Chapter 12 Shooting at the Range
"Vinci, come with you together!" Lan Nuo waved to Vinci with two formed rifles on his back.
"Sir, can I go with you too? You have a secret in your hand!" Wenxi hesitated.
"It's okay, if it were you, there would be no problem!" Lan Nuo's words moved Vinci. He was a mere blacksmith, and He De could have made him gain such trust from his family.
But then, Lan Nuo added: "Anyway, you know too much. If you don't choose to be loyal, you can only silence me!"
Vinci: “…”
Please give me my touch!
In Dugu’s hunting ground, several children from families with average martial soul talents are practicing archery. Most of the targets are between 30 and 50 meters. If this distance exceeds this, the bow and arrow will be greatly reduced due to air resistance.
The development level of Douluo Continent is extremely limited. Forest land that is difficult to reclaim can be easily purchased and become a family territory. This entire area of 50 hectares is the private hunting ground of Dugu’s family. Lan Nuo jumped out of the carriage, rubbed his butt, and had no tires and no shock absorption. It was really uncomfortable, and it was even worse than the experience of being a tractor.
"Why is it only fifty meters of target? I've made a scope." Lan Nuo looked at the target with a little disappointed excitement.
Dugu Yan came down behind him and couldn't help but complain: "Thank you for your two fire sticks, you can hit a target of 50 meters. If you exceed 50 meters, the soul master can easily see the trajectory of the bow and arrow. Not to mention killing, it's good not to be caught!"
"I believe that the soul master can catch bullets with his bare hands, but at least it must be the Soul Saint. The initial speed of the rifle bullet is at least 700 meters per second, and all the bullets with his bare hands are interrupted." Lan Nuo said, picking up the flintlock rifle, filling it with gunpowder, leading bullets, compacting it with a strip, then raising the musket and aiming at the target. There are more than a dozen movements in total, which are not smooth, but it only took less than half a minute.
"Look at it, see if you can see the track of the bullet." As he said that, Lan Nuo aimed, pulled the trigger, and pulled the pin. The loud bang scared Dugu Yan and a large amount of smoke burst out from the muzzle. Almost at the same time, there was a hole in the center of the target fifty meters away. Although Dugu Yan widened his eyes, he could not see clearly what was happening in the middle.
"What did you do?" Dugu Yan looked at the musket in Lan Nuo's hand in surprise: "Are you sure you don't use your soul skills?"
"What? Don't believe it? You can try it yourself!" Lan Nuo handed the gun to Dugu Yan, and taught her how to operate it step by step. After refilling it, Dugu Yan personally picked up the gun.
"Three points and one line, the sight and the bullseye can shoot on the same line, which is much simpler than the bow and arrow."
When Dugu Yan heard this, he pointed the sight at the bull's eye and pulled the trigger. The sudden recoil made her shoulder hurt. Fortunately, she was over 20 years old and her physical fitness was much stronger than that of ordinary people. She easily resisted the recoil. Looking at the target, there was a hole in the center.
Dugu Yan looked at the musket in her hand, and her eyes quickly became brighter. After aiming it personally, she realized that it was much easier to aim a musket than a bow and arrow. Even if the distance was twice as far away, she had the confidence to hit the bull's eye.
The most important thing is that the bullet cannot see the trajectory at all, as if life and death will be dominated by her as long as it is aimed at by her sight. Such pleasure is something that most intelligent creatures cannot refuse.
"Are there any bullets? I'm going to shoot! You two! Go and move the target away!" The last sentence was said to the children of the sidelines who practice archery. The big news just now attracted their attention. The gun is not a secret. The cost and technology of the gun are confidential. Let the children of the sidelines spread the news and make it easier for the gun to be sold in the future.
The target was quickly moved to the hillside a hundred meters away, and Dugu Yan skillfully reloaded again. The soul master's vision allowed her to easily see the bull's eye, shoot again, hit the red heart again, which made her more confident in the gun and love her more.
"Come again!" Dugu Yan seemed to be addicted and raised her gun again: "Move the target back one hundred meters!"
To most archers, the target that hits a hundred meters away is already very powerful, and 200 meters is simply an out of reach.
"Wait! That's how the test of the flintlock rifle is! Because of the airtightness and bullet shape, the effective killing range of the flintlock rifle is only more than 100 meters, and you can use this for a target of 200 meters!"
Lan Nuo took the more exquisite bolt-moving rifle from behind. The wooden buttstock was very comfortable in his hand. The target had been moved to 200 meters away. Lan Nuo filled five bullets into the magazine one by one and pulled the bolt to load it.
Holding a gun and aiming, two hundred meters is a little difficult for ordinary people, and it requires a certain amount of training to have a relatively high hit rate. However, Lan Nuo has a hundred times the mental power of an ordinary person, and his five senses are extremely powerful. The target two hundred meters away seems to be extremely clear in his opinion. He aims slightly at a position above the bull's eye and pulls the trigger.
Bang!
The smoke and sound this time were much smaller. The soul master with good eyes could see that there was an extra hole on the bull's eye in the distance at the same time. It was not over yet. Lan Nuo did not stop, pulling the bolt, throwing the shell, loading it again, aiming, shooting, and hitting again. The two shooting intervals were less than five seconds, which was a little faster than the flintlock rifle.
"This gun doesn't need to be recharged!" Dugu Yan also saw the difference between the two guns, and immediately dropped the one in his hand, staring at the one in Lan Nuo's hand, and his eyes seemed to be saying: "Hurry up and play with me!"
Seeing her pitiful look, Lan Nuo was embarrassed to make things difficult for her anymore and handed her the gun: "Give it to you! You should have seen how I operated it. There were only more than twenty bullets left, and I would have used up all of them."
Dugu Yan is like a child who gets a new toy. He picks up a rifle and aims at a target two hundred meters away. He hits the bull's eye three times in a row. The continuous shooting feels much more comfortable than loading and firing once.
She was not satisfied with this and asked the children of the sidelines to move the target farther away and continue shooting. The children of the sidelines were originally a little dissatisfied with being ordered, but when she saw the magic of the weapon in Dugu Yan's hand, she was also interested in seeing where the limit of the weapon was.
Those who practice bows and arrows here are all soul masters with little talent. They are very interested in such weapons that can be fired without soul power.
Lan Nuo carefully recorded the data after the firearms, but the result disappointed him. After more than 300 meters, the accuracy of the firearms began to decline. Even with the scope, the hit rate was difficult to exceed 50%.
There is also the reason why Dugu Yan is a novice, and the reason why the guns are not accurate enough. There is no complete basic industrial system. There is still a gap between the guns produced by hand and manual lathes and modern mature weapons.
Even so, this is an epoch-making weapon on Douluo Continent, and it is undoubtedly a gospel-like existence for the auxiliary and food soul masters.
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After the test shot, Dugu Yan held the rifle reluctantly and looked at Lan Nuo: "Can you... Can you give me this gun... Well, if you can't, you can lend me a few days to play!"
Lan Nuo shook his head when he heard this, tiptoed to touch Dugu Yan's head: "This gun is not suitable for you. Your martial soul is good at poison. The combat range is almost no more than 30 meters. If you wait for two days, I will specially design a gun for you that suits you!"
"Really! You know you're the best!"
Before Lan Nuo could react, he felt his cheeks slightly moist. When he turned around, he saw Dugu Yan running away with a red face.
"Tsk! What's this? Girl, you're only ten years old! You're a crime!"
【To be continued】
Chapter completed!