Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 382
Once the battle started, the sound of gunfire never stopped.

The Royal Fleet in Nagasaki Port also continued to attack the Japanese military formations outside the city, assisting the five thousand musketeers in defending the city.

However, Nagasaki City is too big, and there are too many enemies, and [-] Musketeers simply cannot defend it.

In just less than two hours, the five thousand musketeers lost nearly a thousand people.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the remaining four thousand musketeers had to quickly withdraw from Nagasaki Castle from the southwest.

After exiting Nagasaki City, with the assistance of naval guns, four thousand Musketeers finally formed a line formation on the wide flat ground, blocking the Japanese trailing attack with dense bullets.

Tokugawa Hidetada would naturally not give up the opportunity to annihilate the Royal Musketeers.

So he ordered all the troops to assemble briefly, and then launched an attack on the Ming army formation.

However, under the assisted attack of naval guns and the continuous shooting of flintlock guns, Tokugawa Hidetada lost tens of thousands of troops in just less than an hour.

The tragic casualties forced him to withdraw his army back to Nagasaki City to avoid subsequent attacks from naval guns.

After Tokugawa Hidetada returned to Nagasaki Castle, four thousand musketeers boarded the ships in the bay one after another while it was still dark.

The reason why they returned to the ship was mainly because the army’s logistics could not keep up. After this battle, a lot of gunpowder and shells were consumed, and there were no supplies in the back. Annihilated due to lack of ammunition.

"General, we killed more than 1000 two hundred and thirty Ming Ming soldiers, and captured more than 30 intact long iron cannons and 900 short artillery pieces..."

In Nagasaki City, one of his generals, Tokugawa Hidetada, said.

"How about our casualties?" Tokugawa Hidetada asked sullenly.

Hearing Tokugawa Hidetada's words, the subordinate hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said: "More than 600 warriors on our side died, and in addition there were more than 2 injured..."

"Hiss~" Hearing this number, although Tokugawa Hidetada was prepared in his heart, he couldn't help but gasp.

Eighteen thousand for twelve thousand, fifteen times the loss, this kind of casualty comparison makes people feel desperate.

"General, the main reason why the enemy is powerful is because they have powerful iron cannons. We have seized so many iron cannons, we should immediately let craftsmen copy them in large numbers, so as to withstand Ming's attack." Someone said to Tokugawa Hidetada.

"I don't need you to tell me about this." Tokugawa Hidetada gave the man a white look, and then said: "Try it, see how thick this iron cannon can penetrate the shield, and make a batch of this iron cannon as soon as possible The impenetrable shield comes out."

"General, this kind of iron cannon is very powerful. If you want to make an impenetrable shield, it may not be possible for one or two people to handle it." One person said.

"Then make it into a shield chariot, people can't carry it, so can't you push it around?" Tokugawa Hidetada said with some dissatisfaction.

Through yesterday's battle, Tokugawa Hidetada suffered heavy losses.

But this battle was not without allowing him to find a way to deal with Ming army weapons.

In Tokugawa Hidetada's view, in addition to the long-range and fast firearms of the Ming army, the second is that they are powerful and can shoot through shields.

He thought that as long as there is a shield that can block the attack of this weapon, then this weapon will be reduced to waste like a bow and arrow on the battlefield.

The final result can only be to let his samurai attack close, and then the two sides fight face to face.

As far as hand-to-hand combat ability is concerned, each of his warriors has very good skills. Not to mention one can beat five Ming soldiers, but it is no problem to beat two.

Under Tokugawa Hidetada's order, his men soon began to test the power of the Ming army's iron artillery.

They soon discovered that this iron cannon could shoot through thick wooden boards, but if the board was thicker than a palm, the bullets would have little lethality.

Based on this discovery, Tokugawa Hidetada began to let people manufacture a large number of shield vehicles that could block the Ming army's iron cannon attacks.

In the following time, Wei Zhongxian stationed thousands of soldiers on the opposite shore across the bay from Nagasaki City. Tens of thousands of Japanese troops in Nagasaki City also began to manufacture shield vehicles in large quantities, and then the two sides confronted each other.

As the two sides faced off, more and more Japanese soldiers came to Kyushu Island from all over Japan, eventually reaching a huge number of 16.

In the following half a month, the reinforcements of the Ming army finally came to Nagasaki in a steady stream, and landed in Nagasaki City across Nagasaki Bay to rest.

Half a month later, the [-] security troops of the Ming army finally completed the landing and assembly in Nagasaki, Japan.

Zhang Qingfeng chose Chen Guangping as the candidate for the commander-in-chief of the [-] Army this time.

The overall commander of the surface ships is commanded by Wei Zhongxian.

Don't underestimate the number of naval ships this time. Zhang Qingfeng dispatched [-] Galen warships and thousands of ordinary ships as support for the attack on Japan. Therefore, Wei Zhongxian's responsibility for coordinating and commanding these thousands of ships is very important. major.

On the side of the Ming army, there are 8 security troops, plus tens of thousands of logistics personnel, a total of [-] people.

On the Japanese side, there are 16 regular troops, plus 10,000+ civilian husbands, and the total is close to 30.

From a numerical point of view, the number of the Japanese army is nearly four times that of the Ming army. Such a huge advantage seems to be able to crush the Ming army.

However, when facing the threat of the Ming army, whether it is Tokugawa Hidetada or other famous generals in Japan, they are cautious and cautious.

"My lord, why do you think Mr. Chen wants to fight the Japanese in Nagasaki? Wouldn't it be better if we go directly to the old place of the Japanese in Edo by boat?"

On the Tianjin, some people questioned some officers in confusion.

In their view, when most of Japan's military forces are concentrated in Kyushu Island, it is entirely possible to take a boat to attack Edo in Japan and force the Tokugawa family to surrender.

"You know what a fart, what's the use of attacking Edo? There is no effective force to eliminate the Japanese, and the Tokugawa family can go to other places to establish a government after leaving Edo."

The officer said: "The current situation is just right. Japan has concentrated all its military forces on Kyushu Island. It is close to North Korea and we can quickly supply. If we attack Edo, there are more than 2000 miles of waterways, and logistics problems are prone to occur."

"Moreover, as long as we can defeat the 10,000+ Japanese army on Kyushu Island and prevent him from escaping back, it is tantamount to defeating the whole of Japan, and Tokugawa Ieyasu will definitely surrender at that time."

"Our preparations are almost done here, and the decisive battle will soon..."

Just as the naval officer guessed, Chen Guangping summoned most of the army generals two days later and then deployed combat missions.

The combat mission this time is mainly to let all the troops that have been rested pass through Nagasaki Bay, land in Nagasaki City, and look for opportunities to fight a decisive battle with the main force of the Japanese army.

Two days later, in the port of Nagasaki, twenty Galen warships lined up, and hundreds of naval guns began to bombard the distant city of Nagasaki indiscriminately on a large scale.

Tomorrow's decisive battle will officially begin.

(End of this chapter)