The Young and Vigorous Eighth Prince

On the other side, Emperor Guangcheng summoned his ministers and began to issue orders. Three hundred thousand Japanese troops began to head toward the outside of Takayama Castle. Among them, one hundred thousand were assigned rope guns. Others were assigned artillery, and of course, most were assigned grenades.

These weapons were developed after they secretly looked at the weapons of the Great Yan army. They were not exactly the same, but they were not much different.

With these weapons in hand, the Hebrews swept across almost all of Europe, and when they came to Japan, they also swept across the entire country. This is how the current situation of north-south division came about.

Originally, Netani was planning to wait until his own factories produced more weapons and gunpowder before starting to destroy the Japanese dynasty in the north.

But he never thought that he would suddenly encounter people from Dayan coming to the Japanese island. In just two months, everything he had done in Japan would be wiped out! How could he be willing to accept this!

Following the order issued by Emperor Hiroki, 300,000 troops have formed a huge defense line outside Takayama City. In addition, Emperor Hiroki recruited another 100,000 troops.

He also stuffed 100,000 untrained troops into the defense line outside the mountains. Among the 400,000 troops, 100,000 were armed with rope guns and artillery.

He felt that such strength should be more than enough to deal with the Yan army. He even considered sending out part of the troops to cut off the Yan army's retreat.

But as soon as this idea came to his mind, he suppressed it. Before the battle outcome was determined, it would be better to play it safe. If the Yan army was completely defeated, it would not be too late to find a retreat route.

Just when the defense line outside Gaoshan City was completed, the 150,000 troops led by Jiang Fan also arrived here. The supplies brought this time were enough for Jiang Fan to fight several major battles.

Moreover, the second batch of supplies had already been delivered to Fukui Port, which was closest to Takayama Castle and could provide support at any time. Even when he heard that Emperor Kōsei had assembled an army of 400,000 to form a defense line, he was not worried at all.

What he was worried about now was how to minimize the casualties on his side in this battle. In the several siege battles since coming to the Japanese island, there were zero casualties every time.

Jiang Fan was greedy and wanted to keep this record. After all, the soldiers under his command were all treasures in his hands. Of course, it would be best if no one was hurt.

But there will always be casualties in war, not to mention that this time they were facing 400,000 Japanese troops, and the other side had firearms, even if the power of these firearms could not be compared with theirs.

But who can guarantee that there will be no loss on their side? In any case, the development of firearms by the Hebrew people is already quite good. Compared with cold weapons, it is many times stronger.

After brothers Chu Chengxiong and Chu Chengrui commanded several hot weapons battles, their combat experience became stronger and stronger.

Their suggestion was to use artillery fire and coordinate with ground personnel to attack, first break through a gap, and then slowly erode the entire defense line formed by the Japanese.

After thinking about it, Jiang Fan decided to adopt their method. Although this method could be easily broken, the method of underground warfare was something that the Hebrews and Japanese would definitely not have thought of.

However, this battle must be won quickly, and, if we encounter such a situation in the future, we must be careful. If the enemy thinks of underground warfare and digs tunnels on the position, we will suffer heavy losses.

He remembered that in his previous life, such a battle took place between the Ugly Kingdom and the Japanese Kingdom on a large island. The Japanese had built countless tunnels on the island, and it was difficult for the Ugly Kingdom's artillery fire to cause damage to the Japanese.

On the contrary, when the ground troops landed on the island, many of them were killed by the Japanese hiding among them. The battle was extremely brutal and the entire battlefield was like a meat grinder.

However, judging from the current situation, this is the first time that artillery fire coverage is combined with ground forces to attack, and the Japanese have not yet thought of using underground warfare. Time is probably not allowed!

As the tactics were formulated, brothers Chu Chengxiong and Chu Chengrui each led 50,000 people and divided into two groups to press towards the front line of defense.

At the same time, in the Japanese high ground position, the Hebrew commander looked at the rushing Yan army with a look of ecstasy on his face.

Although the weapons of the Yan army are powerful, in a positional battle like this, once they rush forward, their weapons will be of little use, and what they will fight then will be a hand-to-hand battle.

Once a hand-to-hand fight breaks out, it becomes a competition of numbers. The number of troops on our side is several times that of the enemy, so they will be the final winners.

The Hebrew commanders immediately gave the order to prepare for a counterattack. They placed the men with rope-pulling guns at the front. The idea of ​​these Hebrew commanders was simple.

First use firearms to destroy the enemy's manpower. If the enemy is intimidated, you can even launch a counterattack.

However, just as they were getting ready and the Yan army was still three or four hundred meters away from their position, suddenly, countless whistling sounds sounded from afar and poured towards their position.

Bang... bang... a series of violent explosions rang out, and the entire position was covered by artillery fire.

The Japanese army, which was originally full of confidence, was suddenly blown up and cried for their parents. They were thrown into disarray. The Hebrew commanders looked at the explosions everywhere and their faces turned pale.

The pride and calmness on their faces had long since disappeared, leaving only fear in their eyes. Although they knew that the Yan army had artillery, they never thought that the Yan army's artillery would be so numerous and directly cover their positions.

Their position was struggling under the artillery fire, and everyone was in extreme panic. How could they have the energy to pay attention to the Yan army rushing towards their position?

They only hated that they were born without two legs, and hated that they could not predict where the shells would fall. The shells could explode at any time, and once they landed near them, they would be dead or have their limbs mutilated.

Under this fear, the Yan army had rushed to a hundred meters in front of the position, watching the Japanese army on the position panic and fleeing everywhere.

The Yan army's assault rifles and rifles fired fiercely, and then the entire position was hit and had no power to fight back. Seeing the Yan army's momentum, the Japanese army either dropped their weapons and surrendered, or turned around and ran away.

Of course, those who escaped were doomed to die as they were shot without mercy by the Yan army. Those who surrendered were disarmed and held in one of the trenches.

This line of defense was breached in less than two quarters of an hour. The moment the Yan army attacked the position, the artillery fire stopped.

However, as soon as the position on this side was breached, the position next to it was covered by artillery fire. The Yan army began to capture other positions, and the Japanese army positions on this line of defense were taken down one after another.

The Yan army was unstoppable, and the Hebrew-speaking commander among them was killed on the spot by the Yan army the moment they discovered them.