Before the first attack on the "outer castle" of Satsuma by three ranger companies, Chen Xin had already landed on the pier of Kagoshima Castle, the seat of the Satsuma Domain, with five infantry squadrons, three infantry artillery companies, one reconnaissance and search company, and two engineer companies, under the cover of the Navy's fast crab long-barreled heavy artillery. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Although the samurai of Satsuma had a great reputation in the Wa Kingdom, and were known as the "strongest in the Warring States", and they also had a lot of iron cannons, they were still unable to hold the dock under the bombardment of 10 pounds of long-barreled heavy artillery and were forced to retreat.

"Quick, quick, quick, the 4th Infantry Squadron will line up 1,000 meters in front of the pier, remember not to block the firing range of the naval guns."

"The 1st Company of Engineers and the 2nd Company of Engineers should dig trenches behind the 4th Infantry Squadron and stabilize the front."

"This boat is unloaded, vacate the docks."

"Artillery company, artillery company, don't worry about the pack horses first, after crossing the sea, the war horses need a certain amount of time to cultivate, you directly carry the infantry guns to the front line."

"Which team are you from? What the? The 7th Infantry Squadron went to the front, except for the 4th Squadron to defend against the enemy's counterattack, all the infantry went to the front to help the engineer company dig trenches. ”

"Don't unload the ammunition and materials first, the personnel go first, you are the last in line, give up the dock."

The officer on duty was there with several staff officers and a military court team to direct the unloading of the ships and the preliminary battle situation, and Chen Xin, wearing a well-made two-year armor (cotton armor style with bulletproof steel plates), led the guards to the front line.

As a powerful feudal domain, the samurai under the jurisdiction of the Satsuma Domain were also very brave, and after the garrison was driven out of the dock area by naval guns, a large force was immediately transferred.

As a powerful force with more than 310 villages, thousands of samurai lived near Kagoshima Castle, and after recruiting peasant soldiers from nearby villages, the enemy army had formed an army of 5,000 men in just over one hour before the army unloaded the ship.

Among these people were at least 500 so-called iron gunners, or arquebusiers, who slowly approached from a distance, and the guns adjusted the angle of their guns, firing iron balls at an angle of 11 degrees when the enemy was 1,800 meters from the pier.

The dock is small enough to accommodate three fast crabs or transport ships at the same time, and the rest of the ships can only wait at a distance, and after the naval officers constantly adjust their positions, there are only 30 guns that can shoot at the enemy.

30 iron balls smashed into the crowd in a parabola, and then briskly bounced up and directly pierced a thick human wall, and finally lost momentum and stopped in a pool of blood.

At such a distance, hundreds of people were killed at one time, and the enemy was in a commotion, and the power of the artillery and the distance of the fire frightened them, but with the samurai pressing the formation, the peasants could only continue to advance.

In fact, the samurai were also a little frightened, but with the title of the strongest in the Warring States, they were unwilling to be repelled like this, and they had to rush once no matter what, and they unconsciously accelerated their pace.

But when they came 400 meters in front of the 4th Infantry Squadron and three artillery companies in the formation, they had another nightmare.

The light infantry guns had already chosen their positions, the hoes had been smashed deep into the ground, and the gunners were ready to fire and were waiting for orders.

When the enemy stepped into the reference at 400 meters, a long, shrill horn sounded, and the gunners pulled the gun rope in their hands at the same time.

A full 18 infantry guns roared in unison, instantly passing through the open space between the two armies, smashing into the enemy group, and the huge cannonballs continued to tear apart the human body. This round of artillery bombardment again caused confusion among the enemy, and a large number of peasants and even samurai began to flee.

They were greeted by a shining sword light, and the samurai who practiced swordsmanship all year round used their narrow swords to chop these unarmored peasant soldiers, which was really as easy as chopping melons and vegetables.

"Those who dare to retreat without permission will be killed." A samurai in ornate armor shouted, "All charged, their guns have been fired, rush in front of them before they reload the next time." ”

"Iron artillery team, light the arquebus, charge me, kill." Saying that, he rushed to the Xuan army first.

However, the enemy did not know that the infantry guns of the Xuan army used breech-loading copper pre-loaded sub-guns, and when the man was inspiring, the reloading of the sub-guns had been completed, and there was a long sharp trumpet, and the 18 infantry guns roared again and emitted scorching flames, and the heavy projectiles smashed into the enemy array again.

But by this time, the enemy had already rushed up, and the rapid running made the enemy a little sluggish, and before they could be frightened by the speed of the Xuan army's artillery, everyone had already passed over the mutilated corpses.

At this time, the enemy had come to within 300 meters, and the tiger bents scattered at all levels of the army as officers took out the strong bows issued to them and began to throw a rain of arrows, and the heavy arrows nailed the enemy to the ground one by one like light javelins.

By the time the enemy gritted his teeth and came to a place more than 200 meters in front of the Xuan Army's front, the officers of the 4th Infantry Squadron had already begun to give orders.

"Pull up the ruler." The squadron leader shouted loudly.

"Pull up the ruler." The companies, platoons, and squads at all levels below repeated this order one level at a time.

The soldiers erected the ruler from 5 cm in front of the fire gate.

The officer ordered "Scale 200".

Repeat "Scale 200" below.

There was a clip on the ruler, and the soldiers moved it to the line with the number 200 inscribed.

"Raise your gun and aim."

All the arquebusiers locked their crosshairs on the opposing enemy through the small hole in the 200 scale in the ruler.

When the enemy finally reached 200 meters, a short shrill trumpet sounded.

The gunfire rang out in a row, and the 800 musketeers fired the projectiles from their guns together, a long-established tactic of group firing, completing a salvo at 200 meters, and then firing in a column formation when the enemy entered the precise firing range, that is, within 100 meters.

At a distance of 200 meters, most arquebuses would not have been able to hit the target without the help of a ruler, with the exception of a few arquebuses of excellent quality.

In the era of queuing to shoot, the British lobster soldiers insisted on moving to 30 meters before firing, which certainly shows that they are disciplined and well-trained, but it also shows the disregard for the lives of soldiers in that era.

Obviously, the ruler was invented very early, but those upper echelons just didn't want to spend more money to equip the smoothbore gun with this tool.

Without the help of a ruler, the illiterate soldiers of that era, of course, could not have calculated the parabola of lead bullets after they flew out of the barrel.

But Chen Xin is different, the lives of his own soldiers come first, so even if it is an arquebus, the Xuan army has already installed a ruler.

With the help of a ruler and a crosshair, the Xuan Army already has the ability to accurately shoot at cluster targets.

Chen Xin looked at the scene in front of him and was very proud: "My soldiers can use the most primitive arquebuses to fight the accuracy that no country or any army can fight in this era, or even in the next century." ”

The enemy is also brave, seeing the Xuan army using arquebuses at this distance, they also immediately raised the iron cannon and began to shoot, without the help of the ruler, coupled with the poor aerodynamic shape of the round lead bullet, a round of hundreds of people in a volley, only caused a few casualties of the Xuan army.

Those who were hit in the upper body had the protection of two-year Type B body armor, but they were smashed by the impact and sat on the ground, and returned to the queue in a moment, and those who were hit in the lower body immediately had medical soldiers come forward and carried them on stretchers to the field hospital that was being built in the rear.

The enemy continued to charge, and the small-caliber artillery in the rear had been pushed into range, and the skirmish company of the 4th Infantry Squadron immediately made a detour from the flank, opened fire at a distance of 200 meters from the enemy, and fired accurately at long distances with the modified three-year arquebus in their hands.

The enemy artillery was caught off guard by the sudden attack, and hurriedly adjusted the muzzles to shoot in this direction, and the distance between the stragglers was extremely scattered, and when the enemy fired the artillery, all of them were prostrate on the ground, and the round shells flew directly over the straggler company, causing no casualties.

After the enemy fired once, the skirmishers immediately stood up and resumed firing at the artillery.

The soldiers of the Satsuma Domain, who were not assisted by artillery, were still charging, and the Xuan army was also firing one after another, infantry guns, arquebuses, and when the enemy was almost 100 meters, the bazookas that had been lowered to the platoon level began to fire.

With this round of arquebus firing and another salvo of infantry artillery plus countless rocket waste, this kind of dense firepower output is absolutely the best in this era, how could the soldiers of the Satsuma Domain who only have a small number of arquebuses on the opposite side withstand such a powerful firepower output, and the peasants and samurai of the Satsuma Domain completely collapsed.

The next step was the pursuit, and the soldiers of the reconnaissance and search company rode away through the gap that the shield bearers had vacated.

The horses' hooves rumbled, and the 100 cavalry first jogged, constantly shuttling through the corpse mountain and sea of blood.

After passing the mass of corpses, the horse team began to speed up, and then the whole team.

100 cavalry formed a city wall, and the sound of hooves was like thunder, mixed with a terrifying majestic momentum.

Having dispersed the small group of enemy troops that were out of the range of the artillery, the reconnaissance and search company that was advancing like a wall was crushed all the way and was unstoppable, and after completely dispersing all the enemy's attempts to fight again in the whole group, the whole company dispersed under the order of the company commander.

The warriors took out their mounted archery bows and began to show off their cavalry and archery skills, chasing down the remnants of the enemy.

The 4th Infantry Squadron kept up with the Reconnaissance Company and pressed the line behind to prevent the enemy from returning to the rifles.

After the first wave of counterattacks was resolved, various transport ships began to unload supplies in the dock area, and it was likely that there would be several more tough battles in Kagoshima Castle in the distance, so the task of the transport ships was very heavy, not only to bring in a steady stream of supplies and ammunition, but also to transport those newly recruited samurai companies here to strengthen their own human resources.

This dock area was the logistics base that Chen Xin chose before the capture of Kagoshima Castle, so the responsibility of the two engineer companies was very heavy, and they had to lead the infantry to repair this place into a rudimentary fortress.

Zigzag trenches, breastwork, forts, and other buildings necessary for the fortress of the Xuan army needed to be completed as soon as possible, but fortunately, long before the army was formed last year, Chen Xin ordered all infantry to be assigned sapper shovels, so now the whole army can participate in the construction of the camp.