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So before attacking the pier, he thought of simply defeating them, or even worse, forcing them back hundreds of meters before attacking the pier.
After Zhang Linong made his decision, the infantry troops of the Marine Corps immediately moved forward in formation, and the only three field guns also began to shell!
When the shelling started, the Fuso people on the opposite side also felt the pressure from the pirates on Yakushima. Their tight phalanx was almost a living target in the face of this shelling!
Although the Marine Corps does not have many field artillery, there are only three in total, and they are only five-pound field artillery. To be honest, the power of these three artillery fires is not very great.
It can't be compared with the large-scale bombardment by dozens of field guns when the Army launched the campaign.
However, it should be noted that the scale of the battle between the two sides at this time was only a few hundred people each. However, in the battle where the army concentrated dozens of artillery pieces, at least thousands of people participated in the battle, and sometimes there were even tens of thousands of people.
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Hundreds of people and three five-pound field guns, this firepower combination is already quite large.
In addition, the troops of both sides were on the plains at this time, and the Fusang people on the opposite side did not know whether they had learned the tactics passed down by the Westerners or the tactics of the Tang Army. They also used matchlock guns and
What are the characteristics of this tactic that combines spears? The formation is very dense and deep.
In this way, every shell fired by Zhang Linong's field artillery, as long as it fell into their square formation, would basically be able to plow a bloody canal.
If the same solid artillery shell hits the troops under Zhang Linong's command, the casualties will be single digits at most, because they are equipped with flintlock muskets and the formation is only three rows long.
However, the formation on the Fuso people's side is six or seven rows!
This means that when under bombardment, casualties will be greater!
What made the Fuso people vomit blood even more was that they withstood the bombardment at this distance and had no ability to fight back because their shotguns had insufficient range. The range of a mere 100 meters was not enough to fight back.
At first, they were counting on Zhang Linong's infantry troops to come over and then the two sides would engage in close combat.
But Zhang Linong is not stupid. Since he has the advantage of long-range firepower, why should he stupidly let the infantry get close and shoot at them? It would be just fine to stay two hundred meters away.
Although the power of the three artillery pieces is not enough to completely defeat the hundreds of Fuso people in one shelling, the Fusang people are living targets. If one bombardment is not enough, a few more rounds, or even dozens of rounds will be enough.
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When the Fuso people can no longer withstand the bombardment, whether they take the initiative to attack or retreat, that's their chance!
Sure enough, after seeing that Zhang Linong's infantry did not take the initiative to attack and stopped about two hundred meters away, the Fusang people finally could no longer bear the one-sided casualties.
They wanted to make changes, but they did not dare to attack directly. Instead, they wanted to spread out their formation to avoid shelling!
Seeing them taking the initiative to spread the formation wider, Zhang Linong also smiled. They thought that if the formation was spread thin, it would be safer. At most, there would be fewer casualties, but it was impossible to completely avoid shelling casualties.
I have plenty of time today, so I will waste it with you!
Ever since, the bombardment continues!
Faced with shells falling into the phalanx from time to time, resulting in casualties, the Fuso people on the opposite side finally couldn't bear it anymore!
Zhang Linong seemed to have heard someone in the Fusang formation shouting something loudly, and he thought to himself: Is he about to launch an active attack?
Immediately he shouted loudly: "The whole army is ready to fight!"
Although the Fuso people are not very good, they cannot be ignored when they rush over, otherwise it will be troublesome if the boat capsizes in the ditch, so he asked the soldiers to stand ready and fire a few rounds of fire at them as long as they entered the range of the flintlock.
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But what he didn't expect was that just as he was preparing the soldiers to prepare for the battle, he saw the Fuso people on the opposite side moving, but instead of rushing over, he turned around and ran away!
Damn it, don’t even fight, just run away?
Zhang Linong was a little dumbfounded!
Then he showed no dignity as a mid-level and senior officer, so he cursed on the spot: What a bold barbarian, how dare you play tricks on me!"
Then he took a deep breath and sent another order: "Send the order, the entire army turns around and captures the dock!"
The adjutant on the side was a little confused: "Sir, aren't we pursuing them? When they retreated, their formations were scattered, which happened to be the time for us to pursue them!"
Zhang Linong looked like a fool, and then asked: "Tell me, what is our mission now?"
"Land on Tanegashima and capture the dock!" When he said this, the adjutant knew that he seemed to be asking a stupid question!
That's right, they originally decided to defeat or drive away those Fuso people in order to capture the pier. Now that they have escaped, they just took the opportunity to capture the pier!
At this time, Zhang Linong said: "As for those barbarians who want to run away, let them run away. This kind of island is only so big, where can they run away!"
The adjutant asked again: "What if they run to the north of the island and then cross the sea to Osumi Peninsula?"
Zhang Linong said: "Do you think our fleet is just a decoration?"
"You can see for yourself, without our prompting, Lord Feng has already started taking action!"
The adjutant looked towards the sea at this time, and sure enough, Feng Qirong had already led the cruiser and two other frigates to set sail, and they were sailing towards the north. Do you need to ask where to go? It must be going to Tanegashima.
The north end is blocked!
They not only wanted to organize the Shijima clan's people to cross the sea and flee north, but they were also preparing to intercept reinforcements that might be sent from the Osumi Peninsula, and to prevent the Ganfu clan who ruled the Osumi Peninsula from sending people to the Osumi Islands.
There is a fleet on the sea, but Tanegashima is only a little bigger and has a slender terrain, with a width of only five or six kilometers from east to west and a length of more than ten or twenty kilometers from north to south. This kind of terrain is more favorable for subsequent Marine Corps operations.
They don't need to spend a lot of time in the follow-up, they can just go north and sweep across. By then, these Fuso people will not have to wait for them somewhere. They may prepare for a long time and gather more troops.
But then my strength will be even stronger!
After capturing the dock, he was able to get reinforcements from the sailors. Before the war, the fleet considered that the ground combat mission would be heavier after landing on Tanegashima, so they also prepared about two hundred sailors for the landing operation. These sailors were all
Sailors in a transport ship.
And if you want them to go ashore to fight, you must at least occupy the dock first, and then let these transport ships dock and complete the transportation mission. Otherwise, the sailors will not be able to get out!
In addition to direct military reinforcements, more importantly, by occupying the dock, he can get more artillery. Not only the field artillery of the Marine Corps, but also the naval artillery can be directly taken down. By then, he will have more than a dozen of them.
With twenty artillery pieces, any defense made by the Fuso people was destined to be useless.
In the face of absolute strength, any conspiracy or trick is useless!