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"Boom! Rumble! "The shells exploded in the dense crowd, leaving gaps one by one. The shells of the 75-mm field gun weighed 5 kg and were filled with 1.5 kg of smokeless gunpowder. The power of the explosion was enough to tear the human body to shreds. The samurai, who had no protection, had no power to fight back against the bombardment of these shells.

When the Japanese samurai charged, the formation was relatively dense, which gave the Chinese artillery an excellent opportunity. 72 75-mm field guns, at a rate of one round per minute, poured shells on the Japanese. Inflicted heavy casualties on the Japanese army. However, the Japanese army did not order a large number of people, and even if the people in front were killed, the people behind could immediately make up for it. Tens of thousands of people charging together will still pose a great threat to the Chinese* army.

"Yaga! Those timid Chinese, they will only fight with advanced weapons, and other than that, there is no samurai spirit at all! Seeing his troops being wantonly slaughtered by the artillery of the Chinese* army, Tokugawa Iekei's face was a little gloomy.

It was the first time that those feudal lords had seen such a heavy shelling. Originally, they were still clamoring to kill all the Chinese, but now, one by one, they are silent. There was even a hint of horror in some people's eyes.

"Don't worry, although the artillery fire of the Chinese is very strong. However, we have an absolute superiority in troops. As long as our samurai can break through the artillery fire of the Chinese and rush into the positions of the Chinese. Strangled with them. The final victory will definitely be ours. The katana in the hands of the samurai will make those Chinese pay a heavy price! Ruonian sent Ozawa Chenglin said.

The other feudal lords nodded their heads. Ozawa Naribayashi is in Edo, didn't he hit the Chinese hard? As long as the Chinese lose the benefit of firearms, they will be vulnerable at all. Everyone believes that if you fight hand-to-hand. The samurai are the best.

At this moment, the Chinese* army has also prepared its defense. Tens of thousands of soldiers from the 1st and 3rd Brigades of the Marine Corps were spread across a five-kilometer defensive line. Because it was too hasty. There was no time to build defenses, and even barbed wire was not pulled. However, the soldiers believed that with the weapons in their hands. It is necessary to resist the attack of the Japanese army. It shouldn't be a problem. The main force of the 3rd Marine Brigade is to act as the last reserve. The two battalions of the 3rd Brigade were protecting the logistical supply lines in the rear and were relatively small.

"Mortar, prepare to fire!" When the Japanese samurai rushed to a kilometer from the line of defense of the Chinese* army, Major General Zhang Shun gave the order.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "Two brigades, a total of hundreds of mortars, opened fire. The sound of dense shelling was incessant. Shells flew swiftly towards the ranks of the Japanese troops. After the explosion of the shell. In the ranks of the Japanese army, a bloody storm was set off. Japanese samurai were constantly killed or wounded. Stumps and severed arms are flying everywhere. The Japanese samurai, who were lucky enough not to be killed, were also frightened.

Although the power of mortars is not as good as that of field guns, it is better than the rate of fire. A mortar can fire at a rate of 10 rounds per minute if it fires at a rapid rate. Hundreds of mortars can fire thousands of shells in a minute. It is conceivable how many casualties this can inflict on the Japanese army.

The dense explosions vigorously stopped the pace of the Japanese attack. When a large number of shells exploded in the ranks of the Japanese army, the huge casualties made these supposedly fearless Japanese samurai also frightened. No matter how heroic you are, seeing your companions being torn to pieces all at once around you will be terrified as long as you are human. Although the Japanese samurai have always had no regard for life. But in this case, they still felt a lot of panic. Some even want to back down.

"Yaga! No backwards! The general has an order, and whoever retreats without permission will be punished as a deserter! An officer slashed a Japanese samurai to the ground who wanted to retreat and shouted loudly. The rest of the samurai, seeing this, couldn't help but stop. Although there was still horror in their eyes, they still subconsciously continued to attack.

Tokugawa Iekei, as well as the high-ranking officials of the shogunate and the lords of the first clan, who were watching the battle from behind, were also shocked by the strong firepower of the Chinese* army. Is it really possible to defeat such a fierce artillery fire by virtue of the superiority of numbers? Some feudal lords already have great doubts about this.

"Heavy machine gun, ready to shoot!" The commanders of the Chinese* army did not dare to be careless at all. The greatest advantage of the Chinese* army is its advanced weaponry, which can destroy the Japanese samurai before they get close. If the Japanese samurai broke through the defensive line, then the Chinese* army would be in danger. After all, the strength of the Japanese samurai is several times that of the Chinese * army. Even a rifle with a bayonet may not be able to compete with a Japanese katana. After all, Japanese samurai used samurai swords all year round, were well-trained, and were much stronger than Chinese soldiers in hand-to-hand combat. Therefore, it is best to eliminate the Japanese samurai before they get close, or to defeat their main force as much as possible. In this case, the Chinese* army will win.

"Dada! Dada! "When the Japanese samurai rushed to a position just over five hundred meters from the positions of the Chinese* troops, the heavy machine guns deployed at the front of the line opened fire. Each battalion had 4 heavy machine guns, and a brigade had 24. Two brigades on the front line, a total of 48 heavy machine guns. These heavy machine guns began to strafe the Japanese samurai. Red flames erupted from the muzzle of the gun, and I saw that the Japanese samurai who were charging were beaten to the ground one by one, as if they had hit an invisible wall, and their heads were bleeding. The corpses of the Japanese samurai were neatly laid on the ground, like wheat cut in a wheat field.

"Shhh The frantic strafing of the heavy machine guns of the Chinese* army made the Japanese gasp. The equipment of the Chinese* army made them very shocked. In Japan, when the samurai were still fighting with katanas, their neighbors were already so powerful.

The heart of the shogun, Tokugawa Iekei, couldn't help but rise. He felt a little helpless, the gap between Japan and China was too great. It's so big that you can't catch up, you can only look at it. If the crisis can be overcome this time, Tokugawa Ikei vowed that Japan must strive to catch up with the Chinese. Otherwise, this crisis will continue. It's just that this time Japan has no chance. China's goal this time is to completely destroy Japan and completely solve the problem of Japan as a country. The Chinese Emperor Long Yufei was well aware of the habits of the Japanese country, and he must not give them any chance. Otherwise, once the country turns over, it may bring great disaster to China. Only by completely destroying the country, China's neighborhood, can we achieve tranquility.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! "The rifles in the hands of the Chinese marines also fired. The soldiers formed two formations, the first row squatting and the second row standing. In order to be able to concentrate the rifle's firepower.

The rate of fire of the 'Zhonghua 1-type' rifle is much faster than that of a single-shot rifle. The Japanese, who were lucky enough to escape the heavy machine gun fire, failed to rush to a distance of 200 meters from the line of defense of the Chinese* army, and were shot by the rifles in the hands of the marines.

Field artillery, mortars, heavy machine guns, and rifles formed a four-line fire strike network, weakening the Japanese army one by one, and finally killing them all. Under such a level of firepower, the Japanese samurai simply could not rush in front of the positions of the Chinese* troops, and they all fell on the way to attack. As time passed, the casualties paid by the Japanese army became larger and larger, which also made the morale of the Japanese army inevitably begin to decline. The hot-headed Japanese samurai also cooled down because of the huge casualties.

"Ozawa-kun, order the remaining samurai to join the attack! This time, we had no choice but to take a gamble! Seeing this, Tokugawa Iekei hurriedly gave an order.

In the first wave of the attack, the Japanese army invested a full 50,000 men. Another 30,000 men served as the last reserves. Originally, Tokugawa Iekei thought that 50,000 men would be enough to tear through the defense line of the Chinese* army, but now it seems that this is nothing more than a delusion.

"Yes, General!" Ozawa nodded.

Subsequently, the remaining 30,000 Japanese samurai also joined the attack. It's just that even after these Japanese samurai joined, they couldn't change the tide of the war. The Chinese* army has firmly gained the upper hand. The Japanese army's way of adding fuel and vinegar is simply to let these Japanese samurai go to death. There is no use other than the consumption of ammunition for the Chinese* army.

The fierce fighting continued, and many Japanese samurai were killed or shot every second. Their blood soaked the ground beneath their feet. It is foreseeable that the crops in the Kanto Plain will grow well in the coming year.

The fierce battle continued until about 3 p.m., and the Japanese army, which had lost more than half of its ranks, could no longer hold on. No matter how much the officers reprimanded, they could not stop the frightened Japanese samurai from retreating. The role of example is endless, and if someone retreats, it will cause a chain reaction. More and more samurai began to turn and flee, which directly led to the rout of the Japanese army.

The Chinese army launched a timely counterattack, and the artillery fire began to extend to the rear, and the infantry began to attack, pressing in a neat line in the direction of Mt. Tsukuba, preparing to completely deal with the Tokugawa shogunate's army.

Seeing this, Tokugawa Iekei sat down on the ground in a gloomy manner. He seems to have seen the future of the Tokugawa family. The Tokugawa shogunate, which had ruled Japan for two hundred years, would be destroyed at his hands! (To be continued......)