With Shimazu Mitsuhisa's order, the war officially entered a state of scorching. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Braving the rain of bullets, the Shimazu army showed a bloody nature that was not afraid of death at this time, the people in front fell, and the people behind immediately made up for it, going forward and one after another, like a surging tide, wave after wave rushing towards Arnold's side.

Not to mention, under this kind of life-for-death charge, the Shimazu army actually broke through the firepower network and advanced towards Arnold's side layer by layer, forcing Arnold's side to retreat step by step.

That's the disadvantage of Arnold's side.

Because the troops are basically composed of musketeers, coupled with advanced three-shot flintlock pistols, the firepower is strong, but the most afraid of being hand-to-hand combat by the enemy, even if these musketeers have also practiced some bayonet skills, but in the final analysis, in the end, it is a long-range class, which is to talk about hand-to-hand combat, it is stronger than the ashigaru on the opposite side, if you meet the flag warrior on the opposite side, it is absolutely called a neat slaughter like cutting melons and vegetables.

That is why, although muskets and cannons have been invented, the real workhorses on the frontal battlefields of Europe are the cuirassiers and pikemen. In the face of the infantry, even if it was a musketeer, with the strong protection and charging speed of the cuirassier, the musketeer would put two or three shots at most, and the cuirassiers would have rushed in front of them, and what was waiting for them was a one-sided slaughter.

The cavalry really withdrew from the battlefield, but it was when the heavy machine gun came out, and it was not until that time that the powerful firepower network composed of heavy machine guns completely became a nightmare for the cavalry, when the Cossack cavalry of the Tsarist Empire across Europe suffered a big loss on the heavy machine gun and was almost wiped out.

Now, even if Arnold's side is equipped with a three-shot flintlock pistol, it is still far from enough in terms of the composition of the fire network.

Now, the musketeers have begun to suffer casualties, because the longbowmen of the Shimazu family on the opposite side have been able to shoot the musketeers under the protection of layers of meat shields that do not hesitate to suffer casualties.

"Good, good! Good!!! ”

Three good words in a row, confirming Shimazu Mitsuhisa's excitement, the battle situation has tilted to his side, Shimazu Mitsuhisa, who also has an iron artillery team, is deeply aware of the shortcomings of the iron artillery team, as long as his troops rush in front of the enemy, then, everything is no longer a problem.

Seeing that the balance of victory has tilted, Shimazu Mitsuhisa decided to take advantage of the victory to pursue, he wants to use a big victory to tell others that the enemy is not invincible, and that his Shimazu family is still the overlord of the Satsuma Domain, which will defeat the enemy, and those who hold him back are waiting to bear the wrath of him Shimazu Mitsuhisa.

"Let the banner team attack, the cavalry team will charge from the flank, and I will break the opponent's defense line in one fell swoop."

The Samurai of the Flag and the Nagi Cavalry are both reserves, and they are two of the strongest cards in Shimazu's hand.

The flag samurai, all of them are composed of elite samurai who are more than 100 stones, they have been trained as samurai since they were young, they are skilled in martial arts, and their families are well-off, so they are well-equipped, and the armor that ordinary ashigaru can't afford to wear at all is nothing in front of the flag samurai, all the flag samurai are basically a body with full heavy armor, and when they are put in Europe, it is a proper heavy infantry configuration, and it is the elite of the infantry.

In the era of cold weapons, cavalry is undoubtedly a big killer on the battlefield, with strong mobility and charging ability, making cavalry the nemesis of infantry.

The naginata, a type of Japanese long-handled weapon, was originally a weapon used by Japanese monks and soldiers to protect temples, similar to the Chinese eyebrow knife.

The Naginagi Cavalry is a characteristic of Japan, and it is also a cavalry that has been tested on the battlefield and eventually became the mainstream.

Japan is an island country, with a lack of resources, not only the production of horses is very small, but also the iron ore is not much, so most of the ashigaru team is equipped with bamboo guns, and there is an iron spear head in good condition, and if there is no condition, the bamboo is simply sharpened and used.

The cavalry is a large consumer of resources, but the power of the cavalry can not be ignored, the powerful daimyo can form a strong cavalry, such as the Takeda family's red cavalry, but some slightly weaker daimyo can not afford the consumption of cavalry at all, then, how to save the cost of cavalry, but can maintain the lethality of the cavalry of various explorations have become the top priority of each daimyō.

After layers of screening and testing, in this way, the naginata is such a weapon with few materials but good lethality has entered the eyes of the major forces, and it is also like this, the naginata cavalry with Japanese characteristics was born.

The Shimazu family's Hachimoto samurai and naginagi cavalry entered the battlefield, which of course attracted Arnold's attention, and Arnold also knew very well the lethality of this kind of heavy infantry and cavalry, and if he didn't deal with it well, it might be the last straw that broke the camel's back, and when the time came, he might be the one who was wiped out.

However, Arnold has already coped with all this.

Arnold also knew the advantages and disadvantages of musketeers, and as a qualified commander, even if he admired firepower, he would not let his army have obvious shortcomings.

"Let the artillery battalion come forward and use slaughter tactics."

With Arnold's order, the artillery battalion, which had been in the rear of the troops at the beginning of the war, was divided into two, one team pushed the cannon fire quickly, and soon came to the forefront of the battle line, while the other pair, under the escort of a group of musketeers, turned the gun head and faced the cavalry.

The cavalry charged quickly, and although some musketeers kept firing to obstruct it, they quickly approached Arnold's main position at the cost of casualties, and the musketeers could already see the bloodthirsty madness on the faces of the enemy cavalry.

The cavalry of the Shimazu family was fast, and Arnold's artillery was faster.

It only takes a few breaths for the Shimazu family's cavalry to rush into Arnold's main formation, but it is these few breaths that it has become an insurmountable moat.

"Boom, boom...

A deafening roar of artillery rang out, but unlike the solid iron bullets fired at the beginning of the war, this time the artillerymen fired chain bullets.

Chain shells, as the name suggests, use chains to connect 2 small shells smaller than the bore caliber together, which is a weapon that limits the action of the enemy ship, after firing one shell will drag the other shell centrifugal and fly out, so it will tear a large hole in the sail, or tear the rigging, and with good luck, it can even tear off the mast and paralyze the enemy ship.

The fast-spinning chain bullet can easily cut the enemy open, and it is a terrifying weapon, but because of its low hit rate and short range, it is not widely used in land warfare, but it is used to fight cavalry, but it has a miraculous effect.

The attack power of the cavalry is all reflected in the charge, especially the group charge, the huge impact is the nightmare of the infantry, but in the face of chain bullets, this powerful charge has become a deadly weapon to kill the cavalry.

Chain bullets can easily cut the legs and body of horses, and the cavalry killed by chain bullets will also become an obstacle to the subsequent cavalry charging road, just like a tripping horse, causing casualties to subsequent cavalry.

Of course, it doesn't mean that the chain bullet completely restrains the cavalry, just like water and fire, when the water rises, the fire goes out, and when the fire rises, the water disappears, it all depends on the power comparison between the two, just like letting a cannon face thousands of cavalry, even if the chamber of the cannon it hits explodes, how many can it destroy? But don't forget, Arnold didn't have much else, the artillery was enough, and the cavalry of the Shimazu family was only 500 men.

The terrifying chain attack and the fire assistance of the musketeers caused the Shimazu family's 500 cavalry to be lost in an instant, leaving only stumps and broken arms and blood all over the ground.

The artillery on the flanks was mighty, and the artillery on the front was no different.

However, the chain shells on this flank are different, and the artillery that proves to use grapeshot shells.

Grape bullets, similar to the modern principle of shotguns, are fired in a single shell with several spherical iron bullets or lead bullets, so that one gun can play the role of multiple guns, with the purpose of striking the enemy's living forces.

However, it has the same shortcomings as chain bullets, the range is short, and the hit rate is okay at close range, but it is simply unsightly at long distance.

This time, these artillerymen on the front simply used lead bullets for muskets, and one shot can shoot hundreds of lead bullets, but the range is even more miserable, and the hit rate cannot be determined if it exceeds fifty paces, but it is just right for the current situation.

With a single shot, hundreds of lead bullets are fired in a fan, and dozens of enemy soldiers can be knocked down in an instant.

More than two dozen artillery pieces were fired non-stop, a large number of enemies were killed and wounded, and the front that was on the verge of collapse immediately stabilized.

This was Arnold's slaughter tactic.

Now, it's hard to hurt the Shimazu family army on the other side.

A cannon cleared a large area, and the death was extremely miserable, the whole body was beaten into a hornet's nest, the flesh and blood were blurred, like a puddle of rotten meat, especially the Shimazu family's flag samurai, it was the target of the artillery, in the face of hundreds of lead bullets, even if these flag warriors were all wearing enough equipment, it was useless, and more than half of them were wiped out in an instant, and the rest simply abandoned their bushido spirit and ran away with their lives.

These banner warriors are all from noble backgrounds, plus their own martial arts are good, even the overseer team is not their opponent, and the samurai want to escape, and the overseer team has no choice.

As soon as the Samurai fled, they immediately stimulated those ordinary ashigaru, and those noble lords all ran away, are we still here to die!?

In an instant, the already precarious Shimazu army suddenly ushered in a major rout.

It's like a torrent, stimulated by the desire to survive, the completely crazy ashigaru, the overseers can't stop it at all, some crazy are even more gods block and kill gods, Buddha blocks and slaughters Buddha, if you block my way, I will stab you to death.

For a time, the originally high-ranking Overseers were suddenly pulled into the mortal dust, and under the counterattack of the Ashigaru, the Overseers suffered heavy losses.

The rout could no longer be stopped, and there was no need for Arnold's side to pursue, and the Shimazu family had already turned their backs.

The sudden sharp turn of the situation made Shimazu Mitsuhisa stunned, followed by a burst of anger, only to feel that his throat was sweet, and a stream of blood spurted out, and before he could take a breath, there was a blackness in front of his eyes, and he fell off the horse with a "bang" and fainted directly.

"Head of the house!"

"Lord!"

"Hurry, hurry! Remove! Withdraw now! Withdraw to Tsurumaru Castle! ”

The rout of the Shimazu family, Arnold saw it, and saw that his beard had already floated.

With a big wave of his hand.

"Come forward for me and bombard Tsurumaru Castle!" (To be continued.) )