Chapter 474 Killing Machine

8days ago Xuanhuan Novels 9
Two days after the enlarged meeting of the whole, Iron Axe received another order to test the new weapon.

Since the northwest may be attacked by evil beasts at any time, the new shooting range is located on the other side of the Chishui River. When the Iron Axe arrived, the prince's personal guards had surrounded the surrounding area of ​​the open space with hemp ropes and red flags, and set up checkpoints at both ends of the steel bridge, prohibiting unrelated personnel from passing.

Obviously, Your Highness attaches great importance to this weapon test.

Walking quickly in the snow of varying depths, looking at the friendly gazes that the guards cast at him, Iron Axe couldn't help but remember the scene when he first participated in a musket test.

At that time, he was just an unknown alien sand man. The people of Gray Castle always showed suspicion and vigilance towards him. Even though he had lived in the town for five years and impressed the hunters around him with his superb archery skills, no one would look at him more when he left the old district.

He originally thought that he would always live in seclusion in this barren land as a hunter, either dying in bed or under the sharp claws of evil beasts or preys. Unexpectedly, His Highness would like to see himself as a sand man, and let himself see the power of heavenly fire and thunder.

The next change was so fast that he was overwhelmed. From forming a militia to striving to resist the evil beasts, to the establishment of the First Army in the Border Town, he jumped from the captain of the Hunter team to the commander-in-chief of the First Army.

What is even more surprising is that because of His Highness's attitude towards the witch, he met again in the town with the heir of the Aosha clan, Lord Zhuoer Yinyue, to make up for his greatest regret in his life.

Iron Axe has already sworn in his heart to dedicate everything to this new master for this trust and appreciation, as well as compensation for his destiny.

When he approached the center of the test site, Iron Axe saw His Highness Roland's figure. What surprised him was that in addition to His Highness, the Chief Knight and others, there were several sleeping island witches.

Your Highness, the Iron Axe reports to you!He stepped forward and saluted to the prince.

The latter nodded, and now that everyone is here, we can start.He sent two long spears to the Iron Axe and Carter. This is one of my newly developed weapons. It is still in the prototype trial stage and the number is limited. Let's take turns to try it.

Iron Axe carefully looked at the new gun in his hand. Its appearance is very similar to that of the revolver rifle. The only difference is that it is in the loading position: the new gun has no ammunition nest.

He was stunned. Could it be that this gun, like the earliest flintlock, needed to fill in bullets from the front of the barrel?

Its name is the bolt-action rifle. Fortunately, His Highness quickly explained that the bullet uses the latest smokeless dual-base launching drug with a diameter of 8 mm. Although it is less than 12 mm revolver rifle, it is even more powerful.He turned the gun over and inserted the ammunition from the front of the trigger. Each bullet clip can be embedded with five rounds, but it cannot be fired continuously like a revolver, and requires manual shelling and loading.

According to His Highness the Prince's demonstration, Iron Axe quickly understood the operation method of the new rifle, and raised the gun and tested a clamp bullet. The new gun was quite powerful. Every time he pulled the trigger, he could feel the impact of the butt stock on his shoulder, and the sound was much louder than the revolver.

After firing five shots, he noticed that there was almost no smoke in front of the muzzle. If it were replaced with an old rifle, the smoke from the five bullets would be enough to cover all his sight.

This is probably the credit of His Highness’s so-called smokeless ammunition, but the gun itself is not unique. Compared with the huge gap between the revolver and the flintlock, the new rifle has not made any progress, and the Iron Axe even thinks it is not as good as the revolver.

The most obvious thing is that the rate of fire has slowed down.

Compared with the former that can be fired continuously after aiming at the target, the new gun is extremely inconvenient when shooting standing. After manually raising the gun body and re-aiming. Although this process is much faster than the flintlock, it requires suppressing the enemy in a short time, such as cleaning up the rebel nobles of the Changge Fortress, a close-range encounter breaks out on the street corner or in the house. The new rifle is far less useful than a revolver.

After Iron Axe expressed his test shooting experience in a slight manner, Carter expressed the same view.

The prince nodded, indeed it is not as convenient as a revolver, but its advantages are also very obvious.Andrea, let's demonstrate, he handed a rifle to the witch, remember to use his ability to shoot.

Well, the blonde witch took the gun and skillfully pulled the bolt and loaded it. It was obvious that it was not the first time she had come into contact with this weapon. I'm optimistic!

With three deafening gunshots, Iron Axe was surprised to find that the three wooden targets placed at the farthest fell down one after another, not only hitting targets that were only the size of a fingernail, but also the hitting part was the pole under the target.

You should know that their distance from the target is at least four hundred meters!

Your Highness, this is... Carter dared not believe it.

Andrea's branch ability allows her to hit the target accurately, no matter whether the weapon in her hand is a bow or a gun, the prince smiled. However, it does not directly act on the crossbow or bullet, but an accurate grasp of the performance of the weapon. In other words, if it is a stone thrown by herself, it is probably only possible to hit a target about ten meters. If the one throws it out is a bird, it is likely that it will not hit anything.

What you mean is...Average people can reach this level as long as they are trained?

That's right, this is the biggest advantage of a bolt-action rifle. It won't leak air due to the gap between the nest and the barrel, thereby greatly improving the range and accuracy.Roland nodded. When paired with a scope, even in the hands of ordinary soldiers, he could accurately kill enemies about four or five hundred meters, while the precise shooting distance of the revolver is less than a hundred meters.

Iron Axe immediately understood the terribleness of this weapon. Most people would not be wary of sneak attacks launched at this distance. As long as they hide in houses or high grounds, they can easily take the lives of important targets. If Lord Nightingale holds them, almost no one can be guarded against bullets shot from the corner.

Your Highness, you promised to give me a handful of it when mass production was made, Andrea covered her mouth and said.

Of course, Roland took back the two rifles, walked to the other side, and uncovered a raised piece of cloth. In fact, the bolt-action rifle was just an appetizer before the test, and this thing was the focus of today's test shot.

When the weapon hidden under the linen exposed its true body, the Iron Axe instantly fell in love with it. Compared to the rifle made of wooden handles and iron pipes, the new musket was pitch black all over, as if the whole body was made of metal and was much larger. With the triangular bracket below, it was almost half a person tall.

The long barrel is half the size of a wrist, and the shiny bullets are densely hung on a cloth belt, connected to the wide gun body. Whether it is its appearance or posture, it is completely different from the previous weapons.