The Far Eastern Army approached the castle, and Tokugawa Yoribo, the current general of the Tokugawa shogunate, mobilized all the elites in the castle, as well as a large number of civilians, in order to defend Edo Castle.

Tokugawa Yoribo also wore his whole body and personally climbed to the top of the castle, preparing for a decisive battle with the Far East. He looked at the military formation of the Far Eastern Army with a solemn face, turned his head to the elder behind him and asked, "Have you confirmed that the soldiers and horses outside the city were sent by the Far East?" ”

"My lord, according to the reports of the samurai who withdrew from outside the city, it is indeed the soldiers and horses of the Far East. Not only are the firearms and iron cannons extremely fierce, but there are also thousands of cavalry, and the horses they ride on are very majestic, all of which are Far Eastern cavalry from Liaodong. In addition, according to some samurai, they were attacked by iron beasts and flying boats, and our soldiers and horses suffered heavy casualties. ”

Tokugawa Yoribo sighed and said in a deep voice, "Have all the ninjas been sent out?" ”

"More than a dozen groups of ninjas have been dispatched, but the Far Eastern Army is equipped with a large number of cavalry outside the city, and there are flying boats patrolling in the air, I don't know if they can break out of the encirclement."

Listening to the elder's words, Tokugawa Yoribo's face became more and more solemn, in fact, he knew that since the Far East could send tens of thousands of troops to attack Edo, Kyoto might also be under a lot of pressure now, and he would not be able to draw troops and horses back to help Edo. Fortunately, Tokugawa Yoshinobu set up two lines of defense in the Osaka and Kyoto areas, and no matter how strong the Far East was, it would not be able to break through in the short term.

Now he is just hoping that the ninjas sent out will be able to break through the siege and reach the Owari and Mito domains smoothly. There aren't many elites there, but it's better than nothing.

Gao Jianguo attached great importance to the battle of attacking Edo, and also rushed to Edo in person. He took the telescope to observe the city defense of Edo City, and said to the powerful Sheng and Hao Changfeng next to him: "The city defense of Edo City is still relatively mature, before the troops attack, the time for firepower preparation must be fierce, where is your breakthrough point?" ”

The power won a place for him. Then he said with a smile: "According to the reconnaissance of the air boat force, the shogunate army has blocked the gates of the castle outside the river, and has deployed heavy troops. We avoided a few gates and chose this as our breakthrough point, where we were going to carry out a targeted blast. ”

Gao Jianguo picked up the binoculars and looked at them for a while, nodded approvingly, "Hmm...... The location was well chosen. You can hit the shogunate army by surprise. By the way, who led the assault force? ”

Hao Changfeng turned around and waved his hand, and two heavily armed daredevils hurriedly ran over from a distance. Gao Jianguo took a look, okay, the two main generals of the Death Army actually went into battle in person.

"I said Fujita, what kind of fame are you two doing, as the chief and deputy commander of the Death Army, you actually want to personally lead the commando team into battle. You are now senior leading cadres of the Far Eastern Army, and your main task is to command the troops. Instead of going into battle and chopping and chopping. ”

Listening to Gao Jianguo's words, Fujita and Kenji both knelt down and buried their heads deep in the ground. Fujita shouted loudly: "General, the fate of a samurai is to die on the battlefield, please give us a chance!" ”

Gao Jianguo smiled bitterly, he knew the thoughts of Fujita and Kenji, attacking Edo Castle may be the long-cherished wish of all the samurai of the Far East. Breaking through the main castle of the Tokugawa family, which was in charge of Japan, was also a great honor for all samurai.

Come to think of it. He smiled and said, "Since you are so resolute, then I will promise you, but only this once, not the next one." If this happens again in the future, you will never have the opportunity to lead the troops again. Also, be sure to stay safe. ”

Fujita and Kenji listened to Gao Jianguo's words. Tears of excitement are about to fall. They shouted, "Hey...... Hi ......"

Gao Jianguo turned around and looked at Qiang Quansheng and Hao Changfeng, and then said in a deep voice: "Okay, you can start ......"

In order to intensify the fire attack on Edo, the Far Eastern Army organized several artillery groups of several hundred guns of various calibers, including four D-30 122-mm howitzers, eighteen 2b11 120-mm mortars, and thirty-six 2b14 82-mm mortars. As well as a large number of divisional and brigade-level 75-mm mountain guns, 70-mm infantry guns, regimental and battalion-level 82-mm, 60-mm mortars.

In addition, more than 100 105-mm assault guns and 12-barreled 107-mm rocket launchers deployed by the Admiralty on more than 20 fire support boats in the three waterways of Arakawa, Sumida River, and Tama River will also participate in the fire preparation before the attack.

Dozens of airships and more than 20 delta-wing planes of the Air Force Department will also provide all-round air support for the siege troops of the Eastern Army Corps and the Western Army Corps.

Several airships that have been cruising in the air are responsible for the observation and command of the artillery of the attacking troops, and they will provide real-time shooting for the siege artillery units throughout the whole process, and promptly direct the extended firing of the artillery fire and carry out ballistic deviation correction.

With the order of the commander of the Eastern Army, all the supporting artillery of the Far Eastern Army began an hour of fire preparation.

"Boom...... Boom ......"

The first to roar were the four D-30 122mm howitzers, which were sufficient to meet the needs of the road conditions and environment of this era because of the heavy barrel, as well as the current firepower configuration of the Far Eastern Army.

Therefore, this heavy artillery, except for the main gun of the three landing ships, and was installed in important cities and ports in the Far East as a fixed battery, the rest was mothballed. Also mothballed were 2B11 120mm mortars and 2B14 82mm mortars.

Because the Japanese campaign will face a lot of strong fortresses and cities, the Military Commission has re-activated these powerful modern artillery pieces to strengthen the offensive strength of various units in the Japanese theater.

The roar of four D-30 122mm howitzers broke the silence of the battlefield, and four 122mm grenades smashed on a tower in Edo Castle in an instant.

"Boom...... Boom ......" four earth-shattering loud noises shook the four fields.

The majestic castle tower suddenly disappeared and collapsed with a clatter, and the samurai and ashigaru of the shogunate army who had gathered on the castle tower were also bombed and suffered heavy casualties, and were buried in the ruins by the ruins.

The other artillery pieces in the Far East also rang out almost at the same time. Hundreds of artillery pieces roared in anger, and countless shells rained down on the fortifications around Edo Castle, blasting the shogunate army into a wolf.

In particular, the 12-barreled 107-mm rocket launchers on several fire support boats in nearby rivers covered the castle outline and the fortifications under Edo Castle like a rain of meteors, causing strong psychological pressure on the shogunate army.

In the initial stage of artillery preparation, the main thing was to kill and injure the living forces of the defenders of Edo Castle, cover the engineering units to carry out directional blasting, and destroy the obstacles and civil fortifications around the breakthrough point. (To be continued......)

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