Gatlin's face was full of shock, and he muttered, "Ten or one hundred thousand dollars a year!" General Guo, you're not kidding, are you? ”

Guo Ye smiled faintly: "Of course not, don't you, Mr. Gatling, don't you think your talent is worth so much money?" ”

Gatling smiled bitterly: "General Guo Ye, in fact, in the past two months, I have written to President Lincoln, General Grant and even other generals many times, asking them to further support my research, after all, it will take a year or two to finalize and produce the Gatling heavy machine gun, during this time, I need a lot of money to conduct experiments, whether it is to purchase equipment, materials, or hire assistants, I need money, but I am only a doctor, although my salary is already very good, But I still can't support such a large amount of investment, and now my research has to be stopped......"

Guo Ye nodded and said, "Mr. Gatling, not everyone has a vision like mine and can see the huge potential of this weapon!" ”

Gatling's eyes flashed suddenly, and he wondered: "General Guo, I haven't been successfully researching this weapon for a long time, and there are very few people who have seen his lineup, and General Guo has just come to the United States for a short time, how can I know his power so sure?" Where did you learn about his existence? ”

Forehead......

Guo Ye was suddenly asked, rub, where did you know about his existence? After all, this is the result of secret research!

Guo Ye smiled embarrassedly: "I also learned about this from General Grant, didn't you say it?" Ever wrote to General Grant and told him about the capabilities of this weapon? ”

Guo Ye finally held back a reason. OK. Exactly by Gatlin's words. A beautiful lie was compiled.

Washington's Gatlin roared angrily: "When did Lao Tzu tell you? Lao Tzu is also trying to communicate with the staff headquarters about this matter, but now that the civil war is in full swing, where does Lao Tzu have the energy to take care of a weapon made by a doctor, if Lao Tzu knows that this weapon is so powerful, Lao Tzu will grab it! Where is your turn! ”

Gatlin nodded suspiciously, and didn't continue to ask, after all, he and Grant didn't know each other. I can't go to General Grant to verify this matter.

Gatlin hesitated: "I have to say, General Guo, I am very touched by the treatment you have given me, but you asked me to follow you to China, I know there, I heard that China's development is very backward, there is no industry at all, how can you support my further research?" Even if the qualitative success of the improvement is successful. And what about the next production? At the current level of development in China, it is impossible to complete the mass production of such heavy machine guns......"

Guo Ye replied lightly, "Mr. Gatling." The China you know, it's just the China that others call it, it's the China of a few years ago, and now China, at least in Shandong Province, as well as Jiangnan Province, already has the ability to make such machine guns, there is no equipment, I can bring in equipment, there is no talent, I can bring in talents, technicians? I'm sorry, two years, you give me a maximum of two years, I can put hundreds of gunsmiths for you, in short, please rest assured, I can definitely meet all your needs! ”

Gatling raised his eyebrows, this General Guo has such a big breath! Just by virtue of the current China? Can you do that?

Guo Ye smiled: "What, Mr. Gatling, don't you believe it?" ”

Gatling shook his head and replied, "Of course, I really don't believe it, I heard that the Chinese are still in a state of ignorance, they have no knowledge of mathematics and physics, how can they complete such a project?" ”

Guo Ye replied: "Mr. Gatlin, put this question aside for now, how about we take a look at your research results first?" ”

Gatling nodded and said, "Okay, no problem, General Guo, Mr. Xue, please come with me!" ”

Gatling led Guo Ye and Xue Fucheng to the courtyard behind him, a Gatling heavy machine gun stayed in the center of the courtyard, and the whole body was a behemoth made of stainless steel, not so much a machine gun, but a cannon!

Gatling said proudly: "General Guo Ye, this is the Gatling heavy machine gun I studied, now his theoretical rate of fire is 400 rounds per minute, and there is no problem with using it to reach more than 300 rounds per minute, the four barrels are fired in turn, which can make the barrel have a cooling gap, the barrel will not fail due to too high temperature, and a heavy machine gun like this can top at least a platoon of troops!" ”

Guo Ye nodded and said, "However, the firepower of this heavy machine gun is indeed as you said, but haven't you considered his shortcomings?" ”

Gatlin was stunned for a moment and said, "Downside? In my opinion, his weakness is that there are too few barrels, and I need to continue to add more barrels to him, six, eight, or ten, to maximize his firepower! ”

Guo Ye shook his head and said with a smile: "Wrong, this weapon also has his shortcomings!" ”

Gatlin frowned and asked, "General Guo, I don't know what the shortcomings you are referring to?" ”

Guo Ye replied: "It's very simple, your heavy machine gun should weigh three or four hundred catties, right?" ”

Gatling nodded and replied, "The current weight is three hundred and twenty pounds." ”

"How can such a heavy machine gun move quickly during the march of the army? Not to mention that he also has to be equipped with a large number of bullets, three hundred and twenty catties, which requires at least four people to ensure that he can keep up with the speed of the march, and it is also in a short time, if he marches for a long time, he is afraid of more than ten people, and he may not be able to keep up with the speed of the march, just because of this heavy machine gun, it affects the speed of the army - the so-called soldier is expensive, and his fatal flaw has determined that he cannot become the first choice of the army's weapons and equipment......"

Forehead......

Gatling is just a doctor, not a soldier, and his shooting research is from his own point of view, but he is not from the perspective of a soldier.

"Also, the structure of your heavy machine gun is too complicated, and there are hundreds of parts involved in this heavy machine gun, one, how do you produce it on a large scale? This will put huge pressure on production, and secondly, the more complex the structure of the heavy machine gun, the more difficult it is to operate, so many parts and components, which have failed in the war, and it is more difficult to maintain them than to climb to the sky, have you ever thought about these? Also, with a theoretical rate of fire of 400 rounds, how many bullets will be used if you fight fiercely for a day? Even if it is an hour, tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition will be required, which is not the ammunition consumption at the highest rate of fire, such a huge consumption is not something that ordinary countries or armies can afford......"

(To be continued.) )