Chapter 628: Lore
"More than 10,000 samurai must not be wiped out without even seeing the face of the enemy...... "The Japanese lord shouted loudly in his heart.
Then, like a mad leopard, he commanded loudly: "Artillery, our artillery...... Order all artillery to immediately counterattack and destroy the exposed artillery positions of the Haw Par Army......"
However, the order was given, but none of the subordinates acted.
Just as the general was about to speak again, the artillery commander had to meet the anger that the general might vent, and replied in a low voice: "General, in order to facilitate the march, we are only equipped with bronze cannons...... Even if it fires solid shells, the range of the bronze cannon is only 200 steps, and it is simply impossible to counterattack the artillery of the Tiger and Par Army......""Baga...... What are you eating, why don't you equip the red-coated cannon, if something goes wrong in this battle, you will wait for yourself to be disemboweled......" The general scolded loudly as if he had found an outlet.
However, the problem still needs to be solved.
When the artillery can't count on it, there are only two last roads left in front of the general of the Japanese invaders!
Retreat, withdraw from the battlefield. Or just rush out of the barracks and launch a counterattack against the Tiger and Par Army......
After a short period of thought, the first path was directly vetoed by the Lord.
Because, if you retreat for a while, you can't retreat for a lifetime. As long as the Haw Par Army in front of them still exists, their heavy artillery still exists. No matter where you retreat, you may be hit by artillery fire. Unless they directly abandon the city of Pyongyang and withdraw to South Korea......
Under such circumstances, the only choice for the Japanese generals was to abandon the barracks and take the initiative to attack the Tiger and Par Army.
In the eyes of the Lord General. When the Haw Par Army has a city wall to protect it, the attack of the soldiers under its command can cause heavy losses to the Haw Par Army, not to mention that now the Haw Par Army has lost the protection of the city wall......
So, the idea just came to the mind of the main general. The worry that had just been covering the main general's face quickly disappeared, and was shrouded in a hint of confidence from the heart.
Without thinking about it, he opened his mouth and ordered: "Musketeers, archers, immediately launch a counterattack against the Tiger and Leopard Army." Another 10,000 ordinary soldiers will be dispatched and immediately join the battlefield. Attack under the cover of archers and musketeers......"
The order was given, and the horn of the attack began to sound on the battlefield.
The would-be robbers, ravaged by the artillery fire, did not hesitate at all, and immediately pushed the undamaged shield cart. Attack the Tiger and Par Army 300 paces away.
At the same time, more than 10,000 ordinary Japanese robbers armed with swords and shields on their shoulders also roared to join the battlefield.
Looking at the unstoppable attack momentum of the generals under his command, the confident smile on the face of the general became even stronger.
However, what he didn't expect was that the Haw Par Army, which was three hundred paces away, had lost the protection of the city wall...... But. The restraints of the city walls were also lost.
On the city wall, in the face of the attack of the Japanese invaders, the tiger and leopard army could only deploy 2,000 musketeers.
But. Here, casually unfold six thousand musketeers without any problems......
Not only that, after losing the restraint of Pyongyang City, Zhao Yun could finally concentrate all the artillery originally scattered in four directions for use. Get the most out of your artillery.
So, the Haw Par Army in front of you. Although the protection of the city walls was lost. However, its counter-attack firepower. But it has more than tripled.
Of course, these are all things that the Japanese did not expect.
As soon as the counterattack of the Japanese invaders on the battlefield began, more than 100 guns with a range of more than 300 paces quickly adjusted their muzzles.
The cannon sounded, and more than a hundred flowering shells with a screaming sound, as if they had eyes, smashed directly around the shield cart in front of the Japanese invaders.
The flowering bomb exploded, and in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen shield carts turned into a pile of fragments like a goddess scattering flowers.
A round of artillery bombardment destroyed almost 10% of the shield cars of the Japanese Kou, and the artillery that participated in this round of shelling was only half of the artillery in Zhao Yun's hands...... For this result, Zhao Yun is still very satisfied.
As a result, more than a hundred artillery pieces, like angry lions, constantly roared under the control of the gunners.
When the Wako finally rushed to the position of two hundred paces, the number of shield carts in the hands of the Wako was only the last hundred.
At this moment, more than 50 medium-sized mortars, which had already been ready to be fired, also joined the battlefield.
Under these circumstances, the number of shield vehicles lost by the Japanese in each round of artillery shelling of the Haw Par Army directly increased to 20.
One hundred and fifty paces, there were less than fifty shield carts left in front of the would-be robbers.
Fifty shield carts were obviously not enough for a Japanese army formation with a width of more than two miles.
As a result, the shield wall, which was composed of shield carts and was given high hopes by the Japanese Kou, directly appeared countless gaps.
If there is a gap, it means that there are Japanese pirates directly exposed to the muzzle of the Haw Par muskets.
So, the two thousand musketeers standing in the first row did not hesitate to pick up their muskets and pull the trigger.
Two thousand whistling buckshots, though most of them were embedded in the shield cart and the shield's thick logs. However, there is still a small amount of lead bullet that pierces the body of the Japanese without hesitation......
Especially those musketeers who hid behind shield carts and did not have shields.
Often, as soon as the shield cart was destroyed, a dense stream of lead bullets flew in and into their bodies, without even giving them the slightest time to react.
Not only that, the moment the musketeers joined the battlefield, among all the artillery, the largest number of light mortars, and the most recent range of more than 100 light mortars, they were not willing to be lonely to join the battlefield.
As a result, in every round of shelling by the Haw Par Army, more than 300 flowering shells whistled down.
Under the attack of such a large number of flowering shells, in just two rounds, the remaining shield carts of the Japanese were all destroyed.
Without the shield cart, tens of thousands of musketeers and archers were like sheep that had lost their ability to resist, and were slaughtered by the musketeers of the tiger and leopard army.
And the more than 300 artillery pieces that lost their shelling targets did not stop because of this.
Immediately adjust the muzzle of the cannon and aim it at the ordinary Japanese soldier who was carrying a shield on the battlefield, and the musketeer temporarily took the ordinary Japanese soldier who had no way to do it.
Compared with the shield car, when shelling the attacking troops of ordinary Japanese pirates, the real crisis of artillery coverage is reflected on the battlefield.
In the dense Japanese army array, every round of explosions can set off a bloody storm in the military formation, taking away the lives of thousands of Japanese soldiers.
As a result, there was such a scene on the battlefield......
Musketeers and archers, who had no shields, fell in pieces on the offensive path under the attack of the Haw Par Army musketeers.
A normal Japanese soldier with a shield, though able to block buckshot from the front. However, the flowering bombs that roared down from the sky exploded one after another in the middle of their military formations...... (To be continued)