The Ming Dynasty has just been exiled and the Luzon system has awakened.

"Tian Yasu warriors, come with me and kill all the untouchables to take back Edo!"

"Warriors of the Qingshui family! Don't let the Tian An family take the lead, come and kill with me!"

"The warriors of the Hitotsubashi family..."

In the shogunate army camp, the leading generals of each family roared with excitement. With their absolutely superior strength, none of them paid attention to the ridiculous defense line outside Edo City.

"Come on!"

"Kill!"

As Tokugawa Tsunayoshi's attack order was issued, a cavalry team of tens of thousands of people took the lead in attacking Edo Castle.

Normally, as long as the generals are still in their right mind, they will not order the cavalry to attack the city.

But this is Edo, and Edo Castle has no walls!

The densely packed pointing flags swayed back and forth, and strange cries like hungry wolves roared through the sky.

The shogunate cavalry had a good sense of momentum, and at least many of the new recruits of the Japanese Liberation Army were frightened.

As for the Ming army, no one was so frightened that their livers and gallbladders broke apart. There were quite a few who were delighted by the cavalry of the shogunate army.

The average shoulder height of a purebred Kiso horse is less than 1.2 meters, and the average height of the shogunate cavalry is 1.45 meters.

A 1.45-meter-long cavalryman mounted on a less than 1.2-meter-meter war horse. The appearance of a monkey riding a dog directly made many Ming soldiers laugh out loud.

Looking at the ridiculous shogunate cavalry, Xu Wanli sneered.

"Each department is assigned artillery and riflemen to fire on their own, and the machine gun team is hidden and on standby to act according to the plan!"

Xu Wanli had absolute confidence, not only because of his trust in His Majesty the Emperor, but also because he had personally tested the power of these barbed wire fences.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The defenders' gunfire began to roar.

The colorful shogunate cavalry kept falling off their horses, and their armors made of bamboo and rattan were useless in front of the power of modern firearms.

But this did not stop the shogunate's cavalry from attacking at all. No one would die in a battle. As long as they crossed this distance, they would be the ones on the other side who would die. Then, a shogunate officer shouted loudly.

"Don't be afraid! There are few enemy soldiers! Charge up and kill them all!"

Then, he discovered that there seemed to be a little problem ahead.

I saw the cavalry in the front row crashing into the pile of iron wires and unable to move. The horses were pierced by the iron wires and neighed miserably.

"What the hell is this!"

"Quick! Cut those wires!"

The horses struggled hard but were tied tighter and tighter. The cavalrymen drew out their Japanese swords and slashed left and right, but they couldn't do anything about the wires.

Some cavalrymen gave up their horses, rolled over and landed, and then they themselves were entangled in the curled barbed wire.

Gradually, they became desperate. The psychological comfort in front of them, which was initially thought to be provided by the Ming army, actually trapped them here like a man-eating swamp!

This is a battlefield where bullets are flying everywhere. Their inability to move forward and retreat has directly turned them into living target!

Seeing the friendly troops hanging on the barbed wire being named one after another, the shogunate cavalry in the rear finally realized the seriousness of the problem.

"Go around! Go around the barbed wire fence!" someone shouted.

The shouting was useful, but not thorough enough. Many cavalrymen still plunged into the barbed wire fence, and then struggled to die in despair and helplessness.

Of course, more shogunate cavalry began to circle to both sides, trying to find a breakthrough.

They soon discovered that there was a gap in the Ming army's barbed wire fence! And there's far more than just one.

"Yo Xi, you stupid Ming people didn't completely seal the defense line!"

"Warriors, charge with me and crush the enemy!"

The Japanese cavalrymen who consciously discovered the breach all looked excited and began to gather together and rush towards the gap.

But no one noticed that on the Ming army's position in front, the huge muzzles of the guns were pointed at them.

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How big is Edo Castle?

This has really not been measured in detail, but a city that can accommodate hundreds of thousands of people will definitely not be small.

You must know that Emperor Zhu Da pulled dozens of boats of barbed wire in order to surround Edo.

If you want to deploy machine gun fire points across such a large defense range, how many machine guns are needed? The Ming Dynasty's army, which was continuing to expand its army and change its equipment, could not squeeze out so many machine guns.

Therefore, using limited machine guns to quickly kill the shogunate army can only allow them to gather together.

According to the common tactics of barbed wire defense in previous generations, the barbed wire fence outside Edo City also did not cover the entire line. There were several gaps dozens of meters long in the defense line on each side. This was the entrance to hell reserved for the shogunate cavalry.

……

"Kill the bright people!"

A shogunate cavalry who rushed to the front roared with a crazy look on his face.

As vanguards, these people have a much greater chance of seeing Amaterasu than others because they have to face enemy firepower.

But high risks also come with high returns.

Once they break through the enemy's defenses and survive in the end, they will receive higher rewards than others.

The Japanese country has never been short of gamblers, whether it is now or in the future when it has disappeared, whether it is gambling on one's own life or blocking the country's destiny.

What's more, the rewards Tokugawa Tsunayoshi promised for this battle are far higher than before!

Unfortunately, this time they lost the bet!

"Fire!"

"Da da da……"

The Ming army machine gunners who had been preparing for a long time on the defense line finally waited for the order to fire. In an instant, gunshots rang out, and dense 14.7 mm caliber bullets sprang out from the barrels at high speed and headed straight for the shogunate cavalry gathered together.

The shogunate cavalry rushing forward felt like explosives buried in their bodies had been detonated, and blood mist and pieces of meat were scattered everywhere.

These battlefield stud players finally lost themselves to stud this time.

Many people don't even know how they died. The last scene they saw during their lifetime was the sudden flash of light on the Ming army's front line and the explosion of their companions next to them...

Xu Wanli deployed 10 Gatlings in each gap, and a machine gun group was placed every few meters on the dozens of meters wide defense line.

The rate of fire of the old-fashioned Gatling is not very fast, but the number of up to 10 guns is enough to make up for the lack of rate of fire.

Facts have proved that using 10 Gatling guns to block a defense line of dozens of meters is indeed a little bit too much firepower.

When the Ming army's machine guns fired, the shogunate's cavalry offensive team began to shrink at an extremely terrifying speed.

The shogunate cavalry who rushed up didn't even have time to react before they were torn apart by bullets and fell heavily to the ground, including their men and their horses.

Due to the slightly larger caliber and intensive firepower, the shogunate cavalry was either beaten to pieces on the spot or beaten into several sections...

Such a tragic scene is still a bit stressful for these shogunate cavalry who were still very energetic just now. Fortunately, the pressure was fleeting, because the next moment they themselves were lying on the ground.

The narrow reserved gap was crowded with the gathered shogunate cavalry. Due to the limited vision of the cavalry at the rear, they could only see the occasional severed limbs that were thrown into the air. Waiting for them to truly see the "massacre" taking place in front of them. By then, they themselves had appeared on the death list.

"Cavalry has become a thing of the past!"

In the command post, Wu Jianyuan wiped a little cold sweat from his forehead as he looked at the shogunate cavalry who were constantly being harvested by machine guns. This is the first time he has seen a battle scene between machine guns and large-scale cavalry. Fortunately, the people who died were all Japanese pirates. He was a glorious Ming Dynasty man!

"Cavalry is not obsolete, or it is only the barbarian cavalry that is obsolete."

Xu Wanli shook his head.

The emergence of machine guns has indeed brought the end of the cavalry, but unlike the Mini rifles, which have been imitated on a large scale by various countries, only the Ming Dynasty has machine guns so far, and this situation will continue for a long time.

Even if the Ming Dynasty began to sell machine guns to the outside world, and even if the country that purchased them immediately bought them back for dismantling and imitation, the bullet issue cannot be circumvented.

Without mercury fulminate, no primer, and no metal fixed ammunition, even if the machine gun is built, it will be a piece of advanced scrap metal.

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