The so-called solid bomb was actually a lump of metal. Because it was attached to a rapid and rapid firing mechanism like a gunpowder launcher, it possessed extraordinary speed and power. It surpassed its predecessor, the catapult, in one move and became an important part of the Ming army's main battle weapon.
When encountering some hard to destroy mountain strongholds and fortresses, the Ming Army would choose to use solid bullets. Or when encountering the enemy at sea, in order to increase the shooting range, they would also choose solid bullets. If they were lucky, they could smash through the enemy's ships.
Because it would not explode, it could only be used in a specific environment. Therefore, compared to solid bullets, the Ming Army was more willing to use the blossoming bullet that could cause greater damage to the enemy, or the crouching tiger cannon that could shoot out a large number of stones and cause greater damage. However, in this special situation, it was the right time to use solid bullets.
Using solid bullets would destroy the formation of the Japanese pirates in one fell swoop and give the Ming Army a chance to breathe.
Under Wu Weizhong's order, the gunners loaded the solid bullets and then pushed the cannons to various places. Wu Weizhong first ordered the gunners to fire a round, forcing the Japanese pirates to take a few steps back. Once the time was right, Wu Weizhong immediately ordered, "Open the shields! Ignite!!! "
"Boom, boom, boom, boom —"
With a series of roars, the Japanese pirates who were very close to the Ming Army's formation once again saw a nightmare that they would never forget for the rest of their lives. Dozens of big iron balls rushed into the formation that the Japanese pirates had surrounded the Ming Army. They rampaged and set off a storm of blood, causing the Japanese pirates' formation to be in chaos. The Ming Army's gunners took the opportunity to attack fiercely and poked the Japanese pirates' formation into a mess. This also caused Yukita Hideie and Ishida Mitsunari, who were observing the battle situation from the top of the mountain, to turn pale with fright.
"Damn it! How many more cannons do they have?! The Ming Army's cannons are too powerful. It is way beyond our imagination! Our army is not strong enough. If this goes on, the loss will be too great. Even if we annihilate this Ming Army, it will be meaningless. We won't have the strength to deal with Xiao Ruxun's main force! "
Masuda Nagayoshi shouted loudly. He eagerly hoped that the Yukita Shuka family and the rest of the elders would ignore the small number of soldiers and focus on destroying the Ming Army's battle formation. They would gather the only 13 cannons and fire at the Ming Army's battle formation. They would destroy the Ming Army's battle formation and allow the Japanese Army, who had the majority of soldiers, to kill their way into the Ming Army's battle formation and fight with the Ming Army.
"I also suggest that we do this. If this goes on, we will be exhausted before Xiao Ruxun's main force arrives. If the second wave of ambushes is not enough to defeat Xiao Ruxun's main force, once his counterattack succeeds, all our previous efforts will be in vain, and Han City will be in danger! Now was not the time to hesitate! Please give the order as soon as possible! "
Kato Mitsuya shouted loudly.
Yukita Shuka's face turned red. Seeing that the elders' opinions were almost unanimous, he could not continue to hesitate. He made up his mind, stomped his feet, and shouted, "Load and ignite!"
Before he finished speaking, a cannon not far from the command center was fired first. The other dozens of cannons had not even been loaded. The gunners looked at each other in confusion. Kato Mitsuya was furious and took the lead to rush over. "What are you doing?! I just ordered you to load! Why did you ignite it?! Bastard! Load immediately! Prepare to fire! "
After he finished speaking, he slapped the dumbfounded gunner who was holding the torch.
With that one shot, the cannonball landed exactly five meters to the left of the Ming army formation, knocking over two shieldbearers. Wu Weizhong paled in fright and immediately ordered people to fill in the gaps. Based on his intuition, the Wokou's cannons must be on the mountain. He leapt up and ran to the shield cart. He peered through the gaps in the shield formation and looked up the mountain. Just as expected, he saw a cloud of smoke after the cannons had been fired. He immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
If they had a few more cannons, this formation would not be able to withstand it! It seemed that our intelligence was wrong. It was not that the Japanese pirates did not have cannons, but that they had too few. Ordinary troops would not be able to use them. Under such circumstances, when the main force was about to attack, the Japanese pirates would definitely use cannons!
Looking at the position, Wu Weizhong immediately ordered the five cannons to gather and point at the position close to Tomaru-yama. He ordered the gunners to aim and load the cannons. Then, he quickly moved away from the shield formation and decisively ordered the cannons to fire. He wanted to destroy the cannons and gunners of the Japanese pirates before the cannons could fire a second time!
Kato Mitsuyasu decided to personally command the gunners to aim at the Ming Army's formation and fire the cannons. He even pushed away his henchmen who were concerned about his safety and insisted on standing at the frontline to command the battle.
"Loading complete! Aiming complete! "
The gunners indicated that they were done. Kato Mitsuyasu nodded in satisfaction and raised his hand to give the order. Suddenly, he heard a sound similar to the firing of cannons. Just as he turned his puzzled gaze to the Ming Army's formation, three cannons accurately exploded around him. In one fell swoop, eight cannons and more than 30 gunners were destroyed. Kato Mitsuyasu's body was undoubtedly torn apart by the lead, gravel, and shockwaves.
The explosion was some distance away from the Japanese headquarters, so it did not affect the headquarters. However, before they could react and observe the situation, another round of cannons was fired. Several cannons landed at the previous position. A few sparks exploded, and then everything returned to normal.
When the smoke dissipated, a group of people looked at the position of the cannons and were instantly stunned.
Other than the broken cannons and the corpses of the gunners, not a single intact cannon could be seen. But that was not the most important thing. The most important thing was …
"Kato … he … he …"
Ishida Mitsunari trembled for a long time, but he could not say that sentence.
With a thud, an unknown object fell from the sky and landed at the door of the headquarters. Ishida Mitsunari looked and saw a tattered blood-stained gold bag rolling at the door of the headquarters. Then, it stopped in a pit and did not move.
Yukita Hideka was panting heavily and could not say a word. The rest of the Japanese commanders were also inexplicably frightened. Seeing everything in front of them, they had never felt that death was so close to them. At this moment, someone was thinking, if we need to use 20,000 people to besiege a few thousand Ming Army, then how many people do we need to use to besiege a few tens of thousands of Ming Army? Can we defeat them?
This was an unknown. Anyway, they only saw that the Ming Army only had about 5,000 people. They were surrounded by the Japanese army of 20,000 people, but there was no sign of defeat at all. They had been fighting bravely. On the contrary, the Japanese army's losses were increasing. They had just lost half of the cannons in Yukita Hideka's hands, and they had also lost Elder Toyotomi. Then, when Xiao Ruxun's main force arrived, even if it was a second round of ambush, could they really defeat this Ming Army?
No one dared to guarantee that if the Japanese army here was defeated and killed by the Ming Army, or even if they all became prisoners, there would be no need to fight this war. They could just wait for Tai Ge to bring the remaining 100,000 troops to Korea to fight for the survival of the country with the Daming. However, they did not know if Tai Ge's body could withstand such a terrible ending.
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