Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 468 Evaluation
The final testing ground of the "Crossbow Gun Battle" is in Gongkou City, the headquarters of the Ministry of Industry!
The Privy Council decided on a total of twenty evaluators to be responsible for this evaluation. Most of them were generals serving in the Privy Council. There were also a few special evaluators, such as Chen Gong and Fazheng. In theory, they did not serve in the Privy Council, but they were very knowledgeable about strategy. Advisors who are also good at decision-making and tactical command were also invited to review.

Together with the five Grand Masters and Bai Tu himself, these 26 people are the evaluation team that will finally end the "Crossbow and Gun Controversy" and determine the future development direction of Chu State in terms of armaments!
Because the New Year is approaching, most of the generals who were invited by the Privy Council to participate in the evaluation were transferred back on the grounds of "returning to Beijing to report on their duties."

For most reviewers, this is also their first time entering Gongkou City, one of the most mysterious places in Chu State.

Even though most of the secret workshops have now been moved to Yizhou, Gongkou City has a large number of technical backbones and is responsible for the design and experimental tasks of most confidential projects.

Most people seemed a little confused about being called back in a hurry to participate in the evaluation of experimental ordnance, but... there was also a faint sense of pride in their hearts.

In addition to Grand Master Diange and Bai Tu himself, there are only 20 people with this qualification - this alone is enough to make people feel emotional.

Among them, those with the lowest official positions are Fa Zheng and Huang Zhong.

Fa Zheng, because of his junior qualifications, has been re-employed but does not have a major position. However, everyone knows that after three to five years, his colleagues may remain unchanged, but Fa Zheng will surely rise to the top, and may even have the hope of joining the cabinet in the future. .

As for Huang Zhong...

Needless to say, due to "historical issues", when the country was founded, he was not given a high military rank. After the founding of the country, there were few wars and no opportunities for meritorious service. He was still a miscellaneous general.

But being invited here shows that Bai Tu trusts him - in fact, Lu Bu didn't take him with him because of his grudge, but Bai Tu specially added him.

In addition, there are Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and other "all-stars" of the Chu army, as well as the "new generation" including Lu Meng and Wei Yan.

Xu Shu, who had been cooperating with the Ministry of Industry to develop tactics for new armaments, was not among the reviewers this time, but he was the commander of this test!
When Bai Tu led the team to watch the ordnance test below on the high platform built on the test site, all the famous generals in the world also concentrated their energy.

In fact... many of them also have concerns, mainly because they have some opinions about the previous Chujia transaction and want to report it to Bai Tu - most of the main army is not equipped with Chujia, why should they be sold to outsiders?

Chu State is not short of money!

But now was obviously not the time, and they decided to wait until "business" came up before mentioning it.

After all, many of them had come all the way back, and when they saw Bai Tu acting solemnly, they couldn't help but not care.

"Zhongda, you have to work harder this time. You can command the cavalry for the test! You don't need to get close to the test square to avoid accidental injury." Bai Tu specially told Gao Shun.

Gao Shun: ...

"Ahem, come forward and talk." Bai Tu vaguely saw that Gao Shun seemed to be mumbling something.

Unfortunately, because the experiment is very confidential, Hao Meng's level obviously cannot enter Gongkou City.

Gao Shun came within five steps of Bai Tu and tried to speak as loudly as possible. Only then did Bai Tu hear him: "Do you want your general to go all out, or do you want to imitate an ordinary enemy general?"

"As long as the goal is to rush into the safety line, you can go all out. However, the Ji Zao soldiers used for the experiment are different from ordinary soldiers. The orders they can accept are very monotonous." Bai Tu said after hearing clearly.

The first thing pushed up, these generals also recognized it, it was Baigong Pao - the "most advanced" catapult in Chu State.

The target was a group of ordinary thinly armored war horses, plus a very dull-looking Ji Zao soldier.

These Ji-made soldiers, whether human or horse, are specially synthesized with cheaper manpower and horse power for the purpose of experiment. They cannot exist for a long time and do not need to undergo normal training, because as long as they can accept the simplest movement instructions...

A total of 500 people!

At this time, if Gao Shun commanded his trapped camp, he could command 3000 people with his arms and fingers. He who was not trapped in the camp could also command a thousand, 500 people...

The commander who launched the attack on the simulated "cavalry phalanx" with ten Baigong cannons was none other than Xu Shu!

When Fazheng saw Xu Shu, he had some vague feelings of comparison - Xu Shu was not much older than him, but when it came to battlefield command alone, Fazheng had been dissatisfied and asked him to compete with him on a sand table before, and he was completely tortured.

Of course, Fazheng is still confident that he can beat Xu Shu in terms of strategic control and tactics, but Xu Shu doesn't compare with him. Xu Shu only concentrates on battlefield command!
Gao Shun silently directed the cavalry formation to approach, but because he was not trapped in the camp, this unfamiliar feeling made Gao Shun feel uncomfortable.

If he wasn't trapped in the camp, Gao Shun wouldn't be able to micromanage, but he could just barely "pull" it up...

After bursts of "thunder" sounds caused by air friction, the cavalry was suddenly reduced in number.

Naturally, Xu Shu just pretended that he could not see the commander, and mainly vented his firepower on the cavalry on the surface...

Before the second round of stoning, Gao Shun had reluctantly commanded the cavalry to shoot arrows at the enemy formation. The catapult was also surrounded by shield guards, and the two cooperating gunners received protection while loading ammunition and pulling the winch in preparation for the next attack.

However, it is obvious that the effect of directly using the Baigong cannon to attack the array of Ji Zao soldiers is not very good. After all, even if the Baigong cannon has been improved many times in terms of steering performance, it still looks bulky compared to the moving cavalry. In addition, the Baigong cannon is loaded with ammunition. Slow, mostly damage-dealing throws with only two waves.

Then the test cavalry had crossed the "safety line", that is, it had rushed within ten meters of the artillery, and the test was over.

Lu Bu and others watched from the high platform, but secretly nodded - Xu Shu's reaction was already quite good, Gao Shun... Needless to say, no one can command a command of this scale without considering the strategies of "evil heretics" Purely better than Gao Shun in battlefield command!

The results were calculated immediately...

The cavalry suffered nearly two hundred casualties, 500% of which were caused by the second throw. The first throw was about 200 meters away, and the second throw was about [-] meters away.

Meter is also a unit of length also used in Chu State. In a world where there is no unit of "meter", Bai Tu doesn't know how to determine "meter". He doesn't want to continue to use "step", a unit with too much error, so he has to use his own as the unit. 1.8 meters is set as "meter".

If it were a real battlefield, the artillery would definitely be slaughtered next. Of course...if the ordinary cavalry were not commanded by Gao Shun, they might collapse before that.

The Hui Hui cannon was an "old guy", just for comparison, and soon ten new "cannons" were pushed up.

Obviously, everyone is very curious about this long-barreled "cannon" that is dark and looks like it is made of high-speed rail.

Many people couldn't figure out how to knock out the stone bullets with this thing. Could it be... that the long black tube was used like a saw?

On the contrary, some generals who had been exposed to sample guns before looked at the dark barrel and vaguely guessed something.

Soon, everyone's doubts were answered.

After Gao Shun replenished his manpower, he started charging again from 500 meters away, and this time... not long after he started to speed up, before he really charged, the artillery took action!
The shells used by the long-barreled black artillery were also seen being loaded at this time - each one was only as big as a fist and looked very small compared to the bulky stone shells. Many generals directly picked up the "clairvoyance" and It can be seen that the cannonball should be made of metal.

(End of this chapter)