Seeing that the left and right corners were swept away, Lin Wei suddenly felt that the pressure was greatly reduced, and the commanding officers and musketeers of each section of the fence on each floor were also calm, and the sound of gunfire became neat again.

Seeing this situation, Fu Anding immediately turned all the artillery muzzles, the twelve-pounder mountain grenades approached, and the howitzers began to extend the shelling, and the ronin, who was almost crazy in front, suddenly ushered in a burst of dense and rapid saturation shelling, and a steady stream of charging waves was cleared out of an open space of more than 100 yards.

Seeing that the momentum of the attack was blocked, although Mabu Quanfang was frustrated and lost confidence, he also knew that this was not the time to stop, since the Qing warships had already opened fire, the next thing to see if the water attack of the Ninth Shige could be effective, the current attack could not be stopped, but the attack must be strengthened to attract the firepower and attention of the Qing warships.

However, in the current situation, the newly recruited new army and the allied army of the feudal lords have obviously been frightened by the dense and fierce artillery fire, and their morale has seriously declined, and it is purely delusional to rely on them to launch a large-scale charge, but let the samurai advance team act as cannon fodder, and the Mabu Kanfang is reluctant, so he can only send the cavalry out, although it is not suitable for large-scale cavalry charging at night, although the fierce artillery fire of the opponent may cause the horses to be frightened, but at this time there is not so much to care about.

After a little hesitation, Mabe Quanfang said in a deep voice: "Order Inoue Hachiro to lead five thousand cavalry to charge, raise my beetle to charge from the front, and order Mabe Kanyan, Harada Yoshitoku, and Kitamura Tae to follow closely behind and break through the enemy camp in one fell swoop!" ”

*

The 9th Shigemuki, who was in charge of commanding the sneak attack on the water, was on the side of the Sumigawa River in the upper right corner of the port, although he could not see the situation of the battlefield, but from the rumbling cannons and dense gunfire, he could clearly judge the fierceness of the battle, the Qing warships in the port did not open fire, and he did not dare to order an attack, so he could only suffer in the sound of cannons and gunfire.

He knew very well in his heart that there was only one chance. If the sneak attack on the water fails, they will no longer be able to resist the Qing Guo's naval division with extremely fierce artillery, so he has been quietly waiting for the opportunity. When he saw the four third-class battleships in the harbor firing their guns for artillery support, he finally couldn't hold it back, and immediately ordered in a deep voice: "Order the fireships to charge." ”

With the order of the Ninth Emperor, more than 100 merchant and fishing boats, which had long been filled with flammable materials, immediately drifted down the Sumigawa River.

The battleship, which was closely monitoring the waterway of the Sumigawa River, soon spotted the large black and oppressive ship by the afterglow of the fireworks, and the rapid whistle sounded immediately, and soon a firework exploded over the bow of the ship. Seeing that it had been discovered, a large section of fireboats in front of it immediately set fire, and the waterway of the Sumigawa River into the port immediately burst into flames, and more than 100 fireboats went straight to the port like a huge fire dragon.

As soon as the 1,200 water spirits hidden in the various waterways saw the fireboat dispatched, they immediately launched one after another and swam silently towards the harbor.

Seeing the fireship dispatching, Shi Shibiao on the flagship snorted coldly, and immediately ordered in a deep voice: "Order all ships." Do not act rashly, and the battleships near the fireship shelled the fireship. ”

As soon as the order was given, the already slightly sparse artillery sound of the Marine Corps battalion on the shore instantly intensified again. Long Keduo said movingly: "Cavalry, the Japanese have dispatched cavalry, and they have a large-scale cavalry night attack. ”

"It's a massive cavalry." Yinxiang nodded and said, "The Japanese are starting to make desperate bets." ”

Shi Shibi also heard the thunderous roar at this time, it seemed that the Japanese had launched a full-scale attack, he looked up at the still dark sky, and asked in a deep voice, "What time is it?" ”

"Five quarters of Pingdan." The officer next to him immediately replied. ..., at most two quarters of an hour, the sky will be dawn, Shi Shibiao nodded, and the widow should also be desperate. Desperately, they attacked stronger than a wave on the shore, and did not hesitate to send the soldiers under the muzzle, it could not be just for the attack of more than 100 fireboats, there should be other means.

He glanced sideways at the convoy of fireships that looked like a fiery dragon, and the four warships guarding the mouth of the waterway were shelling with dense artillery. Under the dense bombardment like a torrential rain, the fireships in front were splashed in all directions, because of the flooding, the speed of the fireships had slowed down, and it was impossible to pose a threat to the warships in the harbor in a short time.

With a slight groan, Shi Shibi said in a deep voice: "Two fireworks will be fired over the port, and the battleship in the center of the port will prepare artillery fire to support the shore." ”

*

Before the musketeers, who had repelled the second wave of the Japanese attack, could catch their breath when they heard a dull and dense hoof rumble like thunder, and the ground shook slightly.

"Brigade of cavalry!" Lin Wei was shocked, is this gang of widows finished? Actually let the cavalry fight at night?

Sensing the abnormality, two fireworks exploded at the same time at a low altitude above the land battalion, and a large area of black pressure galloped cavalry entered everyone's sight, looking at this rapid impact, the sound of hooves was dense like a storm of cavalry roaring, many soldiers who had never seen the cavalry charge couldn't help but feel weak in their hearts.

Fu Han glanced at the majestic and galloping horse team, and said disdainfully: "This is not a regular cavalry, it is a temporary collection of horses, and they have exhausted their strength when they rush to the front of the formation, and they will definitely not be able to jump over the wide trench in front of the formation, and tell them that there is no need to be nervous." ”

Lin Wei also had no experience in fighting against cavalry, and he couldn't help but feel relieved when he heard Fu Han's words, there were sharp wooden stakes in the trench, as long as the cavalry couldn't jump over the wide trench, it was impossible to pose a threat to them, he hurriedly ordered: "Pass the order, pay attention to dodging arrows, tell them that the cavalry can't cross the trench, let them shoot at ease." ”

Fu Anding, who was in the artillery position, was overjoyed when he saw this situation, and he was worried that he would not have the opportunity to test the effectiveness of the artillery group against the cavalry, and this opportunity to send it to the door naturally made him very excited.

After a little groaning and estimating the distance, he ordered in a deep voice: "Mountain grenade target 900 yards, howitzer 1,200 yards, three rounds of rapid fire, fire!" ”

Japan does not pay attention to artillery, even the horses of the regular cavalry are rarely deliberately trained to adapt to the artillery, when the whistling shells fall densely into the horses, forming a continuous explosion, all the horses are frightened in the huge explosion and fire, uncontrolled galloping, the horses injured by shrapnel are even more wildly jumping, for a time only to see people on their backs and horses.

The galloping horses were frightened and scurried in all directions, and when they landed, the cavalry formation was thrown into chaos, and countless horses collided with each other, not only the riders were unlucky, but also many of the infantry who followed behind were trampled by the frightened horses.

After three rounds of rapid fire, the entire cavalry formation was already chaotic, and the infantry that followed it was also in chaos.

At this moment, a large number of shells of nearly 200 rounds whistled again, followed by an even more violent explosion, which exploded a large area, which was more than 18 pounds of shells fired by the naval guns, and the thousands of cavalry who were even worse were immediately killed and wounded, and the surviving cavalry could no longer control the frightened horses, and immediately scattered in all directions, and the infantry that followed followed also dispersed.

*

The whole harbor was deafening with the sound of artillery, but the auxiliary ships guarding the various waterways did not move at all, and it was not their turn to be bombarded on this scale, and their main task was to monitor the situation in the various waterways.

In fact, they were not too worried, at the entrance of each waterway, they laid two fishing nets, on the fishing net not only buoys, but also small bells, the water ghosts could not have touched in unnoticed, but now the cannon is too loud to hear the bell ringing. ..., where did the water ghost who quietly entered the port by black water know that the Qing Dynasty sailor was so well guarded, and even laid a fishing net at the entrance of the waterway, and after hitting it head-on, he was immediately entangled in the fishing net, and the struggle was instinctive, and with the struggle, the entire fishing net was dragged up, which was naturally not hidden from the sentinels who were monitoring the waterway at any time, and the rapid whistle immediately sounded at the mouth of each waterway.

One after another fireworks, the whole harbor was immediately illuminated, and the heads of the people floating on the water surface and the black pressure immediately became the live targets of all kinds of small cannons.

Most of the water ghosts were shot in the waterway by the dense artillery before they had a chance to enter the harbor, and some of the fish that slipped through the net could not hide under the fireworks one after another, and were shot one after another.

Seeing this situation, Yinxiang couldn't help but admire, and praised with a smile: "General Shi is really like a torch and has a thorough understanding of the tricks of the Japanese Kou. ”

Seeing the water ghost come out, Shi Shibi also breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "Thanks to the Thirteenth Master's false praise, the Japanese and Deng Zhilong have cooperated a lot, these tricks are all habitual methods, and the last general just has a lot of research on the previous battle examples." ”

"This battle is a big victory, General Shi should be the first to take the lead, why should he be humble." Yinxiang chuckled.

"The artillery on the shore has also stopped, and it seems that the Japanese have fully withdrawn." Long Keduo was envious in his heart and quickly changed the topic.

Yinxiang smiled and said: "These gangsters really don't know what to do, they actually play with us in a virtual and real way, and when they meet the ancestors, they can be regarded as losing their blood today." ”

Long Keduo also smiled and joked: "Hehe, the Thirteenth Master's words are reasonable, they are called self-defeating, and they dare to sell articles in front of Confucius." ”

Seeing that the war was basically over, Shi Shibiu's mood was also very relaxed, and he smiled when he heard this: "The Thirteenth Master and Lord Long are not familiar with the Japanese Kou, they have always sold articles in front of Confucius, they are typical Zhongshan wolves, they are rampant when they get their will, and the prince can see through it, so he should not be soft on the Japanese Kou." ”

Hearing the dense sound of artillery like popping beans coming from the harbor, but did not see a single fire, the room knew that the plan had completely failed, where was there still the mind to attack, so he had to order the troops, he could be regarded as seeing the power of artillery today, Japan has always ignored the role of artillery on the battlefield, but never to the point that artillery can dominate the entire battle, after this battle, we must vigorously develop artillery. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )