Chapter Ninety-Four: Survival with a Broken Arm
When the Fusang army finally reached a position of 100 meters, the Ming army's firepower suddenly intensified, and the casualties of the Fusang soldiers suddenly increased a lot, and rows of corpses fell in front of the position.
At the same time, countless black objects were thrown out of the Ming army's position and swirled in the air and smashed into the Fusang army, with the sound of explosions, shrapnel flying sideways, and the Fusang people fell to the ground in large areas like weeds blown by a hurricane.
The Fusang army was suddenly blinded by the sudden and fierce offensive of the Ming army, and the momentum of the fierce attack just now suddenly stagnated, as if the wave hit the reef on the shore fiercely, and it was instantly shattered and lost its might.
But the bullets of the Ming army still fired at them more violently, and the grenades fell into them with a snort, and then harvested their lives in the violent explosion.
Less than two thousand of the 5,000 men charged at this time, and the ferocity and bravery of the Fuso warriors finally collapsed under the heavy fire of the Ming army, and many people began to turn around and flee.
The bullets of the Ming army caught up from behind, constantly harvesting their lives.
At this time, the sound of horses' hooves sounded from both sides, and the Fusang deserters turned around and looked at them, and suddenly their souls were all gone, and it was the cavalry of the Ming army who outflanked them from both wings.
Fusang was already short of horses, and there were not many cavalry. The cavalry in Takeda's hands was only a few hundred, and each person could only have one horse. This kind of strength is already considered strong among all the daimyos.
It's just that in the process of charging just now, those Fusang cavalry became the focus of the Ming army because they rushed too fast and had a big target, and they were soon lost.
On the battlefield, it was a nightmare for infantry to meet cavalry, unless it was hoplite and then formed into a sharp spear formation to compete with cavalry.
These routs simply did not have this condition at this time.
Although there were not many cavalry in the Ming army, each division could also be equipped with a cavalry battalion of 500 cavalry, and this time it was a cavalry battalion that was outflanked.
The cavalry of the Ming army rushed over with a roar, dragging a long saber in their hands like a huge sickle to sweep through the Fusang rout.
These pretentious Fusang warriors who flaunted their might and were unable to parry at all, and were killed by the Ming cavalry like chopping melons and vegetables.
Seeing that Takeda Daizo's men and horses were about to be wiped out, Tokugawa Hidetada couldn't sit still, and finally sent 2,000 cavalry out of the main camp to come to the rescue.
If he doesn't come to the rescue, if he sits back and watch the entire army of Takeda Daizo be wiped out, the already low morale will be hit and destroyed even more.
The cavalry of the Ming army completely ignored the Fusang cavalry that rushed over, and continued to kill the Fusang soldiers who were running in all directions, and soon there were fewer and fewer Fusang soldiers who could stand.
Seeing that the Fusang cavalry was getting closer and closer to the Ming cavalry, a sharp whistle suddenly sounded in the rear of the Ming army, followed by the sound of tom tom shells being fired, and in the next second, those Fusang cavalry turned on their backs in the continuous explosion of shells, and instantly lost hundreds of cavalry.
This is a barrage used by the Ming army to intercept them.
Seeing that the cavalry who rescued suffered heavy losses, and Takeda Daizo's men were basically wiped out, Tokugawa Hidetada had no choice but to order the troops to be withdrawn, and those Fuso cavalry hurriedly turned their horses and galloped towards the main formation.
Behind them, there were also extended shells that continued to explode around them, knocking them off their horses one by one, and even if they were not killed by the fragments of the shells, they would break their necks and die.
By the time the cavalry fled back to their camp, they had lost at least a third, much to the distress of many daimyos, who had put together the cavalry from their own families.
Tokugawa Hidetada's face was solemn at this time, and he was shocked by the fierce artillery fire and powerful firepower projection of the Ming army, as well as the precise and tacit cooperation between the various arms.
If the Ming army is such a combat force, then there is no reason to let them fight all the way here.
Thinking of this, Tokugawa Hidetada's heart sank, and he realized that he had fallen into the trap of the Ming army from the beginning to the end.
These so-called victories were deliberately given to them by the Ming army.
And the Ming army in front of him does not have more than 10,000 people, and it will definitely not be the main force of the Ming army. So where is the main force of the Ming army?
Thinking of this, Tokugawa Hidetada involuntarily turned his head to look in the direction behind him, which was the direction they were coming from.
He already had a vague conjecture in his mind, but he didn't want to let himself think about it, because it was too terrible.
He tried to calm himself down, and his eyes returned to the Ming army in front of him.
The enemy did not take the opportunity to chase and break into his own camp because of their rout, but instead took the time to reorganize the formation and return to the previous formation, which made Tokugawa Hidetadashi palpitate.
Your advantage is that you have a large number of troops and are good at hand-to-hand combat. And the advantage of the other side is that the firepower is strong. His first formation just now had completely failed, but the opposing general did not take the opportunity to rush up, but put on an unhurried appearance, obviously to make full use of their firepower advantage to defend.
If they had rushed forward, their artillery superiority would have been negated, and the two sides would have been plunged into hand-to-hand combat, in which case Tokugawa Hidetada would have absolute confidence in victory.
However, the other side seems to know this very well, so they only attack with long-range artillery fire, and if they counterattack, they will counterattack in front of the formation, so that their own side will only be beaten.
This is not what Tokugawa Hidetada is most worried about, what he is most worried about is that the Ming army in front of him is simply a bait used to contain them, and the real main force of the Ming army may have detoured behind them at this moment to wait to surround them.
For the sake of today's plan, if you want to break the enemy's encirclement, you can only get a glimmer of life if you rush and kill the whole army and break through the enemy's defense line.
Thinking of this, Tokugawa Hidetada asked all the daimyo who had accepted all the qualifications to come over, and told all his conjectures and analyses.
"Ladies and gentlemen, it is now a matter of life and death for us. If you can't break through the enemy's defenses, then this battle will be more auspicious. Tokugawa Hidetada's face was solemn, and his gaze swept over everyone's face.
These daimyo had just seen the collapse of Takeda's power with their own eyes, almost instantly. There are also two daimyos, Yoshino and Ueno Mamoru, who have not been heard from until now, and they must be more than lucky.
These bloody facts made them finally realize that their Fusang army was not as invincible as they imagined, and the Ming army was not the weak and incompetent Ming army in their impression.
Despising the enemy has cost them dearly.
Everyone's faces were solemn, and no one spoke.
Finally, after a while, there was a human: "General, what are you going to do with us?" ”
Tokugawa Hidetada was silent for a moment and spit out four words: "Survive with a broken arm." ”