Yang Mingzhi planned to train Natasha well. She was incorporated into the combat order of the guard company. It was obviously the grace of the commander that a mere fifteen-year-old girl joined such a team.
Yang Mingzhi heard the chatter of some soldiers, saying that the officer had special hobbies. Some people thought that because the officer saved her life, the little girl should stay and repay his kindness. Yang Mingzhi did not care about these remarks.
The next day, Natasha came as requested.
Yang Mingzhi arranged for her to stay and entertained her for a meal in front of his house.
Early in the morning, Carambola got up early to boil water for cooking. She skillfully made a few egg pancakes, cut potatoes and fried a plate of vegetables. This was prepared to entertain Natasha. Compared to ordinary soldiers, breakfast was
Quite rich.
Yang Mingzhi sat at the wooden table. He and his wife looked at Natasha, who was a little shy. "Eat slowly, you're welcome. I know you didn't have breakfast. Bessika made these. You are not good sisters."
Well, there’s no need to be formal.”
Natasha nodded, of course she didn't know how to use chopsticks. Yang Mingzhi happily gave her a wooden fork and used it to eat the potato chips.
Perhaps only the Chinese people think so hard about food. Yang Mingzhi guessed that his food now is somewhat similar to that of the rural areas in the original plane. He eats simple meals every day, the nutrition is quite balanced, and the diet is very light. This is simply
It's not like a poor guerrilla life.
She looked at her wife. This girl rolled up the egg pancake, grabbed it and bit it. Natasha also followed suit and kept talking about the benefits.
"If it tastes good, eat more of it. I think you and your brother will move to me in the future and live in the guard company's camp."
Natasha was stunned, "Is this... really okay? If we move here, we won't have a place to live."
"Don't worry. I will order the soldiers to build a small house for our sniper." Yang Mingzhi said cheerfully, "You will play a great role in the army in the future. The team needs a natural sniper.
.”
After saying this, Natasha was extremely moved. She no longer had her parents, and her only relative was her young brother. Commander Berekov, he was her savior and a soldier who was very capable of commanding the war. Her eyes were blurred.
I couldn't help crying when I thought about my life experience.
"Natasha, why are you crying? Are you too excited?" Yang Tao asked.
"Yes, Bessika. Thank you, thank you."
Yang Mingzhi looked at the two sisters with great satisfaction. Although Yang Tao was the older sister, she was smaller in stature than Natasha. After all, that girl was Russian and would definitely be tall and even strong in the future.
Breakfast was finished quickly, and Yang Mingzhi was still sitting, holding a cigarette and looking at the two girls who were clearing away the tableware. When they finished their work, it was time to arrange new tasks.
Yang Mingzhi ordered the two of them to sit down obediently, and said seriously: "I have thought about it carefully. In the future, you two will use better weapons. The Mosin Nagant you originally used can be abandoned."
"Give up?" Natasha was a little surprised. "The army gave me a gun, and I liked it very much and even had some feelings for it. Didn't I hit the enemy with it during the battle, so I just gave up?"
"Yes, as a commander, I think Mosin-Nagant is not suitable for you. You two need better weapons."
Yang Mingzhi didn't even tell his wife about his decision. Of course he knew that his wife Yang Tao would definitely listen to him. The two girls would definitely have some questions, because the Mosin Nagant is indeed a very accurate rifle with a PU sight.
Yang Mingzhi knew the biggest disadvantage of Mosin Nagant, which might turn into a disaster for the little girl under some special conditions.
The Mosin-Nagant rifle was designed and completed in the Tsarist era. At that time, Tsarist Russia was considered the weakest link of imperialism. Tsarist Russia did have good industrial strength, but its precision manufacturing was far inferior to that of the established European and American powers.
The quality of the barrel of this rifle is very good, but the bolt is terrible. The main reason is that the materials used are different. The processing accuracy of the bolt is inherently restricted by the bad climate in Russia. The temperature difference is too big, and many arsenals
Not enough attention is paid to the tolerances of parts affected by temperature. These problems can be solved by soldiers holding files, but if they are not processed well, it will also cause the gun to leak.
None of the above problems are major problems, but the most terrible thing is the unfortunate metal material. In the early models of Mosin Nagant, the material used in the bolt was not good, and it would expand after multiple shots, so that it took a lot of effort to pull the gun.
machine.
In the Korean War a few years later, many volunteers in the volunteer army loved and hated their guns. The bolt expanded and the bolt could not be pulled, so they had to step on it with their feet.
After listening to what Yang Mingzhi said, Natasha seemed to understand. "So that's it. I mean, I fired more than ten shots in that battle, and it was already very difficult to pull the bolt from behind."
"Yes, it's not that you are tired, but the problem is the expansion of the bolt. This situation should appear more on machine guns. Generally, the solution to the problem of overheating of the gun body is to replace parts directly on the battlefield."
"So, husband, what kind of weapons should we change?" Yang Tao asked.
"It's an SVT40 rifle. It already exists in the army. You two will use this weapon from now on."
"But that's a semi-automatic rifle and it doesn't have a scope."
Yang Mingzhi subconsciously stroked his wife's little head. "Silly girl, the PU scope can also be used with SVT40, and I also plan to improve it for you. This time I plan to let you use two sniper weapons."
The army's morning training has begun. The guard company has conducted high-intensity physical training, and the young soldiers have to practice shooting postures.
As for Yang Tao and Natasha, Yang Mingzhi personally led the two girls, and the three of them went straight to the army's ammunition warehouse.
Yang Mingzhi had already greeted the custodian Sergey. "Comrade, are all the weapons I asked you to prepare ready?"
Sergey was still sleepy, but he didn't dare to neglect when his superior arrived. He saluted with a military salute and immediately ran into the prison and took out the weapon.
This guy's behavior was very exaggerated. When the two girls saw this guy walking out carrying something like a long tree trunk, he placed it on the ground.
"These are the three. Two SVT40 semi-automatic rifles and a PTRS anti-tank gun."
"Where are the bullets? Are they enough? I mean anti-tank gun bullets."
"It's enough, but why does the commander have special requirements for using an anti-tank gun?"
Yang Mingzhi nodded and looked at the two girls with a smile. The result was clear at a glance. Yang Tao was shocked. Did her husband want him and Natasha to use such a heavy anti-tank gun?
The girl weakly pulled on her husband's shirt, only to see the custodian get into the warehouse again.
Yang Mingzhi said to the two girls: "As you can see, you must be able to use SVT40 rifles, and even more, anti-tank guns."
Soon, Sergey came out carrying a wooden box and gently opened the lid. "These are bullets for anti-tank guns. According to your request, the previously consumed shells were not wasted. The people from the blacksmith village conducted
Reload, but sir, you also know that the reloaded bullets are not good."
"That's enough, no need to complain." Yang Mingzhi squatted down to inspect the bullets. His professional habits keenly recognized the materials of these bullets. He knew that the blacksmith village only had earthen blast furnaces, and they at least had a lot of high-quality coking coal.
Therefore, steel can also be produced.
Carbon steel is quenched in cold water to make martensitic carbon steel. This material is then used for lathe processing. The warheads are also made of this material. The warheads used in reloaded bullets are far better than what Yang Mingzhi originally imagined.
Much excellent.
But there is also a problem. Due to limited conditions, the arsenal in Blacksmith Village cannot produce armor-piercing bullets at all. Not only is there a lack of special metals, but they are also temporarily unable to perform complex processing.
Yang Mingzhi was basically satisfied. He stood up and played with the huge bullet in his hand.
Sergey continued: "Last time we attacked the enemy's transport team, some soldiers dismantled the enemy's heavy artillery shells and collected a lot of smokeless gunpowder." Yang Mingzhi was stunned. He really didn't know that there were soldiers doing this. Look.
The soldiers who came here also knew what the army lacked the most. After asking carefully, they found out that it was the army guide from the Blacksmith Village who did it.
"So the box of bullets you gave me is not black powder?"
"Yes, sir! They are all smokeless and quick-burning gunpowder!"
Yang Mingzhi counted and found that there were a total of thirty rounds of bullets here, all of which were big 14.5x114mm bullets. Each one was powerful but also quite heavy.
Due to some discrepancies with the original history, in the bidding competition of various anti-tank guns before the war, the PTRD shot by Deggarev stood out. The biggest reason was that it left very little residue after firing.
This variable gave the Soviet army a great advantage. The PTRD was quickly put into battle after being equipped to the Soviet army, so the 284th Guards Division mastered quite a few such weapons.
Everything Yang Mingzhi requested is here. He ordered: "Girls, you carry the SVT rifle on your back, and you two carry the ammunition box. I will carry this huge anti-tank gun myself."
"Then where are we going?" Star Tao interjected.
"Of course I'm going to the shooting range. Girls, I will change this anti-tank gun into a heavy sniper rifle in the future. As for you, you have to practice hard on the shooting skills of the SVT rifle during these days." After that, Yang Mingzhi put in a hard effort.
The big guy carrying nearly 20 kilograms on his shoulders.