A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

Naturally, there were skilled range-finding gunners in the formation. They immediately took out a square ruler and compared and calculated the distance between Oda Nobunaga and the Yamauchi Army artillery position. It is a pity that Nobunaga is not an ignorant person. Cannons have been popular in Japan for so many years. Many daimyo already know the approximate effective range.

As for attaching bayonets to cannons and pushing them directly into the frontline firefighting zone, I don't have the courage yet. It is too difficult to train artillery soldiers, and the death of any one of them will be heartbreaking.

Although the Yamauchi Army is equipped with a relatively light and fast-firing 3-pound bronze smoothbore cannon, its range limit is only 400 meters, which is still insufficient for Oda Nobunaga's main formation on the other side.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki seemed to have something to ask Fujiwara Danmasa, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he stopped himself, smiled bitterly, and continued to watch the battle situation closely. Hosokawa Fujitaka led the iron cannons down the mountain to fight, and Isshiki Yoshiyu continued to be responsible for the main force of the main force guarding the main force.

"Chiba Suke fired the gun!" Isshiki Giyu was obviously not as calm as Hosokawa Fujitaka. The young man had never seen such a big scene and was a little surprised.

Even the exchange of fire between the two sides on the shore of the Gogawa River became more and more intense. Oda Nobunaga did not learn how to make a cannon truck, but the principle of firing a cannon high and hitting far can be understood by anyone who has seen a cannon fired.

Therefore, he built a lot of earthen platforms between the second and third formations of the horse defense fence. When nothing happened, he used them as a lookout to overlook the enemy's formation. When needed, he could directly move the Franco gun up and lower it as high as possible to invite the Yamauchi army to eat. A fierce one.

Iwase Motomori's assault broke the horse defense fence, but after Oda Nobunaga moved forward, Franji also came over. The ground shook and the mountains shook with a round of shooting, killing more than a dozen soldiers. How could the Iwase family dare to let their young master take risks again, so they all went up and snatched him back.

The young man was still very excited. He was holding the boss's head in one hand. His face was covered in dirt and blood. He didn't bother to spit out the dirt in his mouth, and he yelled and dedicated his head to Imakawa Yoshitsune.

Imagawa Yoshiuchi encouraged the young man and immediately started discussing with his eldest brother-in-law, Hosokawa Fujitaka. The gap must continue to be opened. At this time, we cannot care about casualties and must ensure that the gap is controlled.

Continue to invest troops, while pulling out more horse defense fences, while assaulting the second line of defense. Oda Nobunaga moved the main formation here, which greatly strengthened the troops and firepower here, but for the Yamauchi Army, it not only increased the difficulty of attacking, but also increased the chance of victory.

Previously, it was necessary to penetrate three lines of defense and then penetrate the backup in order to rush into the Oda Main Formation on Mount Kokurakuji. Now, as long as the two lines of defense are broken, they can fight Oda's team. Once the three lines of defense are broken through, Oda Nobunaga will be directly exposed to Yamauchi's troops, which is where the chance of victory lies.

"Let the artillery continue to fire. This time we need to increase our troops and continue to advance. There can be no slack!" Hosokawa Fujitaka saw the Oda Army on the opposite side taking advantage of the slight retreat of the Yamauchi Army to reorganize.

"We can't give Takigawa Sakon a chance to regroup!" Imagawa Yoshichichi also thinks so.

"Let me do it!" Uncle Tsunaliang said that although he couldn't walk fast at ordinary times, when he was on the battlefield, he looked like he was twenty years younger and spoke with great vigor.

The two of them had no problem responding to Uncle Tsuna's invitation to fight. At this time, the veteran general would definitely be more useful than the young man like Iwase Motomori. In terms of battlefield acumen and adaptability, Uncle Tsuna would definitely be better. .

"Then leave it to Zaemon!" Imagawa Yoshiuchi shook Uncle Tsunara's hand.

Needless to say, Uncle Tsunaro's Eramata Squadron was an old army established after the Battle of Tenryu River. After fighting for more than ten years, he made great achievements and helped his uncle Tsunliang earn more than 3,000 kuen of family property.

With a sharp whistle, the Futamata people were already on standby. Under the team of several ashigaru-heads, armed with futama guns and katana, there were also ashigaru carrying wooden poles, bravely firing iron cannons and firing from time to time. The camera swoops in.

"Chiba Suke! Before Zaemon can rush up, fire another round!" Hosokawa Fujitaka pointed to a section of land where the fence had fallen down.

"Save it!" The cannon had already been loaded, and with just a slight adjustment of direction, the shells passed over the advancing Futamata and hit the Oda army's formation.

Uncle Tsunaliang was okay, but he frightened the advancing Futamata soldiers. The infantry and artillery coordination was obviously still far away from the Nitamata soldiers, a purely feudal army. But seeing the cannon hitting the Oda army formation, the Ashigaru thought they couldn't hit me anyway, so why not hurry up and fire two more rounds!

No matter how elite the feudal army is, they are not willing to engage in hand-to-hand combat, because injury will most likely mean death. It's just that elite soldiers dare to face hand-to-hand combat and are able to fight hand-to-hand. However, no matter how brave the army is to face hand-to-hand combat, they also hope to invite the enemy on the opposite side to take a few more rounds of gunfire and a few more rounds of artillery before fighting in hand-to-hand combat.

"Is there any way to hit the Folan gun on the earth platform?" Seeing that Uncle Tsuna's team also took a hit from the Folan machine, Imagawa Yoshichichi pointed to the Folang machine on the Oda fort and said.

"Yes, yes, but it's too far away and I can't aim accurately." Yuan Yinsheng compared the distance. There was only 300 meters between the two.

"If you can hit, fire a volley. Even if you miss, you will still weaken the opponent's momentum!" Imagawa Yoshichichi will not save gunpowder for his eldest nephew, just use it as hard as possible. Don't use it at this time.

"Boom, boom, boom!" The four bronze smoothbore cannons moved to the front of the formation fired in unison.

The Oda Fort seemed to have been hit, and there was a burst of smoke and wailing, but it seemed to recover soon and actually started to fire again.

………………

"I knew it!" Oda Nobunaga put down the telescope and was overjoyed.

"Katsuzo! Get ready!"

"Yes!" Senchangke was also eager to give it a try.

It was obviously Oda Nobunaga's intention to move the Folan machine forward and place it where the Yamauchi army could see it. This will not only bring fire support to Takigawa Kazumas on the front line of defense, but also lure the Yamauchi Army's artillery to appear.

Based on Yamauchi's use of artillery, he will definitely try to name the Oda Army's Folangji to prevent the attacking Yamauchi Army from suffering ruthless bombardment in addition to the baptism of iron cannons.

Oda Nobunaga was obviously waiting for this moment, waiting for the Yamauchi Army to expose the location of the lightweight rapid-fire cannon that he had long detected, so that he could do his best.

Following Oda Nobunaga's arduous transfer from the Kekurakuji Mountain to the front line, his mysterious veil was finally unveiled at this moment. The dark and long giant revealed a breathtaking power in the morning light.

If it were Heita Xiao here, he would definitely shout "WTF!"

In front of me were two 8-pound British Koufelin long-barreled cannons!