Chapter 623: Elite Meets Elite
At the same time that the Japanese reacquainted themselves with the Haw Par Army, the Haw Par Army also saw the strength of the Japanese Bandits.
Just as the atmosphere of the battlefield became heavier and heavier, a series of roars from inside the city of Pyongyang suddenly broke the atmosphere. Then, the screaming of flowering bullets across the sky also resounded over the battlefield.
"It's shelling, and it's heavy artillery...... Order the attacking troops, speed up the attack...... The faster they attack, the smaller the losses will be......" The Captain ordered loudly as he frowned.
Then, a long horn sounded and began to sound on the battlefield.
After hearing the sound of the horn, the musketeers who pushed forward step by step with the heavy shield cart directly used their strength to push the shield cart in front of them and speed up the attack......
However, no matter how fast they are, they can't fly faster than the speed of the flowering projectile.
As the screams got closer and closer to them, twenty heavy artillery shells were already above them.
However, because the Japanese were always in motion, only three of the twenty heavy artillery shells landed in the front and rear two rows of shield carts. The remaining shells either fell in front of the Japanese attacking troops and found nothing, or landed on the side of the infantry behind the musketeers, causing dozens or hundreds of Japanese to fall on the battlefield with uncertain fate or death.
However, even so, the three flowering shells caused the direct destruction of two shield carts, one shield cart was severely damaged, and more than a dozen Japanese musketeers were killed or wounded.
"Well, well played...... Just like that, the heavy artillery continued to fire, and the hook mortars that entered the firing range also all fired...... "On the tower of Pyongyang City, after witnessing the picture of two shield vehicles directly splitting apart, Zhao Yun's solemn face finally showed a smile. He shouted excitedly.
Although the gunners located in the city did not see the results of their artillery bombardment, Zhao Yun's order was the best affirmation for them.
Thereupon. Hundreds of gunners, as if they had eaten stimulants, reloaded, opened their guns, and cleared their chambers at an ever-faster speed, shrouded in the pungent smoke of gunpowder. Keep reloading......
As for the Japanese in the attack, although they didn't even see the shadow of the Tiger and Leopard Army, they began to suffer battle damage. However, the bushido spirit of the Wako is definitely not blown.
The sudden loss not only did not affect their morale. Instead, it made them more fanatical.
In order to avoid another damage to themselves by the heavy artillery of the Tiger and Leopard Army, the Japanese Kou, who were already attacking at a very fast speed, further accelerated their speed.
Even the ordinary artillery of later generations could not achieve accurate strikes on moving targets, not to mention the modified cannons that still used black powder, the propellant and the flowering shell were completely separated, and there were no sighting devices.
As the Japanese invaders became faster and faster, the second round of flowering bombs from inside Pyongyang finally arrived on the battlefield.
This time. Of the twenty flowering shells, only two landed in the middle of the two rows of shield carts in front of and behind the Japanese invaders.
Although other shells caused a lot of casualties to the infantry behind, but. This is obviously not the result that Zhao Yun wants to see.
However, this very unfavorable situation for the Haw Par Army did not last long.
After losing twenty shield wagons in a row, the Japanese attacking troops went directly into the effective range of the mortars.
Compared with the twenty cannons, Zhao Yun, who had a large number of mortars, directly deployed as many as 50 in each direction of Pyongyang City.
In addition, the closer the pirates are to the walls of Pyongyang, the higher the accuracy of the Haw Par Army's flowering projectiles.
When the first round of mortar fire came to the battlefield. After falling in the middle of the Japanese attacking troops, there were directly ten flowering shells. Hit the shield car.
Flowering shells exploded, eight of which were shield cars. It's like a goddess scattering flowers, and she was directly torn to pieces by the flowering bullet.
The remaining two, although they did not become fragments, were obviously impossible to keep him moving forward.
In this case, the shield car, which was given high hopes by the Japanese robbers, directly became miserable......
By the time they reached the last seventy paces of the wall, there were not even eighty of them.
Of course, the musketeers, who hid behind the shield carts, were not much better, with direct losses of three or four hundred people.
Just as the Haw Par Army was concentrating all its artillery and continuing to destroy the shield carts, an accident happened.
The shield car, which was still moving forward just now, stopped directly.
The musketeers who followed closely behind the shield cart, relying on the shield cart, quickly loaded the musket in their hands, lit the fire rope, and pulled the trigger without hesitation at the head of the city.
As the gunshots rang out, thick white smoke erupted from the muzzle of the gun, quickly covering the shield cart and the musketeers behind the shield cart. It was clear that the Japanese musketeers intended to be here, to provide cover for the infantry.
The musketeers and shield carts stopped, the losses were less than a thousand people, and the ordinary infantry, armed with weapons and shields, did not stop.
Walk through the gap between the shield carts, hold the shield on your head, and continue to attack.
At the same time, the Japanese artillery, which was at the end of the attacking force, was not idle.
Under the cover of large shields, bronze cannons were erected, loaded with gunpowder and solid shells, and preparations were made for the bombardment of the city walls.
"Sure enough, it's a well-trained elite ...... My old Zhao has fought so many battles, and I finally met a real elite......" Seeing the rapidly reorganized formation of the Japanese attack force, Zhao Yun couldn't help but sigh.
Then, without thinking about it, he opened his mouth and ordered: "Heavy artillery, heavy mortars, immediately adjust the target, destroy the artillery and bronze artillery that the Japanese invaders are attacking with the team......"
"Musketeers, strike back at once and shoot all the pirates who have crossed the shield cart and continued to approach the walls......"
"Medium mortars, light mortars, continue to shell the pirate musketeers, destroy their shield vehicles......"
After a series of orders were issued, a burst of gunfire rang out directly at the head of Pyongyang.
It is a pity that under the cover of the heavy shield, this round of lead bullets fired by the Haw Par Army, although intensive, did not kill or injure many Japanese robbers.
Although everyone was shocked by this situation, the movements in their hands did not mean to stop in the slightest.
In the blink of an eye, the second and third rounds of gunfire rang out at the head of the city.
Fortunately and solemnly for the defenders to arrive, when the pirates rushed to a distance of fifty or sixty paces from the city wall, the lead bullet was finally able to penetrate the shield and shoot the soldiers behind the shield.
However, he also paid a lot of casualties under the counterattack of the Japanese musketeers.
The arquebus is far less powerful than the musket, but it is still very powerful when fired at such close range.
More than 1,000 musketeers were able to take the lives of at least 20 Haw Par musketeers at the head of the city for every round of buckshot.
And at this moment, for the soldiers defending the city, another crisis also came to them. (To be continued)