Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 383 Massacre of Line Infantry
Under the cover of naval guns, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Ming army began to land a few miles away from Nagasaki City.

First of all, the musketeers disembarked.

Nearly [-] Musketeers landed, and it took almost three hours.

Next is the landing of artillery and some food and grass supplies.

Because of the cover of naval guns, the entire landing operation was extremely smooth, and the Japanese army did not dare to approach the bay at all.

Even so, it took almost a day for nearly [-] Musketeers and tens of thousands of auxiliary soldiers to land with countless supplies.

After the Ming army landed, tens of thousands of troops began to station outside Nagasaki near the bay.

At this time, the Japanese army had all withdrawn from Nagasaki City and was stationed in a valley a few miles away from the bay.

The main reason for the retreat was that Nagasaki Castle was too close to the bay.

With hundreds of naval guns firing explosive bombs at the same time, Nagasaki Castle could not be defended at all. As a last resort, Tokugawa Hidetada could only order a retreat.

In order to prevent Nagasaki Castle from falling into the hands of the Ming army, Tokugawa Hidetada ordered someone to set Nagasaki Castle on fire before leaving.

After tens of thousands of Ming troops landed, they did not immediately attack the Japanese.

The Japanese withdrew from the range of the naval guns, just wanting to wait for the Ming army to take the initiative to attack, so that they can take advantage of the geographical advantage.

Naturally, the Ming army would not rashly attack the Japanese army.

Even if an attack is to be launched, it is necessary to wait until all preparations are made before launching an attack on the Japanese army.

After the Ming army landed on the Dongan Bank of Nagasaki Port, they faced off with the Japanese army for two more days.

On the third day, a column was formed, and then slowly moved towards the direction where the Japanese army was stationed.

Along the way, almost all farmlands and crops were brutally trampled by soldiers of the Ming army.

On the Japanese side, seeing the arrival of the Ming army, they also began to let 10,000+ Japanese soldiers form many infantry phalanxes and cavalry phalanxes outside the camp.

Under such circumstances, some readers may ask, wouldn't it be better for the Japanese to stay in the camp and wait for the Ming army to attack?This can take advantage of geographical advantages.

But what the author wants to say is that in ancient wars, the importance of phalanxes is self-evident. If the Japanese army did not form phalanxes but hid in camps, they would not be able to use their numerical advantage. It works, after all, the camp is just a camp, not a tall city wall.

Only in a pure firearms battle, when both sides are attacking from a long distance, will the defending side have a relative geographical advantage if they have built various fortifications in the camp.

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Next, tens of thousands of Ming troops formed a column and stopped when they came to a distance of 500 meters in front of the Japanese army. Under the command of countless officers, the musketeers began to change rapidly.

Soon, a line infantry phalanx consisting of [-] troops took shape.

Line infantry tactics were invented in Europe at the beginning of the [-]th century. It was not popularized on a large scale until the mid-[-]th century when all countries were fully equipped with flintlock guns.

This tactic lasted from the beginning of the seventeenth century to the end of the nineteenth century, during which there were many summaries and improvements.

At this time, the Ming army adopted the line infantry tactics of the Napoleon period.

At this time, the four line infantry phalanxes of the Ming army advanced in the shape of a weapon. In the army formation, there were 200 cavalry, more than [-] smoothbore guns, and various military supplies.

Under the protection of the military formation, countless auxiliary soldiers pushed and pulled artillery and supplies slowly moved towards the Japanese military formation following the military formation.

As the distance between the two sides gets closer, the air pressure on the entire battlefield becomes lower and lower.

500 meters...

300 meters...

200 meters...

Soon, the distance between the two sides reached 200 meters. At this time, Chen Guangping ordered the army to stop advancing.

At this time, thousands of shield vehicles had been placed in front of the Japanese army formation, completely protecting the entire Japanese army formation. If the Ming army fired with flintlock guns at this time, it would have no effect at all.

However, just when the Japanese thought they could block the Ming Army's artillery attack, more than 200 smoothbore cannons in front of the Ming Army's formation were pushed out.

Seeing so many artillery pieces, Tokugawa Hidetada immediately realized that it was not good in the Japanese army formation.

"Give me an order to have Arima Harunobu lead [-] cavalry to attack from the right side of the Ming army, and let Arima Harunobu lead [-] cavalry to attack from the left, and all infantry to attack from the front." Tokugawa Hidetada quickly issued an order and said. .

Following Tokugawa Hidetada's order, soon.The Japanese army started to move.

First of all, two teams of cavalry quickly rushed out from both sides of the Japanese army formation, and then quickly circled to both sides of the Ming army to outflank them.

Then, the Japanese infantry on the opposite side of the Ming army formation also began to slowly move towards the Ming army with their shield carts.

Just when the Japanese military formation started to move, two hundred smoothbore cannons had been set up in front of the Ming army's formation.

"fire!"

Following Chen Guangping's order, soon, countless artillerymen fired the flintlock mechanism of the artillery.

Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom !
Immediately, more than 200 artillery pieces opened fire one by one, and countless shells quickly flew towards the Japanese army formation.

Bang bang bang bang!

Countless artillery shells hit the shield car in front of the Japanese military formation, causing sawdust to fly for a while.

The Japanese soldiers hiding behind the shield car suffered heavy casualties immediately.

Shield vehicles move very slowly because they are so heavy.

Under the artillery fire, these shield vehicles were destroyed one after another.

At the same time, when the artillery fired, the cavalry who outflanked from both sides also quickly circled to both sides of the Ming army, and then immediately launched an attack.

"First row, shoot!"

When the cavalry rushed within 200 meters of the musketeers, under the order of the Ming Army musketeer commander, the three thousand musketeers in the front row quickly fired a volley.

Because the distance was too far, the first round of salvo didn't do much damage, but just like that, it also knocked down hundreds of running cavalry.

"Second row, shoot!"

Soon, the second round of salvo began.

This time, the cavalry had rushed within 150 meters in front of the infantry line.

The shooting effect was very good. Hundreds of cavalry and horses were shot and fell to the ground.

"Third row, shoot!"

When the third row fired, the cavalry rushed within 100 meters of the array.

This distance is exactly the effective killing distance of the flintlock.

Following this round of shooting, the front row of Japanese cavalry fell to the ground as if they had been harvested. At least five or six hundred cavalrymen were shot and fell to the ground.

At this time, the horses and cavalry corpses that fell to the ground immediately affected the impact speed of the rear cavalry, which slowed down the speed of the entire cavalry team.

Under such circumstances, the next round of salvo arrived, and countless Japanese cavalrymen fell to the ground immediately.

And their corpses once again made the speed of the entire cavalry fall into a quagmire.

When the cavalry hit a distance of 50 meters from the Musketeers, they were already in the quagmire.

As the shooting continued, countless corpses of men and horses piled up at this distance, forming a wall-like obstacle and bringing the entire cavalry attack to a complete standstill.

Under such circumstances, the cavalry generals could only decisively issue an order to retreat, and the [-] Japanese cavalry left thousands of corpses and returned home.

Seeing such a situation, Chen Guangping would naturally not miss the opportunity to beat up the drowned dog.

"Let our cavalry pursue!"

(End of this chapter)