Another shell exploded not far away, and a frightened Japanese artilleryman was about to run away when he was blown up without a trace.

Hidaka wiped the blood stains on his body and issued an order: "The mortar artillery on the left bank turns the muzzle and bombards the beach to prevent the Ming army from landing, and the rest of the artillery concentrates on attacking the Ming warship!" ”

The dozens of coastal defense guns on the Osaka Fort, in less than half an hour, are now only seventy percent of what can be used, and those thirty percent were destroyed by the Ming army's warships.

On the sea, several Ming warships had already been hit by bullets and caught fire, one of which was tilted, and less than 20 of the 60 guns on the ship were still firing stubbornly.

What made Hidaka's heart cold was that the Ming army launched artillery bombardment on the Osaka Fort from three directions, so that the artillery on the fort had to meet the enemy troops in three directions separately, and the artillery fire, which was not afraid of numerical superiority, was dispersed all of a sudden, which made the situation even worse.

And the artillery steering is not casual, the mortar cannon turns around well, but the Hongyi cannon is very difficult to turn because it is too heavy.

After most of the day's efforts, this batch of artillery finally turned around and aimed at the Ming warships on both flanks of the battery.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Japanese turned their guns, several Ming battleships laid down their landing craft at a distance of 300 meters from the coast under the cover of fire.

More than 2,000 Ming marines rode in landing craft and even jumped directly into the sea and rowed towards the coast.

On the battery, Hidaka gave orders hoarsely, and the Japanese artillery positions continued to bombard the Ming warships on the sea.

Shells exploded on the sea, and from time to time the landing craft was hit and sunk, and the corpses of the Ming marines and the fragments of the landing craft floated in the sea and were pushed to the shore by the waves.

However, more Ming marines broke through the artillery fire, crossed the sea and washed onto the beach.

The Japanese artillery fire on the beach became more intense, and they did not hesitate to risk the explosion of the barrels to fire their artillery and concentrate on the shore.

The Japanese infantry also began to shoot at the beach with muskets.

Although the power of the musket is not as good as that of the cannon, the firepower is dense and the degree of preparation is high, which can quickly cover the advance of the Ming army and cause heavy casualties to the Ming army.

However, the Ming Army's will to attack was extremely tenacious, and they went forward one after another, and their firepower was even more ferocious, so fierce that the Japanese soldiers could not imagine.

After paying a certain price, the Ming army finally rushed to the coast, gained a firm foothold on the beach, and then organized an offensive formation to charge the battery.

At the same time, the Ming troops attacking the two flanks of the fort also launched an attack on the fort, and the sound of grenadiers firing from time to time sounded.

A small number of marines were equipped with small-caliber grenadiers and carried with them to directly bombard the batteries to suppress the Japanese firepower and effectively cooperate with the landing operations of large troops.

For a time, the Osaka Fort fell into the Ming army's three-sided attack.

More than 2,000 marines, under the cover of battleship gunfire, rushed across the beach, crossed the area blocked by the Japanese artillery, and rushed towards the battery.

The Japanese troops were stationed on the chest wall of the fort, constantly firing and fighting back, and both sides were red-eyed.

On the hillside, the black-pressed Ming soldiers braved the rain of bullets and bullets to launch a fierce and stubborn attack on the fort.

In their offensive array, several groups of Ming soldiers carried Wujiu Thunderbolt and quickly set up to suppress the fire of the Japanese army behind the breastwork.

Wu Jiu Xun's tongue of fire formed a dense network of fire, as long as the Japanese soldiers who were contaminated with this layer of fire net, they were all beaten to the point of flesh and blood.

On the hillside, the corpses of the Japanese soldiers were scattered, some hung on the chest wall, and some rolled down, becoming a natural bunker for the Ming army.

Hitaka discovered this artifact of the Ming army, and hurriedly transferred a few small cannons to bombard the position of Wujiu Xunlei.

But the soldiers of the Ming army were not stupid, after seeing a group of Wujiu Thunderbolt shooters being killed by the Japanese artillery, the other groups continued to change positions, so that the Japanese artillery fell short again and again.

After paying a heavy price, the mentality of the Japanese army finally collapsed, and they began to retreat continuously, shrinking the defensive line, building fortifications on the spot, and simply digging trenches.

In a hurry, he was able to use the surrounding reefs to effectively avoid the fire of the Ming army and the artillery attacks on the sea.

He was sure that as long as he was well supplied, he would be able to lead his men to take advantage of the terrain and the fortress behind him to resist for days.

Behind the fort was a village of inhabitants who supplied the defenders of the fort, many of whom were family members, which was one of the reasons why the defenders of the Osaka fort fought so hard.

The Ming army attacked several times, but they were blocked by the reef and the terrain was favorable to the Japanese army, but they did not get any benefits.

The sky gradually darkened, and the shouts of the Ming army's charge gradually subsided, while the roar of the battleship's artillery was wave after wave.

Obviously, the Ming army wanted to wait for the night battle after dark under the cover of naval artillery fire, and night battle was the Ming army's forte.

.......

Osaka Castle, castle tower.

Twenty miles away from the Osaka Fort, the sound of battle reached the city, causing panic among the Japanese.

This news greatly surprised Sakai Tadashiyo, and his initial judgment was that the Osaka Fort was harassed by a small group of Ming troops, and the purpose was to encircle the point and send reinforcements, as long as reinforcements were sent from within the city, the Ming troops outside the city would be eaten one by one.

Therefore, Sakai Tadashi didn't pay much attention to the news at first.

However, a quarter of an hour ago, his intelligence officers came with the news that the Ming army had landed on the beach, and the first reaction of the Japanese generals was that this must be fake news!

Because during the day, tens of thousands of horses and horses of the Ming army attacked Osaka Castle, and returned in vain, so they were stationed more than ten miles to the south, and they went to fight the fort again?

Although it shows that the army's camp is only ten miles away from the Osaka Fort, but the Osaka Fort is on an island at the mouth of the Yodo River, and the Ming Army's army swam over to fight?

A Japanese general bluntly said: "If the Ming army has the superpower to swim a mile in the sea and then land and attack the Osaka Fort, we will directly admit defeat, and there will be no need to fight this battle!" ”

His words caused a kind of laughter from the Japanese generals, not to mention that the Osaka Fort was an unusually strong fortress, and the most elite troops of the Shogunate Army were stationed at the fort!

The only one who didn't laugh was Tadashi Sakai.

He suddenly realized that since the Ming Dynasty started the war with Japan, including a series of wars a few years ago, today is the first time that the Ming army has taken the initiative to retreat.

Sakai Tadakiyo, as the leading figure of the shogunate, immediately saw the problem, and it was rumored that the army was extremely combative, so why did the army retreat after fighting for less than half an hour during the day?

And their siege posture seems to be just a temptation.

Even though they were ordered to retreat, leaving only a small number of troops behind, these Ming soldiers who were ordered to be behind the palace, they were well-trained and had high morale, and they did not panic at all because the main force retreated.

In front of the positions of none of the Ming army's skirmish posts, the bodies of several or even more than a dozen Japanese soldiers fell.

Thinking of this, a thought suddenly flashed through Sakai Tadakiyo's mind, and then a cold sweat broke out all over his body.

The Ming army's attack on the Osaka Fort is real! They're playing a trick! It's not just a sound to attack the west, but it may also be a reinforcement from the encirclement point!

How could Osaka's 70,000-strong army sit idly by while the defenders of the Osaka Fort were wiped out?

In that case, the graves dug by the Ming army for the defenders of the fort would have to be left to the defenders of Osaka Castle!

Sakai Tadashi couldn't help but feel a chill, the decisive battle of the Ming army had begun, but he was still complacent about today's small victory......