The city of Hiroshima has been destroyed, and Kyoto is facing the same fate as Hiroshima.
Countless artillery pieces have been set up, and countless battle flags of the Ming Dynasty are flying in the wind.
A war that the Japanese will never forget and will determine the fate of Japan is about to begin! At this moment, every Japanese's heart is filled with fear, but they have no solution.
The only thing they can do is to wait for the punishment of fate!
From the beginning to the end, Ding Yunyi showed no rush or impatience in his attitude towards attacking Japan. Even when encountering some difficulties, he would take the initiative to show some retreat that he had never done before.
Why is this happening? None of his subordinates knew. Only once did he once tell Duan Saner his truest thoughts:
"When attacking places like Luzon, we treat it as a colony. When one day we cannot hold those places, we can at most just retreat. But over decades or hundreds of years, we have already
It’s enough for us to get enough things from there, but Japan is different. What I want is to completely conquer this nation..."
Duan San'er didn't quite understand, and Ding Yunyi didn't want him to fully understand:
"If you want to conquer a nation, you must not only conquer it physically, but also spiritually. To make them surrender completely, although it will be a very long process. But someone has to do it.
It will bring the greatest benefit guarantee to our descendants and make our descendants happy once and for all. So everything we do now is worth it..."
Duan San'er still didn't fully understand, but he knew that no matter what an adult did, it was worthy of his belief.
Ahead is the battlefield that is about to begin. The soldiers are working hard and deploying everything in an orderly manner to welcome the upcoming earth-shaking fierce battle.
When this fierce battle is over, how many people will die and how many will survive? No one can answer this answer.
The Ming army was busy, and the Japanese in Kyoto were also busy.
There are too many things they have to do, but there is really too little time left for them. They must seize all the time they can and try their best to improve the defense of Kyoto.
Tokugawa Iemitsu appointed his trusted loyalist Tokugawa Iemitsu, Asahi Toshihide, to serve as the general in charge of the defense of Kyoto. He had unlimited high hopes for Asahi Shunhide and Tokugawa Iemitsu.
Toshihide Asahi was unwilling to live up to the general's expectations. He knew even more clearly what terrible things would await him and all the Japanese once Kyoto fell.
This will be Japan's biggest disaster.
Decisive battle, decisive battle! If we really want to have a decisive battle that affects Japan's destiny and future, then let's start now.
He was trying his best to mobilize everyone in Kyoto, and the samurai were gathered together. And the ronin also received a piece of gratifying news:
As long as Kyoto can successfully defend, they will be awarded the status of samurai and receive the same salary.
This promise greatly stimulated those rogues.
After becoming famous in one battle, and having no worries about food and clothing from now on, what else is there to worry about?
Confidence and fighting spirit are burning in the hearts of these Japanese people. They want to turn Kyoto into a real battlefield. Even if they all die as a result, they will not hesitate.
Asahi Toshihide was the most trusted person by Tokugawa Iemitsu, and another important minister of the Tokugawa family, Nishijima Takae, also had high hopes placed on him by Asahi Toshihide.
This samurai was famous for his bravery, and Toshihide Asahi hoped that he could create miracles on the battlefield.
"Let's deal with the enemy with an attack." Nishijima Takae said flatly: "Please allocate an army to me. Lord Asahi, I have seen it carefully in the past two days. The enemy's military camp has been placed in Tazawa.
I think that's where Ding Yunyi is. Leaving the west city of Kyoto, we can attack Taze directly. If we can kill Ding Yunyi, I think the situation will change."
Asahi Shunxiu nodded: "Nishijima-kun, what you think is exactly the same as what I think. So, how many people do you need to complete this glorious mission?"
"Three thousand people!"
When telling this number, Toshio Asahi hesitated for a long time. This number is still relatively large. But if the enemy's commander Ding Yunyi can be defeated or even killed, then even three thousand people will die on the battlefield.
It doesn't matter either.
After figuring this out, Asahi Shunxiu nodded vigorously: "Nishijima-kun, please. I will assign the brave warriors Hiromoto Na and Akamine Nobucheng to your command. At the same time, I will
The only one thousand cavalry we have are completely handed over to you. Nishijima-kun, one thousand cavalry and two thousand infantry, this is a huge force in the defense of Kyoto."
"Hai, please wait for my good news." Nishijima Takae responded loudly and confidently...
...
The Japanese left the city, and the Japanese took the initiative to show up!
Ding Yunyi was not surprised at all. Instead, he smiled and said to his subordinates: "Do you know why I placed the military camp in Taze? Because I know that if the Japanese want to win this battle, their only way is to attack here by force.
, they can only turn around if they kill me."
"Master Hou, what should we do now?"
"Most of our artillery is placed on the front of Kyoto. Although there are not many artillery here, and they are not the latest artillery, it is enough to kill and injure most of the Japanese pirates. Once they fail, it will be even more serious.
It will frustrate their morale. Since the Japanese pirates insist on doing this, then give them the heaviest lesson..."
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The Huben Guards' position uses trench tactics, which are divided by a hill in the middle into two front lines on the left and right. The end points of the trench are two hills facing the outside. The hills are formed to protrude forward, while the defense line is concave inward.
The trench was folded in and expanded horizontally for about four to five hundred steps. Moreover, the dug trench was not a straight line. Instead, it was a shallow dish-shaped curve, a bit like a mountain-shaped structure with three points and two lines.
Since there was enough time to build the position, the trench was dug deeper, reaching more than three feet, and the width reached eight feet. Only more than one foot of cloth and earth bags were placed on the edge of the trench, and behind the trench, there were artillery pieces
position, forming a double-layered defense line.
On the two defense lines on the left and right, three musketeers were deployed on each side. On the hills at both ends, a team of musketeers were deployed on each side, as well as four No. 2 Fran cannons to guard the two wings of the entire army.
On the artillery positions behind the left and right defense lines, four "Divine Power" cannons, three No. 1 Fran cannons, three No. 3 Fran cannons, and six Crouching Tiger cannons were deployed.
The small hill in the center of the defense line is also the command center of the entire defense line. Li Dingguo's regiment headquarters is also located here. There are two reconnaissance companies guarding the hill. The entire defense line has concentrated more than a thousand muskets and forty muskets.
There are several artillery pieces, and the layers are clear, making the defense line appear impenetrable.
Ding Yunyi did not personally command this battle, but delegated this task to Li Dingguo, Ah Hu, and Wang Wei.
This time, the Tiger Guards fought without Ding Yunyi. On the one hand, Ding Yunyi wanted to practice their ability to fight alone. On the other hand, because the tactical arrangement of this battle was different from the previous one, he took this opportunity to
Let them all have a try.
Therefore, the three generals were excited, excited, and a little nervous, and they were all determined to hold on to their position this time and live up to Wu Liehou's trust.
At this time, the Japanese pirates' men and horses also gradually appeared in the normal field of vision, and stopped in formation about 500 steps away from the Tiger Guards position. Li Dingguo looked at it from the top of the mountain, and felt quite ridiculous in his heart. It was probably the enemy's troops coming from above.
One of the defeated soldiers learned that the Hu Ben Guards' artillery fire was very far away, so they did not dare to get too close. They felt that it was absolutely safe when they were about 500 steps away. And more than 500 steps was almost the limit of the naked eye's vision.
Distanced.
However, the Japanese generals did not know that in fact, the range of Huben Guard's 2,000-jin "Shenwei" cannon can reach more than a thousand steps, and the range of the 1,000-jin "Shenwei" cannon can reach 800 to 1,000 steps; No. 1
The range of the Folan cannon can also reach 600 to 800 steps, and the range of the No. 2 Folan cannon is between 400 and 600 steps. Therefore, the distance where the Japanese pirates are located is still within the range of some of Hubenwei's artillery strikes.
However, Li Dingguo obeyed Ding Yunyi's order, and in order to cooperate with the flanking attacking troops, the "Shenwei" cannon and the No. 1 Folan cannon were not fired for the time being.
At this time, the Japanese pirates began to launch an attack. This time, the Japanese pirates attacked from the left line, and they dispatched 500 troops, all of whom were infantry. From this point of view, the Japanese pirates and Huben guards had never encountered anything before.
Some armies are similar. When encountering an opponent whose details are unknown, the cannon fodder is first placed at the bottom to test the enemy's strength.
Li Dingguo saw it very clearly and immediately ordered the flag bearer to hoist a flag on the hilltop on the left, telling them that the enemy had launched an attack. At the same time, he raised his arms and used the distance measurement method taught by Ding Yunyi to calculate the distance to the Japanese pirates.
Although this distance measurement method is relatively primitive and has a relatively large error, it can basically measure a rough distance.
When the Japanese pirates entered a distance of about 300 steps from the position, Li Dingguo gave the order to fire.
Since the "Shenwei" cannon could not be activated, and the Tiger Crouching Cannon could not reach the distance, there were only three No. 1 Franc cannons, four No. 2 Franc cannons and three No. 3 Franc cannons placed on the left line.
A total of ten cannons were fired at the same time, and the huge roar immediately shook the entire wilderness.
A cannonball whizzed past, hitting the head of a Japanese pirate soldier who was charging at the front. It immediately shattered the soldier's head. Without even a grunt, the headless corpse fell to the ground.
Before the soldiers behind him could tell what was going on, a large row of them were knocked down by the unabated shells.
Although the Huben Guards only had ten artillery pieces in operation, the infantry formation was more dense, and because the Japanese pirates only attacked the front line, although the troops could be concentrated, it was difficult to spread them out in a wide area, so the depth of the entire team was very large. In this situation Under such circumstances, although the artillery uses solid bullets, its lethality is naturally greater.
Some Japanese pirate soldiers were hit in the body by cannonballs, with blood spurting out of their mouths and their bones cracked; their limbs were also hit with broken muscles and bones; even if they were grazed by cannonballs, they would still be torn apart. Large pieces of flesh.
Ten cannonballs blasted open ten bloody alleys in the Japanese pirate formation, and on the trajectory of the cannonballs passing by, there was only a long passage of blurred flesh and blood, with broken limbs and broken arms.
There were also soldiers who were not injured but not dead. They were rolling in pain on the ground and letting out lung-piercing screams. The soldiers around them who were lucky enough not to be shot were also frightened and trembled. Has.
Li Dingguo put down the telescope in his hand and was very satisfied with the results of the first round of bombardment. Although he was only twenty years old, he had been following Ding Yunyi in continuous battles since he landed on the Japanese island, and he was used to seeing the killings on the battlefield. The situation was so intense that he remained unmoved and ordered the gunners to continue firing.
The Folan cannon is a breech-loaded belt gun, and its firing speed is much faster than other artillery. Although the Tiger Guard has used fixed ammunition, the "Shenwei" cannon can only fire once a minute at the fastest, and the Folan cannon can only fire once a minute at the fastest. The Lang cannon can fire three times in two minutes. If the gunner is skilled in operation, it can fire almost twice in one minute.
As the ten artillery pieces fired continuously, all the shells were mercilessly thrown at the Japanese pirates. Each round of shelling was able to kill at least dozens of Japanese pirates, only to make the Japanese pirates scream in agony and leave corpses everywhere.
However, the military discipline of the Japanese pirates is also quite strict. They are fighting as a mixed group of soldiers, and they are supervising the battle behind the scenes. Anyone who escapes in the battle will not be spared. Therefore, although the Japanese pirates suffered a heavy blow, no one dared to escape without authorization for a while. , we can only bite the bullet and rush forward, hoping to get through the artillery attack early and get close to the Ming army for combat.
After seven or eight consecutive rounds of shelling, the casualties of the Japanese pirates had exceeded a thousand, and the entire formation was in chaos. Moreover, behind the large group of people who continued to advance towards the Huben Guard position, a large number of corpses were left behind. Dead, wailing and struggling soldiers on the ground.
However, at this time, the Japanese pirates were less than a hundred steps away from the Hu Ben Guards. After at most two or three rounds of artillery fire, they could rush to the Ming army's array and start a hand-to-hand battle with the Ming army. Moreover, the current distance was between one and two Franchise machines. The cannons had no choice but to stop firing in the blind spot, which made many soldiers feel that they saw hope and stepped up their pace of advancement.
But this glimmer of hope only flashed by, and was immediately shattered. Because at this time, Yi Jing entered the firing range of the Hu Ben Guards' muskets, and with a row of exploding beans, there were six squatting tigers at the same time. The cannons also began to fire, and bullets and shells were like hail, hitting the Japanese pirates overwhelmingly, and a large number of Japanese pirates immediately fell in the formation.
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