The bamboo bundles of the shogunate army could protect against ordinary iron cannon bullets, but they could not protect against cannon shot.
According to the caliber of the iron cannon, the Japanese classified the iron cannon into one to ten barrels. The so-called ten barrels are heavy iron cannons with a charge of 20 grams at a time and a bullet weighing 37 grams. This type of iron cannon only has ten
Only strong samurai can use it. In an experiment conducted by the Japanese Muzzleloader Shooting Federation, at a distance of about thirty meters, a ten-gun barrel penetrated six layers of bamboo bundles with a diameter of four centimeters.
It can be seen that although bamboo bundles have excellent defensive power, they can still be penetrated by heavy firearms.
Facing more than 10,000 shogunate iron artillerymen who were slowly approaching with bamboo bundles, more than 200 heavy cannons on the city wall waited with bated breath. When the 40,000 shogunate soldiers walked 300 meters away under the cover of bamboo bundles, the cannons opened fire
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The kinetic energy of the cannon shot was stronger than that of the Juju barrel, and it penetrated those heavy bamboo bundles without any suspense. The iron projectile shot through the bamboo bundles and then shot into the ashigaru armor, once again penetrating the thin armor.
The layer of iron armor pierced into the flesh and blood of the Iron Cannon Ashigaru.
Almost at the moment when the cannons fell on the city wall, blood burst out like flowers from the soldiers in the front row holding bamboo bundles, and the screams of more than a thousand people merged into a huge sound. The feet of the front row
Qing Qing fell down together with the bamboo bundles in their hands, screaming and moaning on the ground. It was like a domino that had been knocked down and could no longer stand up.
The shrill screams shook the morale of the shogunate army, and the shogunate army in the back row stopped for a moment.
The shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu in the main formation saw the heavy damage suffered by the ashigaru in the front row and suddenly stood up from his small chair.
"red deer!"
He cursed loudly and pointed hard at the fan. Behind him, several drum and trumpeters blew their horns loudly and began to encourage the ashigaru in front.
When the samurai heard the sound of the horn, they began to loudly encourage the ashigaru around them. The samurai who shouted desperately quickly restored the morale of the ashigaru. The ashigaru lifted up the heavy bamboo bundles and rushed forward quickly.
But after only walking a hundred meters, the Ashigaru were bombarded by artillery fire from the top of the city.
Dazzling sparks suddenly erupted from the muzzle of the black hole on the city wall, and the rumbling sound of cannons sounded one after another. The overwhelming shotgun pellets came quickly like raindrops. The ashigaru holding the bamboo bundle in the front was hit hard again. Regardless of
No matter how you dodge behind the bamboo bundles, those projectiles can pass through the bamboo bundles and directly pierce the ashigaru's armor.
Soldiers fell to the ground one after another, twitching and rolling in the blood spurting from their bodies. Life was like the most worthless thing, being consumed quickly on the battlefield.
However, the commander of the shogunate army was ruthless. Sakai Tadakatsu waved his samurai sword and roared behind the 40,000-strong army, urging the army to speed up.
Sakai Tadakatsu asked the army to rush within 100 meters and shoot at the cannon on the city wall.
In fact, Li Zhi's cannon can fire faster. At the most critical moment, the gunners can complete a shotgun reload in twenty seconds. But in that case, the barrel will heat up rapidly, and it will take an hour to cool down after five or six shots.
In order to fire more shots before the barrel cooled down for a long time, Li Zhi asked the gunner to fire only one shot per minute.
The iron gunners continued to move forward and entered within 200 meters of Sannomaru Castle Wall.
The riflemen of the Tiger Division on the city wall began to shoot.
The east wall of Sannomaru is only more than 900 meters, and there are more than 800 shooting holes on the wall. Obviously these shooting holes are designed for the matchlock soldiers, and the distance between each shooting hole is more than one meter. In fact, for the Tiger Division
For the flintlock Minie rifle, only half a meter of clearance was needed between soldiers.
The riflemen aimed at the shogunate iron gunners behind the bamboo bundles at the shooting holes in the city wall.
The bamboo bundle is heavy and cannot be made too large, and the defensive area is also limited. In addition, except for the thickest part in the middle, which has seven or eight layers of bamboo, there are only fewer layers of bamboo on both sides of the bamboo bundle. Huben Master's tapered shape
Bullets can penetrate. Even if you use a simple crosshair to aim and shoot at the side of a bamboo bundle at a distance of more than 100 meters, it is impossible to hit 100% of the time, but as long as you shoot out, there is a possibility of hitting.
The crackling sound of gunfire like popping beans rang out on the city wall, and more than 800 rounds of bullets were fired at the slowly approaching bamboo soldiers.
Not all the bullets hit the target. Most of the bullets hit the thick middle of the bamboo bundles or flew away. Only 20% or 30% of the bullets penetrated the sides of the bamboo bundles, penetrated the armor of the iron artillery soldiers, and penetrated into the armor of the iron artillery soldiers.
They fell into the bodies of the bamboo beam soldiers. More than a hundred bamboo beam iron gunners in the front row were knocked down, letting out a shrill howl, and fell limply on the cold ground.
The damage caused by the rifleman at one time is not as high as that of the shotgun, but the advantage of the rifleman is that it is continuous. Li Zhi asked the riflemen to form a four-row firing array in front of the shooting hole, and a shot would be fired from the shooting hole almost every four seconds.
The iron gunners of the shogunate were stunned by this ferocious rifle fire.
Tokugawa Iemitsu stood in the main formation, looking in disbelief at the shooting holes on Osaka Castle that were constantly spewing fire.
The daimyo of the shogunate were even more astonished. It has been a hundred years since iron cannons were introduced to Japan. It is basically common sense that ordinary iron cannons can only shoot 100 meters. For an ordinary six-cylinder cannon, it can shoot 100 meters and not 100 meters away.
The impact point cannot be controlled, the kinetic energy is only half of the original, and it cannot even penetrate the armor of a high-level warrior.
Li Zhi's rifle can shoot accurately at a distance of a hundred meters and can penetrate bamboo bundles. This is simply incredible.
Division Huben's rifle suddenly seemed to shatter the worldview of these professional officers. They looked at each other with disbelief on their faces, and the word "impossible" seemed to be written on each of their faces.
And it is obvious that the rifles of the Tiger Division are more powerful than the iron cannons commonly used by the Japanese Ashigaru. Even at a distance of a hundred kilograms, those rifles can penetrate the sides of bamboo bundles.
How can we fight this battle?
Although the hit rate of each rifle shot was only 20 to 30%, the iron gunners with bamboo beams moved too slowly. To the riflemen on the city wall, the Japanese ashigaru behind those bamboo beams seemed to be standing at attention and being beaten.
The Japanese iron artillerymen carrying bamboo bundles seemed to have entered a death zone. They kept walking forward and falling down. More than two thousand iron artillery ashigaru were killed, but the battle line did not advance a few meters at all. On the city wall
The continuous rifles dealt with the slowly moving bamboo bundles with ease, and the scene on the battlefield was like a massacre.
Finally, Sakai Tadakatsu realized that he couldn't rush forward with the bamboo bundle, so he became anxious. He waved his katana and shouted: "Throw away the bamboo bundle, rush forward and shoot!"
"Boom! Boom!"
"boom!"
As soon as the iron gunners dropped the bamboo bundles, the 260 cannons on the city wall opened fire. Without the resistance of the bamboo bundles, the shotgun pellets penetrated two holes, penetrated the first layer of ashigaru and then shot into the second layer.
Ashigaru's body immediately swept across the rows of Japanese soldiers in front of him.
In just one shot, shotgun pellets killed three or four thousand Japanese soldiers.
Blood splashed everywhere, everything was stained red. The minced meat was taken out of the wounded body by the projectiles, and sprayed on the faces of the soldiers behind.
