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Chapter 1062 Nagoya Castle

Tokugawa Iemitsu led a [-] shogunate army including auxiliary soldiers to guard the Tennoji area.After the arrival of reinforcements from the Kyushu Army, their plan to defeat the Allied Forces went bankrupt, and they became strategically defensive.And they realized that the arrival of the Kyushu Army must also bring the fleet, and the sea might be controlled by the Kyushu Army's fleet, so the grain of the Fallen Allied Forces could be continuously transported from the rear or even the Chinese mainland to the front line.

Tokugawa Iemitsu, who had no hope of reunification, had to arrange for the army to retreat slowly to the rear. However, the defenders defending Nagoya Castle brought back news that Nagoya had been captured by the Zhili fleet.

At this time, the dragon flag was hung above the Nagoya Castle. Under the threat of naval guns and landing naval squads, Nagoya Castle only held on for a short while before some people gave up resistance, fled or surrendered.Some people went west to Tokugawa Iemitsu's headquarters.

"Nagoya is blocked, our army and Matsudaira Nobutsuna's headquarters have been surrounded by the enemy..."

"Even the navy has been wiped out, our food supply on the water has been cut off, and the food on land must pass through Nagoya before it can be transported. situation."

Knowing that Nagoya Castle was lost, everyone in the shogunate army was worried from top to bottom.The retreat route was cut off by the opponent's fleet, and they were about to be trapped on the peninsula, unable to advance or retreat.With Osaka and Kyoto to the west, Nagoya Castle to the east, Lake Biwa to the north, and the sea to the south, they had no choice but to take back Nagoya and open their retreat.

"How long can our food last?" Tokugawa Iemitsu had to face this question. A 10 army is scary, but the appetite of [-] people is even more scary.

"Unfortunately, our food supply may not last longer than ten days, and the morale of the army will collapse on the eighth or ninth day," said Mitsumasa Ikeda.

"Recapture Nagoya Castle, I still want to look for a chance." Tokugawa Iemitsu said with some sadness.

Many daimyos and bannermen whose interests were tied to Tokugawa Iemitsu looked at each other in blank dismay. They all knew that the chances of winning were already very small, and the shogunate's military luck might come to an end.

"Let me lead the army to retake Nagoya. I, Mizuno Katsunari, am old enough to die in battle without any regrets. I don't want the Tokugawa family to go down." Mizuno Katsunari was not reconciled, and still wanted Do the fight of the trapped beast.

"I, Date Zhongzong, would like to go together!"

"Ikeda Mitsumasa would also like to be shrouded in horse leather!"

Several important generals asked for orders one after another.

"The martial arts of the Tokugawa family and even the entire Kanto daimyo will be entrusted to you! If we can regain Nagoya and the grain hoarded there within eight days, then we still have a chance. If we cannot regain Nagoya within eight days, we can only submit to The rebels surrendered..." Tokugawa Iemitsu said.

Tokugawa Iemitsu selected 5000 people from the new army and handed them over to Mizuno Katsunari, as well as [-] miscellaneous soldiers and cannon fodder, as well as dozens of artillery pieces, and they went to try to recover Nagoya.

At this time, Nagoya was controlled by the Zhili Fleet led by Nelson, with less than 2000 people controlling here and nearby areas.The tall castle built by the shogunate more than 20 years ago collapsed because it was hit by artillery during the battle of the Zhili fleet.

"The castle here is very distinctive, a bit like the architectural style of China... Although it can prevent the enemy from climbing the city wall, the defensive ability is not enough compared to the bastion, and it has no effect in front of the artillery." Nelson said in a statement. Looking up from the bottom of Nagoya Castle, the height of the castle is indeed very high, but he, who has seen the fortified battle of the bastion in the 18th century, does not take this kind of fortification seriously.

"Report! There is an urgent report from the sentinel in the direction of Osaka. It is found that the army of the shogunate is marching towards our Nagoya. The number of people is about tens of thousands!" When Nelson was looking at Nagoya Castle curiously, the naval sentinel came to report.

"Prepare for the battle, and you must stick to Nagoya. I estimate that they will collapse after another half a month," Nelson said.

Defending Nagoya was 2000 people from the Zhili Fleet. They moved some naval guns to Nagoya Castle, and unloaded the Gatling hand-cranked machine gun to reinforce the fortifications of Nagoya Castle.

Nelson was not impressed by the fortifications of Nagoya, but it was more than enough to defend against the counterattack of the shogunate army.

The battle for Nagoya broke out soon after Mizuno Katsunari and Date Tadamune led the army.There is not much time left for the shogunate army, and their food can only last for ten days. Nagoya must be recaptured as soon as possible to restore the army's food and grass supplies.

Nagoya was originally a castle built under the orders of the Tokugawa family, but it was unexpected that it would be put into use so soon and become a stronghold of the enemy.

Cannons were roaring, arquebuses and flintlock guns were firing, Nagoya was covered in gunpowder smoke, and the castle was covered in flames of war.Mizuno Katsunari and Date Tadamune led the most elite samurai troops of the shogunate. Unlike the Nagoya defenders who were scared away by Nelson and the others, Nagoya Castle soon became more and more dilapidated under the bombardment of artillery.

"The sound of this kind of artillery is the Franc machine artillery, and some relatively inferior smoothbore guns that we helped the shogunate at the beginning. I didn't expect the shogunate to hoard a lot of artillery in private." Nelson deduced the type of artillery used by the other party based on the sound of the artillery. , very busy.

The artillery used by the shogunate includes old-style artillery left over from the Warring States period, the Fran cannon bought from the Fran machine man, the smoothbore gun provided by the Kyushu Army obtained as a consideration when signing the "Edo Treaty", and The shogunate's own imitation smoothbore gun with unreliable performance.

Because there is no unified standard, the shogunate also has no unified standard for the ammunition of various mixed artillery, which actually caused them a lot of trouble.

"They seem to have accumulated a lot of artillery in the past few years. It is not so easy to defend Nagoya this time." The naval officers who were in charge of Nagoya's defense with Nelson were able to gather when they saw the shogunate army's positions were full of artillery fire. Dozens of artillery pieces that threatened Nagoya Castle were somewhat unexpected.

"The shogunate has a lot of silver mines, so it's no surprise that they were able to buy these artillery. As the frontline supply station of the shogunate, Nagoya not only has a lot of food and grass, but also gunpowder and projectiles for their artillery. I think they also have They don't carry much gunpowder, and without gunpowder, the cannon is a pile of scrap metal in their hands." Nelson didn't think so.

The artillery of Mizuno Katsunari and other shogunate generals roared, and the naval artillery brought ashore by the Zhili fleet also began to counterattack. Both sides were using artillery to declare their force to each other.

Date Zhongzong tied a hundred scarves on his head, and led a team of death squads to prepare for the storming of Nagoya.

(End of this chapter)