Chapter 624: Defeat
"Ahh Kill Quack"
A Japanese soldier who was about 40 meters away from the Ming army suddenly picked up the corpse of his companion next to him as a shield, stood up abruptly and rushed towards the Ming army more than 40 meters away, intending to rely on the corpse to block the bullets and rush into the Ming army to fight with the Ming army.
Unfortunately, as soon as the widow stood up, he was shot through by a bullet along with the corpse standing in front of him.
The distance is too close, and the bullet can penetrate the corpse of a Japanese and shoot the one behind it.
"Kill Gaga" and more than a dozen Japanese robbers did the same.
"Poof! Poof: "They were also shot through by bullets along with the corpses in front of them.
With the experience of those Japanese soldiers, the other Japanese immediately gave up this method, honestly lying on the ground and crawling slowly, continuing to be the most standard target of the Ming soldiers.
One by one, the soldiers of the Ming army killed the crawling pirates.
The "boom" shells blew up several crawling pirates.
There were also Japanese who didn't know where to find wooden shields, and even a few simple iron shields appeared.
After all, most of the time had passed since the war, and the Japanese had thought of some way to resist the bullets of the Ming army, and had taken things from other places.
The wooden shields were cut from the woods not far from the battlefield, while the few simple iron shields were all kinds of iron sheets found in the city not far from the battlefield.
Some of the Japanese soldiers began to charge with wooden and iron shields.
At a long distance, the bullets of the Ming army may not be able to penetrate the wooden shield and iron shield thick enough, but the artillery of the Ming army is not vegetarian.
The powerful artillery fire poured down, blowing up the Japanese soldiers armed with wooden and iron shields, and killing and wounding a large number of people.
Even if there were Japanese robbers who really rushed to a distance of dozens of meters away from the Ming army with a wooden shield and an iron shield, but at such a close distance, the wooden shield was completely unstoppable, and only a few thick enough iron shields could not be shot through by the Ming army, but the iron shield obviously could not protect the whole body of the Japanese invaders, and many of the hands and feet of the Japanese were beaten by dense bullets and flesh and blood.
"Boom!" A grenade hid several people behind an iron plate, and the Japanese who were lucky enough to come within 50 meters of the Ming army were blown up into the sky with the iron plate.
There were not only dense bullets, grenades, but also fierce artillery fire, all of which were fatal, even if the Japanese were their Amaterasu gods, it was impossible to break through such a death blockade to kill the Ming army closely, and the morale of the Japanese invaders dropped rapidly as the casualties became more and more heavy, and when the morale fell to the bottom, the moment when fear filled the heart, it was also the moment when the Japanese army was defeated.
Although Tokugawa Iemitsu brought almost all the most elite shogunate elites of the Tokugawa family this time, this is not an ordinary army, but the most elite force in the entire Wa Kingdom, and the casualties that can withstand far more than the ordinary Wa army can bear, but this has not been able to break through the fire blockade of the Ming army, unable to fight face to face with the Ming army, and let the Ming army slaughter at a long distance, the shock brought by the heart is terrifying.
If the original army of 300,000 Japanese invaders could bear at least half of the casualties, now they definitely can't bear so much.
For most of the time since the war, the Japanese army has suffered more than 100,000 casualties.
Except for some who were killed by artillery fire from a distance, most of the casualties were at a distance of about 250 meters from the effective range of rifle and machine guns, and more than 70,000 corpses lay in this short distance of more than 200 meters.
So many corpses, originally piled up in a small place, I don't know how high to pile up, but there are ten warships on the sea surface of the Ming army, and there are more than 100 cannons on the ground, a total of 500 cannons of powerful artillery fire, many of the corpses of the Japanese are blown into minced meat by the shells, the most on the battlefield is not the corpses, but the stumps and broken arms and slimy minced meat, and the Japanese who climb up behind are almost all crawling up with countless slimy minced meat, and the situation is like crawling in a bloody hell.
The casualties were too miserable, and there was no hope of breaking through the fire defense of the Ming army, and boundless fear gradually spread in the hearts of the Japanese soldiers.
A Japanese soldier trembled all over, lying on the ground more than 100 meters away from the Ming army with a pale face, the bloody ground stained the clothes on the lower half of his body, stained with bloody breath, terrifying, and his will was on the verge of collapse.
Suddenly, the wolf touched a sticky thing in his hand, and he subconsciously grabbed it in front of him and saw that it was half a broken intestine, which was still stained with blood, and there was no doubt that a corpse had been torn apart by a cannonball, and the intestines still exuded a foul smell.
Thinking that he would wait for the meeting and that it might end up like this, the will of this widow collapsed in an instant.
"Ahh
"Da Da Da Da" A shuttle of bullets instantly hit more than a dozen bloody holes in his body.
Reluctantly, the widow fell, becoming one of the countless corpses on the ground.
Although Tokugawa Iemitsu's elite Japanese army suffered more casualties than the average Japanese army, the casualties had already exceeded 100,000, and in such a hopeless situation, they had reached their limit.
More and more Japanese soldiers were crushed by the brutality of the battlefield.
After a while, after thousands more dead and wounded, the remaining Japanese soldiers finally couldn't bear it anymore and their morale was completely lost.
A large number of Japanese soldiers began to rout and flee, and a great rout was about to be staged.
On the high slope behind the battlefield, Tokugawa Iemitsu undoubtedly saw this scene through the telescope, and seeing that his army had begun to rout, Tokugawa Iemitsu roared angrily and his face was extremely pale.
"Baga Crush! It's all about waste! The Tokugawa family had a hideous face, unwilling to fail like this, and sent his most confidant overseer team to supervise the battle, forcing his soldiers to continue to charge.
Although the Japanese were not really defeated by Tokugawa Iemitsu's persecution, their morale had been exhausted, their hearts were filled with fear, and their crawling speed was significantly slowed down.
If it is said that the Japanese soldiers could still desperately climb to a distance of only 45 meters from the Ming army, now they can only climb up to 100 meters, and there is no hope of breaking through the Ming army's defenses.
In the rear, Tokugawa Iemitsu's eyes were red, and although he could see clearly and knew that he was about to lose, he was still unwilling and desperate for the future.
After all, if almost all the most elite elites of the shogunate were dispatched at this moment, plus 100,000 troops and 300,000 horses, ten times the Ming army, they could not defeat the Ming army, then when all the Ming armies had landed, wouldn't it mean that they would definitely be defeated.
"No! How can my shogunate be defeated, how can it be defeated! Tokugawa Iemitsu roared.
On the sea, after an hour, the black pressure of the Ming army fleet reappeared, a group of Ming soldiers transported, this is the name of the 30,000 Ming regular army, once this batch of troops also landed, this ground concentration of 60,000 Ming regular army, the Japanese have no hope of victory.
In the camp of the Ming army, Yan Yingyuan was also constantly watching the wakefulness of the Japanese with a telescope.
Suddenly, Yan Yingyuan's eyes froze in one place, which was the high slope where Tokugawa Iemitsu was.
"That's" Yan Yingyuan's eyes narrowed slightly, although he didn't dare to determine the identity of Tokugawa Iemitsu, but looking at the clothes on Tokugawa Iemitsu's body, he must be one of the top generals of the Japanese Kou.
"Hehe, since I found out, it depends on whether your life is big enough!" Yan Yingyuan's tone was full of murderous intent.
Immediately, Yan Yingyuan called the general of the artillery battalion to give an order.
Tokugawa Iemitsu was still hesitating, unable to pay attention for a while, unwilling to retreat like this, but the fifty cannons of the Ming army artillery camp quietly adjusted their muzzles and aimed at the high slope where Tokugawa Iemitsu was located.
That high slope is about more than 2,400 meters away from the artillery camp, and it is still a few hundred meters away from the limit of the Ming army's artillery, but at such a distance, the accuracy of the cannon is not very good, so Yan Yingyuan is not sure whether he can blow up Tokugawa Iemitsu to death, but I believe that Yan Yingyuan doesn't care much about being able to blow up Tokugawa Iemitsu, after all, he believes in the strength of the army under his command, and even if the Japanese invade again, they will only be sent to death.
"Calibration! Ready"
"Fire!"
"Boom, boom, boom", fifty cannons fired at Tokugawa Iemitsu's location at once.
On that high slope, Tokugawa Iemitsu just put down the telescope in his hand, and after watching the battle for so long, he also has a deep understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Ming army, and he can be the master of the shogunate and control the entire Wa country, Tokugawa Iemitsu is not a fool, although he is unwilling, but since there is no hope, he can only save the combat power of the shogunate under his command first.
Tokugawa Iemitsu was about to give the order to retreat, suddenly!
"What a sound!" Tokugawa Iemitsu's ears moved, and he immediately looked up.
"Ah, it's a cannonball! No," Tokugawa Iemitsu was furious.
The "boom boom" shells exploded, and the fire covered almost the entire high slope, and about a dozen shells accurately hit this high slope.
Tokugawa Iemitsu only felt that his body was violently lifted up by a wave of hot air, and a shrapnel hit one of his calves, and when it fell back to the ground, Tokugawa Iemitsu's eyes were full of Venus.
Not only Tokugawa Iemitsu, but other Japanese generals on the high slope were also blown up by the shells, and some even because the shells exploded next to them, their bodies were directly torn apart by the powerful power of the shells, and they died so that they could no longer die, relatively speaking, Tokugawa Iemitsu was quite good.
The "shogun" and several Japanese generals who were lucky not to be killed by the bombing got up, shouted at the place where Tokugawa Iemitsu was, and quickly rushed over.
When Tokugawa Iemitsu was helped up, he was in a state of disarray, and one of his legs hit by shmelage was almost useless, which was quite miserable.
Although he was lucky not to be killed, the loud sound of the shell explosion still made his head buzz, and it took Tokugawa Iemitsu to breathe for a while.
"Shogun, are you alright?" A Japanese general asked.
Tokugawa Iemitsu gritted his teeth, and said with a pale face: "Eight, ga, the hateful Ming army, dead and dead!" ”
Seeing that Tokugawa Iemitsu was still able to speak, the Japanese generals next to him were all relieved, and the other Japanese generals who saw Gao Po being bombarded by the Ming army artillery also rushed up, and they were also relieved to see that Tokugawa Iemitsu was still there.
"Shogun, the Ming army is too strong, and the elite of the shogunate has suffered heavy casualties, so let's withdraw the troops first!" A Japanese general opened his mouth to propose at this time.
Since the war, all the Japanese generals have seen the strength of the Ming army, and they no longer have the confidence to defeat the Ming army.
Tokugawa Iemitsu didn't speak, but glared at the Japanese general who had spoken.
"Newspaper"
"Curtain master, countless Ming ships on the sea have reappeared, and reinforcements from the Ming army are coming!" Tokugawa Iemitsu's situation was taken aback by a Japanese scurry up the slope, but he didn't hesitate to report it first.
Hearing that the Ming army had reinforcements coming, Tokugawa Iemitsu's face became even more ugly, the sea between Shikoku Island and Honshu Island was not very wide, and he realized that more than an hour was enough time for ships to go back and forth.
Now that the reinforcements of the Ming army are coming again, there is really no hope of victory.
At this point, Tokugawa Iemitsu could only suppress the unwillingness in his heart and sighed.
"Retire!" After saying this, Tokugawa Iemitsu's expression instantly became a lot more decadent.
When the order was conveyed, the morale of the Japanese soldiers on the battlefield was instantly boosted, but it was not to attack the Ming army, but to retreat, and many of the Japanese soldiers crawled back not much slower than standing and running.
The pirates retreated like a tidal wave.
On the contrary, it was the foundation of the Tokugawa family, and the most elite army of the Wa Kingdom, although it retreated, it was in an orderly manner, not a rout, but it was also quite admirable.
With the support of his subordinates, Tokugawa Iemitsu retreated with hundreds of thousands of remnants of the Japanese army, and he lost this battle!
"Marshal, the Japanese are defeated and fled, whether to pursue or not!" In the camp of the Ming army, the general of the Ming army asked Yan Yingyuan.
Yan Yingyuan shook his head and said: "There is no need to pursue, although the Japanese are defeated, they are in order, not a rout, and the army is scattered to pursue, which is easy to cause unnecessary casualties." After this blow, the morale of the Japanese is still at rock bottom, and we will wait for all the troops to land before attacking! ”
"Yes, Marshal!"
Yan Yingyuan has his own considerations, the war horses of the army have not yet been transported, and if the soldiers want to pursue, they can only walk, so not to mention whether they can catch up with the Japanese invaders, even if they can catch up, they can only hang behind the tail at most, and it is obviously difficult to defeat the hundreds of thousands of elite Japanese army that is not a rout.
The Japanese are the strongest on Honshu Island, and the most elite army of the Japanese is on Honshu Island, and there are no less than hundreds of thousands of troops, which cannot be solved in a war, so for the sake of safety, Yan Yingyuan decided not only to wait for all the 60,000 regular troops to land, but also to wait for a part of the garrison to also land together and then attack the Japanese in depth, and destroy the Japanese in one go!