Moreover, they had never suffered such a blow from intensive shelling, and for a time the terrible scene in the ranks frightened their commanders, and there was no order to give it! The team stood there until a few seconds later with the loud sound of a second shelling!

The commander screamed hoarsely: "Disperse! Disperse! ”

But the terrified soldiers had no ability to discern orders! In addition, the speed of the cannonball flight was also very fast, so before the Japanese soldiers could respond, it smashed into the crowd again, setting off another bloody storm!

In fact, these two rounds of shells were not very lethal to the 8,000 Japanese soldiers, and even the dead and wounded were only one or two hundred at best. But the thunderous sound of artillery and the unstoppable power deeply shocked these Japanese soldiers.

However, these Japanese soldiers still reacted, and under the organization of the samurai, they evacuated in panic. So when the second round of shells falls, the damage will be much less than that of the previous round.

But on the other hand, the ranks of the soldiers were dispersed, and at the same time they lost the neatness of the moment they had just set off, and now they looked in a mess, and it was obvious that they had no offensive power. If the commander of the Japanese army allowed this situation to continue, the collapse of the army was imminent!

But at this time, many samurai stood up and began to direct the soldiers to stabilize them. The soldiers, commanded by the samurai, quickly stabilized their mood and kept the chaos from spreading.

Such are the benefits of the years of war. Although years of war will cause the economy to wither, people's livelihood will be difficult. But an army of experience and courage will definitely be tempered. So the Japanese army quickly regained its composure and withstood the third round of shelling! And after restoring the relatively loose formation, the soldiers of the Wa Kingdom were able to muster up the courage to continue advancing!

On the walls of the main camp and the castle tower in the back, Horita Masakatsu and Tokugawa Iemitsu came to almost the same conclusion: that is, the opponent's large cylinder can only fire one round every 50 breaths on average, which is very slow! The Japanese soldiers can completely resist the damage and rush into the enemy's position!

So the expressions of both of them relaxed! Slow firing speed means fewer kills! The tenacity of the soldiers of the Japanese country is bearable! Moreover, the Japanese army adopted a sparse formation, so the casualties caused by the large barrel were completely within the tolerable range.

It's a pity that what they didn't know was that the real rate of fire of Napoleonic guns was three to four rounds per minute. A good gun crew can reach five or even six rounds! Liu Pei's current forbearance is just to give them a hot surprise when the Japanese army pounces on them!

Our troops continue to move forward, but they are now completely out of formation! It's a mess, a bunch in the east, and a cluster in the west. But they did reduce casualties from the shelling with this formation.

When the distance between the two sides was shortened to more than 1,000 meters, the formation involuntarily became dense. So the casualties from the shelling are slowly getting bigger again. However, under the supervision of the samurai, the Japanese soldiers still endured the casualties and slowly advanced.

The Japanese soldiers finally approached Liu Pei's front. Before that, they had endured a full nine rounds of shelling! Each round of shelling will bring them dozens of casualties and hundreds of casualties! This short road of more than 1,000 meters was made by the soldiers of the Japanese Kingdom at the cost of their lives and blood! But their morale has dropped a lot as a result! If it weren't for the samurai's maintenance and desire for victory, they might have collapsed!

When the Japanese army entered about 150 steps, Liu Pei ordered loudly: "The sword and shield hand resists the shield!" Spearmen count the guns! Musketeers take turns shooting! ”

Hearing the command, the sword and shield man drew his sword from his waist, and at the same time crouched down, resting his left shoulder against the back of the shield to stabilize the shield. The pikemen in the back held the spear with both hands, allowing it to extend diagonally at a forty-five degree angle through the gap in the shield. The tail of the gun is stuck in the ground and stepped on with the foot. Live. Immediately, a row of thorny steel Great Wall appeared in front of the Japanese soldiers!

The musketeers in the back, on the orders of the officers, removed the muskets from their shoulders and began to aim. Knowing that the officer gave the order, the soldiers pulled the trigger one after another and completed the first salvo! The gunshots of the popping bean office rang out instantly, and some disappeared in an instant. However, because of the distance, the effect of this salvo was not good, and only a dozen of the Japanese soldiers who walked in front fell.

Although the experienced Japanese soldiers saw the other side firing their guns at them, they still suppressed the desire to charge and slowly moved forward, and at this time they were still far from the opponent's position. If you charge now, by the time you rush in front of the other party, I'm afraid you will already be out of breath and have no power to fight at all!

Therefore, the truly experienced army will only charge when the team is approaching the opponent's pace. In this way, you can not only save your stamina, but also reach your maximum speed when approaching your opponent.

However, this also means that you have to withstand multiple rounds of blows from your opponents. In the past, when both sides used cold weapons, it was okay, at most, it was to let the other party shoot a few more rounds of bows and arrows. But now it's different! Because the bow and arrow can be resisted by armor, but armor cannot protect against fire!

Liu Pei's musketeers quickly rotated forward under the command of the officer, and then aimed and shot! Rows of buckshot gushed out like they never stopped! Even the artillery has become sharper and more accurate, causing more casualties!

However, the Japanese soldiers endured heavy casualties and continued to advance, finally bringing their opponents within the range of the iron cannons. For this, they paid a huge price! The 1,000 iron gunners in the front row, when they reached the distance where they could shoot, the remaining number was less than half of what they were before departure!

What's even more tragic is that they finally paid a huge amount of casualties to walk to the opposite side of the enemy, and after reluctantly lining up to fire iron cannons at the enemy, the casualties caused to the enemy were actually in the single digits!

Because the caliber of the iron cannon itself is smaller than that of the fire gun, plus the enemy in front of him also has a thick shield defense, which plays the role of a breastwork. Therefore, the barely firing two-wheeled iron cannon did not receive any effect.

At this time, a new problem arose, that is, in order to be able to shoot, they had to stop. This allowed them to become targets while also blocking the footsteps of the soldiers behind them, forcing the soldiers behind them to slowly gather and form a dense formation.

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