A heavy artillery was transported to the front line of Kurokawa Castle. The shape of these artillery seemed a bit terrible. The number of horses needed to transport artillery was more than the commonly used 6-pound cannons. There were more than 12-pound cannons, and a special convoy of horses was needed to transport them.

The new government army had 5,000 people who surrendered Edo samurai. They advanced to the northeast with an infantry brigade of the Kyushu Army. At first, people were reluctant, but when they saw that the infantry brigade of the Kyushu Army carried a rifle and launched a charge towards the enemy's position, they were frightened by the courage and amazing combat power of the Kyushu Army soldiers.

The infantrymen of the Jiuzhou Army who used rear-mounted rifles could look for bunkers to shoot while advancing forward. Their practices in modern times also made their discipline far exceed those of the classical troops.

When the heavy artillery battalion arrived with a cannon, the Edo samurai in the new government army was even more stunned. When they saw the large artillery that should have been seen on the city wall, the Kyushu Army transported the heavy artillery to the siege without any effort.

With such heavy artillery, the Edo samurai couldn't help but be glad that they were standing on the side of the Kyushu Army. How could Kurokawa Castle withstand the bombardment of such heavy artillery?

"One, two...eleven, twelve, there are a total of twelve heavy artillery!" The Edo samurai in the camp counted the heavy artillery transported with interest, and the more they counted, the more frightened they became.

They looked at their samurai swords and armor again, and their weapons and armor seemed so fragile in front of the heavy artillery.

"Four thirty-six-pound cannons and eight twenty-four-pound cannons, such heavy cannons can destroy any castle on the Japanese archipelago. Traditional stone buildings have no power to fight back in the face of such firepower." The battalion commander of the heavy artillery battalion took off his towering military cap, patted the dust on himself, and said easily.

In his eyes, the Tianshou Pavilion in Kurokawa Castle and its corresponding stone wall are not enemies of heavy artillery at all.

Shimazu Komihi was close to four of the thirty-six-pound siege cannons, and the solid bullets used were three to twelve times the weight of normal field cannons. In the previous era of the Warring States Period of the United States, no one had ever seen such a heavy artillery.

"What a terrible artillery. If the stone wall is hit by such artillery, I don't know if it can last for three days."

Shimazu Kokusa touched the cannon's barrel with envy and loved it very much.

Their Shimazu family was the first Japanese daimyo to trade with the Kyushu army in southern Liaoning. They secretly imitated the smoothbore cannons of the Kyushu army, but the imitation effect was very poor and they used more stable bronze materials. If it were iron smoothbore cannons with reliable performance, the Shimazu family really could not imitate it. As the Shimazu family, which has always had a wide range of contacts with overseas, the first batch of Seed Island muskets of the Japanese who imitated the Froroke Guns was the Shimazu family's vassal of the Shimazu family. The Shimazu family has always attached great importance to the introduction of overseas firearms.

However, they found that the Frost Gun's melee was easy to imitate, and it was difficult to imitate the cannons of the Kyushu Army and it was easy to explode. Not to mention that the Kyushu Army began to use better and higher-quality steel to make the cannons, which made Shimazu Family puzzled. A daimyo's capital and manpower were extremely limited, and it was impossible to establish an industrial system for the production of cannons.

"Push these artillery under the Imperman of Kurokawa Castle and use firepower to destroy their city walls." Zhang Yuan said to the battalion officer of the heavy artillery battalion.

"Yes! Our heavy artillery battalion came to Japan not to go through the motions. This is our first time participating in actual combat. It would be fine if the other party's castle was a rumored solid castle, but our artillery can definitely destroy this castle." said the battalion officer of the heavy artillery battalion.

Twelve heavy artillery that came from the mainland to support them were pushed to the front position to exert the power of the heavy artillery as much as possible.

"Looking forward to the performance of the Heavy Artillery Battalion. They are troops hidden in the snow and rarely appear in front of Heavy People." Zhang Yuan said.

He also knew that the military headquarters approved the heavy artillery battalion to come to Japan, on the one hand to reduce casualties in the attack, and on the other hand to shock the local warriors and let them know how vulnerable their spirit of worshipping martial arts was in front of heavy artillery.

The samurai group of Kurokawa Castle did not know that there was another powerful artillery force under the city, and it was a heavy artillery that poses a fatal threat to the fortifications of Kurokawa Castle.

"Look at their military camp layout, it has occupied the benefits of rivers and mountains. There were originally mountain roads to defend from Nimoto Matsuzen to our Kurokawa Castle, but no one expected that after they captured Nimoto Matsuzen, they quickly advanced forty kilometers westward, and opened a passage to our Kurokawa Castle between us forming a defensive force against the mountain road." Daming, who was defending Izumaru, pointed to the camp of the new government army outside Izumaru, and said to Masao Koko, the current leader of the Samurai Group.

"The other party's actions were fast and fierce, and it seemed that there was a premeditation. It seemed that China had already intended to embezzle our Japan..."

When Masatoko answered that man, the sound of artillery fire suddenly came from the camp of the new government army, and the sound was even more dull than the sound of artillery fire that was heard!

Boom, boom! A piece of wooden wall on the stone wall of Kurokawa Castle was hit by a thirty-six-pound shell, and it could not withstand the huge impact force and broke! The warrior guarding behind the wooden wall was affected by the broken broken wood, and many blood marks were wiped out on his face and body, and even the warrior was knocked away by the shell!

"What happened!"

Almost all the defenders who came out of the pill only reacted when the shells fell. They leaned behind the obstacles beside them in fear, either stretched out their heads and looked around, or observed the enemies outside through the gun hole and the watchtower.

The white smoke caused by the burning of gunpowder appeared on the positions of the new government troops, and it had not yet dissipated.

"They started offense! Everyone is ready to defend!!"

The messengers with the flags ran through the wooden walls of the pills and asked the warriors to pick up spears, bows, arrows, and grenades.

In fact, there is no need for the messenger to run back and forth to pass messages. Just by hearing the terrible sound of cannons, you will know that the new government army has launched an offensive.

"This is their shell! It's so big!"

The thirty-six-pound solid bullet that broke the wooden wall fell to the ground and was discovered by the warriors. They were extremely frightened. The largest Fir cannon purchased by the Shogunate from the Firon gang was twelve pounds, only one-third of the size of the shell that broke through their wooden wall in front of them.

The thirty-six-pound cannon that fell into the pill was quickly brought to the front of Bo Ke Zhengzhi and the others, making Bo Ke Zhengzhi and the others' eyes fall off.

"What kind of monster artillery are they bringing! No wonder the noise just now was so huge!"

Just when Masatsuki Boko and others were shocked by the discovery of large artillery shells, the artillery of the Heavy Artillery Battalion launched another bombardment of Izumaru!
Chapter completed!