Lin Yiqing set the combat environment of the new gunboat designed by Ding Yusheng as an inland river, with a total of two levels, both of which are small coastal gunboats and iron-hulled warships of less than 250 tons. The first-class gunboats borrowed from the French "Big Axe" class (the name of the French Navy's useful weapons is the practice of naming the gunboats, such as the "Carbin", "Javelin", "Turkish Macitar" and other gunboats of the French Navy's Nanqi Detachment, which also belong to the "Big Axe" class), with a displacement of only 95 tons and a length of 27 meters. It has a width of 4.8 meters, a draft of 1.3 meters, a speed of 7-8 knots, and is equipped with 1 75 mm Krupp breech gun (after Lin Yizhe visited Germany to order 100 75 mm guns, the shipmaster later imported 400 guns of the same type), 2 40 mm Haqikaisi five-barreled machine guns, and 2 Lin machine guns. The second stage was smaller than the first, with a displacement of 80 tons, a length of 23 meters, a width of 4 meters, a draft of 1.2 meters, and was armed with 3 40-mm Habegkaisi five-barreled guns and 3 Lin's machine guns. These two gunboats did not adopt the French practice of "small boats carrying cannons", and their appearance was different from that of mosquito boats. Because Lin Yiqing, who has experienced a hundred battles, from the perspective of actual combat, there is a relatively fatal flaw in the French river gunboats, that is, this kind of boats operating in inland rivers with little room for maneuver do not have any rapid-fire artillery for close defense, and once they fall into an ambush laid on the shore of the inland river, their fate will be very worrying. The armament of these two gunboats designed by him focused on melee rapid-fire weapons, and was undoubtedly more powerful than the French gunboats in the face of the Japanese government forces and bandits who were not well armed.

"Hanpeng is really clever, this is the method of 'raising a boat with a boat', and the foolish brother should do it quickly." Ding Yusheng looked at the design sketch drawn by Lin Yiqing, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, he presided over the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau for many years, although he later left, but has always paid attention to its development and operation, when the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau fell into financial difficulties, he was also as worried as Li Shaoquan; Lin Yizhe's idea of building a small steamer to help with shipping brought back to life the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, and Ding Yusheng also heard about it, and sent a special letter to Li Shaoquan to ask for details. And this time, after listening to Lin Yiqing's idea, he immediately realized that it was feasible.

Ding Yusheng was in a hurry, so he immediately discussed the relevant details with Lin Yiqing, and finally decided to name the two types of gunboats "Luo Xing" class and "Qingzhou" class respectively.

After talking about shipbuilding for a while, Lin Yiqing turned the topic to the shipbuilding gun station in a timely manner.

His purpose this time was to purchase new guns for the Satsuma Army, and he didn't know much about the situation of the Shipmaster Gun Station because of the secret relationship between the Qianguo government, so he wanted to learn about it from Ding Yusheng.

Since Lin Yiqing's identity had been determined, Ding Yusheng had no reservations about Lin Yiqing, and gave a detailed introduction to the situation of the shipmaster's gun station.

The Shipmaster Gun Station was originally set up to provide more weapons and equipment to the officers and men of the Shipmaster's Naval Division. Its first weapon was the Lin-Gatling machine gun.

The "Lin's Machine Gun" was modified by Lin Yizhe using the barrel of the "Montigni" platoon gun, referring to the structure of the American Gatling gun, and removing some unnecessary parts. At that time, the Belgian arms dealers wanted to get rid of the old war materials in their stockpiles -- a large number of "Montigni" guns, so they started the idea of the Qianguo government, which urgently needed Western arms to suppress the Shengping Heavenly Kingdom Movement. The Belgians boasted to the Qianguo side about the power of the "Montigni" platoon guns and suggested that a large amount of Qianguo army be equipped, but the Qianguo side did not accept the Belgians' sales pitch after careful examination. The Belgians were so disappointed that they didn't even bring back a sample gun when they left. Lin Yizhe wanted to invent a rapid-fire weapon and equipment for the shipmaster, so through the relationship between his wife Chen Wan and Zeng Bohan's wife Ouyang (Chen Wan is Ouyang's daughter), he talked to Zeng Bohan, transferred this platoon gun from the Jinling Machinery Bureau, disassembled it and remodified it, and turned it into a simplified version of the Gatling machine gun "Lin's machine gun".

After Lin Yizhe handed over the sample guns and drawings of the "Lin's machine gun" to Zeng Bohan, the governor of Liangjiang, Zeng Bohan immediately forwarded them to Li Shaoquan, who was very satisfied with the machine gun after watching and testing it with his own hands. Immediately discussed with Lin Yizhe how to mass produce and equip it. After learning about the difficulty of the source of the barrel, Li Shaoquan, who had deep pockets, immediately did something that Lin Yizhe admired.

After the end of the American Civil War, what to do with the huge surplus of arms became a headache for the reunited Government of the United States of America. At this time, the Westernization Movement was in full swing in Qianguo, and the huge number of Qianguo troops' ordnance renewal and rearmament operations attracted the attention of many US arms dealers without any suspense, and US-made weapons seized the opportunity to expand their share of the Qianguo arms market that they had occupied since the Shengping Heavenly Kingdom Movement.

However, at this time, the Western-style bigwigs of Qianguo became more and more discerning about the choice of guns and artillery, and their tastes became more and more difficult to serve, and the outdated backlog of goods could no longer fool them into paying for them, and they had to impress them with new gadgets. Therefore, the "Remington" Type 9066 breech single-shot No. 1 rifle appeared in the field. The "No. 1 gun" is the largest and most widely equipped of the entire huge "Remington" family (the "Remington" family has developed from the "No. 1 gun" to the "No. 6 gun"), and when the Americans sent a sample gun through Latham & Watkins, Li Shaoquan openly accepted that this was a new thing for the West. But at the same time, he was also very embarrassed to say that these guns are all "old goods" that have been fired, and the life of the barrel must be discounted, and it is not impossible for him to agree to the Americans' bid, but each gun must come with accessories such as barrels and firing pins, that is, it is required to send a set of accessories for each gun, and the Americans, who are eager to dump the goods, in order to promote business, actually expressed their willingness to give three barrels and three sets of firing pins for every two guns. After the business was completed, the barrels and accessories that were given away were packed by Li Shaoquan and sent to the shipmaster, which became the materials for the "Lin's machine gun" made by the shipmaster's gun.

After solving the most difficult problem of barrels and accessories, the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau and the Shipbuilding Gun Station both started to build "Lin's machine guns" that are "electric guns" at full power, and Li Shaoquan decided to first equip the Huai Army with "Lin's machine guns" to "set an example for all armies." During the annual exercise, the new machine gun equipped by the Huai Army quickly attracted the attention of all sides, and some local governors placed orders one after another with the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau and the Shipmaster Gun Station, which made the name of the "Lin's Machine Gun" initially start and lay the foundation for the Shipmaster Gun Station.

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