Chapter 113: Chapter 22: Blood Sperm (1)

"General, the firearms battalion is on fire, and it must be General Ushijima Sadao who is the commander of the escort army, General Yoshisumi Ryosuke, the wing commander of the Jianrui battalion, General Nakajima Isago who is the leader of the forward, and General Shigeharu Suematsu, the commander of the cavalry. "Asahika Palace Fuyan said.

"General Yanagawa Heisuke, a first-class guard, General Yamada Hiji, deputy forward staff, General Kunizaki Noboru, deputy cavalry commander, General Takashi Takamori, a third-class guard, Mr. Muhito Samurai, and General Fuhihiko, a blue plume guard, obey the order!"

"At the disposal of the great general!" said Yanagawa Heisuke, Yamada Hiji, Kunisaki Noboru, Takashi Takamori, Muhito and Fuhiko Asakanomiya in unison.

"Generals, follow me to drive the army to the firearms battalion, and receive General Ushijima Sadao, the commander of the escort army, General Yoshisumi Ryosuke, the wing commander of the Kenrui battalion, General Nakajima Isago in the forward, and General Shigeharu Suematsu, the commander of the cavalry!" Matsui Ishine said loudly.

"Wow!" "Wow!" responded in unison, Yanagawa Heisuke, Yamada Hiji, Noboru Kunisaki, Takashi Takamori, Muhito and Fuhiko Asakanomiya. Immediately drove a large number of Yamato samurai to the direction of the firearms battalion.

The firearms battalion soldiers were busy extinguishing the fire, when they suddenly saw a large number of Yamato samurai killed, caught off guard, and suffered heavy casualties. In the midst of the chaos, one of them shouted loudly: "All the shotgun guards and artillery armor quickly avoid the barracks!" When the firearms battalion soldiers heard this, they all flashed into the barracks with a "hula," and they all flashed into the barracks, picked up their shotguns, set up their cannons, and shot out of the window. After the "ping-pong" explosion, all that remained in the barracks was the "crackling" sound of the fire......

Outside the firearms camp, Matsui Ishone, Yanagawa Heisuke, Yamada Toji, Kunizaki Noboru, Takashi Takamori, Muhito, and Asakanomiya Fuhiko rode on horseback, looking at the scene in the firearms camp, all of them frightened, dumbfounded, and looking at each other.

"The firearms battalion is really powerful. Half-ringing, Muren blurted out.

Shotgun, the length of the gun is about six feet four inches, the caliber is about six minutes, the barrel is smoothbore, the initial velocity is about 730 feet per second, each minute can shoot three parts of ammunition, the projectile used is a lead projectile, weighing about six dollars and a half, it can also be used for scattered bullets, and the effective range is about 22 zhang.

The power of the sub-mother cannon is huge, the gun body is five feet three inches long, weighs ninety-five pounds, and is installed on a four-wheeled flatbed truck. The front of the cannon body is thin and the back is thick, the bottom is like a covered hat, there are five hoops, and there are cannon lugs on each side. There is an open-shaped charge chamber in the rear of the gun, which can be used to accommodate the sub-cannon. The sub-cannon weighed eight pounds and had five, the size of which matched the loading chamber. When firing, put the sub-cannon indoors and fasten it with an iron button to prevent it from falling. The so-called sub-cannon is a hollow cylinder that is pre-loaded with shells and gunpowder, similar to the current fixed ammunition. During the battle, one sub-cannon is loaded into the chamber first, and the empty sub-cannon is withdrawn after firing, and then the second sub-cannon is replaced, because the sub-cannon can be changed in turn, and there is no need to load gunpowder and shells separately like other artillery, so the rate of fire is very high. The Hollow Cannon can also be reloaded for the next use. Each cannon weighs eight pounds, holds two taels of gunpowder, and five taels of iron particles.

After feeling the power of the firearms, Matsui Ishone, Yanagawa Heisuke, Yamada Toji, Kunisaki Noboru, Takashi Takamori, Muhito and Fuhiko Asakanomiya did not dare to enter the camp, shivering in the cold wind. The soldiers in the battalion did not know the situation outside, and did not dare to come out, and the two sides were in a stalemate until the torches burned all that could be burned. The whole camp was under the gradually whitening sky, with black smoke, and the morning breeze blew, rolling up bursts of black ash, circling, refusing to leave, a desolate scene. After a while, the sky began to fall with snowflakes, gradually obscuring the bleak scene.

"Outside the castle, but the Minister of the Guard, General Matsui Ishone?" a mournful shout broke the silence, and it was particularly piercing in the cold air.

"Since you know the banner of General Ben, why don't you come out and accept the surrender?" Matsui Ishine shouted when he heard this, and Muren then urged him to step forward, came to the camp gate, and shook the "Cheng" flag in his hand.

"What is the crime of the firearms battalion?" Dare to ask the Minister of the Guard, General Matsui Ishone, to make it clear!" shouted a sergeant who walked out of the barracks with his bare hands.

"Who are you, who dare to speak to the general in such a tone?" said Muren.

"Third Rank Guard Tazib. Sergeant said.

"General Tazib, a third-class guard, why did you order your subordinates to shoot the Yamato samurai?" asked Matsui Ishine as soon as he stepped forward. Yanagawa Heisuke, Yamada Toji, Kunizaki Noboru, Takashi Takamori, and Fuhiko Asakanomiya then urged the horses to follow.

"Back to the General," Tazi proclaimed, "at the end of last night, there was a winter thunderstorm. Sure enough, before the thunder stopped, several thunderbolts struck down in the air, blasting our firearms camp into a sea of fire. The little one hurriedly called his subordinate soldiers to extinguish the fire, not wanting a group of samurai to suddenly come, and cut it when he saw my soldiers wielding their swords. Our soldiers were caught off guard and lost more than half of them in an instant. The little one was in a hurry, beckoned his subordinates to hide in the barracks, used shotguns, and set up sub-cannons to return fire from the window. ”

"Did you know that you shot the samurai of the Shinsengumi?" asked Matsui Ishone.

"What?Shinsengumi?" Taqibu was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly fell to the ground, "The little ones really don't know, those samurai broke into the camp, and without saying a word, they slashed with their swords...... I think my firearms battalion is also directly under the empire, and I am responsible......"