Kowloon wins

Chapter 488 The Last Madness ([-])

"Soldiers, step forward and set up the cannon!"

Just when Torii Hikozo led his troops to rush to the west bank of the Uji River, Tokugawa Yoshimune, who had been silently watching the battle, suddenly waved his hand and gave an order loudly.

"Hay!"

When Tokugawa Yoshimune gave such an order, the blunderbuss standing beside him did not dare to neglect Tachibana nosuke, so he hurriedly responded, and rushed back to the headquarters on horseback. The Japanese gunners immediately pushed more than 120 old-style artillery pieces and began to press forward. However, they did not put all the artillery pieces in one place, but dispersed them into six relatively independent artillery groups, obviously accepting yesterday's The lesson of the fiasco of the former army gunners.

"Heavy artillery, fire for me, take away the artillery positions of the Japanese slaves!"

At this time, wars are raging, and the Qing army in the ground below the city is fighting hard. Even Lu Chengzhong, the artillery commander, never noticed the small movements of the enemy's rear. Qiu Shan, who was on the top of the city gate, was acutely aware of the small movements of the Japanese army to take advantage of the chaos to suppress the artillery, and he dared not be careless, so he roared and issued a general order.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The six heavy cannons at the top of the city had been on standby for a long time. Hearing Qiu Shan's order, he didn't dare to delay a little bit, but after hearing the six muffled sounds, six huge shells roared towards one of the Japanese soldiers. The artillery position smashed past, and six red and black mushroom clouds exploded in an instant. Amidst the huge explosion, countless shrapnel swept across, and the Japanese gunners caught off guard killed and injured more than [-] people. But even so, it couldn't deter the Japanese gunners from firing their guns.

"Target: The enemy artillery position under the city, fire!"

The gunners of the Japanese Chinese Army are all elite Tokugawa family, well-trained, and extremely skillful in tactical actions. The six heavy artillery of the defenders at the top of the city only had time to fire two rounds. With an order from Tachibana Nosuke, more than a hundred remaining old-style artillery began to fire, and a burst of dense artillery shells roared and landed on the two left and right artillery positions of the Qing army. In an instant, the Qing army artillery was thrown into chaos.

"Damn it, fight back and give me a damn!"

Previously, Lu Chengzhong was only focused on directing his artillery to bombard the Japanese army's rear formation, and he really didn't notice the Japanese army's artillery action. Under this surprise attack, he lost three infantry artillery at once. , even his own forehead was pulled out by the shrapnel, which immediately made Lu Chengzhong furious. He pushed away Goshha who was trying to bandage him, and roared in extreme annoyance. stand up.

"Use the knife, rush, and drive the Japanese dog back!"

Lu Chengzhong's cannon group shifted their focus in this way, and the pressure on the charging Japanese army suddenly decreased, and it was difficult to suppress the desperate rush of the Japanese army by firepower alone. Seeing that the situation was not right, Tashan immediately became red After a blink of an eye, he pulled out the command knife at his waist, roared, and led his troops to launch a fierce countercharge.

"Come on!"

With Tashan taking the lead, the officers and soldiers of the Qing army dared not disobey them. They all put down their rifles, drew out their sabers at their waists, rushed out of the trench roaring, and rushed towards the Japanese army like a raging wave.

"Onboard!"

Seeing the Qing army culling the troops of Torii Hikosan, who suffered heavy casualties from the firepower of the Qing army, not only did not fear, but their courage increased sharply. The remaining [-] Japanese troops shouted slogans and bravely marched Before, he soon fought with the Qing army into a group, the war sword against the samurai sword, the fight was extremely fierce, the swords were everywhere, the heads rolled to the ground, and the stumps and broken arms were flying all over the sky. In this way, the soldiers of both sides strangled into a ball on the river bank and the ice.

Although the Japanese army had a large number of old-style cannons, they were far behind the Qing army in terms of loading speed and shell power. After several rounds of artillery battles, two Qing army infantry cannons were destroyed. More than [-] gunners of the Qing army were killed and wounded, but in comparison, the casualties of the Japanese army were several times that of the Qing army. Adding up, nearly forty guns were destroyed by the Qing army, and more than [-] artillery pieces were destroyed. The gunners were either dead or injured, but even so, the gunners of the Japanese army did not give up, and were still entangled with the artillerymen of the Qing army desperately.

The time for a stick of incense has passed, and the fierce battle is still going on. Not only is the artillery battle stalemate, but also the scuffle between the two armies on the west bank of the river still fails to determine the winner. The advantage, but except for the more than two hundred samurai of the Torii family who have combat effectiveness, the combat effectiveness of the remaining temporarily recruited civilians is really unbearable. Even if they desperately fight, they are not opponents of well-trained Qing army officers and soldiers. Only two or even three people can compete with a Qing soldier, and it is only by relying on such stalking and indiscriminate beatings that they can barely separate from the Qing army.

Seeing that his own troops were unable to take down the Qing army for a long time, Tokugawa Yoshimune's face immediately darkened, nothing else, time is really too precious to him now, and he can't afford it anymore—— Although the news of the fall of Kyoto last night has not yet spread, the paper cannot keep the fire alive. Even if Tokugawa Yoshimune has issued a sealing order, even at the expense of killing people, it is destined not to be concealed for long. It will spread throughout the army, and by then, all the feudal clans will have other ideas, and the army will have to disperse. Tokugawa Yoshimune must fight the Qing army before the news spreads, thus forcing the feudal clans to fight against the Qing army. Had to stop on the chariot of the Tokugawa family. Obviously, such a stalemate situation would not satisfy Tokugawa Yoshimune.

"Order: All artillery covers the Hexi battlefield with all its strength, and there must be no mistakes!"

Facing the deadlocked situation, Tokugawa Yoshimune didn't intend to wait any longer, so he waved his hand and gave an order in cold blood.

"Baga, what did you say?"

Tachibana Nosuke, who was commanding his own artillery to fight endlessly with the Qing army, heard Tokugawa Yoshimune's order from the orderer, and immediately became angry. He grabbed the orderer's corset and roared angrily.

"The general has an order: All artillery can fully cover the Hexi battlefield, and there must be no mistakes!"

Although the messenger turned pale from being frightened by Tachibana's anger, he still insisted on repeating Tokugawa Yoshimune's order again.

"idiot!"

Tachibana nosuke angrily pushed the messenger to the ground, but he still didn't dare to disobey the general's order. He had no choice but to grit his teeth and scream, and conveyed Tokugawa Yoshimune's order.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The combat effectiveness of the gunners of the Japanese army is limited to the lack of artillery itself, maybe not very strong, but as far as the execution of orders is concerned, they have always been meticulous. Even if this order is really carried out, there will definitely be more dead and wounded soldiers than the Qing army. But no one questioned it, and quickly adjusted the gun positions under the attack of the Qing army's artillery fire. Following Tachibana's order, the remaining [-] artillery pieces fired at the same time, and [-] artillery shells overwhelmingly shot at the enemy. The west bank of the river, which was full of melee, smashed over. Amidst the violent explosion, the officers and soldiers of both sides were caught off guard, and the already chaotic battlefield suddenly became even more chaotic.

"Damn it, these goddamned Japanese dogs, hit, hit me hard, and take away the Japanese pirates' artillery positions!"

When the cannons of the Japanese army shifted their targets, Akiyama, who was watching the battle at the top of the city, was enraged, his hands and feet were cold, and he roared angrily. Then, the strangest scene on the battlefield appeared like this—— Qing army artillery The artillery positions of the Japanese army were bombarded fiercely, but the gunners of the Japanese army ignored them and blindly bombarded the officers and soldiers on both sides in the melee.

"Why? Why? How could this..."

On the Hexi battlefield, Torii Hikozo was leading his personal guards to fight desperately with the Qing army. When the Japanese army's first round of shelling covered it, he thought it was a mistaken shot, but he didn't care much, and led his troops as usual. Assaulted, but it was covered again in the second round, Torii Hikozo sensed that something was wrong, and just when he was about to lead his troops to withdraw from the artillery bombardment area, a shell fell not far from him, a huge Amidst the sound of the explosion, Hikozo Torii was blown into the air immediately, and then he smashed on the ice like a broken sack, blood spurted from all over his body, and he murmured with his eyes wide open, just saying Before he finished speaking, a burst of darkness struck, and the unlucky Hikozo Torii was silent, only one pair of eyes was still wide open unwillingly.

"Black Banner Army, attack!"

After Torii Hikozo died like this, the hundreds of remaining soldiers under him no longer had any fighting spirit at all. No one wanted to die under the fire of their own guns, so they all fled to the rear of the main formation in a panic Go, and at this moment, the Qing army had no interest in chasing and killing them, and retreated one after another, trying to return to the trenches to fight again, but at this moment, Tokugawa Yoshimune, who was riding his horse and standing at the center of the army, suddenly waved his hand and shouted loudly. issued a general order.

The elite in the hands of Tokugawa Yoshimune are divided into five armies: black, red, white, yellow, and blue. Among them, the black flag army is the head of the five armies. Baizheng, the general of the commanding army, the pro-vassal name Tokugawa Katsuyuki, known as the number one warrior in the Tokugawa shogunate army, and the combat power of his department also ranks first in the entire army.

"Attack!"

When fighting in the past, Tokugawa Katsuyuki's troops have always been ordered to attack forcefully to break the deadlock when the battle is at a stalemate. It is rare for them to attack shortly after the start of the war, but what, Germany Chuan Shengyong did not question Tokugawa Yoshimune's order, but roared, pulled out the samurai sword at his waist, pointed forward, and led the cavalry to launch a fierce charge. Immediately afterwards, a thousand Five hundred black-clothed, black-armored and black-flag infantry also rushed out of the formation like a tide, rushing forward frantically, regardless of their own defeated soldiers on the way to the attack, they just rushed all the way to the Qing Dynasty in Hexi. army position.

"Damn it, order the troops outside the city to withdraw to the city immediately, and fire all the artillery to cover the retreat of the infantry!"

Seeing that the Black Banner Army was coming so fiercely, Akiyama immediately judged that his own infantry, which had not yet been properly deployed in the trenches, would definitely not be able to stop the Japanese army's strong attack, even if it was the last [-] reserve troops in his hands. It was useless to send all of them out, and my heart sank involuntarily, not daring to delay a little, so I hurriedly issued an order to withdraw the troops.

(End of this chapter)