However, having a machine gun does not mean that it can exert its powerful firepower, and it also requires a complete set of maintenance and shooting guidelines and a high-quality machine gun crew to operate, in order to exert the huge lethality of the machine gun. Speaking of machine gun shooting, Xu Jie couldn't help but think of the machine gunners on both sides on TV shooting back and forth with machine guns like sweeping the floor, which was full of momentum in the eyes of ordinary people. But in the eyes of a soldier like Xu Jie, this master of machine guns has no experience at all. If the shooters of various countries in World War 1 and World War 2 were at this level, which machine gun would not need to be equipped. Except for wasting bullets, it is useless at all.

When it comes to machine gun shooting, there are two main ways to shoot, one is direct aiming, which is easy to understand as the name suggests. The methods of shooting can be divided into fixed-point shooting, search shooting, maneuver shooting, frontal shooting, oblique shooting (at a certain angle to the opponent's skirmishing line), and longitudinal shooting according to different combat purposes. Another way to shoot is indirect shooting. Its biggest feature is that the machine gun is raised at an angle, and the bullet is fired in a parabolic manner. This kind of shooting is more lethal on the battlefield. The so-called veterans are afraid of machine guns and not artillery, also because of this way of firing. Because the veteran can dodge based on the sound of the shells in the air, but the machine gun can't, because the rate of fire is so high that you can only hear a series of bullets cutting through the air, and you can't tell where the bullets are coming from or where they land. And this design is designed in such a way that it can go over the bunker and shoot directly at the infantry hiding behind the bunker, which is the most crucial thing.

And for the arrangement of machine gun emplacements, he is also very knowledgeable. It is generally known that machine guns need to form crossfire, and this is true. However, in actual combat, the arrangement of machine guns still depends on the situation, and the general machine gun position will arrange heavy machine guns on the front of the battlefield to deal with the enemy's frontal attack. Light machine guns were also to be placed on the flanks, both to inflict heavy damage on the enemy's skirmish lines with short vertical fires, and to deal with the enemy's machine-gun positions on the flanks. The machine guns on the flanks do not require a lot of firepower, but they must be maneuverable. At the same time, there is also a corresponding coordination between machine guns and artillery, and there are always some areas that cannot be taken care of by machine gun attacks. Even the areas deliberately left by the shooters, where it is easy for the enemy to gather forces for a counterattack on the latter's attack, in which case the artillery will need to fill the gaps in the machine guns. In short, with the continuous change of the battlefield form, the commander needs to set up machine gun positions according to the actual situation, and mark the fire coverage of machine guns. It is by no means a line of machine guns as one might think.

As for how to maintain the machine gun, Xu Jie's knowledge is very limited. With the information I have read, although I have a general understanding of the maintenance and use of machine guns, it is still not enough to completely write a book on how to use machine guns, so I have no choice but to record the content in my memory first, and then let the troops explore it in actual combat.

After solving the problem of the heavy machine gun, Xu Jie wrote the words "Woo Gang Cannon" on a blank piece of paper. This thing is unfamiliar to ordinary people, but for Xu Jie, he knows that this thing represents the role of a field artillery killer. This thing is the same as the Maxine heavy machine gun, not only was it designed by one person, but even the principle is basically the same. However, it does use 1-pound shells, and a single chain of 25 rounds is used for ammunition. Supposedly, this weapon is heavier than a machine gun, but it should be of little use if it is powerful without artillery. But in reality this was not the case, and it left an extremely profound lesson for the British in the Boer War. THE CUNNING BOERS OFTEN HID BEHIND ROCKS OR WOODS, AND THEN SET UP THEIR CANNONS, WHICH WEIGHED ONLY 185 KG. Connect the chain of 25 rounds and start with one shell. Then, after locking on to the target, 25 shells were fired in one go, directly covering the target area. All 25 shells will be fired in 5 seconds (the rate of fire of the Woo Gun starts at 400 rounds per minute and then drops to 300 rounds per minute, as Maxine himself thinks 400 rounds is too fast). After a puff of smoke, there was nothing left of the British artillery positions on the opposite side. Although the British artillery is very high, the guns used smokeless gunpowder, and the firing process is very short, and you can't find the target if you want to counterattack. Therefore, after suffering a big loss, the British decisively transported 57 guns from the British army stationed in South Africa, which regained the advantage of infantry weapons. If you ask what are the disadvantages of the cannon? Is this one? The biggest disadvantage is that the shells are too expensive, and a pound of shells actually costs 6 shillings and 6 pence. And if you let the cannon fire for a minute, you will have to knock out a full 90 pounds of shells. No wonder the King of Denmark said that this weapon would bankrupt my kingdom if it only took 2 hours. But compared to its huge role, it is still very worthwhile, whether it is to deal with infantry cavalry or sneak artillery, the cannon is a unique weapon at that time. The British imperialists procured millions of shells during the Boer War. …,

So in line with the principle that good goods are not cheap, and cheap goods are not good, as long as there is money, Xu Jie still decided to buy some cannons. Of course, the Maxine machine gun had to be purchased in large quantities, and Xu Jie could only rely on the absolute firepower superiority of these automatic weapons to deal with those Japanese troops who were struggling.

After the heavy machine gun and machine gun weapons were determined, Xu Jie also needed a weapon that could accompany the infantry charge or be suddenly attacked during the march and immediately turn into a state of readiness. This is the legendary light machine gun (the first Khan one). As for the manufacture of light machine guns, this was not difficult under the conditions of the time, and even air-cooled light machine guns were no problem. For example, the U.S. imperialists' Bryaning M1895 machine gun (the number of this machine gun is very small, Baidu can't find it, the author really found it in the world of sea, land, air and space inertia, and there is only one picture) To talk about light machine guns, Xu Jie has a very good choice, the Lewis machine gun used by Britain in World War I, the biggest feature of the gun is that it uses an air-cooled cooling method, and the continuity of firepower is close to a water-cooled machine gun. AND COMPARED TO THE WEIGHT OF THE VICKERS MACHINE GUN OF 50KG, THE LEWIS MACHINE GUN WAS ONLY 14.9KG (INCLUDING 47 ROUNDS OF DRUMS). And in terms of cost, whether it is the cost or man-hours, Lewis is only one-sixth of the Vickers machine gun!! And here it is important to highlight the heat dissipation system of the Lewis machine gun. His heat sink jacket is not passively dissipated with the cold air inside, but when shooting, the high-temperature gas will form a vacuum at the muzzle position, so that the air behind the barrel will enter, and then cool the barrel, the whole cooling system is a bit like the current tank gun smoke device. The automaton design of the Lewis machine gun is even more classic, and the German MG42 and the later M60 of the United States are all this design idea. Of course, whether it can really be produced depends on the actual situation. Another thing that made Xu Jie a little uncomfortable was the drum design of the Lewis machine gun. The drums sometimes malfunction due to environmental issues, and the 47-round drum fire continuity is indeed poor. It would be great if it could be changed to a spring-chain. (Okay, Lewis may be ahead of his time, so bear with me--! ）

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In addition, I recommend the naval novel "The Soul of the Great Sea", not to mention anything else, the author's grasp of the problem and history is quite in place, and there are not many people who write novels so carefully now~~