Because of the promise of the British, Ito Hirobumi also went all out this time and transferred almost all the troops he could use to the front line. Regardless of new rifles or old rifles, and even muzzle-loading guns with purges, as long as they could go out
All the weapons for shooting bullets were distributed to the soldiers, and they were asked to squat in the trenches and wait for a decisive battle with the invaders. Even the righteous soldiers of King Qin who came to assist with bows, arrows and shotguns also joined in. Tens of thousands of troops stood firm on a stretch of more than ten kilometers long.
The defense line is well prepared and waiting to deal a fatal blow to the invader.
In addition, he also prepared a cavalry unit. More than two thousand cavalry were ambushed in the dense forests of the eastern mountainous area. Once the battle began, they would attack the enemy's flanks along the Tama River eastward. He was still looking forward to this unit. The cavalry was the most powerful infantry unit.
Terrible enemies, aren’t the Lucians still relying on Cossacks to conquer the world?
However, the artillery aspect is a little shabby. Yesterday, Yang Feng gave Yang Feng a pot of dozens of bronze cannons from the Guards Division, so now he can only pull out some old antiques to replenish the number, mainly some old-fashioned French four-pound muzzle-loading cannons.
, but Prime Minister Ito is not worried about this, because he still has a secret weapon.
The battle still started with the bombardment of the coalition forces. More than a hundred artillery pieces of various types kept spraying flames all the time. The shells smashed into the Japanese defense line with a breathtaking roar. The flames of the explosion quickly drowned the shallow line of defense.
The trench looked quite spectacular. Boss Yang, who personally supervised the battle, sat contentedly behind the artillery, eating cantaloupe brought to his mouth by the little slave girl while watching the Japanese troops struggle under the artillery fire.
The main German generals, including Waldzer, gathered around him leisurely, watching their artillery unilaterally roulin the enemy.
But at this moment, two strange roars suddenly came from the sky. The battle-hardened Waldzer subconsciously threw himself to the ground. Before Boss Yang could react, he saw the German troops preparing to attack.
The explosion caused two huge fireballs to explode, and almost a platoon of German soldiers flew into the sky. Caiyi and Mina beside him were so frightened that they screamed and threw themselves into his arms.
Boss Yang almost choked on the cantaloupe in his mouth. The guy pushed the two of them away and stood up. Looking at the big bomb crater in the distance, he shouted in shock: "Asshole. Where did the Japanese get the large-caliber heavy artillery?"
This is Ito Hirobumi's secret weapon. The 280mm bronze mortar was removed from the coastal defense fort before the coalition landed. Because the Osaka Artillery Factory was destroyed by Yang Feng, it could only be removed from the coastal defense fort.
This 26-ton behemoth was too time-consuming to assemble and construct artillery positions, so it was not put to use for the first time until today.
Waldzer, who had just gotten up, was also shocked. He never expected that there were two monsters hiding behind the Japanese army. It seemed that it was the giant fortress howitzer. Fortunately, the rate of fire of this kind of cannon was too slow.
The coalition forces had enough time to react. Yang Feng's artillery observers quickly discovered their location, although the distance was beyond the range of Bofors Miss Seventy-Five. However, this problem was not difficult to solve. Just move the artillery one kilometer forward.
Enough, but of course it will take time.
However, this also reminded Yang Feng that the 75-gun can no longer form an advantage in terms of power and range. Next, it must be replaced with a larger caliber. For example, the 105 light cannon is very good, and with
Bofors' steel quality can now be produced.
The various units that were preparing to attack retreated as quickly as possible. At the same time, the ten 75-guns moved forward urgently, braving the explosion of heavy artillery shells and quickly began to set up. Fortunately, such artillery was deployed behind the Japanese army, and the land was not open to the sea.
Achieving visual aiming, coupled with the inconvenience of adjustment, we only fired at a fixed angle, and the shell dispersion range was limited. But even so, one shell hit the German field artillery position, and three Krupp 75 cannons were instantly
blown away.
Waldzer looked at the Japanese cannons showing off their power with a depressed look, and at the same time, the cheers of the Japanese army could be faintly heard in the distance. At this moment, he also regretted that he did not have a cannon with a longer range.
In the eyes of expectant eyes, the ten 75 cannons were finally set up, and then the artillery observers in the distance sent back the coordinates of the opponent. In less than a minute, the two giant cannons stopped. Of course, they were not destroyed. Twenty
It is a six-ton behemoth. There is no hope of destroying it with 75 artillery shells, even if it is directly fired into the barrel, but it is enough to kill the artillery.
Just after they suppressed the Japanese heavy artillery, the attacking troops launched another charge. This time, the Germans learned the lesson and no longer stood in a neat line to be shot. They dispersed in squads like the Yang Family Army, and entered
The Japanese army immediately hunched their backs and ran forward after firing. At the same time, Maxim machine guns and mortars were suppressing fire from behind. As for the poison gas bombs, they were still patented by Yang Jiajun. Besides, they couldn't use them even if they were given to the Germans. They couldn't use them without gas masks.
Let them rush to the battlefield and suffer from their own poisonous gas, right?
But at this moment the Japanese cavalry arrived.
The two thousand cavalrymen followed standard Western tactics, raising their sabers flat one by one, and crashed into the flank of the coalition forces like a torrent of landslides. Waldzer suddenly became nervous because he found that the Yang family army in front of these cavalrymen did not form a formation.
, many people even don’t bother to install bayonets on their guns.
"Yang, this is very dangerous!" He couldn't help but remind him.
"Count, on the contrary, the real danger is the Japanese." Yang Feng said calmly.
As soon as he said these words, two hundred machine guns turned around almost at the same time. The violent storm of bullets instantly shredded the Japanese attack like a meat grinder. Looking at the torrent in the distance, it felt like it was being slapped hard by a giant divine hand.
Like a slap in the face, people were instantly turned upside down. Dead bodies were piled up in layers at the fastest speed. Waldzer opened his mouth wide as if he was stupid.
"Count, machine guns have ended the era of cavalry." Yang Feng said reservedly.
Two thousand Japanese cavalrymen were wiped out by two hundred machine guns in a few minutes. They were not even able to rush in front of the invaders. A Japanese cavalryman at the front stood up from the dead horse and said blankly.
Looking at the line of dead bodies stretching for nearly a kilometer behind him, he seemed to wonder if this was a nightmare.
Then there was a gunshot, and the guy staggered and fell to the ground. A Yang Jiajun officer waved the C96 in his hand and continued to charge with his men.
Prince Komatsunomiya's heart was bleeding on the Japanese army's position. You must know that it is not easy for poor Japan to train a cavalry. As a result, these few bullets were scrapped.
At this time, the invaders on the opposite side began to use poison again. As soon as this evil weapon appeared, it meant that no matter how brave the warriors were, they would inevitably be defeated. The result was exactly the same. The soldiers of the Guards Division were still
They had the courage to persevere, but the soldiers of the newly formed divisions and the Qinwang martyrs were not so strong. On the front of Yang's army's attack, as the gas bombs exploded, a large number of Japanese defenders crawled out of the trenches without firing a shot.
If you come out and run away in a hurry, of course the result of doing so is usually to be beaten into pieces by the machine gun behind you.
"Hold your position and kill the enemy to the death!" Prince Komatsunomiya waved his saber and roared, but then the roar stopped abruptly. A machine gunner opposite him had already stared at this guy, and he looked like he was a death-thrower waving a broken knife.
If you were too slow, just a slight adjustment of the gun's muzzle and dozens of rounds of bullets would directly beat His Highness into a human shape.
The death of the supreme commander caused the original courage of the Japanese army to collapse instantly. If the Japanese army was able to resist to a certain extent yesterday because they did not know the strength of the enemy, then today after the two secret weapons lost their sound,
The Japanese army, which already knew the outcome of the battle, completely lost the courage to fight. Just after the Yang Jiajun soldiers rushed to the position for the first time, the Japanese army's another rout began. However, this time it was not a full-scale rout. There were still many people fighting to defend.
Homeland chose to fight the invaders to the end, so there were small-scale resistance everywhere on the battlefield, which frustrated the coalition's desire to take advantage of the situation and rush into Tokyo.
But in any case, this war has been won, and the Japanese capital has opened its doors. Although they may engage in street fighting, Yang Feng smiled sinisterly when looking at the clusters of wooden buildings in the distance.
"Yang, what do you think of us using the Japanese Imperial Palace as our headquarters?" Waldzer said with a smile on his face. He had now seen his majestic image when he appeared on the front page of the newspaper wearing the laurel crown of the Japanese conqueror.
"Earl, this idea is very good, but before that, should we determine the way to reward the soldiers? I think it is a very reasonable idea to let them roam freely in the conquered land for three days." Yang Feng laughed.
He said.
"Then we'd better determine our respective activity areas first," Waldzer said seriously.
"Your Majesty, we have failed, and the invaders will enter Tokyo." Just as the two robbers began to study the division of the loot, a few kilometers away in the Japanese Imperial Palace, Ito Hirobumi stood in front of Emperor Meiji with a lifeless face.
His Majesty the Emperor looked at the Prime Minister in front of him who had worked hard to revitalize the Japanese Empire, and couldn't help but sigh. Things had reached this point, and there was no use saying anything. Just when the emperor and his ministers were relatively speechless, suddenly
A chamberlain hurriedly ran in and handed a telegram to the Tokudaiji Temple Chamberlain beside the emperor. The face of the Tokudaiji Temple Chamberlain changed as soon as he saw it. His hands were trembling and he looked extremely angry.
"What happened?" Emperor Meiji asked with an ominous premonition.
"Your Majesty, the British army has landed in Nagasaki." The chief chamberlain said through gritted teeth.