Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 816
Since the leader had already been killed, the coalition iron gunners who had lost their command suddenly fell into a state of chaos.Some of the iron gunners wanted to turn over and run away, some were lighting the matchlocks, and some raised the iron cannons to point forward, but completely forgot that they had not loaded the ammunition. The gunner lost his combat power in an instant.

Song Heiichiro, Fukuoka Nichiro and others watching the battle in the back row were also shocked by the scene in front of them. No one expected that the iron cannons of the Hirado clan could have such a long range and such powerful power that the blood of the dead and wounded would soon be on their bodies. The ground was stained black and red, and the wailing and screaming were gradually weakening, which indicated that the death rate of those shot had risen sharply.

"Fukuoka-kun! You personally step forward to command! You must launch an attack as soon as possible! Anyone who does not obey the order will be beheaded!
Akizuki-kun and Kumamoto-kun, order the spearmen to come forward to meet the enemy! "

The terrible scene in front of him made Song Hei Ichiro's heart drop rapidly. When he saw that the spearmen on both sides of the Hirado clan were about to move, he immediately made a decision.

Taking advantage of the fact that all the opponent's iron cannons were fired and the second round of shooting required a long time to prepare, the coalition forces had to make a correct response immediately.

The iron cannon had to be fired quickly, so as to effectively prevent the opponent's spearman from coming forward to fight in close quarters.

The iron gunner who is not ready to shoot has no power to fight back when facing the spearman.

After receiving the order, Fukuoka Nirlong and others rushed to their respective positions with their guards. However, something unexpected happened again. On the opposite side, the sound of iron artillery shelling from the Hirado clan continued again and again, and there were more than a hundred iron gunners from the coalition army. The bullet fell to the ground, and the howling that had just weakened resounded through the fields again. Before Fukuoka Niraka rushed over, most of the iron gunners who were still hesitating in the first row had already started pushing each other and trying to escape.

Song Heiichiro's face turned pale, he couldn't accept the reality in front of him at all.

In this short span of a few tens of breaths, Hirado's Iron Cannon actually fired two rounds!This kind of situation was never seen by Ichiro Songhei on the battlefield of Jiuli, and he never thought of it!

Once anything goes bad, it will get worse in the future.

Fukuoka Nichiraka was striding forward with his guards, trying to stop the chaos in the front team as soon as possible and save the upcoming defeat. At this moment, the five hundred coalition archers who were ordered to step forward were captured by two hundred soldiers from the Hirado Domain. Archers crushed.

The Ming step bows used by Hirado archers far exceed the longbows used by the Allied archers in terms of shooting range. The three-edged point steel bows directly ignore the cloth armor on the Allied archers. Fan archers had already opened their bows and set up arrows and started throwing. After four rounds of throwing, more than half of the allied archers were killed or injured, and the rest fled back in panic.

Just being beaten and not fighting back, even the most brave people can't bear this kind of pressure. If it is a samurai led by the shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, it is possible to fight forward and shoot at each other after a few rounds, but these coalition forces are They were just pieced together, and they were not familiar with each other. The will to fight was strong or weak, so how could they stand such a blow.

The leader of the Hirado Domain saw that he was gaining power, so he gave an order, and two hundred archers strode forward to meet the left-wing pikemen of the coalition army who were gathering the whole team, and stopped at a place sixty steps away from the pike phalanx, and then quickly lined up. Into a phalanx.

After everyone's breathing stabilized, the archer leader gave an order, and two hundred step bows pointed towards the sky obliquely. Amidst the sound of the bowstrings, two hundred three-edged steel bows and arrows flew into the air, flew a certain distance in the air, and reached the sky above the coalition spearmen's phalanx , turned around and pounced downward. .

The coalition spearmen on the ground had no way to avoid them, so they could only lower their heads in desperation, trying to avoid the vital parts, but the point steel arrows that could break through iron armor within forty steps slammed down with huge kinetic energy. All of a sudden, blood spattered and wailed everywhere.

The spearmen's thin iron helmets were pierced through, and long arrows pierced through their brains, or the bamboo armor on their bodies was cut open and pierced into their bodies. Those who were hit by the arrows were either killed on the spot or lost their fighting power instantly. .

The two hundred archers of the Hirado clan shot eight rounds in just over [-] breaths. After being exhausted, they fixed their long-grown bows and turned back to the main formation. Ten steps behind them, the spearmen of the left-wing coalition army were dead and wounded. At this time, the rattan player on the left has not had time to rush to the front of the formation to provide cover.

All kinds of situations on the battlefield are changing rapidly. With Song Hei Ichiro's years of combat experience, the archers of both sides lose their strength after a few rounds of confrontation, so the rattan players are useless in the early stage. Just hold the opponent's long gun.

However, the scene in front of him made all his previous experience useless. In less than a quarter of an hour, his side suffered heavy losses before fighting the enemy.

Whether the opponent's iron cannons or bows and arrows, the range far exceeds that of the coalition forces. The coalition forces suffered a big loss without knowing anything about the strength of the Hirado domain.

"Master Ruonianji! The enemy spearmen are approaching our army, what should we do?!"

The Patriarch of the Nobeo clan, Nobuo Nagamasa urgently asked for instructions. Song Hei Ichiro looked up and saw that the right-wing spearmen of the Hirado domain had already marched towards their own side, while the left-wing coalition army spearmen had just suffered heavy injuries. More than half of the 700 people had been killed or injured. Time is trying to shout the whole team loudly, but it is obvious that the morale of the remaining warriors is already depressed.

"The rattan hand stepped forward to resist! The remaining spearman stabbed from the back! Jumping and looking for an opportunity to charge forward!"

As soon as Songhei Ichiro finished speaking, another burst of iron cannons sounded like bursting beans, and the iron cannons of the Hirado clan were fired for the third time.

Except for the dead and wounded, the first row of iron gunners of the coalition army fled. The second row of iron gunners had just reached the front when they were hit on the head. The rest resisted the great fear in their hearts, and barely lined up in a horizontal row amidst the yelling of Fukuoka Nirlong who was holding a long knife. , The scattered iron gunners who had already left began to move closer to each other, and then loaded ammunition and ignited the matchlock.

When they were ready to shoot and raised their guns together, the five hundred iron gunners of the Hirado clan started the fourth round before them. The firing was successful, and hundreds of projectiles flew forward. The iron cannon phalanx of the Hirado Domain also screamed again and again. Nearly a hundred iron cannons fell to the ground. Clean up the filling.

In this period, iron cannons and firecrackers are fighting each other for reloading speed. Whoever completes reloading first means that the balance of victory is tilting towards them.

The iron gunners of the coalition army were busy cleaning and loading, and many of them were busy while looking at the enemy dozens of steps away. Just when they completed more than half of the firing procedure, the Hirado Iron Cannon Team fired the fifth round.

(End of this chapter)