Chapter 243 - Brother Zhuge Become An Official (2/2)
Zhuge Liang then said in sincere tone “Konguidance inhad the ability but it is only on theory If they are requesting for debate bout, one Zhuge Liang can outwit several scholars of Jiangdong, but in regards of Yangtze river’s water cycle, warshi+p anato’s help big tied in s’s deputy said “General, military adviser, it would be better to continue your conversation inside the city” Zhuge Liang and Wen Ping nodded together Sanjiangkou half territory is cotze river and a harbor It is a Navy HQ rather than a city and since it iscity Navy HQ it can be considered a city, therefore the deputy is asking them to enter the city
When they are started to walk, suddenly Zhuge Liang shook his head and said “General Wen Ping, first weshould entertain Zhuge Liang with his capacity as a co toward the fleet instead But Wen Ping, being a general, more interested in sword rather than banquet, so he just silent all the ti toward the fleet Sanjiangkou is very big and this place is useless for horse riding Therefore, they need to walk half of Sanjiangkou in order to reach the place
So this is our ar talked to hi Province Navy was defeated two days ago, their casualties only a Zu left behind, total of their troops is 50,000 troops So right now, their troops consisted of 50,000 troops and 160 warshi+ps and these 160 warshi+ps are Jing Province final stand Even then out of 160 warshi+ps, those which are still operation are around 150 shi+ps Wen Ping then said “Yes, h, if only o, ill still have 200 warshi+ps!!!” Wen Ping felt really dejected seeing those warshi+ps His lord Liu Biao assigned 50,000 elite naval soldiers with 200 warshi+ps If all of thetze River will be filled with them completely So unfortunate that out of 200 warshi+ps, only around 150 warshi+ps left
Zhuge Liang then knitted his brows, confused and said “How co?!” 40 warshi+ps out of 200 warshi+ps is a truly big loss Wen Ping then answered “Two days ago, Sun Ce Navy launched a fierce and continuous assault Even at night, the assault doesn’t stop Our arzhou and finally froainst such assaults It is true that they had ballistae installed on each warshi+ps but the reloading tiest drawbacks fro, their shi+ps are closing in and it beco’s officers who can really fight is too little in nu isGai to attack, even had Sun Ce to assault once in a while and other generals are not weak But even then it is not the crucial point of their loss, theirProvince had been spending resources too much and it became unbearable
On war that first two said that 200 battleshi+ps caused, finally ca 160, dozens ounded, was shortly useless, but opposite Sun Ce naval units! Although their warshi+ps also threw nearly thirty battleshi+ps siet by the bed crossbow does not sub as the above bed crossboere not destroyed theative the fort on water surface! That is thealso reported that Sun Ce Navy warshi+ps is very sturdy now They are harmed by ballistae arrows but did not sink and their troops are towing back those warshi+ps for repair And after that 10 days later, they reappeared on the battlefield It can be said when they are doing a direct ballistae duel, Jing Province Navy lost 20 warshi+ps while Jiangdong Navy only lost 4 warshi+ps Loss 5 to 1, unbearable
A warshi+p cost at least 100 taels of gold The ballistae were also really expensive Five ballistae equaled to one warshi+p Jing Province spending is already too much, that even Liu Biao start to practice thrift on hi dock is not far fro then examined those warshi+ps and their ballistae wounds They are ed on the lower side, their castle is virtually woundless Because if you can sink a shi+p by attacking its botto then said “We can reinforce the bottom!!!” While he pointed toward botto
“It is i had tried it before, when he saw Jiangdong Navy had reinforced their shi+ps botto bottom shi+ps with molten copper, co tried their method in his oarshi+ps, the result is the payload is too heavy and the warshi+p start to sink even at the repair shop That is why Wen Ping can give response almost immediately (TN: raw too much bullshi+t, so I took liberty to shorten it, to make it more concise and readable If any of you SJW want to coe Liang then suddenly said after observing the warshi+p for a while “Then we get rid the unused parts!” Hnh? Get rid what? Wen Ping is confused What is this e want to do? Get rid what? Get rid of warshi+p? Zhuge Liang then pointing toward a certain location at warshi+p and said “This, we get rid of this!!!” Zhuge Liang and looked back at Wen Ping Wen Ping then followed Zhuge Liang’s finger Zhuge Liang’s suggestion is to remove the castle part of the shi+p
“Iry tone The castle that were built on the castle shi+p worked as an outlook and coth they had in their navy So, coshi+p, Zhou Yu’s castle is a lot nificent These castles can also served as city walls on water, so according to Wen Ping, getting rid of it is out of option Zhuge Liang then responded in iet rid of that castle, the only thing that is waiting for you and your officers are turtles at the botto had said he is lack in experience but in engineering and architecture, he is one of the best He already saw one critical flaarshi+p design With ballistae incorporated in naval battle, their target will definitely be the bottom of the warshi+ps and castles are basically useless and only a distraction (TN: Another paragraph of bullshi+t, cleaned them up and compress them)
The only viable options now is to reinforce the shi+p’s botto a lot of iron
“What about the crow’s nest? And what about the sail? Is it re his anger This person is a person that Liu Biao’s highly regarded, so high that he even wrote that all affairswill paid no attention toward hi on the sidelines supplying hie Liang and persuaded Liu Biao to add it in his orders He knows that even though he is inexperienced, he already had e covered The rest of them just need to be nurtured by experience or his true talent will not co then said “Crow’s nest can re said and agreed with him Crow’s nest is i various information for its shi+p Sail also important, as it can boost the speed a lot and helped shi+p to brake as well
Ha-ha-ha-ha Wen Ping laughed silently in his anger and then he asked Zhuge Liang a series of inquiry “Military adviser, sir, if we had no castle, how can we board enemies’ shi+ps? How can we doducks, rained by arrows!!!” As we already described above, castle is a means to do battle with enemy You can climb up atop of the structure and rain arroard enee, they can just jump toward ene did not reply Wen Ping’s words, he just directly asked Are those still needed, as if his question series is not worth answering “YOU!!!!” Wen Ping is pointing toward Zhuge Liang He is choked by Zhuge Liang now In Wen Ping’s ist had turned into Zhao Kuo But, Zhuge Liang’s next word,then said “General Wen Ping, let us be honest!!! Since ballistae appeared, what is exactly the change in naval battle?!” Zhuge Liang speak in a very sincere tone as he is very ad piercing capability, directly changed the method of naval warfare conducted If it was before, those who had a lot of generals is the one in naval warfare But right now, even if they are not head to head yet, you can just launch salvos of ballistae’ arrows and the enemy shi+ps will sink to the botto intense battle is because of the appearance of ballistae, they are causing each side a big casualties
As ree, he had a little disdain and said “Oh, that Yes, I agree ballistae is very strong However, its usefulness is only BEFORE it runs out of a is very cumbersome!!! And one more, if this were not placed on the castle, it is useless!!!” Wen Ping regarded ballistae usage is only can be used on the ground and believed that the higher it placed, the e tohen it was used in Wancheng, Lujiang Siege tower principle is, if they are higher than their enemies, they will rain death upon them
Oh, useless eh?! You don’t kno to use it!!! Zhuge Liang is sneering in his heart Zhuge Liang then said “General Wen Ping, please look here!!! Once these large shi+ps had demolished their castle, do tell me, how e Liang talking about?! Wen Ping knitted his brow A large shi+p’s heaviest thing is its castle Once it is rehter and can putbecause when this shi+p was launched, it will definitely easy to sink and howsees that Wen Ping is knitting his brows, he knows that he is trying to figure out his e Liang then said “General Wen Ping, Liang asked you to think again If shi+p’s bottom was covered all with iron sheet and coupled with molten copper You can achieve the sa currently don’t kno Jiangdong Navy caneven after penetrated by ballistae’s arrows but with this reinforce Navy did Thus increasing Jing Province Navy survivability Wen Ping then answered “Military adviser Kongood iarding ballistae Once it runs out of ammo, it is the end We will not be able to e after ballistae run out of a then replied “I a shi+p’s botto warshi+p had 5 ballistae right? With this arrangee Liang had shared his idea regarding this Substitute the castle arshi+p reinforceed, the naval engage to change al fro’s eyes is widened from shock Five ballistae with 25 arrows is already a terror and this Zhuge Liang increased the then smiled and said with utmost confidence “Yes, ten ballistaes for each warshi+p!!!” Then Zhuge Liang continued “Twice the a Navy did When our warshi+p engaged with Jiangdong Navy, they will be able to keep up with the pressure and when they run out of ammo, ill have the upper hand I really cannot believe 50 ballistae’s arrows cannot destroy their warshi+p If we are fighting a dragged battle, then we just put those 10 ballistaes into 2 groups consisting 5 ballistaes Group 1 will fire first and then while reloading, group 2 will fire at theroup 1 reload, vice versa With such efficiency, General Wen Ping Could you still say that the ballistae is useless for our ar also excited when he heard about Zhuge Liang’s idea If everything is as Zhuge Liang words, then ballistae can be used for a true rapid-fire And with much less ti “General, ood!!!” His deputy also excited 10 ballistaes will be loaded in his warshi+p Who did not feel their terror?! Wen Ping nodded and said “Yes, I know!” He finally knew the difference between military coer than th But the true value of military adviser is they can use their brains in order to achieve victory, even if theyis about to ’s idea is good, naval unist will no longer havethen ordered “Transmit military orders to our army!!! All warshi+ps’ castle must be torn down, reinforce shi+ps botto is not a person who turn a deaf ear to good advice When he pictured Zhuge Liang’s description, he is also convinced hi then said “General, no need to tear down all Just a fleet is enough for now!!!” If all warshi+ps is to disasse is unexpected If Sun Ce Navy attacked while they are disasseht now, they can only disasse nodded and said “I will do as you ask, military adviser” He really cannot underesti that posed a proble really cannot iine, once all fleets had been re-equipped, ill happen with Jiangdong Navy However, since ballistae in Sanjiangkou left only a few!!! He sent a request to Xiangyang, Jing Province