Volume 7 Jiangnan Green Looking Maple Red Chapter 948 Chuanzhong (3)
"The formation is slightly spread out, and we will soon enter the firing range of the iron gunners."
Although the Hojo Clan, who was on the front line, had not fought against the Momiji Army, they could probably estimate the range of the iron cannon. As they gradually advanced and got closer to the rock fortresses, the Hojo Clan felt more and more invisible. The pressure. He seemed to be able to see countless dark iron cannons pressed against his forehead.
Fuma Ninja has collected all the information about the Hongye Army in detail, including the establishment of the Hongye Arms. Each Hongye Arms has 3 companies, and each company has 8 platoons. There are 150 iron gunners in the 3 platoons, which means that one reserve team has 450 iron cannons. In the Yanzhai group in front of the Kwantung Allied Forces, you can see the flags of 8 infantry reserve teams, and waiting in front of them are 3,600 iron cannons. The terrifying firepower of iron cannons... The Hongye Army, which only has 40,000 people, has almost the same number of iron cannons as the Kwantung Allied Forces, not to mention the more than 20 large cannons that are constantly firing.
"Disperse the queue! Disperse the queue!" Hojo Clan once again reiterated the order loudly to the surrounding subordinates. At the same time, he glanced regretfully at the rush vehicle being pushed forward by the auxiliary troops. In the past, these vehicles with strong long-range firepower were attacked. In Yanzhai or the city, pushing a ram cart and hiding behind the ram cart is a good way to cover. No matter how powerful the iron cannon is, it is difficult to penetrate the ram cart with one shot from such a long distance. However, the current This is clearly not the case…
A shell struck after the roar, shattering the ram that Hojo Clan was watching just now. Many people who were hiding behind the ram just now were bombarded by the big cannon on the rock wall along with the ram. Broken.
"It's terrible." Hojo Ujikuni complained as he raised a round shield he carried close to his body. As a samurai, he didn't even bother to use such an iron shield, but before sending out troops, Hojo Tsunari insisted on using the forward guard. The Hojo clan wore this heavy iron shield, even if it damaged their image - it was the only armor that could protect themselves from iron cannon fire.
Not all soldiers can have an iron shield to protect themselves. Most ordinary ashigaru can only hold shields and wooden boards for cover, while the auxiliary soldiers carrying and pushing siege equipment don't even have protection. , morale has already been shaken due to the targeted attack by the Hongye Army's Datong Team.
The roar of artillery and the screams of soldiers continued to sound, while the Kwantung Allied Forces continued to push forward despite the firepower. Although the roar of artillery was also very dense, the Hojo Clan could still let their ears enjoy it again during the interval between reloading. Quiet. But he knew that this quiet would soon end, and it would end when the 3,600 iron cannons of the Red Leaf Army started firing.
coming soon…
Hojo Clan saw that they were less than thirty feet away from the rock stronghold.
However, the sound of iron cannons did not sound
Twenty-five feet...still nothing. Twenty-five feet, still nothing.
"It's strange." Hojo Ujikuni looked up again at the bastion in front of him. It was about one foot tall. From this distance, he could already see the iron cannon protruding from the walls. He had already passed the iron cannon. The furthest range, but the Hongye Army has not made any move. But the more silent they are, the more frightened the soldiers of the Kwantung Alliance who are walking at the front of the queue are. If they keep walking like this, they will be greeted by a slap in the face. Shooting from a distance and inevitable death.
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"Don't be in a hurry to shoot, get closer before shooting." Regarding this matter, the commander of the first bastion from the south, Tianhe reserve captain Uji Hidetaka, did not forget to remind his iron gunners over and over again, "His Highness has said it.
, firing now is likely to scare the enemy back, so be sure to put it at the edge of the ditch in front of the bastion before firing."
The iron gunners of Tianhe Bei responded to the captain's instructions with silent determination. Everyone had finished loading and lit the match, and everyone had pressed their hands on the triggers, but no one fired without permission.
After a while, the iron gunners and archers of the Hojo family also reached an angle and position that was sufficient for shooting from above. They stopped not far in front of the bastion, aimed at the bastion and began to aim and shoot. The long-range soldiers of the Hojo family
The number was also very impressive, and a hail of bullets came to the bastion. However, none of Tianhe Bei's iron gunners fired back. They all lowered their bodies and hid behind the wall stacks, listening to the bullets hitting the earth and stone bastion wall, and watching.
Arrows kept flying over the head. Even if people who couldn't avoid being hit were hit by stray bullets and arrows, there was still no one who could not calm down and was the first to fight back.
Finally, the Kwantung Allied Forces, which seemed to be fed up with the Hongye Army's silence, blew the charge horn and roared towards the Hongye Army's bastion group. The distance that was only a few dozen meters away was quickly lost at the sprint speed.
Evaporated, and in the blink of an eye the Kwantung Allied Forces had rushed to the fortress group.
"Fire!" Uji Hidetaka, who had been silent for a long time, could finally shout out the order he had been shouting for twenty years. The iron gunners who had been leaning motionless behind the wall immediately stood up and rushed towards the wall.
The approaching Kwantung Allied Forces fired projectiles. 3,600 iron cannons fired almost at the same time, and the roar resounded through the sky. The charging Kwantung Allied Forces were even stunned for a moment. However, they were not given time to react, and the close salvos immediately fired.
Kwantung Allied Forces were knocked to the ground piece by piece like harvesting wheat.
Hojo Ujikuni, who was commanding on the front line, also received a blow. A lead bullet hit the center of the iron shield in his hand. The huge impact shook Hojo Ujikuni and staggered, but he barely managed to fall. Without the iron shield, he would have been hit by the bullet.
It's probably his abdomen.
"Seize their opportunity to reload, go!" After a moment of trance, the Hojo Clan immediately came back to their senses and shouted. The soldiers of the Hojo family immediately rushed forward, surrounding the few dozen
The rushing vehicles and ladders sent to the front line rushed towards the Yanzhai in front of them. In front of the Yanzhai, the Red Leaf Army dug two trenches, set up two low walls, three rows of fences and horses. This complete defense provided Hojo with
The army caused a great obstacle. The soldiers and auxiliaries had to work hand in hand to break the gap in the low wall, push the wooden fence and block the horse, and then tried to fill the trench with the sandbags they carried, which made the siege weapons useless.
pass.
These civil engineering operations are already extremely troublesome even if they are carried out on weekdays, but how can the iron gunners of the Red Leaf Army allow them to work with peace of mind? The fixed target that is almost placed in front of them is hit accurately by the iron gunners, and the auxiliary soldiers on the front line
The soldiers fell down one after another, and blood had accumulated in the trench. After wasting the strength of nine cattle and two tigers, and paying huge casualties, the Hojo Army finally broke through the roadblocks set up by the Red Leaf Army and rushed all the way to the Yanzhai.
Before the last trench down.
Iwataro is an auxiliary on the front line of the Hojo Army. At this moment, he is playing a hide-and-seek game on the frontline battlefield that is mixed with gunpowder smoke and the smell of blood. He is not a samurai, but just the third son of an ordinary peasant family. He is interested in the Hojo family. Loyalty is only limited to the tradition of several generations, so it is okay to let him follow the charge, but it is a bit reluctant to ask him to risk his life to attack. In the battle just now, there were countless people who were stronger, more alert, and faster in reaction than him. All his auxiliary companions died in the battle, and he was the only one who survived, not because of how powerful he was, but simply because after escaping the first round of volleys, he huddled behind the low wall of the Red Leaf Army and refused to move. . It wasn't until his companions advanced under the rock stronghold that he was forced out from behind the low wall by the samurai supervising the battle with a shining samurai sword, and he rushed forward with his waist bent.
He casually picked up a bloody sack under the body of a dead auxiliary soldier, ran a few steps quickly, and threw the sack into the ditch ahead. Then he felt that he had completed his mission and could deliver, and tried to run back. However, By some mistake, he turned around and glanced at the iron gunner of the Red Leaf Army between the walls of Yanzhai, only to find that there happened to be an iron cannon with a black muzzle pointed directly at him.
Iwataro was so frightened that he hurriedly jumped to the side in full screen instinct. A moment later, the place where he was just standing was dusted by the bullets fired from the iron cannon. Iwataro, who threw himself on the ground, originally wanted to pretend to be dead on the spot. , but the continuous flow of people rushing up made him worry about whether he would be trampled to death. Gunshots kept ringing in his ears, and his back and legs were stepped on several times. Iwataro wanted to stand up countless times. They ran back, but they lost their courage in the hail of bullets - if you ran back with your back exposed like this, you might be shot to death by the iron gunner. Even if you ran back, you would still be forced to rush again by the samurai supervising the battle. Came forward.
Thinking of this, Iwataro's heart skipped a beat, he stood up on his hands and knees, turned around and rushed towards the trench under the rock stronghold, jumped straight into the trench. As soon as he squatted down, there was another burst of sound above his head. The roar of the iron cannon hit the place where he had just settled.
"You are truly blessed with great fortune." Iwataro murmured a few words in the dialect of his hometown, and he was very happy to have escaped death. He hid in the trench under the rock stronghold, where the iron gunners above the rock stronghold were shooting. It's a dead end. If I hide here, I won't encounter a war supervising warrior coming to kill me, right?
There seemed to be many companions who had the same idea as him. Nearly ten people and several corpses were crowded in the narrow trench. The blood of the corpses gradually filled the trench and submerged Iwataro's ankles. However, he was shouting kill. In the battlefield with constant sounds, screams and roars, this trench was as safe as a paradise. After calming down, Iwataro was able to watch how his soldiers rushed towards the rock village one after another.
The shouts of killing still didn't stop, but became more and more intense. Iwataro didn't pay attention at first, until his companions on the right became restless. He turned around in confusion and found that his companions squatting in the trench together were coming one after another. The ground was knocked down.
"Where did the bullets come from?" Iwataro raised his head in panic, but he did not see the iron gunner who poked his head out from above and aimed downwards. So he turned his shoulders and searched around again, and then he found their sides. Behind is also a wall - the iron gunners on the wall are pointing their guns at the trench where they are.
Iwataro turned pale with fright again, and immediately ran away along the trench on his hands and knees - he had never had such an experience, and he could still be hit by the iron gunners on the wall even though he had gotten into the trench. He ran all the way along the trench.
, then he discovered that the trench had a very abrupt sharp angle in front. He turned around along the bend and looked up - there was another wall directly in front of him. An iron gunner on the wall was originally aiming in another direction.
After noticing movement coming from his right side, he slowly turned the muzzle of his gun and shot the bewildered Iwataro, knocking him down in a pool of blood.