Chapter 479 Shock!

"Prince's order, start the bombardment!"

On the deck of the flagship firing cabin, just as Lan Yu and others were observing the naval artillery officers and soldiers, after loading the ammunition, pushing the gun muzzle out of the gun window, and quietly waiting for the order to fire.

A sonorous command suddenly came from a funnel-shaped loudspeaker leading to the top deck.

The team officer in charge of the first-floor firing cabin, upon hearing the order, immediately bent down, aimed his mouth at the funnel-shaped iron trumpet leading to the second-floor firing cabin, relayed, and repeatedly shouted: "Prince's order, start the bombardment!!"

While the team officer was passing the order to the second floor.

The artillery had already lit the fuse.

Swish...

The sound of the fuse burning sounded, and the faint smell of gunpowder instantly filled everyone's nostrils.

For the soldiers who have already popularized hot weapons.

When the smell of gunpowder rushed into the nostrils, everyone was suddenly shocked.

The war factor sleeping in the body instantly awakened.

Bang bang bang...

At this moment, the dull sound of artillery that awakened the blood sounded.

Outside the gun window, in an instant, the flames were flickering and the smoke was shrouded.

The powerful kinetic energy generated by the burning gunpowder of the projectile rushed out of the gun muzzle with a whistle.

Hiss!

A harsh sound rang out.

The gun carriage installed on the slide rail, dragging the gun, suddenly rushed back under the reaction force.

With a bang, it hit the barrier wall made of earth sacks behind it.

"Load! Load!"

The officer in charge of command shouted loudly.

The three gunners in front of each gun had already rushed out.

A gunner, holding a brush made of pig bristles, quickly cleaned the gunpowder residue in the hot gun barrel, and at the same time lowered the temperature of the gun to avoid reloading gunpowder and igniting the gunpowder.

When the soldier responsible for cleaning the gun barrel retreated, another gunner, holding the gunpowder in the hard paper shell, stuffed it into the gun barrel neatly.

The artilleryman holding the projectile rushed forward and stuffed the cannon into the barrel. The gunner in charge of cleaning the barrel still held the brush that had just been used to clean the barrel.

However, this time he changed to the other end, which was equipped with a black rubber plug.

With the help of a long and smooth wooden stick, the end with the rubber plug was used to push the projectile and gunpowder to the bottom of the barrel.

Then, the three gunners shouted "one, two, one" and pushed the gun carriage installed on the slide rail to push the cannon out of the gun window.

Bang, bang, bang...

Rounds of artillery fire rang out one after another.

After Lan Yu and others watched several rounds of artillery operations, they went to the top deck together.

In the cabin.

Except for the lookout where the officers observed the effects of the artillery fire.

It is difficult to see the spectacular scene of 1,500 artillery pieces in actual combat.

After watching the artillery operations of the Yanfan Navy, they wanted to see the results of this skilled artillery operation.

Zhu Chong asked as he walked: "General Yu, can the warships of the imperial navy be modified with this kind of slide rail? I found that this kind of slide rail, combined with the gun carriage made of all steel by Lao Si and his men, the results of the artillery fire are still unknown, but the speed of artillery fire is very fast!"

The imperial court has a wooden fixed gun mount.

There is a lifting rope between the gun barrel and the top deck.

After firing a shot, the gun barrel is lifted up with a rope, and the gun barrel is pulled back at the same time, and then other people load the ammunition.

This method of artillery fire was used by Lao Si's Yanfan Navy in the past.

The firing rate is slow.

At the same time, each cannon requires at least five people to serve.

The warships of Lao Si's navy have been updated and added with slide rails. The number of people for each cannon has been reduced to only three people.

In fact, if it is not for the pursuit of firing rate, this kind of slide rail cannon.

One person can operate it.

In naval battles.

If there is casualty, as long as one person survives, the three-person team can keep firing continuously, and there will be no idle guns.

Everyone looked at Yu Tongyuan.

Yu Tongyuan smiled bitterly and shook his head, "In fact, I have learned about this matter. According to Yu Jing, it is better to build directly than to modify. This flagship was modified at the beginning, and the cost is almost the same as building a new Duke-class flagship equipped with slide rails."

"On the wooden deck, if only a set of slide rails is installed, the wood cannot withstand the impact force generated by the reaction force of the gun carriage. In these decks, angle steel is installed in the invisible places as support."

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"It is precisely because of the high cost of modification that Yan Fan gave up the idea of ​​modifying the original warships. After modifying this flagship, the original warships were retired one after another and sold to sea merchants as sea ships. At the same time, this batch of new warships equipped with hybrid power and slide rail gun carriages were built one after another."

Everyone was silent again.

They all forgot how many times they were silent along the way.

At the moment when civil officials shouted to cut military spending.

The cost of modification is almost close to building a new warship.

It is unrealistic to try to achieve the military technology of the Ming army to keep up with Yanfan.

Technology is easy to say.

With the good relationship between these military leaders and Zhu Laosi.

Purchasing a set of gun carriages, slide rails, and power compartment mechanisms is not a problem.

But a penny can make a hero fall!

With the emergence of the 66 steam engine.

When the imperial navy was gradually changing the sail power to hybrid power.

I am afraid that Yanfan has already started to replace hybrid power with steam power.

They do not hate Yanfan for its strength.

I just felt uncomfortable for myself because I clearly saw the target and the person I was chasing, but I couldn't keep up.

As a soldier.

How can those bitter civil servants understand this kind of discomfort!

Lan Yu and others came to the deck with heavy hearts and walked to Zhu Di.

Watching Zhu Di holding a telescope, staring into the distance through the thick smoke generated by the shelling.

Everyone also raised their telescopes and adjusted the magnification of the telescopes to observe the defense line on the coast hundreds of meters away.

hiss!

A startled intake of breath sounded.

The coastline is shrouded in smoke and hazy.

The defense line that originally stood one person high and was built with corpses, earthen sacks, and stones has disappeared.

Behind the collapsed defenses.

Under the bombardment, the allied forces of the Japanese princes were like a group of panicked lambs, retreating hastily. Corpses were lying in a mess behind the defense line.

Zhu Di held up the telescope, observed, and solemnly ordered: "Instruct all ships, the warships press forward, extend the artillery attack to the rear of the coast, and order the engineers to quickly build pontoons under the cover of the warships to follow up!"

After Liu Sheng and Yu Jing saluted and accepted their orders, they turned around and left quickly.

Dozens of warships approached the coast on the Fukuoka side as the bombardment continued.

In the rear, the small boats carried by warships were put down from the warships, and the engineers took over immediately.

Row hard to get the boat close to the pontoon that has been built, then connect it end to end, and finally lay out prefabricated wooden boards of standard size.

On the coast on the Okayama side.

Those who had not boarded the ship last night were mixed into the cavalry, and in battalion units, they were already standing in formation in front of the attack positions on the pontoon bridges, waiting silently.

Behind the cavalry were prepared infantry arrays.

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The other side.

"Array!"

"Supervise the team!"

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The allied forces of the princes that Queen Cang retreated disrupted the rear array.

Generals at all levels shouted desperately.

The princes' daimyo, headed by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, sat on horseback under the commanding banner behind the array.

Looking at the panic and confusion in front of them.

His face was very embarrassed.

boom!

A projectile fell heavily about fifty steps to the left of Shuai Qi.

Several bodyguards responsible for the safety of the princes were instantly torn apart by projectiles.

The screams reached the ears, and the faces of many princes and famous people turned slightly pale.

Someone couldn't help but fearfully suggested, "General, now we are within the range of Yan Fan's naval artillery, please retreat."

A cold light flashed in Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's eyes.

Nanmu Zhengyi coldly snorted, "We can't retreat! Morale is already low now. Once we retreat, the coalition soldiers will think that we are going to retreat and advance, and morale will instantly fall to the bottom. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties in the Central Plains, during the Battle of Feishui, Fu Jian retreated thirty Don’t you know about the military cases here?”

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu turned his head and glanced at Kusunoki Masaki.

If there was no threat from Yan Fan, Nanmu Zhengyi would be his biggest opponent.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu coldly ordered, "It is passed on that the Yan clan is behind the scenes and instigating Ohno Goro to rebel against the group and murder the emperor's family!"

After the words fell, the soldiers rode away.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu shook his horse's reins and headed straight to the front of the most dangerous formation.

Kusunoki Masaki and Hosokawa Kiyoshi looked at each other and followed forward without showing any signs of weakness.

Although the other princes were reluctant, no one wanted to act timid and cowardly at this time.

A hundred thousand allied troops of princes are watching!

At this time, he is timid and cowardly, and after defeating Yan Fan, he will not be qualified to participate in the struggle for hegemony.

The emperor's entire family was completely purged by their conspiracy.

Now, every prince is qualified to fight for the throne of the Emperor after the Yan Fan has been defeated and the Yan Fan has withdrawn!

"The real culprit who killed the emperor was Yan Fan!"

"The time has come to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor!"

"Glory Jade Broken!"

"The soul returns to the nine-dan board to avenge His Majesty the Emperor!"

"Look, the general and his flag are at the front!"

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When Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's order was conveyed, during the bombardment, the demoralized and frightened coalition forces of the princes suddenly burst out with strong hatred.

Glory is shattered, fanatical, stubborn, extreme, and sounds like a beast.

One hundred thousand people screamed like beasts, which actually suppressed the sound of the cannon.

"Glory Jade Broken!"

"Be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor!"

…

The chaotic sound, the roar of the piercing shelling, reached Zhu Di's ears.

The corners of Zhu Di's lips raised slightly, a smile appeared, and he said to himself: "Isn't that right? This is like the Japanese people I know so well."

When everyone looked at Zhu Di.

Zhu Di ventriloquist added: 'In this way, I will kill to relieve my hatred. Kill the most extreme ones, and send a group of unstable ones to the subcontinent. Only then can this Japanese country disappear completely from history! ’

to this ethnic group.

Even in this era.

This ethnic group, like Sun Tzu, longs for the Central Plains and devoutly imitates the Central Plains.

It can come from Zeng Jin’s memories and emotions.

He has never been able to treat it with a peaceful mind.

At most, we can only treat ordinary Japanese people who have no hostility equally.

The warship quickly advanced near the coastline.

If you push forward further, you will sit on the beach.

One by one, under the sound of shelling, the warships began to turn and give way to the pontoon bridge behind them.

The engineers quickly extended the last section of the pontoon bridge.

Ta-ta-ta...

The sound of war horses trampling on wooden planks was heard.

The cavalry battalion was the first to rush onto the pontoon bridge.

The infantry followed.

The pontoon is not built directly onto the beach.

At the end of the pontoon, the soldiers held up firecrackers, jumped into the water almost knee-deep, and waded ashore.

Soon, Zhu Di led Liu Sheng and others to the array.

More than 20,000, nearly 30,000.

One hundred thousand princes allied forces on one side.

The two sides stood in formation about a thousand steps apart.

The artillery battalion is still on the north bank.

The pontoon bridge was too narrow and the artillery carriages could not cross the strait without being disassembled.

Simply, there are more powerful naval guns.

Infantry artillery is dispensable in this battle.

The sound of shelling began to subside.

Navy officers need to let the artillery cool down to prepare for the artillery bombardment when the army launches a charge.

In the formation of the allied forces of the princes, the vacancies with broken arms and limbs plowed out by the cannonballs took advantage of the brief lull in the bombardment, and the rear team filled up the front team and quickly 'healed'.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu turned his head and looked around at the coalition array of nearly 100,000 people behind him.

Every soldier's eyes sparkled with the determination to avenge the emperor and bring glory to pieces.

Turning his head, he stared straight ahead at the array of thirty thousand Yan Fans.

A smile appeared on his lips.

Yan Fan is so confident!

Do you want to swallow up his 100,000 coalition troops armed with muskets with the few troops in front of you?

This battle may result in heavy casualties.

But in the end, the winner must be their side!

At best, Yan Fan's military equipment is better.

But on their side, the spirit is stronger!

The hatred of the Emperor's clan being wiped out is enough to even the gap between weapons!

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu looked at the daimyo of the princes around him, "Everyone, if we lose this battle, we people will die without a burial place. Therefore, gentlemen, prepare to fight hard, we will rush in front of the soldiers!"

"Hi!"

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The other side.

Zhu Di stood on horseback behind the cavalry and in front of the infantry.

Looking a thousand steps away, the dark wilderness is filled with the coalition of princes.

"kill!"

"Avenge the Emperor!"

"Jade Shattered Glory!"

…

The shouts started first.

I saw the princes and generals riding under the banner of a commander, riding on short war horses, taking the lead in charging forward with Japanese swords.

Tuolie stood in front of his brothers in the camp.

Staring at the 100,000-strong coalition of feudal lords charging towards them with fanaticism and hatred, they felt the constant pawing of their front hooves by the horses beneath them.

His eyes flashed with eagerness to try.

The hand holding the bow couldn't help but tighten.

In the mixed cavalry association, the standard equipment for other brothers is a cavalry gun and a cavalry sword.

He did not choose this standard configuration.

The fire gun could only be fired once, which made him feel very unhappy.

When the fire gun can shoot continuously and the rate of fire exceeds that of his bow, will he put down the bow and arrow in his hand.

"Why haven't you started yet?"

Tuo Lie couldn't wait any longer, murmured something in a low voice, and turned to look in the direction of Zhu Di behind him.

Like Tuo Lie, there were many cavalry and infantry generals who couldn't wait any longer and were keeping an eye on Zhu Di.

In Luzon these years, it was all small fights.

At best, use a bid.

With the exception of the brothers from the First Town who had a great time returning to Korea to help fight in the Northern Expedition, all the other brothers were looking forward to this kind of victory for hundreds of thousands of people.

When the two sides meet at seven or eight hundred paces.

Zhu Di noticed that his own formation was eager to try.

A smile appeared on the corners of his lips.

The tiger in the cage needs to be released.

Immediately ordered: "Send the order, Yan Fan army attacks!"

The soldiers beside him immediately got up from their horses, stood on their horses, and waved their flags.

Woo woo woo...

At the same time, the attack horn sounded.

"It finally begins!"

Tuo Lie smiled and whispered.

In front, the commander of the cavalry pointed his finger and shouted: "Cavalry, attack!"

"Cavalry, attack!"

Two thousand cavalrymen shouted at the same time.

The rumble of horse hooves sounded.

A black current rushed out first.

"Army! Attack!"

The general led by Liu Sheng drew his command sword, pointed it straight ahead, and shouted loudly.

"attack!"

The shouts of more than 20,000 people rose into the sky.

The sound of Yan Fan's military boots sounded.

The two dissatisfied people formed a town and formed five large horizontal lines.

In order, they followed the cavalry from a distance and trotted towards the coalition of princes.

There are two black currents, one big and one small.

Colliding towards each other.

In the strait, inside the gun windows of the warships lined up.

"Let it go! Let it go! Let it go!"

Bang bang bang...

Amidst the excited orders, the sound of cannons rang out rapidly.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh...

The projectiles, as dense as raindrops, passed over the infantry and the rushing cavalry at extremely fast speeds, and smashed into the array of the coalition of princes.

Plow out passages full of broken arms and limbs.

After three rounds of shelling.

The mixed cavalry was only a hundred steps away from the coalition of Japanese princes who were charging at the front.

The cavalry soldiers on horseback leaned down one after another, trying to hide their bodies behind the horses' heads as much as possible.

Both hands completely let go of the reins, holding a lance with a slightly shorter barrel.

Tuolie stepped on the stirrups with his feet, half-crouched on the horse's back, and kept shooting out arrows from the bow in his hand.

Pooh!

Looking at Shuai Qi, who had slowed down after getting closer and deliberately hidden himself in the center of the array, he spat out water.

Do these Japanese princes have this much courage?

Boost the morale of the soldiers at the bottom and hide in a safe place.

Why should I win against my uncle?

How often has my uncle always taken the lead in a battle?

Now we are in the rear, rushing forward with our infantry brothers!

Bang bang bang...

When they entered seventy steps, the 'little land ding' who was at the front of the allied forces of the princes could not help but start running and firing.

The moment the volley sound sounded, Tuo Lie climbed on the horse with a sneer on his lips.

Bang bang bang...

The sound of projectiles impacting was heard.

The war horse was in pain, and its speed obviously slowed down slightly.

Tuo Lie's legs suddenly clamped down on the horse's belly, urging the horse to do so.

As long as it is not extremely unlucky and a projectile hits the eye of a war horse, even a long-barreled musket cannot cause fatal damage to the horse fifty steps away.

The canvas black armor they wore on their cavalry auxiliary war horses was not just to show off their power.

This is the military uniform of a war horse.

In addition to unification, it also gives the enemy greater oppression during the rush.

In the middle of this double-layered canvas black armor, there is a net woven with fine iron wires with very small and dense holes.

There was this layer of barbed wire, and two layers of canvas.

Even if a long-barreled fire blunderbuss penetrates this layer of net fifty steps away, it will not cause fatal damage on the spot to a war horse with thick skin and hard bones.

Not just war horses.

At this moment, inside his military uniform, he was wearing a piece of barbed wire armor wrapped in a double layer of canvas on his chest.

Compared with the armor of war horses, their armor has more than a dozen layers of silk inside.

The protective properties of this kind of armor are not much weaker than the previous silk paper armor.

But the flexibility is better than before.

In war, soldiers have fewer physical restrictions.

The reason why this new armor can be replaced is due to the production of steel.

Steel has good ductility and good toughness.

When someone in Yan Fan invented the technology of using steel to pull iron wire, the wire became thinner and thinner, and the new type of armor they now use came into being.

Many children in Yanfan like to use this kind of wire to trap rabbits.

Bang bang bang...

The dense and crisp sound of gunfire suddenly came to mind.

Tuo Lie knew it from the sound of the gun. He rushed within fifty steps and the brothers behind him began to fire.

Each gun has its own unique sound.

Even if it's the same gun.

The difference between the well-made ones and the different sounds.

For the same rifle, there are subtle differences in the firing sound of the Ming Dynasty rifle and the Yanfan steel rifle.

He could judge the sound of Yan Fan's guns with his eyes closed.

"Yan Fan Cavalry, attack!"

Tuo Lie stood up suddenly, pulled out the long and sharp cavalry sword, and roared.

With a mark, two thousand cavalry rushed into the gap where the allied forces of the princes collapsed instantly after the volley of fire.

The Japanese soldiers of the allied forces of the princes raised their guns in panic when the cavalry rushed towards them.

The warrior marked by the cavalry waved his saber, and blood flew everywhere he passed.

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The cavalry mark disrupted the entire array of the Japanese princes' coalition.

at the same time.

Three miles to the rear.

Zhou Lang, who landed in the rear and sneaked in secret, finally arrived with two targets and four thousand cavalry.

"Yan Fan Cavalry, attack!"

Zhou Lang pulled out his saber directly.

The lances are not ready to be used.

From a distance, he could see the cavalry mark remaining beside the prince, making formations.

At this time, there is no need for rifle fire.

All he had to do was rush in from behind the Japanese allied forces as quickly as possible, coordinate with the cavalry markings in front of them, and continuously charge forward to defeat the formation of the Japanese allied forces.

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On the flagship deck.

Naval gunfire has ceased completely.

The smoke has completely dissipated.

Lan Yu and others, holding telescopes, could clearly see the battlefield several miles away.

The mixed cavalry association took the mark as a unit and ran rampant in the chaotic array of Japanese princes' coalition forces.

Whenever a Japanese general tries to organize his troops, he will be overwhelmed by the cavalry as soon as possible.

Periphery.

Zhu Di and Liu Sheng led the Yan army to surround them.

Faced with the Japanese soldiers who were in chaos under the attack of the Mixed Cavalry Association, and even threw away their muskets in panic, the Yanfan army was divided into battalions, either one battalion or several battalions.

After surrounding a group of Japanese soldiers.

Take the lead in volleying.

Then they inserted their bayonets and began to work in groups of three or five, using the military bayonet technique pioneered by Yan Fan to kill Japanese soldiers one by one in the chaotic battlefield.

The spirit of the Japanese soldiers is also surprising.

In the chaos, shouts of "Jade Broken Glory" and "Revenge for His Majesty the Emperor" kept coming and going!

Many Japanese soldiers, as if committing suicide, rushed madly towards the stabbing group of three to five people. Before they could get close, they were pierced by several blunderbuss swords that were thrust out at the same time.

There were many Japanese soldiers committing suicide attacks like this.

Zhu Ming frowned slightly, "I didn't know this ethnic group before, but I didn't expect it to be so crazy. If it were our Central Plains, more than half of the casualties would be over half, and they would have been dispersed long ago, right? But look at these Japanese soldiers, they are obviously going to die, but they even commit suicide. attack……"

"The Japanese Emperor Wanshi system has lasted for thousands of years and has had a great impact on this ethnic group." Zhu 㭎 said while holding up the telescope to observe: "I now understand why Lao Si planned to completely defeat this coalition of princes before the war. Later, they supported the princes' families and went to the subcontinent. If Japanese people like this, who were deeply influenced by the Japanese emperor, stayed, it would be a disaster after all. "

Zhu Rui said and smiled.

The fourth child is letting this group of scourges cause scourges to others.

He always felt that the fourth child had a more profound purpose in doing this.

…

The war lasted from sunrise to sunset in the evening.

"The jade is glorious! Long live the emperor!"

The last Japanese soldier standing, holding a samurai sword, shouted and rushed towards Zhu Di.

Zhu Di took the loaded flintlock from Xu Zengshou.

He raised the gun and pulled the trigger.

Bang!

In a moment, a crisp gunshot rang out.

The Japanese soldier's momentum suddenly stopped, and a bloody hole appeared on his forehead.

Under the afterglow of the setting sun.

His body slowly slid down.

Plop!

He knelt on his knees, holding the samurai sword tightly in both hands, and stuck it on the ground.

He knelt towards Zhu Di.

Behind him, a blood-red sun gradually disappeared on the horizon.

The battlefield was quiet.

In this battle, except for some Japanese soldiers who escaped, the 100,000 princes' coalition forces almost all fell on this vast field.

Later generations.

Some Japanese who migrated to the subcontinent and finally went to the Western Regions called this battle: the Sunset Battle.

However, at that time, this part of the Japanese people no longer recognized themselves as Japanese, and did not recognize themselves as Japanese.

The Yanfan textbooks and the assimilated Japanese called this battle: the war of innovation!

No matter how the future generations named this battle.

Later historians all agreed that this battle was the starting point for the Yanfan military boots to resound throughout the world.

It was also the beginning of the whole world, changing the world and the mountains and rivers.

…

Lan Yu and others approached from a distance on horseback.

Lan Yu turned his head and asked Mu Ying, "From landing in Japan to the end of this war, how many days did it take in total?"

"Five days!" Mu Ying looked at the backs of the Yanfan soldiers who gathered around Zhu Di on the battlefield full of corpses, and answered solemnly.

Five days!

He knew that Lan Yu must also know that it only took five days.

The reason for asking.

Because of shock!

Many people in the court were probably still hoping that the fourth brother would lose the war.

But the Yan vassal navy and army only took five days to achieve victory in conquering Japan!

I wonder how big of a shock it would cause if the news was reported back to the court?

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