The roaring sound of rows of iron cannons has a more powerful demonstrative effect than weapons such as bows and arrows, and is especially suitable for defensive warfare, where strong city defenses can be used to methodically dump iron bullets against the enemy. The white smoke of the ocean rose from the front of the city wall and lingered for a long time.

Since it was in the middle of the harbor, the wind was blocked by the cliffs on both sides, and all the white smoke floated upwards in a straight line, forming balls of smoke that were immediately blown away by the wind from the Seto Inland Sea. After two rounds of iron artillery in succession, Shima Ori loudly ordered a ceasefire, and the captains of each team also shouted: "Ceasefire, ceasefire!" ”

The gunners of each team stopped, waiting to see the results of the battle. The choking smell of gunpowder wafted at the head of the city, mixed with a smell of blood, an indescribable smell in the hot sun. The smoke gradually dissipated, and more than two dozen of the Murakami's sailors within fifteen zhang outside the city were knocked to the ground. Many of them were covered in flesh and blood, just rolling on the ground and screaming loudly.

The iron cannon of the Date family does not have an advantage in range compared to the iron cannon produced in Kii, and it does not have much advantage in terms of lethality, but it is greatly superior in terms of rate of fire, and it is still very lethal within fifteen zhang and forty or fifty steps, and it is very powerful for these bamboo armor that has no armor on the body, or is only clothed with uninlaid iron plates.

What's more, in terms of geographical advantages, the iron gunners on Manabejima also have a great advantage, and they can use the defense of the city wall to fire iron cannons calmly, without worrying about the danger of exploding the chamber caused by the extra gunpowder and iron bullets in a hurry.

Combat and training are always two different things.

On the real battlefield, people's hearts will change dramatically, which will lead to their own behavior getting out of control. A wide variety of factors. Such as blood, explosions, screams, roars, white smoke, white smoke, yellow smoke, pungent smells, bayonets, sharp blades, etc. All have the potential to cause a psychological breakdown of the iron gunner.

Tense atmosphere. The speed of the reload slows down, and the aiming action is deformed. In history, a musket team of 100 people, on a real battlefield, can have 70 people play normally, which is already a great achievement.

For a moment, the soldiers of the Murakami Navy who were screaming and charging were all stunned, looking at the smoke that had dissipated in front of them. Listening to the miserable howl of his companion falling to the ground, smelling the strong smell of blood, they all looked behind and hesitated whether to retreat.

Murakami Takeshi never thought that the firepower of the small Manabe Island would be so fierce, and the resistance would be so strong, his face became extremely ugly, he originally wanted to use hundreds of warships as a backing to scare the opponent, but he ended up with such an ending.

Murakami Takeshi turned back to Murakami and said solemnly, "Uncle, send another three hundred people up." Led by you, you must uproot Manabe Island. ”

Murakami looked up at Takeshi Murakami in amazement. With a face full of doubts, he glanced at Iwata Xinghiro not far behind him, and persuaded in an extremely deep voice: "If you really want to attack Manabe Island by force, it is better to seize the nearby Kitagi Island." ”

Murakami Takeshi shook his head slightly, looked at Manabe Island where the smoke of gunpowder had dissipated, took a deep breath, and said: "Uprooting Manabe Island was originally just a small matter, even if it was not uprooted, the Date Army on the island would not be able to go to sea to pursue, but if it could not win in a short time, what courage and morale did the Murakami Navy have to go to the hinterland of Date to plunder?" ”

Hearing this, Murakami solemnly nodded heavily, and then shouted and greeted a group of people called Kozawafune to sail towards Manabe Island. Murakami Takeyoshi watched Murakami leave solemnly, turned back to his standard-bearers and shouted: "Order the first department to go and occupy Kitagi Island, let the Ouchi army rest on Kitagi Island, and the rest of the people will beat drums and cheer with me." ”

The drums were beating.

The catapult threw stone bullets again, and the soldiers of the three or four hundred Murakami naval army gathered in the harbor, and under the solemn leadership of Murakami, they lined up in a neat pace, overturned the three small hayabunes to the ground, and then used the small hayakusen as a shield cover, and launched another attack towards the castle tower.

The soldiers hiding behind the small hayafune lowered their heads and advanced slowly but powerfully, damn, Shima Uri, who was born in the Murakami Navy, of course knew that this was the most effective attack posture for the Murakami Navy's attack on the island, and once it got close to the castle tower, it was a fierce attack.

Dao Yili shouted loudly: "Iron cannon ready, give me a hard beating!" The first row of iron cannons, which had already been prepared, roared again, and then, in the midst of a burst of commands, the iron gunners who had fired had already loaded the fixed cartridge ammunition with the reloading number, and after the iron gunners in front stepped back, they stepped forward one after another.

In this way, the small hayafune was pierced, and several Murakami naval soldiers behind were also hit, and there seemed to be someone injured inside, but the small hayafune was still moving slowly, but it was a little slower than just now. Suddenly, some soldiers stood up from behind the small morning boat with bows and arrows, and shot at the castle tower, the bows and arrows of these soldiers were accurate and ruthless, but at this moment, there were five iron gunners at the head of the city on the side of Shima Yili who were shot by the soldiers of the Murakami Navy, and one of them fell to the ground on his back with a bang.

The range of the Maruki bow was not far, but the lethality within more than ten zhang was still very strong, and an iron gunner was shot in the face, and the arrow was deeply inserted into the head, bleeding like a torrent, and he had already fallen to the ground and died in the first place, but his body was still twitching.

Several other iron gunners obviously didn't shoot like him, and those iron gunners in copper plate armor were okay, as long as they were not in critical places such as faces and eyes, even if they were shot in the chest or other places, most of the sharp arrows could not break through the armor, and even if they were shot through, they would not be fatal.

Needless to warn of Shima Mori, the brutality of the battlefield has taught these gunners how to protect themselves, hiding behind the walls to avoid enemy bows and arrows when shooting, and at this moment the gunners don't really need to aim, just aim the iron cannon at the city and light the arquebus.

The archers of the Murakami Navy were quite vicious and shot accurately, but the first wave caused some casualties, and the later waves only wasted arrows, but they still delayed the attack speed of the gunners, making the Murakami Navy speed up the march.

Seeing that the enemy had rushed to the edge of the city wall, Shima Ily lowered his body and shouted, "Iron gunner, back off, back down, back to the second layer, back to the second level, shoot freely, stop the enemy from ascending the city." At this time, the sound of war drums from Murakami's water army was even higher, and the two sides shot at each other above and below the city.

The roar of the iron cannons and the smoke continued to rise, and the iron gunners and archers of the various teams on the city wall kept shooting out from the lookout holes in the battlement wall and the shooting holes below, and at the same time, the bows and arrows of the Murakami naval army also kept shooting. Some sharp arrows with tricky angles could even penetrate through these two holes and inflict damage on the iron gunners in the city.

From time to time, screams and muffled snorts came from the castle and under the castle, and it was roughly estimated that more than ten Murakami naval soldiers outside the city were hit by the Manabeshima iron cannon, and there were also several auxiliaries covering the iron gunners in the city who were shot by the bows and arrows of the Murakami naval army, but fortunately, none of them were fatally wounded.

Although the battle was still not at its most intense, it was very bloody. Outside the city, under the heavy protection of the heavy soldiers, Murakami just looked at the direction of the castle with a solemn expression, and he didn't expect that the iron cannon of the Date army at the head of the castle was so powerful, which greatly surprised him. Before going to the city, there were already more than 30 casualties on his side, and all of them were elite soldiers of the Murakami Water Army, which made him feel very sorry in his heart, these people were all warriors who had fought in the Murakami Water Army for many years, but he didn't expect to die here.

Murakami solemnly understood that if the position of the attack was a little wider, it would not be so severe in casualties, Manabeshima was originally a small island, and the harbor of Manabeshima was even smaller, more than 300 people rushed up, people were crowded, the position of the vacancy was extremely small, and the accuracy of the iron cannon with extremely low accuracy was greatly improved under the geographical advantage.

After killing and wounding more than 30 soldiers, Murakami finally rushed his team to a place under the city wall, and moved the roadblocks in that place.

Shima Yili could see clearly from the lookout hole in the battlement wall, and he suddenly shouted: "Prepare for the stone!" Immediately, several auxiliary soldiers who were specially responsible for throwing rolling wood and stones nervously moved a few stones and put them on top of the catapults, and Dao Yili shouted violently: "Release!" ”

Ten stones were thrown from the city and smashed down to the bottom of the city, and immediately a scream came from the bottom of the city. However, there was a thud at the gate, which caused the tower to tremble and shake off some dust. Shima Ori shouted, "The golden juice is ready." ”

Immediately two more soldiers sang an iron rod and struggled to lift a cauldron from a fire, which was filled with boiling dung juice and a foul smell. Dao Yili could clearly see from the lookout hole in the battlement wall that there were already more than 20 soldiers in armor holding the ship's planks on their heads to cover the collision of wood and hitting the city gate, before he shouted loudly: "Golden juice, pour!" ”

The boiling dung water was poured down, and it was useless to hold the planks of the boat, and no one was spared from the dung water that split their heads and covered their faces, and they fell to the ground with their skin and flesh open, making a howl that was not like a human voice, and rolling back and forth on the ground, and even the armor on their bodies snorted and smoking, and the iron pieces inside were exposed by the soup. As for the Murakami sailors below who did not have the protection of the boat board, they were even more miserable, their hands and faces were all burned, and even the bones inside were exposed. The huge bumper wood rolled to the ground, crushing several wounded soldiers who had no time to escape, and howling again.

These people rolled on the ground and howled, boiling dung juice poured on their bodies, even if they did not die on the spot, the dung juice was deeply corroded into it, the wounds were infected and rotted, and there was absolutely no possibility of stocking. In just an instant, more than 20 Murakami sailors were seriously injured at the city gate, and there was no possibility of saving them.

Looking at their miserable appearance, the Murakami Navy behind them, whether it was a soldier or a sailor, all showed a hesitant and scared look, even if Murakami solemnly urged to launch an attack again, no one responded, and retreated to dozens of feet.

Murakami was no longer reluctant in his heart, and he didn't have much courage to go into battle in person. (To be continued......)