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It was just dawn, and the pale blue sky was still studded with a few sparse remnant stars. The sea breeze blows, and the smell of the sea is occasionally smelled. Cheerful birds, unaware of the troubles of the world, chirp loudly and fly happily!

The night passed so quietly, as if nothing happened yesterday, and every qiē was so quiet. As soon as the day dawned, the soldiers of the cooking squad had already gotten up and started to prepare. Today, an unprecedented battle will be fought, and the soldiers must be fed and have the strength to fight. Fortunately, there is a ready-made pot stove in the residence of the Wako Water Division, but there is no need to build another one, and they used the big pot here to stew bacon last night.

In the southeast of Kagoshima Castle, the temporary residence of the Wakos. Mitsuhisa Shimazu, Akihisa Shimazu, Minoru Shimazu and other high-ranking Japanese officials gathered in the largest private house in the station. Shimazu Mitsuhisa and Shimazu Minoru didn't sleep all night, always guarding against the surprise attack of the Geng family's army. In the second half of the night, the 8,000 samurai of Kirishima Castle who received Shimazu Mitsuhisa's order were incorporated into the establishment, and nearly an hour later, Shimazu Akihisa finally arrived with 20,000 samurai from Xincheng and Pillow Qi Castle. At this point, more than 55,000 samurai had gathered under the command of Shimazu Mitsuhisa, and all the confidence lost yesterday was suddenly returned.

In fact, some of the samurai of the Shimazu family have not yet arrived, and Shibushi Castle and Kaya Castle on the other side of Kagoshima Bay can still gather more than 10,000 samurai each, and if they are given enough time to recruit troops throughout the Satsuma Domain, the total number of high, medium and low-level samurai that can be gathered can reach more than 120,000. However, even the current 55,000 samurai have already satisfied Shimazu Mitsuhisa. Most of these samurai were elite. Only a fraction of them have just been recruited. Therefore, he was confident in the battle after dawn.

Similar to the mood of the Japanese invaders, there were more than 4,000 officers and soldiers from the Ryukyus. On the outskirts of Kagoshima Pier are Marines patrolling the entire camp, and a roaring bonfire is burning around the entire camp. The bonfire had been burning all night, and almost all of the fishing boats and merchant ships in the docks had been chopped up to make firewood. On the far left side of the camp, more than a dozen bonfires were burning, illuminating the vicinity, and more than 10 Ryukyu soldiers, who had only changed their guard at midnight, chatted around the bonfire in groups of more than 10 people, slowly gathering more and more. Many Ryukyu soldiers came out and joined the chatting team. But they did not dare to raise their voices, for fear of disturbing the rest of the soldiers of the Marine Corps not far away.

The Ryukyu soldiers never dreamed that they would also have the opportunity to invade the Wa Kingdom, and it was the powerful Satsuma Domain. They have been bullied by the Satsuma Domain for decades, and their hatred for the Japanese people is as deep as the sea, especially the Japanese of the Satsuma Domain, and they are eager to skin them alive. Thousands of soldiers slept for most of the night, and at this time they were not sleepy, and they all chatted excitedly and quietly about the battleships and artillery of the Mawei Navy. Talking about the battle situation after dawn, fantasizing about the beauty after defeating the Satsuma Domain.

It's that fast in the morning. In the blink of an eye, the sky was bright. The soldiers' dough cakes have long been eaten in this broth, and today's battle may not be able to be solved in one morning, so let's fill their stomachs first. Geng Jingzhong and others, who were staying at the station of the Japanese Naval Division, also came to the dock on the left bank, and in a quarter of an hour, all the teams were ready neatly.

The first is the 5,000-strong Marine Army. Two thousand artillery battalion soldiers guarded one hundred and sixty large and small guns, which remained on the left and right sides of the ranks. In the center were three thousand heavily armed musketeers. Behind the left, there were 4,000 soldiers from the Ryukyu Kingdom, all armed with broadswords and spears, and the queue was quite neat. In the center, rear, and right rear were 15,000 naval soldiers, and the rest remained on the battleship, guarding the battleship.

"Let's go!" Zeng Yangxing was in the position of the Chinese army and gave orders loudly.

The soldiers of the Marine Corps at the front walked in a neat step and steadily advanced in the direction of due north. Two hundred mules pulled one hundred and sixty cannons on both sides, and the speed was not at all slower than that of the soldiers, but from the front, there was not a single cannon in sight, all of which were blocked by the figures of the soldiers, which was also to stay for a while to surprise the Japanese invaders. The two hundred mules were scattered across the battleship and were fed distiller's lees to prevent them from getting seasick. After last night's rest, although these mules have not yet fully recovered, they have no problem pulling up the largest cannon, which is no more than 2,000 pounds on the gun carriage. What's more, some of these three-hundred-pound six-pounder furlong cannons can be carried by three soldiers on one side.

As he continued to move forward, Zeng Yangxing found the Japanese in the distance from the telescope, and they were ready, but they did not move, but waited for work. Zeng Yangxing is definitely not as familiar with this terrain as the Japanese Kou, but there are not many open areas here, and the southeast part of Kagoshima Castle is the largest one, and it is also the only way for Geng's army.

The figures on the opposite side were densely packed, twice as many as their own, and there was not a single cannon in the black pressed large area with muskets, spears, and swords and shields in their hands. It seems that the intelligence that the Japanese did not attach importance to artillery, and the information that there were not a few artillery pieces was correct.

"Stop!" Zeng Yangxing waved his hand and gave the latest order. The heralds around him quickly conveyed the order, and immediately, the 25,000 soldiers stopped. This place was only two hundred meters away from the opposite camp of the Japanese invaders, and the enemy's figure could already be clearly seen.

"Order the cannon battalion to set up the cannon! The other soldiers reload their ammunition and get ready to attack! Zeng Yang said coldly.

"Cannons! Raise your guns and get ready to attack! The herald waved the flag quickly, passing the commander's order around. The standard-bearers of the battalions received the order and immediately reported it to their superiors, and the battalions were ready almost at the same time. More than 20,000 troops dispersed, opened an array about 100 meters long, and each raised the musket in his hand and aimed ahead.

On the other side, the Japanese war array. Shimazu Mitsuhisa and all the elders and ministers also held binoculars and watched. Shimazu Mitsuhisa had already given the death order to wait until the Geng family army was far away from the seashore before attacking. He had already considered that if he wanted to eat the horses in one bite, he had to completely get out of the range of the battleship's guns far away from the dock. Otherwise, no amount of people will be enough for the bombardment of the battleship's guns. Think of the shelling power of the ship's guns. Mitsuhisa Shimazu still has a chilling feeling.

At present, the distance between the two armies is only two hundred meters, and here, the distance between the two armies and the dock where the Mawei Navy is moored is more than three thousand meters, no matter how powerful the naval guns on the Mawei Navy battleship are, they cannot reach such a far place.

"Brave warriors, your chance to make a difference! Obey my orders, three thousand cavalry charged. The other samurai then showed me their heads! Come on! Just when Zeng Yangxing's side had just formed a formation, Shimazu Mitsu gave the order to attack. In his opinion, the naval guns on the Geng family battleship are indeed powerful, but now on land, they can be said to be beyond the reach of the whip. The opposite side was full of infantry, and without cavalry, no matter how good the formation was, it would not be enough for the cavalry to charge once.

The entire Kagoshima Castle and its surroundings can be made together. There are only 3,000 cavalry in front of him, which is also the only family background of the Shimazu family. Kyushu Island does not produce war horses. Of these 3,000 cavalry, a small half were horses. But for this Kyushu Island, it is also a powerful land force, and the momentum of three thousand cavalry charging together is still very strong.

Zeng Yangxing had already discovered that the Wako on the other side had cavalry, but there was no change in his face. The artillery battalions on both sides lowered their artillery as fast as they could the moment Zeng Yang gave the order. The steel gun carriage is turned with the muzzle facing the Japanese on the opposite side, and then two brackets are placed in front of the two wheels, and the rear handles are supported by the ground to form a stable triangle. In this way, the artillery was installed. The whole process took less than half a minute.

The horses are very fast. Even the horses are much faster than men. At a distance of 200 meters, the horse can run in only 20 seconds. In the blink of an eye, the Japanese cavalry closed the distance of fifty or sixty meters.

Zeng Yangxing had not been in a hurry to order the artillery before, because he knew very well that if he wanted to kill the enemy on a large scale, he still had to use grapeshot bullets, that is, scattered bullets. Among the 160 pieces of artillery, except for the 60 12-pounder guns, which fired grapevine shells at a range of 250 meters, the eight-pounder guns could only shoot grapeshot at about 200 meters, and the smallest six-pounder guns were even shorter by 50 meters, and could only shoot 150 meters. This grape bullet is not the same as a solid iron bullet at all, and when it is launched, it is like a heavenly maiden scattering flowers, a large piece, not as concentrated as the iron bullet force, so the range cannot be compared.

"Ready!"

"Put!"

The commanders of the left and right artillery battalions shouted in a deep voice almost at the same time.

"Tom tom!"

"Tom tom!"

"Tom tom!"

A series of artillery rang out, the artillery of the Marine Corps roared in unison, and a group of black iron galls flew towards the rushing Japanese cavalry. Now, the Japanese cavalry had already entered the range of grape bullets, and naturally they were overwhelmingly smashed over. Sure enough, grapeslet bullets scattered across the sky and turned into life-threatening marbles. The marbles splattered and then landed fiercely in the middle of the enemy.

The pirates who were hit by marbles kept screaming and fell, and there was a wail on the battlefield. The muskets, knives, and spears they carried lay on the ground. In addition to the sound of artillery firing, you can also hear bursts of banging sounds, which is very dull. It was the sound of the Japanese cavalry falling and smashing on the ground, accompanied by the neighing of the horses. The war horses of the Japanese invaders had never experienced such a scene, and under the rumbling cannons, they suddenly exploded into the group, and no longer willing to obey the command of the Japanese cavalry on their backs, they began to bump into each other like headless flies, bumping into the Japanese cavalry next to them, and also stepping on the Japanese who fell to the ground.

"Tom tom!"

"Tom tom!"

"Tom tom!"

As the enemy approached, the range of the artillery in the artillery battalion was constantly shortening. The benefits of uniform specifications and fixed ammunition were fully realized at this time, and the guns were fired twice as fast as before they had not changed. The same is true for the Furlong cannon, each of which has nine sub-guns that have been pre-loaded with ammunition for backup, and the firing speed is more than twice as fast as that of the Hongyi cannon.

A large number of grape bullet marbles are constantly splashed away, making enemies fall faster. As the enemy gets closer, their ranks inevitably become tighter, giving grapeshots a better chance of killing. As the enemy fell, a large number of horses also fell, effectively intercepting the enemy's path behind and reducing their running speed. (To be continued......)

PS: Today's first chapter, I'm hurrying up the second chapter, today must be seven thousand words, it won't be less, brothers, please look forward to it!