(0982) The casualties were so heavy that some of the Japanese soldiers began to hesitate and began to retreat, and some of the officers felt that their legs were weak. **The fastest update in Chinese every day** The musket of the Tiger Arm, so ferocious, really made them fearful. This is not an irresistible mouth at all! If you continue to go up, there is only a dead end, and there is absolutely no possibility of survival.

The ancestors who came back from Korea did not mention that the army of the Ming people and the power of the muskets were so powerful. At such a distance, it is simply incredible that you can be killed with one shot. The Japanese have always felt that the muskets they use are more advanced than those of the Ming ** team.

In the East, Japan was the first country to introduce advanced muskets from the West. During the Warring States period of Japan, the daimyo of various conquests purchased a large number of smoothbore guns from the Portuguese. Oda Nobunaga's three-stage strike was a new move to use muskets. At that time, the Ming Kingdom used the ancient arquebus invented by itself.

Later, Toyotomi Hideyoshi unified Japan and launched a war against Korea, and the number of muskets equipped by the Japanese army was also quite large. The Japanese musket team was very active in the Korean battlefield. In the Battle of Bihuguan, the Japanese army's muskets made the cavalry of the Ming army suffer a big loss. All of this made the Japanese army feel that their musket skills were superior. However, when I look at it now, I realize that the musket in my hand is a scum at all!

The muskets in their hands, which had some effect only if they fired at a distance of 80 to 100 meters. For better hits, the distance should be shortened to at least about 50 meters. However, there is a distance of more than 120 meters from the trestle to the queue of the Tiger Army. At such a distance, the muskets they fired were no longer completely accurate.

The musket in your hand cannot hit the enemy, but the musket in the enemy's hand can kill you. Such a gap made the Japanese attack extremely difficult, and the number of deaths was also particularly staggering. In less than half an hour's charge, at least 2,000 Japanese samurai, or Japanese soldiers, fell around the ten trestle bridges.

The Japanese army in the seventeenth century, with its foolish loyalty to the emperor, had not yet developed to the point of desperation. Moreover, it was the shogunate's army that participated in the attack, and it had almost nothing to do with the emperor. After suffering such huge casualties, some of the Japanese troops, including a small number of small flag samurai, were shaken.

"Gah!"

"Onboard!"

Ryo Maeda roared frantically.

He held the hilt of his command knife in the back and stared viciously ahead. Any officer who hesitates for a moment is likely to be punished directly. There was no way, and the remaining Japanese troops had no choice but to bite the bill and continue to step on the trestle and rush forward.

Of course, the Tiger Army would not let the Japanese continue to advance from the trestle. After it was determined that the Japanese army could only go ashore through the trestle, the shooting of the Tiger Army appeared to be more swift and more organized. The Japanese tried to come over the trestle, which was absolutely impossible.

Li Yang's artillery battalion also used grapeball shells to lock the junction between the trestle and the Japanese warships, and constantly poured down dense marbles. All the Japanese troops who tried to participate in the offensive had to bear the baptism of grape bullets first, and only after they were lucky enough to get through the test could they have the opportunity to set foot on the trestle. In this pass alone, at least thirty percent of the Japanese army will be ruthlessly screened out.

Fight, enter a white-hot state.

Observing the situation on the battlefield from the clairvoyant mirror, Fang He and Liu Dong were very sure in their hearts. The Japanese army's offensive method was too monotonous, and it was completely sent to death. What the Tiger Ben Army actually had to do was just to firmly hold the ten trestle bridges. &&&Latest Chapter: Tiantian Chinese&&With the power of the tiger, it is not difficult to do this at all.

"The second wave of Japanese ships has arrived."

Suddenly, someone cried out in surprise.

Liu Dong hurriedly raised the clairvoyant mirror and carefully observed the sea surface in the southwest. Sure enough, in the distance, in the rear of the Japanese troops in the harbor, a large number of Japanese fleets appeared. Judging from the various situations observed, the Japanese still connected a large number of warships to each other to withstand the wind and waves and reduce the possibility of seasickness.

"Reinforcements from the Japanese are coming!"

"Everyone, be careful!"

Fang He calmly commanded.

Judging from what has been observed, the Japanese troops who have come up with reinforcements should also be about 10,000 people. The Japanese army, which was already 10,000 in a desperate attack, now came with 10,000 reinforcements, and all of a sudden, the strength of the Japanese army increased to 20,000. I have to say that this is still a bit of pressure for the Huben Army Marines. The ratio of forces between the two sides has exceeded twelve to one. If it weren't for the huge lethality of rifled guns, the Tiger Army would have to consider retreating.

Fortunately, there were still only ten trestles in the port, and no matter how many Japanese troops there were, they could only go ashore through the trestle bridges. This greatly limited the deployment of the Japanese army. Provided, of course, that the Japanese army did not change its combat strategy. If the Japanese army had come to their senses and adopted the strategy of landing in multiple places, the Tiger Army would not have been able to completely prevent the Japanese army from coming ashore.

"Good time!"

Ryota Maeda was in high spirits and said triumphantly.

When the second wave of Japanese troops arrived, his strength increased to 20,000. With an army of 20,000 troops, an attack on Sado Island will definitely be leveled. With ten times the enemy's strength, if he can't quickly destroy the enemy, he, the elder, will not have face at all.

To Ryota Maeda's relief, soon after, the third wave of Japanese troops arrived. The third wave of Japanese troops was also 10,000 people. At this point, all the Japanese troops finally appeared. The ratio of forces between the two sides suddenly increased to twenty to one. The pressure on the Tiger Army has increased again.

The hundreds of warships of the Japanese army are connected to each other, and the scene is indeed very spectacular, quite a bit of a sense of covering the sky and the sun. A large number of Japanese troops, lined up in the back, tried to rush up from the trestle. The soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army only need to shoot with their eyes closed. Anyway, even with your eyes closed, you can hit the target.

...... "My lord, there is already a fight ahead. ”

Wang Junyu said in a low voice.

When the battle for the trestle was at its fiercest, Zhang Zhun quietly came to Sado Island. The warship he was riding on was quietly moored about five miles away from the port of Aikawa Castle, and he could just see the battle around the port. The Japanese army in the fierce battle did not notice the Metropolitan Governor of the Tiger Ben Army who was quietly snooping on the side.

The reason why Zhang Zhun came to Sado Island quietly was very simple, that is, he didn't want too many people to know, so he left the Central Plains. At present, in the Central Plains, the progress of the Tiger Army is quite smooth, and as the governor of the Tiger Army, Zhang Zhun has a lot to do. However, Zhang Zhun attaches great importance to Sado Island, and he must come here to see it for himself.

In this year, there are many people who are familiar with the Central Plains, and there are too many people who are familiar with the Central Plains region, and they are still above him Zhang Zhun. **Chinese updated the fastest every day** However, when it comes to familiarity with Sado Island, familiarity with landing operations, and familiarity with modern naval warfare, in this year, absolutely no one can surpass him Zhang Zhun.

The affairs of the Central Plains, put aside for the time being, will not cause too much chaos. The Metropolitan Governor's Office of the Tiger Army has been able to operate effectively and handle daily military and government affairs. The situation on Sado Island is different. This is a completely new way of warfare, and even the Marines of the Tiger Army are not very familiar with the modern methods of warfare. As a traverser, he must be at the forefront of the battlefield.

Boarding the ship from the Dagukou Military Port near Tianjinwei, Zhang Zhun wandered on the sea for more than 20 days before arriving at Sado Island. As a result, it happened to encounter a large-scale attack by the Japanese army on Sado Island. Zhang Zhun stood on the deck of the flagship, holding a clairvoyant mirror, carefully observing everything in front of him.

"Is this how the Japanese fight?"

Wang Shide asked a little curiously.

"Almost!"

Zhang Zhun nodded and said quietly.

He originally thought that when the Japanese army could not fully deploy its forces, it would land from other parts of Sado Island in order to deploy more troops and dilute the firepower of the Tiger Army. However, judging from the current situation, the Japanese army is indeed a tendon, and it just wants to desperately take Xiangchuan Castle. If the commander of the Japanese army is really Ryota Maeda, this guy is indeed too arrogant.

Why arrogance, not stupidity? Because, Ryota Maeda should not be a stupid person. It is impossible for a stupid person to sit in the position of the shogunate. Just like a stupid person, it is impossible to become the head of the cabinet of the Ming Kingdom. The current situation can only be explained by the fact that this guy doesn't bother to change his tactics at all, thinking that he only needs to keep attacking like this to take down Sado Island.

Also, for the Japanese, Aikawa Castle is a fragrant bone that can be caught with a little effort. Dead people, then what's it? War, where are the undead? As long as it's not you who dies, what does it matter?

Aikawa Castle is the largest port on Sado Island, and taking Aikawa Castle is equivalent to controlling the logistics and transportation lifeline of Sado Island. If the port of Aikawa Castle is lost, even if the Tiger Army still holds on to Sado Island, there will be many inconveniences in the transportation of logistics materials. Ryota Maeda had enough reason to believe that the Japanese army had dispatched so many troops that it was impossible for them not to take Aikawa Castle.

In fact, if the Tiger Ben Army was equipped with ordinary smoothbore guns, maybe Xiangchuan Castle would have been lost. An ordinary smoothbore gun would never have been able to provide such a powerful lethality as a Mini gun. Shots from smoothbore guns, there were only less than 2,000 Tiger Warriors, and 30,000 Japanese troops, but they were afraid that after the first round of salvos, the Tiger Warriors would be wiped out.

From the clairvoyant mirror, you can see that a large number of Japanese soldiers, like locusts, are desperately trying to run over the trestle. Under the strafing of the Tiger Army's Minnie bullets, they were like rickety ducks, constantly struggling, and finally fell into the sea. On top of the ten trestle bridges, there were already layers of corpses.

In the water on both sides of the trestle, in the sea water where a large number of corpses floated, there were also some Japanese soldiers who could swim, trying to approach the shore from the sea. Even, there were Japanese soldiers who couldn't swim, using sundries or something, as a lifebuoy, and marched to the shore with a puff and puff.

Due to the horns, it was indeed difficult for the Tiger Army to shoot directly at the sea, and some of those Japanese soldiers actually climbed ashore. They immediately shouted and rushed towards the ranks of the Tiger Ben Army desperately, and the situation suddenly became tense.

Fortunately, the Tiger Ben Army has also been prepared. A series of Mini bullets swept over, and the Japanese soldiers who rushed ashore were all knocked down. However, the smoothbore guns fired by the Japanese army also made several Tiger Ben soldiers lose their combat effectiveness.

Fang He Liu Dong made appropriate transfers according to the Japanese attack. Lu Liangyu's troops were transferred from the rear to the front, and the frontal firepower was strengthened to further block the Japanese attack. Six hundred tiger guns and ten trestle bridges are blocked, which is naturally foolproof.

Li Yang's artillery battalion also adopted the method of firing in turns to prevent the barrels from overheating. The key position of the artillery battalion's firing was the connection between the Japanese warship and the trestle. A large number of Japanese troops are going to gather here and then go to the bridge. As a result, a large number of grape shells splashed down, and the Japanese troops who fell down can be described as row after row.

The fallen Japanese army seriously hindered the Japanese army's own way forward. There was no way, they had to push the corpses into the sea. After stepping on the trestle, the Japanese army had to constantly push the corpses of their companions into the sea in order to open up the way forward.

"Gah!"

Ryo Maeda yelled impatiently.

With a force of 30,000 people, it took more than an hour to take down the trestle bridge, which is simply incredible. The muskets of the Tiger Army are indeed too powerful. The artillery of the Tiger Ben Army is indeed too powerful.

It was as if he had seen that Tokugawa Iemitsu had enough reason to laugh at his incompetence. Faintly, Maeda Ryota still felt that he seemed to have made a mistake. I shouldn't have looked down on the Tiger Benjun so much. Perhaps, it's time to change the offensive strategy.

"Elder, the offensive passage is too narrow."

At this time, there was finally an officer, who took the plunge and spoke to Ryota Maetian.

The officers who speak are all flag positions. In the military establishment of the shogunate, the troops under the command of the banner were generally between 3,000 and 10,000 people, and the difference in amount was still very large. It is rare to have a flag book like Ryuta Sato who commands 30,000 people. Under the command of Ryota Maeda, there are seven flags.

After collective discussions, these seven banners unanimously agreed that the key to the obstruction of the attack was that the number of ten trestles was too small, and the strength of the Japanese army could not be deployed at all. If you want to deploy all your forces, you have to attack from more places. In other words, it was to land elsewhere on Sado Island.

However, this involves changing Maeda's decision to come to Taiyuan. These seven flags all know that Ryota Maeda will not easily change his decision. If Ryota Maeda rejects their proposal, they will have only one way to die.

"Elder, we request that the three rafts be staggered and docked in different places."

There was a flagbook, plucking up courage, and made a new proposal to Ryota Maeda, preparing to land three warship complexes (as the Japanese themselves called "big rafts"), respectively, in the middle of Aikawa Castle, as well as on the left and right, at the same time. Although the landing conditions on the left and right are not very good, it is better than sending them to death in vain.

"Good!"

Ryota Maeda said helplessly.

The suggestions of the flags are still reasonable, and Ryota Maeda is just looking for a step down.

Soon after, the Japanese warships began to stagger and slowly move towards both sides of Aikawa Castle. It seems that preparations were being made to land on both sides of Aikawa Castle.

"Why did you go earlier?"

On the side of the Tiger Ben Army, someone sneered in a low voice.

The battle had been going on for more than half an hour, and there were thousands of casualties, before the idea of widening the landing passage was really stupid for these Japanese. Well, to be precise, the Japanese are not stupid, they just underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Tiger Army. If other troops had been stationed on Sado Island, it is estimated that the Japanese army would have attacked it long ago. If you want to say that you don't want to die in a war, these Japanese devils can be compared with Tartars!

After spreading out their troops and landing in different places, the Japanese offensive finally picked up some ground. The Japanese army dispersed, Li Yang's artillery battalion could not take care of so many places, the effect of killing and wounding was not so obvious, the landing operation of the Japanese army was much smoother, and the number of Japanese troops who successfully landed ashore became more and more.

Half an hour later, a considerable number of Japanese troops began to appear on the land of Aikawa Castle. They shouted frantically, and launched a charge of human sea tactics towards the position of the Tiger Army. However, if they want to rush into Aikawa Castle, they still can't do it. The fortifications of the Tiger Army in Aikawa Castle are circular. No matter which direction the Japanese attacked, they would be met with strong resistance.

However, the Japanese attack team was indeed too dense. More and more Japanese troops successfully went ashore. Stepping on the land of Sado Island, the morale of the Japanese army was greatly encouraged, as if they saw the hope of victory, and they all seemed to have been beaten with blood. There were three flags and even personally participated in the offensive. As a result, the ranks of the Japanese army became more dense. Mini bullets hit it, and it was impossible to disperse the Japanese troops.

"Flying Thunder Cannon!"

"Put!"

On the side of the Tiger Army, someone shouted in a low voice.

"Bang!"

There seemed to be a muffled sound. Immediately after, it seemed that something was staggered out of the position of the Tiger Army, and then landed in the ranks of the Japanese army. Some Japanese soldiers looked curiously at the "big round cake" that fell beside them, and they were at a loss. Suddenly, the whole day was full of fire, and the whole earth trembled.

"Boom!"

A deafening loud bang came.

The Japanese troops who were shrouded in flames disappeared in an instant.

After the violent explosion, at the front of the position, there was only a large circular crater. Around the big pit, there is a wolf. No one could tell which were human limbs and which were debris that had been blown up. The number of Japanese casualties is only a rough number. The bundle of explosives just now fell, killing at least 30 Japanese soldiers, and I don't know how many were injured. The originally dense ranks of the Japanese army suddenly became scattered and loose.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

There was a continuous muffled sound, and more explosive packets were fired.

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