Chongzhen Undergraduates

Chapter 671: Landing in Japan IV

The current fighting style of the Ming army is fundamentally different from that of the Japanese army at the same time.

During this period, the battle between the two sides focused on array competition, to see who could find the weakness of the opponent's array, and then defeat the enemy.The Ming army played with pure firearms, and even the formation was already semi-terrain, and the attack or defense of the battlefield had to be preset according to the terrain.For example, where should the artillery be placed, how should the infantry defend and attack, and how should the artillery follow up.

It is easy to say, the weapons and equipment of this army are not complicated, it is nothing more than artillery bombing, infantry charging;However, Li Laiheng estimated that after the artillery bombardment was over and the infantry charged, the enemy didn't know how many people would be left.

On the second day, when Li Laiheng came to the pre-set battlefield, he saw the enemy's camp directly. It was on the hill opposite to their camp yesterday, and there was a big area in sight, so there was no need to investigate carefully.

"Just let us count directly like this?" Zhang Guangqi laughed.

The opponent's arms were invisible, and it was unknown how many there were. The number Zhang Guangqi said was actually the number of enemy positions understood by the Ming army.When the Ming army is fighting now, it is not about how many enemies it kills, but how many positions and hills it can occupy.No matter how many people are guarding a place, seizing an important place on the battlefield and attacking the enemy's position is considered military merit.

This kind of military merit is judged on the basis of the unit. The Ming army has changed from simply evaluating the number of enemies killed to a collective merit appreciation system based on tactical purpose.

"In my opinion, our fighting style will change. These people's equipment is too backward, and they will definitely not fight according to our imagined fighting style." Li Laiheng said with a frown.

"If our army is defending, it may lead the enemy to let them fight according to our tactics. But now our army needs to attack, so we should pick up the previous tactics to deal with the enemy." Zhang Guangqi was originally from the Zheng family army , Anyway, he has also fought in wars. The previous tactics he mentioned were the old-fashioned formations used by the Ming army and the Jin soldiers. Although it is old in the eyes of the current Ming army, it is still much stronger than the Japanese army.

Another day later, the Ming army's attack began. At this time, Sakai and Abe, two senior shogunate officials, led the army to watch the battle from the two wings. They also wanted to witness the Ming army's demeanor.

"What is that guy from Sakai who said yesterday that the opposite stockade could not be captured?" Zhang Guangqi stood in front of the formation and actually lit a cigarette leisurely.

"Master, just watch it. As soon as my cannon fires, I guarantee that the pile of broken wood on the opposite side will be blown to pieces." The head of the artillery regiment looked at the opposite position with disgust and said.

For a Japanese army who does not have enough heavy weapons and equipment, a row of rough wooden fences is indeed difficult to fight.The iron gunners of the Japanese soldiers stood behind the wooden fence, aiming at the Ming army with countless iron cannons.If the shogunate soldiers came to attack, it is estimated that not many would be able to rush to the wooden fence alive, and then cut down those wooden stakes, only to be shot or stabbed to death by the opponent.And if the post-golden cavalry came, I'm afraid they would use the heavy cavalry to charge and destroy these wooden fences with horsepower alive.

"All listen to the order, replace the solid ammunition, and increase the dose by [-]%." Following the order of the artillery commander, the Ming army, which only had a few dozen cannons alone, began to be busy.

From Alcohol Zhongqing's point of view, the cannons of the Ming army in front of him are nothing unusual, and the muzzles are not thick, and are even thinner than the cannons equipped on their naval warships. What can this kind of cannon do?

"Boom~!" The cannonball of the first law correction was fired.Although it is a rear-loading gun, there is still no metal projectile, and the Ming army still uses separate propellant cartridges.The artilleryman decides how much propellant to add according to the assembled charge pack, one pack or two packs.

With a whoosh, the shell flew across the open space in the middle of the battlefield, and then hit the wooden fence of the Japanese army firmly.

"Wow!" Suddenly, seven or eight wooden fences were knocked sideways by the shells. The seemingly solid wooden fences turned out to be the same.

With a "boom", the Japanese soldiers on both sides were blown up. No one thought that the Ming army's shells were so powerful. It seemed impossible to block the Ming army with wooden fences.In fact, this is all nonsense, shells can even collapse stone walls, not to mention this little wooden fence.If the field army of the Ming army came with heavy artillery, such a wooden thing would not be worth a few shots.Even the red-clothed cannons of the Eight Banners Army back then were pulled over and bombarded, and the heads would roll.

The soldiers on the shogunate side were happy because they had strong foreign aid, but the royalists were extremely nervous.In the distance, some obviously samurai in the Japanese army shouted and ordered ordinary soldiers to reinforce the wooden fence in a panic. They used more wooden poles to support the wooden fence at an angle.Although this group of people are short, ants move things very quickly.

"Boom!" A series of cannons sounded, and then a row of black bullets kept hitting the wooden fence, and the sound of thumping was very pleasant.If these wooden fences are replaced with stones, the sound will definitely become crackling.However, because of the toughness of wood, it is more resistant to such solid projectiles. The first round of shelling by the Ming army did not completely destroy the row of wooden fences as expected.

Seeing this, Sakai Tadaki restrained his urge to lead troops to charge. According to his point of view, the opponent's defensive position was already in dilapidated condition at this time, and it was a good time to attack.However, the Ming army, which was at the center of the battle formation, did not move at all, and had no intention of attacking at all.

Of course, the Ming army would not attack at this time. Before the enemy's defense was completely destroyed, the charge represented a sacrifice. The good men of Ming Dynasty were not used to die.

"Teacher, look, those idiots are all crowded together." The artillery commander held a binoculars in his hand and laughed happily.

The Japanese army on the opposite side obviously felt a greater crisis. In addition to rushing to repair the wooden fence, they also sent more iron gunners and archers to line up behind the wooden fence. Yes, officially the most classic three-stage hit.

"In exchange for bombs, you are allowed to complete a base." Zhang Guangqi also saw the military situation on the opposite side through the telescope. If he didn't fire at the hordes of enemies at this time, when would he wait?

Blooming bullets are specially prepared for dense enemy forces. Although they are of different types from machine guns, their tactical purposes are the same.The so-called howitzers have little effect on enemies hiding in tunnels and bunkers.Blooming ammunition is the nightmare of established infantry, because its bullet rain is positioned and spread.The machine gun is a bullet rain from the plane, and it is specially used to deal with moving targets.

In other words, when the explosive ammunition is used on a large scale, you can go back to your hometown directly.

"This group of Japanese thieves actually play three-stage strikes. They are looking for death." Influenced by Zhu Youjian, Li Laiheng had obvious hatred for the Japanese people in his heart.

Chapter 672: Landing in Japan Five

"Bang bang bang~!" A new round of cannon rang out again, this time there were no black projectiles, only a series of explosions in front of the Japanese army's position opposite, immediately burst into flames, and screamed again and again.

Pig-killing screams came and went, like a large slaughterhouse, with figures tumbling in it, and stumped arms flying everywhere.Occasionally, shells exploded among the crowd, creating a cloud of blood, which was a bloody cloth made up of the bombed Japanese soldiers' bodies.

At this time, the Japanese army's defense line was already broken, and a large number of Japanese soldiers fled backwards. I really hated my parents for losing two legs.The officer pushed the soldier, the soldier bumped into the officer, and even the strongest so-called samurai turned around and ran away.In the face of the artillery fire of the Ming army, how can the flesh and blood resist.Thinking about how 300 years later, the Japanese army, relying on advanced weapons and equipment, poisoned China. This bit of killing is really nothing.

"All artillery positions, extend the fire." The commander of the artillery regiment saw that the Japanese army had run away, and immediately ordered the artillery fire to extend the pursuit.

Tadaki Sakai, who was on the right wing, was already pale.Although he also knows the power of cannons, he has never seen such a fast-firing cannon. The cannons he has seen are all loaded in half a day after firing one shot. He thought that today's artillery battle would take at least one hour. two days.However, only half an hour had passed, and the Royalist faction was completely defeated.

"My lord, please go and ask General Li of the Ming Dynasty, is it time for our army to attack?" When Sakai Zhongqing spoke again, his tone had changed, and his attitude was already low to the point of pleading.This is a typical Japanese way, pragmatic, not samurai.

Abe Tadaaki was also terrified. Although it was only a display of the Ming army, the scene could be described as mighty, which fully frightened the old official.

"No, our army's combat mission has not been completed yet, so we don't need help." Li Laiheng didn't appreciate it at all. The army he led was not the later Eight Banners, and he was not so tender, and he always used others as death squads to charge.Occupying the Heavenly Kung Fu as his own, he also shows it off everywhere.

Don't look at the long legs of the Japanese army on the opposite side, but the speed of escape is not slow. With a cup of tea, they have already run out of the range of the Ming army's artillery fire.At this time, it was time for the infantry of the Ming army to start to charge. The obstacles had been cleared, and the infantry went up to occupy the position and reap the results of the battle.

Speaking of reaping the results, the Japanese army on the opposite side didn't have any good trophies worthy of the Ming army's capture, but the wounded left on the ground became the best trophies harvested by the infantry.The Ming army opened up the distance in the form of skirmishers, and slowly searched forward.This formation has never appeared before.

"Check everything carefully for me, don't let the ship capsize in the fucking gutter, clean up the battlefield for me." Lin Yinguan held a cigarette between his fingers, and kicked fiercely at the corpse of a Japanese soldier on the ground, his scalp The boots were aimed at the most painful crotch of the corpse.Lin Yinguan didn't believe that a Japanese soldier pretending to be dead would be able to beat him.After confirming that it was indeed an enemy, he walked towards another corpse.

From the perspective of cruelty, the Ming army is many times more benevolent than the Japanese army.Later, when the Japanese army dealt with Chinese wounded soldiers on the battlefield, they stabbed their thighs with bayonets. After the wounded soldiers couldn't bear to move, they used bayonets to practice assassinating living people; but now the Ming army is very simple, with long bayonets. Aim directly at the heart of the Japanese soldiers on the ground, hold them up high, and then stab them neatly. Some Japanese soldiers who pretended to be dead died on the spot.

Here I would like to mention this Lin Yinguan by the way. In the official history, this person was one of the 15 officials sent by the imperial court to the country of Wa to plead for reinforcements in the late Southern Ming Dynasty.In the end, the Wa Kingdom sent these 15 people to the Manchus, who were finally killed on the spot by the Manchus.In this time and space, Lin Yinguan was one of the important generals who landed in Japan with Li Laiheng.

It was only a small unit of the Ming army that swept the battlefield. The real main force of the Ming army, organized at the regiment level, began to pursue the Japanese army and captured important strategic points westward.

The combat map was given by the Japanese, but the combat mission was formulated the night before.Li Laiheng never thought about fighting a decisive battle here.The armies of both Japan and Japan have been fighting in Yonehara for a long time. If they could fight here, the current stalemate would not happen.

After all, the speed of the infantry is relatively slow, and there will still be contact battles when encountering scattered Japanese stragglers on the way.

"Look, there is an outpost over there." During the attack, the soldiers of the Ming army saw the Japanese outpost for the first time. There were five or six Japanese soldiers stretching their bows and arrows nervously in the outpost. It seemed that as long as the Ming army moved forward, they would Ready to fight back.

A squad of the Ming army immediately raised their guns to aim, but the Japanese army was also very cunning. They hid in the hidden places of the post, and it was difficult for the Ming army to shoot accurately.After a crackle, the Ming army fired first. After all, the range of the weapon determined the safe distance of the soldiers. The rifles of the Ming army had a longer range than bows and arrows.

"Fuck! It's not easy to aim." A soldier fired three shots in a row, all of which missed.

"Let me do it." A medium-sized soldier carrying an iron can chased after him and said.

"Are you okay?" The squad leader looked at the other party in disbelief.

"Send two people to pawn me your shields and advance 50 meters, yes." The soldier carrying the tin can nodded affirmatively.

"Both of you, follow him with the shield, and be careful." The squad leader finally agreed.

The road in the mountains was uneven, but it was the best bunker for attack. Three soldiers jumped up, climbed up, and touched the front for tens of meters with the effort of a cup of tea.Maybe the Japanese army didn't pay attention to the three people who came over, thinking that the threat was not great, or maybe the Japanese army didn't have weapons to deal with them at all. Anyway, these three people arrived at the Japanese guard post smoothly.

While the three soldiers were preparing for the attack, three Japanese soldiers rushed towards them with Japanese swords in their hands.Maybe the Japanese were really pissed off. They only sent three people to attack. This is obviously bullying.

"Quick, the enemy is coming." A soldier was a little panicked. He saw the ferocious Japanese army and raised his gun while reminding his comrades.

The distance between the two sides was close, and the Japanese army was particularly courageous. On the side of the three Ming troops, only two Ming troops fired, but they all missed.Immediately afterwards, it was too late to reload the bullet, and it was estimated that hand-to-hand combat would be required.Another soldier of the Ming army was still immersed in tinkering with the thing in his hand.

Seeing that there were only ten steps left, the soldier carrying the iron can suddenly stood up and shouted: "You two get out of the way."

As the other two soldiers fell down in response, a wave of heat gushed out, and the dazzling fire dragon rushed out, directly devouring the three Japanese soldiers who were charging.