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Chapter 1044 Sanada Maru

"Kill!" The densely packed peasants and soldiers armed with spears and carrying ladders launched the largest offensive against Sanada Maru.

"Shoot!" Sanada Maru's defenders were equipped with matchlock guns, bows and arrows, and imitation flintlock guns produced by the Shimadzu family.

Several generations of long-range weapons were fired at once, and the shogunate soldiers who were attacking the city below were howling. From time to time, soldiers braved the rain of guns and arrows fell down on the way to attack Sanada Maru.

Sanada Maru is to build a protruding stronghold on the border of the long city wall to create lateral pressure on the enemy who is attacking the southern city wall of Osaka Castle.It was originally the fortifications built by Sanada Yukimura to fight against the shogunate, but they were later demolished. In order to prevent Osaka Castle from repeating what happened to the Osaka Summer Battle, the Allied Forces rebuilt the Sanada Maru and strengthened the defense of the Sanada Maru.There are stone barriers built on the earth wall similar to the city wall, condescending.Even if Sanada Maru is conquered, there is still the front wall of Osaka Castle as a second barrier.

After Lu Xiangsheng withdrew to Osaka Castle, he was arranged to assist Tachibana Zongshige to protect Sanada Maru.

"Fire!" Lu Xiangsheng gave an order, and three smoothbore guns were installed on the stone base of Sanada Maru, making a loud noise that made the stone base tremble, and smoke came out of the barrels.

Solid bullets bounced among the formations of shogunate soldiers all over the mountains and plains, but all the soldiers hit by solid bullets were all bloody.

"The snow melted, and the soil began to loosen at this time, and the lethality of the solid bullets decreased." Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help feeling a little regretful when he saw the lethal effect of the Napoleon smoothbore gun.

Solid bullets can cause multiple killing effects by bouncing, and melting ice and snow and snow accumulation are not conducive to solid bullet combat.But Lu Xiangsheng had no choice, he only had two boxes of solid bullets left, and his artillery was declared useless after the solid bullets were used up.

"The artillery of the Kyushu Army is so fierce. Whether it was in the Warring States period or the Korean battlefield, I have never seen a short cannon with such firepower. If it is a long-barreled cannon, it is okay, but the short cannon can have such firepower. It’s unbelievable.” Tachibana Muneshige, who was in his [-]s, experienced the Warring States Period and the invasion of Korea, and was deeply amazed by the Napoleon smoothbore gun brought by Lu Xiangsheng.

Most of the cannons he has seen are long naval cannons, such as the Franc cannon and the red cannon, which were passed from Europe and imitated by Eastern countries. The barrels are long and the walls are thick. About one meter, extremely clumsy, only suitable for attacking and defending the city.

What Lu Xiangsheng brought was field guns, and the 12-pound guns were comparable to the long naval guns of this era.

"The ammunition will run out soon, and we can only rely on muskets for defense." Lu Xiangsheng said.

"The soldiers of our Tachibana family are not free-spirited. I, Tachibana Soshige, betrayed the kindness of the Toyotomi family and joined the powerful Tokugawa family. This time I am really on the side of the Western Army. He is still the unparalleled and undefeated general of the Western Kingdom." Tachibana Muneshige fetched a matchlock gun.

"Master Patriarch, the Suihuo gun that the Kyushu Army assisted us is more useful, please try it." Tachibana Tadamo, Tachibana Zongshige's nephew, presented him with a 1777 rifle.

Tachibana Muneshige held the new musket in his hand, and he was not particularly unfamiliar. He had led the Iron Cannon Team to fight for decades: "Is the musket imitated by the Shimadzu family the same as the musket from the Central Plains?"

"The subtlety of this gun is far higher than the iron cannon of Tanegashima. Compared with this, our previous iron cannon is simply useless." Tachibana Tadashige said.

"This thing is really exquisite. Shimadzu's imitation can at best be regarded as abandoning the matchlock. The feel and workmanship are completely incomparable, and the quality is probably not as good as the real thing." Tachibana Munemo tried to shoot, and white smoke filled the air. He could feel the difference between the 1777 rifle and the iron cannon from Tanegashima.

"It's not the mainstream muskets they use, from what I understand these days, the mainstream muskets they use don't require gunpowder to be loaded from the front of the barrel, and they use cylindrical paper case ammunition that can be fed quantitatively from the back of the barrel Loading. The musket designed like that shoots faster, and the firepower is extremely stable." Tachibana Tadamo said in a low voice to Zongmao, the head of the Tachibana family.

"A musket that is filled with gunpowder from the back of the barrel? When it is ignited, won't the gunpowder burn and hurt the Iron Gunner's eyes?" Zong Mao asked suspiciously.

Zong Mao, who had never seen musket-loading muskets before, questioned the feasibility of breech-loading muskets.

"They call it gas-tight, and the escaping powder fumes can interfere with the shooter's aiming and can burn the skin in severe cases. It can be a problem with their breech-loading muskets, but the convenience of the new muskets goes far beyond The danger of gunpowder leakage. In order to increase the chance of winning the war, it is worth making some sacrifices." Tachibana Tadamo said.

When the two generations of the Tachibana family were discussing the new musket, the battle of the first brigade led by Mizuno Katsunari to attack Sanada Maru began to enter a fierce stage, and soldiers fell to the ground every minute.

There are shogunate soldiers with arrows or muskets under the Sanada Maru. The low-cost peasants and soldiers had to bite the bullet and climb the earthen wall of the Sanada Maru under the urging of the supervising team.

The gray-haired Mizuno Katsunari personally came to the front in armor to supervise the battle. Beside him was a supervisory team composed of middle and upper-level warriors. As long as farmers and soldiers retreated, they would be mercilessly beheaded by them.

"This place is within the firing range of the defenders' artillery. Your Excellency, please stay away from here, or you may be shot." Date Tadamune stood beside Mizuno Katsunari.

"I am a general, how can I retreat! If I don't lead by example, how can all the soldiers go forward." Mizuno Katsunari said, "Listen carefully to the sound of artillery at the top of the city. The sound of artillery in the city is becoming more and more sporadic. It seems that the gunpowder in Osaka City And the number of shells is not sufficient."

"Yes, if it weren't for the harsh winter that is not conducive to siege, maybe the ammunition of the enemy army will be consumed faster, and the war will not last for years." Date Zhongzong said.

"What we can do is to launch the final strong attack. It depends on whether we captured Osaka Castle first or the reinforcements from the Kyushu Army arrived first. It seems that the civil strife on the mainland is calming down, and the situation is starting to deteriorate." Mizuno Katsunari said.

"Please, General, let me lead a siege team to attack Sanada Maru before dinner, and I will try my best to capture Sanada Maru," Date Tadamune said.

"I will use the long cannon I bought from Fulang Robot to help you attack Sanada Maru." Mizuno Katsushige said.

The siege of Osaka Castle was protracted, and the shogunate army had time to transport the naval guns used for the siege.

In the Seto Inland Sea, a mighty fleet is moving along the coastline of Honshu Island, aiming at Osaka Castle, and the thick artillery is daunting.

(End of this chapter)