The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 771
The Japanese soldiers under Dongxiang Lizhong were scared out of their wits by the terrifying explosion beside them, and they had suffered heavy casualties from the bastion shooting before, their morale collapsed immediately, and they turned back and fled down the mountain screaming.

Huashan Jiushou only felt two tremors, his calf twisted, what happened just now?Has the nitrocellulose exploded?Although the power was not small in the previous demonstration, it was not so scary!

How did he know that during the demonstration during the day, the people from the Ministry of Industry only used six or seven catties of nitrocellulose, just to avoid scaring the Japanese.When it was time to blow up the bastion, each team of Japanese soldiers carried a total of more than 200 catties.

Just now the nitrocellulose carried by one of the teams was hit by a bullet and detonated, which created such a terrifying momentum.

The wailing of Uesugi's army still lingered in his ears, and Huashan Jiushou heard someone behind him shout loudly: "What are you still doing in a daze? Lead your troops to attack the mountain!"

Huashan Jiushou turned his head to Li Yezhi and said with a bitter face: "Lord Li, that city...is really not easy to attack. Also," he glanced at the baskets of nitrocellulose carried by the soldiers not far away, " What kind of cotton is this, it's too dangerous, in case..."

Li Yezhi's face darkened, "You volunteered to be Dongxiang's backup earlier, and I promised you a heavy responsibility, but now you are going to shrink back?!"

"No, that..."

Li Yezhi said in a cold voice, "I'll shrink back before the battle, and deal with it according to the military law. If such an important battle fails because of your timidity, the Holy One will be furious. At that time, not only you and your subordinates, but even Mitsuhisa Shimadzu will be killed together." crime!"

Huashan Jiushou's heart tightened for a long time, how could he not know the current situation of the Western Army, without the support of the Ming Dynasty, the Tokugawa Army would be able to conquer Kagoshima within a year.Not to mention that Chao Tianzi might directly send warships to attack Satsuma in a fit of anger, and the Shimadzu family would die even faster.

Shimadzu fell, and his own family must also be doomed.

He wiped the cold sweat off his brow, bowed to Li Yezhi and said, "I understand!" Then he gritted his teeth and pulled out the samurai sword at his waist, roaring, "Everyone follow me!" and ran towards Baitai Mountain.

Sixty or seventy banner soldiers all had their heads tied with bowls and scrolls, and they followed him step by step to protect him in the middle.

About a hundred paces on either side of him, two teams of Japanese soldiers in charge of "exploding" followed behind silently under the supervision of Huashan's long-guarded Banner soldiers.And the other Japanese soldiers tried to stay away from those carrying baskets like the gods of plague.

Just after running past the foot of the mountain, Huashan Jiushou saw a somewhat familiar figure retreating head-on, he immediately grabbed that person, "Master Dongxiang?"

Dongxiang Toshige was covered in blood, and nodded with a dull expression. He shook off his hand and continued to run down the mountain.

Huashan only had time to ask, "The explosion just now..."

"The two and a half groups are gone." Dongxiang's figure had disappeared into the night.

A group is usually 50 to 40 people, that is to say, the explosion just now killed [-] people in an instant!Huashan Jiushou swallowed and spit, turned around and saw the soldiers with explosives on their backs shrinking their heads, and immediately got angry, and shouted at the banner soldiers beside him: "Go and stare at those guys, let them use them as quickly as possible!" Run up at a fast speed, and those who violate the order will be cut off!"

"Hi!"

The two teams of bannermen reluctantly went to drive away the "demoman", and the climbing speed immediately increased.

Not long after, the striker of the Shimadzu Army rushed two or three hundred steps away from the bastion with the cannon and the rolling logs and stones. Star-like light spots began to shine on the bastion, which was the firing of the guns.

Huashan looked at the corpses rolling down the mountain for a long time, thankful that the explosives had not been detonated, loudly urged his men to continue to speed up, and inadvertently looked up, but saw that the fire of an iron cannon on the bastion seemed to be much weaker than other places .

He stopped in his tracks, looked around carefully, and found that it was the section of the bastion closest to the violent explosion just now.

"The explosion must have affected the enemies in the city!" He quickly made a judgment and ordered his subordinates to say, "Did you see that? Tell the soldiers carrying the baskets to get closer to it! Others try to cover in front of them."

"Hi!"

It should be said that his strategy is quite effective.Because Haug's bastion was not built scientifically, the cross-fire support was extremely poor. There was a gap in firepower in one place, but it was difficult for the guns next to it to assist in cover.

On the east side of the bastion, mud and gravel were piled up within a few feet, and a cannon on a crenel was suppressed by the mud and could not be used for a while.

More than a hundred captive soldiers desperately waved their shovels to clear the soil, but according to their construction progress, it would take at least half an hour to clear the battlements.

It was the huge impact of the nitrocellulose explosion that rolled the soil onto the bastion, but unexpectedly helped Huashan Jiushou a big favor.

A group of Japanese soldiers holding small shields stood in the front, firmly protecting the "demoman" behind them.The firepower on the bastion here was the weakest, and since they were all wearing cotton armor, lead bullets and arrows did not cause much damage.

Only the stones rolling down from the bastion from time to time would kill a few people, but the Japanese soldiers carrying explosives in the back row immediately dodged to both sides as soon as they saw someone screaming and fell down in front of them, avoiding the danger repeatedly. stone.

Huashan Jiushou was also overjoyed when he saw that his striker had already stuck to the foot of the bastion, and immediately called Hatakemoto to the other side of the bastion, screaming, in order to attract as much firepower as possible.

Finally, the first basket of nitrocellulose was transported under the bastion wall.Because the battlements above the head were blocked by mud, this place was temporarily a dead zone for firepower.

The ashigaru head who commanded the blaster called his men to take out the steel shovel distributed to them by the Ming army, dug a shallow pit hastily on the wall of the bastion of earth and stone structure, and then carefully placed ten baskets of nitrocellulose in an orderly manner. The soil covered it for a while, and the six fuses were ignited at the same time.

All the Japanese soldiers shouted immediately, and rushed down the mountain like burning their buttocks.

Huashan Jiushou heard the pre-arranged shout and knew that the big event had been accomplished. He was ecstatic in his heart and ordered everyone to retreat immediately.

Jianlu on the bastion first saw the "Ming army" withdrawing as if the tide was receding. Although they didn't know, they went in, but since the enemy gave their backs, they would not be polite, and immediately fired bows and guns, killing many Japanese soldiers.

Huashan Jiushou just ran less than [-] steps when he heard a loud noise from the side and rear, which made his scalp numb, his limbs trembled together, his feet staggered, and he rolled down the hillside.

It wasn't until he was blocked by a small tree that he stopped his figure and cursed in pain, "These idiots, how did they keep the wires so short?!"

He subconsciously turned his head to look, but unexpectedly, there was another huge burst of flames halfway up the mountain, and the roar was accompanied by heart-piercing screams.

Before Huashan Jiushou understood what was going on, something suddenly slapped on the small tree behind him.He turned his head to look, and his heart skipped a beat. It was a half headless corpse, which had been scorched black.

(End of this chapter)