"Big tube..."
A hoarse roar suddenly rang in Masuda Shiro Tokisada's ears. He subconsciously looked back and saw that under the moonlight and the light caused by the explosion of rockets, on the earthen wall of the Nanguan Canal, there was a tree. No, there were many. A big black tube!
Fear suddenly occupied Masuda Shiro Tokisada's mind. He knew what it was... Just before he recovered from the shock and fear, the mouth of one of the large tubes suddenly popped out. A ball of fire came out, and then more creepy balls of fire came out of the mouth of the big tube, followed by a roar that shook the earth!
The Ming army's 36 12-pound cannons opened fire!
These 36 12-pound guns were not originally placed on the Nanguan Canal, but were coastal defense guns mounted on the Lushunkou Fortress and the Huangjinshan Fort. It was Mao Kaitai, the garrison of Jinshan Fort (Mao Kaitai was recommended by Mao Wenlong earlier to learn how to shoot cannon at the artillery camp of the Guards Regiment). He and his men used oxcarts to pull it for a long time before transporting it to the Nanguan City Wall... If Matsukura Shigeharu followed According to the initial arrangement, they immediately occupied the east bank of the Nanguan Canal as soon as they landed, and then immediately began to build fortifications. So even if Mao Keai's 36 12-pound cannons are in place, they won't be of much use.
However, Matsukura Shigeharu made a series of command mistakes, so that thousands of Japanese were led under the muzzles of 36 12-pound cannons filled with shotshells by Mao Wenlong, an old fox.
The 36 cannons fired for the first time, and in the blink of an eye, 36 12-pound shotgun shells were sprayed out. Each shotgun was loaded with 190 one-ounce lead shot! Among the 36 12-pound shotshells, a total of 6,840 one- and two-weight lead bullets were loaded!
This is an out-and-out massacre!
6,840 lead bullets formed a large net of death and slammed into thousands of Japanese samurai crowded on the east bank of the canal.
What if flesh and blood can withstand the power of gunpowder and lead bullets? No matter what kind of armor they were wearing, they would be able to pierce through one or two heavy lead bullets...not only pierce through the armor, but also pierce through both the person and the armor, and sometimes even There is still power left to penetrate the second and third bodies!
The wounds caused by the human body being penetrated by one or two heavy lead bullets are not two small holes, but two wounds, one small and one large. The wounds produced when entering the body are smaller, but when they are punched out of the human body, the wounds are smaller. The wounds caused during the attack were terrifyingly large! A large amount of flesh and blood was directly taken away by the lead bullets, and the resulting wounds could put two fists into it. Of course, the flesh, bones, and internal organs inside the wound were all smashed to pieces by the power of the lead bullet... Of course, the person who was shot was dead!
The Japanese samurai who had not been hit by one or two lead bullets for the time being were all stunned by the scene in front of them that was like a sea of blood hell!
They don’t even know if they are alive or if they have died and gone to Abi Hell?
Masuda Shiro Tokisada didn't know why he was sitting in the plasma. He was covered in blood. He didn't know if it was his own blood or someone else's blood. But looking at his mouth open and breathing rapidly in the air filled with the smell of blood, you can tell that he is very lucky and has not suffered any fatal injuries... and his consciousness is better than most people who were hit by cannons. The Japanese samurai need to wake up. Because he firmly believes that he cannot go to hell, and the Lord’s heaven is his destination after death!
So he must still be alive!
As a warrior who believes in God, since he is alive, he must escape, and he must remain useful to serve God... Thinking of this, Masuda Shiro Tokisada immediately fell to the ground, Then he rolled towards the bottom of the embankment, muttering while rolling: "Heavenly Father, Holy Mother, Brother Jesus, bless me... Amen!"
I don’t know if his prayers really worked. Anyway, he rolled several times in the bloody water until he rolled down the river embankment. The second round of shelling by the Ming army had not yet started...
"Rumble..."
When the second round of earth-shaking roar reached Matsukura Shigeharu's ears, the soldier of the Korean Expeditionary Force closed his eyes in pain.
He knew that his life was about to end... because he had messed up something that he must not mess with! Now his warriors have been ambushed and are being bombarded. They will probably be chased by the Ming army's cavalry later, and not many of them will come back alive in the end.
And although his own formation took a while to reorganize (from a hollow formation back to a solid formation), it fell behind and did not get its turn to be bombarded.
But this surprise attack must have failed miserably... Even if they could escape back to Japan on a warship at sea, it would not end well. As the military commander of the Korean Expeditionary Force and the lord of the Shimabara Domain, he must commit seppuku!
"Brother, retreat... retreat to the edge of the beach first, and then..." Matsukura Shigeri arrived at his brother's side without knowing when, and made suggestions in a trembling voice.
But his suggestion was only half of it...the other half was "another hara-kiri"!
Matsukura Shigeharu should now work hard to collect the defeated soldiers, then retreat to the beach, arrange for his men to board the ship and evacuate, and then commit seppuku...
Only in this way can the Matsukura family possibly survive... The Shimabara clan will definitely not be saved, but the Matsukura family may be able to continue to exist as a wealthy banner family!
Matsukura Shigeharu looked at his brother with a look of reluctance on his face.
Of course Matsukura Shigeri knows what his brother is thinking, he doesn’t want to die!
"There will be a way," Matsukura Shigetoshi said, "As long as we can return to New Nagoya Castle, there will be a way to ask His Highness Kikata to forgive us."
"Kill the Japanese pirates and cut off their heads..."
At this moment, the Ming army's shouts of killing came again. The Ming army had fired four rounds of shotguns, and the embankment on the east bank of the canal was already littered with corpses. Even if some people were still intact, they were still alive. He has completely lost his fighting spirit.
The next step is to cut off the head and earn credit!
"Escape..." Matsukura Shigeharu breathed out, "Evacuate to the beach first..."
"Hai!" Matsukura Shigeuri nodded, but thought in his heart: My brother must have wanted to commit seppuku, but he was afraid of pain and death...so he had to hint that I was doing this without his knowledge. I helped him correct his mistake and chopped off his head with a knife unexpectedly!
Don’t worry, brother, I won’t let you down!
...
When Matsukura Shigeharu was defeated, he was committed seppuku at Aoniwa Bay. 300 miles away, a queen mother and eight emperors still didn't know that the Japanese sneak attack was completely messed up... They had just survived a nightmare day, even though they lost the earthen fortress covering the left wing. , but the Ming army did not break their hollow phalanx. Moreover, after dark, the Ming army stopped attacking, not even firing rockets that disturbed Qinghekou. The entire Qinghekou battlefield was strangely quiet.
"It seems that Zhu Youjian already knows that something happened in Jinzhou... and is quietly retreating!"
The one who made this conclusion was Dai Amadaishan. Of course he knew that this conclusion was a bit arbitrary, but he also knew how terrifying the attack power displayed by the Ming army in today's daytime battle was!
And he also knew that relying on the hollow phalanx south of Qinghekou would not be able to stop the attack of the Ming army, which had the advantages of artillery and cavalry.
What the Qing army can do now, besides launching a night attack tonight, is to try to delay time. There is no point in delaying time. In the end, you will still be defeated.
After the defeat at Qinghekou, it would be impossible for the Qing Dynasty to assemble so many troops... The Qing Dynasty was already divided into seven parts. When a disaster really comes, they will definitely save their own lives. It is impossible. Let's bet together again.
So tonight's night attack is the last chance for the Qing Dynasty.
Dorgon nodded and smiled reluctantly: "No matter whether Zhu Youjian retreats or not, we must try our best to fight tonight. The fate of the Qing Dynasty will depend on this battle tonight!"
Empress Dowager Taisong also nodded heavily: "Yes! The rise and fall of the Qing Dynasty will be fought here! You are all the emperors of the Qing Dynasty. You must fight for the Qing Dynasty! If the Qing Dynasty disappears, we will all end up in the same end. Got it!"
