Mangui used his binoculars to look at the Japanese formation outside the city.
There were about 6,000 people in total.
Their weapons included a small number of artillery.
Some soldiers held matchlocks, and some held long guns, Japanese knives, and iron forks.
Mangui arranged the two bureaus of the artillery battalion in front, and placed an infantry bureau on each wing.
The others were used as reserves and slowly moved forward.
When we were 300 steps away from the enemy, the Japanese troops rushed forward screaming.
Mangui waved his hand, and two infantry bureaus stepped forward and inserted themselves beside and behind the artillery.
The drummer knocked hard, the artillery fired, and artillery shells of different sizes roared and fell on the Japanese ranks.
Whether it is a smaller six-nine-pound cannonball or a larger twelve-pound or fifteen-pound cannonball, as long as it falls on a person, no, as long as it rubs against a person, it means that the person is hopeless.
Cannonballs with strong kinetic energy can quickly dent the part of you that comes into contact with the cannonball, or separate from your limbs.
No matter how good the doctor is, there is no way to pull you back from death.
At this time there was only the sound of artillery, and the infantrymen still had their muskets beside them, without even raising them.
After experiencing the baptism of shells, the morale of the Japanese soldiers was still high, and they still shouted and rushed forward without looking at the compatriots who were shot.
Mangui nodded.
I heard that the soldiers of the Satsuma Domain were the most powerful, so such an opponent would be interesting.
He ordered: "Raise the gun."
The messenger next to him blew his bamboo whistle, the sound was shrill and shrill, like the call of death.
The soldiers raised their muskets and pointed them forward.
Man Gui waited until the enemy was fifty steps away before giving the order to fire.
The bamboo whistle sounded again, and the sound of firecrackers sounded almost at the same time.
A large number of the Japanese rushing in front fell down.
At this time, the commanders of each flag team began to give orders to change positions.
The one who fired the cannon took three steps back to apply the medicine.
The soldiers in the second and third rows stepped forward.
The soldiers in the second row opened fire, and then retreated.
The soldiers in the third row stepped forward.
Open fire, and change positions in an orderly manner, blocking the Japanese army thirty steps away.
The Japanese matchlock guns were weak in power and had a short range, and could not cause effective damage to the Guards at all.
At this point in the battle, there were basically only unilateral losses to the Japanese army.
Seeing that there was no way, Shimazu Tadashi turned around and shouted, and more than 300 Japanese troops wearing plate armor began to rush forward.
What they were wearing was the Nanman carcass that Japan modified from Western plate armor.
Nanman's carcass is a kind of full-body plate armor, and the face armor on the head is hideous and terrifying, which is exactly the style of the Japanese.
The lead bullets of ordinary fire guns are relatively soft, and it is almost impossible to penetrate the armor when hit on the body, so it is indeed effective against fire guns.
In fact, the effect of charging in a skirmish formation should be better, because then the artillery will not be able to injure a group of people at once.
However, the Japanese are indeed a rather strange nation.
In their original history, in the early days of World War II, the Japanese had always charged in collective formations.
Only later did they learn their lesson and switch to skirmishing.
Under the artillery attack, the Nanman Corps lost about 40% of its manpower, but as many as 60% of the Nanman Corps still rushed through the impact area of the artillery shells and rushed towards the Ming army screaming.
The bullets of the fire gun soldiers could not hinder their progress.
They had already rushed fifty steps away.
Man Gui drew his bow and shot an arrow.
The arrow could only penetrate a little bit into the armor, and then it was stuck on it, and the arrow hit The samurai moved the sword in his hand, broke the arrow shaft, and continued to charge forward.
Mangui put down his bow and arrow, picked up his broadsword and shouted: "Prepare the bayonet."
After that, he jumped and stood in front of the formation.
Free novels bring you joy and joy ---> storyskyline.net
The Guards infantry stopped shooting and leveled their muskets.
At this time, Mangui roared and rushed forward.
The infantry followed Man Gui and rushed toward the Nanman in front.
The Nanman carcass can indeed resist soft lead bullets, but it is obviously impossible to resist hard bayonets.
Mangui slashed with his sword, cutting off the right hand of a Nanman man holding a Japanese sword, and then continued to chop at the other one.
The Nanman body on the broken wall screamed, and then a bayonet was inserted into the mask by the Guards soldier behind.
It was like a crowing chicken whose throat was cut, leaving only the sound of gurgling blood and a low whimper.
Voice.
The soldiers were originally very afraid of this iron-clad monster, but when they saw that Man Gui cut off an arm with a single blow, they were a little unsure whether it was because of the general's too much strength, and they waited until they saw something else.
When soldiers can easily pierce the enemy's armor, their confidence suddenly increases and their fear of the enemy disappears.
Although the Nanban armor is modified plate armor, it is still plate armor.
When it was tested in Japan, only the Japanese sword could break its defense.
The matchlock gun was completely ineffective, so Shimadzu Tadahashi used it as a pressure weapon.
The treasure at the bottom of the box is ready to surprise the Ming army.
Unexpectedly, the steel used in the bayonets of the Ming army was no worse than Japanese knives, and the structure of the bayonet made it easier for it to pierce the Nanman's carcass.
Originally, the Nanman's carcass could protect against iron swords and guns, but now it encounters a steel bayonet, so its The defense will obviously be greatly reduced.
However, the fighting skills of the Japanese army are indeed unique.
Those who can pierce the bodies of the Southern Barbarians are the elite of the Japanese army.
The Japanese swords in their hands are sharp, so they also caused certain losses to the Ming army.
About two hundred Nanman warriors faced off against more than 600 Ming troops.
If the Ming army could not break through the defense, the result would of course be the Japanese victory.
But now the Ming army can break through the defense, and they are superior in numbers.
The advantage of the Japanese army is that the Japanese sword is better than the bayonet after all.
Suitable for close combat, and the fighting skills of the Japanese warriors were stronger than those of the Ming army, so the two sides fought hard to separate each other on the battlefield.
Mangui had already killed three Nanman carcasses, and he was also stabbed by one.
Although he was protected by armor, he was still slightly injured.
But after he was injured, he aroused his ferocity and danced a big sword like a wind wheel, slashing at the Japanese soldiers in front.
In front of the two armies, the rest of the people stopped firing cannonballs and muskets, and now it was up to them to see the outcome of the hand-to-hand combat.
The fighting advantage of the Japanese will of course gradually decrease as the Ming army's understanding of them deepens.
Therefore, about half an hour later, the situation on the battlefield has become clear.
There are about 60 more than 200 Nanman warriors left who can fight.
Of the 600 people of the Ming army, more than 500 people continued to fight.
Shimazu Tadahashi sighed.
It seemed that the hope of victory in the battle formation was gone, and he could only stick to the castle and wait for rescue.
At this time, there were only about thirty Nanman corpses left in the field.
The Japanese-speaking soldiers in the Guards began to shout: "Put down your arms and don't kill, surrender and don't kill."
But those Nanbarites continued as if they hadn't heard.
Fighting in vain.
At this time, a man who looked like a leader among the Nanbarbarians shouted something, and the Nanbarbarians stopped.
The Ming army thought they were going to surrender, so they stopped attacking
.
: