Tulasis main base T-54 shooting range, June 5th at 8:35 am.
In front of the twelve recruits of the second platoon of D Company, lined up in a row, about four hundred yards away was a running team of Kaimorian Rippers. This was obviously their virtual projection, extremely real.
Starting from Augustus on the far left, the heavily armed Marines raised their Gauss rifles and began to take aim. Since now is the period when new weapons are gradually being put into the army for comprehensive upgrading, the firearms in their hands have both
The old E-7 and E-9 rifles also have C-14 rifles.
Nonetheless, these firearms all use Gaussian technology, which uses electromagnetic induction coils to accelerate magnetic projectiles to supersonic speeds to achieve precise shooting at long distances.
In addition to the well-known 8 mm solid steel nails, the Gauss series rifles can also use hollow-point bullets, depleted uranium bullets and incendiary bullets of the same caliber.
Different from ordinary caliber fixed-powder guns in the Earth Age, a Gauss rifle can cut an unarmored person in two with just one shot, instead of simply punching a hole in the enemy.
Marine recruits can fire 20 to 30 rounds of ammunition per second and thousands of rounds per minute. The ammunition box unit is stored in the chest armor, so they can quickly replace and replenish ammunition.
This allows them to not worry too much about hit rate when they have enough ammunition in fortresses and bunkers, and when facing the vast majority of enemies in the Tyranid Federation, just one hit is enough to be fatal.
But the bullets of Marines are not unlimited. Only lunatics and war madmen can maintain absolute calm on the battlefield. Even after nine to twelve weeks of recruit training, soldiers will panic and shoot in advance after boarding the battlefield.
, so that when the real enemy appears within the effective shooting range, all the bullets in his hand will be exhausted.
The capacitor system added to the new C-14 effectively avoids such problems, although its controllable burst mode has been criticized by the real tough guys and macho men of the Federal Marines, claiming that any weapon cannot be fired within ten seconds.
The shooting of the magazine is like shooting a slingshot.
The first squad's firing ended within half a minute, during which time they fired enough bullets to mow down a squad of Caymorian Labor Auxiliaries, and the holographic projection showed that the Caymorian Rippers had all fallen before the firing stopped.
"Well done, Jim, your progress is simply amazing." Xander Marx, a Tarsonian native, praised.
"What you said really makes me unhappy." Jim Raynor seemed uninterested in this, and his very low hit rate would only be covered up when shooting in groups - although his marksmanship was indeed much better.
In fact, in Renault's opinion, the hit rate is not important at all, maintaining absolute fire suppression is the most important thing. When the commander gives an order, all they have to do is shoot desperately in the specified direction.
"Line up." The commander of D Company said on the company's communication channel.
"Is this the end? I haven't fought enough yet..." The complaints of the recruits came one after another from the channel of Class 1.
"Call it done, call it a day, I'm so hungry that I could eat a Shiloh buffalo." Hanak Hank was always an exception. He lacked passion for anything other than fighting and playing cards. He only thought about working.
"I have been notified, brothers, that we can prepare for the graduation ceremony." Augustus said on the communication channel at the right time: "The next step is free time, go take a cold shower, 1 p.m.
The rehearsal for the graduation parade begins at the beginning.”
"Wuhu!" With Hanak's cheers, the first squad disbanded on the spot. As if it was a signal, the strict formations of the other four squads in the second row disappeared without a trace. Facing a group of new recruits who were about to graduate.
, their platoon leader was helpless.
Renault and Augustus walked side by side towards the dormitory. These days in the boot camp made them good friends. Augustus didn't have the arrogance that is common among nobles, but he was undoubtedly capable wherever he went.
Become a central figure.
In the past, Renault was always suspicious of the aristocracy, which he knew little about, and believed that the blood of ancient heroes would not have much effect on those vampires. It was only Augustus who gradually convinced him that at least not all nobles were.
It's what my father calls a federal worm.
Augustus had a sense of justice that Reno admired. When he just wanted to leave the small place of Shiloh and see the real world, Augustus gave up his luxurious life to save the people in dire straits.
The people of the Union joined the military.
If it weren't for this, Renault couldn't imagine why a noble would step onto the battlefield of blood and fire.
Besides idealists and patriots, who else could join the Union Marines for a noble purpose at this time?
The young Jim Raynor joined the army with a sense of justice and mission to protect and save. He was not experienced enough in dealing with things and could not imagine that apart from patriots who volunteered to defend their country and aspiring people who wanted to make contributions,
Young people, and some stupid young men like Augustus who enlisted in the army purely because of their yearning for war and adventure.
The original Augustus was just a simple war maniac and crazy adventurer.
Augustus himself did not reveal his views on politics and war. He was very cautious in this regard. The so-called sense of justice was entirely made up by Renaud. Augustus never thought that he was such a great person.
A noble person can at best be considered upright.
So far, Augustus just wants to survive in the army. Of course, it would be best if he could get an official position with his own ability. Augustus will fight for his commander and the Tyranid Federation until
Retire safely.
Becoming friends with Renault is not just for the sake of being surrounded by the so-called protagonist. In fact, in the end, few people around this guy died well.
In a sense, being Renault's good brother is also a very dangerous profession.
But since they are all in the same squad, Augustus himself is also his commander, and they are likely to fight together in the future. Try to avoid the discord between comrades and improve the cohesion of this small group. On the battlefield, this can at least make them
Live longer.
"Now that the base's signal shielding has been lifted, we can send emails home." Augustus said as he walked, and at this time his attention was focused on the personal terminal in his hand.
"Inter-galactic information communication must be translated by stellar information transfer stations, the signal is enhanced and then sent again at warp speed to maintain the integrity and timeliness of the information. If no additional money is added, under normal circumstances it would take a few weeks for my parents to be able to
See my message." Young Renault was saying sadly.
"Yes, time is money." Augustus looked at the letters he had edited on his personal terminal. There were ten letters in total, and the recipients were Katherine Mengsk and Dorothy Mengsk.
Most of these letters were sent to his sister Dorothy, but they rarely mentioned what Augustus saw and heard in the boot camp. Instead, they spent more time talking about the starry sky above the camp and Tula
The scenery of Sith is very different from Korhal but still very beautiful.
As for the letter to his mother, Augustus' wording was much more serious, reporting good news rather than bad news, because he knew that his father Angus would definitely read this letter.
Although he is not among the recipients, even though he is too busy to spare a minute.
"I heard that there is a holographic projection device across the galaxy in the base. You may be able to have direct video calls with your family." Renault added: "If you don't care about money."
"Oh, I know." Augustus shrugged: "But I think the holographic projection signal is very unstable and the delay is scary."
Then Augustus sent out all the mails. Mail is a real-time communication service, which means that letters can be delivered on the same day even if they are several light years away.
Renault saw a series of frightening bill numbers pop up on Augustus' personal terminal screen, and he didn't continue to think about whether he could buy a nice farm in Shiloh.