When more than 100 artillery pieces under Zhao Hongyu's command were fired, it was an absolute shock to the Portuguese.

Although the Portuguese who followed Rodelni to the East were also experienced veterans on the continent, they had never seen so many artillery salvos.

Because of the war on the European continent in this era, the mainstream is still cold weapons as the mainstream, supplemented by muskets and artillery, and the quality of muskets and artillery cannot be comparable to the artillery under Zhao Hongyu.

It can be said that the tactics and weapons used by Zhao Hongyu now are very close to those used in modern warfare.

This is definitely beyond the scope of Rodernny's knowledge.

Usually in a battle in Europe, two or three pieces of artillery is already remarkable. And most of the time, these artillery pieces are just a threatening weapon, strictly speaking, they are used to deter the enemy.

It's not like the artillery under Zhao Hongyu at all, they really use attacks to kill and injure the enemy.

Shiliang City, which was originally peaceful, suddenly fell into chaos after Zhao Hongyu's side opened fire.

After the cannonball hit the city wall, large areas of debris flew and at the same time made people feel the sky shake.

At the same time, after the flowering shells loaded by the artillery of the Song Empire exploded, the large area covered the killing range and began to kill the defenders of Shiliang City.

It's just that because the shelling has just begun, there are still some scales for the distance that have not been mastered well, so it did not bring much loss to the defenders in Shiliang Castle in a short period of time, but even this made the defenders of Shiliang Castle tremble a little.

They had never seen such a weapon, they had never seen such a powerful engineering machine, and they could bring them death without the enemy personally attacking.

Compared to the Portuguese in Rodelni, the Japanese defenders of Shiliang Castle were a little more dicked.

After a round of shelling, the gunners began to adjust the muzzles of the guns in order to get the most damage from a better angle to the enemy.

Because the artillery used is relatively old. So it can't be as easy as modern artillery.

"Maintain this momentum, continue the shelling. I'd like to see if this Shira Castle can really withstand an artillery battle like ours? ”

Since the beginning of the shelling, Zhao Hongyu picked up the telescope in his hand and observed.

After the first round of shelling, he saw through the telescope the panicked expressions of the defenders at the head of Shiliang Castle, and he was very relieved about this.

Damn, what a tribal city, it's all bullshit.

It may seem indestructible, but it's just a layer of paper.

As long as that layer of paper is pierced, it is not so terrible.

Ultimately. After such a round of shelling, Zhao Hongyu began to have some confidence.

He no longer thinks that Shiliang City is really so indestructible and strong.

Of course, Zhao Hongyu is because he has a certain number of artillery under his command, and the caliber and quality of this artillery are much better than those of the same era, so he has such confidence.

If it were a cold weapon army of the same era and came to the city of Shiliang City, then the commander of this army would not think that it was Zhao Hongyu. There was such an optimistic reaction.

The muzzle has been adjusted!

Gunpowder filled!

Reload!

Put!

Rumble! Rumble!

After the first round of shelling, the gunners of each gun began to quickly adjust the angle.

It took a while for the second round of shelling to begin.

With the start of the second round of shelling. Life on the side of Shiliang Castle began to get worse.

Because of the adjusted muzzle and the previous round of shooting, the gunners already have a general understanding of the trajectory and the distance and angle.

So. The second round of artillery brought far more damage to Shiliang Castle than the first round of shelling.

Basically, shells from more than a hundred artillery pieces shelled the target. All aimed at the three-layer defense circle of Shiliang Castle.

Because of the defenses that are too high to hover over the mountain roads of the inner city, the artillery cannot attack them yet.

Therefore, everyone unanimously put the target on the defense facilities of the hovering inner city mountain road on the ninth floor, the eighth floor, and the seventh floor, which brought great damage to the defense positions of these three layers.

The power of the blossom bomb was undoubtedly displayed at this time.

Even if the defenders hid behind the battlements, they would be injured or even killed on the spot by the flowering shells that exploded in the sky.

Defenders were constantly blown to the ground or thrown straight from the city.

At the same time, there are many defensive equipment that have been placed in place, such as oil pots, rolling logs, stones, etc., which have been shattered by a cannonball, and are completely useless.

The bombardment of more than 100 artillery pieces was over in five minutes.

In the sky on Zhao Hongyu's side, bursts of cyan gunpowder smoke swayed, and at the same time, there was a pungent smell, which made people very uncomfortable.

"Continue the third round of shelling without stopping!"

After the second round of shelling, Zhao Hongyu's information was a little bigger.

Because he had already seen through the telescope that the winding mountain road on the three-story inner city defense ring that had been counted from the low level had basically been cleared by the defenders.

At the same time, the defensive equipment and tools that the enemy had already placed were basically destroyed.

It can be said that for Zhao Hongyu, the three-tier defense system under Shiliang City has completely collapsed, and as long as he gives an order, he can easily seize it.

However, Zhao Hongyu did not give the order to attack.

After all, Shiliang Castle still has six layers of defense, and because of the height, there is no way for the artillery to threaten that place.

Therefore, if you wave the army to attack now, you will still encounter great losses, which Zhao Hongyu does not want to see.

So, anyway, let's keep banging for a while.

Next, the shelling continued.

After about half an hour, the six rounds of shelling ended.

After six rounds of shelling, the shelling that had terrified the defenders of Shira Castle finally stopped, which made many people breathe a sigh of relief.

This is not because Zhao Hongyu has any good intentions, but because after the artillery under his command has been fired for six rounds, it must be cooled down for half an hour.

Otherwise. There is no way for artillery to continue to be used.

After the shelling on Zhao Hongyu's side stopped, he immediately asked the herald to convey his order, and asked Rodelni and them to start preparing and start attacking Shiliang City.

At this time, after six rounds of shelling, the lowest defensive ring built against the mountain was already in disarray.

The high stone walls were full of potholes, and the battlements were shattered.

The defenders who had been standing on the city wall either fell to the ground covered in blood, or lay on the battlements without half of their heads. Anyway, it's all very miserable.

The gates of the first layer of defensive walls had also been opened by the shelling and had lost their purpose.

It can be said that Shiliang City is now undefended against Zhao Hongyu.

Of course, this undefended only refers to the lower three-tier defensive wall system, not the upper ones.

"Your Highness, there is already a gap in the three-story city wall, and we can take it now by sending troops to attack. It's just that there are still six layers of defense on it, which is still a big threat to us. ”

This time. Chizuru Hattori on Zhao Hongyu's side reminded Zhao Hongyu.

"I know, that's why I let Roderni and them go first."

Zhao Hongyu replied after smiling.

"After six rounds of shelling, I think the enemy must still be in shock. Therefore, if you let Roderni attack, there will definitely be unexpected effects. ”。 Zhao Hongyu continued. "I don't want them to have much success, I just want them to take down the three-story city wall that has been vacated, and we will slowly figure out how to do the rest."

Of course, Zhao Hongyu knew that the six layers behind him circled the inner city defense. It's definitely not that easy to overcome.

Therefore, he did not have this luxury at all.

However, after seeing the power of the shelling, Zhao Hongyu will not think of Shiliang City. It's really that indestructible.

The city that never falls?

Phew!

"Chizuru, send a signal. Didn't I send a lot of ninja troops to infiltrate Shira Castle before, and let them start assassinating the leaders of the defenders, I think that as long as those leaders are eliminated, the remaining soldiers will fall into chaos without anyone to command, and it will be much more beneficial for us when the time comes, in this situation where the dragons are leaderless. ”

Now the haze in Zhao Hongyu's heart has been swept away, because he found that Shiliang City does not seem to be so difficult to overcome.

Originally, after he saw Shiliang City, his heart was suddenly cloudy, and he felt that he had encountered a difficult bone to gnaw.

But in fact, after an experimental shelling, he realized that the truth did not seem to be like this at all.

Hehe, sometimes what you see and hear with your eyes is not necessarily the real thing.

Zhao Hongyu laughed at himself in his heart.

"Array! Sortie! ”

Over there, Rodelni, who had received Zhao Hongyu's order, began to lead the mercenaries to launch a charge against Shiliang City.

Because the road to Shiliang Castle was not very wide, they had no way to lay out the classic European popular 'Spanish phalanx', so they could only line up in five vertical queues and rush towards Shiliang Castle.

The soldiers in the front row are armed with large shields, broadswords or cross swords and rapiers, which are popular in Europe. Behind them, several soldiers armed with spears followed them closely.

The configuration of the swordsman and the spearman is the basic formation configuration on the European continent.

Therefore, after Zhao Hongyu saw it, he didn't feel anything strange at all.

At the same time, these mercenaries basically wore a piece of leather armor, and only a person like Rodelni would have a half-piece of armor with a fine pattern.

"Send a large group of musketeers to follow, with ten bazookas, and a bag of explosives." , Zhao Hongyu saw Roderni and they rushed out, and then continued to order.

In the army on the side of the Song Empire, the brigade was 1,000 people, the squadron was 500 people, and the squad was 100 people. And the team that Zhao Hongyu brought to attack the Satsuma Domain this time was a total of six brigades of soldiers and horses.

This does not include artillery, but only the Army.

Soon, a thousand-strong army force, hanging behind Rodelni's charging team, followed them, apparently not very fast.

Yes, with Rodderney and these cannon fodder in front, why do they want to rush so hard.

Since it is a cost, then it is necessary to let Roderni and the others try to remove some obstacles for the front.

Rodelni and their luck is still good, after all, Shiliang City was bombarded by Zhao Hongyu's six rounds of shelling, and the enemies in front of the bottom three layers of the mountain road were basically emptied.

So, this allowed the charging Rodelny to not encounter much obstacle.

But even so, when Rodelni and the others entered Shira Castle through the fallen gates, they met with fierce resistance.

The reason is very simple, there is nothing wrong with the artillery under Zhao Hongyu's command shelling six rounds, but it was the enemy in front of Shiliang City who was shelled.

Because of the circular shape of Shiliang Castle, there were still a lot of fish that slipped through the net in the lower three-layer defensive circle, and when Rodelni and the others rushed up, these defenders arrived from the other side.

However, because of the six rounds of shelling, the rolling wood, stones, and oil pans on the front wall have all been destroyed, so Roderni and the others did not face this kind of defense that could bring heavy losses.

Because of Zhao Hongyu's suggestion, Rodderni already had a plan.

That is, they will not follow the inner city mountain road that spirals upward, and attack the mountain like this.

Therefore, what they have to do now is to immediately rush up the lower three layers of the city wall and occupy the head of the three lower walls.

At the same time, because of the bottom three layers of the city, the defenders have been wiped out by Zhao Hongyu. But there were still some defenders, so it was impossible for Roderni and them not to meet resistance.

"Take the city!"

As soon as he stormed the city, Rodelni ordered his men to begin to seize the stairs of the city tower at the city gate, and then attack the city along the stairs.

Some of the defenders of Shiliang Castle, who survived the shelling, put up fierce resistance at this time.

However, their numbers were too small to be a match for the wolf-like Portuguese mercenaries, so they were soon killed and turned into a corpse.

But as time passed, the defenders from the other side immediately joined the battle, which made the pressure on Rodelny and his team suddenly increase.

However, in the face of such a situation, Roderni did not panic.

After all, the physical fitness of Europeans is much stronger than that of the Japanese.

At the same time, the area at the head of the city was narrow, and the hard fighting and hard squeezing allowed these Portuguese to take advantage of it. The emaciated Japanese defenders were squeezed off the walls and fell heavily to the ground, before being slain by the bayonets of the geneagenic soldiers who followed behind them.

At the top of Shira Castle, Saburo Toyoya looked down at the battle below.

"Lord Castle Guard, the enemy has already begun to attack. The ninth floor, the eighth floor, and the seventh layer of the defenders are insufficient, may I ask if you will send reinforcements? ”

Hearing this, Saburo Toyoya smiled bitterly in his heart, because he had extra reinforcements there to send.

Some of the young men with wooden sticks are some, but do these people use them? (To be continued......)