Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 320 The Battle of Sasha ([-])

Ishikawa Cunwen followed Heita to Shiqiubin. When he first saw the radio station in Beihai Town, he was still wondering what this black and shiny flat box was.But when he heard Shibata Juezang's voice calling him from the speaker, his hands and feet were so frightened that he almost collapsed on the ground.

"Igumori-sama is here? My lord~ my lord~"

"Igumori, I am Date Anyun." Date Murakami, who was opposite, followed suit.

Ishikawa Murakami pointed at the radio tremblingly, and asked Heita, "This is... what is this?!"

Seeing the panicked appearance of the other party, Heita suppressed a smile, and then contacted Shibata Kakuzo on the opposite side.After a while, Ishikawa Cunwen calmed down, and only then did he understand what happened to the military meeting on the Jinglei.

After listening to Shibata Kakuzo's narration, Ishikawa Cunwen felt that what Zhao Xin said was right, 1000 people were indeed too few.According to the estimate that the Shimadzu family has at least 1 armed villages, it is not enough for the family to send 2 people, at least 1 people will do.After all, if the 100 people are divided equally, there are only more than 100 people in each stronghold.What's more, Kagoshima Castle is so big, it's definitely not enough to put [-] people!
At this time, Zhao Xin's voice suddenly came out on the radio: "Igu Shou, I will transfer another 500 people to help you defend the Sendai Domain. With these 500, [-] people, the shogunate will not dare to touch you at all, so you can rest assured to transfer Soldiers!"

For Lingjiao Gold Mine, Zhao Xin also went all out!

The Western Expedition can be done sooner or later.Ma Dan, a world-class gold mine!After passing this village, there will be no such store. If you don't want to grab it now, when will you grab it? !
After Shi Chuancunwen heard it, he thought for a long time before he said to Zhao Xin: "Zhao Wangdian, I will entrust this domain to you! I will go back and call a family, a family, a quasi-family, a clan, and Su Lao to discuss and get together as soon as possible. [-] soldiers and horses. It’s just that when the time comes, the troops will be transferred.”

Zhao Xindao: "Your Excellency, prepare as soon as possible. After the troops are assembled, go to Ishijuan Port to assemble. I will send the Thunder God to transport troops!"

It is said that in the Sendai Fan with a table height of 62 shi, the number of Hirashi (samurai) is 500, and the number of "group warriors" and "Fan Xia Yuchi" (the samurai's vassals and ashigaru) is more than 6000. The total number That's when 1 people took the lead.

But now Beihai Town provides food and salaries, and sends troops to support it, let alone conscription!It is not a problem to gather [-] soldiers.

On Jinglei's side, after receiving the exact answer from Ishikawa Cunwen, Zhao Xin was ready to do it.He decided to try his hands with Zuo Duolu from Osumi County in Osumi Country first.This is the southernmost stronghold among the many outer castle counties and mountains of the Satsuma Domain. There is a port by the sea, and it is also the only place for large and small ships to enter and exit Kagoshima Castle.

In another time and space, the so-called Satsuma navy will not start construction until after the "black ship incident" more than 60 years later, but there is no "black ship incident" in this time and space, and there is still talk.

A day later, when the Jinglei was moored in the sea on the north side of Sataro Port, the Shimazu family samurai stationed in the port were almost scared to pee.Thanks to the shogunate's "Samurai Laws", all the ships of the Satsuma domain in the local port combined together can not be the captain of the thunder.

However, Dasumi County received news from the feudal city two days ago that the general mobilization had already begun.So when the local people heard the warning signal from the port, they immediately issued a series of orders.

"Ring the bell! Call all the villagers to get their weapons and gather outside the door of the holiday house!"

"The thief's artillery is sharp, order the port personnel to evacuate quickly! Order the people in the town to enter the shelter!"

"Organize manpower to transport all the supplies of the merchants in the town into the Lusuo, and never leave a grain or a piece of cloth for the thieves!"

"Send someone to quickly notify all the outer cities in the county that the rebels in Sendai are coming!"

"Haha!" A group of Satsuma warriors took orders in unison.

The Beihai Navy was still the same. It first sent drones to scout the port, and when it found that the port was empty, it put down the assault boat and started landing.

Monk Zhou's third company grabbed the first landing mission this time, and more than 20 assault boats rushed towards the port aggressively with them.Behind them on the Thor, three guns were ready to fire.

"Quick! The sniper occupies the commanding heights, put the machine gun there!" Monk Zhou pointed to several key points in the port and shouted orders to his subordinates as soon as his feet fell into the sea water.

The three platoons have all landed at this time, and they spread out rapidly in a fan shape, occupying favorable terrain at various places.After all the main points have been preempted, the first platoon immediately dispatched a squad of troops to go out for reconnaissance.

At this moment, on the deck of Thor, Date Village, who was wearing black iron armor, an orange life jacket, and a helmet with big horns on his head, had already brought his men to line up.

Hundreds of Sendai Fan Ashgaru, wearing bamboo and leather breastplates, life jackets, and iron hats, climbed onto the deck from the cargo hold. They held long guns and bows, or held iron cannons with flags.They looked at the raised gun barrel of the D30 on the deck, feeling fearful and happy at the same time; this time Bei Haijun was with them, let's see who would dare to stab.

Zhao Xin's voice suddenly came from the loudspeaker on the deck: "Everyone, board the ship in groups! Groups of five, 100 people per wave! No snatching!"

This voice frightened the samurai and ashigaru of the Sendai domain, and many people began to look around.Date Village shouted loudly: "Don't look around!" After he finished speaking, he pointed to a samurai and ordered: "Take your team down the ladder and board the ship! Be careful, don't let the iron cannon bows and arrows get wet!"

"Ha ha!"

At this time, Zhao Xin shouted again through the loudspeaker: "Attention all boarders! Be sure to wear life jackets! Otherwise, it will be too late to save you if you fall into the sea!"

It was the first time for the Sendai feudal men who landed on the assault boat for the first time, some of them fell into the water when they boarded the boat, and the result was another flurry of salvage.Fortunately, they were not wearing the big iron armor that Day Village usually used, otherwise they would have sunk to the bottom even wearing life jackets.

By the time the first wave of Centuries from the Sendai Domain landed, Monk Zhou and the others had been waiting boredly at the port for more than half an hour; he even sent one of his subordinates to search the warehouses and residences in the port.

"Report to the company commander, there is nothing in the warehouse except for some fodder!"

"Report, all the surrounding houses have been searched, and they are all empty. The well has also been blocked with stones!"

Monk Zhou took off his helmet, wiped the sweat from his bald gourd, and cursed: "It's just like what your lord said, all the f*ck ran away!" In the Beihai Navy, the word "my lord" refers specifically to Zhao Xin. Liu Sheng and Wang Yuanfang are both called chiefs.

At this moment, a soldier came running from a distance with a rifle in his hand, saluted Monk Zhou and said, "Company Commander, the enemy has retreated to the village behind that hill."

"Did you see clearly? There was no ambush along the way?"

"I see clearly, our squad leader is guarding the mountain pass in front, and the village is beyond the mountain pass!"

Monk Zhou raised his binoculars to look at the mountain not far away for a while, and ordered loudly: "First platoon leader, you immediately take the remaining two squads and occupy that hill! Send someone back to report immediately if there is any situation!"

"Company commander, the enemy has already run into the village, what are we waiting for, let's rush over and kill him?!"

When Monk Zhou heard this, he kicked a row of long buttocks angrily. "You've listened to the fucking battle situation analysis meeting for nothing! It's not your turn to die, let the Wa people go first, and then we will guard the halfway up the mountain and bombard his mother!"

In Zuo Duolu, horse-repelling barriers have been set up at various intersections. All the villagers are wearing bamboo armor and holding spears and bows. They are hiding behind the fortifications or stone walls, quietly waiting for the arrival of the Sendai Fan troops.

"Report~~" A man with a command flag on his back ran briskly into the yard of the burial house on the ground, and said to the leader of the samurai: "My lord, the enemy army has landed! They have sent a small team to explore the way here! "

"Is there any cavalry?"

"No cavalry, all iron artillery."

"Explore again!"

At this time, a warrior leading a cavalry team said to the leader of the ground warrior: "My lord, do you want to send cavalry to attack it?"

"No need! You just need to recharge your batteries and don't attack without my order!"

It is said that the basic unit of the army establishment in the Edo period is called "preparation", and the number of soldiers is generally between 300 and 800 soldiers. This is mainly due to the different strengths of each domain. There must be dozens of full preparations.If it is a large-scale joint battle, then the formation is prepared with 77 people.

Under "Preparation", there are public, team, group, gesture, and hand, and the corresponding officers are general, pursuit, group head, fan head, and object head; Iron Pao Group, as well as Ashgaru General, Iron Pao Group Head, Long Spear Banto and so on.

Zuo Duolu is considered a medium-sized stronghold in Osumi County. All the young men and villagers in the villages and ports add up to more than 500 people, and the rest are old people, women and children.

In terms of military equipment, because Zuo Duolu is a seaport town and shoulders the task of defending the sea route, it has two large barrels and fifteen iron cannons. There are only more than 20 horses that can be used for combat, and the rest are all bows and arrows. long gun.For the local warriors guarding this place, iron cannons and war horses are too precious to be used lightly.

He thought for a while, and then said to a bow and arrow team under his opponent: "You take thirty people to attack and test the opponent's strength. If the thief escapes, you can take advantage of the situation to investigate the situation at the port; if the thief is powerful, don't love to fight. Withdrew to the city immediately."

In the port, the Sendai Army began to form a team after landing. The 200 people were divided into two teams, all of which were mixed with bows and arrows, long spears, and iron cannons, and then they started to advance with a large flag.But as soon as these people walked out of the port area, they heard a few gunshots not far ahead, which made many Ashgaru who had never fought before panicked, and rushed to the side of the road to escape.

"Bang! Boom! Boom!"

Monk Zhou immediately shouted: "Where is the fight? Go and see!"

At the mountain pass, a row of seven or eight Northern Navy soldiers were firing at the Satsuma army coming around from the uphill on one side, while avoiding the sudden back arrows.

The weeds and shrubs on the hillside are tall and dense, and there are many big trees. Those short Satoro warriors squatted behind the weeds and shrubs, holding their bows and arrows from time to time, and they kept changing positions. .As soon as Bei Haijun opened fire, sawdust flew in the forest, and occasionally there was a scream or two.

"Pay attention to concealment! The enemies are hiding in the grass!"

Although before landing, he had repeatedly emphasized that he could not throw grenades in the dense forest, but a soldier in the sharp knife squad couldn't stand the cold arrows shot by the enemy, so he took out a grenade with a wooden handle, estimated the direction, pulled the matchlock and threw it out. .

"Boom!" A mass of soil mixed with leaves and weeds exploded in the forest, and several screams came from the vicinity.

"Who threw the grenade?!" Although the sharp knife squad leader cursed angrily, he still decided to attack while the enemy was in a panic.With the sound of a whistle, several Bei Haijuns who were lying on their stomachs jumped up, divided into two groups, and moved forward. When they got to the position, they saw that except for the dead bodies and wounded, the rest of the enemies had already run away. Gone.

Ever since Fanghua made nitrocellulose, Beihai Town has been producing smokeless gunpowder in small batches. After all, the fertilizer factory hasn't started production yet, has it?Most of them were used to produce propellant powder for bullets, and a small part made a batch of wooden handle grenades.

Although the North Navy has carried out grenade training subjects, it has not been used much because of the small stock.Before this expedition, Zhao Xin thought twice and distributed a batch; but it was limited to veterans, two pills per person.

An hour later, Michelang's third battalion occupied the hill west of the village.The slope here is gentle, so the Beihai Navy overhauled the fortifications on the mountainside, deployed firepower points, and cleared the shooting area.The eighteen 2B14 82mm mortars of Pan Xiucheng's regiment were deployed on the top of the mountain.

When clearing the shooting area, Zuo Duolu's team sent out to conduct a tentative attack again, but was shot back by a rifle volley from the Beihai Navy in charge of covering, leaving more than a dozen corpses, and there was no more movement after that .

After the drones of the third regiment were released to scout the defense points and the most densely populated areas in Lunei, the mortars began to test fire.

At this time, all the troops of the Sendai Clan had already landed, and Date Village's formation was set up on the hill east of Satalu, and the brigade was assembled on the river bank opposite the entrance of the village, preparing to launch an attack after the Northern Navy completed its bombardment.

These people from the Sendai Clan had never seen mortars before, and they waited for a long time without seeing the Beihai Navy pull up the cannon, so they were a little anxious, so they sent someone to ask Pan Xiucheng for questions.Unexpectedly, as soon as the sent samurai got on his horse, he heard a strange whistling sound in the air.

As the whistling became more and more severe, the people of Sendai Fan up and down the mountain saw a flame mixed with smoke and dust rising into the sky somewhere in Sata Lu, followed by a deafening explosion.

Hearing the movement, Yi Dacunchang, who was holding a military fan in the formation, couldn't sit still anymore, and hurried to the outside of the formation to look down the mountain.After a while, he only heard the whistling sound in the air suddenly rang out one after another, and more than a dozen flames rose up in the entire Zuo Duolu, and the sound of explosions continued to sound one after another.

Date Village often looked excited, and shouted: "Okay! Good fight! Our army has this sharp weapon, even if the Satsuma domain has a hundred thousand warriors, it will eventually be destroyed!"

When the Beihai Navy opened fire, all the Sendai troops on the other side of the Yamashita River were scared to the ground by the rumbling explosion. They didn't expect such a hellish scene when Beihai Town's cannon fired, and they all turned pale with fright. .However, they soon became excited again, squatting or standing one by one, gesticulating and commenting.

The North Navy liaison officer who was sent over looked at the group of people from the Sendai Fan and couldn't help shaking his head secretly.How could this come out to fight? It's like watching the lantern festival.

After five rounds of shelling, there were many dead and wounded in Sata Rokunei. The screams of the wounded, the wailing of war horses, and the cries of panic became a mess.Those solid courtyard walls used for defense turned into ruins, the fire began to spread everywhere in the foothills, and a group of ragged civilians helped the elderly and began to evacuate towards the south of the village with their young.

At this time, the North Navy liaison officer received Pan Xiucheng's order and informed the Sendai Fan troops to launch an attack immediately.

The humming of conch horns and drums sounded one after another. Under the leadership of the samurai leaders, the ashigaru of the Sendai domain crossed the small river outside the village, and rushed into Sataro like a group of black ants, shouting to kill one after another. The sound suddenly rose!
An hour later, the entire Sata Lu and the surrounding Sata Town were conquered in one fell swoop.

(End of this chapter)