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Chapter 1067
On the seventh day of the Nagoya Battlefield, the elite shogunate troops led by Mizuno Katsunari and Date Tadamune launched their last attack on Nagoya Castle.

Nagoya Castle collapsed due to bullets, leaving only a piece of ruins.Maybe this is a rare historic site in later generations, but in this era, it is just an ordinary castle that has been built for 20 years. Neither the attacker nor the defender cares about the collapse of Nagoya Castle in the artillery. They only care about whether they have achieved their strategic goals. .

Da da da!A Gatling hand-cranked machine gun was placed at the head of the city, shooting at the shogunate warriors coming from all over the mountains below!Metal shell casings fell on the stone bricks, making a crisp crashing sound.

The machine gunner's eyes were already red, and the handle turned faster and faster.

"Calm down, the handle is too easy to cause jam!" The commander reminded the machine gunner.

As the ten-day deadline approached, the besieged shogunate army was about to fall into the unfavorable situation of running out of ammunition and food. Mizuno Katsunari and Ida Tadamune were anxious and launched the last charge on Nagoya.

Nagoya Castle was bombarded with several gaps by their artillery, but the naval squadron of the Zhili Fleet quickly occupied the gap.They tore down houses and piled up earthworks in the gap, turning the gap into a positional battle, and sent out naval squads to defend.Although Date Zhongzong tried repeatedly to break through the line of defense, but in the face of the attack of sophisticated firearms, their morale could not persist until they completely occupied the gap.

The naval soldiers of the Zhili Fleet experienced the baptism of land warfare in Nagoya, and every naval soldier has a dream of land warfare.Originally, such matters should be handed over to the marine brigade that goes ashore for combat, but the marine brigade is currently fighting against nobles and indigenous tribes who may rebel in the Nanyang Islands and Indochina Peninsula, so the Zhili fleet has to use muskets And naval guns went ashore to defend.

"Damn machine guns! Do they have that much ammunition?!" Date Tadamune led the samurai for the last siege. His face was covered with dust, and he hadn't washed his face for several days.

But his courage to face death did not allow him to lead the samurai of the shogunate into Nagoya Castle.The Gatling hand-cranked machine gun was turning, and dozens of naval guns that had been removed from the battleship were roaring.The original heavy naval guns are the most suitable for defending the city, and there are constant artillery roars.

The musketeers on the walls and gaps were aiming and shooting regardless of ammunition, causing heavy losses to the charging warriors.

Compared with the unscrupulous use of gunpowder and shells by the soldiers of the Zhili fleet, the sound of artillery and gunshots by Mizuno Katsunari and Date Tadamune gradually became sparse.

Because the frontline base of Nagoya Castle fell, their gunpowder and projectile reserves were almost exhausted. This time Mizuno Katsunari used their last gunpowder and projectiles for the attack.

"If you want to capture Nagoya, there is no hope. Mingjin withdraws your troops. The military luck of the shogunate ends here." Mizuno Katsunari was observing the battle to attack Nagoya. The death squad led by Date Tadamune did not lack courage, but in the face of absolute firepower The casualties were heavy.

"Hiss!" The left side of Date Zhongzong's cheek was grazed by the metal bullet of the machine gun, leaving a shallow bloodstain.

If the position of the bullet was a little bit off just now, then Date Tadamune is not a daimyo, but an ordinary corpse that fell on the battlefield.

He should also be thankful that the Gatling hand-cranked machine gun uses metal bullets instead of traditional lead bullets, otherwise even scratching the skin will cause infection, and there will be endless troubles after the war.

Date Zhongzong, who was charging, heard the sound of Mingjin withdrawing his troops, and unwillingly led the samurai to retreat again.

The originally dense formation became sparse during the retreat, and many desperate warriors fell to the ground meaninglessly.

"Senior Mizuno, please let us launch an attack on Nagoya again. This time we will be able to take down Nagoya Castle!" After the warriors, including Date Tadamune, retreated and got a rest, they were still unwilling to attack Mizuno Katsura who commanded them. Cheng asked to play.

"If my guess is correct, their gunpowder was transported from warships moored by the sea. Their ammunition is sufficient, and I am afraid that we will not be able to consume all of their ammunition in another seven days. And in order to consume them More than 3000 warriors fell under the Nagoya Castle. With such heavy casualties, we are afraid that our own people will collapse before the Nagoya Castle is conquered." Mizuno Katsunari announced them helplessly. The attack failed.

His guess was not wrong. The ammunition adequacy of the Zhili fleet was outrageous, and it was not comparable to their besieged troops.There are more than ten warships in the Zhili Fleet, and each warship has an average of thirty or forty artillery pieces, a total of about five hundred artillery pieces.The budget for naval warfare is to be able to fight the enemy on the sea for several months with the fleet as a unit, so after moving the supplies on these warships to Nagoya Castle, there is no need to worry about consuming yourself before the shogunate army runs out of ammunition of ammunition.

"But Mizuno-senpai, we have given up on Nagoya. Doesn't that mean we are going to surrender?" Date Tadamune, the daimyo and the banners, said unwillingly.

"This is God's will. The difference in strength between us is too great. It seems that there is a natural moat between the two armies, which is insurmountable. It is not a crime of war. The general must have realized it, but he still wants to make the last effort." Mizuno Sheng Cheng sighed.

"Damn it, it's really not reconciled! We have fought for hundreds of years in the Warring States Period, and finally settled down after the Battle of Osaka. Then there were several years of civil war, and the whole country was in chaos. As a result, outsiders took the opportunity to enter, what to do to others Willing?" Date Tadamune said angrily, throwing the samurai sword aside.

The Oda family, the Toyotomi family, the Tokugawa family and other daimyos have been fighting openly and secretly for so many years, but they were unified by the Chinese in Dongying, which really made them angry.

"There is no way around it. Only 40 years have passed since the Battle of Wenlu and Keicho. Their national power has suddenly doubled and their internal worries have been resolved. It is no wonder that the daimyos of the Western Kingdom have chosen to cooperate with them." Mizuno Shengcheng said.

"We withdrew our troops and returned to Nara, preparing to join the general and see if the general has any other orders." Both the daimyo and the bannermen said.

They also knew that Tokugawa Iemitsu could only choose to surrender next, which is the so-called other order.

Tokugawa Iemitsu led the shogunate army and was surrounded on the Kii Peninsula for ten days. With the depletion of military rations, a large number of deserters appeared in Tokugawa Iemitsu's army. Even strict military laws could not curb this trend.

Tokugawa Iemitsu also realized that the newly established Tokugawa shogunate would soon come to an end.

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