0716 Desperate Assault
And with the appearance of Ashigaru who was scattered in front and fled, the advance speed of the team behind was obviously slowing down, and it was obvious that they were shaking. The whole team is in danger of collapsing! So Horita Masakatsu shouted: "On the battlefield there, our robes are being slaughtered!" Now they need us to give it a blow! For the sake of our family, for the sake of victory, this time we will do a jade smash charge! So I'm going to run ahead of everybody! ”
These cavalrymen enjoyed a relatively high status and a relatively large amount of support in the Tokugawa family on weekdays. This also cultivates a higher sense of honor in them. So with Horita Masakatsu's brief agitation, the panic in their eyes has gradually been replaced by firmness.
When Horita Masakatsu turned his horse's head and raised his sword, the soldiers were also ready, determined to repay their family with their deaths.
Horita Masakatsu estimated the distance, and at this moment they were out of the design range of the artillery, so there was enough time and distance for the war horse to accelerate. As Horita Masakatsu's sword leaned forward, the soldiers rode their horses and trotted!
The cavalry had barely run some distance when five solid cannonballs smashed into the cavalry group like meteors. At this time, the cavalry group was still relatively dense, and five shells brought down eight horses, causing a flurry of confusion again. But the chaos soon subsided.
Knowing that he was within range of the artillery, he pressed the sword forward with all his might. The cavalry group immediately accelerated and ran forward with all its might. The certificate of completion decided to sacrifice even more than half of the cavalry, and to rush into the enemy's position to kill the gunners. In that case, you still have hope of victory.
In the gallop, Masakatsu Horita faintly heard the dull sound of cannon fire in front of him. Immediately he saw five large balls flying into the air. They seemed to pause slightly as they reached the highest point before speeding up and slamming into them!
Horita stooped down in despair and hid himself behind the horse's neck. Hopefully, we will be able to dodge this blow. But things don't change by his will. After the five flowering bombs landed, a large number of projectiles and flames exploded, causing a large number of casualties!
One of the flowering bombs hit the ground with exactly one
A horse leaps over him and is directly shattered by the flowering bomb! Blood and shredded flesh spurted in all directions like a fountain, smearing the surrounding cavalry and war horses!
The chaos that was almost the same as last time is back again! The wounded horse neighed and shook off its knight. The cavalry in the rear crashed into the wounded horses in front, and the two sides were in a mess, and then more men and horses collided with them.
At this moment, the chaos and disorder of the Wa cavalry reached the extreme! After all, they have not been hit by hot weapons and simply have no experience in coping! Sometimes, blood and will alone can't resist steel and fire!
But fortunately, this time the other cavalry did not froze, and some of them tried to pass directly through the chaotic area with good riding skills. Most of the cavalry slowed down and made a detour to the sides, trying to get around the chaos ahead.
At this moment, the gunners who seized the moment fired a dense stream of shotguns. Knock the slowed cavalry to the ground. But this time the cavalry was resolute and did not stop, they rode their horses and trampled on the corpses of their comrades and horses and continued to assault forward! Even if they saw a wounded companion calling under the horse's hooves, they did not hesitate to ride their horses and step on them!
For these cavalrymen, falling off their horses during the charge, unless they were very lucky, almost none survived! Even if they don't break their necks or break their internal organs, they will be trampled to death by their companions behind them! Because the galloping cavalry has no way to slow down at all! Even a reckless slowdown can put yourself in danger.
The horsemen's idea was good, and they worked hard for it. But under the alternating blows of flowering shells and shotguns, they still fell to the ground in batches! Just a few hundred meters away, the ground was covered with the corpses of dead people and horses.
But these cavalrymen still had no idea of retreating, but desperately beat their horses and accelerated. I hope that through my own sacrifice, I can pave the way to victory for my companions.
By the time they approached the range of the firearms, there were only about 1,000 of the more than 2,000 cavalrymen left. Most of them died from shelling and trampling by their own homes. However, this gave Masakatsu Horita hope! He estimated it himself, and then again
If you sacrifice five or six hundred people, you can rush into the enemy's position! The thin two-line soldiers could not withstand the onslaught of the cavalry.
Liu Pei had been paying attention to the frantically assaulting Japanese cavalry, and he and Horita Masakatsu had come to the same conclusion. This made Liu Pei frown. He immediately ordered: "Let 10 mortars turn around and bombard the opposing cavalry!" Don't fire a salvo, blow up a dead end with a team of two! ”
The mortar gunners, who received the order, immediately turned around and bombarded the cavalry units. A continuous stream of explosions began to sound in the cavalry group. Every time an explosion sounded, several horsemen or a dozen cavalrymen fell to the ground. They had tripped up almost the same number of cavalry.
In addition to the cavalry and horses that directly kill them, each shell will become a source of chaos for the entire team. Not only did it force the cavalry behind to slow down, but it also caused many cavalry to trip to the ground or simply crash into each other. Many of the horses were frightened by the sound of the explosion, and simply led the cavalry away from the charging team and ran into the distance.
And after each round of flowering shells explodes, a dense number of shotguns will be fired. The Japanese cavalry fell to the ground one after another in this round of blows. And with the assault of the cavalry, the fire guns also joined the slaughter!
Horita Masakatsu understood the power of the firebolt, so he had already bowed his head and bent down to let the war horse cover him. But this did not escape his fate either. Just as he was galloping on his horse, a buckshot hit the horse's chest!
The aching warhorse man stood up! Horita grabbed the horse's neck hard, shouted loudly, and stabbed the horse with a spur in an attempt to calm the horse. But the painful war horse could not be comforted, until it was hit in the chest by two buckshot bullets again, and the exhausted war horse finally neighed and fell to the ground!
Horita Masakatsu's martial arts are good, so he will leave the horse when he falls. He had just rolled on the ground a few times, and when he was about to stand up, a horse's thick chest appeared in front of him!
Horita Masakatsu couldn't dodge and was directly knocked out by this cavalryman. When he was in mid-air, Masakatsu Horita spurted out a mouthful of blood! His entrails have been shattered!