Chapter four hundred and fourteen: artillery washing the ground (2)
"Boom boom boom boom..."
"Day~"
As Representative Zhu Dingchen waved the small flag of the fire, and accompanied by bursts of smoke rising into the sky, in just a moment, bursts of roars could be heard from the artillery positions of the Ming army.
Then, amidst the sharp whistling sound that was very different from the previous flight of spherical projectiles, nearly a thousand new-type blooming projectiles quickly flew towards their respective targets that had been calibrated long ago.
In order to ensure the saturation of firepower as much as possible, Zhu Dingchen, who had also been deeply infected with the "synthetic phobia of insufficient firepower" for a long time, did not take turns bombing in batches as before, but fired a thousand artillery salvos at once.
"Boom boom boom boom..."
In the blink of an eye, these new-type explosive shells with parabolic trajectories fell all over the Japanese city, and then with an explosion that was no less than that of an artillery fire, everything within the explosion range was torn apart.
Crush!
You know, the various fortress buildings of the Japanese were basically built with gravel and wood. Therefore, in front of the Ming army's explosive shells filled with maroon gunpowder, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are just like paper.
words.
"This...this...the Ming army's artillery is so terrifying!"
Looking at the outermost fortresses such as Shimoyama-sato Maru, Kamiyama-sato Maru, Higashiide Maru and Dansho Maru, which were in shambles after being bombarded by a round of artillery fire from the Ming army, Tokugawa Ieyasu and others were watching the battle in the second and third pills.
The great masters were immediately stunned.
You know, although they had known for a long time that the Ming army had explosive shells, they had never thought that the shells fired by the Ming army's artillery, which was not much larger than the big barrel, could be so powerful.
"Humph, a group of selfish and short-sighted people asked you to defend the city. Now I want to see how you defend it?"
Just when Tokugawa Ieyasu and other Tibetan lords were shocked by the power of the Ming army's artillery, on a towering castle tower in the center of Nagoya Castle, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the "people of the world" of Japan
At this moment, he couldn't help but sneer.
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"The target remains the same, switch to shotgun shells for two more rounds, and then switch to shells to blast the next place!"
Just when the Japanese feudal lords in the city had different thoughts, Zhu Dingchen issued the order to open fire again.
"Sir Qianhu, since everything was blown up like this, there's no need to waste the shells, right?"
After hearing Zhu Dingchen's order to blast the original target again, a Baihu officer of the Hundred Artillery Corps couldn't help but muttered.
"Let you just bomb! The general has said that we should let go of our hands and feet to fight. We finally have such an opportunity, why don't we seize the opportunity to enjoy it?"
Glancing at this 100-year-old man, Zhu Dingchen couldn't help but have a smirk on his face.
"Also, tell the brothers to keep an eye on me as much as possible. We are not in a hurry. Work slowly and carefully. Use cannonballs carefully to plow through these Japanese pirates inch by inch, and then let the infantry brothers go over and collect the corpses.
Hey hey hey hey!”
After quickly turning his head and glancing at the Yulin Guards and the Jianzhou Army who had already begun to move out of camp, Zhu Dingchen said something else.
"Okay! Lord Qianhu, just look at it. This time we will also let the infantry brothers follow us and eat ashes, hahahaha!"
After hearing Zhu Dingchen's thoughts, the Baihu official couldn't help but his eyes lit up, and he quickly spread the news.
"Let the infantry brothers eat ashes! Let the infantry brothers eat ashes!!!"
Soon, this roar that made the infantry "eat ashes" spread throughout the entire artillery position amidst the roar of bursts of artillery.
"I said, Third Brother, look at how much money Zhu Dingchen, a prodigal, will waste if he continues like this."
As the saying goes, once the cannon is fired, there is ten thousand taels of gold! Seeing that under the squandering of Zhu Dingchen, the 'prodigal', the shells and shotgun shells were shot out as if they were free. At the camp where Qi Panzong was preparing to assemble to leave the camp, Qi Panzong
The eldest uncle couldn't help but mutter sourly in front of Wang Bing.
"Well, Lao Zhu's approach is good, haha!"
Although Wang Bing was also in pain watching the shells flying out one after another, but seeing Zhu Dingchen firing two rounds of shotgun shells and one round of explosive shells at each other, Wang Bing couldn't help but nod in praise.
You must know that this new type of explosive ammunition was just developed by the War and War Bureau, and the quantity is not large. This time, a total of more than 10,000 pieces were shipped. If all the explosive ammunition were used, it would only take about ten rounds at most.
But now Zhu Dingshi uses this method of cross-firing with shotgun shells, which can not only maximize the time of the bombardment, but also learn from each other's strengths to maximize the killing of the Japanese in the city.
"Brothers, raise the nails and move the artillery forward a hundred steps!"
It didn't take long, and after two more rounds of cross-firing, the artillerymen began to pick up the nails one after another and began to move forward with the Tiger Crouching Cannon under the orders of the high-spirited Zhu Dingchen.
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"Lord Taige, the Ming army's artillery was too fierce. Our big tubes and fire arrow tubes were destroyed by the Ming army without even a chance to fight back. Why not, why not turn in first..."
Taking advantage of the ceasefire while the Ming army's artillery moved forward, the Kanto princes who had previously insisted on defending against the city, now ran to the Honmaru Castle Tower where Toyotomi Hideyoshi was located, suggesting that Nagoya should be abandoned and a 'strategic transfer' be made!
"Do you want to retreat without a fight? Didn't these soldiers sacrifice their lives in vain?"
Glancing at the Kanto princes in front of him, Toyotomi Hideyoshi looked at the Japanese sergeants in the city who had been beaten to pieces by the Habayashi Guards and were wailing incessantly and asked coldly.
Although Zhu Dingchen's main targets were the Japanese cannons and cannon positions, it does not mean that the casualties suffered by the Japanese were small.
You must know that the artillery at this time was not as accurate as the artillery of later generations. Even the Habayashi Guards, an all-firearms army whose training intensity was far higher than that of other armies, relied on experience rather than calculation in the operation of artillery.
In addition, Zhu Dingchen originally chose a covering strike, so when destroying the Japanese fortifications, he also killed a large number of Japanese, which is what the title should have meant.
Therefore, seeing a large number of their soldiers being wiped out, the Kanto princes who originally wanted to rely on defending the city to preserve their strength suddenly became unable to sit still.
However, just because they feel physical pain does not mean that Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Lord Taikou, will also feel physical pain.
At least, after the Kanto princes unanimously requested to defend the city in order to preserve their own strength, Lord Toyotomi Hideyoshi no longer felt sad for the loss of these soldiers.
Because, when one's own core power is greatly damaged, the best way to maintain the balance of power is to let these Guandong princes also suffer losses!
Therefore, when these Kanto princes, big and small, proposed "transfer", Toyotomi Hideyoshi immediately became cold-faced.
"Lord Taige..."
Chapter completed!