At this time, the lights on and off Kochi Castle were also flickering, and the Yamauchi family had already reacted and was actively arranging defense. During this time, the Sannei family spared no manpower and built a large number of fortifications under the city, and the main elite of the Yamauchi family has also been stationed in the city, looking like a great enemy.

However, after a few months of tension, it was inevitable that a lot of slackness was made, so that the assault fleet of the Far Eastern Army rushed all the way to the city of Kochi without any hindrance through the Kagami River and the Eguchi Tagawa.

Hikten and his squad accepted the patrol mission under the castle to prevent anyone from escaping from Kochi Castle. He controlled the war horse under his crotch, and followed the squad leader to constantly patrol back and forth in Kochi Castle.

There were two airships in the air, constantly cruising over Kochi Castle, observing the situation in the city through thermal imaging cameras, and constantly transmitting the situation in the city back to the detachment headquarters on the shore through telegrams.

Suddenly, an airship flew in from a distance, and a blinding speed of light swept directly towards the city. With the help of that beam, Hikten and the others spotted several people using ropes to go down the city.

"There's a situation ahead, come with me......"

With a shout from the squad leader, Hikten and the others urged their horses to follow the squad leader and rushed there, and then jumped off their horses, picked up their double-barreled shotguns, and fired a volley at several ninjas in black night suits who were using ropes to go down the city wall. Although the effect of night shooting was mediocre, it still hit the ninja hanging from the rope and fell to the bottom of the castle.

The samurai and ashigaru of the Yamauchi family in the city also used bows and iron cannons to shoot at Hikten, but at a distance of dozens of meters, it was still in the dark night, and all the shots were aimless, and there was basically no target.

The ninjas who were preparing to secretly leave the city in several other directions were also killed one by one by the Far Eastern Army patrolling around Kochi Castle. Kochi Castle has also largely lost the possibility of contact with the outside world.

Tadashi Yamauchi listened directly to the report of his samurai. Angry, he slammed a cup, and then his eyes slowly turned blood-red. He slowly stood up and said in a deep voice to the little surname next to him: "Armor ......"

Since I can't get in touch with the outside, I have to fight hard. All the men in the castle were mobilized by the Yamauchi family and climbed the walls of Kochi Castle with weapons. Prepare to defend Kochi Castle to the death. A large number of elite Yamauchi samurai and ashigaru also stuck to several dense fortresses under the city, looking desperately defending.

The mobile advance force of the Far Eastern Army was not in a hurry to attack the city at this time, but watched a few passages out of the city, quietly waiting for the arrival of the main force.

As the landing force continued to arrive, there were more and more Far Eastern troops under the city of Kochi. The Tosa Detachment consisted of a field regiment, an overseas brigade, three daring army wings, a brigade of the Outer Northeast Cavalry Division, and a large number of artillery, engineers, and other combat logistics support units. Among them, the artillery unit was armed with eighteen 70-mm infantry guns. Twenty-four 60-mm mortars.

In addition, the Tosa detachment will receive all-round fire support from four fire support boats anchored by the Admiralty on the north bank of the Kagamigawa River, with a total of 24 105-mm assault guns. The two airship groups of the Air Department also sent four airships to provide air support to the Tosa detachment.

Yamauchi Tadanao was dressed in bells and whistles, and he stood majestically at the head of Kochi Castle with a family heirloom sword in both hands. Behind him stood the retainers of the Yamauchi family, each with a solemn look on their faces.

"It seems that some of them should be the Far East Army, and they will not go to Honshu to support the Shimazu family of the Satsuma Domain. What are you doing in Shikoku? ”

Everyone listened to his words, and an elder couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly: "Lord." The ambitions of the Far East have been revealed, and their plans are not small. They supported the Shimazu clan of the Satsuma domain, and if they defeated the Tokugawa clan of the shogunate in Honshu, the whole of Japan would be dark. The Far East is tigers, leopards, jackals, and they may swallow the whole of Japan, hehe...... Tadashi Shimazu is playing with fire.

A retainer also said in a deep voice: "The Shimazu family wants to get support from the Far East. Even if we send our Shikoku Island to the Far East, they will definitely be able to do it. What a bastard this damn national thief! ”

A stout samurai next to him also said angrily: "Do you really think that our Tosa is easy to bully, hehe...... I don't believe that the Far Eastern Army has three heads and six arms. I want to break through our Kochi Castle. It's not that easy. ”

His encouraging words instantly ignited the fighting spirit of the warriors of the Yamauchi family, and they were all full of passion, and the low morale on the city wall also became excited.

This sentiment gradually spread to every corner of Kochi Castle, causing the samurai and ashigaru of the Yamauchi family to start cheering loudly. In fact, it is to give yourself courage, I have long heard that the strength of the Far East is strong, and I don't shout a few voices, and I really have no bottom in my heart.

The commander of the Tosa detachment, Ning Jun, came to the castle of Kochi Castle, he observed it with a telescope, and then sneered: "Their morale is high, hehe...... I think that I can stop the attack of our Far Eastern Army by relying on a broken city, I really don't know what to do. ”

When he said this, he turned to the chief of staff behind him and shouted: "Inform all the artillery of the Admiralty fire support boat, give me two rounds of eight methods of rapid shooting, and demolish this broken city wall for Lao Tzu." ”

After receiving the order of the Ning army, the artillery observation team on the airship began to carefully calculate the various shooting elements, and quickly transmitted the data to the four fire support boats on the north bank of Jingchuan. Suddenly there were bursts of passwords from each artillery position, and a group of artillerymen were also busy.

"Bang...... Bang ......"

Twenty-four 105-mm assault guns on four fire support boats roared almost simultaneously. One after another, 105-millimeter high-explosive grenades roared out of the muzzle and smashed into the walls of Kochi Castle.

At the same time, the army's eighteen 70-mm infantry guns and twenty-four 60-mm mortars also opened fire. Dense cannonballs rained down on the top of Kochi Castle.

When the cannon sounded, Tadanao Yamanuchi at the head of the city immediately shook his spirits. How can there be so much artillery in the Far East, and it is still so loud. His grandfather had fought viciously with the Ming army in Korea, and he once told him the scene when the Ming army fired thousands of cannons, and he was very impressed when he heard it.

But now he heard the dense cannon fire from the Far East opposite, and suddenly remembered his grandfather's words back then. He was about to order the samurai ashigaru at the head of the castle to quickly take cover, but the fire support boat was only a little more than a kilometer away from the castle, and the shells fired were coming in an instant. (To be continued......)

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