Chapter 410: The Sinking Cavalry of Bushido vs. the Battleship
Those low-level samurai who took the initiative to show their swords were some guys with a great sense of honor.
They would rather be poor and starved than give up the right to carry a katana.
Judging from their clothing, most of those people were linen clothes, and they didn't even have the armor of an authentic samurai.
But in the eyes of Captain Guo Beyu, they also seem to be guys who abide by the spirit of bushido.
They voluntarily loyal to the sovereign, believe in Buddhism and respect their ancestors, advocate martial arts, value kindness and righteousness over life and death, and are willing to sacrifice their lives for the interests of the sovereign and their own family.
In fact, they may not be the samurai of the Tojo family at all------ but they are also resisters!
The group grew in number, and some civilians with sticks volunteered to add them.
Just as they were preparing to split into two lines, one going to the beach to block the attack and the other staying at the dock to block the attack, the attack of the Liuqiu Marines began.
It's a real battle!
Captain Guo Beyu was pleased to see that his marines were shooting one after another while they were on the move, jumping on the side of the ship, and the accuracy was amazing!
Those low-ranking samurai kept falling to the ground under the sound of gunfire as they ran to the beach, waited with their knives at the docks!
The guys who didn't get hit and fell to the ground screamed in pain!!
After the first round of shooting, those dead guys stunned the living, they didn't see the bow and arrows and didn't see the flying spear, and the people around them died?!
They were able to keep attacking despite hesitation and panic------- but the second round of shooting that followed completely terrified them!
The samurai pays attention to close combat, relying on the hard work of blood and martial arts, but he was killed in vain dozens of steps away from the opponent, and the cause of death is unknown, which is terrible!
With a whoop, they scattered and fled------ there was a temporary silence on the dock!
The team members who jumped on the pier, they quickly formed a formation at the pier, ran to meet the other team members on the beach, and more than 1,000 people quickly built a beachhead.
The sandy beach at Kamakura Pier is flat and wide.
At this time, more than a dozen swordfish assault boats of the army unit were also rushing towards the beach.
Captain Guo Beyu looked at the wall clock in the cabin, but it was only fifteen minutes, which was better than their results in training!
He ordered all the Army members to begin the landing immediately.
With the exception of their supply ships, all the five-masted battleships dropped anchor and began to hoist the swordfish assault boats.
Captain Guo Beyu was now relaxed, but Ambassador Hou Dongfang had been staring nervously in the direction of Kamakura Castle, and he could already see the expressions of the Japanese cavalry in the monoculars.
Captain Guo Beyu said behind him: "The two of us bet a hundred times, where will their cavalry attack first?" I'm betting it's the docks. ”
Ambassador Hou Dongfang said: "It will definitely be a beach!" There are infantry, and there are still the largest numbers! ”
Captain Guo Beyu smiled but said nothing.
Ambassador Hou Dongfang felt a little relieved when he saw that the army members had also gone to the beach and started to line up.
The reinforcements from Kamakura Castle finally arrived, and their cavalry was 300 horsemen, and the cavalry was followed by more than 100 real Kamakura samurai.
Behind them, there may be a group of ashigaru following, the number of people is more or less unclear, and they are all hidden in the flying dust.
These guys in the first place ran fast enough------ Captain Guo Beyu was very curious, how could those samurai run faster than the ashigaru, and even keep up with the speed of the cavalry!
What he didn't know was that those Kamakura samurai, the number one siege force of the Hojo family, were famous in the entire Japanese samurai group.
They are a force that really pays attention to individual combat ability, usually in groups of fifty people, and has a strong impact ability, especially effective when assaulting enemy city gates!
They rarely attack in the form of large legions, and each of them is highly swordsmanlike, physically strong, and sustained, so they can often hold back the enemy's main force on the battlefield with a small force, allowing their own legions to win the upper hand.
It is also worth mentioning that these samurai are all masters of using the double small sword, they are not those low-level samurai, they are all one of the hundred!
There were very few infantry units in Japan that could resist their charge head-on------- which was an important reason why the Hojo tribe was able to expand their territory so quickly in a short period of time.
Both cavalrymen and samurai wore leather armor with gleaming metal inlays.
I don't know why there are small flags more than one person high behind the cavalry, and they are basically holding bows and arrows in their hands, most of them have already buckled up the arrows, these people are obviously archers and cavalrymen.
They got to the dock first!
Captain Guo Buyu smiled and said to Ambassador Hou Dongfang: "We have the blue flag of the Liuqiu Navy on those three-masted warships on the dock, which is more attractive than those infantry!" ”
Ambassador Hou Dongfang did not smile, he carefully watched the preparations on those three-masted battleships.
There were only two three-masted warships that could actually dock directly, and the rest were just next to the Japanese ships that were moored first.
They had already dropped their sails, and the fluttering of the naval flag on the mast was indeed more noticeable.
The three-masted battleship of the Liuqiu Navy had only one gun bay, one gunwale, and a total of twelve bronze guns on the left and right sides.
At this time, Ambassador Hou Dongfang could only see that the gunners of the three-masted battleships had already untied their guns and had been loaded with shells, and those gunners were quietly waiting for the opponent's attack.
The commander who led the cavalry and samurai to reinforce him was called Hojo Higashijijimon, who was the guardian of Kamakura Castle.
The alarm bell at the dock of Kamakura Castle was passed several times, and when he arrived at Kamakura Castle quickly, he was a little stunned------ this was the first time in his life that he had heard the alarm of a pirate attack, and at first he thought that there was a fire somewhere.
Fortunately, an old family member reminded him, and he quickly organized people to fight back!
When he arrived at the docks, he felt that something was wrong------- they weren't pirates, they seemed to be regular troops.
The five-masted ship moored outside the pier, the three-masted ship docked on the pier, and the soldiers standing neatly on the beach all hinted that these people were not ordinary.
But how dare they offend me Kamakura!
Approaching the docks, he ordered one of his men to take the 3,000 ashigaru who could arrive soon to drive the people on the beach into the sea!
He led the cavalry and samurai to snatch down the three-masted ship docked at the dock first, and the flag that hung annoyed him, and the people of Liuqiu Island dared to show off their might in my Kamakura!
He was furious when he saw some people dead on the dock------- these people even killed civilians?!
He also saw the men on the three-masted ship, dressed identically, leisurely watching their own people.
He waved his bow and arrows, gave the order, charged, shot arrows, and the samurai followed!