"Oh~"
"Si Guoyi!"
Tokugawa Ieki surrounded the map and exclaimed in admiration. He was very satisfied with Konishiyuki Somono's layout.
With Konishiyuki Munao as the starting point, other generals, large and small, also explained to Tokugawa Ieki on the map.
"My Inoue family is in charge of this area. We have 300 iron gunners, 1,200 samurai, and 3,000 ashigaru people to ensure the safety of this place."
"My version is responsible for a larger area, but we don't have enough troops. I hope the shogunate army can send some samurai to help defend..."
A group of generals pointed at the map, communicated with each other to assist in defense, and requested the shogunate to increase troops for defense.
The entire pre-war meeting lasted all afternoon, and the major names also clarified their defense zones.
Tokugawa Iaki only felt that everything was under control, and held another banquet at night, consuming countless geishas.
The next day, the Kyushu Division's attack began.
The shogunate's coalition forces were gearing up, waiting for the Kyushu Division's attack.
They held their muskets and bows and arrows, waiting for the Jiuzhou Division soldiers to enter the shooting range and attack them head-on.
But what they were waiting for was a rain of shells.
"Hayaku!"
"Bombardment, bombardment~"
The soldiers of the Kyushu Division are still forming their formation, and the formation of the musketeers has not yet been completed.
The artillery brigade in the rear had already begun shelling.
As a bombardment by the artillery group of the Kyushu Division, the morning bombardment focused on artillery warming and correction.
The artillery officer was writing and drawing in his notebook, and from time to time an observer would send messages to assist the officer in correcting the ballistic trajectory.
On the artillery position, rows of artillery were undergoing test firings, and several clouds of smoke rose from the position.
The scattered shelling seemed weak and did not cause substantial damage to the shogunate army.
Most of the shogunate samurai watched the Kyushu division's performance with ease, pointing at the flying iron balls.
Only a few warriors who had fought against the Kyushu Division felt uneasy and their faces were full of fear.
Familiar, too familiar.
In the past, when fighting with the Kyushu Division, the Kyushu Division would conduct artillery test firings before the war began.
To the soldiers who fought against the Kyushu Division for the first time, this shelling looked like a joke.
But in the eyes of the veteran, this is just the calm before the rainstorm.
The veterans saw that the Kyushu Division was testing fire, and after seeing several artillery shells falling in their area, they all used mobile defense as an excuse to sneak out of the shelling area.
Sure enough, after the veterans left.
On the artillery brigade position of the Jiuzhou Division, a dazzling fire suddenly flashed, and a large amount of smoke obscured the entire position.
More than 400 artillery pieces of various sizes in the artillery brigade began to roar.
The shogunate samurai only saw that the sky seemed to darken, and dense shells fell from the sky, covering a certain area.
"Ah, my hands!"
"Around ~ my legs!"
"Mom, my cock is rotten!"
Hundreds of cannonballs hit this area, and a large number of warriors were knocked down. Some of the cannonballs even bounced on the ground, plowing a bloody path through the crowd.
As long as the samurai stood on the flat ground, they were all under attack from the iron balls bouncing around.
Countless people were killed on the spot, and half of their chests were smashed into pulp.
Only the soldiers squatting in the trenches had a high probability of escaping. They huddled in the trenches and prayed that the shells would not fall on their heads.
After the first round of shelling ended, there were stumps and broken arms everywhere in the area, and those who were lucky enough to survive were rolling on the ground and wailing.
The blood pooled together and flowed into the trenches.
Xiao Xixing Zongwang, who was in charge of the area, was stunned.
It was his first time to see such a large-scale bombardment, and he also knew how the Ming army bombed the city of Sydney.
But this is the Jiuzhou Division, not a serious Ming army. The Ming Dynasty actually equipped this second-line army with hundreds of artillery pieces.
Is this justified?
Soon, the second round of artillery bombardment began.
After confirming that the first round of artillery bombardment perfectly covered the designated area, the artillery brigade's artillery bombardment also entered the rapid-fire stage.
The gunners quickly cleaned the barrels, loaded gunpowder and shells, and then carried out the bombardment under the command of the artillery officers.
From the beginning of the second round of shelling, the artillery brigade's artillery never stopped.
The rumbling sound of the cannon spread far away, and the smoke was so thick that it even affected the observer's confirmation of the victory.
The artillery brigade's position was like running water, and smoke rushed high into the sky.
On the entire front line of Osaka Castle, almost all the shogunate warriors saw this crazy scene.
"General Konishiyuki, the frontline position can no longer hold up. The samurai have been severely reduced in number, and it is difficult to hold the position effectively!"
"What? It's only ten minutes!"
Xiao Xixing Zongwang stood on the slope, holding up his precious telescope, watching the warriors on the position being hit by cannonballs and running around.
Raising the telescope slightly, Konishiyuki Zongwang saw the position of the Kyushu Division Artillery Brigade in the distance. The flashes of light never stopped, and the smoke rose from the ground into the sky.
"Such a bombardment! It's truly worthy of the Heavenly Kingdom, the military situation is so terrifying!"
Xiao Xixing Zongwang was trembling all over and quickly issued the order.
"Let the reserve team at the rear come up and secure the position to prevent the Kyushu Division infantry from launching an attack."
This is a fueling tactic, constantly sending soldiers into positions under heavy artillery fire, in order to prevent the Kyushu Division's infantry attacks at all times.
Although this will cause Konishi Xing Zongwang's army to suffer heavy casualties and lead the army to a slow death.
But Konishiyuki Sonomo had to do this and rely on human lives to maintain the front.
A group of shogunate warriors, led by the general, rushed into the position with crazy faces and were then surrounded by countless artillery shells.
When this group of warriors successfully entered the trenches, only half of the original team of more than 100 people remained.
The general's heart was depressed, his right hand was firmly inserted into the soil, and he gritted his teeth.
"Baga hates Tai Wu Lu Sai!"
The bombardment continued, and Xiao Xixing Zongwang could no longer remember how many times he had sent reserve troops to attack.
Fortunately, the huge sacrifices paid off with certain results.
After a morning of shelling, the Kyushu Division did not commit infantry to charge.
The soldiers who had lined up rested where they were, and the logistics provided them with hot meals.
The artillerymen, who had been busy all morning, started to maintain and cool down the artillery after simply eating some compressed biscuits.
Afternoon, just two hours later.
The artillery bombardment of the Kyushu Division began again. The artillerymen skillfully fired rapidly and sent countless iron bullets into the enemy positions.
The infantry also moved forward 50 meters in line under the command of the officer.
This move of the Kyushu Division infantry almost scared Konishi Yuzuki Sonomoto to death. He put almost all his reserves into the battlefield and sent messenger troops to ask for help from Tokugawa Ieyei.
However, after the infantry of the Kyushu Division moved 50 meters, the queue stood silently again.
It seemed like nothing happened just now.
The artillery was almost crazy. Many of the artillery of the grandpa generation even exploded, causing the Jiuzhou Division Artillery Brigade to suffer a lot of casualties.
On the shogunate's position, in the area covered by artillery fire.
A large number of reserves entered the position.
They buried their heads and carefully walked around the iron eggs that covered almost the entire ground under their feet, risking being hit by artillery shells and entering the trenches.
When the density of artillery shells reaches a certain level, one's own safety may not be guaranteed even in the trenches.
There are always shells falling into the trenches every moment, and these shells always kill several samurai one after another.
A samurai jumped into the trench, his legs digging into a broken body whose brains had been smashed out.
Before he could stand still, a cannonball flew over with a "swish", as if it had eyes, and took away his Tianling Gai.
Red and white were scattered all over the floor.
