Chapter 1017: The artillery fire is like a comb, combing back and forth...

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【Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!】

Amid the continuous sound of cannons, screams kept ringing.

The solid bullets kept falling into the Japanese army's square formation, causing a burst of bloody storm. Not to mention being hit directly by the solid bullet, or being accidentally hit by the solid bullet, it was a serious consequence of the machine. Many Japanese soldiers did not notice what was going on, and found that a piece of the parts on their bodies had disappeared.

Because the thunderbolt cannon has a relatively straight ballistic trajectory, and the ground in late autumn is relatively tough, there are quite a lot of opportunities to bounce after the shells fall down. This is the so-called jumping. Don’t underestimate these jumpings. A large part of the lethality of the thunderbolt cannon comes from these jumpings. Wherever the jumping passes, all enemies scream.

Under the raging of artillery shells, a large number of Japanese troops continued to fall. A large amount of blood rain fell on the dry fields without hesitation. A large number of limbs and blood fragments fell generously in the bloody mud. Some Japanese soldiers, as they walked, found that all the people around them were missing, leaving only one of them alone.

The field artillery brought by Li Yang was fully proved to be in Sado Island. After a series of battles, the soldiers of the artillery battalion also had a lot of experience and experience in controlling these killing powers. At this time, the generals came out and achieved the results were richer than when they were in Sado Island.

Abe Yuki asked the cannon fodder to form large square formations, which seemed to strictly implement the combat regulations, and on the surface put a lot of psychological pressure on the Hu Ben Army. In fact, such a square formation is the best target for the Thunder Cannon. The Spanish square formation is too densely equipped, and the deadliest enemy is artillery fire.

An experienced artillery commander can quickly correct deviations and find an accurate shooting method after the first shell landing point. Even in an era when there are no flowering bullets, relying solely on solid bullets can cause great damage to the enemy. The biggest trick is to shoot the jump as much as possible.

If a shell falls down, if it is effectively bounces up and continues to run forward, it can often knock out all the people in a straight line. The ordinary Spanish phalanx has at least twenty-five rows. In other words, there are at least twenty-five Japanese troops on a straight line. Once the jump goes over, the twenty-five Japanese troops will either die or be injured.

Such consequences also exist on the side of the Hu Ben Army. The Japanese artillery shells bounced on the ground and could also scrap all the people on a straight line on the Hu Ben Army. However, the depth of the team on the Hu Ben Army was very small, with only three or four people at most. Therefore, even if the Japanese army jumped, the number of casualties was only three or four people.

Whether it is the Japanese army or the Hu Ben army, those gaps that were shot by artillery shells will soon be filled, until they are knocked down again. They are filled again, knocked down again, and cycled. However, in general, the artillery of the Hu Ben army completely gained the upper hand. The solid bullets fired by the two sides have too different killing effects.

On the one hand, the Tiger Army's cannons have a relatively long range, relatively powerful, and have a relatively large caliber. In terms of the number of cannons, the Tiger Army's cannons also have an advantage. On the other hand, it is the Japanese army's own team configuration. The Japanese army's team configuration was passed down during the Warring States Period and was also used when invading North Korea.

It is definitely not that Abe Yuki set up such a formation. On the contrary, Abe Yuki is a very smart person. The troops he commanded are even more skilled than Masato Kaesaki in the use of the Spanish phalanx. This has always been a proud achievement that Abe Yuki is proud of. In previous battles, the Spanish phalanx also showed strong combat power.

Facts have proved that the well-organized Spanish phalanx has a good effect in blocking ordinary smoothbore gun attacks and even blocking cavalry assaults. As long as you master the essence of the phalanx, you can defeat most of the enemies. Therefore, the Tokugawa Shogunate army has practiced such a phalanx.

The problem is here. The Spanish phalanx mainly faces a smoothbore gun. The Hu Ben Army is equipped with a rifled gun. The power and range of the rifled gun are not comparable to that of a smoothbore gun. This determines that the Spanish phalanx is not suitable for appearing on such a battlefield at all. However, Abe Yuki would not understand it. Because he did not clearly recognize the difference between a rifled gun and a smoothbore gun.

"how so?"

Abe Yuki couldn't help but frown.

He did ignore the power of the Hu Ben Army's muskets again and focused on the thunderbolt cannons of the Hu Ben Army. Seeing his troops being constantly killed by artillery shells, Abe Yuki had to admit in pain that the power of the Hu Ben Army's cannons was quite powerful! His army also had artillery, but he could never suppress the artillery fire of the Hu Ben Army. On the contrary, the Japanese artillery positions were destroyed by several artillery positions.

Abe Yuki seriously lacked his understanding of the artillery of the Tiger Army. He didn't know at all how big the difference between the 120mm caliber artillery and the 60mm caliber artillery were in terms of lethality. These are two completely different concepts!

In just under half an hour of contact, the Japanese army paid a huge price. On the battlefield, there were incomplete limbs of people everywhere. A large amount of blood continued to gather on the ground and then flowed to the low-lying areas. In many places, even Japanese corpses overlapped with each other. This shows the horror of the guns and cannons of the Tiger Army.

"go ahead!"

Abe Yuki's gloomy command.

Like many Japanese officers, Abe Yuki was not very concerned about the casualties of his subordinates. What he cared more was whether he could win or not. Or whether he could block the Hu Ben Army outside Hiroshima. As long as he achieved this goal, no matter how many people died, it would be okay. Under such guidance, the Japanese cannon fodder that came to reinforce was undoubtedly placed in the front.

Their purpose is to consume the ammunition of the Hu Ben Army and find out the weaknesses of the Hu Ben Army. As long as they can successfully cover the elite of the Japanese army and enter the range of the musket, they can "queule and shoot" with the Hu Ben Army. With the number of Japanese troops, it should not be difficult to eliminate the Hu Ben Army, which has less than 30% of its own troops.

Under the order of Abe Yuki, a large number of Japanese cannon fodder rushed forward like ants. These people were basically lightweight with negligible combat power. Those with slightly better conditions were equipped with old-style muskets. Those with worse conditions were a samurai sword that was passed down by their ancestors. The worst conditions were even a rusty spear.

"go ahead!"

"go ahead!"

"go ahead!"

Abe Yuki pulled out his command knife and kept encouraging them in front of these cannon fodders. He was very optimistic that the cannon fodders in front of him had been suppressed by the great god Amaterasu and had lost their most basic combat power. As long as they rushed forward, they could defeat them all.

"It will win!"

"It will win!"

"It will win!"

Many fanatical Japanese soldiers yelled.

Shouting fanatical slogans, these Japanese cannon fodders embarked on the road to rush towards the Hu Ben Army. At the beginning, they did think that the Hu Ben Army was vulnerable. However, soon, the Hu Ben Army used fierce guns and cannons to cruelly tell them that the great god Amaterasu was unreliable, and Abe Yuki was even more unreliable.

These Japanese cannon fodders encountered too much resistance on the way forward. A series of solid bullets continued to shoot straight lines, killing strings of people. The flesh and blood flew everywhere, and the corpses were everywhere. On the ground, there were only soft flesh and blood. There were Minni bullets flying from somewhere, knocking them over to the ground.

Some cannon fodders realized that something was wrong and wanted to retreat, but sadly discovered that behind them were all expressionless veterans. The veterans' eyes and the movements of holding weapons were clearly told that if they dared to retreat, what awaited them would be the fate of death.

For the top leaders of the two armies, such scenes are already commonplace. In the fierce battle, the ones that are most easily despised are such cannon fodder. Before becoming veterans, before escaping from the God of Death, they are grains of dust and there is no possibility of being ignored. Even if they are completely killed, no one cares.

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Solid bombs could not completely block the Japanese attack, and they still rushed up like a tide. A large amount of cannon fodder did attract a lot of firepower from the Hu Ben Army. Under the cover of cannon fodder, the elite main force of the Japanese army entered a range of only three or four hundred meters away from the Hu Ben Army. This range happened to be the range where field artillery covers the shooting.

"Grape bomb!"

"preparation!"

"put!"

Li Yang waved his hand decisively.

A large number of grape bombs were thrown out and spread out in the sky, forming black clouds. Finally, these black clouds were transformed into marbles. The splashing marbles hit the human body and made a dull sound. A rain of bullets came, and at least 30% of the people fell down in front of the Japanese army.

For the Japanese army, the lethality of solid bombs was terrifying. The damage caused by grape bombs was devastating. A large number of grape bombs poured down, like a comb, repeatedly combing their square array again and again. After each combing, the number of people in the square array was reduced a lot. After repeated combing several times, there was no one in the square array.
Chapter completed!