dmims Chapter 2042: The past is unbearable, and the present is even worse
Chapter 2042: The past is unbearable, and the present is even worse
Chapter 2042: The past is unbearable, and the present is even worse
The dense and orderly sound of muskets suddenly reminded the Japanese pirates in Gudao who had experienced the Battle of Suzhou of the fear of being dominated by the Zhejiang Army.
With one salvo, a large number of Japanese friends fell down around them.
There are not only muskets, but also more terrifying cannons. The number of cannons is much greater than the last time under Suzhou city.
The Zhejiang Army's artillery was not a simple iron ball, but a sky-high amount of broken iron balls. There were hundreds of broken iron balls in one shot. This shot covered an area of dozens of meters, leaving almost no one able to stand.
One shot followed another, and the artillery had a spare barrel. The sound of the cannons lasted for fifty or sixty times before the frequency decreased.
One shot cleared out an area, and after fifty or sixty rounds, there were so many Japanese pirates lying on the ground that it was impossible to count them.
"We've been ambushed. There are so many firearms. This is the Zhejiang Army. Damn it! This is an ambush by the Zhejiang Army!"
"Retreat, retreat quickly! The Zhejiang Army's firearms seem to have unlimited gunpowder, and it seems like they will never run out of fire! If you encounter the Zhejiang Army, forget about anything else. The only way is to run away. Only by running out of the range of their firearms can you save your life!"
"Dad, Mom, please save me, I was hit by a musket."
"Run! The Zhejiang Army killed 30,000 to 40,000 of our brothers in Suzhou City. We are not enough for them to kill. Run!"
The Japanese pirates deep in the valley realized belatedly that they had been ambushed amidst the death and blood. The horrifying sound of guns and cannons reminded the old Japanese pirates of the nightmare under the city of Suzhou. They realized that they had encountered the Zhejiang army again and had been ambushed by them.
The Zhejiang Army occupied the terrain and was in a dominant position, making full use of the advantages of firearms. The Japanese pirates in the valley were at the bottom of the valley, and the Japanese swords in their hands were less than fourteen meters long, so they could not reach the Zhejiang Army ambushing above. The bows and arrows in their hands could reach them, but the Zhejiang Army ambushing above were lying in natural shelters and tunnels and firing. Dozens of brave Japanese pirates braved the muskets and artillery to shoot arrows upwards, but in vain, they posed no threat to the Zhejiang Army above.
However, every Japanese pirate who dared to shoot arrows at the Zhejiang army was given special attention by the Zhejiang army. They were fired at by dozens of muskets, at least a dozen, and at most dozens of muskets. Except for a few Japanese pirates who ran away after shooting, the rest of the Japanese pirates who dared to shoot arrows at the Zhejiang army were beaten into a bloody sieve.
This resulted in the Japanese pirates having no desire to resist at all, and the surviving Japanese pirates were only thinking about running, running as fast as possible.
For a moment, all the Japanese pirates who were not dead and could still run, ran towards the entrance of the valley.
The Japanese pirates who couldn't run away were also crawling towards the valley entrance.
The Japanese pirates deep in the valley encountered fire from the Zhejiang Army, and the Japanese pirates not far from the entrance of the valley were also treated equally.
Speaking of misery, the Japanese pirates in Gudaokou were even more miserable.
The Zhejiang Army buried fifty jars of gunpowder under the scattered discarded dowry, and each jar contained thousands of iron beads and copper nails. With the successful experience of the last attack under the city of Suzhou and the research and experiments of the equipment battalion, the burial depth and the ratio of gunpowder, iron beads and copper nails of the jars of gunpowder this time were more reasonable, and the power and lethality were more than doubled compared to that under the city of Suzhou.
Without exception, all fifty jars of gunpowder exploded successfully. One jar of gunpowder had thousands of iron beads and copper nails. Fifty jars of gunpowder meant more than 50,000 iron beads and copper nails, which exploded in all directions with astonishing destructive power.
After the successive explosions of gunpowder in wine jars, the entrance to the valley seemed to have become a bloody slaughter scene.
Of the Japanese pirates who had robbed the dowry at Gudaokou, less than 40% were still standing after the explosion.
Most of the Japanese pirates were still injured. There were more than 50,000 iron beads and copper nails flying in the sky. Even if the aim was poor, there were still a lot of them. They exploded in the middle of the group of Japanese pirates. There were not many Japanese pirates who were unharmed.
After the gunpowder in the wine jar exploded, before they could even catch their breath, all the Zhejiang troops lying in ambush on the valley road showed up, aiming their muskets and cannons at the surviving Japanese pirates at the entrance of the valley road, and started firing.
The Japanese pirates who had just managed to escape with their lives fell one after another under rounds of firing by the Zhejiang Army.
"Ah! Damn Zhu Ping'an! You are despicable, insidious and cunning, you shall not die haplessly!" Ma Ye was hit by a stray bullet in his buttock. He screamed, touched his buttock, looked at the blood on his hand, and could not help cursing Zhu Ping'an again.
"Captain, the Zhejiang Army's firearms are too powerful, and they occupy the terrain. We are no match for them. We should retreat quickly. If we don't retreat now, it may be too late."
Ma Ye's confidant came to Ma Ye, dragging a wounded leg and holding a shield, and spoke in panic.
"The Zhejiang Army only has the advantage of terrain and surprise attack. Their firepower is very strong at the beginning. As long as we can hold out for the first few rounds, their firepower will not be so strong when they need to reload gunpowder. That will be our chance."
Ma Ye gritted his teeth unwillingly. He hated Zhu Ping'an so much that he wished he could torture Zhu Ping'an to death.
"Chief, weren't the lessons we learned in Suzhou City enough?! I don't know how the Zhejiang Army managed it, but their firearms are more than twice as fast as ours in reloading. They also have the advantage of terrain, so we are no match for them. Let's retreat now while the valley entrance has not been blocked by the Zhejiang Army. As long as we have the green mountains, we will never have to worry about lack of firewood. As long as we keep our bodies useful, it won't be too late to settle accounts with Zhu Ping'an in the future!"
Seeing that Ma Ye was getting a little carried away and even wanted to continue fighting with the Zhejiang army, Ma Ye's confidants anxiously tried to persuade him that the entrance to the valley was still open and they could still escape. If they were to delay for a while and wait for the Zhejiang army to remember the entrance and roll down rocks from above to block it, they would not be able to escape even if they wanted to.
"Run quickly! The Zhejiang Army ambushed us. They are the ones who kill Japanese without blinking an eye. Even if we have two heads, they are not as powerful as their firearms. Brothers, run quickly now while the valley entrance is not blocked."
"Retreat! This is a tough spot! Retreat quickly."
"Mom, brothers, run quickly, the Zhejiang Army is too fierce, all of our team members were killed in the explosion, I don't want to die, I'm still young."
While Ma Ye's confidant was persuading Ma Ye, the surviving Japanese pirates at Gudaokou were frightened out of their wits, crying for their parents and running away in a panic.
The Japanese pirates deep in the valley also came to flee crying for their lives. In order to escape from the valley, they trampled, dragged, and drew their swords against each other.
"Damn it! Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!"
Seeing that the Japanese pirates under his command were scrambling to flee with no will to fight, Ma Ye realized that they were doomed today and would be stuck forever. Who knew if Zhu Ping'an, the sinister and cunning little thief, had any more sinister tricks? If he really blocked the entrance to the valley as his confidant had said, then they would be trapped like a dog behind the door and a turtle in a jar. So he cursed and ordered a retreat.
In fact, he didn't need to give any orders, as the Japanese pirates under his command were already scrambling to escape.