The Japanese soldiers of Togo Rishige were frightened by the terrifying explosion beside them, and they had already suffered heavy casualties under the shooting of the fortress before, so their morale suddenly collapsed, and they turned back and fled down the mountain screaming.

Birch Mountain Jiushou only felt two trembling strands, and his legs and stomachs turned straight to tendons, what was the situation just now? Did nitrocellulose explode? Although it was very powerful in the previous demonstration, it was not so scary!

How did he know that during the daytime demonstration, the people in the Ministry of Industry only used six or seven catties of nitrocellulose, just to avoid scaring these Japanese people. And when it was really time to blow up the fortress, each team of Japanese soldiers carried a total of more than 200 catties.

It was only when one of the teams was hit by a bullet that the nitrocellulose was detonated, which caused such a terrifying momentum.

The wailing of the Uesugi army still lingered in his ears, and Kayama Kumori heard someone behind him shouting, "What are you still doing in a daze?" Lead the troops to attack the mountain! ”

Huashan Jiushou turned his head to Li Yezhi and said with a bitter face: "Lord Li, that city ...... It's really hard to attack. Also," he glanced at the basket of nitrocellulose carried by the soldier not far away, "what kind of cotton is this, it's too dangerous, in case it ......"

Li Yezhi's face sank, "You volunteered to be a backup for Dongxiang before, and I promised you a heavy responsibility, but at this time, you have to cower in battle?!" ”

"No, the ......"

Li Yezhi said coldly: "Cowering in battle, military law will deal with it." If such an important battle had been defeated because of your timidity, the Holy One would have been furious. At that time, not only you and your subordinates, but even Shimazu Mitsuhisa will be convicted together! ”

Birshan's heart tightened, how did he not know the current situation of the Western Army, if there was no support from the Ming Dynasty, the Tokugawa Army would be able to cross Kagoshima within a year. Not to mention that in a fit of rage, the Son of Heaven may directly send a warship to attack Satsuma, and the Shimazu family will die faster.

Shimazu fell, and his own family must have been in trouble.

He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, bowed to Li Yezhi and said, "I, I understand!" Then he gritted his teeth and pulled out the katana at his waist and roared, "Follow me!" "Walk towards Baitai Mountain.

Sixty or seventy banner soldiers, all with bowls tied to their heads, protected him in the middle.

About a hundred paces on either side of him, two teams of Japanese soldiers in charge of "blasting" followed behind in silence under the supervision of the banner soldiers who had been guarding Huashan for a long time. And the other Japanese soldiers tried to stay away from those who carried baskets as much as possible.

As soon as he ran past the foot of the mountain, Kayama Kumori saw a somewhat familiar figure retreating head-on, and he immediately grabbed the man, "Lord Dongxiang?" ”

Togo Toshige was covered in blood, nodded with a dull expression, shook off his hand and continued to run down the mountain.

Huashan only had time to ask, "...... that explosion just now"

"Two and a half groups are gone." Togo's figure has disappeared into the night.

A group is usually forty to fifty people, that is, one hundred and thirty or forty people were killed in an instant by the explosion just now! Huashan Jiushou swallowed and spit, turned his head and saw the soldiers carrying explosives shrinking their heads, and immediately became angry, and shouted to the flag soldiers beside him: "Go and keep an eye on those guys, let them run up as fast as possible, and the violators will be cut down!" ”

"Hey!"

The two teams of bannermen reluctantly drove the "Demoman" away, and the speed of the climb immediately increased.

In a short time, the forward of the Shimazu army had rushed to a distance of two or three hundred paces from the fortress with cannons and rolling wood and stones, and the starry points of light began to shine on the fortress, and it was the fire guns that began to shoot.

Biryama Hisamori looked at the corpses that kept rolling down the mountain, and was glad that the explosives had not been detonated, and urged his men to continue to accelerate, and inadvertently looked up, but saw that the fire of an iron cannon on the fortress seemed to be much weaker than elsewhere.

He stopped, looked around, and found that it was the closest the bastion had come to the violent explosion.

"It must have been the explosion that affected the enemies in the city!" He quickly made a judgment and hurriedly ordered his subordinates, "See there?" Let the soldiers with baskets move closer there! Others try to take cover in front of them as much as possible. ”

"Hey!"

It should be said that his strategy is quite effective. Because Hauge's fortress is not very scientifically repaired, the fire cross-support is extremely poor, and there is a gap in firepower in one place, but it is difficult for the guns next to it to help cover.

On the east side of the fortress, there was a pile of mud and gravel within a few feet, and a cannon at the battlement was crushed by the mud and could not be used for a while.

There were more than 100 captives desperately wielding shovels to clear the earth, but according to their construction progress, I am afraid that it will take at least half an hour to clear the battlements.

It was the huge impact of the previous nitrocellulose explosion that rolled the dirt onto the fortress, but unexpectedly did Kayama a great favor.

A group of Japanese soldiers armed with small shields stood in front of them, firmly protecting the "Demoman" behind them. The firepower on the bastion was weakest here, and since they were all dressed in cotton armor, buckshot and arrows didn't do much damage.

Only the stones that tumbled down from time to time on the fort would kill a few people, but as soon as the soldiers in the back row carrying explosives saw someone screaming and falling in front of them, they immediately dodged to the sides, repeatedly avoiding the rocks dangerously and dangerously.

Seeing that his striker had been attached to the foot of the fortress, Kayama Kumori was also overjoyed, and immediately beckoned the flag monster to run to the other side of the fortress to attract firepower as much as possible.

Finally, the first basket of nitrocellulose quilts was transported under the fortress wall. Due to the fact that the battlements above were blocked by dirt, this place was temporarily a dead end for fire.

The Demoman's head beckoned his men to take out the steel shovels issued to them by the Ming army, hastily dug a shallow pit in the wall of the earth-and-stone fortress, and then carefully placed ten baskets of nitrocellulose neatly, and simply covered them with earth, and then lit six fuses at the same time.

The Japanese soldiers immediately shouted, burning their buttocks and running down the mountain with their lives.

When Kayama Kumori heard the pre-agreed shout and knew that the great thing had been accomplished, he immediately felt ecstatic in his heart and ordered everyone to retreat immediately.

The captives on the fortress saw the "Ming army" retreating like a tide at first glance, although it was unclear, but since the enemy gave them back, they would not be polite, and immediately fired their bows and guns, and killed many Japanese soldiers.

As soon as he had run less than twenty paces, he was shocked by a loud noise behind him, which made his scalp numb, and his limbs trembled together, and he stumbled under his feet, and rolled down the hillside.

It wasn't until he was blocked by a small tree that he stopped his body and scolded angrily in pain, "These fools, why did you leave the lead so short?!" ”

He subconsciously looked back, but suddenly a huge fire burst out halfway up the mountain, and the roar was accompanied by a heart-rending scream.

Before Kayama Kumori could understand what was going on, something slammed into the small tree behind him. He turned his head to look, and his heart suddenly groaned, it was a half-headless corpse, charred and black.