After the heavy artillery battalion was in full swing for half an hour, the observation post on the platform gave a signal, and the Houjin brigade on the opposite side began to move. At the same time, more than a dozen forts on the defensive line were lit at the same time, indicating that the Houjin infantry began to attack in a big way.

Liu Pojun couldn't wait to watch it on the platform. The Houjin infantry has always been in a state of not fighting back, because the distance is too far, the accuracy of the shells is very poor, they did not have many casualties, but the loss of morale is indeed not small. Now, the Houjin infantry, which had been lined up in a row, parted the passage, and hundreds of shield carts poured out of the crowd and were pushed forward.

The ant-like dense coats were stared at by Yu Ding, who was supervising the battle in the rear, and shouted to push the shield cart forward. Against these moving targets, there was nothing that could be done by the heavy artillery battalions that could not fire directly. They continued to bombard the Jiannu infantry, keeping the shield wagons and waiting until they were close before knocking them out with medium and light artillery.

After noon, the gate on the long wall opened, and more than 200 Dengzhou soldiers and thousands of Japanese vassal soldiers lined up from inside the gate and entered the earthen wall one after another to defend it. The artillery crews quickly entered the artillery positions and reloaded the field guns that had been deployed there before.

With a trumpet, hundreds of artillery pieces began to roar. The black iron ball flew out of the muzzle of the cannon, drew a shallow parabola in the air, and struck heavily in the shield cart a mile away. The artillery of both sides was firing at full strength, the only difference was that the number of cannons on the rear side was smaller, and the caliber was not very good.

Countless shield carts moving slowly were hit by cannonballs. The main body of this shield was made of wood, and many earth bags were loaded on it, and the top was covered with a layer of moist cowhide, which was strong enough to resist all the firearms of the Ming Kingdom. Some of the well-made shield car front guards are not fixed, but fixed with live pins, lead bullets hit on it, the guard plate will tilt and unload, lead bullet iron bullets are often refracted in the other direction, against low kinetic energy weapons can be unscathed.

However, by the concentration of solid shells of various calibers at a distance of about 500 meters, no matter how strong the shield car is, it will not be able to function. If someone was pushing the shield cart, he would feel the shield cart in front of him thump with a muffled sound, and then within a few tenths of a second, he would hear the sandbags flying, the wood of the shield cart cracking and shattering, and the soft sound of flying wood chips inserting into his body. In the eyes of outsiders, only the shield cart stopped and even retreated in an instant in half a second, a piece of sand appeared in front of it, and wood chips flew up in the sky behind it, and then it fell to the ground.

On this front, which stretches for about 1.5 kilometers, the life of the coating is only worth a sawdust.

Behind the shield cart, the coats pushed the gun cart slowly. Most of Houjin's artillery was small in caliber and had to be advanced close enough to be effective. Each valuable artillery carriage was protected by seven or eight shield carriages. For Houjin, one cannon is more precious than twenty coats.

A handful of white-armored soldiers stood behind with bows and arrows. They had gained experience in years of warfare, and knew that it was unfortunate to be killed by solid bullets in scattered situations, so they did not hesitate to crawl forward against the ground like the coats. Their bows and arrows were not arrowheads, but were wrapped in cloth stained with red dye. As soon as he sees a coat retreating in fear, he will shoot an arrow at him. After the battle, all coats with red spots on their bodies will be decapitated. With this means, each white armor can control a longer battle line.

Under the deterrence of the white armor, the coats finally advanced to the first barrage under artillery fire. The one-meter-high horse barrier ditch can't stop the living, but it can stop the heavy shield cart to death. The coaters put the shield cart on the barricade, removed the shovel and hoe from the shield cart, and dug like crazy. It was only about 500 meters away from the earthen wall, and the solid bullet had enough accuracy at this distance. The artillerymen aimed their cannons directly at the distant gun carriage, and the slightly raised barrels let out a roar, and two seconds later, the unfortunate target was reduced to fragments outside the barrage.

On the platform, Liu Pojun looked at the battlefield with a calm face, everything that happened now was in the estimation of the General Staff. In the face of systematic defense, even Ao Song himself could only rely on the tunnel fortifications to slowly approach, use artillery to artillery, rifle to rifle at close range, and then charge with bayonets to take down the outer barriers, and gnaw into it little by little. In his analysis of the battle situation, he saw that the friendly forces in the west were facing the Jiannu who were digging tunnels slowly, while the enemy opposite him was trying to make a move.

Inside the earthen wall, rows of soldiers sat on the ground in the cave. They were a combined force of soldiers from the Toboshu Army and the Vassals of the Hizen Domain. Amid the rumbling of artillery, soldiers on both sides rested in silence, and from time to time someone let out a low cough. The Chinese and Japanese soldiers looked at each other, and their eyes were full of curiosity.

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How long is Kinorou is a noble samurai, and the blood of the head of the family is in his body. Before the shogunate launched the Kyushu campaign, he already had a territory of fifty koku, which was outstanding among the younger generation.

Well, that was a few months ago. After the shogunate launched a crusade war, the Saga clan began to mobilize in full force, and Kinoro, who had long been obsessed with doing business with the Ao-Song people, was drafted and became a general in the army of the Shogunate family. Martial arts are just ordinary Xi Zhilang-kun felt sad about the future of the Saga Domain, but fortunately, the Ao Song army arrived in time, otherwise he would have to face the fate of serving the country with seven lives sooner or later.

After Yao Yao, his cousin, was killed in the Void Fortress, the legions of the How-after family were withdrawn from the front line and did not carry out combat missions in the subsequent battles. After the peace of Kyushu, when the presidium of the newly established Southwest Domain Alliance selected the rapid reaction force, the Takeshi Legion was selected, and 800 samurai and ashigaru were selected to become the two battalions of the Sai Tsuki Rapid Reaction Force, one of which was led by Kinoro Tojo.

At this moment, Kinoro was staring blankly at the blue-gray ceiling wall tiles, where an oil lamp was emitting a faint glow. Suddenly, there was a muffled noise in the walls, the oil lamp shook slightly, and some dust fell from the ceiling.

How long did Kinoro subconsciously close his eyes and feel dust falling on his face. He reached out and wiped his face, finally sobering up from the confusion that he was fighting the Tatars in southern Liaoning. After opening his eyes, Kinoro saw a Chinese sitting in front of him looking at him and smiling. Xi Zhilang hurriedly sat up straight and nodded reservedly. They were waiting in the hiding cave for the Houjin soldiers to approach, and the Japanese soldiers and the Dengzhou soldiers were sitting in a row.

The soldiers on the other side realized that it was inappropriate to laugh at others, and quickly put away their smiles and chatted quietly with their comrades. Taking this opportunity, Xi Zhilang quietly looked away and observed the Chinese soldiers two meters away.

The man wore a rank badge on his shoulder, and a green epaulette with a crossed rifle and two arrows depicted on it, indicating his status as a sergeant. The clothes are the red standard of the Ming army, but the appearance has been changed: the shoulders are padded, the waist is specially changed to a constricted style, and an armed belt is added

, the sense of majesty of the military was immediately revealed.

Thinking of this, Kiyuro looked down at his vassal military uniform, which was obviously a transformation of old fabric, and couldn't help but feel disgusted with the Western League Military Committee (Note 1)... Just lowered his head, and couldn't help but compare the military boots of the Dengzhou soldiers on the opposite side with his own cloth shoes, and suddenly became even more unhappy.

Just thinking about it, the sergeant of Dengzhou Town on the opposite side suddenly opened his mouth and said with a smile: "Hey, that Japanese man, are you from Japan?" ”

They all know that I'm a Japanese and ask me if I'm from Japan. Could it be that Ming or Korea also produced Japanese people? Kinoro thought to himself and opened his mouth to answer, "Hey, how long have I been from the Saga Domain, from Kyushu Island. "His Chinese level is okay, and he practiced it when he was dealing with Australian and Song people.

The sergeant nodded and smiled with a mouthful of white teeth: "Hello, I am Zhang Jinjian, a native of Jiacang Town, Rizhao Prefecture." I've heard of you Japan before, but have you been divided into many princes and fought for more than 100 years? ”

Kinoro thought about it with some distress and tried to explain the history of Japan's Warring States: "We are feudal domains, unlike the princes of China..."

A shrill whistle interrupted Kinoro. He subconsciously looked back towards the exit, and it was already full of running figures. The Dengzhou soldiers on the right bounced off the ground immediately after hearing the whistle, Zhang Jinjian shouted and pulled up the soldiers around him, grabbed the rifles from the ground, and organized the soldiers with the squad leader. Ten seconds later, the platoon near the exit began to trot out of the cave, and the previously quiet war machine began to operate.

Note 1: The uniforms and equipment of the vassal army are provided by the Australian and Song Dynasty military, and the vassal countries are manufactured by themselves.