"Mount bayonets...advance!"
Jin Chengkai couldn't wait for those grenades to explode. He just waited for a while, then yelled and gave the order to "fix bayonets and move forward" - this tactic was the same as firing a volley at close range. He was not afraid of being thrown out by himself. The grenade accidental injury is to take advantage of the enemy's chaos after the grenade explodes to launch an attack.
This is a game of fate, and the fight is ruthless!
Before the Japanese pirates, who had just been hit by a volley of musketry at close range, could react, nearly two hundred grenades fell like hail from the sky, causing the group of Japanese pirates to scream "Baga" and "Baga".
But this group of Japanese pirates who didn't know the power of sugar pills didn't know how to run away quickly after scolding them, and they were still standing there... They were samurai. How could samurai escape so shamelessly? And they also saw the Ming army on the opposite side coming up with flintlock guns with bayonets.
Even if those flintlock guns were equipped with bayonets, they were not very long. They would definitely not be able to pierce long spears!
So this group of Japanese pirates who didn't want to die didn't even run away at this time, and they were still thinking about resisting... As a result, they didn't wait long before the grenades exploded. More than a hundred grenades exploded into a sea of fire among the crowd. Deadly shrapnel flew everywhere, cutting the Japanese pirates Ashigaru to the ground piece by piece like mowing grass.
Those Japanese pirates who had not been killed by the explosion or the previous volley of muskets finally collapsed and stopped shouting "Baga". They all turned around and ran into the woods crying for their fathers and mothers.
Of course Jin Chengkai and his men would not let the Japanese pirates go... How could they let the Japanese pirates go? We have to fight the Japanese to the end!
Thinking of this, Jin Chengkai roared again: "Bayonet attack! Kill..."
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This is not a war, but a unilateral massacre, where one side presses the other side to the ground and rubs against it over and over again!
If the armies of various countries in this era are divided according to the strength of their firepower, the most powerful is undoubtedly the "high-sugar army" represented by the Great Tomorrow Soldiers; the second-ranked one is the "low-sugar army" represented by the Qing soldiers who moved westward. "Army"; even lower than "low sugar" is "sugar-free and high gunpowder". The armies of Western countries and the Ottoman Empire have at least this level; and the weaker one is the "sugar-free and low gunpowder" army. , and the Japanese samurai army is a "sugar-free and low-gunpowder" army, and because Japan is very short of horses, their army still lacks cavalry that can be used to cover the battlefield and launch mounted assaults... This The only thing worthy of praise about the Japanese samurai army at that time was the fighting will and personal bravery of the samurai.
But facing the Ming Army, which was three ranks higher and had experienced many wars, their fighting will and bravery were simply not worth mentioning.
Therefore, the Hakata Bay landing battle that took place on June 30, the third year of the Grand Duke's reign, showed a one-sided situation from the beginning. Not only did the grenadiers of the North Korean Ming Army who landed on Xuanjie Island use a close-range musket volley, a wave of sugar grenades and a finishing bayonet assault, they easily eliminated the Japanese pirates who were twice as many as them. The simultaneous landings on Shiga Island and the Battle of Umino-Nakamichi, as well as the landing battles at Karabo Port and Noko Island launched later, all have the same flavor!
It means crushing the Japanese pirates, pressing them to the ground and rubbing them. Although the Kuroda family's samurai fought bravely on all the battlefields mentioned above, their equipment was backward, their tactics were outdated, and at the same time they adopted inappropriate " "Regular warfare" style of play - Although Zhu Heji called them "Japanese pirates", they were not the same as the Japanese pirates who invaded the coast of the Ming Dynasty from time to time in the early years. They were serious warriors.
In the final analysis, samurai wars were still "aristocratic wars." They either fought in the field with clear-cut banners, or retreated to cages in the city. Basically, they would not fight guerrillas, let alone mobilize the peasants.
Therefore, those who fought against the Ming army in the landing battle on June 30 were samurai belonging to the Fukuoka Domain, Akizuki Domain, and Tofukuji Domain (all branches of the Fukuoka Domain). The Fukuoka Domain plus the two branch vassals were less than 500,000 stone high. According to the shogunate's standard of 200 troops per 10,000 stone, the top of the sky would be an army of 10,000 samurai. .
Kuroda Mitsuyuki placed a thousand ashigaru each on Genkai Island, Shiga Island, Karadami Port, Umino Nakamichi, and Noko Island. In addition, he also placed a thousand ashigaru on these five important lands guarding the entrance to Hakata Bay. Eight forts were built and hundreds of cannons were deployed.
Five thousand ashigaru plus more than a hundred artillery pieces, and they also occupy a great geographical advantage - the opponent must launch a landing battle!
In Kuroda Mitsuyuki's original understanding, the landing and anti-landing war at Hakata Bay were quite easy to fight! It is possible to fight for it over and over again for months... With that long, Amaterasu in the sky might be able to hold back a strong wind and overturn the invading Ming ships. .
However, the battle of the Hakata Bay landing on June 30 was fought so hard that Mitsuyuki Kuroda, Tsunaki Shimazu, Tsunahiro Mori, Mitsushige Nabeshima, Tsunato Hosokawa, Tsunasa Asano, Tsunamasa Ikeda, and Yutaka Yamauchi were watching the battle. Masaru, Hachisuga Tsunuki, Date Munori and others were all stunned by the one-sided result.
On the evening of the 30th, when the sun and moon flag symbolizing the Ming Dynasty was raised on Xionggu Island, Kuroda Mitsuyuki was completely stunned. Half of the Kuroda family's combat strength was defeated by the Akiko who landed in less than a day... no, it was the Great Tomb Soldiers who defeated them!
The Kuroda family is about to end!
"Fukuoka Marquis (this is another nickname)," Kuroda suddenly remembered Shimazu Tsunaki's voice, "It seems that we are unable to prevent the landing of Mingko... It is better to temporarily abandon Fukuoka Castle and retreat to Mikazuki. We will hold on to the highlands around the mountains, Mount Yuesong, and Mount Yuanyuan, and wait for the Eastern Army led by Lord Gongfang!"
"Abandon Fukuoka Castle? How is this possible..." Kuroda Mitsuyuki was shocked when he heard Shimazu Tsunaki's suggestion.
Fukuoka Castle is the main city of the Kuroda family. It took a lot of effort to build it. It is the foundation of the Kuroda family. How can we give up?
"Marquis Fukuoka..." Tsunahiro Mouri also came up to persuade him, "Now is not the time to fight for the gains and losses of a city or a place! The current battle of Hakata Bay is very similar to the Battle of Sekigahara. , maybe it will become a key battle that changes the ownership of the world. As long as we stand on the side of the winner, are you still afraid of not having a castle? "
"What does it look like?" Kuroda Mitsuyuki turned to look at Mouri Tsunahiro with a surprised look on his face.
"It looks like Sekigahara!" Tsunahiro Mouri said, "Marquis Fukuoka, think about it carefully, is the current situation very similar to Sekigahara?"
Shimazu Tsunaki also said: "Yes, the current situation is really very similar to Sekigahara... The Battle of Hakata Bay will determine the world in one battle! Will Japan continue to become a unique kingdom of God, or will it join the Great Tomorrow? Now, let’s look at the Battle of Hakata.”
"Oh, it looks like Sekigahara..." Mitsuyuki Kuroda thought about it carefully, "Can't it last?"
Tsunahiro Mouri shook his head and said: "The reason why Japan was able to stand alone in the past and was not integrated with the Celestial Empire is because Japan is an island country hanging on the sea. Once the thousands of miles of sea territory can no longer protect Japan from foreign enemies... then Can Japan still be independent from the Celestial Empire?"
"It's impossible..." Shimazu Tsunayuki shook his head, his tone was quite pessimistic, "Japan is surrounded by seas on all sides, and you can land everywhere. If we don't fight to the death in Hakata, and Ming invaders invade everywhere, then we will We have to put up defenses everywhere, but this is simply impossible.
Therefore, we had to retreat to the high ground east of Hakata Bay and wait for reinforcements. After the general arrives, we can join forces to fight the Ming invaders. If we fail to win, we can only..."
Mouri Tsunahiro nodded: "Yes, yes...the situation at Sekigahara was like this. One battle will determine the world, and we must do our best. Marquis of Fukuoka, why don't we retreat to high ground first, and then go to Changshu together?" Please send troops, Mr. Gongfang. We must not let Mr. Gongfang fail to follow in the footsteps of Duke Huiyuan of the family!"
The Terumoto he was talking about was, of course, the Sekigahara house god Mori Terumoto. As the general of the Western Army, he stayed in Osaka Castle and never left Osaka Castle. This was how he took advantage of that old turtle Tokugawa Ieyasu... Otherwise, Mori Tsunahiro is now the general!
Chapter 684 What’s the matter with the original smell? (Please vote for me, please recommend me)
