Moreover, the large wheels of the Napoleon cannon make the construction of the cannon position easier. You only need to dig two deep and shallow ditches on the flat ground, and then put the wheels of the cannon in. Finally, a large nail is nailed into the long hole at the tail close to the ground to shoot!

When the artillery is fired, the recoil will cause the artillery to move backward along the ditch. When the artillery reaches the top of the two ditches, the recoil will disappear almost completely. Under the blocking of the iron nails and the self-weight, it will slide back to its original position. The gunners only need to re-aim. This greatly reduces the work intensity of the artillery and shortens the time for building the gun positions.

It is this way of quickly building artillery positions that forced Tanikawa Kwonji to attack in advance. The soldiers slowly pressed up under the command of Tanikawa Kwonji. It can be seen that Tanikawa Kwonji has been working hard on the army over the years.

The soldiers under his command maintained the formation in full. However, the combat method was still the same. First, use the iron cannon foot light to disrupt the opponent's formation and consume the enemy's soldiers and morale. Then use the elite samurai behind to lead the foot light to attack. Compared with Liu Pei and Shimazu family fighting, Tanikawa Kojiro only had dozens of more cavalrymen.

Tanikawa Kiyoro had just advanced about 100 meters, and the problem he was most worried about finally broke out! That was the other party's artillery actually aimed at them!

This frightened the six majors of Tanikawa! The other party's artillery was placed so fast! Liu Pei's artillery officer had already received orders that he could shoot at any time as long as the other party entered the range. So they started loading just after they had placed the artillery.

The first batch of loaded were all solid shells. With the commander's order, 10 artillery roared almost at the same time! The shells that were released flew to the front of the Japanese phalanx almost instantly! Except for the 4 shells missing, the remaining six shells opened 6 Blood Road Alleys in the Japanese phalanx!

Where the shells flew, the weapons broke and the human body was broken. Blood was sprayed! The taller shells smashed all the heads on its way forward, leaving only a few headless corpses shaking and falling to the ground!

The forward shells that bounced on the ground broke several human legs. The soldiers with broken legs fell to the ground, covering their wounds and fighting

The scream of life.

The worst thing was that the iron cannon foot in the front row was light. The shell hit his lower abdomen, directly knocking the person into two sections! But there was no vital point in the waist, and the man was not allowed to die for a while. Only the upper half of his body was screaming desperately on the ground! Only when his blood was exhausted will he be relieved!

Although these Japanese soldiers had experienced wars and had fought with people face to face, they had never contacted this terrible shelling! In their opinion, this was not the power of the human world at all! This bloody scene scared them and the entire team stopped.

Tanikawa Kwonji had never seen such a tragic scene, and was frightened by the fierce shelling. However, Tanikawa Kwonji reacted in time. He pulled out his sword and shouted loudly: "Continue moving forward! Keep moving forward! It's just a big tube! It's a troublesome to load the big tube. They can only design one or two more times at most! As long as we get close to them, the big tube will be useless!"

The samurai and soldiers stabilized their emotions amid the shouts of Kiyoro Tanikawa and continued to move forward. But they were not facing the very ancient artillery, but the conventional artillery that was often used in modern times. Although the Napoleon artillery and the Ming artillery did not change essentially, the rate of fire did indeed increase. They could basically do four to five shots in a minute. So the Japanese army had not yet gone far, and the second round of artillery bombardment arrived!

This time the shelling was much more accurate than the previous level shelling! Eight shells entered the team, causing another bloody storm! Left a bunch of broken limbs and broken arms! There were also several screaming wounded men!

Tanikawa Kwonji was shocked! He had never expected that the opponent's artillery could fire so quickly! And he subconsciously judged the time for the next round of artillery shooting. He immediately knew that he could not let the opponent's artillery continue to shoot like this! Otherwise, if several rounds of artillery went down, he would be completely disbanded without waiting for his team to get close to the opponent!

Tanikawa Kiyoro was a general who had experienced bloody battles. He quickly calmed down and made a judgment. He said to the samurai beside him: "Eguchi, Shiraishi! You immediately lead all the cavalry to attack the Otsutsu position! You can't let Otsutsu continue shooting like this!"

His body

The two samurai on the side agreed and ran towards the cavalry on both wings. At the same time, Tanikawa Kwonji issued an order loudly: "Everyone dispersed! Disperse! Carry formations!"

It has to be said that as a long-time general, Tanikawa Koji immediately found a way to deal with the shelling. Under Tanikawa Koji's order, the soldiers' dense formations slowly dispersed and formed the formation during the exercise.

The formation during exercise is different from the formation during combat. The formation must be dense, crowded, and people are crowded. This way, it can not be dispersed by the enemy. The formation during exercise is more like the formation during gymnastics in later generations, which is relatively loose. It is very effective to avoid shelling.

The team had just dispersed, and the third round of artillery arrived! Since the team had dispersed, only 4 people were knocked down by the 10 shells this time!

Liu Pei put down the telescope and was very amazed at Tanikawa's response! Although he was a little greedy, he did deal with the battle formation in a timely and accurate manner. Even the tactic of using cavalry against artillery was self-evident!

Liu Pei glanced at the opposite cavalry who was running over and said, "Send 50 musketeers to the artillery position respectively, and the commander of the artillery position is responsible for commanding."

After Liu Pei sent people to protect the position, he ignored it and instead focused all his energy on the front battlefield. He should know that no matter who the artillery company commander provides support, he should know when and where the artillery company will be deployed, and also understand the "commander's combat intentions."

Since receiving the order, the artillery commander has great autonomy. He can choose the target to be attacked and the way to attack the target, and usually will not be interfered with. This is very important because the artillery company is a complex organization and is difficult to manage, and the professionalism of artillery combat also determines that it is difficult for outsiders to intervene. The army commanding and protecting artillery is also a compulsory course for artillery commanders.

Therefore, the artillery commander was one of the most important roles besides the commander-in-chief. Especially in this era when communication was very bad and information exchange was very slow. Having independent command ability was regarded as the basic requirement of an officer.
Chapter completed!