Ishikawa Murafumi followed Heita to Juqiubahama. When he first saw the radio station in Beihai Town, he was still wondering what this black and shiny flat box was. But when he heard Shibata Kakuzo calling him from the speaker,
, my hands and feet were suddenly so frightened that I almost collapsed on the ground.
"Igumori-sama, are you here? My lord~ my lord~"
"Igumomo, I am Date Anyun." Date Murasune from the opposite side also shouted.
Ishikawamura pointed at the radio station tremblingly and asked Heita: "What is this... what is this?!"
Seeing the other party's panic, Heita held back his laughter and immediately contacted Kakuzo Shibata on the opposite side. After a while, Ishikawa Murafumi calmed down, and then he learned about the military discussion on the Thunder.
After listening to Shibata Kakuzo's story, Ishikawa Murafumi felt that Zhao Xin was right. One thousand people was indeed too few. Based on the fact that the Shimadzu family had at least 100 armed villages, it would be enough for the family to send only 10,000 people.
It's not enough, at least 20,000 people are needed. After all, if the 10,000 people are divided equally, each stronghold will only have more than 100 people. Not to mention that Kagoshima Castle is so big, it will definitely not be enough to put 100 people!
At this time, Zhao Xin's voice suddenly came from the radio: "Igumomo, I will mobilize another 2,500 people to help you defend Sendai Domain. With these 2,500 people, the shogunate will not dare to touch you at all. You can
Don’t worry about deploying your troops!”
Zhao Xin also risked his life for the Linggao Gold Mine!
The Western Expedition can be done a day early or a day late. Ma Dan, a world-class gold mine! There will be no more stores after passing this village. If you don’t grab it now, how can you grab it?!
Upon hearing this, Ishikawa Cunwen thought for a long time before saying to Zhao Xin: "Zhao Wangdian, I leave this domain to you! I will go back and summon a family, a family, a family, a clan, and Su Lao to discuss and come up with something as soon as possible.
Twenty thousand troops and horses. But when the time comes, we will mobilize the troops..."
Zhao Xindao: "Your Excellency, prepare as soon as possible. After gathering the troops, go to Ishinomaki Port to assemble. I will send the Thor to transport the troops!"
The Sendai Clan, which has a height of 620,000 koku, has 3,500 samurai (samurai), and more than 6,000 "sushi" and "goji" (samurai accomplices and ashigaru).
The total number of people is only 10,000.
But now Beihai Town provides food and wages, and sends troops to support, let alone conscription! It is not a problem to raise 20,000 troops.
On the Thunderbolt side, after getting a definite answer from Ishikawa Murafumi, Zhao Xin was ready to take action. He decided to try his hand at Sada Roku in Osumi County, Osumi Province. This is the southernmost stronghold among the many outer castle counties of Satsuma Domain.
, there is a port on the seaside, which is also the only place for ships of all sizes to enter and exit Kagoshima Castle.
In another time and space, the so-called Satsuma Navy would have to wait for the "Black Ship Incident" more than sixty years later before starting construction. However, in this time and space, there is no "Black Ship Incident" and we are still talking about it.
One day later, when the Thunderbolt was anchored in the sea on the north side of Satalu Port, the Shimazu family samurai stationed in the port were almost scared to death. Thanks to the "Samurai Laws" of the shogunate, all the Satsuma clan's samurai in the local port were
All the ships together are not as long as the Thunderbolt.
However, Osumi County received news from the feudal city two days ago that general mobilization had begun. So when the local people heard the warning from the port, they immediately began to issue a series of orders.
"Ring the bell! Call all the countrymen to pick up their weapons and gather outside the holiday house!"
"The thieves have sharp artillery. Order the port personnel to evacuate quickly! Order the people in the town to take shelter in the foothills!"
"Organize manpower and transport all the supplies from the merchants in the town to Lusuo. Never leave a grain of grain or a piece of cloth to the thieves!"
"Send people to immediately notify all the outer cities in the county that the Sendai rebels are invading!"
"Haha!" All the Satsuma warriors responded in unison.
The Northern Navy still did the same thing, first sending out drones to scout the port, and when they found that the port was deserted, they put down their assault boats and started to land.
Monk Zhou's Third Company seized the landing task this time, and more than twenty assault boats led them toward the port aggressively. On the Thor behind them, three artillery pieces were ready to fire.
"Quick! The snipers occupy the commanding heights and place the machine guns there!" Monk Zhou had just dropped his feet into the sea water and immediately pointed to several key points in the port and shouted orders to his men.
The three platoons had all landed ashore at this time and spread out rapidly in a fan shape to occupy various favorable terrains. After all key points were seized, the first platoon immediately sent out a squad of troops to conduct reconnaissance.
At this time, on the deck of the Thor, Date Muratsune, who was wearing a black iron armor, an orange life jacket, and a helmet with large horns, had already lined up with his men to gather.
Hundreds of Sendai clan ashigaru wearing breastplates made of bamboo and leather, life jackets, and iron hats climbed onto the deck from the cargo hold. They were holding long guns, bows and arrows, or holding flags and holding iron cannons. They watched
The D30's gun barrel raised high on the deck made people fearful and happy at the same time; this time, the Beihai Navy was with him, let's see who dared to explode.
Zhao Xin's voice suddenly came from the loudspeaker on the deck: "Everyone, board the ship in small groups! Five people in groups, one hundred people in one wave! No grabbing!"
This voice frightened the samurai and ashigaru of Sendai Domain, and many people began to look around. Date Village shouted: "Don't look around!" After he finished speaking, he pointed at a samurai and ordered: "You
Take your team down the stairs and board the ship! Be careful not to let the iron cannons, bows and arrows get wet!"
"Ha ha!"
At this time, I heard Zhao Xin shouting again through the loudspeaker: "Attention everyone boarding the ship! You must wear a life jacket! Otherwise, if you fall into the sea, it will be too late to save you!"
When the Sendai clan men and horses landed in the Zodiac for the first time, some of them actually fell into the water when they boarded the boat. The result was another hurried salvage operation. Fortunately, they were not wearing the large iron armor commonly seen in Date Village.
Otherwise, even if you are wearing a life jacket, you will have to sink to the bottom.
By the time the Sendai Domain's first wave of 100 troops had landed, Monk Zhou and the others had been waiting boredly at the port for more than half an hour; he even asked a squad of his men to search the warehouses and residences in the port.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Report to the company commander, there is nothing in the warehouse except some fodder!"
"Report, all the surrounding houses have been searched, and they are all empty. The wells have also been blocked with stones!"
Monk Zhou took off his helmet, wiped the sweat from his bald gourd, and cursed: "It's just like the adults said, they all ran away!" In the Beihai Navy, the word "adult" refers specifically to Zhao Xin.
Liu Sheng and Wang Yuanfang are all called chiefs.
At this time, I saw a soldier running from a distance with a rifle. He came to Monk Zhou and saluted: "Company Commander, the enemies have retreated to the village behind the mountain."
"Did you see clearly? There were no ambush along the way?"
"See clearly, our squad leader is guarding the mountain pass in front. After the mountain pass, we will reach the village!"
Monk Zhou raised his telescope and looked at the hill not far away for a while, then loudly ordered: "Platoon leader, you immediately take the remaining two squads to occupy the top of the hill! Send someone back to report immediately if there is any situation!"
"Company commander, the enemy has ran into the village. What are we waiting for? Let's rush over and kill him?!"
When Monk Zhou heard this, he angrily kicked a long row of people in the buttocks. "Your damn war situation analysis meeting was in vain! It's not your turn to die. Let the Japanese go first. Then we will
Stand on the mountainside and fire bombs!"
In Satoru, layers of horse fences have been set up at various intersections. All the villagers, wearing bamboo armor and holding spears and bows and arrows, were hiding behind fortifications or stone walls, quietly waiting for the arrival of the Sendai clan's troops.
"Report~~" An ashigaru with a command flag on his back quickly ran into the yard of the village house and said to the leader of the bushi: "Sir, the enemy has landed! They have sent a small team of people and are exploring the way here!
"
"Are there any cavalry?"
"There are no cavalry, all are iron artillery."
"Explore again!"
At this time, a samurai leading a cavalry team said to the leader of the local samurai: "Sir, do you want to send cavalry to attack it?"
"No need! You just need to recharge your batteries, and you are not allowed to attack without my order!"
It is said that the basic unit of the army in the Edo period was called "bei". The number of soldiers was generally between 300 and 800 soldiers. This was mainly due to the different strengths of each domain. For example, the Satsuma domain had a height of 770,000 koku.
There must be dozens of full strength. If it is a large-scale battle, then the strength of the formation is 1,500 people.
Under "Bei", they are zhong, team, group, position, and hand, and the corresponding officers are generals, Shixing, group head, fantou, and Wutou; for example, Zahe Zhong, Oda Shi, and Jingyi Team,
The iron artillery group also includes the Ashigaru general, the iron artillery group leader, the spear commander, etc.
Satoru is considered a medium-sized stronghold in Osumi County. The total number of young men and countrymen in each village and port is more than 500 people, and the rest are old people, women and children.
In terms of armaments, because Satoru is a seaport town and is responsible for the defense of sea routes, it has two large cannons and fifteen iron cannons. There are only more than twenty horses that can be used in combat, and the rest are all bows and arrows.
and spears. For the local warriors guarding this place, iron cannons and war horses are too precious and must not be used lightly.
He thought for a while and then said to one of his bow and arrow team leaders: "You lead thirty people to attack and test the opponent's strength. If the thieves escape, you can take advantage of the situation to investigate the situation at the port; if the thieves are powerful, you cannot be reluctant to fight.
Return to the city immediately."
In the port, after the Sendai Army landed, they began to form a team. Two hundred people were divided into two teams, all of which were mixed with bows, arrows, spears, and iron cannons. Then they started to advance with a big flag. However, when these people just walked out of the port area,
Several gunshots were heard not far ahead, causing many ashigaru who had never fought in a war to panic and run to the side of the road to take cover.
"Bang! Bang bang! Bang!"
When Monk Zhou heard this, he quickly shouted: "Where's the fight? Go and have a look!"
At the mountain pass, a row of seven or eight North Navy soldiers were firing at the Satsuma troops coming up the slope, while dodging the hidden arrows that came unexpectedly.
The weeds and shrubs on the hillside are tall and dense, and there are many big trees. The short Sadolu warriors squatted behind the weeds and shrubs, holding their bows and arrows and coming from time to time, and they kept changing their positions.
.And the Beihai Navy opened fire, causing sawdust to fly in the forest, and occasionally one or two screams could be heard.
"Be careful! The enemies are hiding in the grass!"
Although he repeatedly emphasized not to throw grenades in dense forests before landing, a soldier in the sharp knife squad couldn't stand the cold arrows fired by the enemy, so he immediately took out a grenade with a wooden handle, guessed the direction, pulled the match rope and threw it out
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"Boom!" A ball of soil mixed with leaves and weeds exploded in the forest, and several screams came from nearby.
"Who threw the grenade?!" Although the sharp knife squad leader cursed in anger, he still decided to take advantage of the enemy's panic to attack. With a whistle, several lying Bei navy men jumped up and divided into two groups.
He moved forward and took a look. When he got to his position, he saw that except for the dead bodies and wounded lying on the ground, the remaining enemies had long since disappeared.
Ever since Fang Hua tinkered with nitrocellulose, Beihai Town has been producing smokeless gunpowder in small batches. After all, the fertilizer plant has not yet been put into operation, right? Most of it is used to produce propellant for bullets, and a small part is made into a batch
Wooden handle grenade.
Although the Beihai Navy has launched a grenade training course, it has not been used much because there is not much stock. Before this expedition, Zhao Xin thought twice and distributed a batch; but it was only limited to veterans, two per person.
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An hour later, Mislang's third battalion occupied the hill on the west side of the village. The slope here is gentle, so the North Navy overhauled the defenses on the mountainside, set up firepower points, and cleared the firing range. The eighteen gates of Pan Xiucheng's regiment
The 2B14 82mm mortar is deployed on the top of the mountain.
While clearing the firing area, a group of Satoru's men once again went out to conduct a probing attack. As a result, they were beaten back by a rifle volley from the North Navy who was responsible for covering, leaving more than a dozen corpses behind. There was no movement after that.
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This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After the drones of the third regiment were released and the defense points in the foothills and the areas with the highest density of warriors were detected, the mortars began.
Test firing.
At this time, all the troops of the Sendai Domain had landed. Date Murakusa's formation was located on the hill east of Sado Mountain, and a large group of troops gathered on the river bank opposite the village entrance, preparing to launch an attack after the Northern Navy completed the bombardment.
These Sendai clan people had never seen mortars. They waited for a long time but did not see the Northern Navy pulling up the cannon. They became a little anxious, so they sent someone to ask Pan Xiucheng. Unexpectedly, as soon as the sent warriors got on their horses,
A strange whistling sound was heard in the air.
As the roar became more and more shrill, people from the Sendai clan up and down the mountain saw a ball of flames mixed with smoke rising into the sky somewhere in Satoru, followed by a deafening explosion.
Hearing the noise, Date Murasune, who was holding a military fan in the formation, couldn't sit still. He hurriedly walked outside the formation and looked down the mountain. After a while, he heard a sudden roar in the air, one after another.
, dozens of flames shot up throughout Sadolu, and explosions continued to sound one after another.
Date Murachang looked excited and shouted: "Okay! Good fight! Our army has this weapon. Even if the Satsuma Domain has one hundred thousand warriors, it will eventually be destroyed!"
When the Hokkaido Navy opened fire, the Sendai Domain troops on the other side of the Yamashita River were all frightened to the ground by the rumbling explosions. They did not expect that the cannons of Hokkaido Town would turn out to be such a hellish scene when they opened fire, and their faces turned pale with fright.
. But they soon became excited again, squatting or standing one by one, gesticulating and commenting on everything.
The North Navy liaison officer who was sent over looked at the Sendai clan's group of people and couldn't help but shook his head secretly. They were not out to fight, they were just watching a lantern festival.
After five rounds of shelling, Zadolu was full of casualties. The screams of the wounded, the wails of war horses, and panicked cries were a mess. The strong walls used for defense were reduced to ruins, and fires began to spread inside the foothills.
Spreading everywhere, a group of people in tattered clothes began to evacuate towards the south of the village with their children in tow.
At this time, the Northern Navy liaison officer received Pan Xiucheng's order and notified the Sendai Domain troops to launch an attack immediately.
The whining conch trumpets and drums sounded one after another. The ashigaru of the Sendai clan, led by the samurai leaders, crossed the small river outside the village and swarmed into Sado Rokuro like a group of black ants, shouting for kill one after another.
The sound suddenly rose!
An hour later, the entire Sata Roku and the surrounding Sata Town were captured in one fell swoop.