Chapter 504 Perfection
When it was completely dark, the fire of the Wu Shu navy was still burning fiercely in the distance. Even from a distance, the smoke and dust raised by the fire still fell over. The whole world became quiet, and only the raging sound of the fire made people feel cold.

One can imagine how desperate the Wu and Shu sailors were at that time. They either watched helplessly as they were engulfed by the fire, or jumped into the river helplessly, and then died of exhaustion in the water due to fatigue from the long battle.

The fire saved the Yellow Turbans a lot of trouble. They did not have to work hard to wipe out the enemy sailors. After the fire was over, most of the Wu and Shu sailors would naturally be killed. Even if the ships were burned to charcoal, many would inevitably sink. Even if some ships could survive, it would not affect the overall situation.

At this time, Wu and Shu were probably also thinking about how to remedy the situation, but in the face of this fire, no amount of remedy would be of any avail.

All they could do was to accept the reality of the disastrous defeat of the navy here and place their remaining hopes on the navy forces in the rear.

However, the navy they used to snipe the Yellow Turban navy on the front line was originally their most elite force. Now it was burned to ashes by a bombardment. It would not be so easy for the remaining forces to suppress the Yellow Turban navy as before. No matter how Wu and Shu tried to remedy the situation, the actual situation inevitably began to tilt towards Xuanxia.

While Wu Shu was in a state of panic, Xu Chen was not idle either.

When the fire was completely burned out, the Yellow Turbans' offensive would stop, and the remaining things would only need to be solved by the fire and the east wind, without the need to deploy additional troops.

The rain had stopped long ago. When King Lu Ping and others got off the boat, they began to plan the next deployment of the land army. The navy had initially completed its task, and now it was time for the land army to start playing a role.

Ma Yan excitedly rushed to Xu Chen to report. After fighting to this point, he felt relieved.

Xu Chen naturally affirmed and praised him, and said that he should continue to work hard tomorrow to lead the navy to break through the blockade of Wu and Shu.

Not long after, the battle damage statistics were reported. It must be said that although the result of this battle was very ideal, the casualties on our side were indeed not small. The Wu Shu navy was indeed quite powerful. If it were not for the help of cannons, I am afraid that today would be a different story.

No one understood better than Xu Chen and Ma Yan how thrilling this battle was. The Yellow Turbans' embarrassment and unfamiliarity during the battle were not all fake. They lacked experience in water combat, and various problems arose as the fighting lasted for a long time.

At that time, there was nothing wrong with Zhou Yu's decision. As long as nothing unexpected happened, the Wu and Shu navy would be able to catch up and fight and secure victory.

Xu Chen leaned over the railing and looked at the fire gradually dying down in the distance, and sighed slightly in his heart.

But who made me the biggest surprise?

There is no logic to this kind of thing. Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Xu Shu and others are undoubtedly powerful, but who made them time travelers? Their own existence itself is a loophole in this era. No matter how powerful these elites are, they can never see through them.

What does it matter if they have made all the calculations? Many things and objects that they can do and use do not exist in their cognition. Unless they really have the power of a god, they will lose no matter how they play.

Precisely because of this, Xu Chen was not very excited. Such an unequal fight was certainly unfair to Zhou Yu and the others. It did not prove that he was better or smarter than them. What really defeated them was the power of future generations.

Of course, Xu Chen did not seek to compete with these so-called heroes. It was enough for him to accomplish his own work.

Now it seems that I have done a good job. No matter whether this is fair to Zhou Yu and Liu Bei or not, the result is that I won, and that is enough.

If you can solve the problem with cannons, who would play tricks on you?

"Your subordinate greets the Prime Minister!" When Xu Chen was deep in thought, a voice suddenly came from behind him. He turned around and saw that it was Hu Tao who was accompanying him this time.

Hu Tao still had the calmness of a technician, but one could still see a hint of shock in the depths of his eyes. After all, he had just witnessed a water war with fierce artillery fire, so it was inevitable that he would be affected.

Even though these weapons were made by Hu Tao, he was still shocked by their actual combat performance.

During the experiment, there would not be a scene of hundreds of cannons bombarding at the same time.

This was the first time that Hu Tao had seen such an overwhelming bombing scene in actual combat. The devastating effect made Hu Tao shudder with fear.

Such a powerful weapon actually came from my own hands
"How are these cannons performing in actual combat? Can they meet the expected standards?" Xu Chen came back to his senses and ordered someone to bring chairs. The two of them talked in detail in the camp on the shore under the light of torches.

Hu Tao said quickly: "I have calculated and recorded the actual combat data this time. It basically meets the expected standards. We may be able to study mature manufacturing technology based on it in the future."

Upon hearing this, Xu Chen immediately nodded.

With his own guidance, Xuan Xia's artillery naturally did not have to develop like the original history of artillery. Just as the steam engine could skip many stages and reach a relatively mature and efficient structural design, the artillery also skipped many primitive and backward stages of development.

Although it is impossible to produce any complex and advanced cannon due to the limitations of today's technology, by finding a balance between technology and history, we can still produce the most suitable artillery model at this stage.

The artillery used by Xuan Xia today is an improved and enhanced version of the original historical Francois cannon.

The design of the separate mother gun and submachine gun of the Francois can eliminate the process of loading propellant and shells from the muzzle, thereby achieving a sharp increase in the firing frequency. Originally, it might take several minutes to fire one shell, but now it can be increased to six or seven shells per minute, and it can be further increased in the future.

Of course, what is more important is that the technical requirements of the Francois cannon are not that high. The Ming Dynasty was able to imitate it, so Xuan Xia’s current level will only be higher than that of the Ming Dynasty.

Things that are created based on scientific design and exploration cannot be compared with simple imitations. Xu Chen even has the confidence to say that the current Xuanxia cannon is much more powerful than the original Franji cannon.

"Based on the actual combat in this battle, our artillery can undoubtedly stand the test of firing frequency, gun body strength, range and accuracy. Under such high-frequency firing, the performance of the artillery is stable. This can be used as a mature model for large-scale manufacturing. According to the results of today's battle, I think the status of artillery in future wars will become very important."

Hu Tao pondered for a moment and came to a further conclusion.

After hearing this, Xu Chen just smiled.

The advent of artillery had a more than significant impact on war, it had a profound effect on the face of war.

Being able to use artillery to end the Yellow Turbans' unification of the world can be considered a perfect ending.

(End of this chapter)