I have to say, these Japanese soldiers are really tough! They braved the fire and moved forward quickly, which required great courage! But as they advanced, the opponent's shooting became more and more accurate, more and more soldiers were killed and injured, and the fear accumulated in their hearts became heavier and heavier!
It wasn't until they were approaching each other for more than sixty steps that a soldier whose face was spattered with the blood of his companions finally screamed in fear, dropped the iron cannon in the car and ran away! The commanding samurai slashed him to the ground in time, but the damage had already been done!
The ashigaru around him were infected by him and turned around to run away. The entire phalanx collapsed instantly! The soldiers in the phalanx on both sides hesitated for a moment, then turned and fled. Even if the warriors holding the formation hacked and killed several people, they could not stop the flow of people fleeing!
Shimazu Yoshihisa, who was sitting under the horse seal, naturally saw this scene, and he had already anticipated the appearance of this scene! The place where he stood was relatively high, and he could clearly see his soldiers falling to the ground under the blows of the opponent's muskets!
However, he still held on to a glimmer of hope, hoping that Ashigaru could rush in front of the opponent and shoot at him. But he overestimated the courage of his soldiers! However, in the face of the defeat, he did not get angry. Instead, he waved his military equipment and shouted loudly: "Order the others to withdraw and organize another attack!"
The warrior standing aside, with an equally ashen complexion, immediately bowed and saluted upon hearing his order, then turned around to convey the order. The Japanese soldiers who received the order quickly retreated and regrouped.
The soldiers of Wu'an Army cheered loudly! They finally defeated the real enemy for the first time in their lives, which was enough to make them proud and make them more confident! But their cheers were soon interrupted by the officers, who asked them to check their muskets immediately to see if there was any problem.
There is a military train in the center of the phalanx, equipped with many muskets and ammunition, just to deal with this situation. Although this kind of flintlock gun has been tested by history, it still sometimes misfires. And many times it is caused by human operations.
After all, it is easy for people to make mistakes and mistakes when they are nervous. For example, forget to put gunpowder in the medicine tank, or scatter gunpowder everywhere. They even reversed the order of loading gunpowder and lead bullets! Others are even more outrageous, forgetting to pull out the purge after loading, and blowing the purge away when firing!
Also, in the midst of intensive shooting, you don’t know whether your gun has fired, resulting in repeated reloading and other such things!
In historical records, there was once a soldier who was too nervous during the battle. He loaded a second bullet without knowing that the gun had not fired, and then stacked it layer by layer. The entire barrel was loaded with bullets. He shot 26 rounds of lead bullets, he can be called a genius!
Therefore, when soldiers check the gun, they have to poke the barrel of the gun again with a purge. If the mark on the purge is higher than the barrel, it means that there is lead bullet in the barrel that has not been shot out. , it is necessary to replace the gun again. After all, there is no time to repair guns on the battlefield.
As the soldiers checked their firearms, problems were discovered one after another. Although no one knocked out their own pipes this time, the issue of repeated reloading did occur! There are also various problems such as flint falling off and sparking gear falling off.
The person who had the problem blushed and went to the back to replace the gun amid the jokes of his companions. What awaited them was extra training after the war. Then for those fire guns that have quality problems, there will be dedicated personnel to hold the producers accountable according to the number.
The soldiers quickly completed their repairs and returned to their original positions. This time they were full of confidence and no longer nervous at all. There are also people who are stroking the three-edged bayonets on their waists eagerly, probably because they want to rush out and show off their bayonet skills!
At this time, Shimazu Yoshihisa on the opposite side sent people around him one after another to stabilize the retreating team. In fact, when the people he sent arrived, the entire army had gradually restored order. Because the only one that was really hit was the iron cannon ashigaru at the front, and there were not many casualties.
The real reason that caused their collapse was that the range of the opponent's fire cannon was too far. It was too uncomfortable to be beaten without being able to fight back! And it was the complete lack of psychological preparation that led to the striker's collapse. But this time they had psychological expectations
Afterwards, it is more difficult to break them down.
The adjustments Shimazu Yoshihisa made this time are not small! He directly said that Feng Ya's iron gun ashigaru was replaced by a long gun ashigaru. The purpose is to take advantage of the high speed of the ashigaru of the spear, while paying a certain amount of casualties, and to take advantage of the disadvantage of the opponent's long reloading time to approach the opponent.
At the same time, he also placed the Samurai and Elite Ashigaru behind the Spear Ashigaru. Needless to say, the Samurai Order is just ordinary samurai recruited by the Shimazu family. All of them have outstanding martial arts skills and are the backbone of the samurai class. Some of the Hatamoto samurai were also included.
As for the status of those elite ashigaru, they are much higher than other ashigaru. Although they still bear the name of Ashigaru, they have received strict training. To put it bluntly, they are samurai reserve forces! As long as they make certain achievements, they may be able to leave the Ashigaru and become samurai!
For those Ashigaru who were born as farmers, this was simply a class leap! Therefore, these elite Ashigaru train hard and fight bravely, hoping that one day they can stand out! For example, the famous military commander Kato Kiyomasa during the Warring States Period was born in Ashigaru.
Because the Japanese were very particular about being immobile as a general, even though Shimazu Yoshihisa issued a series of orders, he himself still sat in front of the screen. However, he still encouraged many of the warriors around him and sent them all out.
Sending someone to supervise the battle was a very stern signal to the samurai who was originally fighting on the front line, but at this time he didn't care much anymore! Because at this time Shimazu Yoshihisa already had a very bad premonition that he would lose this time!
When he was observing the opponent just now, he relied on the intuition of a battlefield veteran to find that the opponent's soldiers were a little restless! So he guessed that the other party might just be a group of strictly trained but inexperienced recruits! In fact, he guessed it right!
He knows very well that to deal with such a team of new recruits, he must defeat it at once! Because once they build up their confidence, coupled with the rigorous training they already have, they will soon become a strong army! And he found that after repelling his own attack, the opponent's originally unstable morale began to stabilize!
