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But the merciless iron bullets shot at the Japanese soldiers who were almost a hundred steps away at a speed that was difficult to see with the naked eye. The one who rushed in the front row to act as an arrow was a Japanese soldier. After hearing the sound of the gunshot, he felt a panic all over his body.
Shocked, when he lowered his head and looked down, he saw that on his left chest, a hole the size of a fist had been punched through the strong iron leaf armor, and blood flowed out of the hole.
Suddenly he felt a huge pain, his eyes went black, and he fell down from his horse. Beside him, there were also a dozen Qing soldiers who were hit by iron bullets fired from muskets, screaming in agony.
Fall off the horse.
As the Huben Guards fired the second and third rounds of muskets, dense iron bullets hit the armor or shields like raindrops, making a dull and powerful sound. More Qing soldiers were knocked off their horses, and some
The war horse was also knocked to the ground, not only knocking down the soldiers on the horse, but also blocking the way for the war horses behind.
Because the Japanese army used the tactic of breaking through in concentrated columns, and the team was very long, so after the soldiers and horses in the front row fell to the ground, the speed of the assault had to be slowed down. This gave the soldiers of the Tiger Guards enough time to break through.
He calmly changed the timing of firing his gun, only to see more and more people and horses fall down.
When the whole army broke through and was still fifty steps away from the Hu Benwei array, one-third of the troops were lost. At this distance, the firepower of the muskets was more fierce and the penetration was stronger, which dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese army.
Naturally, it is also larger. As long as it is hit, no matter what part it is, it will be penetrated without exception, and it will be penetrated mercilessly.
At this time, Tsubasa Takeda was watching the battle in the rear formation and was dumbfounded. He originally thought that the cavalry of our army would break through the Tiger Guards' formation with the force of exhaustion. However, he never expected that the Tiger Guards' muskets would
It's so powerful. Although the two-layer and three-layer heavy armor are not as papery in front of the muskets, they are really not much better. Although at this time, the Japanese cavalry were still braving the forest of bullets and struggling to move forward.
But at this time, more than half of the warships were demolished, and anyone could see it. Therefore, even if they rushed to the front of the Ming army's formation, they would not be able to cause much conflict with the Ming army's formation.
The cruelty of reality has far exceeded the scope of Takeda Tsubasa's understanding. What kind of Ming army is this, with such sharp firearms, that it can beat the Takeda cavalry, which was once invincible in Japan's Warring States Period, into this state?
Just now, I hoped that the Ming army would be stronger. The idea of fighting with me for a while, now it is simply a huge ridicule.
Takeda Tsubasa only felt ashamed and angry, and then he was unwilling to fail like this, and became a little hysterical, so he immediately ordered all the remaining cavalry and infantry to attack in one body and defeat the Tiger Guards at all costs. Therefore, Japan
The remaining approximately 400 cavalry and 1,500 infantrymen also dispatched and charged towards the Tiger Guards again.
At this time, the first batch of charging cavalry was only twenty steps away from the Tiger Guards' array, and there were less than a hundred cavalry left. At this time, Shi Weide immediately ordered: "The musketeers fix their bayonets and attack. The spear commander steps forward to help."
After firing their muskets, the musketeers immediately put on their bayonets, rushed out from behind their shields, and faced the remaining dozens of Japanese cavalry. This was the first time that the musketeers of the Tiger Guard used bayonets to fight the enemy on the battlefield.
Hand-to-hand combat.
The bayonet is undoubtedly Ding Yunyi's invention!
In order to make the bayonet more suitable for this era, Ding Yunyi and his men designed a bayonet tactic of three people in groups. Three soldiers formed an equilateral triangle. When encountering the enemy, the soldier in front held up a gun to block the front.
, then two soldiers stood on both sides of him, lunging sideways, raising their spears to stab him.
The three soldiers cooperated with each other to fight the enemy. The effect was naturally very different.
In addition, the spearmen of the Tiger Guards also rushed up from the rear to help in the battle. The remaining Japanese cavalry after rushing through the hail of bullets had already lost all their energy and could not form the advantage of a group attack. Therefore, although the cavalry
, unable to withstand the attack of the Tiger Guards, they were stabbed off their horses one after another and died. In the blink of an eye, the dozens of remaining cavalrymen were killed by the Tiger Guards, leaving only a few dozen ownerless horses.
Wandering around, but in hand-to-hand combat, they killed a thousand enemies and lost three hundred to themselves. The musketeers were also hacked to death by the Japanese army, killing more than a dozen people.
After the Tiger Guards eliminated the remaining cavalry, the second batch of Japanese attacking troops also began to attack. This time there were cavalry and infantry. The Tiger Guards' spearmen immediately retreated to the back and gave up their positions, firing.
The gunners also immediately set up their shields on the ground again, and the injured soldiers were also carried down. Because the Huben Guards also prepared some reserve musketeers, other soldiers took over the muskets used by Shang Le and continued to use them.
The total number of muskets has not changed.
At this time, a large number of dead bodies of men and horses were left on the battlefield, and there were also many horses running around without owners. Therefore, although there were cavalry in the second batch of attacking troops of the Japanese army, they could not increase their speed at all. This was just right.
This gave the Tiger Guards ample shooting time.
As the gunfire rang out continuously again, and because the number of Japanese troops was nearly three times larger this time, the battle line was also opened. Therefore, the six artillery pieces set up by Huben Guards on the hillside were also divided into groups of two, taking turns.
He opened fire and hit the Japanese army head-on.
Under the fierce firepower of the Tiger Guards, the Japanese cavalry and infantry fell in rows, and a large amount of smoke immediately gathered on the Tiger Guards' position, filled with the choking smell of sulfur.
Although they suffered numerous casualties, the Japanese troops were still stubborn or stupid in approaching the Tiger Guards' formation. After leaving a large number of corpses along the way, they entered a blind spot where the artillery could not reach. The artillery temporarily stopped firing.
However, the musketeers remained unswerving. Following Shi Weide's order, Tian's three-stage continuous fire was changed to free fire, and they fired at the fastest speed at the enemy who was not far away.
At this moment, Cai Jiuzhou ordered the cavalry troops to attack from both wings and outflank the two wings of the Japanese army. All other infantrymen were also dispatched to help the musketeers and prepare to fight the approaching Japanese army.
"Fix bayonets." Following Shi Weide's order, a series of "click, click" sounds immediately sounded in the Tiger Guard formation. The soldiers all fixed their bayonets and prepared for hand-to-hand combat. At this time, other infantrymen also joined in.
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"Kill!" I don't know who it was, but the leader roared, and the whole army roared in unison, and then they all rushed forward.
Generally speaking, the beginning of hand-to-hand combat in this era often means that the battle has entered a substantial stage, but for the Tiger Guards, by this time, the battle is actually coming to an end.
The morale of the two sides was also completely different. The Huben guards were in high morale and full of enthusiasm, while the Japanese army suffered a severe blow to their morale. No one had the intention to continue fighting.
Two armies with such mentality meet and fight, and there is a huge disparity in strength. Is there any suspense about the outcome?
As soon as the two armies came into contact, the Japanese army was severely defeated by the Tiger Guards, and they had to flee in the direction of Sapporo. Cai Jiuzhou immediately ordered the entire army to pursue them. He must not let the Japanese army go, but should take advantage of the victory.
Recapture Sapporo in one fell swoop and achieve the goal of sending troops this time.
Takeda Tsubasa, who was defeated and returned to Sapporo, could not express his frustration in words. He could not believe that his elite cavalry was completely defeated by such an attack by the Ming army.
But there is also luck. The Hiroo reinforcements led by Kenheijiro, the lord of Hiroo Castle, have arrived!
Kenheijiro knew very well that once the Ming army captured Sapporo, it would soon be Hiroo's turn. And aiding Sapporo was actually to help himself.
This is Sapporo's last chance.
Defending is definitely impossible. The only way is to attack again and take the initiative. If it fails this time, there will be only one outcome:
Hokkaido will eventually become the Hokkaido of the Ming Dynasty people!
Takeda Tsubasa no longer had the ability, or to be more precise, he had no courage to continue fighting, so he handed all the remaining defeated generals of the Takeda family into the hands of Kenheijiro.
Like all the armies that fought against the Tiger Guards for the first time. In the eyes of Kenbei Jiro, this was a very strange Ming army. Although it took the initiative to attack, it did not form a common cone-shaped formation or square formation.
Instead, a row spread out horizontally. Although the queue was very neat, it stretched the entire team wide and thin. Moreover, the speed of the march was not fast. The most ridiculous thing was that the Ming army was not holding swords, guns, swords and halberds.
, and all seemed to be muskets.
In Kenheijiro's impression, it seems that he has never seen that army charging forward with muskets. Therefore, it feels baffling. But now that the Ming army has taken the initiative to attack, he cannot show weakness, Kenheijiro
We are also ready to give the order to send out the entire army to fight.
At this moment, a series of earth-shattering roars were heard: "Boom - Boom - Boom - Boom -".
Because the distance was so close, Kenheijiro felt his heart tremble, his eardrums were shocked, and even the earth seemed to be shaking. In his own army, more than a dozen soldiers fell to the ground because they were unprepared.
Fell to the ground.
"What's going on? Does the Ming army have artillery? But now that their infantry has attacked, are they not afraid of the artillery hitting their own people?"
These thoughts flashed through Kenbeijiro's mind, and he saw more than twenty black things flying out from above the heads of the Ming army array and slamming down on his side.
The power of the solid bullets falling was simply not something that flesh and blood could withstand. The Takeda Army had already suffered a lot, and now it was Kenheijiro's turn to taste it. A series of tragic events immediately erupted from the Japanese army's formation.
There was a shouting sound, and all the soldiers hit by the shells were smashed with blood and flesh flying everywhere, and juices splashed everywhere.
A round bullet hit the head of a small boss, Kenheijiro, who was less than four feet tall. The head of the young boss was smashed to pieces, and the bonus brain also flew out, shooting far away.
There was a lot of stickiness on Heijiro's body and his face. Kenheijiro couldn't help but be frightened and hurriedly shouted: "Attack, attack, charge! Charge me!" As he said this, he urged his horse,
He drew his sword and took the lead in charging towards the infantry array of the Tiger Guards.
Under his leadership, the Japanese army's only more than 300 cavalrymen also urged their horses to charge forward, while the vast majority of infantrymen also waved their own weapons and followed the cavalry to kill. It should be said that Qianbing
Jiro's order cannot be considered a mistake, because after rushing up to engage the Tiger Guards' infantry, the artillery did not dare to fire any more. This also shows that Jiro Kenbei's mind is still very clear. But he also forgot,
The soldiers of Huben Guard were holding muskets.
But it is a pity that the Huben Guards are not just other Shu troops. When they saw the enemy attacking, they immediately stopped their advance and quickly adjusted their array. The musketeers in the front row raised their muskets and pointed at them.
The cavalryman rushed into range and pulled the trigger.
"Bang bang bang bang!"
There was a burst of gunfire sound like a violent bean, and among the Japanese cavalry, people screamed and their horses neighed, and nearly half of them fell immediately.
After firing, the musketeers immediately reloaded their ammunition on the spot, and the second row of musketeers immediately took two steps forward and fired with their guns. But there was a sound of firing volleys of guns, and among the remaining Japanese cavalry, another
Most of the men and horses fell, leaving less than thirty riders.
And among the less than thirty horsemen, most of them were frightened out of their wits by the fierce firepower of the Tiger Guards. Some of them dared to rush forward, and they turned their horses' heads and turned around to escape.
But it was too late at this time, because the third row of musketeers from the Huben Guards, Yi Jing, came to the front row and raised their guns to shoot. As a result, none of the remaining cavalry were spared, and they were all shot down. Even Kenbeijiro was also in Huben.
He died violently under the attack of Wei's random gunfire.
The Japanese cavalry army was completely wiped out after three rounds of attacks from the Tiger Guards. The infantry army continued to charge forward because they did not understand what was going on, but it was their turn soon. At the same time,
The Huben Guard's artillery also stopped firing to avoid accidentally injuring its own people.
The musketeers who fired in the first round had all reloaded their ammunition, and once again stood in the front row, they launched another merciless attack on the Japanese infantry who followed up behind them.
There was another burst of gunfire. Because the formation of the infantry was much denser than that of the cavalry, the damage was much greater. After the gunfire, almost all the infantry rushing in the first row fell to the ground. Then the second row followed.
Round, third round.
After three consecutive rounds of fire, the Japanese infantry had fallen to seven or eight hundred people. The other infantrymen also knew how powerful they were by this time, and the commander-in-chief Kenbei Jiro was also killed. How dare the remaining soldiers continue to march?
They rushed forward, so they turned around and ran away.
Because the Tiger Guards' musket fire was advanced layer by layer, the distance between the two sides was not far at this time, only about forty or fifty steps.
After the Japanese army retreated, the musketeers conducted two more rounds of pursuit. Then they all fixed their bayonets and, together with the pikemen, chased the enemy's rear group and charged forward. The Japanese army was immediately completely defeated.
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