Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 190 Songqian offensive and defensive battle ([-])
Seeing that there was already a fight on the pier, the sailor in charge of the assault boat twisted the handle and drove the boat fast.

On the shore, those samurai who were hiding in the hiding place had roughly figured out that the opponent's ship was too big to dock, and they could transport up to ten people ashore at a time.If this is the kind of fast-fired guns, nothing can be beaten by one's own side.Now, he can only take advantage of the fact that the opponent has few people and is not on a firm foothold, rushing to repel the enemy with the death or injury.

To understand this, the samurai leader ordered his men to go down and dismantle the door panels of each courtyard, and ordered them to go to the market to find two big eight carts (wooden hand-push flatbed trucks, literally meaning that one cart can be worth eight personal capacity.)
After the subordinates got the door panels and the truck, the warriors first used ropes and wooden frames to firmly tie the four door panels around the body, and then spread two layers of quilts outside and drenched them with water.There are two archers standing behind the door panel, four people are arranged behind to push the cart forward, and the rest are hiding behind the cart as death squads.When approaching the enemy, the archers rely on the door panels and wet quilts to block the enemy's musket shots, and at the same time release cold arrows to disturb the enemy's sight.After the big car approached desperately, the death squad hiding behind the car immediately rushed out.In addition, other archers and iron gunners cast cold arrows in hidden places such as roofs and behind houses.

While the samurai were busy preparing, eight people including Sea Dog were loading their pistols.

Because of Fang Hua, a chemistry teacher, Beihai Town has realized the production of nitrocellulose paper.Therefore, the sea dogs and the others loaded paper-packed fixed ammunition, which increased the reloading speed to a certain extent.

The seal first took out the paper-wrapped bullets from the cowhide box on the left waist. These paper-wrapped bullets were composed of 1.6 grams of black powder and 5.2 grams of spherical lead bullets.He first stuffed a fixed-load bullet into the chamber of the rotary magazine, then pressed the bullet into the magazine with the foldable pressure lever under the barrel, and then turned the magazine, repeating the same action five times.Finally, he took out a pair of flash caps from the cowhide box on his right waist, and put them one by one on the anvil at the end of the magazine.

For Beihai Town, if it wants to export Type 84 revolvers in the future, it only needs to strictly control the quantity of flash caps and nitrocellulose.Even if someone could imitate a revolver, it would be useless without a flash cap.Don't forget, this era is still the era of single-barrel percussion guns, and they are all smooth-bore barrels.

After the two guns were loaded with bullets, the sea dog had an idea, bent down and ran to the two dead companions, took the other four guns and the ammunition on his body, and began to install the ammunition.

While pressing the bullet, he looked back at the sea.The Zodiac has parked beside the gangway of the Thor, and the next batch of soldiers is quickly boarding the ship.

"Seals! They're coming up!" The companion's low cry drew the seals' attention back.Two strange carts turned out from behind a house, and the four warriors standing on them raised their bows and set arrows. With a sound of "swish", a heavy arrow flew past the seal's hat.

Immediately afterwards, there was a "bang" not far away, and a companion was hit by the iron gunner on the roof, and fell to the ground vomiting blood.

"Fuck you! Baga! Stupid bird!" The sea dog opened his mouth angrily and cursed, from Mandarin to island dialect and then to Ainu.He put down the pistol that was being loaded in his hand, grabbed the other and raised his hand to shoot.When the archery warrior on the cart saw it, he hurriedly bowed and hid behind the door panel.

It may be because of the distance, "Tom Tom" shot a few shots, and there were scorched bullet holes on the door panel covered with wet quilts, billowing green smoke.

The samurai hiding behind the door was surprised to find that he was fine.Excitedly, he shouted to the companions behind the big eight car: "I can't get through! I can't get through!"

All the warriors and civilian husbands immediately cheered in unison, and their morale was high.The folks began to push the big eight carts desperately, rushing towards the position of Haigou and others.When there were still thirty steps away from Haigou and the others, dozens of warriors following the big eight carts appeared with a whimper, and stabbed with one or two guns in hand.

(The total length of the spears in the island country is not long. One room is equivalent to the current 1.8 meters. The most common length is three and a half rooms, which is about 2 meters to 3 meters long. Generally, 2 meters is the most common. In special cases, it is enough Qing also uses five or six meters long bamboo handles, the longest is 10 meters.)
Sea Dog and the others dodged back and forth while shooting at the rushing warriors.The stagnation effect of .36 caliber lead bullets is quite good. Basically, as long as the gun is shot in the torso, it will be knocked down with one shot;

It's just that there are too many people on the other side, and Sea Dog and the others only have eight people.After a while, the bullets in the other people's guns had already been fired.As expected, these Ainu warriors had trained crazily in Beihai Town for several months. They picked up the spears or katana swords that had fallen from the ground, and started bloody hand-to-hand combat.

They don't care about it, and if they find an enemy, they will kill it.The surrounding samurai and civilian husbands were frightened by the behavior of these people like mad dogs, and hesitated to attack.

The leader of the samurai saw the fast boat approaching on the sea in the distance, held up his samurai sword and shouted to the others: "Several hit one, kill them! Hurry up!"

"Ha!" A group of warriors and civilian husbands couldn't care less, shouted and surrounded him.Several long spears stabbed out at the same time, and three more Ainu warriors were killed.

On the other side, the revolver on Sea Dog's right hand ran out of bullets, and he threw it fiercely at an oncoming samurai, hitting him in the face.The samurai screamed loudly from the scalding gun barrel, and there was a blood-red mark on his face.

Sea Dog was about to take out another pistol, when a cold light flashed from the opposite side, and a spear head more than a foot long stabbed at his chest.

The sea dog yelled, shrank back, and rolled out a long way after a few somersaults in a row.Taking advantage of the rolling opportunity, the gun was already in hand, and he fired several shots at the several warriors rushing up.When those samurai were shot and fell down, the sea dog pointed the gun at the leading samurai with a grinning grin, and pulled the trigger.

"Click~" The magazine rotated, making an empty sound. "Oops!" The sea dog yelled secretly, dropped the revolver in his hand, and was about to pick up the long gun on the ground for hand-to-hand combat, and then there was a burst of gunfire behind him, which was completely different from the sound of the 84-type revolver.The warriors in front of him quickly fell by a dozen.

"A group of stupid birds!" Haigou yelled, holding up a two-piece gun, chasing the fleeing warriors and stabbing them wildly. From time to time, a panicked civilian husband was stabbed in the calf by him, and fell to the ground screaming.

On the Thunder God, Deng Fei stood on the compass deck and held up the binoculars. Looking at the sea dog chasing the escaped warrior on the pier in the distance, he cursed: "What a mad dog!"

If he hadn't noticed the seals and their situation in time, if he hadn't sent a squad under Liji, none of the ten Ainu fighters who landed first would have survived; if it hadn't been for the purpose of occupation rather than destruction, Matsumae The city was left to Tuka, and Deng Fei had already ordered the firing.

Deng Fei put down the binoculars and ordered Pan Xiucheng in the walkie-talkie: "This group of Ainu can't do it! Your troops land first and occupy the pier. Remember, those sampans must be kept, and we have to use them to Transport people ashore. Finished!"

"Yes! Occupy the pier and protect the ships! Over!"

An hour later, Pan Xiucheng finally saw a sea dog covered in blood on the pier.The medical soldiers were about to bandage him, but they couldn't find any wounds all over his body.This guy bared his big yellow teeth, and said nonchalantly, "I'm not hurt, hurry up and save my brother!"

After this hand-to-hand battle, seven of the ten people died, two were seriously injured, and only the sea dog was alive and kicking.Pan Xiucheng shook his head with a wry smile, and then ordered someone to release a smoke flare.

Seeing the blue smoke rising from the dock area, Deng Fei ordered other Ainu warriors to board the ship.As more and more Ainu fighters landed, the dozen or so boats moored in the port were all used to transport people ashore.

On the compass deck, the drone quickly rose and headed towards Matsumae Castle.Deng Fei saw from the screen that all the warriors of the Matsumae clan had retreated into the city.Inside several double sculls, figures were shaking, obviously there were archers or iron gunners hiding inside.Behind the gate of the castle, more than a dozen cavalry warriors with helmets and armor are gathering, and behind them are a group of pikemen and archers on foot.

In the temple on the hill to the east of the castle, densely packed with civilians fleeing the war.Some people saw the black drone flying in the sky, pointed at it and shouted.

After taking back the drone, Deng Fei took Li Ji to find Tuka and explained to him the situation in Songqian City.

"How are you going to fight?"

Tuka had already learned from Zhao Xin badly, and this guy rolled his eyes, remembering what Zhao Xin had told him, he said to Deng Fei: "I will send people from other tribes to go up first, if it is impossible, you can go up and fight."

After another hour, Tuka finally boarded the pier with the chiefs of other tribes.At this time, it was already past noon, and when thousands of people had eaten dry food, the Matsumae Castle Town was already in a state of chaos.

The empty houses near the pier have been occupied by the Ainu of various tribes. These people searched the houses for everything they could take away, and packed a lot of them in large and small bags; even the rush mats spread in people's homes It's all packed.

Deng Fei looked at the chaotic scene in front of him, and his nose was crooked in anger.He quickly called Pan Xiucheng and ordered him to lead two platoons to guard the gate of Songqian City to prevent the enemy from leaving the city to attack.

Unexpectedly, Pan Xiucheng had been prepared for a long time. After he changed his defense to Pingyuan Town, he gradually realized that the Ainu were unreliable in war.

Deng Fei heaved a sigh of relief and patted Pan Xiucheng on the shoulder to show his praise.He decided to be his own navy in the future and never get involved in the Marine Corps.He also ordered Liji to send a platoon of assault boats and early boats to patrol the sea near the port to prevent anyone from escaping.

Before boarding the ship, Tuka had already negotiated with several tribes.He said that in addition to burning, killing and looting civilian areas on the east bank of the river, no matter who captures Matsumae Castle, half of the gold, silver, treasures and captured weapons can be taken away, and the rest will be distributed to other tribes participating in the attack.And he himself only needs a complete castle.

With the sound of the conch, more than 1000 Ainu warriors from other tribes on the pier began to gather, preparing to attack Matsumae Castle.But when a group of people arrived at the Songqian city, they all encountered difficulties. How can this city be fought?

Matsumae Castle is a Hirayama castle, and there are five gates including the Otemon Gate. In addition to the Honmaru, Ninomaru, and Sannomaru, there is also the Tonomaru.Outside the city wall is the moat, and a bridge that can accommodate two horses connects the city gate and the castle town.In addition, there is a city gate at Tonomamaru; but if you want to attack there, you need to face the hail of bullets from the double scull at the corner of the city wall.

As soon as the tribal leaders gather together, let's move on to the house first!As a result, several houses on the pier were demolished, and the wooden beams were used as battering rams.Those small households whose courtyard gates had not been removed could not even keep the door panels, and were removed by the Ainu as shields against Ruya.

Inside Matsumae Castle, the retainers of the Matsumae Domain and members of the investigation team from the shogunate were fully armed. They already knew that the people outside the city were Ainu people.This incident made everyone very puzzled. When did the Ainu people become so courageous?How dare they collude with the red-haired barbarians to attack Matsumae Castle!

Amidst the screams of killing and shaking the sky, the Ainu began their first siege.Two hundred Ainu held the hard bows of the Qing army or their own hunting bows, and shot arrows at the city.Dozens of Ainu warriors carried the dismantled wooden beams, rushed across the small bridge, and slammed into the Otemon Gate.

More than 100 meters away from the moat, two rows of soldiers from Beihai Town hid behind bunkers piled up with wood and sundries, and pointed their guns at the city head and gate to prevent Matsumae from counterattacking.

Another group of people followed the moat all the way to the east.Holding wooden door panels and iron pots, they resisted the arrows and projectiles flying down from the double scull, rushed up the steps, and attacked towards the gate of Dongzhiwan.

Deng Fei has long seen the function of the double scull, as long as it is knocked down, the gate of Dongzhiwan can be captured.Then go through the courtyard behind and take Honmaru.He ordered Liji to lead two platoons to launch continuous shooting at the double oar, intending to block the opponent's firepower.

It's a pity that the Matsumae domain seems to understand what the fall of the castle means. They hid in the strong stone castle, avoiding the bullets fired by Beihai Town, and at the same time looked through the wooden fence on the window and on the steps of the Tonomaru gate. The Ainu fired.

At the beginning, these samurai and ashigaru tried to use wooden shields and bamboo beams to resist bullets. When they found that these defensive equipment could not resist at all, they simply gave up the attack on the Ainu people in the south and aimed their main target at the Ainu on the steps.

The price paid for this attack was the heaviest. Starting from the corner under the double scull, the Ainu warriors who were shot and killed lay all along the way.Everyone who rushed across the corner tried to lift the thick wooden beams and attack the Tonomaru gate on the steps, but they were soon shot in the back and fell on the steps.

At this time, in the double oar, dozens of ashigaru who were in charge of archery were already exhausted.The price for killing a large number of enemies is that the hands have been bloodied by the bowstring.

Following Tuka's order, the crazy sea dog appeared again.Under the watchful eyes of everyone, this guy led a hundred Shachuan warriors with double guns, and under the cover of Liji's troops, approached the gate of Dongzhiwan.Sea Dog first asked dozens of men to raise their guns to shoot at the window of the double scull, and at the same time asked more than a dozen people to lift up the beams that fell on the steps, shouted a chant, and slammed into the gate.

(End of this chapter)