Chapter 55: Sharp Weapons
Tang Cheng came back safely, and Hou San and the others, who had been waiting by the river and stream, were relieved, but for the dozen or so ragged national soldiers that Tang Cheng brought back, Hou San and they didn't have a good face, after all, there were more than a dozen people at once, and the materials they were already not enough would be even more insufficient. Among the people who did not have a good face did not include Ma Dazhuang and the two female soldiers who had a very low sense of deposit, because they saw a few familiar faces among these newcomers.
"Doctor, you're still alive, great, I thought you died in the woods." Ma Da slammed his fist on the shoulder of the military doctor with a smile, and his eyes were full of smiles. Where can the small body of the military doctor withstand Ma Dazhuang's fist laughing with a rice bowl, and he was immediately smashed to stabilize his figure, habitually shook his parted head, and patted the medicine box he was carrying with his hand, the meaning of which is self-evident, as long as the medicine box is still there, his life as a half-hung military doctor will not be lost casually.
Ma Dazhuang and the military doctor were talking in a whisper, and the two female soldiers looked at the dozen or so people who followed Tang Cheng one by one, and found that only three of them were familiar faces. "Doctor, why are there only three of you? What about the others? The outspoken female soldier asked the medic, who froze for a moment, but did not speak, until the short soldier crouching behind him suddenly shouted.
"Besides, when I met the devil soldiers, you guys were good, they ran fast one by one, and the people who were behind us were chased all the way by the devils, and a few of them would have died, otherwise there would be only three of us left." The short soldier stood up suddenly, glaring at Tang Cheng and the others who were talking in the distance with very unkind eyes, he obviously put the responsibility for losing his robe on Tang Cheng.
"Biaozi, what do you mean by that? At that time, Chief Tang said that he didn't say not to pick up those things? Don't say you don't know. If it weren't for the fact that a few of you were greedy for that little bargain, would you be chased by the devil soldiers? Don't say that we left you alone, and you don't count how many devil soldiers came at that time, if it was you, what would you do? Do you take everyone to fight the devil? Ma Dazhuang also got angry, he didn't say good things for Tang Cheng, the situation at that time was indeed the case, and besides, Biao Zi shouldn't say that he was a deserter who couldn't save himself.
"What's the noise, you're afraid that the little devil won't know we're here, right?" Ma Dazhuang's voice was much louder than that biaozi, and he attracted all the dice sitting around Tang Cheng, I don't know if it was Tang Cheng's instructions, the dice who came over with a gun raised his leg and kicked it directly, and directly kicked the biaozi who was glaring at Tang Cheng to the ground. "Boy, your people are dead, and that's the end of disobeying orders. We have fought no less than ten battles with the little devils in the woods, and none of them have died, why? As long as you follow the orders of your superiors, you will not die. ”
The dice shook off Ma Dazhuang, who came to dissuade him, squatted down and looked at Biao Zi, who was already full of panic in his eyes, "You have to remember for me, if you don't want to listen to the orders of our commander, you can leave, we will not force you to stay." But as long as you stay, you must obey the orders of our superior, otherwise, I, who am not very reasonable, will overtake you to go back to your hometown to eat incense candles. The dice said this in a loud voice, knowing that the newcomers had heard his words, and then the dice got up in satisfaction, and then took out a pack of cigarettes and threw it to the military doctor who pretended to be nothing.
"Ignore him, the dice are a fiery temper, and sometimes they don't even listen to me." Seeing that the dice had already given those newcomers a fairly successful dismount, Tang Cheng, who was squatting and talking in the distance, immediately moved his gaze. Squatting across from Tang Cheng was the only officer in the new group, although he was only a second lieutenant, but Tang Cheng felt that this man's speech and demeanor far exceeded that of many battalion and company officers he had seen in Mandalay.
Although Zhou Chao is only a second lieutenant, he can be regarded as an old man who has been in the army for many years, how could he not see that the action just now was at the behest of the young captain in front of him. However, Zhou Chao, who was smiling secretly in his heart, thought that there was some truth in what the dice said at the end, if they couldn't follow orders, it would be impossible for them to return to China alive. Besides, Zhou Chao has already seen Tang Cheng's skills and courage with his own eyes, and only three people dare to ambush dozens of Japanese soldiers, it may be very dangerous to follow such a commander, but the possibility of survival is also very great.
If it was someone else here, he might immediately show loyalty to Tang Cheng or swear to follow, but Zhou Chao disdained to do such a thing, and could see that Tang Cheng was a reasonable person, so Zhou Chao knew that as long as he proved to Tang Cheng that he was a useful person, he could gain Tang Cheng's trust and respect, and the way for Zhou Chao to prove his ability to Tang Cheng was the strangely shaped rifle that Tan Fei picked up on the battlefield.
Tang Cheng didn't know that the rifle that Tan Fei picked up was the Type 97 sniper rifle known as the king of infantry in the Japanese army, and most of the snipers in the Japanese army used the Type 38 improved sniper rifle in the early days, and this Type 97 sniper rifle was significantly better than the Type 38 improved sniper rifle. Before the Type 99 sniper rifle was equipped by the Japanese army, this Type 97 sniper rifle became the first weapon of the Japanese snipers, and the facts have proved that the performance of this sniper rifle is very superior.
Zhou Chao did not actually fiddle with the Japanese army's Type 97 sniper rifle, he had seen this weapon on the Songhu battlefield, when Japanese snipers used this weapon to shoot a large number of officers of the national army. The tax police regiment once seized one such weapon on the battlefield of Songhu, but it was finally shelved due to damage that could not be repaired, but the German instructor of the tax police regiment explained the superiority and role of this weapon, and Zhou Chao was fortunate to listen to the lectures of the German instructor, so he was no stranger to this weapon.
"This thing is a Type 97 sniper rifle issued by the Japanese army to snipers" Seeing that Tang Cheng and the others did not understand what they were saying, Zhou Chao changed to the vernacular to explain. "The sniper is what our national army calls a sharpshooter, and the Japanese army calls it a sniper, but their snipers will be issued with this special weapon, unlike the sharpshooters in our army who still use ordinary rifles."
Zhou Chao's finger pointed at the scope at the position of the rifle magazine, "This thing is called a scope, it can see distant targets like a telescope, and snipers use guò to lock on to the target." "The scope on the Type 97 sniper rifle that Tan Fei picked up is a 2.5 magnification optical sight, which can be known just by looking at the plaintext on the scope." With this thing, the bullet can hit farther and more accurately, and I heard from the German instructor that this sniper rifle can hit a target at a distance of five or six hundred meters. ”
Zhou Chao's words made Tang Cheng stare at this Type 97 rifle in unison, how can I see that this rifle is not much different from the Japanese army's 38 rifle, isn't it just a small mirror that looks weird, why would it hit so far? Tang Cheng took the sniper rifle and pulled the bolt to check the magazine, and found that it was really similar to the 38 rifle, but when the gun was on the shoulder, Tang Cheng obviously felt that the butt of the rifle had become lighter, and the curved handle seemed to be longer than that of the 38 rifle.
"According to what you said, this thing should be a weapon valued by the Japanese army, why did it fall into our hands so easily?" Tang Cheng fiddled with it for a while, feeling bored, then threw the rifle to Hou San, who was eager to try, and continued to talk to Zhou Chao himself. Tang Cheng vaguely remembered that this sniper rifle belonged to the Japanese soldier who was knocked down with a shell gun head-on, but since Zhou Chao said that snipers were all baby bumps in the Japanese army, why did this sniper charge in the forest like an ordinary Japanese soldier?
Zhou Chao smiled and shook his head, he actually knew very little about snipers and sniper rifles, and he had heard those German instructors say what he had just told Tang Cheng. Zhou Chao thought for a while, and finally came up with an explanation that could convince him, "The forest is full of shrubs, rattans, branches and leaves, and snipers can't play an advantage in that kind of terrain at all." I guess this Japanese sniper didn't expect you to suddenly appear to intercept them, maybe he happened to be bumped into by you in order to change his position. ”
Tang Cheng also obviously believed Zhou Chao's explanation, no matter what, he got a good thing on his side, this thing used the Japanese army's Arisaka rifle cartridge, and he was not short of this kind of bullet. Not to mention hitting a target five or six hundred meters away, as long as this thing can hit a target 200 meters away, Tang Cheng will be able to fall asleep and wake up laughing, at least in the future, there is no need to worry about the Japanese army's machine gun fire in the forest, and those who dare to show their heads will use this thing to kill them directly.
The best marksmanship in Tangcheng's gang is even the dice, whether it is the Mauser rifle or the Japanese army's 38 rifle, the dice are picked up and hit, and the marksmanship is not self-explanatory. I didn't expect Tang Cheng to give this treasure to his dice This would have already smiled happily and squinted his eyes, and got a weapon that made Hou San and them very envious, and the dice were so happy in their hearts. Putting the submachine gun on his shoulder, the dice took the sniper rifle in his hand and touched it carefully, and finally wiped the gun with clean gauze luxuriously.
"This gun will be handed over to you in the future, don't think about saving bullets, but let's talk about it first, when you want to shoot, you can't lose someone." Where can the dice still care about listening to what Tang Cheng said, but he just raised his gun and aimed at the top of the opposite mountain, but after aiming for a while, the face of the dice who put down the gun was a little embarrassed. Although the scope on this thing can see far away, he is used to the dice of an ordinary rifle, but he is suddenly a little unaccustomed to seeing things from such a small mirror, and he always feels that it is too much trouble to see things in this way.