Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 602 Imitation Artillery?

Jia Xu finally recommended Lu Xun...

Lu Xun had returned to Jinling from Yizhou, which had completely become part of Chu's "homeland", and began to gradually get involved in the affairs of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

If nothing else goes wrong, Lu Su has been the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs for a long time. After the war has stopped for a while, he will be replaced by Lu Xun. After all, the Ministry of Civil Affairs has not changed people for a long time, and it should be rotated.

And I believe that within five to ten years, Yu Fan's position as a bachelor will be "transferred" to Lu Xun.

After all, Lu Xun was not only the confidant who "fucked" with the King of Chu at the age of 14 and was the first to praise the King of Chu for being able to block Xiang Yu's move without getting hurt, but even though he was a side branch, he was the real spokesperson of the Lu family and the successor of Lu Kang By……

At present, Lu Xun is only in the stage of getting familiar with the political affairs of the DPRK and China. He has been assigned to Wancheng as a staff officer or with a military position. There is no job conflict.

And for Lu Xun, this is also an opportunity to exercise, or to show his ability.

Yizhou's naturalization was very successful and his contribution was great, but after all, he was overseas. Today's Chu State is no longer a separatist force in Jiangdong. Some people may not be convinced based on Yizhou's contribution alone.

After all, although Lu Xun was a "veteran" from the Yangzhou Mu period, his actual age was actually only sixty-six in his twenties!

With Lu Xun's ability, I believe he can perform with ease in Wancheng, and although Lu Xun has not been back for a long time, he and Zhang Xiu have one thing in common - they both have a good relationship with Lu Bu.

Back then, in order to test little Lu Xun and when there was a lack of military advisors, Lu Bu had deigned to obey his orders. To Lu Bu, Zhang Xiu was even more of a junior in martial arts.

From this point of view, Zhang Xiu and Lu Xun should be relatively compatible, and they would not look down on the weak-looking Lu Xun.

Of course, for Jia Xu... proposing Lu Xun at this time was also selling Lu a favor.

Jia Xu had already considered it carefully, so Bai Tu naturally had no reason to deny it.

"Your Majesty, you can consider bringing Master Huang's artillery division to Wangjing Road for training." Lu Su reminded at this time.

Wangjing Road, which is roughly the range from Xinye to Wancheng, is not only very close to Xuchang, but also "a flat river" from the Central Plains, which is very suitable for artillery advancement!

So Chu State also started preparations for a "three-front war". One of them was Zhao Yun and Fazheng, who were on guard against Longyou in Hanzhong and on the other hand, they were also on guard against Xichuan;

Second, on Wangjing Road, Zhang Xiu and Lu Xun were observing the situation in Guanzhong and Guandong, and were ready to send troops to the Central Plains at any time, with a large number of artillery candidates behind them;

The third is that in the Nanpi Generation of Bohai County, not only Lu Bu personally took command, but also Cao Pi, a mascot with a "provocative" effect, needed to guard against Cao Wei's counterattack...

As for Huainan, it is theoretically possible that the feudal princes of the Han Dynasty, especially the Duke of Qi, would take the initiative to attack, so Taishi Ci was retained as governor of military affairs. Hao Zhao, who joined the Chu State through the imperial examination four years ago, was responsible for the defense of Hefei!
I believe that even Liu Bei would not want to start a war with Chu in Huainan.

After all, Huainan has the military city of Hefei after all, and the water system is well developed, which not only means that land and water cooperation is required, but also means that it is more convenient for Chu to transport artillery.

The current training location of the artillery division is in Huainan!

As for the navy, it has now returned to the mainland of Chu — [-] of them have not returned for several years!
And on the sea, the original standing navy in Liaodong Port and Donglai Port is enough to sweep all enemies. After all, Cao Wei no longer has an established fleet, both in the government and in the public.

"Well, I'm sending an order to General Huang now to start training in another area after the Chinese New Year." Bai Tu also felt that he should be braver.

After all, the artillery division training in Huainan is equivalent to focusing on defense, but being sent to Wangjing Road is more like a hidden thorn in the offense!

Of course, the artillery division will not attack alone, but if troops are dispatched from Wancheng, because the artillery division is right behind, it will definitely be able to supplement a large number of artillery companies into the army!

When it came to artillery, Yu Fan's brows were often frowned, which made it even more serious: "Your Majesty, regarding artillery...are there going to be any restrictions in the future?"

Everyone here knows that Yu Fan said this not because he was "compassionate" and could not bear to cause casualties with artillery, but because other princes...especially the Qiaojiangying of Wei State had a tendency to imitate artillery!

After all, artillery is different from Qi crossbows. If it is "just" artillery, it can still be imitated. After all, gunpowder is just that the optimized formula is difficult to develop and the confidentiality level is difficult to steal.

But for gunpowder of the level of "one nitrate, two sulphur, three charcoal", it is nonsense to keep it secret...

As for smelting technology, Chu State explored the path, and Wei State also developed a bit. Basically, Wei State's highest level of military industry can reach the level of private workshops among Chu people.

"It's not necessary. It's inevitable that they will imitate it, even if we don't use it. It's better to dominate the world before they succeed!" Bai Tu was very confident.

In addition to confidence in himself, he also had confidence in the Ministry of Industry and even the entire Chu State.

If it is "just" artillery, it is indeed easier to imitate, but...not to mention that Chu's artillery is no longer "basic", and is it really easy for Wei to produce artillery?
It is indeed not impossible to imitate an artillery that is 100 years behind the times. However, it goes without saying that the "visible" demand for steel is not only the raw material for the artillery brushes - bristle, it is difficult for the Wei State to get together!

Especially for crudely made gunpowder, the requirements for brushes are greater, otherwise the barrel will be easily blocked...

It may seem inconspicuous, but in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, pig bristles were used as a sign of large-scale transactions, and large quantities of arms were traded with foreign powers. After all, the Chinese were the largest consumer group of pork pigs in modern times, and there were naturally many bristles.

However, for the current Chu State, pig bristles can be easily purchased, but for other princes... there are not so many people who eat meat!
This is only one aspect, other "invisible" needs, such as tung oil for maintaining crossbow barrels and gun barrels, high-sugar, high-heat, high-fat compressed biscuits... permeate into every aspect!

It can be said that the Chu State has brought the rhythm of war into the competition of national strength. It is useless to just imitate some of Chu State's superficial technologies.

After the artillery is fully put into use, the core technology cannot be completely kept secret and will be copied. This is what Baitu and the Ministry of Industry had expected before.

However, Pang Tong has confidence in the scientific research speed of the Ministry of Industry, and Bai Tu also has confidence in the production speed of Chu State...

The reason why Pang Tong has confidence in the "Ministry of Industry" rather than in himself is because his project is no longer about artillery, but about how to combine artillery with precision news!
The Chu State's partial science has not yet developed a radar, but the fine waves of wireless precision also have a certain positioning effect, so Pang Tong thought - how can the artillery shells fly to the place where the corresponding fine waves are released?
In this way, as long as the mental strength reaches a certain strength, the counselor can use his brain to indicate the direction and target for the shell...

　Dongdong: I have been thinking about new books recently...for this purpose, as Xiao Dangjia said, I thought about "the origin of being a chef (zuo) chef (zhe)", and then...I compiled several of Dongdong's books on and off the site. I have read all the long novels (I haven’t finished them yet), which has wasted a lot of time and gained some inspiration. I hope that the new book that will be published in double editions next month will be more spiritual...

　　For Shirohime Three Kingdoms, it is estimated to be completed in August.

　　
　
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