Rebirth of The Deer and the Cauldron, Wei Xiaobao Becomes a God

Twenty days have passed in a flash, and the countdown of the thief system shows: 03 days 15 hours 33 minutes 29 seconds

Wei Xiaobao's heart was bleeding as he watched the seconds tick by.

Today is the day for the troops to recapture Shuri Castle to set out. Before departure, they must make pre-war mobilization and also check on the new weapons and equipment that are gradually distributed to the army.

At nine o'clock in the morning, military flags were flying on the parade ground, and the Tiandi Revolutionary Army had assembled.

Wei Xiaobao stood on the platform and looked at the soldiers below with great passion.

120 soldiers from the first company of the first battalion, each with a Zhuge crossbow and five white phosphorus grenades

The second company of the first battalion has the same equipment as the first company.

There are 120 soldiers in the third company of the first battalion, each of them is equipped with a fine steel Tang sword and a wooden shield wrapped in fine steel.

The second and third battalions have the same equipment.

The original musketeers and archers were equipped with new equipment, which boosted the morale of the soldiers in each battalion.

The first row of the special forces company was composed of light cavalry, the second and third rows operated six catapults, and the fourth row operated the only red cannon and three tiger-mounted cannons.

A ten-kilogram white phosphorus bomb can be effectively launched 1200 meters away.

Wei Xiaobao stood on the reviewing platform and made a passionate pre-war mobilization report, in which he denounced the evil acts of rape, looting, murder and arson committed by the Japanese devils, and also demonstrated the great ambition of the Tiandi Revolutionary Army to establish its mission for the world and bring peace to the people.

Finally, the entire army ended its pre-war mobilization with the military song "Three Major Disciplines and Eight Points for Attention" that they had just learned.

The troops will set out immediately, and the siege will begin at four o'clock tomorrow morning.

The main reason why they had to attack the city before daybreak was that the range of the catapults was within the range of the Red Cannon and the Tiger Cannon.

According to the scouts' investigation, two red cannons and five tiger-mounted cannons were placed on each gate tower of Shuri Castle.

If the siege was carried out during the day, the Red Cannon with an effective range of 3000 meters and the Tiger Cannon with an effective range of 2000 meters would be able to knock down six catapults with one salvo.

Therefore, this siege still uses sneak attacks, dawn sneak attacks.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the Tiandi Army walked out of Longmen Mountain and came to a plain area thirty miles away from Daoli City.

Wei Xiaobao sent out a row of light cavalry from the special forces company to conduct reconnaissance twenty miles ahead.

He then ordered the troops to rest on the spot and set off again at midnight.

At 4 o'clock in the morning, at dawn, Shuri Castle was quiet except for the occasional barking of wild dogs.

At the north city gate, the city gate was closed tightly. A few lanterns on the gate tower were swaying in the morning breeze. Two Shenyi cannons and five Hudeng cannons stood obliquely on the city wall, and the gun barrels were wrapped in brown clothes.

Several Japanese soldiers were sleeping, leaning against the pillars on the tower. In the tower, hundreds of Japanese soldiers were sleeping on the floor.

The Japanese soldiers in their sleep did not know that death was waving at them.

Outside the north city, six catapults were placed 1200 meters apart and meters away from the city.

The only red cannon was lowered to the ground with its barrel pointed at the tightly closed city gate.

The first, second and third battalions were lurking 500 meters away from the city gate.

Wei Xiaobao and Shuang'er stood beside the catapult. When they saw that all the battalions were in position, they silently said, "May the merciful Avalokitesvara bless you!" and then gave the order:

"put"!

I saw six black shadows flying towards the city wall a hundred meters apart...

“Boom, boom, boom…”

Almost at the same time, after six loud bangs, the city wall was engulfed in flames.

Then the Red Cannon opened fire, and the solid cannonballs smashed open the tightly closed city gates.

Then, the second round of white phosphorus bombs from the catapult flew into the sky.

In the palace, the loud noise from the north gate woke up Tokugawa Kosato.

He pushed away the female Japanese soldier beside him and ran out naked to see what was going on.

Seeing flames rising from the direction of the north gate, he immediately realized that such a loud commotion could be caused by either Prince Shangwen attacking the city or the pirate leader Liu Damazi attacking the city.

Tokugawa Kosato shouted, "Hurry up and support the north gate..."

It has to be said that the quality of the Japanese soldiers is quite good.

Ten minutes after the siege, the first batch of support came in the form of 500 Japanese cavalrymen. These were all the cavalrymen in Tokugawa Kosato's hands and also the fastest-reacting unit.

At this time, the north gate and the city wall were a sea of ​​fire, and the gate tower was also burning fiercely. There was no living person on the city wall.

The ruined city gate was also burning. A team of cavalry rushed out of the city gate, braving the death pressure from the Shenyi cannon, the Hudeng cannon, and the giant white phosphorus bombs that could be thrown at the city gate at any time.

This team of cavalry, which originally had 500 people, was injured by more than half when it rushed out.

Before he could figure out the situation, a hail of arrows came towards him.

The warhorse continued to charge forward dragging the arrow-wounded imp due to inertia, and was only 70 steps away from charging into the enemy's formation.

At this time, hundreds of small black shadows fell from the sky, and white phosphorus grenades were thrown down like they were free. Wei Xiaobao called them a prodigal son.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang..." It exploded like firecrackers during the New Year, with lightning and flint.

There was a sea of ​​fire ahead, and the more than 200 riders who rushed out were instantly trapped in the sea of ​​fire and struggled.

After a while, all 500 cavalry devils fell.

The catapults were still throwing giant white phosphorus bombs onto the city walls, and the 1st, 2nd and 3rd battalions were still blocking the city gate 500 meters away.

Wei Xiaobao ordered the catapults not to attack the city gate and let the Japanese out.

Half an hour after the siege, it was already dawn and Tokugawa Kosato had arrived at the north gate with 5,000 infantrymen.

Tokugawa Kosato looked at the sea of ​​fire on the city wall, not knowing the exact situation outside the city.

All we know is that half of the cavalry fell at the city gate, and the situation of the cavalry that rushed out is also unclear.

But observing from the city gate, the enemy's force seemed small, only about a thousand men.

So he ordered his infantry to charge out of the sea of ​​fire at the city gate.

At this time, because Wei Xiaobao ordered the catapults not to bombard the city gate temporarily, the fire at the city gate was greatly weakened, making it easier for the Japanese to leave the city and fight.

Wei Xiaobao had already made up his mind to lure the Japanese out to fight.

Because the Tiandi Army was small in number, and the Zhuge Crossbow was a long-range attack, which was not suitable for street fighting. White phosphorus bombs could destroy a city in street fighting, and there were only 500 fine steel Tang swords equipped, which were not strong enough, so they could only lure the Japanese out to fight.

Five minutes later, Tokugawa Kosato led 5,000 devils out of the city gate and gathered 200 meters outside the city gate.

Tokugawa Kosato saw the corpses of his own cavalrymen in front of the city gate burned beyond recognition, and he also saw that the opposing army's uniforms were not like the Ryukyu army's, and that the flag they were flying was not the pirate's skull flag, but a bit like the dragon flag of the Chinese nation.

Although this cavalry was small in number, they were able to destroy his elite cavalry, so he did not dare to be careless and decided to form a formation and charge.

"Yeah, these Japs dare to form a formation!" When Wei Xiaobao saw the Japs gathering within the range of the catapult, he felt that they were just wasting their lives.

This era was an age of confusion between cold and hot weapons, and the matchlock gun had been widely used in the army. Loading ammunition with the matchlock gun was time-consuming, so the three-row shooting method was generally adopted.