Steel Dynasty - Chapter 487

[Chapter 487: Queuing up to be shot]

Makino Haruaki is leading the musketeers towards Michila Castle.

Although the shelling of the fleet just caused casualties, these casualties were insignificant to him. As long as the main island of Ryukyu was occupied, there would be an unsinkable warship. Compared to this, the loss of some warships was nothing at all.

Many years ago, he suggested that Yamada Nobunaga occupy Ryukyu Island, use Ryukyu Island as a base to control the coastal routes of Dayu, and at the same time plunder the coastal cities of Dayu, but his suggestion was rejected.

Because at that time the Dutch were still distinguished guests in the eyes of Yamada Nobunaga, but now everything has changed, and the betrayal of the Dutch at this time also proved that he was right at the time.

But for him, it is not too late now, and occupying Ryukyu Island is still a brilliant plan.

Walking along the woods along the coast, when he saw Michila Castle on the high mountain in the distance, he ordered his men to release a homing pigeon.

The carrier pigeon was released and immediately flew to Michila Castle. The pigeon was trained to deliver the message to Michila Castle.

At this time, Sakai in Michila Castle was waiting for news from Makino Haruaki. When he saw a white homing pigeon landing, he was ecstatic.

“Makino Haruaki is here, now it’s time for us to show the Dutch and Dayu the colors.” Sakai shouted excitedly.

Upon hearing this, a group of soldiers immediately shouted excitedly, “Fight! Fight!”

In the frenzy, the soldiers in the castle quickly gathered and headed outside the city gate. More than 10,000 musketeers lined up outside the city gate, preparing for a battle.

Outside the fortress, Xiao Ming and Claire discovered something strange about the Japanese pirates. All the Japanese pirates in the castle rushed outside the city and formed a neat line outside the city.

Seeing this, Xiao Ming asked: “Don’t tell me that you Dutch people have trained Japanese pirates how to use matchlocks to fight.”

“I’m sorry, it’s true. We did train Japanese people how to use firearms.” Claire said very apologetically.

Xiao Ming really had the urge to kill Claire with a knife. In contemporary times, Japan is also supported by the West in this way.

But now is not the time to worry about these things, Xiao Ming said; “The Japanese pirates have reinforcements ashore, and now there are Japanese pirates coming out of the fortress. They are preparing to outflank us inside and outside.”

“Sakai is a very cunning enemy. He has always been Waiting for reinforcements.” Claire said, “We can deal with the reinforcements that come ashore. I wonder if your highness’s army can deal with the pirates in the bastion?”

“Count Claire, are you here ?

Do you despise my army?” Xiao Ming felt angry, and he knew clearly whether Claire was doing it deliberately or as a warning.

“Sorry, it’s not that I despise His Highness’s army. It’s just that according to Sakai, the Japanese pirates can often defeat the Chongqing army, so I’m very worried. After all, if the battle fails, we will all lose Ryukyu.” Claire looked solemn, and he started now Some regretted the desperate decision because the Japanese country was equally powerful.

“You’d better worry about yourself.” Xiao Ming curled his lips. He could lose to anyone, but he just couldn’t lose to the Japanese pirates. Then he said, “Our back will be left to you.” After

saying that, Xiao Ming immediately let go. Lu Fei gathered his troops.

The Japanese pirates gathered outside the bastion, and Xiao Ming’s army needed to gather now because the encirclement was very scattered. At this time, both sides were racing against time to complete preparations.

The war was about to begin. Luo Xin immediately led the artillery to find a high place to set up artillery positions. Half an hour later, the armies of both sides completed their assembly in front of the bastion, and the war was about to break out.

If the war with the barbarians was a war between hot weapons and cold weapons, this time Xiao Ming faced a war between hot weapons and hot weapons. Although the Japanese pirates used matchlocks, they still could not be underestimated.

After all, matchlocks and flintlocks are just different in the way they are fired.

At this time, under the command of Lu Fei, the Qingzhou Army also formed a horizontal formation, with 200 soldiers as a command unit preparing to attack.

“Your Highness, the Japanese pirates are moving here.” After the army was assembled, the Japanese pirate array began to advance towards Xiao Ming, and at the same time, the sound of cannons came from the direction of the Japanese pirates.

Xiao Ming looked towards the direction where the sound of the cannon came from, and he found that the Japanese pirates had removed the cannon from the castle and used it in the current attack.

At this time, the distance between the two sides was about 700 meters. The artillery shells had weakened a lot after flying. These shells almost rolled over from the ground and could not cause much casualties.

As Claire said, these shells are very old and don’t have great range or power.

“Your Highness, do you want to fight back and destroy their artillery?” Luo Xin asked.

“The range of field artillery is not far. I’m afraid there is no advantage at this distance. Wait until the distance is closer before attacking. Their artillery is very clumsy and is no match for us.” Xiao Ming and Luo Xin stood together in the artillery position. It can be clearly seen from here to see everything on the battlefield.

“Dong dong…”

The drums sounded, and under the command of Lu Fei, the soldiers of the Qingzhou Army also walked towards the array of Japanese pirates. The soldiers arranged in a tight formation and moved forward unhurriedly.

As the distance between the two sides got closer, the artillery from both sides began to shoot at each other.

“Six-pounders shoot Japanese soldiers, and twelve-pounders shoot Japanese artillery.” He gave the order when the distance between the two armies was only 300 meters.

In an instant, twelve six-pound field guns began to fire at the Japanese pirates. The black shells hit the dense Japanese pirate array. The Japanese Japanese array that was hit immediately fell down in a row.

However, after the gap was blown out of the array, the Japanese soldiers immediately filled the gap.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Ming frowned. This was enough to show that the Japanese soldiers were well-trained, but he was not worried. They had an advantage in weapons.

Compared with the Japanese pirates’ old artillery, the shooting error of field artillery with sights was relatively small. The artillery moving with the Japanese pirate array was directly smashed by the gun frame under the bombardment of the twelve-pound field artillery, and the gunners also suffered heavy casualties.

The six-pounder gun was not idle either. The shells bounced on the ground and hit the Japanese pirates in the queue. The soldiers in the first row were hit by the shells and broke their arms and legs. They fell to the ground and groaned and screamed.

Two hundred and fifty meters, two hundred meters, one hundred meters.

Although they were constantly bombarded, the Japanese pirates did not flinch. The armies of both sides got closer and closer. When they were 100 meters away, Lu Fei ordered the soldiers to stop and shouted: “Shoot!”

At this time, the soldiers leveled the flintlock rifles they were carrying. Lifting, there was a burst of flames and white smoke, and the Japanese pirate army on the opposite side immediately fell to pieces.

“Reload!” Lu Fei shouted again.

After withstanding the first round of shooting, the Japanese pirates continued to move forward. At this time, Sakai looked a little gloomy. The matchlock guns given to them by the Dutch could only be fired at a distance of fifty meters. He could only let the soldiers continue to advance to the shooting area. .

(End of chapter)