Chapter 174 Toyotomi and Tokugawa, who is the world II
The Japanese people judged that the weather the next day would be the same as the Ming people. They were probably good weather forecasters. Maybe they both had rheumatism and cold legs.
Ieji Sakai supervises the battle at the vanguard as the general, and his most important task is to resist the Toyotomi army head-on. As the leader of the four Tokugawa kings, now is the time for him to take responsibility.
With a wave of the fan in his hand, 2,000 iron artillery soldiers from Sakai's 25,000 troops were dispatched and trotted towards the fortifications at the entrance of the valley.
Directly in front of the tens of thousands of Toyotomi troops was a group of black-clad sergeants with plate armor on their chests and flintlock rifles on their backs. Commanders Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng stood on horseback in the center of the formation, looking towards them. The advancing shogunate army.
Liu Butang, commander of the Third Division, saw this and shouted: "Seventh Brigade, the whole team goes forward and prepare to meet the enemy."
The seventh brigade commander Jiang Danian and the deputy brigade commander Jia Jinzhong rode out with their own troops. The 5,400 men, equivalent to a guard post, marched thirty steps in an orderly manner and arrived at the fortifications. After that, they lined up and prepared.
Jia Jinzhong's original name was Jia Jingzhong. When Chen Cao found out, he felt that this name looked like the name of a eunuch, so he decided to change it to "Jin" for Jia Jingzhong, who was a refugee.
Jiang Danian was born among the untouchables in Zhejiang. He owes his current position to himself. As a right-guard officer, he transferred to the Dingwu Army and shot three real Tatars with his own hands on the battlefield in Liaodong: "Old Jia, you Responsible for the middle, I'll go to the front."
Jiang Danian led nearly two regiments of troops forward and took ten steps forward again, and then gave the order: "Prepare the front army, conduct military orders, and shoot in three stages. Commanders of each regiment and battalion commanders listen carefully. The enemy is 150 steps away and fire." .”
The Sakai family's two thousand iron artillery team are equipped with the most advanced Japanese-made matchlock guns, which can shoot at a distance of a hundred paces and are incredibly powerful. Jiang Danian naturally knows the details of their firearms and will definitely not let his men compete with them. To engage in shooting at a distance of one hundred steps, it is the last word that this group of firearms soldiers must be disabled at a distance of one hundred and fifty steps.
"The enemy is one hundred and eighty steps away..."
"Raise the gun..."
"The enemy is one hundred and sixty steps away..."
"preparation..."
squeak squeak...
A sharp whistle sounded in Jiang Danian's mouth, which was an order to attack.
"put..."
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
Even the Daimyo of Hizen Province who had suffered in the face of flintlocks and Hiraiwa Omimori, who abandoned the domain and ran away, could not find how to restrain the opponent's muskets from a distance of 150 steps.
Although Ieji Sakai received a reminder from Hiraiwa Omimori at the general meeting, he still maintained his consistent attitude towards the weak Ming Kingdom not having such strong firepower.
Of course, his behavior of underestimating the enemy caused the two thousand iron artillery soldiers under his command to suffer a lot.
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
In the face of the continuous output of firepower, the Japanese iron artillery teams that had suffered at a distance fell to the ground one after another, and the sounds of wails and pain echoed on the battlefield.
Sakai Ieji frowned. This was the first time he had seen this type of fighting in so many years. Moreover, the shogunate had not fought since the winter and summer battles in Osaka. How could he still have the opportunity to train his troops after so many years of rest and training: "Archers came forward to support. "
Even the Tatars' hard-leather bows only have a shooting distance of a hundred steps, not to mention the Japanese country, a country with scarce resources. The archers who rushed out were simply used for Jiang Danian's training.
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
Three rounds of firing, thousands of lead bullets sprayed out of the muzzle, and there were only less than 500 soldiers of the 2,000 iron artillery team left. Seeing this situation, the captain of the iron artillery team directly ordered all soldiers to attack the enemy without permission from Sakai Ieji. The team retreats.
The Sakai family was furious when they saw this. A samurai should have the responsibility of a samurai. What's more, the captain of the iron artillery team is also his close retainer. The Hatamoto samurai are all old men who have served the Sakai family for many years: "Coward, someone, come here. Xiaochuan was taken to the front of the formation and beheaded as a warning to others."
He had to do this. How could such a coward who corrupted the spirit of the samurai exist under the command of the general in charge of the general offensive? Really, how would he be viewed by the generals behind him?
"Give the order, let the Honda and Ii teams on the left and right wings support each other, and attack with the whole army..."
The Sakai family fan waved, then drew his sword and mounted his horse: "Go over and kill all the rebels."
"Kill..."
The momentum was extremely powerful. Under the leadership of Sakai Ieji, Honda Tadamasa and Ii Naotaka, the two teams on the left and right charged together. The three teams combined were close to 70,000 people, and they were killing Jiang Danian with a flood-like momentum. Come.
Sun Chuanting clearly saw the opponent launching a general attack, so he shouted: "Send the order, the forward troops of the 7th Brigade will retreat, the entire army is in position, ready to execute military orders and drills, three-stage uninterrupted rounds of fire..."
Jiang Danian did not dare to be too powerful at all. There were nearly 70,000 opponents rushing towards him. In addition, his whole brigade only had more than 5,000 people. How could he resist? So he followed the order and shrank his troops and retreated to the main defense line of the former army.
"The enemy is three hundred steps away..."
"Seventh Brigade, all troops raise their guns..."
"Eighth Brigade, all troops raise their guns..."
"Ninth Brigade, all troops raise their guns..."
"The enemy is two hundred and thirty steps away..."
The precise shooting range and fatal lethality distance of the flintlock gun is only 150 steps. In fact, it can hit as far as about 230 steps. However, after more than 170 steps, the lethality of the flintlock gun is very low. It was small, and for those Japanese soldiers who were slightly armed with tōmaru, it would only cause minor injuries, penetrating the tōmaru and then entering the flesh, but within 150 steps, even with Mingguang armor, it would still make a hole.
But now that the opponent has started to attack with all his strength, Sun Chuanting naturally does not dare to waste ammunition. He wants to wait for the opponent to reach a safe distance after the impact distance of 80 steps, and then focus on killing the opponent.
However...
'Dong dong dong...'
There was a sudden muffled sound in the sky, and Sun Chuanting was shocked. His Shenwu cannon had not yet fired. This sound was too familiar...
"careful..."
"The Japanese army has cannons..."
After a while of shouting, dozens of black dots flew from the sky. Needless to say, they were real bullets...
As the cannonballs flew through the sky, a large area of Jiang Danian's soldiers fell down, and wailing followed.
Sun Chuanting was horrified and immediately looked at the artillery captain behind him: "Fire and suppress them."
The artillery captain understood the true story of Ning Guoxing, and immediately stood on his horse and looked forward with a telescope: "The enemy's artillery position is two miles away, the muzzle is raised thirty, and the shells are fired and ready to be loaded..."
"Zhu Yuan has been loaded..."
"ignition..."
'Dong dong dong...'
The five divine cannons sprayed out five shells and flew towards the shogunate army's artillery array behind the Sakai family's main formation. I believe that under the blow of the wave of shells, the opponent's artillery array will be destroyed. A big mess.
"The enemy is one hundred and fifty steps away..."
"Sir, it exploded..."
In the telescope, Sun Chuanting also saw the light of the explosion in the distance. Later, the explosion of the shells ignited the gunpowder on the shogunate's gun emplacement, causing a secondary explosion.
Tokugawa Hidetada brought a total of ten cannons to Kamiyagawa this time. They were all purchased from the Dutch in Taiwan. They were also the only heavy weapons in the shogunate. Now they were hit by five rounds of flower shells and the cannon emplacement was blown up instantly. Four doors.
"The enemy is a hundred steps away..."
squeak squeak...
Sharp whistles sounded one after another in the fortifications of the officers and soldiers of the Third Division.
"Prepare...put..."
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
Under the three-stage shooting, after the first stage was fired, the Japanese soldiers who were attacking at the front were peeled off like wheat. After the second stage and the third stage were fired, they all fell down. On the third floor, in front of such a heavy formation, after the first wave of three-stage firing, the Japanese casualties had reached 3,000.
"The enemy is fifty steps away..."
Although he killed many opponents, Sakai Ieji still gave the order to continue the attack. In his opinion, as long as they rushed in front of the opponent, their muskets were not even as good as fire sticks.
This idea comes from the common thoughts about the Ming Army's firearms troops during the Wenlu War and the Jiajing Japanese Rebellion.
However...
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
There was a fierce sound of firing. Although the workshop improved the gunpowder with Chen Cao's intervention, under such a high-intensity attack, the smoke on the battlefield was still very large and could not be dispersed for a while.
"Tell them to withdraw..."
Tokugawa Hidetada held a telescope and was observing the situation on the battlefield from beginning to end. The 70,000 troops had lost most of them before they even hit the opponent's military formation. No less than 20,000 bodies fell on the battlefield, and There were so many who ran back to the formation with injuries and fell to the ground wailing.
The troops of the Four Tokugawa Heavenly Kings are the loyal arm of the Tokugawa family. How can they continue to be consumed like this?
Sakai Ieji's eyes were bloodshot. He really didn't expect that the firearms of the Ming people were so powerful. If this continued, even if their people were completely dead, they might not be able to touch the edge of the opponent's position. What should they do?
The battle calmed down a bit, but too many people died in the front. No less than 20,000 people died one after another. The corpses were spread within a distance of fifty to eighty steps in front of the Dingwu Army's position.
In the previous wave of attacks, all the officers and soldiers of the Third Division fired six rounds of lead bullets each, which amounted to nearly 70,000 rounds of lead bullets. In this dense rain of bullets, some Japanese soldiers even fell down with dozens of bullets in their bodies. Earth, how can one not die?
