Chapter Ninety-Five: The Capture of Tokyo
Because of the promise of the British, Ito Hirobumi also went out of his way this time, and transferred almost all the troops in his hands to the front line, regardless of whether the new rifle or the old rifle, and even the breech gun with a through-strip, anyway, as long as the weapon that can shoot bullets outward, all the soldiers will be issued, let them squat in the trenches and wait for a decisive battle with the invaders, and even the Qinwang Yishi who came to help the battle with bows and arrows and shotguns also joined in, and tens of thousands of troops stuck to a ten-kilometer-long stretch of defense line, waiting to give the invaders a fatal blow.
In addition, he also prepared a cavalry unit, more than 2,000 cavalry ambushed in the dense forests of the eastern mountains, once the battle began, along the Tama River to the east to attack the enemy's flank, for this force he is still full of expectations, cavalry is the most terrifying enemy of the infantry, to this day Lucia still rely on the Cossacks to fight the world?
It's just that the artillery is cold, and yesterday's dozens of bronze cannons of the Guards Division let Yang Feng directly serve a pot, so now he can only pull out some old antiques to fill the number, mainly some old-fashioned four-pounder breech guns that imitated France back then, but Prime Minister Ito is not worried about this, because he still has a secret weapon.
The battle was still started by the artillery bombardment of the coalition forces, more than a hundred guns of various types of artillery kept spraying flames, and the shells smashed into the Japanese defense line with a breathtaking roar, and the flames of the explosion quickly flooded the shallow trench It looked quite spectacular, and the boss Yang who personally supervised the battle sat contentedly behind the artillery, eating the cantaloupe that the little slave girl sent to her mouth while watching the Japanese struggle in the artillery fire.
The main generals of the German army, including Waldzer, also gathered around him leisurely, watching their artillery unilaterally roulin the enemy.
But at this moment, there were suddenly two strange whistling sounds in the sky, and Waldzer, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, subconsciously fell to the ground, and before Boss Yang could react, he saw two huge fire balls exploded in the Germans who were preparing to attack, and almost a platoon of Germans flew into the sky at once, so frightened that Caiyi and Mina beside him screamed and threw themselves into his arms.
Boss Yang almost choked on the cantaloupe in his mouth. The two of them stood up, looked at the big crater in the distance and shouted dumbfounded: "Bastard, where did the Japanese get the large-caliber heavy artillery?"
This is Ito Hirobumi's secret weapon, the 280 mm bronze mortar that was dismantled from the shore defense battery before the coalition forces landed, because the Osaka Artillery Factory destroyed Yang Feng, so it could only be dismantled from the shore defense battery, this 26-ton behemoth was too time-consuming to assemble or build an artillery position, so it was not until today that it came in handy for the first time.
Waldze, who had just gotten up, was also stunned, he never thought that there were still two monsters hiding behind the Japanese army, which looked like the giant fortress howitzer was doing. But fortunately, the rate of fire of this cannon is too slow, and the coalition forces have enough time to react, and Yang Feng's artillery observers quickly discovered their location, although the distance has exceeded the range of Miss Bofors 75, but this problem is not difficult to solve, it is enough to move the artillery forward by one kilometer, of course, it will take time.
However, this also reminded Yang Feng that the seventh and fifth cannons could no longer form an advantage in terms of power and range, and they had to be replaced with larger calibers next. For example, the 105 light cannon is very good, and it can be produced with the quality of the steel from Bofors now.
The various units that were preparing for the attack retreated as quickly as possible, while the 10 75 guns urgently moved forward, and the explosion of heavy artillery shells quickly began to be erected. Fortunately, this kind of cannon was only fired at a fixed angle because it was placed in the rear of the Japanese army, and the land was not open to the sea, so it was impossible to achieve visual aiming, and it was inconvenient to adjust. The range of shells was limited, but even then one shell hit the German field artillery position, and three Krupp 75 guns were blown away in an instant.
Waldzer watched with a depressed look at the Japanese cannons. At the same time, the cheers of the Japanese army could be faintly heard in the distance, and at this moment he also regretted that he did not have a cannon with a longer range.
In an expectant gaze, the ten seven-five cannons were finally erected, and then the artillery observers in the distance sent back the coordinates of the other party, and in less than a minute, the two giant cannons stopped, of course, they were not destroyed, the twenty-six tons of behemoths, counting on the seventy-five cannonballs to destroy it is hopeless to go directly into the barrel, but it is enough to kill the artillery.
Just after they suppressed the Japanese heavy artillery, the attacking troops launched a charge again, this time the Germans learned to be obedient, no longer stupidly lined up in a neat line of guns, and Yang Jiajun scattered in squads, and immediately hunched down after entering the range of the Japanese army, at the same time Makqin machine guns and mortars were suppressed in the back, as for the poison gas bomb, this thing is still the patent of Yang Jiajun, and even if it is given to the Germans, they can't make it, and without gas masks, they can't let them rush to the position and suffer their own poison gas?
But at this time, the Japanese cavalry arrived.
According to the standard Western-style tactics, the two thousand cavalry raised their sabers one by one, like a torrent of landslides, and crashed into the flank of the coalition army, Waldzer's expression suddenly became nervous, because he found that the Yang family army in front of these cavalry was not in formation, and even many of them didn't even bother to load bayonets on their guns.
"Yang, it's very dangerous to do this!" He couldn't help but remind.
"Count, on the contrary, it is the Japanese who are really in danger." Yang Feng said lightly.
As soon as he finished saying this, two hundred machine guns turned around almost at the same time, and the stormy bullets instantly crushed the Japanese attack like a meat grinder, and looking at the torrent in the distance was as if it had been slapped hard by a giant hand of a god, it instantly became overturned, and the dead bodies were piling up at the fastest speed, and Waldzer opened his mouth wide as if he was stupid.
"Count, machine guns have put an end to the age of cavalry." Yang Feng said reservedly.
The Japanese cavalry of the two thousand cavalry was exhausted by the two hundred machine guns in a matter of minutes, and they were not even able to rush in front of the invaders, and one of the Japanese cavalrymen at the front stood up from the side of the slain horse, staring blankly at the belt of dead bodies that stretched for nearly a kilometer behind him, as if he wondered if this was a nightmare.
Then a gunshot rang out, the guy shook and fell to the ground, and a Yang family army officer waved the C96 in his hand and continued to charge with his subordinates.
Prince Komatsumiya's heart on the Japanese position was dripping blood, and it was not easy for poor Japan to train a cavalryman, and as a result, a few bullets were scrapped.
At this time, the invaders on the opposite side began to poison again, as soon as this evil weapon appeared, it meant that no matter how brave the samurai was, it would inevitably be defeated, and the result was exactly that, the soldiers of those guards divisions still had the courage to persevere, but the soldiers of the new division and the soldiers of Qinwang were not so strong, on the front of the Yang army's attack, with the explosion of poison gas bombs, a large number of Japanese defenders crawled out of the trenches without firing a shot and fled in a hurry, of course, the result of this is usually to be beaten into a sieve by the machine guns behind them.
"Hold your ground and swear to kill the enemy!" Prince Komatsumiya brandished his saber and roared, but then the roar stopped abruptly, and a machine gunner opposite him had already been eyeing this guy, wielding a broken knife to look like a slow death, and the muzzle of the gun was slightly adjusted and dozens of bullets directly beat His Royal Highness the prince out of shape.
The death of the supreme commander made the original courage of the Japanese army collapse in an instant, if yesterday because of the strength of the enemy who did not know the strength of the road, the Japanese army was able to make a certain degree of resistance, then today, after the two secret weapons were silent, the Japanese army, which had already known the results of the battle, completely lost the courage to fight. Just after the soldiers of the Yang family army were the first to rush to the position, another rout of the Japanese army began, but this time there was no rout on all fronts, and many people chose to fight the invaders to the end in order to defend their homeland, so the battlefield was full of small-scale resistance, which frustrated the desire of the coalition forces to rush into the city of Tokyo.
But in any case, the war has been won, and the Japanese capital has opened its doors, although they may engage in street fighting, but looking at the patches of wooden buildings in the distance, Yang Feng smiled very sinisterly.
"Yang, what do you think we think of the Japanese Imperial Palace as our headquarters?" Waldzer said with a smile on his face, now that he saw the majestic image of himself on the front page of the newspaper with the crown of the Japanese conquistador.
"Earl, it's a good idea, but before we do that, are we going to decide how to reward the warriors? I think it would be a reasonable idea to let them roam freely in the conquered lands for three days. Yang Feng said with a smile.
"Then we'd better decide on our respective areas of activity first." Waldzer said seriously.
"Your Majesty, we have failed, and the invaders will enter Tokyo." Just as the two robbers began to study the distribution of the spoils, a few kilometers away in the Japanese Imperial Palace, Ito Hirobumi stood in front of Emperor Meiji as if dead ashes.
His Majesty the Emperor looked at the prime minister in front of him who had worked all his life to revitalize the Japanese Empire, and couldn't help but sigh, things have reached such a point, it is useless to say anything, just when the monarch and the minister were relatively speechless, suddenly an inner attendant hurriedly ran in, and then handed a telegram to the chief attendant of Tokudaiji Temple next to the emperor, and the chief attendant of Tokudaiji Temple changed his face when he saw it, and his hands trembled and he looked extremely angry.
"What's wrong?" Emperor Meiji asked with a sense of foreboding.
"Your Majesty, the British army landed in Nagasaki." The chief attendant gritted his teeth and said.
"Huh?!" Hirobumi Ito was directly stupid. (To be continued......)