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Chapter 830: Arms Merchant's Feast (Fourth Update, Please Subscribe)
Finally, the Zhenyang Fleet set off!

Two Nanhua-class battleships, four Linhai-class armored cruisers, plus four light cruisers, this huge fleet set off.

When the fleet set off, the port was full of people seeing off, not only the families of the navy soldiers, but also many friends of the soldiers, many of whom were soldiers.

When Lin Yuehu was about to board the ship, on the pier, Shen Yaozu looked at him, and after a moment of silence, he said.

"Captain, I will see you after the victory!"

"See you after the triumph!"

At this moment, there is no saying goodbye. Soldiers have the way of saying goodbye to soldiers. A handshake and a "take care" are enough.

Daming, a country that has only been established for five years and entered the New World for only sixteen years, is about to usher in the baptism of blood and fire in the new era...

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What is war?
In Serbia, there is a proverb that goes like this: In war, the politicians provide ammunition, the rich provide food, the poor provide children... When the war is over, the politicians take back the remaining ammunition, the rich grow more food, and the poor Find the child's grave.

This may not be the case, but what is one thing for sure?

War is definitely a carnival for arms dealers.

Who is the largest arms dealer in Ming Dynasty?
Of course it is the Nanhua Company, which used to be the American Company, the royal property of Emperor Zhu!
The famous Nanhua Arsenal, Kelu Artillery Factory, Nanyuan Ammunition Company, Nanhua Shipyard, Linhai Shipyard, and Lianshan Comprehensive Factory, almost all the arsenals that can be called names in Ming Dynasty, are all subsidiaries of Nanhua Company.

Which is the largest arsenal in Ming Dynasty?

Of course, it is the Nanhua Arms Factory. This arsenal has more than 30000 machines and [-] workers. It is the largest ordnance-industrial complex in the world.Different from other professional factories, this factory has dozens of gun factories, bullet factories, cannon factories, shell factories, fire equipment factories (production of fuzes and pyrotechnic products), gunpowder factories, foundries, steel factories, etc. branch factory.

It can be said that this factory can be called the mother of Daming’s industry, because the first domestic machine tool, domestic steam engine and other equipment in Daming were all produced in this factory. Similarly, this factory is also the ordnance industry of Daming mother of.

After April, the Nanhua Arsenal became extremely busy. Originally, there were two shifts of 4 hours per day, but now there were two shifts of 10 hours per day. Why should one hour be left, because the machine needs to be overhauled, otherwise, it would be continuous for 11.5 hours? Production is not impossible.

The machines roared in the well-lit workshop. Workers cut metal into parts in front of the machine tools. Those parts were inspected and heat-treated, and finally sent to the assembly workshop. Workers assembled the parts into a whole and put them in the center of the workbench. On the conveyor belt, the parts are sent to the next workbench through the conveyor belt, and then assembled together to form a complete rifle.

This working mode seems to be very simple, but it is the "assembly line production" half a century ahead of the times. In the past few years, the production experts in Daming have been studying the innovation of this production technology, trying to pass this The innovation of production technology promotes the industrial revolution in production.

The arsenal was the first place to apply this production technology.

After the rifles are assembled and produced, they will be packed into boxes for test shooting. When the finished rifles are sent to the test range on a cart through the small track, the test range is still full of gunshots as before.

In addition to the non-stop shooting of the test shooter on the rifle shooting platform, on a nearby shooting platform, a shooter was sitting behind the tripod and was operating the weird thing on the tripod.

The reason why it is a bit weird is because a metal bullet chain is inserted in the square receiver, and there is a round iron cylinder in front of the receiver, and the iron cylinder seems to be still dripping with water.

The moment he pulled the trigger.

"clatter……"

Crisp and rapid gunshots sounded on the shooting range. There are no barrels of the Gatling machine gun, and no electric motor is needed. You only need to pull the bolt, and then you can shoot continuously.

When the gunshots sounded, Liu Qingen stared at the machine gun, ignoring the shattered target board at all. What is the most important thing now?

That is how long it can shoot continuously.

But it only took a few tens of breaths, and the 300-round ammunition chain was empty. At the moment of emptying, Liu Qingen said.

"Reload and keep shooting!"

The test shooter immediately picked up the belt, tucked the belt guide into the receiver, and pulled the bolt again.

"Clatter!" With a sound, while loading the gun, he pulled the trigger again.

Gunshots sounded again!

The rapid and continuous sound of gunfire echoed on the shooting range like this. With the jubilation of the machine gun, the water in the cooling water tank boiled, and a little steam came out, and with the continuous shooting, the steam became more and more intense. Too much, the water in the cooling water tank is decreasing, and the shell casings are piling up like a mountain on the right side of the machine gun.

At this time, everyone in the shooting range was attracted.

People standing nearby looked at it in amazement, this seemingly unremarkable guy actually fired so many bullets!

"How many bullets have you fired?"

"More than 50 bullet chains!"

"Isn't that 15000 rounds?"

"I estimate there are at least 17000..."

People are discussing with each other. Maybe this machine gun is still a secret to the outside world, but it is not a secret to the people in the Nanhua Arsenal. After all, in the past, this new type of machine gun It has been improving and testing, and its performance is constantly improving on this shooting range.

From only one or two thousand rounds of bullets can be fired continuously at the beginning, it can now shoot tens of thousands of bullets continuously, and even the cooling water cylinder used to cool the barrel of the barrel jacket has been increased from 2.5 liters to 3.3 liters to extend the shooting time.

After continuous improvement, it has become more and more perfect.

"Twenty thousand issued..."

After hitting the 67th bullet chain, Liu Qingen had a smile on his face.

20000 rounds, this is the army's requirement for machine guns - the machine gun must be able to shoot 20000 rounds continuously!
"Connect the chains together and test fire with the No. 133 gun!"

At the request of Liu Qingen, another trial-produced machine gun used an extended belt, and a total of 67 bullet belts were connected together. In the next 48 minutes and 12 seconds, that machine gun kept firing continuously, and the continuous shooting shocked everyone. Everyone, including the engineers who produced the Gatling machine gun in the gun factory, was shocked. When they watched the machine gun spit out flames, there was only one thought in their minds—the Gatling machine gun was eliminated!

At least it was eliminated in the infantry regiments!
This machine gun, which requires no batteries, an electric motor and weighs less, is sure to change warfare...

(End of this chapter)