Chapter 485: Beacon Fire (2)
Although the strength of the Akiyama Department is not much, but the artillery is not small, in addition to the super heavy artillery used in the siege, the light and heavy infantry guns are complete, including six infantry heavy artillery, the effective range is far more than 600 steps, all are arranged on the head of Uji City, as for the light infantry artillery is as many as 30, but the effective range is relatively close, only about 400 steps, divided into two places in the east and west, although the number is slightly less than the 50 old guns owned by the vanguard army of the Japanese Kingdom, can we talk about the power and loading speed, But it is much higher, I really want to start a war, it is difficult to say anything else, the artillery battle Qing army is decisively won, but the Qing army is not in a hurry to open artillery, even if Tashan has issued a request, the heavy artillery position on the head of the city still remains silent.
"Ryuji Yamamoto, attack, take the position of the people on the other side of the river!"
Torii Hikozo, one of the sixteen generals under Tokugawa Ieyasu's account, the ninth grandson of Torii Mototada, hereditary Hayamagata Castle, is a daimyo of 200,000 stones, known for his martial bravery, before this expedition had vowed to regain the glory of his ancestors, this time he got the mission of the first attack, he was very ambitious, and did not wait for the deployment of the troops responsible for support, he waved his hand proudly, and gave a battle order loudly.
"Hai, first team, follow me, rush!"
Yamamoto Ryuji's ancestors have been samurai of the bird family for generations, passed down to his generation, but also relied on outstanding martial arts, became the flag of the bird family, this time on the expedition, was ordered to lead the first team, there are two hundred samurai, and there are eight hundred soldiers temporarily recruited, reorganized into a team of 1,000 people, since the time of the expedition, Yamamoto Ryuji has not been less shouting to make meritorious contributions to the battle array, at this time I heard that his own daimyo handed over the task of the first attack to himself, and immediately overjoyed, shouted, led his 1,000 soldiers to rush out of the formation, Strange screams repeatedly covered the Qing army's position on the other side of the Uji River.
"Damn it, infantry artillery, give me a fuck bang!"
Tashan waited for a long time, but did not see the infantry heavy artillery at the head of the city, and then saw that the Japanese soldiers had already launched a charge, even if he was angry, but unfortunately the heavy artillery was not under his control, and he had no choice but to order the infantry artillery not far behind the position to fire first.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
Tashan gave such an order, and the 30 light infantry guns at both ends of the position began to exert their might, but when they heard the roar, 30 rounds of flowering shells roared and smashed into the charging array of the Japanese soldiers, blowing up a ball of firelight, shrapnel flew in all directions, and in an instant, they cut out a shocking blank area in the Japanese army's charging formation, blood and flesh flew sideways, stumps and broken arms flew all over the sky, and only one round of artillery bombardment fell, and the 1,000 Japanese troops who charged down had fallen more than 100 people.
"Gunner, where are the gunners? Hurry up and take out the man's artillery! ”
Torii Hikozo had long heard of the sharpness of the Qing army's artillery, but he didn't expect it to be so sharp, his own charging soldiers had not yet rushed to the river, and they had been cleared by a round of artillery bombardment.
"Hurry, hurry, hurry up and set up a cannon!"
The artillery fire of the Qing army was so bombarded, not only Torii Hikozo was angry, but also the commander of the Japanese army, and roared again and again to drive his gunners to push the gun carriage forward like crazy, and rushed to the distance of only a hundred steps from the river bank, shouting and commanding his subordinates to quickly put up the gun mount, planning to fight with the Qing army.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
The idea of the commander of the Japanese army is undoubtedly beautiful, but unfortunately the reality is obviously cruel, without waiting for the Japanese gunners to set up the guns, I saw that the city guns of Uji Castle shook slightly, and the six infantry heavy guns erected on it opened fire in turn, and the huge cannonballs whistled through the sky, and smashed into the Japanese artillery positions with great accuracy, and suddenly exploded six red and black mushroom clouds, and the shrapnel swept around, blowing up the Japanese gunners to a ghost crying wolf, this is not the end, The 30 light infantry guns of the Qing army, which had been fully loaded, also joined in the excitement and ruthlessly looted the artillery positions of the Japanese army.
"Baga, gunner, counterattack, fight back!"
Torii Hikozo was still counting on the guns to support the Yamamoto Ryuji Department who was charging, but he didn't expect that the guns had been disabled before they even fired a shot, and they suddenly turned red and cursed.
Counterattack? What to fight back? was sacked by the Qing army in such a way, not to mention that nearly half of the fifty artillery pieces were destroyed, the gunners were killed and wounded innumerable, and the rest were already in a mess, all thinking of fleeing for their lives, and who would dare to stay in such a place of death, it was obvious that Yamamoto Ryuji's assault troops were categorically unable to get the slightest support.
"Call me!"
Yamamoto Ryuji still has some combat effectiveness, although it was looted by a round of artillery fire by the Qing army, it has lost more than 100 people, but the rest have not stopped, nor have they hesitated, they still follow Yamamoto Ryuji forward at high speed, not long after, has rushed onto the frozen river, as soon as he saw this, Tashan did not dare to slack off, roared, and took the lead in firing the first shot.
"Suddenly, suddenly, suddenly......"
Tashan's roar was an order, more than a dozen machine gunners took the lead in firing, and then the five hundred soldiers lying in the trench also began to shoot, in an instant, the gunfire rang out, countless bullets woven into a net of death, mercilessly swept towards the rushing Japanese officers and soldiers, bullets and flesh "poof" sounded, rows of Japanese soldiers were knocked to the ground.
"Crossbowmen, suppress, suppress!"
Although Ryūji Yamamoto rushed to the front, he miraculously escaped the sack of the rain of bullets, and when he saw that his own assault troops had suffered heavy casualties, he couldn't help but be anxious and gave the order with a roar.
The bow and crossbow have always been a sharp weapon on the battlefield, even in the era of primary firearms, but in the face of the most advanced weapons of this era, the bow and crossbow have obviously come to the time of elimination.
"Baga, rush me, ah......"
The soldiers couldn't count on it, and the crossbowmen couldn't hold the scene, as soon as they saw this, Yamamoto Ryuji's heart was already half cold, but he refused to admit defeat, and still shouted and drove the remaining Japanese warriors to rush forward, but unfortunately this time the good luck finally left him, and before he could finish the order, a bullet had accurately hit his head, even the brightly colored bamboo helmet could not stop the bullet from penetrating, and the unlucky Yamamoto Ryuji only had time to let out a scream, and he had fallen heavily to the ground, The hands and feet twitched a few times, and then there was no sound.
Run, run! With the death of Ryūji Yamamoto, the remaining Japanese warriors no longer have a trace of fighting spirit, all of them turned around and rushed to the main formation, such a stupid move to run straight away, it was very popular with the Qing soldiers, and they were very enthusiastic to send off the defeated soldiers of the Japanese army with a rain of bullets, and at the end, the 1,000 Japanese officers and soldiers who went out of the battle could really escape back to the main camp with their lives, but there were only more than 300 people left, and there were not a few of them who were wounded.
Dead silence, the dead silence of a faction, only half a pillar of incense less than a short time, Yamamoto Ryuji killed more than 600 people, assisted in the attack of more than half of the loss of the gun, what is even more shocking is that the artillery carried by the vanguard army was basically destroyed by the Qing army, in the face of such bloody and cruel facts, the Japanese army from top to bottom were all shocked, tens of thousands of people stood silently, only the north wind was still whining......
At noon, under the city of Kyoto, the Qing army is still attacking the city unhurriedly, basically all the artillery is performing, bombarding one cannon after another, as for the foot, riding, basically in a state of watching the excitement, but this situation The officers and soldiers have obviously been accustomed to it, no side, since the siege of the city, the Qing army has always been such a siege mode, but whenever the troops attack the city, that is, the artillery work, the rest of the people listen to the sound, and they really have never launched an ant to rush the city, of course, this siege is not without effect, On the contrary, the besieged three-sided urn city of Kyoto has long been destroyed by the Qing army, and even the vicinity of the main city gate has been damaged everywhere.
"Report, Marshal, the vanguard army of the Wa Kingdom has rushed to the Uji River, with more than 30,000 troops, and is fighting fiercely with our department at this time, please make it clear!"
In the middle army department, the old thirteen stood on horseback with an expressionless face, and watched his artillery attack in an orderly manner, without worrying about the shells being insufficient. As soon as he saw the face of the old thirteen, he immediately dismounted from the saddle neatly, nodded to the ground on one knee, and said in a loud voice.
"Oh? This is coming, is it fast? Interesting! ”
As soon as he heard Zhang Miao's words, the old thirteen's eyebrows immediately raised, and he muttered a little unexpectedly-in the old thirteen's thoughts, Tokugawa Yoshizong should have learned the news of the raid on the old nest, and this should be the time when he is suffering from gains and losses, logically speaking, under the instability of the army, he will not easily enter the army, but he didn't expect Tokugawa Yoshizong to come so quickly, if there is no strange thing, it would be strange to say that there is no surprise, and the old thirteen should not think about it too much......