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Chapter 1096 The Power of Heavy Artillery

A series of heavy artillery was transported to the front line of Kurokawa City. The shape of these artillery was a bit scary, and the number of horses needed to pull the artillery was more than the commonly used 6-pounder and 12-pounder guns, requiring a special horse convoy to transport.

The new government army has 5000 defected Edo samurai. They marched to the northeast with an infantry brigade of the Kyushu Army. At first, some people were reluctant, but when they saw the infantry brigade of the Kyushu Army armed with breech-loading rifles When launching a charge to the enemy's position, I was frightened by the courage and amazing fighting power of the soldiers of the Kyushu Army.

The infantry of the Kyushu Army with rear-loading rifles can move forward while looking for cover to shoot, and their modern drills also make them far more disciplined than classical troops.

When the Heavy Artillery Battalion arrived dragging a series of artillery pieces, the Edo samurai in the new government army were even more stunned.They saw the large artillery that should have been seen on the city wall, and the Kyushu Army spared no effort to transport the heavy siege artillery.

With such heavy artillery, the Edo samurai couldn't help but rejoice that they were on the side of the Kyushu Army. How could Kurokawa City withstand the bombardment of such heavy artillery.

"One, two... Eleven, twelve, a total of twelve heavy artillery!" The Edo samurai in the camp counted the heavy artillery brought over with great interest, and the more they counted, the more frightened they became.

They looked at their samurai swords and armor again. In front of the heavy artillery, their weapons and armor looked so fragile.

"Four 36-pound cannons and eight 24-pound cannons, such heavy artillery can destroy any castle on the Dongying Islands. Traditional stone buildings are useless in the face of such firepower." The battalion commander of the Heavy Artillery Battalion He took off his tall military cap, patted the dust on himself, and said relaxedly.

In his eyes, the castle tower of Kurokawa Castle and its corresponding stone wall are not opponents of heavy artillery at all.

Mitsuhisa Shimadzu approached four of the 36-pound siege guns, which used solid bullets that were three to twelve times the weight of normal field guns.In the Warring States Period of Japan before, no one had seen such a heavy artillery.

"What a terrible artillery. If the stone wall is hit head-on by this kind of artillery, I don't know if it can last for three days."

Mitsuhisa Shimadzu stroked the barrel of the iron cannon enviously, and loved it very much.

Their Shimadzu family was the first Japanese daimyo to trade with the Kyushu Army in southern Liaoning. They also secretly imitated the Kyushu Army's smoothbore guns, but the imitation effect was poor, and they used a more stable bronze material.If it is a reliable iron smoothbore gun, the Shimadzu family really cannot imitate it.As the Shimadzu family has always been in extensive contact with overseas, the Tanegashima fire guns, which were the first batch of Toying people to imitate the Fulang robot matchlock guns, were the Tanegashima family, a vassal of the Shimadzu family.The Shimadzu family has always attached great importance to the introduction of overseas firearms.

However, they found that the matchlock guns of the Francobots were easy to imitate. It was very difficult to imitate the cannons of the Kyushu Army, and they were easy to blow up, not to mention that the Kyushu Army began to use better high-quality steel to make the barrels of the artillery, allowing Shimadzu Everyone is puzzled.A daimyo's funds and manpower are also extremely limited, and it is impossible to establish an industrial system for the manufacture of artillery.

"Push these artillery pieces under the exit of Heichuan City, and use firepower to destroy their walls." Zhang Yuan said to the battalion officer of the Heavy Artillery Battalion.

"Yes! Our Heavy Artillery Battalion did not come to Dongpu to go through the motions. This is our first time to participate in actual combat. It would be fine if the opponent's castle is a strong bastion as rumored. Our artillery of this kind of castle will definitely be able to destroy it. Destroy." The battalion officer of the heavy artillery battalion said.

Twelve heavy artillery supported from the mainland were pushed to the front position to maximize the power of the heavy artillery.

"Look forward to the performance of the Heavy Artillery Battalion. They are a unit hidden in the snow and rarely appear in front of heavy people." Zhang Yuan said.

He also knew that the military department approved the heavy artillery battalion to come to Dongpu. On the one hand, it was to reduce the casualties in the attack, and on the other hand, it was to deter the local warriors and let them know how vulnerable their martial spirit was to heavy artillery.

The samurai group in Heichuan City did not know that there was another powerful artillery unit under the city, and it was a heavy artillery that was a fatal threat to the fortifications of Heichuan City.

"Look at the layout of their barracks, which occupies the advantage of the river and mountains. There was originally a mountain road between Nihonmatsu Castle and our Kurokawa Castle, but no one thought that after they captured Nihon Matsunari, they would rush westward for [-] kilometers quickly. When we formed a defensive position on the mountain road, the passage to our Kurokawa Castle was opened." The daimyo who defended Imaru pointed to the camp of the new government army outside Imaru, and said to Hoshina Masaoyuki, the leader of the current samurai group.

"The opponent's actions are fast and violent. It seems that they have premeditated. It seems that Huaxia has long intended to encroach on my Dongpu..."

When Baoke Masaoyuki was answering the man, the sound of artillery suddenly came one after another in the camp of the new government army, and the sound was more dull than the usual artillery sound!
Boom, boom!A section of the wooden wall above the Izumaru Stone Wall of Kurokawa Castle was hit by a 36-pound shell, and it could not bear the huge impact force and collapsed!The samurai guarding behind the wooden wall were affected by the cracked wood, many bloodstains were wiped on their faces and bodies, and some samurai were blown away by shells!
"what happened!"

Almost all the people defending the pills reacted when the shells fell. They leaned against the obstacles around them in panic, or stretched their heads out to look around, or observed the enemies outside through the gun holes and watchtowers.

White gunpowder smoke caused by the burning of gunpowder rose from the position of the new government army, permeating the sky and yet to dissipate.

"They're starting to attack! Everyone get ready to defend!!"

The messengers with the command flags ran through the wooden walls and tunnels of Chuimu, asking the warriors to pick up spears, bows and arrows, and matchlock guns.

In fact, there is no need for messengers to run back and forth to pass on messages, just hearing the terrible sound of cannons knows that the new government army has launched an offensive.

"This is their shell! It's so big!"

The 36-pound solid bullet that shattered the wooden wall fell to the ground and was found by the samurai, who were extremely frightened.The largest Frang machine gun that the shogunate bought from the Frang robot was a twelve-pound one, only one-third the size of the shell that penetrated their wooden wall in front of them.

The 36-pound cannon that fell into Imaru was quickly brought in front of Masayuki Hoshina and the others, making Masayuki Hoshina's eyes drop.

"What kind of monster artillery did they bring! No wonder there was such a huge commotion just now!"

Just when Hoshina Masaoyuki and others were shocked by the discovery of the large artillery shell, the artillery of the heavy artillery battalion launched another bombardment on Demaru!

(End of this chapter)