Nogi Noshinori turned his head to look and found that not far away, another cannon was in the same situation. A group of soldiers stepped in the muddy water, struggling to drag the cannon out of the mud pit, but no matter how hard they tried, the slippery gun wheels could not leave the mud pit.

"If it goes on like this, I'm afraid it will affect the speed of the march......" Nogi Noshinori secretly became anxious in his heart.

After waiting for a while, Nogi Noshinori saw that the cannon still hadn't been dragged out, so he couldn't help but feel his heart and made the decision to abandon the cannon and march quickly: "Find nearby villagers to help drag the cannon!" The whole army is rushing forward! ”

Hearing that Nogi Noshinori was going to drop the cannon and march quickly, a captain was shocked and immediately dissuaded: "Sir, the thieves are powerful, this landing must have artillery, we abandon the artillery to attack, the firepower is much worse, and the battle will definitely be unfavorable!" ”

"If you wait until the cannon is dragged out, and then rush to the landing site, I'm afraid that the thieves have already landed with all their troops!" Nogi Noshinori glared at him angrily and shouted, "The whole army is rushing forward immediately!" Right away! ”

Hearing Nogi's order, the infantry quickened their pace, leaving only the artillerymen there to continue the battle with their artillery.

When Nogi Noshinori arrived at the beach, rode up a small hill, and looked out over the beach, he was stunned by what he saw.

The beach is densely packed with Satsuma soldiers like ant colonies, in the bay, is one after another transport ships, are constantly lowering the boat, transporting soldiers ashore, the early shore Satsuma soldiers have begun to take advantage of the favorable terrain to build a position, Nogi Noshinori saw that the distant batteries have been destroyed by the Satsuma army's artillery fire, and all the batteries are planted with the Satsuma "Cross Maru" military flag.

He couldn't imagine it. How could the Satsuma army capture these batteries equipped with the latest Krupp cannons in such a short time!

And when I saw the Satsuma army on the beach, it turned out to be with cannons. Not only were the artillery transported ashore, but several artillery positions were constructed. When it was clear that he was prepared for a possible anti-landing operation by the government army, his heart was full of horror.

"Do you want to attack?" An officer approached Nogi Noshinori and asked.

Nogi Noshinori didn't answer, but held up the binoculars and watched carefully.

"Bang!" A shot came from nowhere, and Nogi Noshinori felt a wail from the war horse under his seat, and he fell to the side suddenly.

Nogi Noshinori fell heavily from his horse all of a sudden, his eyes couldn't help but darken, and he immediately understood that there was an ambush of the Satsuma army in this vicinity, and his heart suddenly tightened.

Two guards pounced and were about to pick up Nogi. A series of gunshots came, and Nogi Noshinori saw a line of blood burst out of each of the two guards' heads, and fell suddenly, and couldn't help but be shocked, and quickly crouched beside the dying war horse and took out his revolver.

"It's a pity!" Lin Yiqing couldn't help but scream when he saw that Eisuke Minamino's shot was slightly off the ground and hit Nogi Noshinori's war horse.

"Damn it!" Minamino Eisuke's face flushed slightly, and he raised his gun to aim at Nogi Noshinori again. But seeing that Nogi Noshinori was completely hiding behind the war horse, he couldn't help but curse in a low voice.

"Everyone, stop shooting." Lin Yiqing observed for a moment and ordered.

The members of the odd soldiers put away their guns and looked at Lin Yiqing with some puzzlement. Lin Yiqing noticed everyone's gaze and smiled slightly, "They don't need us to clean up now." He said, pointing in the direction of the beach.

That's when it happened. Dense gunshots rang out.

"Fire! Fire! ”

A government captain brandishes a saber in his hand and runs. He yelled loudly at the soldiers lying on the hillside.

In fact, before he could convey Nogi Noshinori's battle order, the government soldiers, who had been in a high state of tension, had already opened fire on the Satsuma army that was charging at them. For a while, there was a lot of gunfire. Everywhere there was white smoke from rifle fire.

"Spot the enemy! Attack! The Satsuma army in the distance followed the gunfire to find the position of the government army and immediately rushed over.

Under the cover of smoke, Nogi Noshinori crawled behind a large rock, poked his head out slightly, and looked out, only to see a large black soldier wearing a hat and wearing a light blue military uniform, rushing towards the hillside with a rifle with a bayonet on it.

The government soldiers opened fire one after another, expecting that the Satsuma soldiers who rushed to the front would fall one by one, but to Nogi's surprise, only a few Satsuma soldiers were wounded and fell on the beach.

"What's going on?" Nogi asked in surprise.

"It's too far, sir, the enemy hasn't rushed within effective range of our rifles." An officer crouching beside him replied.

Nogi Noshinori understood, and he couldn't help but feel sorry for the bullets that the soldiers had wasted just now.

His soldiers, compared to the Satsuma soldiers opposite, are still much worse in psychological quality and combat skills!

But just as the officer's voice fell, he only heard "Bang! With a bang, the officer's forehead, which was running to give orders, was instantly pierced by a bullet, and his body stiffened, and then he rolled down.

Nogi was taken aback, thinking that this shot was a cold shot from an enemy ambush in the shadows, but he soon realized that he was wrong.

Accompanied by the dense gunfire, the bullets fired by the enemy troops on the opposite side flew like a torrential rain, and many government soldiers could not dodge and were shot one after another, and the screams and wails rang out in all directions.

"The enemy's rifles are at a longer range than ours!" The officer beside Nogi shouted.

Nogi Noshinori understood, and his hands and feet were cold for a while.

Nogi did not know that the effective range of the Glass rifles equipped by the Satsuma soldiers could reach 900 meters, while the effective range of the Schneider rifles equipped by the government soldiers was 732 meters.

The two sides launched a fierce fire, the Satsuma samurai rifles not only have a long range, but also more accurate marksmanship, they are running, while stopping from time to time to shoot, dense and accurate shooting makes it difficult for government soldiers to raise their heads, and although the government soldiers fought back, they also killed and wounded many Satsuma soldiers, but with the increasing casualties, many people's will to fight began to waver.

At this moment, the sound of dull artillery firing was heard in the distance, and the artillery set up by the Satsuma army opened fire.

Nogi Noshinori heard the whistling sound of cannonballs breaking through the air in the air, and his heart was horrified, and he immediately hugged his head, curled up behind the rocks, instinctively opened his mouth wide, and closed his eyes.

A cannonball landed not far from him and exploded, and Nogi felt a huge force hit his body, and his ears first buzzed, and then he couldn't hear anything.

He shook his head and spat out the sand in his mouth as hard as he could, when another cannonball flew over and exploded in another place very close to him, and this time he felt as if something hot had splashed on his body and face.

Nogi Noshinori touched his face and immediately saw the bright red color of his palm.

That's blood.

Nogi looked around a little dazedly, his deaf ears prevented him from feeling the terrifying loud sound of the cannonballs exploding for a while, but the scene in front of him was something he had never seen before.

One after another shells exploded around, and from time to time the stumps of soldiers were lifted into the air, and then fell in a more broken posture, the soldiers who were injured and had broken their arms or legs and feet cried and rolled on the ground in pain, and the soldiers who were lucky not to be hit by the shells jumped up one after another, turned around and ran backwards.

At this time, Nogi Noshinori's mind was blank, he stumbled to his feet, and instinctively ran backwards with the soldiers.

At Osaka Castle, the sound of cannons and the sound of gunfire woke up Iwasaki and the women from their naps, and Iwasaki Yuka hurriedly sent an elderly staff member to investigate, only to learn that the government army and the Satsuma army had been fighting fiercely outside Osaka Castle. Everyone hurriedly got up and sorted out a few parcels and cages and food to satisfy their hunger, and each of them hurriedly escaped from the trading house with a package and ran in the direction of the city gate. At this time, there were also many people who escaped from home, and everyone called each other for their relatives in the crowding and pushing, and finally did not get separated.

As Iwasaki and the women fled, they heard gunfire and explosions from burning houses in the city, and at first she saw three large puffs of black smoke and burning flames over the western part of Osaka Castle. When they fled into the street, they found that there were already many people who had fled here, and there was a crowd of people around them. Many people snapped up necessities in the stores, and women also bought some necessities such as rice. By dinner time, the gunfire was not very dense, and Iwasaki Yuka saw some of the wounded soldiers of the government army being carried by the residents of the city on homemade stretchers into the street, and she saw that the wounds on some of the wounded soldiers were still bleeding, and she screamed in pain. By this time, the gates were closed, and no one was allowed to leave the city, so Iwasaki Yuka and the women had to return to their homes.

Soon after, the police came to check the number of residents of the Mitsubishi Trading Company Osaka Trading Company, because the passing army asked them to settle their quarters, supply firewood, and send people to carry the wounded soldiers. When the government officers and soldiers who live here see the women here, they inevitably harass them, and the women are really unbearable, but they can't think about it. Thankfully, the soldiers were transferred to the battlefield shortly after, knowing that they were fighting to defend the city, but Iwasaki hoped they would never return.

In the middle of the night, although the gunfire stopped, Iwasaki Yuka couldn't sleep for a long time, she hoped that she could enter the dream as soon as possible, so that the heroic prince in the dream would come to rescue her, but the dream did not come again. (To be continued......)

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