Dragon Sea Empire

Just like in the battle of Sekigahara, the entire Shimadzu army shouted "Satsuma samurai bottom power view," and began the final decisive battle - the front arrow formation charge. The so-called Shimadzu army front arrow formation, after all, is the same style of play: Light up a group of spears (the longest in the Warring States Period), with iron artillery teams on both sides, and cavalry teams on the front or on both wings.

At the same time as the Shimadzu Army’s front arrow formation was launched, the three battalions under the command of Mai De, the commander of the second right-wing regiment of the Chinese Army, began to center on the leftmost battalion flag, and the entire array turned to the left. In fact, Yin Feng simultaneously The order sent the left-wing troops to turn to the right, but the Yiwu soldiers and foreign mercenaries lacked the training of the Chinese army, and the tactical movements were chaotic at the beginning, and they could not keep up with the right-wing movements.

The forward 100 Shimadzu cavalry marched 50 paces in front of the main team. After all, the infantry with spears that were several meters long could not run empty-handed, and soon separated from the front cavalry. distance.

Yin Feng's troops proceeded step by step. First, the grenadiers returned to the main formation, and then 35 cannons fired a round of shells at the enemy cavalry that entered the range. A chaotic formation occurred, followed by a volley of 2000 muskets, and the last 100 cavalry of the Shimadzu Army were all wiped out.

This is what happened in just half a minute.

The battle has been launched, and Shimadzu Tadahiro, who is riding on a horse, has no way to gather his troops.

The Chinese Army has proved itself to be a strong army with its strict formation, good discipline, and skilled tactical actions. Shimadzu Tadahiro has seen this, but his only choice now is to charge forward.

Originally, the entire Chinese army should form an inverted figure-of-eight formation, so that the Shimadzu army was attacked from three sides, but the sailor musketeers, Yiwu soldiers, and foreign mercenaries on the left wing failed to keep up with the rhythm of the entire army, and the Chinese army turned into an inverted figure-of-eight formation. The left side was missing for the time being, but the volley of 4000 flintlock muskets dealt a major blow to the Shimadzu army's front line.

The 1000 Tanegashima Iron Cannons of the Satsuma Iron Cannon Team are still old-fashioned matchlock guns. The new self-fired iron cannons are all in the Ryukyu Huashan Kugao's troops. Moreover, although the thousand matchlock guns are concentrated in front of the team, the iron gunners They have not received training in focusing fire and shooting. They originally belonged to the retainers of the Shimadzu family, and there were only 400 people directly under Shimadzu Tadahiro. Therefore, the Iron Artillery Team could not suppress the Chinese musket salvo.

Yin Feng listened to the deafening shooting sound in front of him silently, and made a rough estimate: his side fired five bullets, and the enemy had a chance to shoot one. He ordered: "Lin Yue, you go up with the guards, and strengthen the frontal firepower. ,"

Lin Yue looked at him hesitantly, and then cast a glance at Colonel Cutley, the staff officer of the Temporary War Department, who heard the news. The old soldier nodded and said, "There are still the Fourth Battalion of the Second Regiment and the Black Guards here, so there should be no problem."

Lin Yue nodded, waved his hands and shouted, "Go and kill Shi Manzi,"

He led the brothers of the guards and rushed forward. The soldiers of the pro-guards had long been itchy, and now they all rushed to the battlefield with joy.

The slogan "Kill Shimanzi" was spread all over the battlefield. The soldiers of the Chinese Army stood firmly, facing the enemy's bullets and arrows, calmly loaded ammunition, tamped the cleaning rod, pulled out the cleaning rod, and shot... Under the attack of bullets from two directions in front of the left front, the impact speed of the entire front and arrow array became slower and slower, and finally fell into a state of stagnation after entering the range of the Shimadzu army's iron cannon.

The iron gunners of the Shimadzu army were forced to fall into a state of bombardment with the enemy at a distance of 100 steps from the Chinese army's position. The bravest Satsuma spearmen began to surpass the iron gunners and directly charged the central front of the Chinese army directly in front.

The front-line artillery of the Chinese Army can no longer fire, but the heavy artillery of the Li Kuiqi artillery position in the rear can still greet them. fall around them.

There were only a few Satsuma gunmen who were able to pass through the explosive shrapnel, and they were not a threat at all. They rushed through several gaps in the central front, and were immediately stabbed to death by countless bayonets after a short hand-to-hand battle. In addition, no matter how long their spears are, a few sparse spears cannot form an impact.

At this time, the Satsuma iron gunners had never experienced such a battle of queuing up and shooting each other at attention, and they could no longer form a formation.

"The enemy has lost the momentum of the attack, well, we have the chance to win, let's blow the trumpet forward," Yin Feng looked overjoyed from behind, and almost couldn't help himself wanting to rush forward to fire a few shots, but Kutre Keep calm: "Your Excellency, the Japanese still have a large number of troops behind, so they can't..."

Yin Feng picked up the binoculars and looked at it, thought for a while and said: "Okay, wait a minute, how did Luo Quanxiu do it? Why hasn't the left wing's troops been transferred?"

Luo Quanxiu was already sweating profusely at this moment, desperately urging his subordinates to form a team. The Dutchman Andre was also very anxious. Out of the professional ethics of a mercenary, he didn't want to watch the battle. Arrowing at the waist of the left wing, his charge drove the charge of the Sailor Musketeers. As a result, the left wing of the Chinese Army ignored the formation and launched a charge against the Shimadzu Army. Only Luo Quanxiu's Yiwu Bird Gunners could maintain discipline and Formation, Luo himself jumped in a hurry in the team: "Wait a minute, wait a moment..."

Shimadzu Tadahiro saw that his soldiers and horses were getting fewer and fewer, and he was very anxious. Yingwa Jiuhu, the iron cannon leader of the formation, rushed over while covering the wound on his left arm: "My lord, hurry up, we are about to be surrounded,"

At this moment, the right wing of the Chinese Army has already pushed up across the board, and part of the force has extended to the back of the Shimadzu Army's left wing, approaching Jiatu River.

Shimadzu Tadahiro waved his hand: "Whatever, we still have a chance to win. The Restoration Hall of Yoshihiro has faced more enemies on the Guanyuan battlefield,"

"But the Eastern Army doesn't have so many iron cannons and explosive firearms," ​​Yingwa Jiuhu, the head of the iron cannon, was too anxious to be polite: "Let's go, there is still time to go now,"

"The enemy has launched a swine attack on the right flank of our army," a guard shouted.

Andrea's mercenaries and sailors had already engaged in a scuffle with the Shimadzu army's right wing.

At this time, Yin Feng noticed the chaos in the south of the Shimadzu Army's formation, and knew that Luo Quanxiu's troops must have started to attack. He felt that the time had come, so he issued an advance order, and the entire Chinese Army line began to advance slowly, shooting as they advanced. , the Satsuma Iron Cannon team in front couldn't stand the straight and straight shooting tactics, they had collapsed and were retreating sparsely.

Kendo master Dongxiang Shigeichi returned from the front and said anxiously: "My lord, this is an opportunity. Let's charge south and break through the enemy on the right flank. The enemy there seems to lack iron artillery fire support. After breaking through the enemy, we will retreat from the coastline to Jiatuchuan Go, I will lead the team to attack the enemy's main formation to attract the enemy's attention, Mr. Yingwa, you lead the iron cannon team to cover the lord and turn in,"

Several important ministers came to persuade Shimadzu Tadahei to retreat temporarily, and Shimadzu Tadahei nodded helplessly.

Yin Feng's central front was only 50 steps away from the Shimadzu army. Thousands of muskets fired continuously, and the formation remained roughly orderly. Recovery in a short time.

Suddenly, 500 Satsuma warriors holding the cross pattern shouted "Satsuma warrior's bottom power view," rushed out of the main line, and rushed towards the central front.

The soldiers of the Chinese Army did not expect that the Shimadzu Army could launch a charge. They were caught off guard for a while and did not switch to the "rapid fire" method in time. They overcame the barrage of grenades and passed through the blocking of musket bullets. Because the distance between the two sides is too close now, 400 of the [-] Satsuma warriors broke into the central front of the Chinese army alive. The central front of the Chinese army was caught off guard. In the melee.

Yin Feng was quite surprised, but he calmed down immediately, and Kutley jumped on his feet and shouted: "Quickly, dispatch the reserve team,"

"No," Yin Feng stopped him, and said to the commander of the [-]th Battalion of the [-]nd Regiment, "Form in place, mount the bayonet, and prepare to shoot in salvo."

"Brother Magaro, take the black brothers and line up behind the brothers in the fourth battalion, and all of them will be bayoneted," he turned to Kutley and said, "The central front is already in chaos, and the reserve team can only fight in melee."

Ahead, the central front has been penetrated.

The cross-patterned flag appeared behind the Chinese army's front, but the Chinese army's shape did not collapse. The soldiers who were thrown into the front fought desperately with their sentries, teams, and even units. It's not too bad; because they don't fight alone, they often fight in groups of three or five, and each Satsuma warrior almost has to deal with three or five Chinese fighters at the same time.

Shimadzu Tadahiro left his general flag in the center of the formation, and under the cover of Eva Hisatora rushed into the battlefield on the right wing. Both the Sailor Musketeers and the foreign mercenaries had already fallen into the melee and could not care about observing the battlefield. Therefore, Shimadzu Tadahiro successfully broke through from the Chinese army's front to the beach.

However, the Satsuma samurai ignored a serious problem: the Chinese United Company fleet on the sea.

A total of 150 cannons from the three giant ships of the Hijiji and more than ten three-masted gunboats fired at the same time, and the raindrops of shells fell on Shimadzu Tadahiro's team. His horse was knocked down in the first round of bombardment. The guards on the left and right caught him; Yingwa Jiuhu, who rushed to the front, was hit directly by a solid iron bullet, and went to see Amaterasu in pieces.

At this time, under the leadership of Luo Quanxiu, the Yiwu Bird Gunners who had been maintaining discipline on the coast rushed towards Shimazu Zhongheng's remaining 100 people, shouting "Kill Shi Manzi."

On the other side of the battlefield, the Satsuma warriors who broke through the central front rushed towards the reserve position where Yin Feng was. Kendo master Dongxiang Chongzu hacked to death at least 100 Chinese soldiers. Shouting: "Dongxiang Fujibingwei is here to ask for the heads of the leaders of the sea merchants,"

Yin Feng waited for them to rush to only fifty steps away from his team, and then gave the order: "All rapid fire,"

"Bah bah, bah bah, bah bah,"

Five hundred flintlock gunners fired bullets at the fastest speed, and the black guards threw countless grenades vigorously, and the front of the position was immediately drowned out by screams and explosions.

Yin Feng turned his head and asked the nervous missionary Lu Ruohan, "What was the leading warrior shouting just now?"

"He said he was going to cut off your head, that's what he meant." Seeing that the enemy had been submerged in gunpowder smoke and flames, Lu Ruohan breathed a long sigh of relief: "He seems to be calling himself Dongxiang Fujibei. I heard this name when I was with you, so he should be a master of swordsmanship."

"A master of swordsmanship," Yin Feng sneered, "So what, it's the age of firearms now."

Dongxiang Shigen, alias Shigeji, is the ancestor of the swordsmanship school Shigen, a branch of the local tyrant Togo family in North Satsuma. Both Eastern and Western history can be regarded as a unique school of swordsmanship. Satsuma's current fighting method is to first hold the sword above his right shoulder when fighting with the enemy, and then swing it violently to the lower left, completely ignoring how the opponent attacks. ; If they are attacking each other, Shi Xianliu possesses overwhelming strength and speed; Many of them were defeated because they couldn't withstand Dongxiang's heavy blow, and their bayonet-mounted muskets were bounced to the head by the opponent's attack. However, no matter what, kendo masters could not resist bullets.

By the time Lin Yue led his men back from the front line, corpses were strewn across the field in front of the reserve line. Not a single Satsuma samurai could stand still. Dozens of bullets were found on Dongxiang Zhongwei's body.

At this moment, the right-wing Mai De Department has launched a bayonet charge, shouting "Kill Shimanzi," rushing towards the Shimadzu Army, which was already in complete chaos, and completely defeated the Shimadzu Army's front line in one fell swoop. In the final charge, The black guards also joined in, and shouts of "Kill Shimanzi" were everywhere on the plain west of Kagoshima City.

The Chinese army attacked across the board, and the Shimadzu army completely collapsed.

Under the desperate cover of the guards, Shimadzu took only three people back to the right bank of the Koto River. In his main formation, Shirobei Kawakami and Shichibei Kubo, members of the "Five Spears of the Small Return", followed Dongxiang Shigetsu Initiated the final assault and all were killed. The main general, Kawakami Hisuro, was stabbed to death by a bayonet when Mai De's troops charged.

A total of 2000 Shimadzu soldiers were killed in battle, 800 were injured and captured, and only 300 people successfully escaped from the battlefield and fled back to the right bank of the Koto River. Daping died in battle, but his retainers Inudo Ryan, Ganfu Kaneliang and others escaped, ignored Shimadzu Tadatoshi, and returned to their residence with the only remaining subordinates.

Kawayama Kume, Kitago Hisumoto and others were the forwards of the front arrow formation. They were killed by Li Kuiqi's cannon at the beginning of the charge. Shimadzu Tadashi and his son, whom Tadahiro Shimadzu hated very much, managed to escape. The Shimadzu family really deserves it Known as the "runaway master", ah,