They fought endlessly, but after working hard for a long time, they didn't even hurt each other's hair! The Ming artillerymen at the foot of the mountain were only nervous when they first fired. When they saw that the nearest lead bullet had landed dozens of steps away, they felt relieved and began to readjust their gun positions!
Under the command of the officer, all the artillery were adjusted according to the angle of the sixth artillery before firing again. This time, the trajectory of the artillery shells was obviously much lower, and the two artillery guns on both sides accurately hit the lower half of the wall.
The huge impact caused the wall to tremble violently, and even an unsteady iron gun ashigaru fell from the wall! But the wall tenaciously withstood the impact! As for the two cannons in the middle, there is no doubt that they opened two large holes in the wooden door. You can even see the panicked figures of the Japanese soldiers swaying back and forth from inside the door!
Seeing that the artillery shell landed exactly where he wanted, the artillery officer immediately ordered the soldiers to continue loading the artillery and fire without even fine-tuning it! Anyway, these artillery pieces are all smoothbore cannons, and the impact points are different every time they are fired. You don’t have to worry about the artillery hitting the same place repeatedly!
Just as the officer guessed, after several or six cannons fired two rounds, the left door leaf of the middle door collapsed! The soldiers cheered loudly when they saw this, but the superiors still had no intention of ordering a charge. Instead, they continued to let the artillery attack. It seemed that they planned to completely destroy this section of the city wall!
The Ming army here calmly bombarded the wall. Seeing that the wall was crumbling, they could no longer hold on for long! But the unfortunate thing was that some Japanese soldiers were sent to reinforce the wall and block the main entrance. However, there were still two artillery fire at the main entrance. The first group of people rushed up with wooden planks, but they were beaten by the cannons, people and wooden planks. Crush it, and no one will dare to come forward again!
Just when the samurai drew their swords and forced a group of ashigaru to come forward again holding bricks and stones, there was a "boom" and the wall on the right side of the gate finally couldn't support it and completely collapsed, collapsing more than a foot. long! The ashigaru standing on the wall was more clever and jumped away before the wall collapsed. The one who was slower to react was directly buried in the pile of bricks! Even the door frame with the door was torn down, and now the door was completely opened!
Shimazu Yoshihiro, who was standing behind the railing, was shocked and angry when he saw this scene! He slapped the railing hard and then said loudly: "Pull back all the people in front and tell the archery team to get ready!"
After receiving the order, the iron cannon ashigaru quickly withdrew in disgrace. When the Ming army on the opposite side saw the opponent's retreat, they happily dug the artillery out of the soil and carried it up the mountain on their hands and shoulders.
Seeing this scene, Shimazu Yoshihiro really wished that the mountain under his feet could suddenly grow taller! However, he still seemed to be very dependent, standing at the railing with an unchanged expression. With him standing here, the other Japanese people felt much calmer. At least the low morale caused by losing two city walls in succession has not dropped again!
The Ming army below quickly rushed to the place where the city wall collapsed. They quickly cleared the bricks and stones and prepared to meet the troops behind. At the same time, the artillerymen began to dig holes in place, preparing to bombard the third city wall.
They all felt that as long as the artillery fired, the opponent's low city wall would definitely not be able to defend. When the time came, they would rush up and win, so they all laughed and were full of confidence!
When more and more soldiers gathered near the gap, and the artillery was transported to the gap with difficulty, Shimazu Yoshihiro sneered and said: "Order the archery team to take action!"
The samurai beside him agreed vigorously and ran down the castle tower, saying to the archery team gathered below: "Throw with all your strength! You must teach the Ming army a lesson!"
The samurai leading the archery team also agreed and quickly ordered the soldiers to start unfurling their bows and setting arrows. Then these archers standing behind the wall raised their bows high and pointed to the sky, and shot batch after batch of feather arrows!
These feathered arrows flew high into the sky and then slowly turned around and landed at the highest point, pointing directly at the gap in the second city wall. There, the Ming army's artillery was busy setting up positions, the infantry was clearing the surrounding area, and there was a steady stream of gunmen coming up from below to assemble on the flat ground in the gap.
Just when they were about to use this place as their starting point, a large number of arrows fell from the sky.
The person who ejaculated in one fell swoop fell on his back! What's even more terrifying is that the falling arrows are continuous!
Shimazu Yoshihisa left 400 soldiers for Tsurunomaru before the war began. Among these 400 soldiers, 100 were samurai and elite ashigaru, 100 were ordinary ashigaru, and the remaining 200 were iron cannons. The Ashigaru and Archery teams each had half.
In addition, dozens of guards in Tsurunomaru used to use bows and arrows, which means that there are now almost two hundred archers throwing outwards, so the density of feather arrows is very high, and the continuity is also very high!
However, the lethality of civilian bows and arrows alone is not great, but the problem lies in the terrain! These archers relied on the command of the officers to launch arrows from behind the third fence. There was a height difference between the two fences. In addition, they deliberately shot high into the sky, so when the arrows fell, Under the influence of gravity acceleration, it becomes extremely lethal!
And what's even more disgusting is that Tsurunomaru accurately calculated the distance during the design. If the arrow was launched from high altitude at the third wall, the landing point of the arrow would be right at the second wall! The second wall is not only a defensive tool but also a ruler!
This is also the reason why Shimazu Yoshihiro placed the iron gun ashigaru on the second wall. Because the iron cannon cannot be thrown! After the thrown lead bullet loses its propulsion, it is no different from throwing a stone. If it hits a person's head, it will be a pimple at most, but the feathered arrow can use gravity to increase its lethality!
Moreover, the iron cannon can only shoot straight away, and the arrows thrown by the bow and arrow at a fixed angle on the top of the mountain will definitely fall in front of and behind the wall, and the angle of the arrows falling from high altitude is almost vertical, so even if people are hiding behind the wall, they can easily be shot by high-altitude people. Wounded by falling arrows! Only the soldiers who cling to the wall can truly survive! .
Dense arrows fell one after another, causing huge damage to the gunmen and artillery gathered here! In the first round of feather arrows, more than thirty people were hit by arrows and fell to the ground! Fortunately, these soldiers reacted quickly and dispersed quickly, greatly reducing the lethality of the second round of feather arrows.
