Chapter 551: Shuri's First Battle
The next day, it was just dawn.
On the coast, the black dragon flag representing Great Qin was unfurled, and in the midst of the shocking drums, the black Great Qin army began to advance forward. As the old saying goes, when there are more than 10,000 people, there will be a sea of people, not to mention that Great Qin has 30,000 soldiers.
The terrain on Shuri Island is complex, the entire island is full of mountains and forests, and the humid climate in it is not conducive to the battle of the Great Qin army.
Rao is like this, seeing that Daqin is fully armed, wearing cold iron armor, which also makes the hearts of the Satsuma clan in the mountains and forests chill.
The first to enter the dense forest were the sword and shield soldiers of Daqin, they were wearing iron armor and holding round shields in their hands, these soldiers were simply iron hedgehogs to the clansmen of the Satsuma Domain. With the equipment of homemade bows and blowguns in their hands, it was difficult to break through the Qin army's defenses unless they were particularly lucky.
Behind the sword and shield soldiers, there are the musketeers and crossbowmen of the Qin army, due to the problem of musket production, the long-range firepower of the Qin army now still belongs to the era of the coexistence of bows and muskets.
The Qin army began to press into the dense forest, while the people of the Satsuma clan hid in the woods. Although the Qin army pressed over, the people of the Satsuma Domain did not move. With the long-range weapons in their hands, they couldn't break through the armor of the Qin army, and if they wanted to effectively kill the Qin army, they had to fight at close range.
The people of the Satsuma clan were waiting, they were confident in their disguise, they were waiting for the order of the general Puliang, waiting for the Qin army to approach them, to strike a fatal blow.
However, who is the commander of the Qin army, the commander of the Qin army is Han Xin, and it is the soldier immortal Han Xin. For the use of soldiers, Han Xin can definitely be that Puliang's grandfather.
I'll just rub it, I won't go in.
This is Han Xin's current tactics, the speed of the Qin army's movement is very slow, and now it is only a few hundred steps deep into the dense forest area.
"Stop the front army."
Just as the people of the Satsuma clan stared at the Qin army as they continued to go deeper, Han Xin actually gave the order to stop advancing.
Seeing that the Qin army had inexplicably stopped the front army, the people of the Satsuma clan were a little suspicious of themselves. Rather, this is what we have exposed.
Seeing that the various units of the Qin army stopped the front army and set up their own defensive formations, Pu Liang also knew that the more this time, the more he couldn't be in a hurry, and he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry.
"He's bluffing us, keep hiding, don't worry." Pura's order was whispered among the Satsuma clan.
In fact, now, not only the people of the Satsuma Domain are strange to the actions of the Qin army, but even the Qin army itself is very strange. However, on the battlefield, military orders are like mountains, and if you stop from above, then you must stop.
"Han Shuai, why did we stop." A partial general asked.
On the battlefield, morale is a mysterious. One blow of strength, then decline, three and exhaustion. Morale is the thing that can't afford to toss, and it is easy to discourage soldiers if they are tossed repeatedly.
"These savages are playing peek-a-boo with us." Han Xin said with a smile.
"Tiger squat cannon, indiscriminate attack." Han Shin's order was conveyed.
Shooting in the dense forest, fools know that this is useless work. The artillery is projectile, and the dense canopy will block the shells, and even if the shells fall occasionally, the trunk is a good cover.
However, for the Qin army, which had a mountain of military orders, ordinary soldiers did not need to consider the rationality of the order. They just need to obey, they are just tool people without feelings.
Han Xin's order was conveyed, and in the center of the square circle battle array, more than 100 artillery soldiers formed a circle. Their muzzles were facing outwards and they began to reload their ammunition.
The Qin army's tiger squat cannon has been equipped in the army for many years, and it has undergone several changes, and now it is more in line with the mortars of the special period in the previous life. The size of the Tiger Squat Cannon is smaller, the weight is lighter, and its structure is simpler. On the battlefield, one of the soldiers of the Qin army carried a tiger squatting cannon, and one carried ammunition, which had almost no impact on the march.
In the battle formation of the Qin army, more than 100 shiny tiger squat cannons were facing the dense forest, as if they could be fired at any time.
"General Puliang, they are trying to fire at us, but what's the use of firing in this dense forest?" The Satsuma Domain General asked curiously.
"The soldiers will block, and the water will cover the earth. These are all 100-year-old trees, and the canopy is very dense, and their cannons can't fall, let alone small cannons. Don't be afraid, I think they're sick and rushed to the doctor. Pu Liang said calmly.
Yesterday, they had already tried the power of the Qin army's artillery. Although it is very lethal in the open area, it is not suitable for fighting in the mountains and forests. In the mountains and forests, any projectile method of shooting is of no use. Sheltered by a canopy, in the dense forest, flat shooting is the truth of long-range combat.
"Boom, boom, boom."
"Boom, boom, boom."
"Boom, boom, boom."
A dense rain of artillery fell in all directions, and the rumbling sound of cannon rang out in the canopy of trees in all directions. The branches of the trees were blown to pieces and smashed from the canopy. As expected, most of the shells hit the canopy and then exploded on the canopy, with only a handful of shells falling.
"Chirp."
"Twitter."
The cannon was followed by a burst of birdsong, and it was clear that the biggest victim of the shelling was the birds that lived in the canopy.
After a round of shelling, Han Shin ordered the shelling to stop. Immediately, another command sounded: "Attack indiscriminately in the direction where no birds and beasts are flying." ”
"Bang, bang, bang."
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh."
In an instant, everyone deliberately shot and shot arrows in the direction where there were no birds and beasts flying up just now. Arrows and bullets flew like locusts into the grass in the distance, behind the trees.
"Ahh
Screams rang out one after another, and the hidden Satsuma clan was suddenly attacked. Such a fierce attack caught them off guard and caused them heavy losses.
I have to say that these natives, who were born by the sea and grew up in the woods, have a very good ability to disguise. They are made of twigs and turf, and they are not close enough to see at all. However, now some of the injured people began to roll and scream, so that many of those who were not exposed could no longer continue to hide.
Han Xin is still Han Xin in the end, and his ability to adapt to the battle is far from being comparable to ordinary generals. Han Xin's round of shelling was not to kill and injure the enemy, but to alarm the birds and beasts, so as to judge where people were hidden and where there were no Tibetans.
Han Xin, what a Han Xin, is so terrifying.
"All the soldiers obeyed the order and formed a formation to kill the enemy."
With a wave of the long sword in Han Xin's hand, the order had been given.
As soon as the order came out, the soldiers of the Qin army pounced on it like hungry wolves. Now that the people of the Satsuma Domain have been forced out, and there is no suddenness brought by hiding the enemy head-on, how can these Satsuma Domain people be the elite opponents of the Qin army.