The day after the brigade commander left, a total of five FM-24/29s were produced from the military factory of the Logistics Department.

As is customary, these weapons are test-fired first, and then sent to headquarters and brigade headquarters after everything is fine.

The last time the performance of the MAS-36 was tested, Huang He did not come out of his office, which made Zhang Wanhe a little uneasy.

This time, he specially notified the Yellow River in advance and invited him, a great hero, to visit.

It is estimated that the Yellow River came to the shooting range of the logistics department, and the heads of the military industrial zone have just arrived here. After greeting everyone, he saw the five light machine guns that were to be tested today.

When it comes to Gallic chickens and light machine guns, normal people would think I'm reporting Shausha's ID number.

But to be honest, as a weapon of country F, the FM-24/29 reveals a different taste.

At that time, because of the torture of Shaosha, after the end of World War I, the Gallic Army urgently needed a new machine gun to treat high blood pressure among front-line soldiers.

When the new weapons were selected, the scene was as lively as the World Arms Expo.

What Vickers-bettier, Madsen, Lewis machine guns, Hatch Chase M1922 light machine guns, Browning automatic rifles, and a number of light machine guns that were well received at the time were all sent over.

At that time, their army leaders took a fancy to the Browning automatic rifle, but unfortunately there was no negotiation on the production license at that time.

The Gallic chicken thought about it in his heart and felt that it was too expensive, after all, most of the country's financial resources were used to repair the Maginot Line at that time.

At this time, the inexplicable arrogance in their bones played a role again, and the army top brass decided not to steam steamed buns to fight for breath, and to do it themselves!

So in 1924, this light machine gun was officially finalized as the FM-24.

As the saying goes, make a gun before you make a bullet. We mentioned earlier that the new bullet caliber of the Gallic chicken is 7.5 x 54 mm, and they have designed a new weapon for this dish of vinegar wrapped in dumplings.

But initially, the length of this bullet was 57 mm.

Since they captured a large number of enemy weapons and ammunition after World War I, it was easy to confuse the new bullets with the same cartridge length as the enemy's 7.92x57 mm bullets.

In order to avoid damage to the weapon with ammunition of the wrong size, the Gallic chicken was reduced by three millimeters in length with the same charge.

This was the final version of the 54 mm, and the new light machine gun was re-chambered in '29 and eventually named the FM-24/29 light machine gun.

The gun looks similar to a Czech light machine gun, with the sights on the left.

It uses a 25-round overhead magazine feed, which makes it easy for comrades in the base area to mistakenly believe that this is another imitation of a Czech light machine gun.

After all, the little devil also copied a Type 99, although it was mainly to deal with the troops in the Pacific Theater, but the troops also captured a small number of them.

However, the gun was indeed developed by the Gallic chicken, and it was born a little earlier than the Czech light machine gun.

The structure of this gun has many local characteristics, such as its door can be folded, and the bipod can also be folded and fixed on both sides of the barrel.

Another feature was that the light machine gun was not designed with a handle, but with a thick handguard, which was still rare at the time.

Most of the mainstream light machine guns in the domestic battlefield are air-conductive, and air-cooled heat dissipation will make the machine gun very hot.

With the handguard, you no longer have to worry about ruthless iron hands when shooting from the waist, but when charging with a light machine gun, you still have a little less momentum.

"Zhang Dabiao (Epic Weakened Version): You can't take this machine gun away, you can only take it away."

After suffering from Shaosha, this time the Gallic chicken learned his lesson and added a dust cover to the gun very intimately.

Since the design of this machine gun was a little older, there was an obvious problem. That is, the barrel cannot be quickly disassembled, so it is not suitable for continuous firing.

The Gallic Army issued a doctrine recommending that no more than 400 rounds should be fired, and that it would take 10 to 15 minutes to cool the bolt and barrel.

The best firing tactic is to fire 4 to 5 magazines and then pause before resuming firing.

Although Zhang Wanhe is the leader of the logistics department, his work is more inclined to provide daily necessities for the troops.

Although he was very happy that the military factory produced a new machine gun, Lao Zhang did not belong to the combat sequence after all, and he could not give much feedback on the test firing, so he did not rush to make up.

In the end, in the humility of everyone, Li Yunlong picked up a light machine gun and walked to the firing position.

There was a reason why he was in charge of the test launch.

First of all, he was the regiment commander of the front-line troops and had contact with a lot of light machine guns.

In the course of the test firing, he was able to make a horizontal comparison with other weapons in service with the troops.

Secondly, Shaosha was also test-fired by him at that time, and that feeling is still unforgettable to him, and Li Yunlong wanted to rely on a new weapon to wash his brain.

After arriving at the firing position, Li Yunlong did not rush to test the gun, but spent a few minutes familiarizing himself with the new weapon. When he felt that everything was ready, he turned to the crowd and said:

"Hehe, my Lao Li won't be polite to everyone, you can see it!"

In the expectant eyes of everyone, Li Yunlong pulled the trigger, but the machine gun only made an empty sound.

The heads of the military factory changed their faces in an instant, and if there was a problem with this gun, their time would be in vain.

Just when everyone was about to step forward to investigate the problem, Li Yunlong suddenly touched the back of his head in embarrassment, and this big old man's face actually showed a rare shyness.

"I'm sorry, I'm so excited I forgot to reload."

Li Yunlong, who had not participated in the battle for three months, was very excited to see the light machine gun made by his base area. After getting the qualification for the test shooting, he actually made a mistake that is rare for recruits.

Under the disdainful eyes of everyone, Director Li pressed the bullets into the magazine one by one and inserted them into the gun.

He mounted the FM-24/29 on a sandbag in the firing position, with his left hand against the butt of the rifle on his shoulder, his right hand on the trigger, and stood in lunges with both legs.

He adjusted his breathing, held back his excitement, and aimed at a distant target with the sight on his left.

Da da da.

Everyone looked at the target in the distance along the muzzle of the gun, and although they hadn't used a light machine gun for a while, Li Yunlong's shooting accuracy did not regress.

His body swung slightly backwards with the recoil of the gun, and he fired five sets of short shots, the cartridge casings being thrown from the right side.

The remaining few bullets were used by Li Yunlong to experiment with the point trigger in the double trigger.

After the first magazine was fired, he did not immediately report his feelings to the crowd, but pulled out the magazine and reloaded.

Then he changed his position, still standing in a lunge with his legs back and forth, but this time with his gun in his hand.

He held the butt of the rifle against the side of his waist, and clamped the butt inward with his arm to prevent it from swinging from side to side. After aiming, the right hand is pushed backwards while the trigger is tightly pressed, and the left hand pulls down the handguard to prevent the muzzle from jumping.

Li Yunlong's eyes were fixed on the target, adjusting the bullet point as he shot, and at the same time advancing forward in small steps.

After the experiments were completed in both waist shooting and standing shooting, Li Yunlong tried the lying and kneeling positions with a magazine of bullets.

After firing seventy-five shots in total, he put down his light machine gun and left the firing position with some unsatisfactory feelings.

The surrounding crowd immediately gathered around, some asked him how he felt after shooting, and some went to caress the machine gun that still had residual warmth.

In the face of everyone's expectant eyes, a well-known cultural person in the northwest of Shanxi Province held back for a long time and only said one sentence.

"Good! It's a fucking good gun! ”

It's coming, it's coming

(End of chapter)