The so-called "national collapse", the original origin is 1551, the governor of the Otomo family, Otomo Sorin, got the Portuguese naval guns, such as the treasure, placed at the head of the city, named "national collapse", to the later, all the larger caliber of the long cannon became "national collapse". Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The collapse of the country that Shimazu Tadashi mentioned was the large Furlong cannon obtained through the trade with the Southern Barbarians, which belonged to the eliminated goods by the standards of the Qiongzhou battalion. Originally, this kind of artillery from the last century was barely enough for field warfare, and it was completely unqualified as a shore defense artillery, but Tsurumaru Castle was built on the seaside, which was convenient in terms of distance, and with the bonus of the height of the city, this kind of cannon with a short range could also hit the sea.

After receiving the order from the feudal lord to activate the kokuboni, the samurai in charge of maintenance and firing did not dare to slack off, and after paying homage to Amaterasu Okami very reverently, they carefully wiped the already smooth barrel of the cannon - the kokuban was usually maintained by a special person, and it was regularly wiped with oil to keep it in good condition for firing at any time - and then loaded the cannonball, and then put it into the mother.

After the tedious preparations were completed, the samurai aimed at the largest ship through the holes in the door.

On the sea, William asked Xia Nan: "The defenders in the city have not handed over the murderer, are they ready for shelling?" ”

Xia Nan looked at the position of the sun, estimated the time, and nodded: "Let all the gunners enter the combat position, wait for another half an hour, and if there is no movement, fire the cannon into the city." ”

As soon as the words fell, there was a "bang" sound, and a cannonball flew out of the city tower opposite, and a cannonball flew out of the city and landed on the deck of the "Guangdong" impartially, and a sailor who was collecting the cable was stoned to death on the spot, and after the cannonball bounced off the hard deck, it cut off the head of a guard soldier.

Everyone on the ship was shocked, and William reacted the fastest and ordered loudly: "Protect the general into the cabin and suppress the castle with fire!" ”

At this time, there was another "bang", and the second shell flew towards the "Guangdong" again, but the position was somewhat deviated and smashed into the stern of the ship, and there were no casualties. Although the Fur Machine, known as the National Collapse, is very powerful, thanks to the pre-loaded gun design, the rate of fire is much faster than that of ordinary cannons, and it can fire continuously in a short period of time.

Xia Nan was furious, pushed away the crowd who were trying to surround him into the cabin to hide, and shouted: "The Japanese are just small cannons, what are you going to dodge?" Since they dare to fire first, let them bear the consequences. Blow these cannons into powder for me first! ”

Seeing that Xia Nan was reluctant to enter the cabin to hide, William could not persuade again, so he could only find a way to deal with the artillery on the city wall first.

Before the Qiongzhou battalion counterattacked, the third shot was fired at the head of the city. It is estimated that the Furlong cannon was moved by the recoil after continuous firing, and this time it was further away and fell on the "Shandong", but it also had an effect, killing two soldiers and seriously wounding one sailor.

The entire gunners of the fleet, who were already in a combat position, immediately began to return fire after receiving the order. The large and small cannons concentrated their firepower on the city gate tower, the part where the national collapse cannon was fired.

"Boom, boom, boom", the fierce cannon sound sounded continuously, and the cannonballs flew towards the city gate tower like raindrops, and the gunners in charge of firing the national collapse were dumbfounded, they had never seen such a magnificent scene - it was remarkable for a daimyo to have several national collapse guns, and no one had ever thought of concentrating dozens or hundreds of guns together to carry out such a dense and high-intensity fire strike on a single point. Of course, even if you want to, no daimyo in all of Japan can do it, not even Tokugawa Iemitsu has such a strong foundation.

With such a close distance and such a density of firepower, the accuracy of the shells and the steps of test firing calibration are not important. Even though a quarter of the shells flew elsewhere, the remaining shells still carried out a super-saturated attack on the city gate, and the two national collapses and a dozen gunners, along with this section of the city wall, were reduced to dust and ashes under heavy artillery fire. The collapse of the two gates, which the Shimazu family regarded as the treasure of the town, was reimbursed in this way.

The rest of the defenders were frightened by the overwhelming artillery fire, and it took a long time to react, and they hurriedly ran to report to the feudal lord.

Shimazu Tadashi sat up from his sickbed at this moment, surrounded by his children and important ministers, waiting for the good news. Unexpectedly, the good news did not come, but the rumbling cannon came over. At first, it was the sound of the collapse of the country, which had not been heard for a long time, and everyone was intoxicated by this wonderful sound, recalling the eventful years when they used this sharp weapon to repel a strong enemy, and then there was a torrential rain of cannons, shattering all their good memories.

Everyone looked at each other, and Shimazu Tadashi was puzzled: "This is ...... The enemy's big tube? But it is impossible to have such a big movement, such a level of sound, how many doors and big tubes do you have to have? ”

At this time, a samurai rushed in with a rolling belt, crying and reporting: "The country has collapsed...... The jade is broken! ”

Everyone was in an uproar, and Shimazu Tadashi fell headlong and almost rolled to the ground, but fortunately he was supported by Shimazu Chiyo, who was guarding the side.

Shimazu Tadashi took a few breaths of air and asked tremblingly: "Gentlemen, the enemy is so strong, what should I do, who can go out of the city to meet the enemy?" ”

Shimazu Mitsuhisa, who was shouting to go out of the city to meet the enemy just now, did not say a word, and did not seem to hear this sentence, but the rest of the courtiers and samurai did not lose their fierce nature, and replied one after another:

"Your Majesty is willing to go!"

"Please give the Lord an order, willing to go out of the city and fight to the death with the enemy!"

……

But before they could make a decision, "boom, boom, boom", the dense cannon fire rang out again, this time the shells seemed to be coming towards the city, and everyone heard the "whining" sound of the shells piercing the air. The sound was getting closer, and finally it was closer.

"Boom", "boom", various sounds sounded, it seemed to be the sound of the room collapsing, and then a violent vibration was transmitted to the castle tower, and some elderly courtiers stood unsteadily and fell to the ground, and the tiles on their heads began to fall down with a "bang", and then shattered.

This is a feeling that is familiar to all Japanese people, and as a country with many volcanoes, earthquakes are commonplace, and such a feeling can only be encountered by earthquakes. However, the scene in front of us was obviously not caused by the earthquake, but by the enemy's shelling.

Everyone present panicked, and Shimazu Tadashi was even more ashen, muttering: "The enemy's big tube, can it actually be like this?" ”

On the "Guangdong", amid the deafening cannon sound around him, Xia Nan gritted his teeth and pointed at Tsurumaru Castle, "Bomb me hard, I'm going to raze this ruined city of the Satsuma Domain!" ”