Chapter 280 The Sword Points at Japan (Twenty-Five) The Confederate Army Side Car
In the Ming army formation, Ma Gui looked coldly at the Japanese troops coming out of the West City and did not immediately issue a military order. Qi Jin beside him asked: "Admiral Ma, Kato Kiyomasa has taken the bait, are we..."
Ma Gui shook his head slightly and said: "Don't be busy, your artillery will continue to bombard Hanyang, but you need to increase the interval between firing, so that no one can see the flaw. As for Kato Kiyomasa, the reason why he is so rampant,
It was because he had never really encountered a bayonet platoon and only had two small battles with the Liaodong Army, so he didn't know what the world was like.
Huh, the commander of the Li family was good at cavalry raids and repeated pressure, and he was good at attacking but not good at defending. It happened that Li Yangcheng was seriously short of troops at Biti Hall, so he was forced to fight a defensive battle, using less than half of his 100% combat power.
However, that battle gave the Japanese pirates the illusion that our Heavenly Soldiers were only good at cavalry but not footwork. What a joke! Today, the Japanese admiral asked all the generals of the Southern Army to show off their Heavenly Soldiers battle formations to give these short winter melons a lot of experience.
Recognize whose musket formation is authentic."
Qi Jin laughed, turned to look at Wu Weizhong and Mao Guoqi beside him, and said: "I will lead the artillery camp, and today I will just perform a show. I have to ask my two uncles to point out the Japanese pirates' gun formations."
Wu Weizhong and Mao Guoqi were both old subordinates of Qi Jiguang. As Qi Jiguang's nephew, Qi Jin called them uncle even in the army, which obviously meant that they had a close relationship.
Since Qi Jiguang had a son very late, Qi Jin was actually the young master in the minds of many veterans of the Qi family army. Therefore, as soon as Qi Jin spoke, Wu Weizhong and Mao Guoqi clasped their fists and said, "Don't worry, young marshal, there are only seven thousand Japanese pirates. The two of us can still handle it."
Come."
Having said that, Qi Jin still did not dare to be careless and reminded: "These Japanese pirates are not only real Japanese, but also the elite of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's direct line. You two uncles must fight hard and don't destroy our Confederate Army."
Its reputation."
Wu Weizhong and Mao Guoqi nodded seriously and said: "The two of us are running the army in full accordance with the laws formulated by Qi Shuai in recent years, and we have not slacked off at all. Since we are fighting Japanese pirates today, it is a good time to invite the young commander to review."
When Qi Jin heard that they mentioned his uncle Qi Jiguang, he solemnly said: "Well, I'll ask you two uncles to give it a go and fight." Then he turned to Ma Gui and hugged his fist: "Admiral, the Southern Army is asking for a fight!"
Ma Gui nodded slightly and said: "Li Ziqing is leading Liaodong, and the main cavalry forces of Xuanda and Da are heading south. Calculating the time, they should be on their way back. Therefore, the southern army only needs to withstand this Japanese attack for about an hour."
However, there is no need to turn from defense to offense to ensure that your own casualties will not increase."
He paused and emphasized: "I know that with the strength of the Southern Army, it is not difficult to defeat Kato Kiyomasa on the spot. However, the defeat of the infantry often cannot be completely wiped out. This is not what I want to see, let alone the Marquis.
Therefore, I ask you all to strictly follow military orders: you are only allowed to defend, not to attack!"
In fact, this principle had been agreed upon before the war. Ma Gui emphasized again that he was mainly afraid that the Confederate army would not be able to control it during the war. After discovering that the Japanese army was in a state of defeat, he subconsciously launched a counterattack - this was actually the habit of the Qi family army - so he emphasized it again.
Read it again.
After all, as he said, what he wants in this battle is to completely annihilate Kato Kiyomasa's First Army, rather than being satisfied with a rout. Therefore, he must wait for Li Rumei to return to his position after a false shot, complete the cavalry dragnet, and finally
Then surround and annihilate.
Qi Jin raised his chin slightly and said: "Admiral, please rest assured on this point. The greatest advantage of our Southern Army units on the battlefield is that they resolutely execute orders. If they say no to counterattack, they will not counterattack. Even if Kato Kiyomasa falls in front of the formation, the Southern Army will not
I will not step forward to cut off his head."
Ma Gui was shuddered when he heard this, especially when he saw the pride on Qi Jin's face when he talked about this matter, he couldn't help but secretly approve, and thought to himself: No wonder the Marquis wants to appoint Qi Shuai as the commander of the Imperial Guard! Although there are many powerful armies in the world, there are many powerful armies in the world.
As the Zhejiang soldiers are so meticulous and resolute in executing military orders, how can we find the second one among the millions of armored soldiers in the Ming Dynasty? It seems that if our Ma family wants to go further, we must make a firm determination on this point.
OK.
Following Ma Gui's order, Wu Weizhong and Mao Guoqi divided their troops into two formations and leaned toward the right wing of the Ming army to block the incoming Kato Kiyomasa's first army.
The two formations of the Confederate Army quickly formed a well-trained giant mandarin duck formation, one on the left and one on the right, like stone lions guarding gates. They stared at the advancing Japanese First Army Corps but did not move forward, just waiting for the Japanese army to attack.
Although Kato Kiyomasa had not directly fought against the most elite southern infantry of the Ming army, he was a veteran general after all and had seen some things in the world. At this moment, he knew that he was facing a tough situation just by looking at the posture of the two Ming troops on the other side.
Stubble, couldn't help but feel a shiver in his heart, and quickly stopped the First Army Corps, which was advancing rapidly and was originally preparing to catch the Ming Army by surprise.
Kato Kiyomasa glanced left and right, carefully checking the situation of the Ming army. The uneasiness in his heart soon became more serious, and he even felt a little hairy.
Kato Kiyomasa found that the soldiers of the two Ming armies looked neither timid nor fanatical. They stood there like wooden piles and stone pillars, and there was no wave in their eyes at all.
As a veteran general, he certainly knows what kind of army can perform like this - an elite force that has fought hundreds of battles!
They regard the battlefield as their own backyard. No matter who the opponent is, they cannot arouse unnecessary emotions. At this moment, the only thing they pay attention to is probably the order that may be issued at any time behind them.
Kato Kiyomasa was slightly hesitant, and at the same time vaguely manic. He always felt that he should not hesitate. As one of the famous generals of the Seven Guns of Qiyue, he should adhere to the concept of the brave winning when meeting on a narrow road, and go forward without hesitation, killing everyone.
Block your own enemies and defeat them!
However, at this moment, he had to hesitate because the first legion under his command was no longer the elite second legion in Renchennian.
The Second Army was originally one of the vanguards and fought all the way through the war. Later, it suffered some losses and lost many experienced veterans. Therefore, this time it was necessary to recruit many new ashigaru soldiers to conquer Korea again.
In the past, most of these people were peasant soldiers, or even just weak-legged soldiers. Although I had stepped up my training for some time, they were still quite inferior to the Second Army Corps back then.
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Everyone can see that they are not the trash like the North Korean army. They are undoubtedly the elite of the elite. Even if Renchennian's second army is taken out, they will probably not be able to win, let alone the current first army.
It was extremely rare for Kato Kiyomasa to feel that he was being reckless. If he attacked hard like this, he might be kicked into the iron plate.
However, I don't know whether it was a coincidence or something. Just when he was hesitating and alert, drums suddenly sounded loudly on the tower in Hanyang. Kato Kiyomasa turned around and found Shimazu Yoshihiro in full military uniform, beating hard with two drumsticks.
A giant drum was used to encourage oneself and the First Army.
"Baga..." Kato Kiyomasa cursed secretly in his heart. He didn't know Shimazu Yoshihiro's true intention. He only thought that Shimazu Yoshihiro was sincerely beating the drum to cheer him up. He said to himself that if things got to this point, I would be frightened by the Ming army.
If you retreat from the war, how can you hold your head high and be a good person when you return to Japan?
"Adjust your formation, get closer together, load up your guns, and advance slowly!" Kato Kiyomasa shouted, and finally issued the attack order. This order was indeed an attack order, but in fact it meant giving up the previously planned raid -
- Of course, because the Ming army responded so quickly, the so-called raid had become an impossible task, and it was imperative to change the order.
At this time, the Ming army's artillery battalion launched a new round of salvos. Although the fire was sparse and far less deterrent than yesterday's artillery bombardment, the Japanese troops on the tower still had to evade, and Shimazu Yoshihiro was also forcibly fired by his generals.
Pulling away. Kato Kiyomasa looked in his eyes and felt like he didn't know whether to be angry or relieved.
Such sparse shelling actually interrupted Shimazu Yoshihiro's personal drumming and cheering. Logically speaking, he should be angry, but if Shimazu Yoshihiro had been watching the battle on the tower, Kato Kiyomasa was worried that the Ming army on the opposite side was too strong.
The first team performed poorly and was laughed at by Shimazu Yoshihiro, so it seems that they should breathe a sigh of relief.
But no matter what he thought, the war continued.
The Japanese First Army took advantage of the fact that the Ming Army's artillery battalion had not changed its target and always regarded the Hanyang City Wall as a shooting target. They dared to form a dense formation and began to slowly advance forward. They put in the usual offensive formation of the Japanese iron artillery team.
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Since the Portuguese brought iron cannon to Tanegashima, from Tanegashima in southern Kyushu to Kishu Neraizhong and all over Japan, iron cannon has been rapidly developed and gradually improved in Japan. This new weapon has brought not only war technology and
The update of tactics has accelerated the process of Japan's overall form of unification.
Since the Battle of Nagashino, the function and effect of matchlocks have brought rapid progress in the evolution of tactics and other aspects. Compared with individual single-shot iron cannon shooting, group shooting of about 15 to 30 people is more effective.
To exert their effects, the organization of bow groups and gun groups is regarded by Japan as an important source of combat power.
Since ancient times, in the process of shortening the combat distance with the enemy, any army has found the best shooting range (the effective shooting range of arrows) and started the battle of bow and arrow shooting first. However, because the shooting range of iron cannon is longer than that of bows and arrows,
The Portuguese matchlocks acquired by Japan at that time could reach about 1 town (approximately 120 meters), so an offensive was launched to gradually fire at the approaching enemy iron cannons.
Due to current technical limitations, before the Japanese iron cannon fires bullets, it must first open a fire container containing gunpowder, aim and pull up the ignition iron, and the match rope will fall into the fire container, and the match rope will ignite the gunpowder and ignite the fire.
It will trigger the gunpowder in the gun body, thereby launching the projectile.
Therefore, among the Japanese military units at this time, "opening the fire cover" meant the beginning of war. After all, the firing of iron cannons mostly indicated the beginning of war, so iron artillery teams must be deployed on the front lines of all military formations.
However, Kato Kiyomasa soon discovered that fighting the current Ming army was completely different from fighting the Korean army. The first difference was that the Ming army opened fire earlier than his First Army. His order to "open the fire cover"
Even before they were ready to shout, the Ming army had already fired the first round of volley after their general gave the order.
The sound of the gunshot "Bang——" seemed to hit Kato Kiyomasa directly in the heart, making his heart suddenly twitch. He stayed in the Chinese army to press the battle, and was not on the front line of the iron artillery group. Of course, he was not really hit.
, but he knew that the reason why the Ming army opened fire so early, after ruling out the possibility that the Ming army commander did not know how to command iron cannons, the only reason was that their iron cannons had a longer effective shooting range!
If we use the weights and measures of later generations to measure, then most of the iron cannons in Japan's Warring States Period were matchlock guns with a caliber of 15.8mm, and occasionally heavy iron cannons with a caliber of 18.7mm were used.
No matter which type, the initial explosive power of the matchlock gun is relatively weak anyway, with an effective range of about 200 meters and a maximum range of no more than 500 meters. This situation sometimes varies depending on the amount of gunpowder and the proficiency of the gunner.
As for the shooting accuracy, it is obviously not very good. Although the effective range reaches about 200 meters, due to the poor accuracy, the Japanese military departments often require that the first shooting distance in the field should not exceed 100 meters, which is about 120 meters.
Fire allowed.
However, the Ming army's principle of firing was obviously different from theirs. Because Kato Kiyomasa was to command the iron artillery group, he had been strictly observing the distance visually. He knew that when the gunfire sounded just now, the two battle lines were still about two towns apart - could it be
The effective hit range of the Ming army's iron artillery was actually twice that of our army?
Kato Kiyomasa took a deep breath and quickly scanned the front to check his side's battle damage after the Ming army fired.
It's okay if you don't look at it, but you are really shocked when you look at it. At least twenty people in the front line of the iron artillery group plopped down. Although the rear quickly made up the front, the Japanese soldiers also found that the Ming army's iron artillery was probably better than their own.
It was quite impressive, and there were some unconscious pauses in the forward momentum.
Kato Kiyomasa shouted: "Drum beat - start!" The drummers in the First Army Corps immediately started beating the drums. Because of the drum beats, the advancing Japanese army finally returned to its normal advancing speed, and the front seemed much more stable.
However, Kato Kiyomasa knew that this was not enough, so he ordered again: "Drum beat, speed up!" The Japanese army's advance speed became faster with the drum beat. Obviously, Kato Kiyomasa was trying to avoid more rounds of attacks.
Military iron artillery fired volleys.
It is a pity that the Ming army's performance in this regard still exceeded Kato Kiyomasa's expectations. Not only did the second salvo arrive immediately, but even the third salvo did not wait long. The two gaps between the three salvos were almost exactly the same.
It was enough for the already accelerating Japanese troops to get out about fifteen meters.
Fortunately, after these three rounds of volleys, the fourth round of volleys from the Ming army came significantly slower, but it was still completed before the Japanese army "opened the fire cover". The iron artillery team of the First Army received Kato Kiyomasa's roar.
At the same time as the order "Open the fire cover" was issued, the Ming army suddenly made new moves.
The array originally arranged on the front line began to shrink in columns, and from the rear, "iron armored vehicles" that seemed a bit strange to Kato Kiyomasa were rolled out - they were wooden vehicles covered with iron on one side, with about one person.
High, the side covered with iron sheets is not completely covered, but there are three bowl-sized holes left in each car.
These "iron-armored vehicles" are the core combat equipment of the car camp tactics proposed by Qi Jiguang a few years ago based on the development of firearms: sidecars. In terms of design concept, sidecars are actually movable shooting bunkers.
Kato Kiyomasa watched helplessly as these sidecars, which had been blessed by Jinghua's technology, were quickly pushed to the front line, and soon lined up in front of the Ming army's "iron gunners". He had already guessed their role.
Sure enough, the Ming Army's "iron gunners" quickly entered the other side of the vehicle, and all the black muzzles were poked out of the bowl-sized holes on the side of the vehicle.
"Bang!"
The Ming army launched its fifth salvo.
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