Chapter 138: Expectation
"God, Gauss, do you see that? The rifle he used was actually bursting, and the magazine was definitely more than 15 rounds. On a high ground not far from Lu Yuan and the others, several SS officers wearing camouflage nets were quietly lying on the high ground at the moment, each of them holding a high-powered telescope in their hands. The man who had broken the silence and spoke was only an SS lieutenant, but he had an Iron Cross pinned to the collar of his uniform, and there were not many soldiers in the German army who had an Iron Cross.
"Hoffman, shut up, if you make any more noise, I'll definitely transfer you to guard the warehouse, you idiot." The SS major, who was called Gauss by the lieutenant officer just now, was furious, and then turned his face to look at the culprit viciously, and after warning the other party with words, Gauss, who had a cold face, refocused his attention on Lu Yuan and a few people in the distance. Schuchmann and Hogg were originally Germans, and it was easy for the SS to investigate their situation, and only the young Chinese was the main target of Gauss's trip.
Gauss's reprimand quieted Hoffman, who was about to move, in fact, Gauss himself was very interested in the rifle in Lu Yuan's hand, a rifle with a load of more than 15 rounds and a burst of fire means in battle, as long as a soldier will know. Lu Yuan originally didn't notice that someone was spying on him in the distance, and after chasing a hare and running on the slope for a while, Gauss and the others who were hiding on the high ground in the distance were discovered by Lu Yuan.
Finding that someone was snooping on the high ground in the distance, Lu Yuan did not seem panicked, but deliberately stopped, and used the rifle in his hand to shoot several consecutive two shots, as if venting his anger, the rabbit that escaped from the road was beaten into a pile of meat puree. Lu Yuan deliberately demonstrated his modified rifle to Gauss and them on the high ground in the distance, the purpose was to pass on the news through these snoopers, such a large Germany, there will always be people interested in their modified rifle.
Schuchmann and Hogg followed Lu Yuan around the manor for an entire afternoon, and when it was time for dinner, Luca, who had been disappearing, finally appeared in the manor. "Lu, I'm very sorry, I was called to the SS headquarters for a debriefing, and I just finished my debriefing today." Lu Yuan didn't believe what Luca said, but this was Germany, and Luca was an SS officer, so Lu Yuan could only force himself to believe what Luca said just now.
There was also an SS lieutenant who followed Luka to the manor, but Luka never introduced the other party to Lu Yuan, and waited until dinner, so Luka introduced the SS lieutenant to Lu Yuan. "Lu, this is Hoffman, is an ordnance division who is currently working in the testing of infantry weapons in our party guard." Lu Yuan's eyes followed Luca's introduction to this SS lieutenant named Hoffmann, who was really just a logistics and technical officer, and Lu Yuan did not detect the murderous aura on the other party.
"I have a soft spot for rifles, I know you have a rifle that can fire in bursts, can you show me?" Hoffman, who followed Luca to the manor, was already a little impatient, and insisted that Luca take the initiative to introduce himself to Lu Yuan, which was actually the limit of Hoffman's patience. After Luca introduced himself to Lu Yuan, without waiting for Lu Yuan to speak, Hoffman asked Lu Yuan anxiously.
Hoffman's impatience embarrassed Luca, and he didn't wait for himself to lead the topic to Lu Yuan's rifle, and directly explained his intentions, doesn't this mean that the SS is secretly spying on Lu Yuan and his party? Lu Yuanzhi didn't pay attention to Luca's embarrassment, but was interested in Hoffman's outspokenness, and said in his heart, Are the Germans so direct? Seeing that Lu Yuan did not immediately answer his inquiry, Hoffman became a little more anxious, and simply got up and sat down beside Lu Yuan.
"Well, I'd love to see your rifle right away, and if you have any conditions, you can bring it up now, and I'll promise you anything I can do." Hoffman's voice was full of impatience, which made Lu Yuan even more curious, he had already sent a design drawing of the American Garand rifle back to Germany through Luca, why were the Germans still so interested in automatic rifles?
"Luca, didn't I already hand you a copy of the blueprints for the Garand rifle? But why ......" Lu Yuan did not answer Hoffman immediately, but asked Luca first, if something went wrong, Luca must know the reason. Sure enough, after Lu Yuan asked this sentence, Luka's face showed a trace of bitterness that he couldn't say.
"Lu, don't ask about it, I brought Hoffman to you today, mainly to see your rifle." Lukka snorted for a long time before he could bear not to tell the truth, and before receiving notice from his superiors, he knew what secrecy was meant as an SS officer. Luca's answer made Lu Yuan's heart rise with a little disappointment, and under Hoffman's repeated urging, Lu Yuan had no choice but to ask Schuchmann to bring the long box containing the modified rifle to the side hall.
"God, it's ugly, huh, isn't this a universal caliber?" Lu Yuan opened the box with his own hands, took out the rifle from it and handed it to Hoffman, and the latter only glanced at it a few times, and he could already see the difference in the caliber of this modified rifle. "With such a small caliber, can the lethality meet the requirements? And this grip, I don't think it's necessary to add this front grip at all, it will affect the replacement of the magazine. God, this magazine is too crudely made, and there is a danger that such a magazine will jam at any time. ”
At last, he had his hands on a new firearm that excited him, but Hoffman's excitement gradually subsided as he looked closely, because he had already found too many deficiencies in this rifle. "You're right, it leaves a lot to be desired, but I'm going to tell you. It's just a modification of myself in the basement of my home using ordinary hardware-processing machinery, and it's already battle-tested, at least in my opinion, it's a new automatic rifle that's perfect for infantry combat. ”
Lu Yuan finally couldn't bear to interrupt Hoffman's complaints, and then let the goods continue, he tried his best to bring this modified rifle from Germany, and he might be said to be worthless by the other party. Taking back his modified rifle from Hoffman's hand, Lu Yuan smiled and took out a full-load magazine from the box and handed it to Hoffman, "My rifle is a small-caliber rifle, using a Japanese-style Tomosaka rifle cartridge, although the caliber of this bullet is small, but the recoil is small and the flight trajectory is stable, I once used this gun at a distance of 400 meters, and killed half a squad of Japanese soldiers in a row." ”
"God, you're saying you've been to war? And shot Japanese soldiers with this gun? Lu Yuan's words made Hoffman, who was sitting next to him, pause, and got up from the sofa. If it was Hoffman who said that he had been on the battlefield and killed many Japanese soldiers as soon as he entered the door, Hoffman would never believe it, because Lu Yuan's age was too young. But just now when he saw Lu Yuan's skillful dismantling of the rifle, Hoffman knew that this young Chinese man who looked like he was just a big child would definitely not be simple, and at this moment, when he heard Lu Yuan himself say that he had already been on the battlefield and killed many Japanese soldiers, the shock in Hoffman's heart had already been greater than the doubt.
"That's right, I've been on the battlefield and killed Japanese soldiers, but it's a pity that I'm not a soldier." Lu Yuan reassembled the disassembled rifle with a calm face, and his calm performance made Hoffman even more curious, and then asked Lu Yuan about the things on the battlefield. Lu Yuan had known about Lu Yuan's shooting of Japanese soldiers in Nanjing, but he didn't expect that as early as the Battle of Songhu, Lu Yuan had already shot and killed more than 100 Japanese soldiers.
"Lu, there may be some big people coming here tomorrow to meet with you, I hope you can prepare in advance, especially those blueprints you brought, this is an opportunity." When Luka took Hoffman to say goodbye and left, he deliberately walked at the end, lowered his voice and explained a few words to Lu Yuan. After sending Lukka and the two away, Lu Yuan, who returned to the side hall, fell into deep thought on the sofa, he deliberately showed a modified rifle in the afternoon, in order to attract the attention of those snoopers, but he didn't expect that it was only an SS lieutenant who came.
The three of them were arranged to live in this manor regardless of the question, and Lu Yuan knew that this was undoubtedly a test for the SS or the German high-level, or it would also be a test. It was already February, and Lu Yuan didn't have much time to spend on the German side, so he was eager to achieve his goal and return to China immediately. "Boss, what should we do?" Since Hogg came to this manor, he has become a man of few words, Lu Yuan did not ask the reason, and Hogg did not explain, like this, he took the initiative to ask Lu Yuan, Hogg is the first time in these days.
"Don't be nervous, Hogg, we're guests, we're invited by the German government, and even if the SS doesn't give us a damn or secretly set some trap, I think we're safe." Lu Yuan replied to Hogg with a smile, in fact, he himself didn't have any good ways at the moment. If you want to break the game, you can only wait for tomorrow, and after meeting with the big man mentioned by Luca, Lu Yuan can make the right judgment and decision.
How to break the situation and achieve the purpose of his trip, Lu Yuan has been thinking about this question for the past few days, and he even thought of whether to inform the Germans of the Leopard tank in advance. Lu Yuan is extremely looking forward to tomorrow's meeting at the moment, and at the same time, he also hopes that the big names mentioned by Luca must not be too mercenary and stingy, otherwise the plans he made in advance may be fruitless, and they will not be able to achieve their goals.