Become a feudal king from today

"There are Yanzhou soldiers near the flank." Jiuguijing raised his telescope.

Soldiers from both sides encountered each other in a rice field.

At this time of year, the rice grown in Ryukyu is half as tall as a person.

Two hundred meters away from them.

Soldiers in dark green uniforms were squatting in the rice fields, shooting at them.

"Two hundred steps!" Jiugui was surprised.

The news he got from the shogunate was that Yanzhou's muskets had a range of about 150 steps.

Obviously, this information is out of date.

However, thinking about how they defeated the Folangji people and captured half of Yizhou, his confidence returned.

Their number is four times that of their opponent, and every Japanese warrior is fearless of death. This is his confidence to win.

"Bang bang bang..." Scattered gunshots continued to sound from both sides.

Since the effective range of their flintlock guns was only 130 meters, they were unable to counterattack.

Soldiers continued to fall in the line.

In particular, the artillery located on the flanks suffered the highest casualties.

"General, they are attacking our artillery. The artillery cannot place the artillery." A Japanese general rode a pony and came to Jiuguijing.

Jiugui frowned, and he naturally noticed the artillery's situation.

He had never seen this kind of tactics of the Yanzhou army, but it made the Japanese generals and soldiers very uncomfortable.

Due to the flat terrain of the battlefield, their artillery had to be positioned on both sides of the column.

Otherwise, due to the obstruction of soldiers, the artillery cannot fire at the opponent at all.

At this time, if both sides adopt a line formation to shoot and shell each other, he naturally does not have to worry about flank artillery.

But it happened that the Yanzhou army sent these scattered soldiers to constantly harass them.

In line tactics, the most taboo thing is to change the formation before the battle.

Naturally, they couldn't turn the array to deal with them because of these scattered soldiers.

But regardless of it, the artillery will not be able to fight, and the Japanese soldiers in the queue will be nervous before firing.

"Send five hundred people from each side to deal with them." Kukiei ordered.

Under his order, the Japanese soldiers on the left and right wings broke away from the queue and rushed over like Yanzhou soldiers in the rice fields.

The skirmishers didn't panic when they saw this. They were originally scattered and immediately gathered together. A three-row column of more than 60 people appeared in front of them, raising their guns and aiming at the Japanese soldiers who were rushing over.

"Bang bang bang..." When the Japanese soldier entered within 150 meters, the Marine soldier pulled the trigger.

The first row of soldiers fired their bullets and retreated. The second row of soldiers moved forward and continued shooting, followed by the third row.

Within 150 meters, a rifled gun has a 60% hit rate against an object two meters high and one meter wide.

The dense formation increased the probability of hitting, and more than 120 Japanese soldiers on the left wing fell instantly.

Moreover, because the Marines retreated after firing a shot, and the Japanese soldiers took a step forward, they took a step back. The distance between the two sides was maintained within 150 meters in a short period of time.

After two more rounds of shooting, there were only a hundred or so Japanese soldiers left.

"Disperse, disperse them all, rush towards them, and fight with them." The Japanese general who led the team shouted, his face distorted.

In order to ensure that the flintlock guns hit, they had been advancing in a line formation just now.

And this resulted in heavy casualties.

Seeing the other side's soldiers again replacing the front row with the back row, he couldn't bear it any longer.

But when this order was issued, a fatal mistake was made.

The ability of Yanzhou soldiers to adopt skirmishing tactics ultimately lies in the range of rifled guns.

In this way, the skirmishers can use their own advantages to kite the enemy.

Stay out of the range of the enemy's muskets, and constantly use flexible formation changes to shoot them.

The Japanese soldiers held smoothbore flintlock guns that could only rely on dense formations to kill the enemy with a hail of bullets.

Even if a single skirmisher stands ten meters away, he may not be able to hit the opponent.

Therefore, Japanese soldiers holding muskets will not pose any threat to Marine soldiers unless they are close to the opponent.

Sure enough, seeing the Japanese soldiers dispersed, the Marines changed their formation again, from three small columns to one large column.

"Free fire," the Marine general ordered.

"Bang bang bang..." There was another burst of gunfire.

The Japanese soldiers fell down one after another within a hundred meters.

There were only more than thirty Japanese soldiers left charging.

Seventy meters, sixty meters, fifty meters...

When the Japanese soldiers came within ten meters, the Marine soldiers loaded new ammunition.

"Bang bang bang..."

At such a close distance, the Marines had no chance of missing a beat, and all the Japanese soldiers fell down.

Six Japanese soldiers who were not fatally injured struggled to get up from the ground.

"Onboard!" These Japanese soldiers shouted with red eyes and rushed towards the level of the Marines.

"Pfft!"

Their screams stopped suddenly, and several Marines immediately rushed over and stabbed the Japanese soldiers to death with their bayonets.

"Put your mother on board, bah!" A Marine soldier spat at the Japanese soldier.

Just as he was about to kick him again, the general's order sounded, "Keep on attacking their artillery!"

In response, the Marines dispersed again, each looking for a suitable angle to shoot at the soldiers near the Japanese artillery.

At the same time, the Marines on the right also annihilated the Japanese soldiers who rushed towards them.

In a short period of time, a thousand Japanese soldiers died in the battle, and Jiugui was stunned.

He was hesitating whether to send more Japanese soldiers when he suddenly heard a roar.

"ah……"

The Japanese soldiers in the front row screamed in agony, and some Japanese soldiers had their heads beaten to pieces on their necks.

Some Japanese soldiers had half their arms torn off, and some Japanese soldiers had their legs broken, exposing their bones.

"Damn it, they are firing grape bombs at us!" A Japanese general came to Jiuguijing's side. Although he was cursing, his legs were shaking slightly.

Hearing this, Jiugui clenched his fist tightly.

Stopping here, his purpose was to let the Japanese soldiers place the artillery, and then let the soldiers advance in line formation to fight the opponent.

However, their artillery was unable to fire shells under the harassment of the opposing soldiers.

While the artillery roared, Jiuguijing found that the Yanzhou soldiers on the opposite side were constantly approaching them.

Gritting his teeth, he decided to let the Japanese soldiers bear the bombardment of the opponent's artillery and shouted: "Go forward! Destroy them."

Under his order, more than 7,000 Japanese soldiers moved forward.

Grape bullets from Marine artillery fired from time to time among the dense ranks of Japanese soldiers.

A round of grapeshot killed more than a dozen Japanese soldiers.

"Interesting, they are indeed better trained than the powerful army."

On the left wing artillery position of the Marine Corps, the corners of Pan Chang's mouth curled up.

Compared with the Shizu army, Japanese soldiers seem to be able to withstand casualties better.

However, the powerful army collapsed quickly, and the soldiers were able to save their lives.

And more people will die in Japan.

"Kill them until they are scared!" A sentence rang in Pan Chang's mind.

This was what Zhou Yi told him, but it was what King Yan told him.

"Your Highness is wise. Indeed, he will kill them to the point of fear!" Pan Chang secretly said.

Japan's involvement in the civil strife in Dasong exposed its wolfish ambitions.

Their army is probably the source of their ambition.

In this case, he should make his first army battle with Japan unforgettable.