Wanli 1592

Chapter 223

Facing the frontal attack of more than [-] Japanese troops, Luo Shangzhi was quite calm. Those Japanese soldiers also knew that the Ming army had sharp weapons and a large number of artillery pieces, so they pushed forward slowly with tall and thick shielded vehicles. The shield chariot followed, not trying to be quick, it could be seen that he had a lot of experience in firearms combat, similar to the Japanese tactics that Luo Shangzhi encountered in the mountainous area of ​​Bichiguan.

The Ming army’s tactics against the Japanese army are actually very simple, that is, one force will drop ten times. If you have a shield car and iron cannon, I will use a big artillery to bombard and shoot round after round. First use solid bullets to kill your shield car, and then use flowering Use shotguns to deal with your army formation, and when you are close, switch to shotgun sweeps, bird gun shots, three waves, one shot at a time.

When Luo Shangzhi set up camp in the military camp, he prepared enough bunkers for the infantry, and the soldiers could safely hide behind the bunkers and fire their guns, not to mention that the range of the Japanese army's firearms was far inferior to that of the Ming army. Intercept them so that they can't rush to close range, and they don't even have a chance to shoot.

However, Luo Shangzhi also observed that the Japanese army had some artillery, but not enough to pose a threat to the Ming army. The army still has sufficient advantages and confidence in artillery. In terms of numbers alone, the Japanese army cannot be compared with the Ming army. This is a full manifestation of national strength.

The Japanese army slowly approached. Luo Shangzhi stared coldly at the team that had not yet fought. Thinking of the Japanese army that had fought before, he felt that they belonged to two different camps. They would wait until the Ming army wiped out Toyotomi's army before they mutinied and seized power. They must have been defeated by them before, so they surrendered obediently. Therefore, the Ming army that wiped out 15 Japanese troops would not be weaker than this army at all.

It’s just that the number is not enough, only 100. Against tens of thousands of Japanese pirates, I’m somewhat worried. More than 60.00 cannons are Luo Shangzhi’s biggest reliance. Relatively speaking, the field force is not enough. The field sword and shield troops under Luo Shangzhi's command are no more than 1000 people.

The black muzzles of one hundred cannons are facing the large formation of the Japanese army slowly advancing in the distance. The cannons are divided into three rows. The first row is solid cannons, the second row is bursting cannons, and the third row is shotguns. Artillery tactics The Ming army was quite familiar with it and was very good at using artillery to deal with the Japanese army, so even if they saw so many Japanese troops, the Ming army gunners were not at all afraid.

It's getting closer, it's getting closer, it's getting closer...

"fire!"

Luo Shangzhi ordered decisively.

"Ignite! Fire! Let go!!"

"Boom boom boom boom boom——"

The artillery of the Ming army began to roar, and the solid bullets carried astonishing high temperature and speed and blasted towards the Japanese army formation. One after another, they bombarded the Japanese army formation fiercely, and some of them hit the shield vehicles. , smashed it across in an instant and then destroyed it. Some of them were not accurate enough and fell into the Japanese army formation, causing a burst of air waves and rolling over, instantly overturning a large number of Japanese troops, and some unlucky ones were directly smashed Die, I was lucky enough to be able to get up after being overturned, but I still have lingering fears.

The first round of test firing allowed the gunners of the Ming army to roughly grasp the position of the Japanese army and the shooting angle. The next step was to reload the ammunition and focus on bombarding the Japanese shield vehicles.

Tadakatsu Honda was at the back of the formation and hadn't been affected yet, but seeing that there were so many Ming army artillery and the shells were still powerful, he couldn't help swallowing, turned around and looked at Tokugawa Ieyasu's team, and found that there was no If there was any movement, he bit the bullet and continued to order the attack. When the second wave of artillery fire from the Ming army came, Honda Tadakatsu found that 80.00% of the shield vehicles in front of him had been greeted by the artillery of the Ming army, and the damage rate It reached 60.00%, obviously exceeding his greatest expectations.

The power of the Ming army's artillery and the elite level of the gunners are far beyond imagination.

Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was observing the battle situation on the front line at the top of the hill in the rear, came to this conclusion in an instant. When he saw the artillery of the Ming army destroying his shield car sharply, he was mentally prepared, but he was also a little hesitant and worried. With the cover of the car, his troops are exposed to the firepower of the Ming army. This is definitely not a good thing for him. The Ming army has sharp firearms, and the artillery is especially powerful. Without the cover of the shield car, wouldn't his troops come here? Food delivery?
Unfortunately, his prediction was very accurate. Seeing that the shooting of solid bullets had achieved good results, Luo Shangzhi immediately ordered the second team of cracked bullets to step forward, load, ignite, fire, and fire a salvo. The Japanese army was directly bombarded with casualties and injuries.

This is not a solid bomb anymore, it is a blooming bomb. A piece of crushed rock and lead flying around will kill you if you touch it, and you will be injured if you touch it. Anyway, no matter how miserable it was, a cannonball exploded, and it would always set off a bloody storm. Honda Tadashi was at the end of the formation, and before facing the Ming army directly, he was caught by a lead bullet that flew from nowhere. The head of his own mount was blown through, and the head of the war horse that had been with him for a long time was directly smashed into pieces, red and white were sprayed on Honda Tadakatsu's face, and he fell directly on the battlefield, causing a burst of chaos .

The artillery of the Ming army continued to bombard without stopping. The cannons that fired solid bullets went back to change the shells and then came back to fire. Round after round, the Japanese army was blown up to the point where it was completely impossible to continue, let alone advance. It took less than 10 days. In [-] minutes, this elite army could no longer advance and retreated directly. The Ming army did not even use shotguns and bird guns.

The first battle ended with the complete victory of the Ming army. About 500 Japanese soldiers were killed, and many were injured and disabled. He didn't see it well, and immediately ordered the Honda Zhongsheng team to withdraw. He found that he had indeed underestimated the combat effectiveness and firepower configuration of the Ming army. The Ming army's artillery ratio was so high. How many cannons are there?

Artillery is a very reliable, terrifying and expensive luxury weapon in Japan. Generally, only the armies of the great daimyo can equip a few artillery pieces. The utilization rate on the battlefield is not high, and the artillery tactics are also very backward, so facing the Ming army. With sharp artillery strikes, they were basically powerless to fight back.

At this time, Tokugawa Ieyasu vaguely felt that he could probably understand why the 15 Toyotomi Army lost so badly in North Korea.

The bombardment of so many artillery pieces and such rigorous tactics were probably the reasons for the defeat of Toyotomi's army.

(End of this chapter)