At this time, the sun was setting in the west, and the orange-red sunset was approaching the sea level, emitting a dazzling light. The originally gray-black sea surface seemed to be splashed with a layer of blood, which was nauseating to hear.
Thick flames were devouring the small morning boats that had not yet sunk, and the burning bamboo bundles crackled in the flames; the broken limbs of hundreds of attackers were soaked in the pool of blood on the boats, and as the small morning boats on fire rose, Ups and downs...
"Boom!", "Boom!", on the mountainside of Quanxian Mountain on the south side of the Thor, as two cannons sounded at the same time, two bright fireworks shot straight into the sky.
In the distance, there was a sound of conch sounds from the top of Quanxian Mountain. A group of cavalry wearing large armor, iron masks, and holding spears came slowly from the southeast road toward the coast; two groups wore black formations, The musketeers with their family crests and flags on black background and white apricot pattern on their backs followed closely behind.
On the southwest side of Shizen Temple, hundreds of archers, led by a group of armored cavalry, filed out from behind a mountain wall along the mountain path, followed by a large group of musketeers and pikemen.
On the west side of the Tomachi military camp, another group of armored cavalry slowly walked out from behind the hill, followed by a large number of spearmen and archers.
As the Saga Domain's left, center, and right armies were all dispatched, a huge apricot leaf pattern flag was erected on the top of Mount Gongen. Dozens of warriors wearing large armors immediately appeared under the flag. The leader was none other than The leader of the Saga Domain was Nabeshima Harushige.
The low sound of the conch was still ringing, and the soldiers who were originally frightened and crying on the shore began to reorganize their formation under the scolding of the officers.
The twenty-five-year-old Nabeshima Harushige, the head of the Saga clan, was staring blankly at the bloody hell-like scene on the sea, knowing that this sneak attack had completely failed.
In order to make this sneak attack a success, the Saga clan commanders selected nearly a hundred brave men who were proficient in water and physically strong from their soldiers.
These people held sharp-edged scratching hooks and quietly launched themselves into the water from the south coast of the Thor. After approaching the Thor, they climbed out of the water along the anchor chain from the bow of the ship, then threw the scratching hooks wrapped with layers of linen onto the deck and hooked them on the railing. on board, and then climbed up, attempting to launch a surprise attack to seize the ship and capture a group of crew members.
At the same time, the small fleet that had been hiding in the bay on the east side of the Island of Gods saw the flag from the tower of Yemujia Observation Station, and they dispatched one after another to cooperate with the death squads in the siege.
The young Hizen Mamoru was originally very excited when he received the news from his men that the dead soldiers had successfully boarded the ship, thinking that the victory was within his grasp. But what he didn't expect was that these "barbarian" iron cannons were so sharp. In just one meal, all the sneak attack troops and the small fleet had been lost.
Reluctantly, under the advice of the generals, Lord Hizen had no choice but to order the entire army to dispatch, in an attempt to use a strong military force to suppress the opponent, thus forcing the Thor to retreat.
Zhao Xin hid behind the bulletproof steel plate of the MK93 system, looked at the densely packed Saga Domain troops on the coast, and then pressed the walkie-talkie on his shoulder and whispered: "Old Liu, hurry up, the sun is going to set, you and Zhao Liang will be there soon Go to the artillery position and prepare! Do you see the big flag on the top of the mountain to the south? Fire two quick rounds, be quick! Over."
"The light is poor now, I'm tired of seeing. Over."
"Try it, what if the blind cat bumps into a dead mouse?"
The sound of stomping footsteps sounded on the stairs. Liu Sheng and Zhao Liang, holding machine guns, quickly came from the compass deck to the main deck, and ran to the back of D30.
At this time, dots of torches on the coast began to light up, and several fires began to light up on the top of the mountain, and smoke was rising.
In the layers of light and shadow, a warrior rode his horse through the gaps between the arrays, stopped on the shore, raised his Dantian Qi and shouted loudly in the direction of the Thor: "According to the order of the shogunate, foreign ships are not allowed to enter the port without permission! You have forced your way into the harbor, used weapons without authorization, and bombarded our territory. Your crimes will not be pardoned! Lord Hizenmori orders you to surrender immediately! Otherwise, our army will launch and thousands of bullets will be fired, and you will be turned into powder in an instant!"
"Hey!!!" the Saga Domain soldiers arrayed on the coast shouted in unison.
Zhao Xin looked at the increasingly dim light around him and said anxiously to the walkie-talkie: "Old Liu, can you see it?"
"That's enough! Let me try."
"Xiao Ding, how is the situation over there?"
"It's safe here. The Japanese have been beaten back. Lao Deng and I will stay here, don't worry."
"OK."
In an unlit cabin on the second floor of the ship, Shibata Kakuzo, Katsuyama Denzo and Murata Jiroemon hid behind the curtains, peeking at the trembling army on the coast.
When Zhao Xin and others launched a counterattack just now, the three people resting in the cabin were also awakened by the sound of gunfire. The two business owners, who didn't know what was going on, hurriedly knocked on Shibata Kakuzo's cabin and sought shelter.
These Tang Yi are really a bunch of troublemakers! Not only did they bombard the port, they also attempted to demand compensation. Now the Saga Clan has been summoned; the Satsuma Clan may be arriving soon. Once the ship is lost and the three of them are captured, not to mention the family, wife and children, even the entire Sendai clan will suffer as well.
Thinking of this, Katsuyama Denzo gritted his molars and said: "Shibata-sama, if, if Tang Yi is defeated and the ship sinks, please help me and stop it quickly. I don't want to suffer in prison anymore. "
Murata Jiroemon looked at Shibata Kakuzo and nodded slowly, sweating like rain.
"Okay." Shibata Kakuzo sighed, thinking I will help you, but who will help me then?
On the deck, Zhao Xin, standing behind the MK93 shield, took a few deep breaths, and a trace of ferocity began to appear on his face. At this moment, he had no choice but to fight back completely; only by completely defeating the Saga clan's army could he have a chance to talk directly with the shogunate.
But next time he goes to Edo, he won't bring just this few people.
At this time, most of the sun's body had already submerged into the sea level, and a final golden glow appeared in the distant sky. The Saga clan's army on Gongen Mountain and the coast began to become blurred, with only countless torches shining. move.
At this time, Liu Sheng was lying on the curved sight, taking advantage of the last few rays of the setting sun, looking at the blurry flag of the Saga clan and the fire on the top of the mountain, and kept saying to Zhao Liang: "To Zhao Liang 10 degrees to the left, 2 degrees down. Then 2 degrees to the right, stop!"
Zhao Liang held a tactical flashlight in one hand and illuminated the scale on the turntable, while the other hand quickly adjusted the muzzle height and left and right movement.
At this time, a sailor stepped forward quickly and pushed the cannonball in his arms into the barrel with the help of the light of the flashlight. Liu Sheng picked up the bullet-feeding stick and stabbed it hard; another sailor then pushed the cartridge in his arms into the barrel. Sent into the barrel. The moment the cartridge was in place, the breech shot up from below, sealing the barrel tightly with a "click" sound.
When Zhao Liang saw that the ammunition feeding was completed, he immediately hung the match rope on the firing machine.
"Three, two, one!"
"Boom~!" A loud bang sounded from the deck of the Thor, and the Saga clan army standing in formation on the coast was startled by the sudden loud noise.
The war horses in the military formation were collectively frightened and kept retreating; when the warriors on the horses tried to tighten the reins and control, some horses suddenly raised their front legs high, and they were overturned with the people on the horses. On the ground; what's more, he directly lifted up his hind hooves and started kicking without any care. For a time, the cavalry team was in chaos.
Before the sharp and ear-piercing roar of the shells could be heard, a huge explosion came from the mountainside of Quanxian Mountain.
After hearing the explosion from behind, many samurai of the Saga Domain turned around with frightened faces and exclaimed: "Lord Hizen Mamoru!"
"Damn! It was shot crookedly." Liu Sheng yelled regretfully, and then shouted: "Load the shells!"
When Zhao Xin heard the roar of the cannon, he pressed the trigger at the Saga clan's army a few hundred meters away.
At medium and short range, when a 7.62mm rifle bullet is fired head-on into the skin, it will leave a small opening with a diameter of less than one centimeter on the surface, and the huge force generated by the bullet when passing through the body will shock the organs. Then it penetrates the human body at a speed of 570 meters per second, and the diameter of the ejection wound caused by the shock wave may reach more than 12 cm.
What about the .50BMG (12.7mm) armor-piercing incendiary bomb with a muzzle kinetic energy of 14 to 18 kilojoules?
The huge muzzle kinetic energy caused the armor-piercing incendiary bombs to wreak havoc among the soldiers on the shore. The explosions opened up pieces of blood mist and fire. After each bullet shattered the first soldier, the momentum continued unabated. The second and third soldiers behind him penetrated. Broken limbs and broken arms were flying in the air, and no one could stand up again as long as they were hit by bullets.
Several shot horses fell down on the soft beach before they could even scream. Those horse-riding warriors either fell from their horses in embarrassment, or were crushed under the corpses of the horses and were unable to escape.
Seeing the iron cannon on the Thor that kept spraying flames, the front line of the Saga clan's army in the hazy night immediately started a bloody storm.
"Boom!" As the second shell roared out, another ball of fire appeared on the dark mountain in the distance.
"Shoot!", "Shoot!", "Shoot!"
Several senior samurai from the Saga Domain who led the team shouted loudly at the musketeers and archers in the array.
At this time, after Liu Sheng and Zhao Liang fired the second shot, they immediately ran behind the two MK93s on the left and right sides of Zhao Xin, preparing to join the flesh and blood feast with Zhao Xin.
"Out of bullets!" Liu Sheng pulled the bolt and pressed the trigger. When he found that the machine gun had no response, he shouted angrily, then turned around and ran towards the other one.
Under the illumination of torches on the coast, hundreds of musketeers on the left wing of the Saga Domain army rushed to the front of the array. Under the command of the gunnery chiefs of each team, they rained bullets on the Thor in three stages.
White clouds of gunpowder smoke filled the beach. After a group of soldiers finished shooting, they moved from the gap in the team to the rear, and the second row continued to shoot. But it is a pity that the iron cannon with a range of only 200 meters cannot hit the Thor.
"Back off! Reload!"
"Archers! Enter!"
The musketeers retreated, and the hundreds of archers behind them rushed into the knee-deep water under the hail of bullets, raised their bows and began to shoot. But even a matchlock gun couldn't hit it at this distance, let alone a bow and arrow. Countless white water splashes soon appeared on the dark sea surface, and all the long arrows that were shot fell into the water.
Zhao Xin saw someone shooting at him on the right, and then turned the muzzle of the gun. He couldn't see the people on the shore clearly at this moment, so he could only shoot at the lit torches.
As more and more people were shot, not only white smoke rose from the iron artillery array, but also blood and flesh splattered everywhere.
At this time, the beach has become a flesh and blood mill. Every second, samurai or soldiers are crazy about it, and in the blink of an eye, it becomes a puddle of minced meat.
"Sir, our iron cannons can't hit the enemy at all! You are dying in vain by doing this!" A samurai from the Takeo Nabeshima family (one of the four families of Ryuzoji Temple, one of the "kindred brothers" of the Saga Domain) rushed to his family The head of the house shouted.
Before the head of the Ishii family could speak, a messenger ran from behind and shouted, "Hizenmori-sama has ordered, retreat!"
As the retreat orders were issued one by one, the Saga clan's army, which was still in great momentum more than half an hour ago, began to retreat in the dark... No, it was a great rout of the entire army.
Zhao Xin and the others continued to shoot after the beating torches. The shock caused by the long-term machine gun shooting made Zhao Xin feel that his whole body was about to be shattered, but he still gritted his teeth and persisted. It wasn't until the other side could no longer see the flickering of torches that the three of them stopped shooting.
On the coast, along with the crashing sound of the waves, the miserable howls of those who were not shot continued; in the air, an extremely strong smell of blood floated over.
"YUE~~" Zhao Xin vomited on the spot.
It is said that after the battle, when the Saga Domain was counting the troops who had fled back, they discovered that a gunnery commander named Ganbei Manchen had not returned. Several soldiers reported that they saw Lord Yan Bingwei's neck being broken by a barrage of iron cannons fired from a large ship.
Historically, not many people knew who Yanbei Manchen was; but his grandson was Okuma Shigenobu, who became famous in later generations.
