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Chapter 1097

Sections of wooden walls on the stone walls were destroyed by heavy artillery, and even the stone walls were cracked by the artillery.

The heavy artillery of the Heavy Artillery Battalion continued to roar from early morning until noon. The twelve heavy artillery and the field artillery brought by the infantry brigade shelled the stone wall of Kurokawa Castle one after another, firing hundreds of shells. .

Although the hit rate of the smoothbore artillery is not as good as that of the artillery of later generations, but facing the immovable city wall, a large number of shells still hit the city wall.

At noon, because the two sides wanted to cease fighting and set up a stove for cooking, the heavy artillery that made the samurai group frightened finally stopped temporarily.

Bao Ke Masaoyuki's face was covered with dust, either because of the sand and dust caused by the splash of the shells, or because of the dust from avoiding the shells.

"Awesome artillery..." Bao Ke Zhengzhi patted the dust off the armor with lingering fear, and he was relieved after confirming that the opponent's heavy artillery had really stopped firing.

"Fix the gap quickly, don't give them a chance to break in!" The daimyo who defended Demaru ordered the samurai to repair the gap in the wooden wall after the intensive shelling.

The samurai moved stones and planks to block the gap, and they couldn't help but feel chilled when they saw the traces of the broken wooden wall at the gap.

"With the fierceness of the opponent's artillery, we will not be able to hold on to the pill!" A samurai whose cheek was cut by a piece of wood was covered with blood, almost crying to his Patriarch.

Thousands of defenders who came out of the pill were baptized by artillery, and the atmosphere was a little dignified.Under the blow of heavy artillery, even their confidence in resistance was destroyed.The stone wall and wooden wall that came out of the pill were in tatters, and some of them collapsed.Demaru, who was originally expected to hold out for at least a few days, seems to be in danger, and may fall at any time, depending on when the Kyushu Army will launch a strong attack.

"Don't worry, everyone. After the fall of Demaru, there are still two pills, three pills, and the castle tower. Even if we lose the battle, we must let them have their heads broken! We are all warriors who have experienced many battles. In order to maintain our status and dignity , We must fight to the death!" Kurokawa City Lord Kato Akimaru heard the sound of artillery fire from the Izumaru area, and immediately brought people to boost morale and encourage everyone to fight hard.

"Defeat the hateful Chinese people! They have no right to abolish the status of our warriors. The Western Kingdom daimyo is helping the Chinese people. They are traitors. We must stick to the last pure land of our warriors!"

"Hit to Edo Castle and take back everything that belongs to us!"

Some retainers and samurai around Kato Mingcheng who advocated resistance to the new government also appealed on the front line.

But their encouragement did not make Demaru's one thousand defenders feel much better. The defenders had been frightened by the heavy artillery.In vain they could stand behind walls of stone and wood and come under fire from the artillery without being able to fight back.

"I see that everyone has lost their courage. If we don't come up with a counterattack strategy as soon as possible, the morale of the army will be broken soon. Look at the movement caused by their heavy artillery. I have to hide in the tunnel of the pill to avoid the shells." Baoke Zhengzhi sandwiched The helmet came over, and the hair was covered with dust.

"Let's transfer all the artillery we can collect to strengthen the defense against Demaru. It's a pity that most of the new artillery and imitation artillery purchased by the shogunate are concentrated in Edo Castle. After the Edo Castle was captured by the new government, it became theirs. Stronghold, the number of artillery on our side is really limited..." Kato Mingcheng said helplessly.

It's not that he doesn't want to mobilize a large number of artillery to fight back against the new government army, but that he simply can't concentrate as many artillery as the new government army!Dongying's new guns are mainly in two places, the Shimadzu family and the Tokugawa family. Both of them buy artillery from overseas while secretly imitating it themselves.Other places are still using small artillery from the Warring States period. Some artillery are only more powerful than matchlock guns. They have a certain lethality to people, but they do not have the deterrent power of heavy artillery!

Representatives of the samurai group such as Kato Akishige and Hoshina Masaoyuki had a headache on how to deal with the threat of heavy artillery to Demaru, while the new government army opposite them was setting up a stove to eat.

The soldiers of the Heavy Artillery Battalion who came to reinforce were given rice balls with miso.These rice balls were kneaded by the leading soldiers before the battle in the early morning to prevent the sudden continuous battle from making it impossible to cook on the stove. At this time, each soldier received his own portion.

In addition to this kind of rice balls, iron pots were set up one by one, and vegetable leaves, soybeans, potatoes, red dates, and even a little bacon and game were poured into the boiling water.

The gang leader threw a small piece of salt into the hot water, and the scent immediately spread around, making almost all the warriors who took refuge in the new government army move their index fingers.

This kind of messy stew is not uncommon in the army, but the samurai were surprised by the abundance of ingredients.This is not for a small group of nobles, but for nearly [-] soldiers. There are also relatively rich vegetables and starch. The stew in the army is more hearty than their usual meal.

"In addition to the military supplies, there are also many potatoes, rice, and bacon provided by the Chinese merchants who are doing business here. However, the food for our soldiers is good, and we can still eat a few dollars a month. Sub-meat." Said the gang leader who knew why the food standard would increase.

"The food is much better than ours. The grain transportation team has brought so many types of food. It is a happy thing if you can eat hot grain during the usual march." A member of the new government army The middle and upper class warriors are fine, but the lower class warriors are doubly envious of the food provided by the soldiers of the Kyushu Army.

They held wooden bowls and waited impatiently in front of the stew pot. After the vegetables in the iron pot were cooked, they floated on the surface of the boiling water. They urged the gang leader to scoop more pieces of meat into the vegetable soup for them.

In particular, many Edo samurai were regarded as coolies by the Huaxia Association to clean up the areas affected by the fire in Edo Castle, so that they had not had enough food for a while, and they were overjoyed when they suddenly saw that the food was abundant.

"After eating enough, we will work hard and move forward. Heichuan City is in front of us. After our artillery blows down the city wall, we will launch a charge. At that time, you will provide fire cover and make meritorious deeds." The infantry brigade asked The Edo samurai were arranged on both sides of the fire breakthrough.

According to the concept of the attack, the more disciplined Kyushu Army soldiers will take the lead in breaking through the gap, and the Edo samurai on both sides will be responsible for using muskets to suppress the defenders in other sections of the city wall.

"Leave it to us!" The Edo samurai eagerly changed from the status of the defeated to the servants, and said one after another.

(End of this chapter)