Duan Hongxiao's many psychological changes, Lin Ziran naturally did not know.

Now he is happy, and when he wakes up from this sleep, God will drop a fleet for him.

This kind of good thing once made him suspect that he was still dreaming.

But the greasy, short, fat middle-aged uncle in front of him, coupled with the three ironclad ships that were slowly entering the port on the river, told him that this was true.

These are three ironclad ships, real ironclad ships, but they are not the half-baked goods he converted from a cargo ship before.

Otherwise, this Duan Hongxiao in front of him would not have introduced Lin Ziran with a proud demeanor:

"My lord, these three ironclad ships of ours, the largest tonnage is the Xingmen, Yongchang was completed and launched in the 43rd year, the conventional combat displacement can reach 680 tons, equipped with advanced steam engines, the maximum speed can reach 8 knots, and the draft is very shallow, and can sail in most river sections."

"The whole ship is made of steel armor, and the defense is excellent!"

"In terms of firepower, there are two eighteen-pound cannons, two nine-pound cannons, and a twenty-four-pound short-barreled howitzer, and the firepower is absolutely strong!"

Such an ironclad is a real ironclad!

Although even Lin Ziran, who doesn't know much about the navy, knows that the Xingmen, a top-heavy inland warship with a large number of naval guns, has a very poor ability to resist wind and waves, and it is estimated that it will sink by itself when it goes out to sea.

But the key thing is that this thing is used on the Luo River, and it won't go to sea at all, so you don't have to worry about poor wind and wave resistance and poor seaworthiness.

As long as the defense is strong and the firepower is awesome.

This is also a major feature of inland river shallow water gunboats, the tonnage is shallow, but they are generally equipped with heavy firepower.

With the Xingmen and two other ironclad ships, plus the three gunboats that he had converted before, he was barely able to make a gunboat fleet.

After returning from the dock, Lin Ziran personally made the east, feasted Duan Hongxiao and dozens of other naval officers who came to vote, and announced in the banquet that the Sixth Artillery Fleet was officially established, with Duan Hongxiao as the commander and awarded the title of Naval Major.

Since everyone defected with ironclad ships and hundreds of sailors, Lin Ziran naturally would not be stingy, let alone take any precautions at such a time.

Official hats don't need to be thrown out like money.

What's more, Lin Ziran also announced on the spot that the food and salary department would immediately distribute the monthly salary to the hundreds of soldiers who came to vote.

Well, only the current month's ones will be issued, and as for the ones that Li Kun owed before, they have nothing to do with Lin Ziran.

This salary was more exciting than the previous appointments, and these former naval officers were extremely excited.

Among them, except for a few people who were Duan Hongxiao because of special reasons such as ambition, most of the others, especially those ordinary sergeants and soldiers, chose to follow Duan Hongxiao and them to defect to Lin Ziran.

In addition to blind obedience, it is more because I want to pay money and want to eat well!

Joining the army in troubled times, pinning your head to your pants and fighting, isn't it just to be able to earn a meager salary to support your family while having enough to eat!

Now Lin Ziran announced the salary on the spot, and the atmosphere is quite good.

Even Duan Hongxiao felt that it was right to come over this time!

Not to mention the position of commander of an artillery fleet, he can also let his brothers receive a salary.

No wonder Lin Ziran was able to rise rapidly in just over two years, making so many people willing to work for him.

I don't dare to say anything else, but the word bold is worthy of it.

And now, he is also looking forward to Lin Ziran's performance in other aspects.

He had heard a lot of things about Lin Ziran, some good and some bad, and ordinary people couldn't recognize them at all.

However, many of his colleagues think that Lin Ziran's personality is more special, that is, he is very committed to one thing, and at the same time he acts decisively and resolutely.

And these two points are very important to him Duan Hongxiao.

Especially the first point, because only if Lin Ziran pays attention to his commitment, he doesn't have to worry about being crossed by Lin Ziran one day.

If Lin Ziran was a person like Li Kun, how nice he said when he was recruited at the beginning, as a result, he was ruthlessly abandoned, and what did he say to let himself endure for a few years, and sooner or later the Third Artillery Fleet would be his own or something.

Patience is a fart, Lao Tzu has been waiting for five years, and if he waits for a few more years, Lao Tzu will be an old bone, and he will be a fart.

Life is short, time is precious!

The latter is more directly related to the future of the Sixth Division as a whole.

Because a hesitant feudal town has no future and is not worth following!

Even if it was just an ordinary feudal town, he had to act decisively.

Duan Hongxiao still had some ambitions, he wanted to become the commander of a large fleet, preferably able to lead those huge battleships across the endless sea, this kind of opportunity was almost impossible for him to get elsewhere.

It was also impossible on Li Kun's side before.

On Lin Ziran's side, he didn't know if there was such an opportunity, but at least, he needed to see the overall development space of the Sixth Division.

What height can the Sixth Division develop to in the future, Lin Ziran, the leader, is very important.

In the era of feudal towns, what a military and political interest group could eventually develop into was closely related to the leader.

Duan Hongxiao very much hopes that he can meet a hero like Duke Meng.

Only by following such heroes can it be possible to realize one's ambitions and ideals.

After a reception banquet, there were also three more ironclad ships on the dock of Sanyang Town Port that still smelled of paint.

Because of the time constraints, the paint was just brushed casually and changed color.

Even though the color has been changed, those who are familiar with it can actually recognize it at a glance, these three gunboats are the gunboats under Li Kun's command before.

But!

is still the same sentence, since this gunboat is in Lin Ziran's hands, it is naturally his.

That day, Lin Ziran didn't wait for Li Kun's questioning, and no one even came to the port of Sanyang Town to check.

This thing is not normal!

The deputy commander of the Third Artillery Fleet defected with three ironclad ships, this kind of thing is definitely a big deal on Li Kun's side, but why is there no movement?

Logically speaking, they would have been able to detect the defection of the warship that day and react accordingly.

But they didn't!

Could it be that Li Kun is afraid of himself?

This is unlikely, even if Li Kun doesn't have the courage to turn his face with himself, but he won't ignore it, no matter how bad it is, he will send someone to check it.

By the next day, Lin Ziran finally knew why Li Kun's side hadn't even sent anyone to check it.

The spies urgently reported that yesterday, that is, after Duan Hongxiao and they led the warship to defect, there was another mutiny in Pingdan County that morning.

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