After two rounds of divine fire and flying crow coverage bombings, the Eight-Tail Wilderness was filled with a thick white mist.
Occasionally, one or two dots of orange-red flames appeared in the smoke screen, mixed with crazy thunderous sounds.
It was the six-pounder infantry field artillery of the Seventh Guards Corps that was mopping up the battlefield.
After the Onin Rebellion (Note 1), the baptism of the Warring States Period, and the introduction of firearms from the Netherlands and Spain, the strength of the Japanese army in the late Warring States Period was greatly improved.
First of all, there are countless types of soldiers and strict hierarchies.
The most elite ones are the female warriors, followed by the horseback warriors, the yabusuma warriors, and the lowest level are the ashigaru samurai.
The equipment of high-quality matchlocks has become very popular among the various domains.
Then there is the combination of formations and arms. The main method of warfare is infantry group combat. The number of cavalry is relatively small. The use of iron cannons and three-stage shooting are already quite proficient.
Of course, it is still common for military commanders to challenge each other in a duel.
At this stage, a large part of the Japanese army's tactics relied on the bravery of the samurai.
For example, the Okama Sato Raid, the Battle of Azozaka, the Battle of Anegawa, etc. were all contests to see who was braver, who dared to launch a surprise attack, and who could hold on to fight to the death.
This may be the root cause of the kamikaze attack hundreds of millions of years later.
Of course, in the face of the huge disparity in the strength of the army, the strength of the general's personal will is not so important.
"Damn it, if you want to die, come with me, ride a little pony, think of yourself as Guan Yunchang, run slower than a woman with bound feet! What a waste of money!"
With a black bear flag fluttering in the wind, Zhu He, commander of the 7th Guards Corps, pointed at the sporadic cavalry rushing in front of the phalanx and cursed angrily.
"Tell Wang Changzhi, stop shooting cannons. I have finally gone to the battlefield once with the Seventh Army, and I want to let the soldiers see blood!"
This grumpy Guards commander was originally a cavalryman. Two years ago, when Hetuala defeated Houjin in the battle, Zhu He was still a small cavalry battalion officer. In just two years, he was promoted from the lowest level to the commander of the army. The promotion speed was not unpleasant.
In fact, exceptional promotions like this are quite common among Kaiyuan armies.
With a complete soldier representative system and examination system, the entire military system implements the elimination mechanism of "the capable are promoted and the mediocre are demoted". Everything depends on the performance. Except for the positions of the veterans such as Deng Changxiong, Wang Erhu, and Qi Jin, there will basically be no changes. , from the deputy commander to the corps commander, they will all face elimination or promotion overnight.
The Seventh Guards Army was established in August of the second year of Taichang, with a total army of 9,000 soldiers. The soldiers mainly came from Liaodong, Shandong, Henan, and Mongolia.
Among them, there are three thousand gunmen, two thousand pikemen, two thousand sword and shield soldiers and archers, and two thousand horsemen and artillery - Kaiyuan's latest establishment, artillery is mixed in each legion - the hollow square formation in front of you is All the weapons and artillery of the seventh army.
Since it is not the main army and was formed late, its combat effectiveness ranks at the bottom of the entire army (the last one is the newly formed Eighth Guards Army).
Therefore, since the Eastern Expedition, the Seventh Guards Army has been used as a auxiliary presence. Today is the first time that they appear alone on the battlefield.
In the past two months, I have seen the main army be invincible in Kyushu and Shikoku, attacking cities and fortresses, but I hang out with a group of auxiliary soldiers every day, repairing bridges and paving roads, supervising the transportation of food by Korean soldiers, and doing all the despised jobs. What happened, the whole army has been holding back their anger for a long time.
When the Japanese cavalry No. 100, and the cavalry on a horse, shouted and bravely charged into the formation, the musketeers in the front row of the hollow phalanx were dumbfounded.
According to what they heard, even when they met the most elite servants of the ancestral family at the foot of Guangning City, they had never seen them be so arrogant and disrespectful of the Kaiyuan Army.
Baishi rides a pony and wants to break through his own fusillade phalanx...
The younger brother of Li Rusong, the commander-in-chief of the Wanli Korean War, Li Rumei, once commented on the strength of the Jurchens and Japan:
This thief (Nurhaci) has seven thousand elite soldiers, including three thousand with armor. Seven thousand of these thieves are enough to be worth one hundred thousand Japanese slaves.
The 100,000 most elite soldiers since the end of Japan's troubled times were commanded by an all-star cast of Warring States heroes who looked amazing in video games. They were equipped with the most advanced light firearms in East Asia at the time, matchlocks. In the eyes of the Ming Dynasty generals who fought against them, they were a threat. Not as good as the seven thousand tribal warriors under Nurhachi.
Nurhaci's tribal warriors had already been defeated by the Kaiyuan Army.
Zhu He forgot to remind the artillerymen behind him, so before the gunmen fired, the artillerymen scattered around the phalanx had already opened fire in advance.
As the two hundred divine fire flying crows took off, the rest of the battle became boring.
"Da da da"
The thick smoke ignited by the gunpowder gradually dissipated, and the clatter of horse hooves broke through the heart-rending howls of the Japanese soldiers and arrived in front of the phalanx of the seventh army's artillery soldiers.
Under the watchful eyes of more than 3,000 people, a short-shouldered Ou Na horse limped across a 300-foot-wide death zone and survived by chance.
Behind the pony, he was dragging an equally short Japanese horseman. The horseman was not dead for a moment, but he probably fell unconscious and allowed his beloved horse to drag him to the front of the enemy's battle.
It wasn't until he heard a strange clicking sound coming from the front that the battle-hardened Japanese warrior rubbed his eyes, touched his head, and raised his neck.
"ah!"
The first thing that appeared in front of him was a bright white cold light. Behind the cold light were rows of giants holding flintlock guns.
The Kaiyuan Army Type 21 flintlock gun is made of walnut wood for the butt and body guard. A large amount of brass is used to make the gun body accessories to enhance the sturdiness and durability of the gun. The newly designed muzzle sliding bayonet and bayonet are The seat makes the bayonet more secure and does not fall off and does not affect shooting.
Note:
1. Onin Rebellion (1467-1477): A civil strife among feudal lords during the Muromachi shogunate era in Japan. It occurred between the guardian daimyo such as Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Mochitoyo, who were in charge of the shogunate during the tenure of the eighth shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa. Fight. It started the Warring States Period in Japan. After the war, the power of the shogunate, the guardian daimyo, and the manor lords and nobles became even weaker, and Japan entered the Warring States Period in which daimyo fought in chaos.
