When Bi Zhi'an saw the Fuso people from the distant brigade approaching, although he was surprised at the large number of troops on the other side at first, he soon felt relieved.
Because he didn't see any large-caliber artillery on the other side at all. There were some small-caliber shotguns, but not many.
How to attack Osaka Castle without a large number of large-caliber heavy artillery?
You must know that Osaka Castle is just like other colonies of the Tang Dynasty. It is a veritable fortress.
Although it was not originally built for military purposes, the built Osaka Castle looks like a bastion. However, due to its large area, the defensive effectiveness is diluted. The walls in many areas are just thin walls.
It is not a strong fortress, but in order to strengthen the defensive performance, a wide and very deep moat was dug outside the city wall.
Anyway, it is very cheap for the local aborigines in Fuso. Giving them two meals a day can keep them working all day.
Osaka City was built by the Tang Dynasty for more than ten years. Although it was mainly used as a commercial city, its military defense capabilities were not weak at all.
In particular, the five protrusions on the outside of the city wall are connected end to end. If heavy troops are deployed on them, they will have enough firepower to block the entire peripheral defense line. These protrusions are actually typical defense methods for bastions.
And these protrusions are veritable military fortresses. If the opponent wants to attack them, without the help of heavy artillery, they will die as many as they come.
The defense of Osaka Castle seems to be scattered, but in fact, it uses focused defense and connects it end to end, which can exert the greatest effect with the least amount of troops.
Of course, if these Fuso people can bear the casualties, they can also fight their way into Osaka City from the middle of each protrusion.
But there is probably no army in the world that can withstand the firepower of the Tang Army without any protection without collapse.
Oda Nobunaga looked at Osaka Castle in front of him and frowned, thinking about how to conquer this city.
The Osaka Castle opposite seems to be full of loopholes, especially the areas between the protrusions, which can accommodate troops to rush through directly. Although there are moats and walls, as long as the moats are filled up, they can rush through.
Go under the city wall, and then climb up these five or six meter high walls to get in.
But under the firepower of the Tang Dynasty, how many people could rush over and successfully climb to the top of the city?
Oda Nobunaga knew very well the horrors of the Tang Army!
Because he had witnessed with his own eyes the army of the Tang Dynasty launched a mopping up operation against a daimyo. The Army of the Tang Dynasty, which consisted of more than 300 people, captured the city in less than a day and killed two thousand of the more than 1,000 defenders in the city.
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In this process, the casualties of the Tang Army were only in single digits.
When their artillery fires explosive grenades, it basically declares the end of the battle.
Today, if he asks his troops to attack those junctions, he is basically making it clear that the enemy can hunt and kill them calmly. No matter how many troops there are, they will not be able to rush through.
That's not a weakness at all, but a trap!
Oda Nobunaga's review of the situation is still very good. The Tang Army has been fighting for so many years. What enemy has it not encountered? How can its defensive deployment allow people to find weaknesses so easily? Those blank areas between the protrusions
, it seems that it will fall down with a push, but if you want to rush up, you have to face the lateral firepower of the Datang Army from at least two protruding parts at the same time.
At the same time, there were militia troops conducting fire interceptions on the front of these city walls.
As long as Oda Nobunaga dared to fight, the Tang Army would dare to make them come back without any return.
Oda Nobunaga did not immediately let the army launch an attack. Instead, he observed for most of the day. During this period, he also sent troops to try to fill in the moat, but with little success. The soldiers who carried sand and gravel to fill in the moat were greatly injured.
Some of them had not even gotten close to the moat, but they were already shot down one by one by the Tang Army's guns and artillery. Only a few people rushed to the moat and threw sand and gravel.
This situation made Oda Nobunaga even more desperate.
Because now he discovered that under the firepower of the Tang Army, even filling up the moat would probably have to pay a huge price.
As for charging up the city wall, who knows how many casualties it would cost.
But despair is despair, and the battle must still be fought.
He also knew that the Tang Dynasty's maritime transportation was very developed, and I was afraid that within a few days people from the Tang Dynasty would land from the sea and support the defenders of Osaka City, so there was not much time left for them.
Ever since, Oda Nobunaga began to attack. There was no heavy artillery cover, and those shotguns or matchlock guns were useless. They could only use the most primitive and purest way to let the soldiers carry soil, sand and gravel, and then cross
The fire blockade of the Tang Army rushed to the moat and threw it down.
This kind of fighting style left Bi Zhian speechless.
These Fuso people are really not afraid of death!
A steady stream of soldiers were sent out, and then braved the Tang Dynasty's artillery interception to fill in the moat.
At first, Bi Zhian was still very nervous and personally directed the troops to intercept and fire. But later, he was too lazy to personally direct the volley and fired. He gave an order to shoot and then ignored it.
The moat was only about ten meters away from the main city wall. The soldiers stationed on the protrusion and the militiamen on the city wall could calmly aim and shoot.
At the same time, a large number of artillery deployed on the top of the city continued to fire!
Field artillery with a caliber of nine pounds and above fires grenades and starts intercepting them from a distance of 300 to 500 meters.
The medium-caliber five-pound field artillery is also a howitzer, intercepting at a distance of 150 meters to 300 meters.
And a large number of two-pound and three-pound shotguns covered a distance of less than 150 meters.
The musket covers the distance within the last fifty meters.
In order to ensure accuracy and avoid wasting bullets, officers prohibited soldiers from attacking targets fifty meters away and left it to the artillery unit.
After a long day of fierce fighting, when the Fuso coalition troops outside the city stopped attacking in the evening, the Fuso people had already left at least two thousand corpses outside the city!
And at the cost of two thousand people, they only filled in about one-third of one section of the moat.
However, how many casualties were suffered by the Tang army defending the city?
There were only about ten people, and three of them were injured due to gun explosions.
The huge gap in firepower between the two sides turned this battle into a one-sided massacre!
In the evening, Bi Zhian also went down to the top of the city. However, although he went down, his troops were still on the top of the city. The protruding part on the top of the city was a standard fortress with many good facilities for the troops.
It is stationed for a long time and even has a kitchen.
After getting off the city wall, he went to the regiment headquarters to attend a military meeting, but there was nothing good to say in the meeting, it was all useless nonsense.
The only thing worth noting is that the Navy is also preparing to participate in the war, and the number of troops participating in the war is not limited to the Marine Corps of more than 200 people. The Fuso Squadron stationed in Osaka has more than ten warships of various sizes. On these warships
There are quite a lot of sailors and marines on board the ship. Although some sailors have to be left to drive the ship and look after the house, the navy still mobilized more than 500 sailors and marines to prepare for ashore combat, plus more than 200 to guard the port.
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The navy is expected to send a total of 700 naval troops to participate in the war. It is worth noting that of these 700-odd people, only more than 400 are infantry, and the rest are all artillery.
The navy, among other things, has a lot of guns!
Those sailors who came ashore to participate in the battle were said to be sailors, but in fact most of them were naval gunners on various ships.
The artillery they used were all artillery removed directly from the ship.
It is also an old tradition of the Navy to directly remove the artillery from the ship and move it to land to participate in the battle.
This is why the Marines of the Navy are all infantry and baggage troops, but there is no separate Marine artillery.
Because there is no need at all!
When encountering a ground battle, the Navy usually fires artillery directly from warships and recruits gunners serving on the warships to participate in the battle.
With the reinforcements of more than 700 people from the navy, especially the large number of artillery pieces, the next fight for the Fuso people will be even more difficult.
The next day, the Fuso people launched another attack, but were attacked by Tang Dynasty's intensive artillery fire. Countless grenades exploded among the Fuso soldiers, leaving pieces of corpses one after another.
On the third day, when Oda Nobunaga saw that thousands of people had been killed and injured and even the moat could not be breached, he originally wanted to continue the attack.
But after all, not every daimyo was like Oda Nobunaga, who came with the determination to die at the gates of Osaka Castle.
That night, many daimyo quietly evacuated with their troops.
On the fourth day, Oda Nobunaga discovered that half of the coalition forces under his command had been reduced!
He was not beaten by Datang, but ran away by himself!
At this time, Oda Nobunaga, no matter how unwilling he was, knew that it was just a delusion to conquer Osaka Castle. Frustrated, he could only retreat with his troops.
This active attack cannot penetrate, so we can only retreat.
He plans to defend the city to the death after returning. As for whether he can hold it, there is no surprise. It will definitely not be possible.
The officers of the Tang Army knew this, as did Oda Nobunaga, and even many ordinary Fuso soldiers knew it!
After seeing the Fuso people retreating, Bi Zhian's face was full of disappointment!
Although the fighting seemed to be lively these days, in fact his troops, no, that should be said, all the Osaka garrison, were actually unilaterally shooting and massacred.
The enemy has no means of fighting back at all!
Such a battle seems to have great results, but if you want to say how much credit it is, you will be despised. Don't think that the people in Quan Xusi are fools. They are very smart. If you want to rely on such military achievements, just