting, and you look at this position again." As he spoke, Xu Jie took the gun and pointed it at the A-shaped mark engraved on the bolt.

"What does that mean?" Zhang Wenxuan asked curiously.

"Every rifle has to be tested for accuracy before leaving the factory, and there must be high and low accuracy. And this gun is deliberately marked at the bolt after the accuracy has reached a high level, and generally one such rifle can be produced for every 30 rifles. Xu Jie explains (This method is still in use, but the proportions may be different.) ）

"This is the best one from the gun, and then this telescope for long-range shooting?" Ma Yukun, who had been silent, said.

"Master Ma is right, coupled with specially trained shooters. It is perfectly possible to shoot a single person at a distance of 400 meters. Of course, the people shot are usually more important targets such as commanders or gunners. Xu Jie tried his best to use the concept of sniping in as easy to understand as possible.

"Davi, shoot a humanoid chest target 300 yards away." Xu Jie took out another sniper version of the Type 1889 rifle and handed it to a small Italian. I saw which Italian horsepower named Davy was aiming for reloading, firing 5 rounds in less than half a minute, and then. A soldier ran over and brought the humanoid chest target to Li Hongzhang and the others, only to see that there were 5 bullet holes evenly distributed in the middle of the chest on the target.

"If this hits you in the leg, it won't reach your arm." Ma Yukun touched his head and said.

"Hou Sheng, take out everything else for the adults to see." Lao Li said with a red face.

"My lords, please see, this is an 1889-style combat pistol, equipped with a special 20-round magazine, and the barrel is relatively long, and the barrel is downstream of the handguard. This gun case can be fitted at the handle and then against the shoulder. Xu Jie skillfully loaded the magazine as he spoke, and then connected the gun case against his shoulder. Made a shooting move. An Italian soldier next to him, after asking permission, poured 20 rounds from a magazine onto a target 50 meters away in half a minute. A standard humanoid target was beaten into a hornet's nest.

"This gun is supposed to be specially prepared for melee combat and street fighting, right?" Zhang Wenxuan asked.

"Yes, the biggest feature of this gun is its high rate of fire. Although the effective distance is only about 100 meters, in a small space, the lethality is huge. Xu Jie said.

"But this gun seems to be jumping up and down." Ma Yukun said.

"It's a disadvantage, but it can be an advantage if you take advantage of it." Xu Jie smiled, took a combat pistol, then placed the gun horizontally, and then quickly pulled the trigger, the muzzle kept jumping, and as Xu Jie's hand gradually moved from left to right, the bullet hit a fan. It covers a range of 60 degrees from Xu Jie's front.

"If it's a melee fight, it's really scary with a high rate of fire and a large magazine." Zhang Wenxuan couldn't help wiping his sweat and said.

"And one last thing." Xu Jie took a grenadier placed next to him and said.

"What is this?" Lao Li asked curiously. Xu Jie made a look, and a tall Italian next to him skillfully picked up a grenade, and then visually inspected a mound full of scarecrows in the distance, and then saw him skillfully adjust the nuts and rods at the bottom of the grenadier barrel. Then the grenadier was placed diagonally on the ground, a grenade was put in through the barrel opening, and then the handle was pulled, only to hear Peng's sound, a white eye came out of the muzzle, and a few seconds later, the grenade exploded in the group of scarecrows 400 meters away. Radiating outward from the point of explosion. The closer ones were completely blown into clumps of burning straw, while the farther ones were blown to the ground, and the targets were covered with shrapnel.

"If only a few shots were fired in the charging crowd." Speaking of this, Zhang Wenxuan's mind couldn't help but appear that a group of infantry was charging, and then suddenly fired a few grenades from behind a certain hill, accompanied by a few muffled sounds. The grenade blew several gaps directly in the infantry group. The neatly organized queue collapsed in an instant, and near the gap was covered with corpses, shredded flesh, blood, and wounded soldiers who had fallen to the ground and groaned.