231 The Ming Army's Bloody Battle of the Tokugawa Army (I)
Since Tokugawa Ieyasu was on the front line, Xiao Ruxun did not plan to retreat, and slowly pulled out his waist knife, Xiao Ruxun also came to the front line, seeing that the Japanese army group was charging, mostly swordsmen and gunners, few guns, and there was a tendency to see death as home, so he realized that the Ming army could not show weakness, so he ordered the shield soldiers and gunners to form a formation, and ordered Wang Hui to lead the artillery team to come forward to block a period of attack to frustrate the enemy's spirit. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ ο½ο½ο½ο½
One after another shells exploded in the Japanese army's array, the Japanese soldiers turned on their horses, flesh and blood flew sideways, the corpses piled up like a mountain, the blood flowed into a river, and the losses were heavy, but Tokugawa Ieyasu himself has been erected, never fell or retreated, the courage of the commander and the lord gave the soldiers great courage, the so-called soldiers are bearish, will be a nest of bears, Tokugawa Ieyasu bravely marched forward without fear of artillery, which is the greatest encouragement of the Japanese army.
Seeing that dozens of artillery pieces could not bring enough casualties to the Japanese army, Xiao Ruxun immediately ordered the flower cannon to retreat, and the shotguns stepped forward, less than 500 meters away from the Japanese charge, dozens of shotguns were fired violently, and the gravel and lead flew wildly, setting off a bloody storm in the Japanese formation.
However, the banner did not retreat, the Japanese army did not retreat, they were determined to have a bloody battle with the Ming army, they were not afraid at all, and continued to move forward bravely, stepping on the corpses of their comrades, stepping on the blood of their comrades, this momentum made Xiao Ruxun also moved, but this could only make the killing intent in Xiao Ruxun's heart stronger.
"Firearms array! Rise!! β
Xiao Ruxun waved the command flag, the war drums rumbled behind him, the battle order was transmitted, Xiao Ruxun personally entered the firearms array and commanded in the center, and the large array immediately moved forward, protecting the shotguns and gunners, and the gunners accelerated their retreat, leaving the battlefield to the firearms array.
On the battlefield, Xiao Ruxun witnessed a large number of Japanese troops roaring in, looking at death as home, and had a posture of moving forward regardless of life and death, and also had a little admiration for Tokugawa Ieyasu's command of the army, but this was not a reason for his subordinates to be merciful, this would only be the reason for his death, the Tokugawa army's strong field battle was not in vain, if such elite soldiers were not exterminated and left behind, they would become a huge threat to the Ming army stationed in Japan.
It must be destroyed on the battlefield!
"Raise the !!"
Wang Hui waved the command flag, and the three thousand gunners immediately lined up a three-stage shooting array, raised the firearms in their hands, and aimed at the Japanese soldiers who were charging frantically and ignoring the preparations of the Ming army. β
Bang bangββββββ
A thousand guns fired in unison, and a thousand rounds of lead bullets roared away, beating the Japanese soldiers who were charging at the head and bleeding all over their bodies, and many of them were beaten with broken hands and feet, and many of them were gushing with blood.
However, the Japanese army did not plan to use iron artillery to return fire, because Kuroda Rusui knew very well that once the iron cannon was used to return fire, it would be equivalent to giving the Ming army time to use artillery again, which would be a devastating blow to the Japanese army, and they must use hand-to-hand combat to offset the Ming army's advantage in firearms, even if it cost heavy casualties.
For this reason, Tokugawa Ieyasu's heart is bleeding, and the elite of the Tokugawa clan that he has worked so hard to train died in the charge just now, and many of them are old subordinates who have been fighting with him from more than ten years ago or even more than twenty years ago.
Fighting with Takeda Shingen, Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and many well-known figures, the strong soldiers who had been trained from blood and fire died worthlessly in such a charge.
No, not worthless, their death brought hope to the Japanese army to finally defeat the Ming army and escape.
Tokugawa Ieyasu knew very well that this was his last chance, he had to do it, the two teams behind them, the Kamihara team and the Sakai team, were also his precious veterans, and now these veterans were using their lives to buy them time to escape, he couldn't waste the time his veterans had gained, he couldn't stop a single step, he chose the most primitive hand-to-hand combat shock battle, and he would do whatever it takes.
However, this is meaningless for the Ming army, it is good to defeat the enemy army at a distance with firearms, but if you really want to fight in close combat, the Ming army is not afraid at all, and it is not that it has not fought with the Japanese army in close quarters.
The battle of Bihuoguan, Wu Weizhong's 5,000 soldiers and horses fought against the Japanese army for more than 20,000 people for half an hour, and he didn't let the Japanese army take advantage of it, but he did it with real knives and guns, until the last Ming army reinforcements arrived, and the Japanese army collapsed, and the biggest hero of the battle of Bihoof Pavilion was undoubtedly Wu Weizhong.
And now, Xiao Ruxun wants to show his third ability in addition to strategic planning and tactical planning, which is enough to convince the generals - strong and good at fighting!
In the face of the despair brought about by natural disasters and man-made disasters in the last days, the degree of despair of the Ming Dynasty today is far less than that of that time, and those who came out of the confusion and despair of that era would not be afraid of this level of despair.
Three blows back and forth twice, the Japanese army has rushed to a hundred meters ago, Xiao Ruxun immediately ordered the gun to retreat, the Shandong gunners stepped forward, the formation of the Ming army immediately changed to a melee formation, with iron thorns on the copper wall.
Tokugawa Ieyasu is not stupid, rushing to the front is the ashigaru with a bamboo gun, five or six meters away, the big bamboo gun stabbed towards the Ming army formation, at the same time, the Ming gunners also stabbed the iron guns in their hands towards the Japanese gunners who were charging!
Stab! Pull it out! Stab! Pull it out! Stab! Pull it out! Stab! Pull it out! Stab again!
The simple mechanical action that repeats the cycle is indeed the only law on the battlefield, and the greatest lethality that the shining gun can cause also comes from such a simple action, and individual bravery is so small in the battlefield of tens of thousands of fierce battles.
Even a peerless master of amazing martial arts will definitely not be able to face such a neat and fierce killing array, the army will always be the strongest representative of force, and when he condenses into a force, he will be invincible.
The two armies began to fight head-on, and from a distance, it seemed as if two large phalanxes had collided together, and the Japanese army in black and the Ming army in red robes collided together fiercely, bursting out not sparks, but blood flowers.
At the moment when the two armies collided, a large amount of blood burst out, and I don't know how many people died under the spear in that instant, and after that, this number continued to increase.
The Ming army is well-trained, strong and experienced, this Japanese army is also well-trained, strong and experienced, the two armies are equal to each other, fighting each other and not giving each other, no one gives anyone a chance, with a pair of red eyes, desperately looking for the enemy's gaps, once found, they will be stabbed down, and those who are stabbed have no chance of surviving, either being stabbed to death or being trampled to death by their comrades who caught up behind them.
On the battlefield, if you can't even take care of yourself, who can take care of others?