Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 748
Meng Liang, the artillery battalion leader of the Little Tigers, led his subordinates and Mao Liqiu to start searching for usable artillery at the Osaka Fort.

At that time, the power of the artillery was limited, and it was impossible to destroy all the Hongyi cannons on the Osaka Fort.

Most were overturned, some barrels were blown off, but some overturned guns were intact.

After some searching, we finally found 21 usable Hongyi cannons.

The solid bullets are blown up everywhere, and they can be picked up and used again.

It's just that the gunpowder exploded in the fire and all disappeared.

Meng Liang checked again carefully, and then reported to Zhu Cihong:

"Boss, I found 21 Hongyi cannons that can be used. The solid bullets are almost a thousand knocks, but there is no gunpowder."

Zhu Cihong was overjoyed when he heard that the Osaka Fort was an important defensive area in Osaka, and could bombard Osaka Castle from a commanding height.

Zhu Cihong and the others did not carry heavy artillery. Now that the Japanese Hongyi cannon can be used best, they will use their own artillery to attack Little Japan.

Zhu Cihong looked at Huang Ming:
"General Huang, you should immediately send someone to Captain Zheng of the Navy to ask for gunpowder."

"Yes"

Huang Ming took the order and immediately sent a [-]-man team to Zheng Chenggong for gunpowder.

The Ming Army hardly needs gunpowder now, whether it is rifled grenades or mortars, gunpowder is no longer needed.

However, the navy is still unable to use gunpowder for the time being, and gunpowder is still used on many sailing warships.

Daming gunpowder is much better than Japanese gunpowder and Western gunpowder.

They are still using black powder, but Da Ming uses smokeless powder, that is, yellow powder.

Huang Ming sent people to collect the gunpowder, and the Ming Xie Army began to move the guns under the command of Meng Liang.

The 21 Hongyi cannons were all installed and adjusted in place within two incense sticks, and almost all the shells were picked up, waiting for the arrival of the gunpowder.

Osaka Castle

The sound of fighting at the Osaka Fort spread to the city, causing panic among the Japanese.

Sakai Tadakiyo was taken aback by the news that the main force of the Ming army had bombarded the Osaka Cannon.

His initial judgment was that the Osaka Fort was harassed by a small group of Ming troops, with the purpose of encircling the fort for reinforcements.

As long as reinforcements are sent inside the city, the Ming army outside the city will eat them up one by one.

Therefore, Sakai Zhongqing didn't pay much attention to this news at first.

However, news of the Ming army landing on the beach came from his intelligence personnel.

The generals of the Japanese army, the first reaction must be false news!

There is no landing place for the Osaka Fort at all, not only the water is shallow but also the cliffs.

Unless the Ming army swam ashore and climbed the cliffs, their firearms would be turned into sticks of fire.

A Japanese general said:
"If the Ming army has the super power to swim a mile in the sea and then land and attack the Osaka Fort, we will just admit defeat, and there is no need to fight this battle!"

Another Japanese military officer also interjected:

"That's right, the Ming army relied on advanced firearms to fight all battles. Once the firearms were flooded, they could only be slaughtered by us."

Their words caused a roar of laughter from the generals of the Japanese army. Not to mention that the Osaka Fort is an extremely strong fortress, and the fort is guarded by one of the most elite troops of the shogunate army!

The only one who didn't smile was Tadaki Sakai.

He suddenly realized that since the Ming Dynasty started the war with Japan, the Ming army was almost omnipotent and had never lost a battle. Could it be...

As the brains of the shogunate, Sakai Tadaki immediately saw the problem. There might be something wrong with the Osaka Fort.

A thought suddenly flashed in Sakai Zhongqing's mind, and then a cold sweat broke out all over his body.

It is true that the Ming army attacked the Osaka Fort!They are playing tricks!It's not just a slap in the face, it may also be a call to help!
How could the 10,000+ army in Osaka sit back and watch as the defenders of the Osaka Fort were destroyed.

If so, the graves dug by the Ming army for the defenders of the fort can only be left for the defenders of Osaka Castle!
Qi Jiguang at sea also got news that at night, there were Japanese reinforcements in Osaka City preparing to reinforce the fort.

Qi Jiguang and Zheng Chenggong were overjoyed immediately. They both realized that this was a good opportunity to ambush the Japanese army in Osaka City.

The two immediately discussed how to ambush the Japanese army in Osaka City.

At this moment, a soldier reported:

"Report to the governor, His Royal Highness sent someone to come."

Qi Jiguang and Zheng Chenggong immediately said:

"Let them in quickly."

After a while, hundreds of Qi family soldiers walked into the command room of the Hongwu and immediately gave a standard military salute:
"I have seen the two governors, and under the order of His Royal Highness, come to adjust the gunpowder..."

Baihu introduced the situation of the fort to the two governors.

Qi Jiguang and Zheng Chenggong were overjoyed when they heard the words, and secretly gave Zhu Cihong a thumbs up in his heart.

"Come here, give the Little Tigers gunpowder as much as you want!"

"Yes"

When his subordinates were deploying gunpowder for the Little Tigers, Qi Jiguang and Zheng Chenggong also discussed a plan to ambush the Japanese army in Osaka City.

Zhu Cihong led the Little Tigers and Huang Ming's [-] Qi's army to ambush and kill the Japanese army on the Osaka Fort.

Once the Japanese army was defeated and retreated, the Ming army set up an ambush on the road they had to pass through, sealing the Japanese army's retreat route and catching turtles in the urn.

The rivers in Osaka are vertical and horizontal, and the water area accounts for more than one-tenth of the area of ​​Osaka. It is known as the "Water Capital".

Among them, the Yodo River, which flows through the northern part of Osaka Castle, has the largest amount of water. With the convenience of water transportation, many markets were once gathered along the Yodo River, which was the main artery supporting the economy of Osaka.

The Yodo River flows to the southwest and flows into Osaka Bay, while the brigade of the Ming Army is stationed in the south of Osaka City.

The small boats of the Japanese army can reach the Osaka Fort along the Yodo River, forming a steady stream of reinforcements.

This is why Zhu Youjian tried his best to take down the Osaka Fort. After taking it down, Ming's naval warships could go up the river to bombard the city of Osaka, greatly reducing the loss of the Ming army's siege.

The Japanese army sent hundreds of small boats loaded with thousands of soldiers as reinforcements, and soon landed under the fort.

On the west side of the North Fort, Zhu Cihong leaned against an unknown old tree, raised his rifle and took aim.

A Japanese military officer just showed his head, a cloud of blood appeared from the top of his head, and his head was blown off.

The Japanese didn't know that the fort had been occupied by the Ming army, so they cursed angrily:

"Baga, my own people, don't shoot..."

The four little tigers all gave Zhu Cihong a thumbs up:
"Your Highness, your marksmanship is getting better and better!"

Zhu Cihong smiled slightly:
"Stop flattering, blunderbuss, the rifled guns are ready to fire, and the artillery bombards the rear of the Japanese army."

"Yes"

The artillery that Zhu Cihong was talking about was Meng Liang's five hundred artillery.

After the Japanese reinforcements scolded a few times, seeing that there was no movement above, they immediately started to go up the mountain quickly.

They didn't realize that the fort was full of Ming troops, and they had no defense at all.

"Bang bang bang..."

"Kakkaka..."

"Rumble..."

Suddenly the sound of cannons, gunshots, magic guns, and Maokang bullets attacked the Japanese soldiers.

Five thousand Japanese soldiers are a huge area, and it is harder to miss than to hit.

The guns and rifled guns rained down on Japan, causing more than 1000 Japanese casualties in an instant.

Two hundred mortar shells let hundreds of Japanese fly into the sky.

Sudden bombardment, the Japanese general was stunned and shouted hastily:

"Baga, what's going on, don't shoot, it's all your own..."

"Sir, you're wrong. We were fooled. It seems that the fort is full of Ming soldiers. We don't have such powerful firearms..."

(End of this chapter)