Morale is something you can't see or touch, but it does exist! Especially for a veteran like Shimazu Yoshihisa, he can come to a clear conclusion just by taking a look or simply feeling it.
He knew that he could not give the opponent any more chances! Because the opponent's morale had changed from scattered and impetuous at the beginning to solidification! If he repelled his own attacks a few more times, he was afraid that it would become solid! So he decided to do his best.
Defeat the opponent with all your strength!
After some adjustments, the Japanese formation finally stabilized. Upon seeing this, Liu Haojia said with a smile: "Shimazu Yoshihisa made the right decision and didn't want to attack at the moment, so he actually adjusted the formation in front of the formation!"
Guo Zhankui said: "To put it bluntly, Shimazu Yoshihisa has fought more battles in his life than all of us here combined. It is certainly not difficult to see some things."
Liu Ren also said at this time: "It doesn't matter whether he sees through it or not, because our established plan is to play defensive counterattack, which is not beyond our plan at all."
Liu Haojia nodded and said: "That's right, that's why I tolerate him changing his formation in front of me. But this is also because our soldiers lack battlefield experience. It will be fine just waiting until the grassroots officers grow up! By then, no one will dare to attack me.
If the formation changes in front of him, just hit him directly!"
Guo Zhankui raised his hands and said: "This is natural! But Commander, this battle is not big. It is better to let your subordinates go to the front line."
Liu Ren also said: "Commander, my subordinates should also go to the front line."
Liu Haojia thought about it and said, "Okay. I brought you here this time because I want you to experience the battlefield intuitively. After all, Wu'an Army will still rely on the two of you in the future, so you can be the trainers!"
After getting Liu Haojia's permission, the two immediately rushed to the front line with their soldiers. To be honest, their going to the front line was more symbolic and to boost morale. After all, this was just a battle with a total of nearly 4,000 people from both sides.
Fighting can't keep up with the number of people digging for a drill!
As soon as the two of them entered the square formation on the front line, the Shimazu family's army began to formally activate. The spear ashigaru in front began to step forward slowly. They formed a relatively large horizontal formation, covering the samurai behind.
The regiment and the elite Ashigaru.
As for the Teppanyaki Ashigaru and Archery Teams, they are placed later on the two wings. At the very back there is a group of teams commanded by the Hatamoto Samurai. According to Shimazu Yoshihisa's idea, the real decision-maker will be the Samurai Group and the elite Ashigaru.
!They will be responsible for tearing apart the opponent's defense!
When the spear ashigaru approached one hundred and fifty steps, they began to trot under the command of the samurai. These ashigaru knew their fate, which was to sacrifice themselves to clear the way for those who came after them! But they still moved forward with the spear without hesitation.
run!
Each of them hopes that the firing rate of the opponent's iron cannon is as low as possible, so that they can rush in front of the opponent! But what they don't know is that their thoughts are simply extravagant hopes!
Because they still estimate the opponent's rate of fire based on the design time of their own iron cannon ashigaru, and the firecrackers used by the Wu'an Army are fired at the same time, and they also use fixed ammunition. The entire set of filling actions is significantly less than that of a musket using a match rope.
Eleven actions!
Reducing eleven movements is equivalent to increasing the firing rate of the fire gun by nearly ten seconds! And under the rotation of fire, these ten seconds will play a decisive role! In other words, the Tiepao Ashigaru and Wuyasu who just defeated the opponent
The army didn't use full speed at all!
Seeing the opponent start running, the officers of the Wu'an Army certainly knew what they were thinking, so once the Ashigaru entered the 150th step, they took the lead in firing the first round of fire!彡彡訁凊
Although the fire gun still has enough lethality at a distance of 150 steps, its accuracy is also greatly reduced! So the Ashigaru running in front can hear the lead bullets whizzing past their heads, and can also see the lead bullets whizzing past their heads.
The ejection hit the pillar of earth stirred up on the ground, but there were not many casualties!
This gave them a false sense of security, and they started running at full speed! However, for a distance of more than two hundred steps, it would take about thirty or forty seconds for modern athletes to run at full speed, and the fully armed Ashigaru
It would take at least close to a minute to run over!
During this period of time, it is enough for the opposite fire gun to use up the six rounds of preloaded ammunition, and then reload it to fire four rounds of fire! Therefore, these long ashigaru guns must be baptized by a storm of lead bullets!
In the first round of shooting, less than ten people fell down in all the Nagasaki Ashigaru! In the second round of shooting, more than twenty people fell! By the time of the third round of shooting, the number of casualties doubled! And this kind of casualties
It’s still growing almost exponentially!
However, the crazy Japanese soldiers still charged forward tenaciously. By the time they rushed to the front of the formation, their team had become sparse, and many places had even been penetrated by fire cannons. The entire front line was already in a state of collapse.
!
At this moment, the samurai group and elite ashigaru who had been following them for a long time waved their swords, roared loudly, crossed the spear ashigaru, and rushed towards the Wuyasu military formation more than ten steps away! They firmly believed that as long as
When they rush in front of the opponent, their martial arts will come into play! And in hand-to-hand combat, the Shimazu family samurai are invincible!
Seeing that the samurai group and the elite ashigaru in front had already attacked, Shimazu Yoshihisa hurriedly waved the command flag and ordered the collapsed Naga ashigaru in front to retreat. At the same time, he also ordered the main force of the Naga ashigaru behind to press forward, and they must
Cooperate with the samurai group and the elite ashigaru to tear up the opponent's battle line! At the same time, he also ordered the cavalry on both sides to carry out side attacks! This time he was prepared to complete his victory in one battle!
Just when the samurai group and the elite Ashigaru were about to cross a dozen steps and start fighting, they discovered that the situation was different from what they thought!
Inside the phalanx, Huang Guojun shouted almost with all his strength: "The first row put on bayonets and resisted the horses! The pikemen leveled their guns! The firecrackers in other directions returned to their original positions! Go back half, half!"
Hearing his shout, other junior officers on the phalanx immediately loudly conveyed his order. At this time, I saw the first row of firecrackers emptying their own firecrackers, and immediately took out a bayonet from their waist and stuck it on
Then they knelt down on one knee, held the fire blunderbuss in front of them with both hands, and raised it diagonally in front of them. In an instant, a circle of steel thorns suddenly appeared outside the phalanx!
The firecrackers who were originally stacked into six rows on the front were quickly disbanded, and the extra soldiers returned to the other three edges of the phalanx. The long spears that had been upright at the four corners were also laid flat. Some wanted to move forward, and some were tilted.
Pointing diagonally to the side, the dense forest of guns immediately covered the front of the phalanx!