Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 863 The Battle of Disparity in Equipment
The speed of the two armies facing each other is not the same. The number of the Ming army is relatively small, and most of them are veterans who have experienced the battlefield. The army is much faster.

On the contrary, the shogunate army on the opposite side fell into chaos at the beginning of the march due to the lack of drills in normal times. The leaders walking in front of the queue had to stop, turned around, cursed and shouted and ordered to organize their formation. Amidst the chaotic shouts and shouts, most of the various ministries of the shogunate army were at a standstill.

However, the Ming army with strict military discipline continued to move forward with neat steps. The field guns on both wings stopped after traveling for more than a mile. The gunners and loaders of each gun brought engineering shovels from the carriage, Started to dig the earth and build the fort.

When the shogunate army finished its formation and began to advance again, the forward of the Ming army had already left the station for about two miles. With the sound of a short and sharp horn, the forwards of the two wings of the Ming army stood still, relaxed their bodies after forming up, and waited for the shogunate army. arrival.

The Shogunate army had 5000 forwards on each wing, and 8000 in the middle. The weapons used were basically long spears more than ten feet long and Mao. About less than a thousand, compared to an army of 3000.

There are no shield players and sword and shield players in the entire shogunate army lineup. This is inseparable from the Bushido spirit advocating offense. For the samurai, it is a blasphemy and insult to the samurai to adopt defensive tactics when facing each other. .

And when they realized that the enemy's weaponry was so outdated, the generals and soldiers of the Ming army were both contemptuous and ridiculous, and many middle and low-level generals who participated in the battle against the Qing Dynasty felt it was extremely absurd.

They really didn't expect that the weapons used by the enemy who was approaching on the opposite side were not as good as those of the Qing army more than ten years ago.

After learning the power of the Ming army's firearms, the Qing army at least knew that the front row was covered by shield chariots, and there were cavalry on the flanks ready to attack at any time, but the middle army of the shogunate army came forward in such a grandiose manner, posing The posture of the two sides shooting at each other is simply coming to die.

In fact, the Ming army, including Li Dingguo and other generals, did not know that although Japan had experienced the Warring States Period for hundreds of years, large-scale field battles and battles involving tens of thousands of people like today rarely happened. For the experienced Ming, the Japanese had very little experience and common sense in battle.

The outcome of this battle, which was too disparate in terms of the two sides' strategic thinking, tactical layout, combat experience, and weapon configuration, was doomed long before it even started.

Before the shogunate army could reach the shooting range of the Ming army's Mines blunderbuss, dozens of forts with a height of half a person on both wings had been built. up.

As the commander-in-chief of the artillery battalion raised the flag high, there was a short and powerful confirmation sound, and all the field guns had entered the firing procedure. The flag was waved again and then fell. Projectiles weighing six catties were loaded into the barrel of the gun, and the roar of confirmation sounded again, and the nightmare of the shogunate army was about to begin.

When the two wings of the shogunate army advanced to about one mile from the Ming army, Li Dingguo, who was riding on a horse, gave an order, the trumpeter blew the horn, and the artillery battalions on both wings waved a red flag, and the gunners who were waiting for the order lit up Gunpowder fuze, a series of dark red fire snakes squeaked and quickly sank into the barrel of the gun. Immediately afterwards, deafening loud noises resounded all over the field, and white smoke rose slowly, and forty solid black projectiles almost simultaneously Shooting out from the barrel, with a sharp whistling sound, it smashed towards the scattered phalanx of shogunate commanders and gunmen on both wings.

Although artillery was introduced to Japan during the Wanli period, due to technical constraints, the number of artillery in Japan was extremely limited, and because the artillery was too heavy and clumsy, the shogunate army was not equipped with artillery for field use, and they They didn't even realize that the Ming army would deploy artillery, so when dozens of projectiles flew in, the shogunate soldiers, who had been frightened by the loud noise, didn't know how to avoid and defend at all, so they could only raise their heads Wang Tianhou stayed where she was in a daze, watching helplessly as the projectile hit her head and face.

The number of the shogunate army was really too many, and the formation was kept fairly tight. As a result, none of the first batch of forty projectiles missed, and they all bounced up after directly hitting the target, and then fell into the formation of the shogunate army. Bloody alleys sprang out of the road, and the screams rang out continuously in the wilderness. Hundreds of shogunate soldiers fell lightly in a pool of blood. Almost all the shogunate soldiers who had never seen such a scene stood dumbfounded on the spot. .

Before the commander of the shogunate army came to his senses, the gunners of the Ming army quickly cleaned the barrel of the gun with a wet mop. The propellant and the fuze were also prepared. This series of actions took at most ten breaths of time, and the faster-moving artillery had already fired the second round.

In the artillery battalion tactics of the Ming army, when facing a large number of targets, they can shoot freely after the first salvo, which can quickly and effectively cause greater damage to the enemy.

The second round of shells still didn't fail. The six-pound cannon with a maximum range of four miles was ruthlessly slaughtering the shogunate army two miles away after lowering the muzzle. Incisively and vividly, the bloody bodies were mixed with countless howls, and the two wings of the shogunate army were hit by two rounds of shells, and the originally compact formation suddenly revealed a large gap.

Song Hei Ichiro, who was in the middle army, was stunned by the scene in front of him. After the third round of artillery from the Ming army, Song Hei Ichiro regained his senses. In desperation, he roared and issued the most correct order so far. After receiving the order, the Central Road Iron Artillery Team immediately accelerated their pace.

The pikemen on the two wings could no longer be counted on, and now they had to try to get close to the Ming army as soon as possible, and use the best iron cannons of the shogunate army to attack the opponent, so as not to be defeated at the beginning of the battle.

The only hope now is the Iron Cannon.

During the invasion of Korea during the Wanli period, the Japanese iron artillery was significantly better than the Ming army in terms of range and accuracy.

Although Song Ping Ichiro now knows that the Ming army's firecrackers are much more powerful than before, the iron cannons can still cause a lot of casualties to the Ming army when they bombard them.

However, what he didn't know was that the power of the Mines guns used by the Ming army was no longer comparable to that of firecrackers.

　Thanks to SHAJIA and Wang Xiaoxiao for giving rewards. Because of poor grades and writing every heart, there are more breaks. The new book is also in preparation. Please forgive me.

　　
　
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