Sakamoto Ryoma and Nakaoka Shintaro are known as the two sea and land generals among the forces that overturned the curtain. Sakamoto Ryoma's sea aid club and Shintaro's land aid club are both very important forces in the overturned forces.
Among them, the Maritime Aid Association is also known as the money bag of the overthrowing forces. In real history, Sakamoto Ryoma provided a large amount of financial support to the overthrowing forces through southwest maritime trade and arms sales.
Although Ryoma Sakamoto was very good at business, and the Kaikai Association's business made him prosperous, he was not only good at business. Ryoma-kun's swordsmanship was taught by Master Chiba of the Hokutatsu Ittōryu in Edo Castle. Among the swordsmen in Japan at that time, Ryoma-kun He can be considered a master.
In this crazy cage battle, Mr. Ryoma was the first to rush to the city. Ever since the war started, Mr. Ryoma has been holding a breath of bad breath in his heart. The eight strategies in his ship were obviously for the good of Japan, but the results he obtained But everyone rolled their eyes, and the entire rebellious force was hostile to him, and some even called him rebellious.
Long Majun knew that if Xiao Letian hadn't supported him, he might have been excluded from the overthrowing forces, and even his life would have been lost.
In order to prove that he was not a traitor, Sakamoto Ryoma killed extremely crazily. He had two tachis, one long and one short, in his hand. Two Colt revolvers were stuffed in the cowhide belt around his waist. The tachis were spattering blood on the city wall as if they were practicing, and the pistols snapped. White smoke was everywhere.
"Ryuumei-kun...be careful behind you..." A sword cut off the head of a sneak attack samurai, and Nakaoka Shintaro and Ryoma-kun gasped back to back.
"Well done, Ryoma-kun, you have proved your loyalty with your blood. Others don't believe it, but I, Shintaro, believe your loyalty..."
Ryoma's nose turned sore and tears almost came out of his eyes. "Gentlemen...fight bloody battle, break through the city of Ichi..." Under his fierce force, the elites of the sea rescue team and the land rescue team began to expand the front line from the breakthrough point. The Osaka Castle that had been unable to be conquered for these days was finally The strongest shell was broken.
"Breaking through... the board, breaking through... the board." The coalition forces on the battlefield actually looked like one after another, watching the Tokugawa family's recognition flags being thrown down the city, and the cheers came one after another like a sea wave.
The Allied forces were full of momentum, while the Tokugawa side was a cornered beast still fighting. The Tokugawa army retreating to Ni-no Castle reduced the defensive area, and the firepower became more intensive. The bullets from foreign guns hit the walls of Ichino Castle with a bang. Stone chips flew.
Soon Sakamoto Ryoma was bitten by a bullet on his left shoulder. The blood could not be blocked with a handkerchief, but he still ran wildly on the city wall, boosting the morale of the soldiers with his actions.
At this moment, the castles of Ichino Castle were knocked away, and Yamagata Aritomo with the main force of Ashigaru rushed in. "Massage the city, massacre the city, massacre the city." The crazy Yamagata Aritomo looked up and saw the injured Sakamoto Ryoma still there. There is Shintaro Nakaoka who is covered in the blood of who knows who.
"Yo Xi... Thank you for your hard work, Commander-in-Chief Xixiang Takamori has seen your bravery. You have achieved the first victory in Ichino City. Please go back and rest."
"What?" Shintaro Nakaoka angrily jumped on the city wall, "Shameless, you are so shameless in taking our credit..."
It is very rude for a samurai to be recalled from the battlefield where he is about to win. Yamagata Aritomo has challenged the bottom line of samurai spirit.
Sakamoto Ryoma pulled his sleeves, "Shintaro, don't be so irritable. Yamagata Aritomo represents the interests of the Choshu clan. The commander-in-chief of this war is Saigo Takamori, who is also the Shimadzu family. Commander-in-chief Saigo must We have to consider the interests of the Choshu clan, this is politics, you don’t understand..."
"It seems that Lord Saigo is going to give the credit for conquering the castle tower to the Choshu clan..."
Shintaro Nakaoka didn't understand what politics was. He only knew that such behavior had already insulted him. However, the dignity of the commander-in-chief on the battlefield could not be challenged, and he had no other choice but to curse.
The soldiers of the Choshu Domain replaced the sea and land reinforcements and began to defend the city of Ichino Castle. The musketeers began to shoot at Nichino Castle. Bullets rained in mid-air, and the screams of those who were shot could not be heard.
The personal guard supported Sakamoto Ryoma and walked in front of Saigo Takamori. Ryoma pushed aside the personal guard and bowed to the commander-in-chief, "Fortunately, Ichino Castle Wall was finally taken down."
It was only now that Saigo Takamori had a good attitude toward Sakamoto Ryoma, "Well, Ryoma-kun, thank you for your hard work. Your name will be on the credit book after the war. Now please go down and rest..."
Ryoma knew that he would not get the credit for the later work, but he did not take the credit. After bowing deeply, Ryoma-kun returned to the back camp.
At this time, Shanxian Youpeng had already begun to lead his formation to charge towards the Second City. The passages in the city were densely packed with soldiers, and the musketeers on the top of the city were desperately suppressing the enemy's firepower.
"Give me a duck... Massacre the city... Massacre the city." Thousands of soldiers roared like wild beasts, and the whole city was shaking.
General Tokugawa in the castle tower looked down with a sneer, "It's really a killing hell. I know you want to avenge yourself two hundred years ago, so okay, I'll give you a break..."
Following the general's order, more than a dozen city bricks were suddenly pushed away from the Second City wall, and two Gatling machine guns were pushed out. The machine gunners who had been trained for more than half a year cooperated, one shook the crank at a constant speed, and the other Start installing the bullet chain.
A sudden copper sound sounded, and two tongues of fire began to wave in the dense crowd. The soldier who was shot was trembling all over, and flowers of blood bloomed on his chest.
"It's Gatling... It's Gatling made in the United States... Get back." Sakamoto Ryoma once saw the new army's Gatling machine gun drill in Ryukyu. The firepower was simply not something that flesh and blood could withstand.
"Damn it, there must be real European military experts behind the Tokugawa family. Not many people in Asia know about this kind of weapon now, and this kind of Gatling has great flaws. Unless it is operated by an experienced hand, it will not work at all... …”
Ryoma Sakamoto is right. The first-generation Gatling used a hand-crank loading mode, and manual loading requires an extremely uniform speed otherwise it will jam.
But people are not machines. On a chaotic battlefield, people can easily become red-blooded. At that time, it will be very difficult to maintain a constant speed. Therefore, Gatling's failure rate on the battlefield is very high. This is why Maxim later replaced Gatlin. A very important factor for Lin.
Obviously the Tokugawa family knew about Gatling's flaw, so they made a bold attempt to address this flaw. The heavy machine gun was originally operated by two people, but the Tokugawa family actually used three people.
One person controls the direction of the muzzle, another loads the ammunition, and the third person is actually deaf and blind. He has been training for the past six months on how to crank the crank at a constant speed.
This is really a genius idea. A deaf and blind person will never be disturbed by the atmosphere of the battlefield. Sure enough, the crank cranked at an extremely uniform speed, and the heavy machine gun fired for ten minutes without jamming once.
Shanxian Youpeng's eyes were bursting with anger. He watched helplessly as the hail of bullets plowed deathly blanks into the crowd. The thick smell of blood made him dizzy.
"Sir, we can't stand it anymore... The enemy's firepower is too fierce. We can't get close to the Second City Wall at all. Do you think we should retreat first and think of a way..."
"Baga." Yamagata Aritomo roared angrily and slashed his sword diagonally at the ashigaru captain in front of him. He cut off his head with one blow and said, "How dare you disturb the morale of our army."
The killing shocked everyone present. Yamagata Aritomo pointed at the Osaka Castle Wall and shouted, "It is these rebels who destroyed the emperor's imperial banner, it is these bastards who are so angry that Prince Ninwagu fainted, and they are the ones who made our Western Army lose face." …”
"Two hundred years ago, we in the Western Kingdom were defeated again and again at the hands of the Eastern Kingdom's daimyo, Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu... Do we want to let them oppress us for two hundred years in the future?"
"The luck accumulated over two hundred years has finally found an opportunity for a breakthrough. If we fail, where can we find another two hundred years... The whole army will obey the order and attack."
The warriors of the Choshu Domain had a pride that was different from ordinary people. Hundreds of years of suppression inspired their bloody courage. At that time, hundreds of warriors formed a death squad.
"Where are the dead soldiers of the Choshu Domain, and where are the loyal ministers of the Maori family." Every roar was met with a response.
"The dead warriors of the Choshu clan are here, and the loyal ministers of the Maori family are here." Group after group of samurai joined the death squad.
This time they were quite smart. They tied up the double-thick door panels with straw ropes one by one. Then more than a dozen people stared at such earthen shields and began to slowly move inside.
At every step, Ashigaru soldiers sprinkled soil on top. When the soil tanks rushed into the gate of Ichino Castle, twenty centimeters of soil had already accumulated on the door panel.
The power of the first-generation Gatling gunpowder is actually only slightly greater than that of a rifle. There is nothing that can be done against such a double-thickened shield. The Japanese's cleverness on the battlefield is really worthy of praise.
The bullets hit the dirt, and the warriors below huddled together, shouting chants and marching in a unified rhythm, "Hoo ho... ha, ho ho... ha." Only some unlucky ones on the edge should not be shot. His legs and feet fell to the ground.
"Everyone, please work hard... The city gate is close at hand." At this time, there was a crash, and hot oil rolled down from the top of the head, causing the warriors around to scream, and then the torch was thrown down and flames shot up from the shield.
"Speed up, speed up... just use this fire to burn down the city gate." The dead soldiers shouted and ran as a group. They endured the burning of the flames and poked the wooden shields at the gate of the Second City with a bang.
The samurai all carried a large number of kerosene bags with them, and they threw them into the fire. Soon the gate of the Second City began to burn.
The flames licked the wooden door and sent out billowing smoke. The soldiers of the Choshu Domain cheered excitedly, but those dead soldiers paid a heavy price and were almost wiped out under the crossfire of two heavy machine guns.
"It's burned through... look, the city gate is burned through... and crashed in." This book was first published from, read the original content first!
