Chapter 153: The Heavenly God Has Descended to Earth?
As soon as they rushed to a distance of more than 100 meters away from the Zhou army, another round of whistling sounds, after the explosion, followed by the sound of machine guns on the Zhou army's position.
"Da Da Da"
They entered the range of the heavy machine guns and Gatling of the Zhou family, and the soldiers of the Zhou family army naturally began to shoot unceremoniously.
I saw that the shogunate soldiers who rushed to the front kept bleeding mist on their bodies, and then they fell down one after another.
The machine gun and the Gatling were more powerful than the mortar, and in a moment three thousand Shogunate soldiers fell.
The shogunate soldiers in the back didn't know what was going on with the soldiers in front of them, and they only saw the flames on the side of the Zhou family's army, and the soldiers in front of them fell down one after another.
The officer in charge of commanding at the front saw this scene and hurriedly shouted:
"Shield Soldier step forward!"
Immediately, 5,000 shield soldiers came to the front, but how could this kind of shield, which could only resist swords, could block the bullets of machine guns, at most it was just to give them some comfort in their hearts.
Soon more than 3,000 of the 5,000 shield soldiers were shot, and the remaining 2,000 shield soldiers immediately retreated in a panic.
When the officer saw that the shield soldiers could not resist the enemy's fire, he suddenly lost his fold, and did not know whether he should continue to let the soldiers rush forward.
The Tokugawa family in the back also saw this scene, and his face suddenly looked ugly, and he hurriedly opened his mouth and ordered:
"Let the archers and arquebusier soldiers go up."
Tokugawa Iejin didn't expect the enemy's firepower to be so fierce, and now he had no choice but to let the archers and arquebus soldiers go up and shoot at them.
Soon 10,000 archers and arquebusiers were at the front, and 10,000 ordinary soldiers rushed ahead to block their bullets.
When they rushed to a distance of two hundred meters, the ordinary soldiers in front were almost half dead, and there was no way for the archers to start shooting arrows here, and the arquebus soldiers, regardless of whether they could shoot that far, also lit the arquebuses and began shooting.
The shots of this group of archers and arquebus soldiers of the shogunate, only the bows and arrows were shot into the trenches of the Zhou family army because they were paraboloidal, so that several unlucky Zhou family soldiers were hit by arrows.
The arquebus had no effect on the soldiers of the Zhou family army hiding in the trenches, and the hearts of those officers on the front line who saw this scene were a lot colder.
It's maddening to feel that you can hit an enemy but you can't hit the enemy.
When the Tokugawa family in the back saw this scene, he was also angry, he felt that this was the reason why he was too far away, so he ordered to continue to let the soldiers cover them and rush forward.
After receiving the order, the officers continued to organize their men to rush forward, and at this time many soldiers did not dare to step forward, but under the roar and coercion of the officers and the overseers, they had to rush forward.
This time, after paying the price of 20,000 shogunate soldiers, the archers and arquebus soldiers finally came to a place a hundred meters away from the Zhou army, and they began to shoot again.
This time the shogunate soldiers fired bows and arrows and arquebuses, causing more than 100 casualties to the Zhou army, but it was only the end of it.
After they finished shooting this wave, they became a live target for the soldiers of the Zhou family.
At such close range, they had nowhere to hide, and they were shot and fell to the ground under machine gun fire and Gatling fire.
When the shogunate soldiers saw this scene, they were so frightened that they turned pale and fled back.
The Shogunate Soldiers have collapsed again!
Tokugawa Jiajin saw that his 20,000 long-range troops only caused more than 100 casualties to the Zhou family's army, and then it was gone.
This made Tokugawa Iejin feel like he was in a dream, and he was now very confused and didn't know what to do.
In Tokugawa Jiajin's opinion, this kind of dispatch of the Zhou family army was really disgusting, obviously the equipment was so good, and they were still hiding in the trenches, and their own soldiers couldn't reach their side at all.
Now that his own long-range troops are gone, there is no way to fight at all, and Tokugawa Iejin has the idea of retreating in his heart.
Only by retreating to the city and using the city wall as a carrier can he fight with the Zhou army.
Before Tokugawa Iejin could order a retreat, he heard a commotion from the soldiers around him.
"Look, what's that in the sky?"
"There's someone on top of those ball-like things!"
"Could it be that the gods have descended to earth?"
"It must be our God who has come to save us!"
For these uninformed Fuso people, they can't understand why such a big ball can fly.
Therefore, they can only call this kind of thing that they don't know about it as a manifestation of the gods!
When Tokugawa Jiajin heard the soldiers' discussions, he also looked into the sky, and sure enough, he saw more than 200 large balls floating in the sky on the side of the Zhou Jiajun.
Although Tokugawa Jiajin didn't know what the ball flying in the sky on the opposite side was, he knew that it was not a god, it must have been made by Zhou Jiajun, but he didn't know what the ball flying in the sky was.
Soon Tokugawa Iejin knew what these flying balls were for, and at this time, the flying balls began to fly slowly towards him.
Seeing this scene, Tokugawa Iejin was shocked, he didn't expect these flying balls to move, if these flying balls moved over his side, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"Retreat! Everyone, retreat!"
Tokugawa Iejin hurriedly ordered.
Although Tokugawa Iejin gave the order to retreat, it took time for the order to be delivered, and it took time for the soldiers to retreat.
Before the Shogunate soldiers could complete their retreat, the hot air balloon had already arrived over them.
Looking at the panicked shogunate soldiers below, the commander of the air force, Cao Bing, sneered and gave the order to bomb.
After receiving the order, 200 bombs weighing more than 10 pounds were dropped from the hot air balloon.
"Boom, boom!"
"Boom, boom!"
"Boom, boom!"
A violent explosion sounded in the middle of the shogunate soldiers.
Each bomb explosion caused dozens of casualties, and this round of throwing alone killed and injured nearly 10,000 shogunate soldiers.
The remaining shogunate soldiers, who had not been bombed, scattered and fled like frightened birds.
"General, you retreat first, I will lead the samurai to break off here."
At this time, a shogun opened his mouth to persuade him.
"Yes, General, you should retreat first, it's too dangerous here."
Other shogunate generals also spoke.
Tokugawa Iejin glanced at his current form again, sighed, and retreated with an army of 100,000.
Some of the generals rushed in the direction of the Zhou army with some samurai, and they generally shouted orders to rush forward while holding back the retreating shogunate soldiers.
But now that the soldiers of the shogunate have seen the Tokugawa family flee and let them rush forward, they will not do such a stupid thing.
The shogunate soldiers no longer obeyed the orders of these generals and fled everywhere.
Some of the grumpy shogunate soldiers even went straight to the Warlords.
The scene was chaotic for a while.
"Want to run? Can you run? Give me an order to go down and let Shimazu Mitsutake intercept the shogunate's rout, and the Zhou family army will pursue it!"
Xiang Shaoyun saw this scene with a telescope and sneered.
Suddenly, the horn of the charge sounded on the side of the Zhou army, and the soldiers of the Zhou army walked out of the trenches one after another, holding weapons and chasing the fleeing shogunate soldiers.
The soldiers of the Zhou family army liked this kind of battle to pursue the defeated army the most, which could make meritorious contributions without any danger.
At the same time, a wolf smoke rose from the position of the Zhou army.