Still, he ordered all the forty or so cavalry in Nagasaki to test it. As expected, these cavalrymen were hit by the ship's guns as soon as they came into range of the artillery! However, the knights were relatively small and moved quickly and quickly, so they easily escaped from the range of the artillery.

Seeing this, Tanigawa Gonroku sighed and ordered all the soldiers to stand still. He made up his mind not to go within range of the enemy's guns. He estimated that once his team entered the range of the naval guns, he was afraid that before they could touch the enemy, they would be beaten to pieces by the naval guns!

Therefore, under the cover of the naval guns, Liu Pei's soldiers calmly hoisted the artillery from the ship before gathering. Liu Pei lined up the soldiers in four rows, the first row was the sword and shield men, and the second row was the pikemen. The last two rows are the firecrackers. It was followed by 10 guns. They marched in the direction of the castle tower.

Tanigawa Gonroku looked at the opponent's team from afar, and his heart sank! His subordinates can't walk out of this neat pace, which shows that the other party is a strong army! But there is no way back for Tanigawa Gonroku!

He has to fight this battle, and he has to fight if he doesn't! If he is defeated, he will be killed in battle or seppuku. If he fled or surrendered without a fight, then his entire family would be disgraced, and he would even be banished by the lord and reduced to a wandering samurai.

Thinking of this, Tanigawa Gonroku perked up and devoted all his attention to the battle that was about to begin. He observed his samurai and soldiers, and found that they were all a little sluggish, and knew that the defeat of the sailors yesterday and the effects of the fire had not yet subsided.

So Tanigawa Gonroku cheered up and said loudly to everyone: "Gentlemen, now we are only facing a group of pirates, nothing remarkable!" You must know that we have followed our family and fought against the elite army of many famous people, and finally assisted our family to succeed in Shangluo and achieved a great cause! Although these pirates are menacing today, they may be invincible at sea, but they are no match for us on land! Ladies and gentlemen, take out the courage of the pig to advance suddenly, please be sure to fight this battle! Please! ”

The samurai around Tanigawa answered in unison, and their morale was immediately raised. Even the expressions of the ordinary soldiers flew up.

Speaking of the four words of pig suddenness, at first glance it seems like a curse. In fact, this sentence is a compliment in Japan, and it is specifically used to describe fierce generals.

Anyone who has been to play in the old woods should have been warned by the old hunter. In the old forest, the tiger is not ranked first at all, and the correct order is "one pig, two tigers and three bears". This pig refers to wild boars. They are completely different breeds from human-bred domestic pigs.

Once the boar is in a rage, it will rush at the enemy without hesitation. Either take down the enemy or get taken down by the enemy. In particular, the injured wild boar is even more ferocious and very difficult to deal with! Even beasts such as tigers and bears don't want to provoke wild boars until they are hungry!

In addition, there has never been a tiger in Japan, but there are many wild boars. Therefore, after the Japanese learned about the temperament of wild boars, they felt that wild boars were super powerful creatures! So once they meet someone who is extremely brave, they will praise him as a pig who is a fierce man!

Moreover, this stupid behavior of the wild boar is also particularly in line with the national characteristics of the Japanese who have no head and no brains. In their opinion, reckless waves are the best tactic! If you are reckless, you will win, and if you can't pass, you will die! So when they were in World War II, they bowed their heads and anyone dared to top!

Liu Pei, who also disembarked from the ship, was eager to try the role of the new artillery, so he decided to personally command the battle. He was always on the far right side of the line. After advancing some distance, the guard reminded him, "Commander, you are about to leave the range of the ship's guns." ”

Liu Pei looked up at Tanigawa Gonroku's team in the distance, estimated it and said, "Keep going." If we do not leave the range of the naval guns, it seems that he will not dare to come and attack us. ”

The team continued to advance some distance, completely out of range of the ship's guns. At this time, Tanigawa Gonroku was a little nervous. He had already begun to ride his horse forward.

When Liu Pei saw that Tanigawa Quanliu had moved, he immediately ordered the team to stop advancing. At the same time, let 10 guns spread out on both flanks

。 At this time, the Napoleon cannon showed its useful characteristics. In the absence of horses, the artillery was dragged to the designated position with the towing of only a few soldiers.

Then the gunners quickly dug two trenches in the ground and embedded the gun's wheels into them. And just like that, one gun emplacement is complete!

The artillery emplacements had just been completed, and the Japanese army on the opposite side could not wait to start advancing. Tanigawa Quan Roku co-starred in a helpless position. He didn't like to attack first, in fact, he preferred the other side to attack, but he changed his mind when he saw that the other party was carrying artillery. He knows the power of artillery! You must not let the other party launch calmly, otherwise your team will not be able to withstand it!

Originally, he thought that the other party was carrying artillery, and he could deal with it calmly. Because in his impression, the use of artillery was quite troublesome. Not to mention the heavy and difficult to move artillery, the biggest problem was the construction of gun emplacements.

Artillery at that time was cumbersome to use. The first thing is to dig a pit in the ground, then push the artillery into the pit and bury the gun box with sand. Then fill the gun box with sand, and finally use 4-6 wooden wedges to nail the gun box to the ground, which is considered to complete the preparation before firing. This is effectively the equivalent of building a fixed gun emplacement before it can be aimed and fired.

And the Napoleonic cannon was completely different. A standard 12-pounder Napoleon gun had a barrel 66 inches long and a barrel weighing 1227 pounds, or about 556 kg. The left and right wheels are 1.45 meters straight, and the total weight (gun body, gun carriage plus wheels) weighs 1109 kg. The whole gun combination (the whole gun plus the front trailer and the attached ammunition box) weighed about 1,750 kg, and the two horses ran with the horses pulled.

Moreover, the Academy of Sciences replaced the original bronze material with the newly developed steel, which further reduced the weight of the whole gun, made it more convenient to move, and dissipated heat faster, so that it was more convenient for soldiers to use!

Moreover, the Napoleonic cannon, like most artillery of the period, fired solid, explosive, shotgun, and shrapnel shells. Its popularity and success were mainly due to the size of the breech, firepower, maneuverability and low weight. During the American Civil War, both sides used a large number of Napoleonic guns.