On a hillside north of Edo Castle.
Shogun Tokugawa Kosuke and his entourage stood there, their brows furrowed, their expressions somber, gazing at the ruins of Edo Castle in the distance, their faces filled with grief.
"Edo Castle...is finished!"
Tokugawa Kosuke said in a sorrowful voice.
Edo Castle was the base that the Tokugawa family had painstakingly built up over generations. It was the foundation of the entire Tokugawa family's empire and, at the time, the largest castle and economic center in all of Japan, extremely prosperous!
And now, it has been completely destroyed in less than a day.
Seeing this, Tokugawa Kosuke felt his heart bleeding, as if ten thousand daggers were stabbing into his heart.
"The Great Gan Nation!"
Tokugawa Kosuke's eyes were bloodshot, almost spitting fire. "If I don't avenge this, I, Tokugawa Kosuke, swear I will not be a man!"
His cold words were filled with boundless rage.
"General, look over there!"
Just then, a samurai pointed into the distance and exclaimed, "That's the Da Gan Army! They seem to be trying to outflank our Japanese army's retreat!"
This exclamation surprised everyone on the hillside.
Everyone turned their attention to both sides of Edo Castle.
Over there, the newly landed 16th, 17th, 18th and 41st Infantry Divisions of the Da Gan Army split into several groups and began to encircle Edo Castle.
Extremely fast!
One after another, the soldiers charged across the open field, rifles in hand.
Upon reaching the vicinity of the routed Japanese soldiers, they all pulled the triggers and began firing.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Da da da!
Da da da!
Rifle and machine gun bullets crisscrossed and weaved through the air, rushing towards the fleeing Japanese soldiers.
In an instant, rows of fleeing Japanese soldiers were riddled with bullets and fell into pools of blood. It was as if a giant, invisible scythe of death was slashing across the outskirts of Edo Castle. Each slash claimed the lives of hundreds of fleeing Japanese soldiers.
In an instant, the air outside Edo Castle was thick with the stench of blood, a nauseating smell. Limbs and mangled flesh lay strewn across the ground!
It looks shocking!
"What kind of weapon is this?"
"How could they kill us from so far away?"
"The massive army is terrifying!"
...
Having just escaped from the inferno of Edo Castle, these defeated Japanese soldiers were once again met with a hail of bullets from the Japanese infantry, which greatly shocked them.
Although Edo Castle was large, it had been reduced to ruins by the fierce bombardment of the Eastern Fleet's naval guns, almost becoming a pile of rubble. Even the entire Edo Castle was engulfed in flames.
The army of one or two hundred thousand men gathered in the city struggled to escape through the north and west gates after many hardships.
Even after they escaped, their formation remained extremely tight.
As luck would have it, these defeated Japanese soldiers ran right into the line of fire of the Da Gan Army infantry.
A dense hail of bullets relentlessly reaped the lives of the fleeing Japanese soldiers. Clusters of blood blossomed in the air, a dazzling spectacle.
In a short period of time, countless corpses were left outside Edo Castle.
Corpses piled up like mountains, and blood flowed like rivers!
This is no longer a war.
This is nothing short of a massacre!
One-sided massacre!
"Hurry! Speed things up!"
Commander Shi Anguo of the 16th Infantry Division shouted, "Immediately outflank them and cut off the escape route of the routed soldiers from Edo Castle! Be quick!"
At Shi Anguo's command, the soldiers of the 16th Infantry Division beside him immediately rushed towards the north of Edo Castle.
Extremely fast!
Before long, the 16th Infantry Division had arrived at a village north of Edo Castle. With its powerful firepower, it quickly occupied the village.
"Quickly! Construct defensive fortifications immediately!"
The second regimental commander shouted in a deep voice, "Don't let a single Japanese person escape!"
"yes!"
Immediately, soldiers of the 2nd Regiment of the 16th Infantry Division began to build defensive fortifications here. Machine guns were set up, loaded with ammunition, and aimed at the fleeing Japanese soldiers in the distance, pulling the triggers.
Da da da!
Da da da!
The dense hail of bullets effectively blocked the retreat of the fleeing Japanese soldiers. No matter how recklessly they charged, they fell to the ground one by one when they reached within about two hundred meters of the machine gun position.
It was as if they had crashed head-on into an invisible wall, resulting in heavy casualties.
In a short time, a thick pile of corpses was left on the ground.
This completely threw the defeated Japanese soldiers into a panic, and they hastily tried to break out from other areas.
However, machine gun emplacements were also deployed in other locations.
Da da da!
Da da da!
The machine guns fired relentlessly, volleys of bullets piercing the bodies of the fleeing Japanese soldiers.
On the hillside, Tokugawa Kosuke witnessed this scene, his face darkening.
He never expected that the Da Gan Army infantry would be so formidable!
But thinking about it, it makes sense. Back in Kyushu, the Da Gan Army had almost completely annihilated the Kyushu Allied Forces. Now, Kyushu has fallen.
Meanwhile, the routed troops at Edo Castle, having just suffered a devastating bombardment and fled in disarray, are now facing such intense firepower and are unlikely to break through the encirclement.
If the entire army of Edo Castle is wiped out here, things will become very difficult later on!
Thinking of this, Tokugawa Kosuke felt a sudden jolt in his heart, as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, and felt a chill run down his spine.
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