Kowloon wins

Chapter 474 Tune the tiger away from the mountain ([-])

"Don't mess around, hold on, fire, fire me, fight back!"

After all, the first wave of artillery shells of the Qing army was the first shot. Before the verification, the hit rate was not very high. Most of the shells either exploded close and landed at the root of the city, or flew far away and landed in the urn city. , there were not many cannonballs that actually hit the top of the city, and there were only a dozen of them in total, but even so, the flying shrapnel also wiped out more than a dozen unlucky Japanese soldiers, and immediately made the top of the city panic. One chaos, seeing this, Tokugawa Misei couldn't help becoming anxious, roaring and shouting again and again.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

When Misei Tokugawa yelled, the gunners didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly ignited the fuse at the breech of the old-style artillery with a tinder, but when they heard a burst of gunpowder smoke, a word on the top of the city wall A dozen or so cannons lined up fired counterattack shells one after another, but the range was too short. After only flying more than two hundred steps, they smashed with all their strength in front of the Qing army formation. Other than a burst of sand, nothing worked.

"Each cannon is ready, three rounds of rapid fire, let it go!"

Although the artillery counterattack of the defenders at the top of the city had no effect at all, it succeeded in arousing the anger of the artillerymen of the Qing army. They all gnashed their teeth to check the range, and their hands and feet were extremely nimble. It was a bit faster than usual, but in the time of a cup of tea, more than a hundred artillery pieces were ready to fire again. With the order of the artillery commander and guerrilla general Li Changlin, the Qing army's artillery attack started again. up.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The hit rate of the verified artillery attack has obviously increased by a lot. Half of the shells in this round of shelling landed on the top of the city, and they exploded in an instant. The defenders at the top of the city were howling like ghosts and wolves. After only one round of shelling, more than [-] defenders died on the spot, and more than a dozen people were directly hit by the shells, and they were immediately shattered into pieces. Rotten meat, stumped limbs and broken arms are flying all over the sky, the whole city is really like a hell on earth.

"Baga, hurry up, get off the walls and stick to the wall!"

The reason why the Qing army's rapid artillery attack achieved such great results is that the Qing army's artillerymen were able to shoot accurately, but another reason was that the density of the defenders on the top of the city was too high. , Could it be that he became a target for nothing? Tokugawa Misei obviously wanted to understand this point. How could he dare to let the Qing army's artillery bombard him like this? The battle has just started, and his [-] warriors have already been damaged. More than [-]%, if there are a few more rounds, then there is no need to defend the city anymore, wouldn't it be more refreshing to report directly to the underworld?Thinking of this, Tokugawa Misei didn't dare to hesitate any longer, roared hastily, and withdrew all the chaotic warriors from the city, leaving only a dozen or so observation posts standing in front of them. The city watched every move of the Qing army.

"Stop shooting, move the heavy artillery forward, and blast the city gate open!"

Now that the defenders at the top of the city have been withdrawn, the effect of the shelling is out of the question. After all, the light infantry artillery has limited power. Although its lethality is good, it can be used to deal with the city wall made of blue stones, but it is obviously weak. Li Changlin himself He didn't want to waste cannonballs doing useless work, so he waved the little red flag in his hand and let out a loud shout.

The army's heavy artillery is a well-deserved heavy artillery. It weighs more than [-] kilograms and has a muzzle as thick as [-] centimeters. The head bullet, and the other is a round blooming bullet, both of which have a net weight of [-] jin. They are fired with gunpowder packs and have an effective range of more than [-] steps. The most advanced auxiliary aiming equipment is equipped with ten people including the gunner and the loader, which can be used for curved shooting or direct aiming. However, when shooting directly, the range is relatively short, only about [-] steps. Due to the limitation of cargo capacity for this expedition , there are only three heavy cannons with the army, which is the treasure of the Qing army. Today's siege is just a feint attack. The old thirteen will not expose all the heavy cannons, and now only one is placed in front of the formation. , After Li Changlin gave the order, many gunners immediately chanted and pushed the heavy artillery forward. At the same time, more than fifty army soldiers followed to cover.

"Target, the city gate, let it go!"

After some busy work, the heavy artillery had settled down at a distance of two hundred steps directly facing the city gate. Following the order of the artillery commander, one of the gunners pulled the cannon rope heavily, but there was a loud noise like thunder. Afterwards, the flames at the muzzle flashed suddenly, and the huge pointed shells roared towards the city gate.

"boom!"

The huge shell accurately hit the closed city gate, instantly blasting a big hole in the thick copper-clad wooden door, sawdust, earth and rocks flying in all directions, and dust billowed wildly.

"Damn, come again!"

After a while, the dust cleared, and the gunner discovered that the back of the wooden door was filled with sandbags. Although the wooden door was smashed, the kinetic energy of the shell was exhausted by the sandbags behind the door. Shaking, but he didn't penetrate it. Seeing this, the gunner became furious, and roared and gave the order again.

"what happened?"

When the Qing army's heavy artillery opened fire, Tokugawa Misei was leaning against the root of the city wall to avoid the looting of the Qing army's infantry artillery. When he was caught off guard, he was immediately sent flying by the shocking force of the heavy artillery, and even fell four times. Feet up to the sky, not only himself, but most of the Japanese soldiers who were originally cats at the bottom of the wall were knocked out of their wits by the huge shock force.

"No, it's not good, that person's cannon, cannon..."

Before Tokugawa Misei recovered his senses, he saw a sentry on the top of the city who was originally in charge of lookout rushing down the top of the city, yelling with a pale face.

"Baga, make it clear, what cannon?"

Tokugawa Misei was on fire, seeing the sentry's indistinct words, Dang Li got angry, grabbed his corset, slapped him hard.

"Cannon, big, big cannon, cannon..."

The sentry was already frightened by the power of the Qing army's cannons, and he couldn't tell what happened after being beaten by Tokugawa Misei.

"Baga, trash!"

Seeing that sentry post chirping and crooked for a long time without saying anything, Tokugawa Misei was furious, and he didn't want to talk to Chitara anymore, and pushed the sentry post to the ground heavily, but he himself was Sansei. He rushed up to the top of the city in two steps at a time, and when he looked outside the city, he took a deep breath, nothing else, the appearance of the Qing army's heavy artillery was too shocking.

"boom!"

Misei Tokugawa hadn't finished taking a deep breath when he saw the huge cannon shake suddenly, and in a flash of flames at the muzzle, another huge shell roared out, unstoppably hitting the already broken cannon again. On the unbearable city gate, earth and rocks flew up, and the entire city wall shook wildly.

"Baga, gunner, go to the city, counterattack, counterattack!"

Under the violent trembling of the city wall, Tokugawa Misei was shaken again and fell to the ground unsteadily, but at this moment, he didn't care about the pain on his body, he jumped up with a grunt, rolling and crawling. At the entrance of the corridor, he roared hoarsely.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Since Misei Tokugawa gave the order, the Japanese gunners dared not delay, and ran up to the top of the city in a frenzied manner. Shooting everywhere, trying to destroy the threatening heavy artillery of the Qing army.

The wishes of Japanese gunners are undoubtedly beautiful, but unfortunately the reality is cruel. A round of shelling passed, not only failed to destroy the heavy artillery of the Qing army, but also attracted a fierce counterattack from the infantry artillery of the Qing army. The quality of the cannons of the two sides was different. The difference is that the technical and tactical level of the artillery is also very different. After such a back and forth artillery battle, even with the advantage of the city wall, the Japanese gunners were undoubtedly at an absolute disadvantage. After rounds of shooting, all the cannons of the defenders at the top of the city suffered a devastating blow. The only result obtained was to force the Qing army's heavy siege artillery to retreat to the main line. Other than that, it had no effect. to speak of.

With the defenders' artillery exhausted, there is nothing to stop the Qing army's heavy artillery attack. Fortunately, there are enough sandbags pre-filled in the city gate, even though they were cut off layer by layer by the Qing army's heavy artillery. , Even the city wall near the city gate hole was collapsed with several huge potholes, but the city gate hole was still not completely blasted by the heavy artillery of the Qing army.

"withdraw troops!"

The end of the war was coming to an end, and the already gloomy sky had gradually turned dark. Obviously, the war could not continue any longer. With the order of the old thirteen, all the Qing troops withdrew their troops and returned to their camps. The battle has come to an end so far, and the two sides fought very vigorously in this battle, but the results of the battle are all lacklustre. Although the defenders of the Japanese Kingdom suffered a lot of casualties, they still held the city. Two people died in the artillery battle because they couldn't dodge, and three others were injured. Generally speaking, such a small loss is obviously negligible.

"Benzheng Saburo, hurry up, send a letter to the general, saying that the Chinese are attacking the city in a hurry, the artillery is sharp, and our army is no longer able to support it. I request the general to send troops to rescue as soon as possible. If there is a slight delay, the capital will be lost. Go, go!"

Looking at the Qing army slowly retreating back to the camp, Tokugawa Misei's heartstrings that had been tensed for a day finally relaxed a little, but at the same time, the worries in his heart arose. Misei Tokugawa had completely lost his confidence, but seeing that he called a courier to the front with an anxious expression, he hurriedly confessed a few words, and then urged the courier to leave quickly.

"Hay!"

Those who can become messengers are the most loyal warriors in the family. At this moment, Misei Tokugawa is already in a state of desperation, so the messenger who was named did not dare to neglect the slightest, and hurriedly responded. , rushed down the city gate tower, rode his horse through most of the city, and left the city through the west gate that the Qing army intentionally left unencircled. With the help of the cover of the night that had already fallen, he galloped wildly towards Edo. ...

(End of this chapter)