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Even the bravest and most reliable soldiers then fire madly. The greater number fire from the hip. The theory of the range is that with continual pressure on the trigger the shot surprises the firer. But who practices it under fire? However, the tendency in France to-day is to seek only accuracy.
"Corporal, that contains a fortune for you and for me ... a piece of artillery ... the mouthpiece of 155-R ... rapid firer!... You see its importance?... To-night we sleep in the outskirts of Rouen ... to-morrow, we leave early for Havre.... As I am known there, Corporal, we shall have to separate.... You will go with the driver to the Nez d'Antifer.... There you will find a fishing-boat in charge of a friendly sailor ... all you have to do is to hand over this package to him.... He will make for the open sea, where he will deliver it into the right hands."...
But as the Germans drew closer, the rapid firer became silent, for, without risking the lives of Germans as well as French, it was of no value now. At the same moment the heads of the defenders again appeared at the windows and renewed the work of picking off the Germans as they charged. For some reason Hal took the time to glance at his watch once more.
In five seconds it was over, and the little group passed on. It was just after this that he saw Shorty. At the moment that worthy was lying in a shell hole drawing a bead on some target with the utmost care. Reggie saw the kick of the gun, but failed to see what he had been firing at until the firer stood up and screamed in his ear. "Machine gunner nest of them over there.
As the crew of Hot Rod strove to get it into position to fire; and the computer on the wheel strove to precess the wheel to a position where firing would be fatal to the firer, it became a race between giant snails. But already the rim of the big wheel had inched slightly ahead in the race; and the main part of the hub was disappearing behind it.
Bob now stepped out and introduced the first great feature: "Bip, the Bouncing Buster of Boozicks and the Fearless Firer of Fireworks, with the admirable assistance of that adaptable and adamant Timorous-are-ye-poor-mortal-worms, will twist the tail of the tawny lion and break the barbarous bandetta of benighted Britain!"
But I am certain that one man was not taken in by my professions, either as an artist or as a sportsman, and that was the muleteer. On another occasion I wanted to ascertain what value there was in the musketry training of a foreign infantry. Also it had been reported that they had recently acquired a new form of machine gun which was a particularly rapid firer and very accurate in its effects.
The field gun was of French make; it was a 3-inch quick firer with a maximum range for shrapnel of 6,000 yards, a little over 3-1/2 miles. The Second Ban was armed with old De Bange guns of 8 cm. caliber. The heavy guns, which had done much service outside Adrianople, were of Creuzot make, and included 24 howitzers of 15 cm. and some mortars of 24 cm. As for the aviation wing, there was none.
The only one by which they could fire outside the plane due to the necessity of keeping the cabin closed to retain oxygen was the rapid firer on the wing. This could be depressed enough to fire downward at an angle of forty-five degrees. Jeter hesitated for a moment. He looked at Eyer. Eyer grinned. "It can't bring death to us any sooner," he said. "Let her go!"
Spice was added to the debate by a realization in the mind of every man who joined in it that the mysterious firer of those shots might be and probably was a member of the present conclave. Jake Crabbott who ran the store maintained, in all neighbourhood differences, the studious attitude of an incorruptible neutral.
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