However, the considerate Crown Prince of Ming Dynasty prepared a sharper weapon for everyone - grenades!
Abe once again distributed 3,000 pills to the front line, which came in handy at this moment.
Each grenade weighs one pound and has a cylindrical body with a wooden pole installed underneath for throwing.
In addition to gunpowder, there were fifty small iron beads tied inside the projectile.
The killing effect is exactly the same as that of an oil barrel, but the way of ignition is different.
A grenade requires a soldier to light a fuse with one hand before throwing it, and then throw it out...
The fuze seems to be very long. The main reason for making such a long fuze is firstly because of the fear of getting wet. If a certain section of the fuze gets wet, the unmoistened part can still be used.
The second reason is that when soldiers drop bombs, they are afraid that their hands will slip or hit the back edge of the trench, causing the grenade to fall off. If the fuse burns for a long time, they can pick it up again and throw it out.
In general, the burning time of the fuse is only four or five seconds. As long as it is still at the opponent's feet, even if the opponent has time to pick it up, he will not have time to throw it back.
This was the first time for the Japanese officers and soldiers to see such a strange-looking weapon. After understanding how to use it, it was like a treasure and they wanted to collect it and take it home.
This thing is similar to the "watermelon cannon" used by the Song army when defending the city. The Japanese army rarely used this kind of melee weapon when fighting on their own land. The two armies usually used iron cannons to shoot at each other or sent cavalry to directly charge.
The various daimyo are also secretly planning this. If it is as powerful as Shangfeng said, they will have to secretly make some in the future to prepare for emergencies.
How powerful this thing is can be known in a battle. There are people at the foot of the mountain now, and the enemy must be planning to attack the mountain in a big way, but their trick has already been discovered.
"Quick! Get up quickly! Don't make any noise!"
The Knight Riding School deliberately lowered his voice and shouted at his slave soldiers.
Although it was a night attack, it became a night attack due to the bright fireworks rising overhead.
The biggest difference between "raid" and "offensive" is the suddenness of launching, catching the opponent by surprise.
However, this night attack collapsed at the initial stage and became a covert attack.
"What the hell!"
The number of fireworks above the head suddenly increased, and Niu Luzhang and the Imperial Palace knew that the situation was not good and it was expected to be bad.
However, King Chishun had already issued an order for a night attack, and the operation could not be temporarily terminated just because the dog barbarians on the mountain discovered him.
Once you are discovered, you will have to bite the bullet and launch a strong attack. At least attacking at night will make it difficult for the barbarian to use the oil barrel tactic.
The greatest threat to our own soldiers is this kind of sharp weapon. If the barbarian is not easy to use, maybe our side really has hope of success.
One after another, the slave soldiers carried various types of weapons and secretly climbed up the mountain under the cover of the not-so-dark night.
More than two thousand people were like a swarm of black bugs, which soon covered the entire foot of the mountain and began to spread to the mountainside.
"Boom boom boom boom..."
Fo Langji's voice suddenly exploded in the night sky, and streaks of orange-red fire appeared frequently on the top of the mountain.
In the flash of lightning, a large number of slave soldiers were suddenly shot, screaming and falling to the ground, wailing incessantly.
They didn't know that the dog barbarian on the top of the mountain was watching their every move and knew everything about them.
In essence, a night attack that is discovered by the enemy is not much different from an attack on a mountain during the day.
He also fantasizes about sneaking under the other person's eyes, but this is actually just self-deception.
At the same time, more than twenty fireworks exploded in the night sky, illuminating the situation below the mountain clearly.
"We've been discovered! Go! Quick! Attack the mountain quickly!"
What kind of night attack is this?
If I had known this, it would be better to let my men light more torches, which would at least strengthen their momentum.
Niu Luzhang's palace in Jing simply broke the jar and threw it over, and directly ordered his men to launch a strong attack.
"Brother! No more night raids?"
The second brother Wang Guoliang hurriedly came over to ask, doing so would violate Jia La'e Zhensu Yangzhi's order.
"Look at the top of your head! Is this a night attack?"
Wang Guodong shouted angrily, and the strings of fireworks kept lighting up the dog barbarian on the mountain.
To put it harshly, they just lighted up the butts of their slave soldiers!
"Alas~!"
Wang Guocai could only sigh. There was nothing he could do if he was discovered during the day, but he was discovered again during the night attack.
If the dog barbarian rolled buckets of fierce fire oil down the mountain, everyone would be cooked.
No one is not afraid of this object, which reminds me of the hideous appearance of brothers being burned to a crisp during the day.
Because of its great power, fierce fire oil has now become a forbidden word among the Heavenly Help Army.
Although the night can somewhat block the view, the terrain advantage is real.
He was determined not to make the mountain in front of him shorter just because it was night, making it easier for him to attack.
"Come on! The dog barbarian is out of gas!"
The Knight Riding School climbed halfway up the mountain before seeing any violent explosions similar to those seen during the day, so they surmised that the barbarian soldiers had used up all the fire oil.
Even if I still have it, I don't dare to use it at night. If I can't shoot it, I won't be able to use it no matter how much I throw it down.
Soldiers don't know this, so they can fool these losers as long as they tell them the results.
The slave soldiers also felt strange, and they finally understood after hearing the shouts from the Riding School.
As long as the barbarians don't have the fierce fire oil, this battle will be much easier to fight.
When they get to the top of the mountain, they will definitely kill the barbarian and piss him off.
The current situation was very consistent with what the Knight Riding School said, so all the slave soldiers were overjoyed and hurriedly climbed to the top of the mountain.
The dog barbarians only had artillery such as the Tiger Crouching Cannon and the Baizi Cannon. If they were added with thousands of bird cannons, they would not be able to stop the crazy attack of two thousand Qing soldiers.
Unexpectedly, even if the dog barbarian was discovered, the night attack would still be successful. This was an unexpected surprise, and the whole army could not help but be ecstatic.
"Pa bang bang..."
The sound of popping beans continued to be heard from the top of the mountain, and the dog barbarian still resisted with a large number of blunderbuss.
However, the field of vision is limited at night, resulting in a sharp drop in hit rate. Twenty bullets may not be able to injure a person.
The Tianzhu Army only suffered less than 200 casualties, and this loss was completely affordable.
Now that the opponent is at the end of his game, the slave soldiers can't help but feel boosted in morale.
"Boom boom boom boom..."
They were about to reach the top of the mountain, only about ten steps away from the dog barbarian. When the slave soldiers were about to show off their power, a series of explosions suddenly came from nearby.
In the blink of an eye, there were flames everywhere, screams continued, and frequent loud noises made Tianzhu soldiers dizzy, and they became at a loss for a while.
Even the Riding Schools couldn't figure out what was going on. They didn't see Goumanzi throw the oil drum out, but how did the explosion happen?
Almost at the front of the attack, which was more than half a mile wide, the Tianzhu soldiers at the forefront were all violently attacked by the dog barbarians.
The explosion knocked Tianzhu soldiers to the ground in pieces, and howls and cries were intertwined. The situation was exactly the same as during the day, but no one saw any oil barrels rolling down at all.
This battle was really bloody!
"Ouch!"
"I……"
"Shitzi's thing hit your father???"
"This is……"
A slave soldier suddenly found a very strange "rod-shaped mallet" under his feet. It must have been the object that hit him just now.
When I was about to pick it up and take a closer look, I saw green smoke coming out of the tail of the "stick". I immediately felt that the situation was not good, and I just wanted to pick it up and throw it out.
Finally, he saw a flash of light, and was blown up until his mouth and nose were bleeding. He died on the spot, and his body was lying upright on the mountain, appearing to be dead.
Due to the close distance, several people nearby were also unlucky when the explosion occurred. Some were shot in the arm, and some were shot in the leg. They were rolling on the ground in pain, begging helplessly for mercy.
A layer of armor can only be used to defend against spear assassination or sword slashing. It cannot even defend against arrows, let alone powerful bullets.
The armor has a relatively strong lining, but its protective capabilities are definitely not as good as chainmail, and not even as good as leather armor. As a lining, it is actually just a layer of decoration.
If thrown at a good position, one grenade can probably injure three or four enemy soldiers, and throwing five hundred can easily kill thousands of people.
The pikemen hiding in the trenches generally had good arm strength, so they were ordered by the samurai to serve as temporary "grenadier ashigaru", and the Japanese army also gained an additional branch.
The sharp-eyed Qing soldiers saw black objects being thrown down from the top of the mountain one after another, which would explode violently when they landed near them. It was probably the casualties caused by these objects.
But it was easy to avoid the oil drum. After all, the object was huge and easy to identify, but it was too difficult to avoid the object that was smaller than an arm.
Because it came down from the top of the head, it became difficult to defend against, and the night attack that was about to turn the tide of the battle was immediately disrupted by the opponent.
The Tianzhu soldiers all over the mountain were bombed and kept running around like headless flies. Many people felt that frequent explosions were happening around them, and they didn't know where to run.
This was simply much more violent than the shelling during the day. Balls of fire flashed frequently, and people kept screaming and falling down, never able to stand up again.
"...It's over!"
There was nothing more sad than heartbreak. Looking at his men in chaos, Wang Guodong knew that the night attack had completely failed.
I originally thought that the dog barbarian would not be able to use fierce fire oil at night, but I never expected that there were other weapons available.
This thing is even more than ten times sharper than fierce fire oil. It appears almost in endlessly, and our soldiers are simply unable to defend against it.
"Brother! Escape quickly! If it's too late, it'll be too late!"
Seeing that their situation was over, the second brother Wang Guoliang and the fourth brother Wang Guocai hurriedly picked up the unwilling eldest brother and ran down the mountain.
Shizi's night attack?
It's all bullshit!
This savage dog seems to be even more powerful than during the day...
When more than 2,000 Tianzhu soldiers encountered a grenade attack launched by the Japanese army, they were too close to retreat immediately, so they were severely damaged by the opponent. No less than 500 people were blown to the ground on the spot.
But that's not all. The Japanese army also had its own opinions on the use of oil barrels, and specially invented a "controllable oil barrel" for this purpose.
That is to say, tie a rope to the oil drum, then throw the oil drum out, and have two ashigaru pull the rope hard in the trench, so that the oil drum rolls to the end of the rope and will not continue to move. .
Let multiple warriors use rockets to aim in a general direction. As long as one of them hits the target, all enemy soldiers within a radius of one foot can be blown over.
The only disadvantage is that the Ashigaru will lose balance due to the huge reaction force due to the explosion of the oil drum, and the back will suddenly hit the back side of the trench, which is quite scary...
As a small-scale experiment, the Japanese army used ten "controllable oil barrels" in this battle. Seven barrels of oil met their expectations, while the other three barrels were cut off by enemy soldiers with knives and failed to do so.
But the purpose has been achieved, which shows that oil barrels also play a certain role in defending against night attacks. When used with grenades, they can have a very good effect.
However, for the Tianzhu soldiers who came to attack the mountain, the combination of cannons, cannons, oil barrels and grenades was nothing more than a disaster that they were unable to withstand!
The combination of direct fire and projectile weapons means that you can defend the front but not the top. If you can defend both sides, you will automatically give up the attack.
What's more, there is no way to prevent it from above. The grenades fall like giant hailstones. If you pick them up and throw them back, they will explode without giving you time, and they will explode into pieces.
Some slave soldiers had one of their hands broken off by the explosion, and they were clutching their broken arms, with large beads of sweat covering their faces in pain. The explosion and noise covered up their wails, and no one showed mercy to his plight.
There were twenty or thirty similar situations on the battlefield, and their fate was also foreseeable. Just like their companions during the day, they became lonely ghosts.
At the same time, the troops of Jia La'er Zhenxu Erxian, who led about 1,500 troops and horses from the east to outflank the enemy's rear, also encountered a stubborn resistance from the Japanese army.
He originally wanted to seize the top of the mountain on the east side first, and then support Su Yangzhi's frontal attack from the flanks.
As a result, not only the top of the mountain was not captured, but the headquarters was also attacked by fire from the top of the mountain and from the sea.
The Japanese army had already discussed with Dengrai Navy and Zheng's fleet that they would not take the initiative to go down the mountain.
All soldiers operating near the foot of the mountains and in the plains are enemy soldiers who can be shelled.
After discovering the enemy's movements, the Japanese artillery on the top of the mountain and the Zheng's fleet opened fire one after another.
Because the battleships are equipped with a large number of rapid-fire Folang machines, and the Zheng fleet is strong.
There are hundreds of Folang machines alone, and their firepower output in a short period of time is extremely powerful.
The blast immediately knocked Xu Erxian's men off their feet, and the Tianyou Army had no firearms to compete with the opponent.
This turned the night raid into a one-sided "slaughter campaign"!
Before climbing halfway up the mountain, Xu Erxian lost three to four hundred men.
In order to gain face for King Zhishun, Xu Erxian had no choice but to grit his teeth and continue to lead his troops to storm the top of the mountain.
The result was exactly the same as what happened to Su Yangzhi's troops, and they were "favored" by grenades sent by the Japanese army.
In the first battle, they were blown away and their armor was stripped off, and a large-scale rout soon occurred.
More than two hundred corpses were left behind, and a group of gangsters disappeared like the ebbing tide.
After some counting, he found that there were only about 500 people left around him, making it impossible for Xu Erxian to organize his troops to attack the mountain again.
After they withdrew from near the top of the mountain, they just ran to the foot of the mountain, and they were violently bombarded by the opponent again.
Even more than ten of Xu Erxian's soldiers were killed, and the remaining troops that had finally been assembled were completely scattered by the explosion.
Xu Erxian himself narrowly escaped death and was not injured, but he was frightened to death and no longer dared to pursue the established target.
Jiala'e Zhenban Zhifu, who was responsible for attacking from the west, did not have such "good" luck as Xu Erxian, but the attack on the mountain was also defeated by a hail of grenade attacks...
