Chapter 226 During the Battle of the Kyushu Allied Forces
One day at the end of September, the typhoon that had lasted for several days and nights stopped. In the morning, the heat could already be felt under the sun. As the water vapor on the ground quickly evaporated, the Shimadzu family, the vanguard of the Kyushu Allied Forces, was flying the cross-striped flag.
The cavalry appeared in the fields 500 meters on the north bank of the Inari River. They cruised outside the field artillery range of the Chinese army's position in the Inari River, and then retreated and disappeared. Only half an hour later, behind the earthen wall position of the Inari River
The Chinese Army soldiers felt the earth tremble slightly under their feet.
The conch horn blew a warning signal, one long and one short, and all the Chinese troops in Shiroyama, the north bank of the Inari River, and the river mouth fortress entered a state of war.
A large number of enemies appeared in the vast hills, plains, and fields north of the Inari River and south of Mie Mt., with various heraldic flags stretching for miles.
On the Chengshan Fortress, Yin Feng held up his telescope and watched the fields and woods in the north slowly being crowded with Japanese troops of various banners, with a sneer on his lips.
Kajigi, Urabu Town and other places south of Kirishima have all been abandoned by the Chinese army and completely burned down. Kawauchi, Oguchi, Isa and other places in the northwest of the Satsuma Peninsula have also been abandoned by the Chinese army. What is left is a white land, only the Satsuma Peninsula.
Chushui City on the northwest coast was supported by ten three-masted Fuchuan gunboats of the Chinese Military Fleet, and 300 sailor musketeers guarded Chushui City to ensure that this seaport adjacent to the East China Sea was in the hands of the Chinese army.
Irisin, Ijuin and other places in the northwest of Kagoshima are located in mountainous areas, and it is impossible for large troops to pass on the mountain roads. In addition, the small amount of raiding troops left by the Chinese army are guerrillas in Yaeyama, Shigehirayama and other places, making Yinfeng's focus on the northwest direction
It was relatively reassuring. Since the Kyushu Allied Forces could not obtain supplies on the spot, they could only go south along the coastline of Kagoshima Bay, pass through the Kaji woodland and march to Kagoshima via the road east of Miedake.
The terrain here is relatively open, which is conducive to the deployment of large forces. Of course, it is also conducive to the Chinese army to exert its firepower advantage.
On this morning, the Japanese Kyushu Island Allied Forces arrived with more than 40,000 people, and it took them a whole morning to set up their formation.
However, Yin Feng ordered the Chinese army to stick to their positions and not to fight. Therefore, the Kyushu Allied Forces formed a formation from the northwest to the southeast, from the foothills of Seongsan Mountain to the seaside, stretching for several miles on the narrow coastal plain, and showed off their power for a whole morning under the bright sun.
, the Chinese people opposite seemed to not know how to appreciate this spectacular sight and had no reaction at all.
"The enemy's formation is very thick, but isn't such a dense formation a perfect target for us?" Yin Feng put down his telescope, wiped his sweat, and said with a smile to a large group of people behind him, which included
The Portuguese Jesuit missionary Lu Ruohan, the old mercenary Coutre, the black guard captain Magaro, the guard captain Lin Yue, the commander of the first regiment Zhao Tie, the commander of the first regiment and battalion Huang Lue, the secretary Chen
Dong, there is also Yin Feng's guest, the old general Chen Di, who only eats but does not work.
Yin Feng clapped his hands and said: "Okay, brothers, please take your positions. After this battle, the Northern Expedition against Japanese pirates has come to an end. Let's fight hard and let these Japanese pirates taste the power of our Chinese army. From now on, let's let the Japanese invaders taste the power of our Chinese army."
They have given up the idea of reaching out to our island of Taiwan,"
Everyone said yes and took their places.
In the afternoon, a battle broke out first in the foothills north of Shiroyama. A group of Kato family soldiers belonging to the Kumamoto Domain launched a sneak attack north of Shiroyama. However, an iron cannon leader of the Shimazu family who led them did not know that the situation had changed. The usual route
The mountain road that can be passed by three people in parallel has been buried with trip-fire wheel mines.
Hearing the continuous explosions coming from the north of the mountain, Huang Lue looked around at his generals: "The Japanese pirates are coming from the north mountain. I heard that the direction is close to the southwest. The enemy probably wants to bypass the ridge east of our fortress and cross the mountain south to Tsurumaru Castle. There are only The 150 brothers of the third sentry guard a section of stone parapet, and we must go for reinforcements,"
"Let me go," several sentry commanders shouted.
"No, each of your teams must guard one side and cannot move." Huang Lue glanced at Chen Dagao, a staff officer who was temporarily sent as an intern. After a moment's hesitation, Chen Dagao and Yu Zigao had already taken the initiative to stand up: "I'll go,"
Huang Lue heard about Yu Zigao when he was studying at the Chinese Military Academy. This man was an official. At first, he was arrogant and arrogant, but after more than a year of study, he was able to survive various rigorous training courses. Ended it hard.
Huang Lue glanced at Yu Zigao and smiled: "Okay, you take my guards and the artillery team of the fourth post, and be sure to hold on to the key points at the foothills of Beishan."
After Yu Zigao led the team away, Huang Lue's battalion supervisor asked in a low voice: "Old Huang, this guy is said to be the son of a court official. He couldn't bear the hardships during the training of the new recruits and he still contradicted the instructor. Is that okay?"
Huang Lue rolled his eyes: "His graduation examination results are quite good, and he is excellent in physical and combat skills subjects. Let him try it. In this way, you can lead your direct team to support Beishan and monitor this kid by the way."
"The enemies at the bottom of the mountain have begun to attack," a sentry came to report.
A moment later, the fortress fort on the castle hill overlooking the entire Kagoshima Plain and the bay opened fire. There was a rumbling sound of artillery, and more than a dozen artillery shells weighing ten kilograms flew towards the Kyushu Allied Forces formation north of the Inari River.
The Kyushu Allied Forces were composed of the Shimadzu family's troops and Tachibana Munege's troops as the vanguard, Kumamoto Domain's troops and Kashima Domain's Nabeshima Katsushige's troops as the central formation, Kurume's Arima Toyo clan's troops on the left wing, and Ogura Domain's Hosokawa Tadayoshi's troops. The right wing of the Karatsu clan's Terasawa Kendaka headquarters, as well as Kuroda Tadayuki, Ogasawara Tadayama, Matsudaira Shigenao and other troops were the strongest. They launched almost at the same time, launching an attack in a long snake formation in an attempt to With their numerical superiority, they broke through the Chinese army's position in Inari River in one fell swoop.
The Japanese Nagasaki Formation was immediately bombarded by more than 120 artillery pieces from three locations: the Shiroyama Fortress, the Inari River Position, and the Estuary Fortress.
At the same time, hundreds of thunderbolt rockets were fired from the front of the Inari River, and the farthest rockets hit the central main formation where the supervisory commander Itakura Shigemasa and deputy commander Toda Ujitetsu were located.
Seven hundred meters away from the Inari River, the vanguard force on the central front of the Kyushu Allied Forces was stunned by a series of rockets, and then bombarded by hundreds of artillery shells.
Li Kuiqi's artillery position was bustling with activity.
Li Kuiqi used the chain bombs originally used to destroy the sails, masts and cable structures of ships during naval battles to bombard the Japanese army.
A chain bomb is two solid iron balls tied together with an iron chain. After being fired, the chain will pull apart and rotate. The chain bomb fired by Li Kuiqi not only has two linked cannons, but also three or four rounds. The cannonballs linked together are almost the same as grapeshot.
The chain bullet opened the three-foot-long iron chain and swept through the Japanese pirate team in high-speed rotation, sweeping down the Kyushu Allied Forces soldiers to the ground in pieces. Some Kyushu Allied Forces soldiers were even cut into two pieces by the iron chain.
When the Japanese rushed to a distance of 200 steps from the position on the north bank of the Inari River, the Chinese army's 3-pound and 6-pound field light artillery fired shotgun shells. Countless iron pieces covered the front of the Japanese Kyushu Allied Forces' central front, knocking down large swaths of troops. Shimazu Army, Ashigaru Troops under Tachibana Muneshige.
When the Japanese pirates were only 150 steps away from the northern line of the Inari River, Chinese soldiers stood behind the trenches and earthen walls and started firing muskets.
Only 50 steps away from the Chinese army's position, the grenades of the Chinese army's grenadiers began to explode.
When the Shimazu Army, the vanguard of the Kyushu Allied Forces, was only 10 steps away from the Inari River position, the entire Chinese army began rapid fire. The Japanese Kyushu Allied Forces launched an all-out attack from 1,000 steps away from the Inari River. After encountering artillery repeatedly, After being bombarded by rockets, shotgun shells, musket bullets and grenades, the attack was forced to stop.
The troops of Kuroda Tadayuki and Ogasawara Tadayama who attacked Shiroyama were also attacked by Huang Luo's gunpowder barrels.
A large amount of gunpowder stored in the Shimadzu family's Tsurumaru Castle and various branch cities was confiscated by the Chinese army. The Shimadzu family's black powder formula is different from the Chinese army's granular gunpowder, so it cannot be used to launch the Chinese army's new flintlock muskets. It is a medicine, but it can be made into explosive packs and explosive shells of sky-blasting cannons, and it can also be made into grenades.
As a result, the Chinese poured firepower on the Japanese Kyushu Allied Forces without any money, causing heavy casualties to the soldiers of the Kuroda and Ogasawara families, and they retreated crying and wailing.
On the left wing of the Japanese were Ma Toyo and Hosokawa Tadori's troops. They were attacked by solid artillery shells, sky-blasting cannons, and heavy rain guns outside the river mouth fortress, and they retreated in disorder.
Within two hundred steps of the Chinese army's position, the Japanese Kyushu Allied Forces had almost no weapons that could attack the enemy at long range except for bows and arrows and iron cannons. However, thousands of bows and arrows and muskets were completely unable to withstand rocket explosions, cannon bombardments and explosions. With bullets, powder barrels, and grenades, you can almost only be beaten without being able to fight back.
When the war was in full swing, Yin Feng had already left the Chengshan Fortress and returned to Tsurumaru Castle. There, the envoy sent by Luo Aquan told him that the night before, soldiers from the special battalion and Taiwanese indigenous soldiers had penetrated through the mountain roads to the mountains near Mie Mt. They were lurking there, waiting for an opportunity to launch an attack on the flanks and rear of the Kyushu Allied Forces.
Yin Feng walked up to Tsurumaru Castle and picked up his telescope. The front line of the Inari River in the lens was filled with smoke. He could only vaguely see the figures of some Chinese soldiers shaking. He sneered: The Japanese encountered them. A tactic that has never been seen before, a method of fighting that relies entirely on firepower output. Any individual's pure bravery is meaningless in the face of hail of bullets and shock waves of explosions.
Shimazu Tadahashi greeted the anxious Tachibana Muneshige at the main camp, and said with a worried look: "Tachibana-don, you saw it, this is the combat tactic of the Chinese sea merchants,"
Tachibana Munesege sighed with a heavy heart: "You are right, I underestimated the enemy. The fighting method of these Chinese is completely different from the Ming Dynasty official army in North Korea. In the face of such fierce firepower, our frontal attack is It’s hard to open up the situation,”
He thought for a while and said: "Since we can't break through head-on, let's try a surprise attack at night."
However, bad news came from the left wing. During the assault on the river mouth fortress, the soldiers of the Ogura clan under Hosokawa Tadayoshi were continuously attacked by dozens of cannons. The dense charging crowd was heavily injured by explosive bombs. Hosokawa Tadayoshi He was also injured, and now the soldiers of the Ogura clan are retreating, seemingly heading north to return to their home territory.
At the same time, Ogasawara of the Matsumoto Domain who attacked Shiroyama was injured by the shock wave of the gunpowder barrel explosion. Now he is unconscious. The samurai group under Ogasawara Taduma, who has just been transferred to Matsumoto Domain, is still unstable. After the general was injured, he began to retreat.
It was said to be an order from the feudal lord.
The Japanese Kyushu coalition began to disintegrate after just one general attack.