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 good at decision-making and tactical command were also invited to review.
Together with the five Grand Masters and Bai Tu himself, these twenty-six people are the evaluation team that will finally end the "Crossbow and Gun Controversy" and determine the future development direction of Chu State's ordnance!
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 the vast majority of reviewers, this is also their first time entering Gongkou City, one of the most mysterious places in Chu State.
Even though most of the confidential 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 the grand master of the palace and Bai Tu himself, there are only twenty people with this qualification - this alone is enough to make people feel emotional.
Among them, those with the lowest official positions are undoubtedly Fa Zheng and Huang Zhong.
Fa Zheng, because of his junior qualifications, is 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.
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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 attention.
In fact... many of them also have concerns, mainly because they have some opinions on the previous Chu Jia transaction and want to report to Bai Tu - most of the main army is not equipped with Chu Jia, 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 "the real thing" to bring it up.
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 injuries." 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 be as loud as possible before Bai Tu heard him: "Does the king want the general to go all out, or does he want to imitate the enemy's ordinary 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 was recognized by these generals as the 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 used for experiments with cheaper manpower and horse power. They cannot exist for a long time and do not need to undergo normal training, because they only need to be able to accept the simplest movement instructions...
Fully 1,500 people!
At this time, if Gao Shun commanded his trapped camp, he could command 3,000 people with his arms and fingers. He could also command 1,500 people who were not trapped in the trapped camp...
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 once been dissatisfied and asked him to compete with him on a sand table, and he was completely tortured.
Of course, Fazheng is still confident that he can beat Xu Shu in terms of strategic control and control, 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 a camp, the unfamiliar feeling made Gao Shun uncomfortable for a while.
If he were not trapped in the camp, Gao Shun would not be able to micro-manage, but he could barely "pull" it up...
After bursts of "thunder" sounds caused by friction in the air, the cavalry was suddenly reduced in number.
Naturally, Xu Shu 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 already 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 though the steering performance of the Baigong cannon has been improved many times, compared with the moving cavalry, it still looks bulky, plus the ammunition
Slow, mainly damaging 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 do a command of this scale without considering the strategy of "evil heretics"
Purely better than Gao Shun in battlefield command!
The results were calculated immediately...
The cavalry suffered nearly two hundred casualties, 70% of which were caused by the second throw. The first throw was about 500 meters away, and the second throw was about 200 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 big an error, so he has to use his own as the unit.
One meter and eighty sets "meter".
If it were a real battlefield, the artillery would definitely be slaughtered next. Of course...if 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 pitch black and looks like it is made entirely of high-speed rail.
Many people have not figured out how to use this thing to knock out the stone bullets. Could it be... that the long black tube is used like a seesaw?
On the contrary, some generals who had come into contact with 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 1,500 meters away, and this time... not long after he started to speed up, before the actual charge, the artillery took action!
The shells used by the long-barreled black artillery were also seen during loading - 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.