Chapter 981 Ten Pier Bridges, Ten Roads to Pass Hell

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Yes, Ryota Maeda was indeed dissatisfied with the failure of the Korean War. Like most of the top leaders of the Japanese shogunate, they believed that the war against Korea should not end like that. Due to some particularities of the Tokugawa shogunate, this unsatisfied idea became more and more intense, and it reached a point where it was difficult to control.

At that time, Tokugawa Ieyasu preserved most of his strength because he did not participate in the war against North Korea. In the end, after Toyotomi Hideyoshi died of illness, he defeated many opponents and established the Tokugawa Shogunate. Therefore, in a sense, Tokugawa Ieyasu definitely took advantage. If he also participated in the war and his troops were lost, the Japanese boss might not be him.

In order to cover up the fact that he did not send troops, Tokugawa Ieyasu always advocated the war against North Korea. He explained the reason why he did not go to war as if he belonged to the second echelon. If the first echelon persisted for a long time, he would lead his army to land in North Korea. Such an explanation of course made the troops participating in the war even more dissatisfied.

In fact, at that time, the Japanese army was not completely wiped out on the Korean battlefield. Their troops were basically intact, but the soldiers suffered great losses. Finally, they had to retreat in a comprehensive manner. If the Japanese gritted their teeth and persisted, it would be difficult to predict what the consequences would be.

Of course, what is certain is that even if the Japanese burned their boats and invested all their troops and resources, they would not be able to win. At that time, Japan and the Ming Kingdom of the Wanli period had no possibility of confrontation. If the war continued to delay, it would only cause the Japanese to suffer more casualties.

Ryota Maeda's ancestors did not participate in the attack on North Korea. Perhaps, it was because they did not even go to the battlefield that Ryota Maeda had a mentality that they could not defeat Mingguo because they did not take action. If they took action, they would definitely win. It would be too weak to let Governor Konishi, Kiyomasa Kato, and Nagamasa Kuroda serve as commanders.

This time when attacking Sado Island, Maeda Ryota didn't need to take action. He was the big boss of the Tokugawa Shogunate and had a very noble status. Logically speaking, it was not the big boss' turn to attack Sado Island. However, Maeda Ryota took the initiative to volunteer. He wanted to prove to others that he was actually very capable of fighting.

The big boss is not a permanent position in the Tokugawa Shogunate. The power of this position is a bit like the Three Dukes and Three Divisions of the Ming Dynasty. It is very respectful and cannot be granted by ordinary people. However, unlike the Three Dukes and Three Divisions, the power of the Big boss is by no means empty, but real.

To be precise, this position is a bit more than ten thousand people. In name, the emperor and the general are above the elders. In fact, only the general's position is higher than the elders. The Japanese emperor himself has no power, which is a well-known fact.

Ryota Maeda was the confidant of the second Tokugawa shogun Shikitaki. After Hidetaki Tokugawa died, he was responsible for assisting the young Tokugawa Ieki. Generally speaking, Ryota Maeda was still very loyal to the Tokugawa family and had no ambitions. However, as he became older, I was less and less disliked Ryota Maeda.

This is a foreseeable thing. No one will like others to restrain themselves. The same is true for Tokugawa Iemitsu. Under the arrangement of Tokugawa Iemitsu, Ryota Maeda's power has shrunk a lot compared to before. The four old masters below him are incompatible with Ryota Maeda. If Tokugawa Iemitsu was ruthless, he could be completely undermined.

[Author's Note: Big Lao and Lao Zhong are both official names of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Generally speaking, Big Lao can be equivalent to the prime minister of the shogunate, while Lao Zhong is the six ministers of the shogunate. The specific meaning is Baidu, otherwise he would be scolded for being the Baidu Emperor...]

Under such circumstances, Ryo Maeda felt that his life was very hard. He was not very willing to retire. If he didn't retire, Japan was not easy. The feeling of power being constantly compressed is always unpleasant, especially for those who are used to enjoying power. The love of power is exactly the same for both Ming and Japanese.

This time, he actively asked to lead troops to fight. Ryota Maeda wanted to show his military command ability so that Tokugawa Iemitsu would not threaten him too much and let everyone get together. Tokugawa Iemitsu was not a fool, but only gave Ryota Maeda. The 30,000 troops accounted for about 20% of the shogunate army.

In fact, behind Ryota Maeda, there are 30,000 people from Ryota Sato. Ryota Sato is only a small flag-building, but commands an army of 30,000 people. In terms of weapons and equipment and training intensity, it is better than Ryota Maeda's troops. Even ordinary soldiers receive more military pay than Ryota Maeda's troops. Obviously, this is very abnormal. But there is no way, who is Sato Ryota's confidant of Tokugawa Iemitsu?

Tokugawa Iemitsu arranged another army to follow his butt, with only two purposes. The first is to monitor himself and warn himself not to make any changes. The second is to join the new force immediately if he loses the battle. No matter which one it is, it will be very uncomfortable for Ryota Maeda, especially the latter one.

Before I started the attack, you are ready to be defeated. Are you so disappointed with my military command ability? Under such psychological influence, Ryota Maeda's desire to conquer Sado Island is unprecedentedly strong. If he is accidentally defeated, he will really have no face to see Tokugawa Iehiro.

"hurry up!"

"hurry up!"

"hurry up!"

Ryo Maeda kept shouting.

In order not to let Tokugawa Iemitsu underestimate him, Ryo Maeda was too determined to take down Sado Island in the shortest time. He had thought about it and immediately asked for retirement after conquering Sado Island to see how Tokugawa Iemitsu reacted. He estimated that Tokugawa Iemitsu's face would be very exciting.

With the continuous shouts of Ryota Maeda, the attack speed of the Japanese fleet became faster. Some Japanese soldiers even found out many oars from where they were, and rowed desperately on both sides of the fleet. The sound of water was clamoring, and soon, the distance between the Japanese fleet and Li Yang was shortened to about 500 meters.

"Grape bomb!"

"preparation!"

"put!"

Li Yang yelled sharply.

He carefully judged the distance and fired the grape bomb without mercy as long as the Japanese entered the attack range of the grape bomb. Now, it is a great opportunity to launch the grape bomb.

"Bangbangbangbang!"

"Bangbangbangbang!"

"Bangbangbangbang!"

The continuous sound of cannons kept roaring.

One by one, the grape bullets were shot out, then spread out in the sky, turning into large marbles, and then smashed down hard. A large number of marbles fell on the Japanese warship, instantly causing a series of screams. Raindrop-like marbles directly covered the surface of the deck, and as long as they were hit, they were basically either dead or injured.

This indiscriminate attack is absolutely fatal to enemies with weak armor protection. But most Japanese soldiers do not have armor. Even if there is, they cannot stop the attack of marbles. Under such a rain of bullets, it is like a lamb falling into a pack of wolves, and they can only be slaughtered.

Sometimes, a rain of bullets fell, and a lot of Japanese soldiers could fall down, especially near those warships that entered the water. In order to scoop water, there were usually twenty or thirty sailors or soldiers who worked hard and had no time to pay attention to the movements above their heads. As a result, as a rain of bullets fell, they all lay in the blood-red sea water.

A large number of Japanese soldiers fell to the ground screaming. The scene was full of chaos, which immediately caused great fluctuations in the morale of the Japanese army. The remaining people hurriedly looked for places to hide and avoid the attack of grape bombs. After a while, there was no Japanese exposed on the warship.

"Eight squares!"

Ryota Maeda shouted angrily.

The actions of his subordinates made Maeda Ryota feel very humiliated. When did the troops he commanded were afraid of the enemy's artillery fire? They were simply a group of cowardly guys! Where did the Bushido spirit of the Great Japan go?

"Prepare to get ashore!"

Ryo Maeda issued an order without hesitation.

In fact, at this time, the Japanese warships were still more than 100 meters away from the pier. The Japanese army did not need to be so far away and started to line up. This would be of no use except for being killed by the grape bullets of the Tiger Army in vain. However, Ryoto Maeda could not wait. He hated wasting any time on the warships, and he wanted to set foot on the land of Sado Island as soon as possible.

At the same time, he wanted to use such orders to let the hidden Japanese army go out. This kind of hiding behavior made him feel too humiliated. He would rather let his subordinates die on the battlefield than hide and retreat everywhere, making people laugh.

Sato Ryota was still watching from behind. If he saw his subordinates shrinking their heads like this, he might have laughed to death. If it was transmitted to Tokugawa Iemitsu, his face would be even more unsure where to put it.

"charge!"

“Onboard!”

Ryota Maeda pulled out the command knife and shouted fiercely.

The discipline of the Japanese army is also very strict. Ryota Maeda pulled out his command knife, so the people below had no way out. In desperation, the Japanese soldiers had to go out of their hideouts, lined up on the deck, and prepared to land. Their equipment was basically smoothbore guns. Under normal circumstances, they had to line up to achieve better shooting results.

The result of the queue can be imagined. The marbles that kept falling covered their team without hesitation. Large areas of Japanese soldiers fell down like harvesting wheat, and muskets scattered all over the ground. A large amount of blood, like a stream, was constantly injected into the sea water. Some warships were even dyed red.

"Oh shit!"

"Is Japan going to commit suicide?"

The seal said in disbelief.

The Marine Corps has fought so many battles and traveled to so many places, and this is the first time that it has encountered such an enemy. Even though they know that the overwhelming marbles are falling, they don’t know how to hide. It is so neatly arranged and being bombarded by the Tiger Army’s grape bombs is really amazing. This is simply a ignorant Tartar!

"I guess the Japanese commander is an idiot!"

Gao Yu nodded and said in agreement.

Gao Yu couldn't understand the actions of the Japanese army. All the members of the Tiger Army Marine Corps, including senior officials and soldiers, could not understand. This was not a war, it was a collective suicide! The world is so big that it is indeed full of wonders.

If Zhang Zhun was here, I guess he could explain it. This is probably the so-called Bushido spirit. In many cases, the Japanese were indeed stubborn in wars. Some people have studied it later that the lower-level officers of the Japanese army may have a little flexibility and know how to be flexible and flexible. However, when they reach the upper level, they are extremely rigid at the level of division commanders.

In fact, such a fearless charge is really common in Eastern countries. When the Han people fight, if you don’t have more than 100,000 troops, you will be embarrassed to say hello to others. During the chaotic times of the Three Kingdoms, the population of the country was only a few million, and the total number of troops was about one million. It can be imagined that after the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the population increased dramatically, and how many troops were there.

It is also possible that the Japanese army did not know how powerful the grape bullets were. During the Warring States Period, there were not many battles using a large number of cannons. Even if there were large guns, that is, large cannons, that is, Flanger cannons with a caliber, were simply 60mm. Compared with 120mm field cannons, it was impossible to compare!

The dense grape bombs almost wiped out the Japanese army trying to get ashore. The entire deck was filled with dense corpses, layered and stacked corpses. Many officers were also killed, and officers above the flag group were killed. However, Ryo Maeda didn't care. He just wanted to take down Sado Island. His target was Sado Island.

"Bang!"

The Japanese warship finally hit the pier in the port.

This connected wooden ship complex naturally does not have good control performance. When docking, it is almost crooked, and the docking movement is quite strong. As a result, half of the two trestles were knocked out. Similarly, several Japanese warships were broken. With a strong impact, the masts of several wooden ships were broken.

However, no matter what, the Japanese army did successfully dock. The Japanese sailors immediately used ropes and tied the wooden boats and the trestles together. In this way, the wooden boats and the trestles were closely connected and could no longer be separated. Ten trestles were ten broad roads passing through the land. Large groups of Japanese soldiers, like madmen, shouted and rushed towards the shore.

It has to be said that the impact movements of these Japanese people were still very fast. Almost the moment the wooden boat and the trestle collided, dozens of the most fierce Japanese samurai rushed towards the shore with their unique samurai swords. These Japanese samurai had red cloth strips wrapped around their foreheads, and they were obviously ready to go back and forth.

"Open fire!"

Zhu Chengtai ordered without hesitation.

He was responsible for blocking the frontal attack, just in front of the ten trest bridges. Now, the Japanese are less than 120 meters away from him. The length of the trest bridge is about fifty meters. Such a distance is most suitable for the volley of the Hu Ben Gun.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

The sound of gunfire sounded.

The dense Minnie bombs were like pouring rain, shooting towards the crazy Japanese samurai. As a result, blood flowers continued to burst out. The Japanese samurai who tried to rush up to the dock were immediately defeated in a series, and none of them could rush over. They either fell on the trestle or poured into the sea water next to the trestle.

A series of gunfire sounded, and there were more than ten samurai swords that had lost their masters, and more than ten bloody corpses left on the trestle. Of course, there was also blood everywhere. Next to the trestle, the corpses of Japanese samurai continued to rise and fall with the waves. The sea water was red, the waves were red, and the trestle slowly turned red.

The Japanese army behind continued to rush up the trestle. To rush to land, the premise was to rush across the long trestle. The trestle was the target of the Hu Ben Army Marine Corps' focus. Zhu Chengtai's troops were very caring about these ten trestle and had been trained many times.

The narrow trestle greatly restricted the Japanese army's sea tactics. At the beginning, someone proposed whether to temporarily remove the bridge boards of the trestle when the battle came. After the bridge boards were removed, the Japanese army would not be able to use these trestle. As a result, this proposal was strongly denied by Zhu Chengtai. He believed that it would be better to keep the bridge boards.

Zhu Chengtai has carefully measured that under normal circumstances, at most four people can drive side by side for each trest. In other words, at the same time, at most four people can rush up. In terms of the Hu Ben Army, there are thirty Hu Ben guns, responsible for a trest. Everyone takes turns shooting, just to completely *** the trest.

If the bridge board is removed, Japan will not be able to dock, so it will have to choose to land from other directions. This will cause the passiveness of the Hu Ben Army. Leaving ten trest bridges to attract the Japanese army, and then using dense firepower to kill and injure, it can replicate the victory of the Dongjiabao Battle and make the Japanese army pay an extremely important price.

Zhu Chengtai estimated that as long as the trestle was still there, the Japanese army would frantically compete for the trestle. Until they fully understood that the trestle could not be fought for, and they had already paid a significant price. If the configuration was perfect, it would be no problem to use ten trestle bridges and consume tens of thousands of Japanese troops.

"Plop!"

"Plop!"

"Plop!"

Sure enough, under the straits of the Hu Ben Army's bullets, rows of Japanese troops poured into the sea water on both sides like gourds. The sea water on both sides of the trestle had been dyed red, and at this time it seemed that a red dye vat was opened, which was extremely red. The waves kept rolling, and the red waves made people feel extremely fishy.
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