C691 last straw

Compared to the ancient armies, the modern armies were not only lacking in equipment, but more importantly, in terms of human thought. Even if the armies of the ancient armies were equipped with modern Gun and cannons, if they could not keep up with the battle tactics, they were destined to fail.

The bloody battle of Osaka City today had proven this point. Thirty thousand Southwest Allied Army s were the core strength of the Four Seasons Soldiers, and the number of guns and weapons had already reached over thirteen thousand. However, quantity alone was not enough to form the fighting capacity, the thoughts of the allied army stayed in the Middle Age.

As it was a siege, the Musketeers had always been a support troop. They could only suppress the fire outside the city walls, and were unable to cause any effective damage. The real battle was fought by the warriors and the light men.

This was the cunning side of the French. From the very beginning, they had formulated a strategic plan, and without the support of heavy artillery, the pure Musketeers could not even be compared to ordinary warriors and light soldiers.

And due to various reasons, Xiao Letian placed an embargo on the heavy weaponry of the Southwest Four Seasons Soldiers. The cannons, grenades, explosives, and Gatling heavy machine gun s would not be provided to them by Xiao Letian.

As for the arms merchants of Xi Yang, they received Xiao Letian's warning, if they wanted to order a large amount of the Ryukyu in the future, they would have to follow the rules of the Prime Minister.

In fact, the Europeans already had the notion of banning the sale of weapons. The most advanced weapons would not be sold by others, and all the small and large arms dealers in Asia were now helping Europe digest their stocks.

As the Poo War had proven the advanced performance of the after-loading rifles, there was an upsurge of rifles in Europe. All the pre-loading rifles in the active army and warehouses were eliminated, but these rifles could not be thrown away for nothing.

Great Qing was preparing to pacify the chaos in the west and the rebellion in Xinjiang. This was a big business that had to be robbed, and the Japanese campaign to overturn the curtain had started to blaze, which was also the main goal of all the merchants.

But that was all, the Asian warlords could only buy these dilapidated weapons from the Europeans, the most advanced weapons were only available to Xiao Letian, no one else in Asia would be able to buy them.

The Southern Four Soldiers had requested for to purchase cannons more than once, and even new types of explosives. At the very least, they had to sell them to a few grenades, the quality of which was well-known in the Ryukyu.

However, due to political considerations, Xiao Letian rejected their request and only provided them with a few rifles.

Without the support of the cannons and explosives, besieging the city was exceptionally difficult, and Xi Xianglongsheng had doubts about most of the time about Western Weapons. Since they had to rely on the Katana s to solve seventy percent of the battles, why did they need to spend so much money to purchase Western Weapons?

Those who had such thoughts were not small numbers within the Alliance Army, especially the lower level fanatical warriors. They had already suspected Western weaponry greatly in this war, and this skepticism had even caused them to view Sakamoto Ryoma with hostility.

Sakamoto Ryoma was the most important money bag for Curtainfall's power, his sea rescue team had almost never fought a few battles, most of their time was spent on trading, the majority of it was with the Ryukyu.

What they got in return was ships after ships of Gun. However, looking at the weapons which were bought with such a huge sum of money on the battlefield, they did not have as much use as they had imagined, and a sense of dissatisfaction arose in his heart.

But today, when the Dechuan New Army trained by the French stepped onto the battlefield, the new tactics completely overturned their imagination.

The strict shooting discipline ensured that all the firepower was focused. The modern military exercise code quickly turned ordinary citizens into numb parts of the battlefield.

They could march according to the rhythm of the military drum, withstand the rain of bullets, and fire at an extremely close range of fifty meters. They could also coordinate their cannons according to the rhythm of the commander.

In the eyes of these Japanese samurai s, those cannonballs had almost brushed past the heads of the soldiers. Wave after wave of cannonballs sliced open a area of death in the midst of the charging soldiers, and with just one explosion, the high explosive projectile would form thousands of high-speed pieces that would fly everywhere to reap lives.

The explosion cut off the charging crowd, preventing the enemy from forming a continuous stream of attack waves. After that, under the order of the commander, the musket team started to concentrate on firing, eliminating the enemies that were in the front.

After firing twice, the cannons behind them were ready to fire again, followed by another barrage.

Southwest Allied Army had never seen such an efficient way to kill people in her life, all of them could only use their crazier roars to boost her morale. Duck roars were everywhere on the battlefield.

No matter how strong the human body was, it would not be able to withstand the attack of the cannonballs and bullets. The morale of the allied army was on the verge of collapse, and when they saw more reinforcements coming out of the forest, no matter how strong their mental strength was, it would still collapse.

"Enemy reinforcements... Oh my god! "There's still so many left, the enemy reinforcements aren't even 3000 …"

"We've lost, we've lost, we've fallen into a trap, the Tokugawa is using the Osaka City as bait, letting out our blood, and then letting these new soldiers make the final cut …"

"Die here!" Let us shatter the jade here! "

Despair filled every corner of the chaotic battlefield. Not only did the soldiers who were brainwashed by the martial dao not retreat, they even started to attack even more crazily.

"The French general, Xie Duowan, put down the telescope and turned to face Matsudaira Katamori." Now, I already have a little admiration for you two, even though I know I will definitely lose, I still have to fight. "Forget it, I'll go find the answer later …"

"Send orders to the artillery, extend fire, cover the enemy base with firepower …" "Even if they can't be blown up, I will scare them. I don't believe that warriors are powerful. Could it be that the people behind the scenes are powerful as well?"

Before Xie Duowan could finish his words, Matsudaira Katamori suddenly grabbed his arm. "No, absolutely not … Prince Renhe is at the base camp, and he cannot be harmed! "

Xie Duowan stared at him as if he was looking at a monster. "War!" We are at war now, I want victory, I don't care if he is a prince or not... "The artillery, at my command, will fire at the enemy base."

"NO!" "We are all subjects of the Sky Emperor, and our Tsurukawa's Palace is not a traitor. We are only fighting over what concept to use to govern Japan …"

"The Southwest Four Feudal Lords thought that by withdrawing from the Sky Emperor, they could revive Japan, but we do not think that way. After 200 years of rule in the Tsurukawa's Palace, they have accumulated enough experience, so the reform should be put forward by the Mu Clan. That way, it would be even more effective!"

"The reason we started the war was to avoid a bigger one. If the alliance army wins, then we, Japan, will really fall into a civil war. The name of support for the Mu Family and the Southwest Soldiers will definitely not rest until we die. Who knows how many years the civil war will last!"

Xie Duowan was a pure professional soldier. He did not understand the complicated philosophy of Eastern politics, what dog shit was this about fighting to avoid war, what kind of dog shit was this?

"I'm sorry, I'm a professional soldier, I'm not a politician, I don't understand these words... "Fire!"

With the order given, the twelve cannons were lifted up high, and the trajectory curves were quickly calculated according to gunner's measurements. Soon after, white smoke and raging flames were shot out from the muzzle of the cannons, and the twelve high explosive projectile s pounced towards the camp.

It was not as if the Japanese soldiers had never seen cannons before, but they really did not expect that the rifled cannon would shoot so much farther than the musket.

For a moment, the entire camp was in chaos. Ren He and the prince collapsed limply to the ground. He had seen with his own eyes that the few soldiers outside the camp had their waists blown off and their internal organs all over the ground.

"Go …" "Hurry up and leave this place …" The prince gave a strange cry, turned around and fled with his servants.

This was the last straw that broke a camel's back. The spirit of the warrior was never afraid of death, but death must have value. The flag of the Southwest Four Marines was a king, and the Emperor was their flag.

His Highness the Prince was the representative of the Sky Emperor, he was the one who brought the Imperial Banner and the thirty thousand soldiers of the alliance were fighting for the Sky Emperor, but no one expected that everyone was shouting for Jade Fragment to die, so how could the prince be the first to escape?

The distance between the base camp and the Dechuan New Army's artillery site was simply too far. There were no longer any aim when shot from a cannon, just a few explosions at the entrance of the base camp. In total, no more than a dozen people died, but for the prince, who had always lived like a prince, this scene was already hellish.

The royal and Public official Clans who had been reared by the martial families for hundreds of years no longer had any bravery left. Although their words sounded very beautiful and magnanimous, each and every one of them were willing to sacrifice their lives like brave warriors, if they really came to the battlefield, they would only be pretending to be at their headquarters.

But now, Prince Renhe couldn't even put up a show. He was scared out of his wits by just a few artillery shells fired. The enemy was still four or five miles away, yet he had already run away.

A wave of sorrow surged out from the hearts of everyone present. Was this the royal family that they had to serve? Over ten thousand of us have died for the sake of the Celestial Emperor, but in the end, the imperial clan is the first to escape.

"Dammit, our lives were not blown by the wind, we are living people raised by our parents, why should we die in vain? "Let's go, I don't want to work anymore …"

There would always be a second way to escape from the first. When the first choice was to turn around and flee the battlefield, the fear spread like a virus.

One becomes two, two becomes four … By the end, with thousands of soldiers choosing to retreat, Southwest Allied Army's morale was completely down.