I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

This chapter was originally intended to be titled "The Legendary Big Breast Sniper".

But now that the review is stricter, such a title may be harmonized, so I changed it to this...

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Red Moon Fortress, somewhere in a remote open space——

In this remote open space, Lei Tannoe, Lin Ziping and other "high-level" personnel gathered together.

They wanted to hold a meeting to discuss future affairs, but they were forced to wait because of Chanup's long future.

Finally—Chanup came.

"Chanup, I've been waiting for you for a long time." Retannoe said to Chanup who was walking towards them in a sullen tone.

"Sorry." Chanup said, "I just delivered food to God Tang, and then I stopped by to see how he is doing."

"How is Mr. Tang Shen now?" Lin Ziping, who was standing beside Lei Tanuoye, asked.

"He is very tired now, and he probably dozed off now. As for his left leg, which was accidentally scratched by a spear a few days ago, it is recovering well now, without infection or suppuration."

Lin Ziping nodded: "Mr. Tang Shen...he has really helped us a lot these days...not only killed a lot of Japanese soldiers, but also greatly boosted the morale of our side."

"Without Mr. Tang Shen, I'm afraid this struggle would be much, much harder..."

"Chanup, when are you going to tell us—where did you meet such a great friend?" Retannoe interjected in a half-joking tone.

These days, when telling others about his relationship with Tang Shen, Tang Shen has always been vague.

Chanup has always kept secrets about how he met God Tang and various personal information about God Tang.

So until now, in the eyes of Lei Tanuoye and Lin Ziping, Tang Shen is still a very mysterious person.

"When I have a chance in the future, I will talk to you in detail." After fooling the topic as always, Chanup's face gradually became serious, and he said seriously, "Let's talk about the business first. .Let's come together... Let's discuss how we should deal with the Japanese army outside the city tomorrow.

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"I don't need to tell you, you should all be clear... The battles for several days have already reduced our number of fighters to a precarious situation."

"The ones who are fighting now are all young people with less ability and people who are a little bit older." Lei Tannoe added in a deep voice, "These people are lacking in ability and weak in strength, so they all fight. It was quite difficult.”

"... We've almost wiped out all our youth and strength." At this moment, a calm male voice that was incompatible with the current serious atmosphere suddenly broke in.

Chanup and the others looked at the owner of the male voice - Upanu, the village chief of Kapasi Village who had been opposed to war with the Japanese and advocated surrender.

After everyone's eyes focused on Upanu, Upanu, who was embracing his arms and lowering his head slightly, murmured in a low voice:

"The young lads in my village... are almost dead..."

Retan Noe Chao seemed to turn his gaze to Lin Ziping after the eccentric Upanu rolled his eyes.

"Mr. Lin. In this situation, is there any way?"

"...let me say something nasty." Lin Ziping smiled wryly, "No matter how powerful a clever woman is, she can't cook without rice."

"No one, no matter how powerful the strategy is in your mind, you can't fight a war."

"So... this question is basically unsolvable."

Lin Ziping let out a long sigh.

"Now... we can only hope that our remaining fighters... can persevere a little longer."

"...Mr. Lin." Chanup suddenly said at this moment, "Based on our current combat strength... can we last another 4 days?"

"4 days?" Lin Ziping raised his eyes and cast a puzzled look at Lin Ziping.

After taking a deep look at Chanup with intriguing eyes, he said slowly:

"Four more days...it should be fine."

"As long as... nothing unexpected happens..."

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Outside the city, the shogunate army, the entire army's main line——

"...The above is today's casualties."

"Thank you." Inamori nodded to the general who had just reported the casualties.

And the general returned a salute to Daomori, and then sat back on the horse harness.

"It seems—the barbarians in that fortress are finally going to be unable to hold on." Daomori's face, which had been gloomy all these days, finally cleared up a little.

"Yes." Gui Yizheng, the general of the first army who was sitting next to Daomori, echoed, "The gang of barbarians are finally going to kill them all."

Since Gamo was injured, Inamori's anger was aroused by Chanup's stubbornness.

These days, Inamori let the first army and the third army take turns to attack the Red Moon Fortress like a storm.

Ever since the group of barbarians inexplicably added a master of skill, their defensive strength has instantly improved to a higher level.

The successive attacks of the First Army and the Third Army were blocked again and again.

Although these days have not been able to win the outer wall of the Red Moon Fortress.

But they haven't been working in vain.

Their round after round of fierce attacks consumed the small number of troops in the city bit by bit.

Through today's battle situation and casualties, many generals headed by Inamori have seen that the number of soldiers on the walls of the Red Moon Fortress is much, much less than before.

This is undoubtedly exciting news for Inamori and the others.

After days of hard work, victory is finally within sight.

"My lord!" Gui Yi said loudly with a little excitement, "We are finally going to win!"

"As long as we continue to siege for another 2 or 3 days with the current fierce offensive, we will definitely be able to capture the fortress!"

Inamori didn't show much excitement because of Gui Yizheng's passionate words just now.

With a thoughtful expression on his face, after being silent for a while, he said softly:

"...You're right. If you fight like this for another 2 or 3 days, you should lose your skills."

"But we don't have that time anymore."

"Huh?" Gui Yi was stunned, "Master Inamori, what happened? Why is there no time?"

Inamori ignored Gui Yizheng's question, but turned to look at a trusted aide beside him.

"Help me send an order to the generals of the army: let them come to my barracks to discuss matters immediately!"

"yes!"

After the confidant quickly left the camp, Gui Yizheng asked Daomori impatiently:

"Master Inamori, do you want to discuss the next battle with the generals?"

"Probably." Inamori caressed the military commander in his palm, "I want to convey to the generals the tactics to capture the fort within one day tomorrow!"

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At this very moment—

"...What a tragedy." Kuroda said abruptly.

"...Well." Qiuyue nodded, "It's really miserable..."

Right now, Kuroda and Akizuki are strolling side by side in the barracks of their Sendai domain army.

They came to see for themselves the status of their troops.

They looked around, the scene around them, and the more they looked at the scene, the more they frowned.

In the air of the tent, there was a sense of loss...

Almost none of the generals who looked at them were smiling or in any other positive mood.

Almost everyone buried their heads in a dejected look.

Very few people didn't even realize that Qiuyue and Kuroda walked past them.

Kuroda let out a long sigh: "Everyone is tired..."

Their Sendai Fan army has always been the main attack of the First Army.

And in these 9 days, their first army participated in nearly 60% of the battles.

A common saying accurately sums up the normal state on the battlefield—one effort, then another decline, and three exhaustions.

Days of hard fighting made the generals of the Sendai Army exhausted and their fighting spirit greatly reduced.

In addition to this - at the beginning, everyone thought that it only took 3 or 4 days to break through the fortress.

But the gang of barbarians who were looked down upon by all of them blocked them for 9 days.

This huge psychological gap, this fortress that could not be conquered for a long time, also further hit their fighting spirit and morale.

As far as Kuroda knew—it wasn't just the Sendai Army.

This was the case with the troops of the other feudal states of the First Army who had accompanied them in the 9th battle, as well as the troops of the Third Army (Aizu Army), and the air in the camp was no longer filled with high fighting spirit.

"I didn't realize how depraved our Sendai clan's samurai were before." Kuroda said with a wry smile, "But now after this battle, I deeply realize—our Sendai clan's samurai are also very depraved..."

As soon as Kuroda's words fell, Qiuyue at the side showed a bitter smile, and said:

"I understand more and more that after taking over the position of the old middle school, the old man will vigorously revitalize the samurai clan, encourage the samurai to restore the ancient style, practice literature and martial arts." Qiuyue said with a wry smile, "The current samurai... is indeed more It's getting worse."

"It's just a 9-day siege battle, and it's exhausted like this... Such an army was placed in the troubled times of the Warring States period two hundred years ago, facing the powerful Oda Army, Toyotomi Army, The Takeda army, I'm afraid it will collapse at the first touch."

"Fortunately, the opponents we are facing now are just a bunch of barbarians who are not good at defending the city." Kuroda turned his body in a different direction, "Let's go, we are going back."

The tents where the two of them lived were located in the same direction.

However, before they returned to their respective camps, they suddenly received an order from Inamori—the generals, go to his camp immediately to discuss matters.

Regarding Inamori's military order, the two of them naturally did not dare to neglect in the slightest. The two rushed to Daomori's camp as quickly as possible.

When the two came to Daomori's coach's tent, there were already a lot of people here, so not long after Qiuyue and the others arrived, the military discussion began.

"Everyone, today... is another day when even the outer city walls of the barbarians have not been captured."

As soon as Daomori's deep voice sounded, many generals in the tent lowered their heads, for fear of meeting Daomori's eyes.

"The fortress that was originally scheduled to be captured within 5 days has now taken a full 9 days... And after these 9 days, even a single city wall of the barbarians has not been breached..."

"I'm going to tell you straight now - we can't drag this on any longer."

"If this continues, even if the city is finally broken, this battle will become a disgrace to us."

"The world will not remember that we broke a Lucian fortress held by Ezo."

"I will only remember that we, with an army of 10,000, faced a group of barbarians with no more than a thousand people, and it took more than ten days to settle the opponent."

Inamori slapped the military equipment held in his right hand hard on his left.

There was a loud "pop", which startled some of the generals in the camp.

"tomorrow!"

While scanning the generals in front of him, Inamori said in a decisive tone.

"Tomorrow, break through this barbarian fortress!"

"at all costs!"

Inamori's words, picking out every word, seems to be able to smash a big hole in the ground.

All the generals in the battalion were shocked by Inamori's decisive words.

As soon as Inamori's voice fell, a veteran from the "direct line of the shogunate" immediately said loudly:

"Master Inamori! Send out the second army!"

"Whether it is the first army or the third army, after days of hard fighting, they are all exhausted."

"And the 5,000 members of our second army have remained uninjured up to now and are full of energy."

"Judging from the battle situation in the last few days, it's not difficult to judge—that gang of barbarians is also exhausted by Tang Yang's hard fighting for days. The number of soldiers available for battle has dropped sharply."

"Use our uninjured second army to deal with the barbarians who are now exhausted and the number of soldiers has dropped sharply, and we will surely win in one battle!"

The veteran's words immediately made many generals of the First Army and the Third Army present dissatisfied.

But——before they had time to say anything, a calm male voice without sadness and no regrets unceremoniously refuted the veteran's words.

"Send out the second army? There is no way to guarantee that the city can be captured within a day by dispatching the second army, right?"

As soon as the male voice sounded, no one dared to speak again.

Because the person who spoke was Matsudaira Sadanobu who was sitting next to Inamori.

Sadanobu Matsudaira doesn't know much about the art of war. Matsudaira Sadanobu, who has always regarded the phrase "professional people do professional things" as his standard, rarely speaks in military meetings these days, and rarely interferes with Inamori's command .

But none of the generals dared to really use Matsudaira Sadanobu as a mascot—after all, if he wanted to, Matsudaira Sadanobu could directly call and drink at Inamori, and Inamori didn't even dare to fart.

After all, Inamori was originally single-handedly promoted by Matsudaira Sadanobu, no matter how courageous he was given, he would not have the courage to confront Matsudaira Sadanobu.

The sudden sound of Matsudaira Sadanobu immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the general camp.

Matsudaira Sadanobu, who was only wearing civilian clothes and no armor, put his hands on his legs, and then said slowly:

"Now that the battle has come to this point, we have to admit that those barbarians are far more capable than we imagined."

"It is not wise to despise the barbarians because they are now exhausted and have fewer soldiers to fight."

"Even if the second army, which has not been injured so far, is dispatched, there is no guarantee that the city will be captured within a day tomorrow."

"Then..." At this time, a certain young general said cautiously, "How about we slow down the time limit? Instead, capture the city within two days..."

"No." Matsudaira said without hesitation, "We don't have that much time now."

Having said that, Matsudaira Sadanobu turned his head and looked at Inamori beside him.

"Inamori-kun. Tell me about our current baggage situation."

"...Yes." Inamori nodded solemnly, "Everyone, our army's current supply reserves are not enough to allow us to have any leeway to slowly attack this fortress."

"Master Inamori, what's wrong with the luggage?" A certain general asked anxiously.

The army's supply reserves-this kind of top secret, only Inamori, Matsudaira Sadanobu, and a very small number of generals know the details.

Most of the generals don't know how the army's supplies are.

"Our country has just come out of the pain of 'famine at dawn'." Inamori said slowly, "There are not many grain and grass reserves in the whole country."

"So the food and grass that can be transferred to supply my 10,000 army fighting is extremely limited."

"I have already obtained the current grain and grass reserves of our army this afternoon."

"Excluding the food and grass needed for the return journey, and the food and grass that must be kept in case of accidents, our army's current supplies are only enough for our army... to fight for another 5 days."

As soon as Inamori said a word, everyone was shocked.

"5 days..." Someone subconsciously let out a groan full of astonishment.

"Originally, according to our expectations, we only need 3 or 4 days to take down the Red Moon Fortress, and this luggage reserve is completely sufficient." Daomori added, "But I never expected that this fortress , much harder than we imagined."

"So you're all clear - we don't have enough time to dawdle right now."

The atmosphere in the tent became tense at a speed visible to the naked eye.

At this time, Matsudaira Sadanobu said again abruptly:

"Also—we can't forget Ogata Iktosai."

At this moment, not only the generals sitting in front of Matsudaira Sadanobu, but even Inamori who was sitting next to Matsudaira Sadanobu, also looked at Matsudaira Sadanobu with a bit of astonishment.

"Don't tell me that you all forgot: Ogata Yidaosai forcibly broke through our army's blockade of the Red Moon Fortress before." Matsudaira Sadanobu glanced at everyone, "I still retain the original point of view——Ogata cannot be ruled out. The possibility of Yi Dao Zhai going to ask for reinforcements."

"We have to prepare for the worst—assuming that Ogata Isai really went to ask for reinforcements. And we have to capture the fortress before Ogata Isai comes with reinforcements."

After quietly listening to Matsudaira's speech, Inamori couldn't help looking at Matsudaira for a few more times with astonishment.

He didn't know if it was his illusion—he always felt that Matsudaira Sadanobu seemed to have a slightly unusual concern for Ogata.

As for Ogata Ittosai——Inamori, who was busy directing operations, forgot about this person early in the morning.

Even if Ogata Isai really went to ask for reinforcements as Matsudaira Sadanobu had guessed, Inamori didn't care: he didn't think Ogata Isai could invite reinforcements to defeat their 10,000 army.

But after all, it is impossible for Inamori to save face in public, so as soon as Matsudaira Sadanobu's voice fell behind, Inamori immediately nodded in agreement:

"That's right. My lord is right, and I can't forget Ogata Yidao Zhai."

"In short - we have to do everything we can to end this battle that has taken us too much time as quickly as possible."

After Inamori reported the current status of their army's supplies, the atmosphere in the camp was different from before.

The generals looked at each other, exchanging their opinions in low voices.

But before they had time to communicate with each other, Inamori's voice sounded again.

"About how to capture the fort within one day tomorrow - I actually already have an idea."

"The reason why I called everyone here at this time is mainly to announce the battle I have formulated for tomorrow."

"tomorrow--"

Having said this, Inamori paused.

After taking a deep breath, he said loudly:

"Use firearms and blow down the city walls!"

"Use our cannons and cannons to blow down the wooden city wall! The barbarians' greatest support is the tall city wall. Once the city wall collapses, these barbarians will no longer be afraid."

As soon as Inamori finished speaking, he was immediately refuted by others.

And the person who refuted him was Qiuyue.

Qiuyue frowned and said in a deep voice:

"Using firearms? It's detrimental to the honor of our warriors..."

As soon as Qiuyue finished speaking, she immediately got the echo and approval of several generals.

Until now, firearms have been introduced to Japan for hundreds of years, but there are still many samurai who hold the idea that "firearms are magical skills" and "samurai should dance swords and guns, what kind of firearms should they use?" one of them.

In addition to people like Qiuyue, there are other people who objected to the general's speech from different angles.

"Master Inamori! We haven't used firearms these days, isn't it because we don't want to blow up the city wall? If the city wall is blown down, it will take a lot of manpower and material resources to repair the city wall!"

Some people are against it, and of course some people are in favor of it.

"I agree with the use of firearms! If you continue to send troops to attack, it will not only take a lot of time, but also pay more casualties!"

"Damaging the honor of the samurai? If you can't take this fortress as soon as possible, it will be called damaging the honor of the samurai."

The camp, which was originally a little quiet, gradually became noisy.

The generals of various factions holding different views fought hard without giving an inch.

Inamori silently let all the generals in front of him argue until they all blushed and their necks were thick, and then Inamori said in a neutral tone:

"Okay, stop arguing!"

The tent fell silent instantly because of Inamori's words.

Inamori raised his hand and rubbed between his brows.

"The use of firearms to blow down the city wall will bring us a very troublesome reconstruction work for us who will occupy this fortress later - of course I know this."

"It is also because of this that I have not used firearms in the past 9 days."

"But it's not like it used to be."

"We don't have any leisurely time now to think about 'post-war reconstruction'."

"You don't need to say any more. I've made up my mind."

"Tomorrow—the city wall will be smashed down!"

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Red Moon Fortress, Kunoya's clinic——

"Ha ha ha ha……"

A-Ming's thin panting became the only sound other than her breathing in the clinic.

A Ding, who was still holding a circle of sackcloth on his upper body, moved forward little by little while leaning on the wall, circling around the clinic hall

She was practicing "walking" which she hadn't done since her injury.

She is trying to rejuvenate her "rusty" body due to lying down for a long time.

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the next day—

The tenth day of the offensive and defensive battle of Red Moon Fortress——

On the 12th day when Ogata left the Red Moon Fortress——

Red Moon Fortress, the inner city wall——

"It's really cold today..." Lin Ziping rubbed his palms.

"...The weather today is not very good." Chanup, who was standing beside Lin Ziping, looked up at the sky, "Look, there are layers of dark clouds, and it is very likely that there will be wind and snow."

"If there is a snowstorm, it will be troublesome." Lin Ziping said with a wry smile, "Once there is a snowstorm, our muskets will be useless."

Genius boarded the inner city wall to observe the enemy troops outside the city at dawn - this is the habit of Chanup, Lin Ziping and the others these days.

At this moment, the sky was bright—but because of the thick dark clouds covering it, the sky was a little dark.

On the inner and outer walls of the Red Moon Fortress, every soldier has taken his position at his respective position—but the peace army outside the city has not launched an attack for a long time.

These days, the Japanese army's attack time has been fairly fixed.

But today, the attack time of the past has long passed, and the Hejun camp outside the city is still quiet.

All the soldiers on the inner and outer city walls were slightly agitated by today's strange scene.

And Lin Ziping had already frowned and muttered softly:

"Something's wrong...however, at this time, the attack has not yet been launched..."

Maybe it's a coincidence.

Just after Lin Ziping finished speaking, there was finally movement in the Hejun camp—but it wasn't like before, with the sound of conch shells and thousands of soldiers rushing out of the barracks.

Only a small group of people walked out of the barracks at a slow speed.

Lin Ziping frowned more tightly at this moment.

With excellent eyesight, he narrowed his eyes and looked carefully at the small group of people who came out of the barracks.

Looking intently, Lin Ziping saw——some people in this small team were pushing something...a big thing that made Lin Ziping's hairs stand on end immediately...

What they're pushing - is a cannon.

"Mr. Chanup! Do you have any good archers here? Shoot those people back!"

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Inamori and his army consisted of only 9 cannons and 52 cannons of various types—under the order of Inamori, they dispatched all the cannons and cannons they had.

Under the escort of some soldiers, the gunners and gunners successfully came out of the shooting range of the archers and musketeers in the fortress, and at the same time they were as close as possible to the position of the Red Moon Fortress.

The whole army -

"Today's weather is not very good..." Inamori raised his head, looked at the dark sky above his head, and muttered.

The sky covered by layers of dark clouds above his head made Inamori feel extremely unhappy - he was just about to use firearms today, but the weather was not good.

"But don't let the wind and snow fall..."

As soon as Inamori finished saying this in a prayerful tone, an orderly rushed towards him.

"Master Inamori!" The orderly said respectfully, "Everyone is in their positions!"

Inamori nodded: "Okay!"

He turned his head and looked at the fortress in the distance.

He took a deep breath, and then waved his army with great momentum:

"Fire! Blow down the city walls!"

The order to fire was quickly conveyed to the artilleryman, Datongshou, who was now standing at the forefront.

Using somewhat clumsy movements, they stuffed gunpowder and shells into the cannons and cannons they were in charge of, aimed at the fortress in the distance, and then—

boom! boom! boom! boom……

Nine cannons and 52 large cylinders roared almost at the same time.

In this era of Japan, the accuracy of the artillery and large cylinders used is extremely poor, so a row of shells hit the past, only 3 shells fired from the large cylinder, and 1 shell fired from the artillery hit the outer city wall of the Red Moon Fortress , the remaining shells only hit the snow outside the city wall.

In an instant - the earth shook and the mountains shook.

The soldiers on the outer city wall felt the city wall shaking under their feet... felt the world shaking...

As for the snow field that was taken care of by most of the shells, the snow on the ground disappeared—they burst open, the snow was smashed, crushed, and torn into pieces, and the snow blocks fell like raindrops.

Inamori has made up his mind to take down the Red Moon Fortress within a day today, so he spared no expense on the artillery shells and gunpowder reserves in the army. The hands let go.

Round after round of shells poured towards the outer wall of the Red Moon Fortress.

Although the accuracy is extremely poor, coupled with the long-distance shooting, there are only a handful of shells that hit the city wall-but under rounds of shells, there are always some shells that can hit the city wall.

Every time the wall was hit by a shell, the warriors on the outer wall visibly felt the wall shaking—and shaking more and more violently.

On the Red Moon Fortress, the counterattack had already started before the Hejun started shelling.

Chanup gathered the best archers and musketeers, let them stand on the outer city wall, and shoot those artillerymen and musketeers.

However—the distance is too far, and the arrows of the archers simply cannot shoot such a long distance.

The bullets of the musketeers could barely reach that place—but the accuracy was too poor. Whether they could hit such a far place depends entirely on God's will. Until now, the musketeers had not hit a single enemy soldier.

The air became acrid and pungent with heavy gun smoke and fog.

The smoke with the smell of gunpowder makes people feel a bitter taste on the tongue every time they take a sip.

The continuous roar of artillery and large cylinders made the whole world seem to be shaking. The rumbling echoes and continuous roar made the eardrums of everyone in Red Moon Fortress ache.

The surrounding air was churning and roaring like crazy.

The sparks from the explosion of the cannonball illuminated the earth darkened by the bad weather.

Three more large shells hit the outer city wall.

Squeak squeak squeak——!

Quack quack quack quack...

The outer city wall made an extremely unpleasant sound that could be heard clearly even standing on the inner city wall.

Chanup looked at the outer city wall that seemed to be crumbling, and then at the archers and musketeers who had been shooting desperately on the outer city wall but still couldn't take the gunners.

He gritted his teeth as if he had made up his mind, and then——

"Go and tell the people on the outer city wall!"

Chanup called out to several young men beside him who were carrying orders for him.

"Let them all retreat! Evacuate the outer city wall!"

"Mr. Chanup." Lin Ziping said anxiously, "Do you want to abandon the outer city wall?"

"If you don't give up, you can't do it!" Chanup said in a deep voice, "The outer city wall may collapse at any time now! If we withdraw later, I don't know how many people will die!"

After Chanup's retreat order was conveyed to the outer city wall, the soldiers who had already been frightened by the dense bullet rain withdrew from the outer city wall as if fleeing for their lives, and retreated to the back of the inner city wall.

After the last fighter had withdrawn from the outer city wall, four more shells hit the outer city wall.

Quack quack quack quack quack -!

There was a crackling sound enough to cover the entire Red Moon Fortress.

The outer city walls... are like melting ice now.

Chanup and the others saw—the outer city wall was slowly shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye...

First many pieces fell, and then more and more pieces fell, bigger and bigger.

In the end—it seemed to have completely lost its support, the entire outer city wall collapsed, and a big gap appeared...

Red Moon Fortress, the outer city wall—falls.

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I originally wanted to write a 10,000 chapter, but I couldn’t do it, so I only wrote 8400... But this is considered extremely conscientious, so I humbly ask for a monthly ticket (Leopard Head Crying.jpg)

In order to let everyone feel the description of being bombarded by artillery as if they were on the scene, I wrote the description of artillery bombardment over and over many times. I am very satisfied with the description of artillery bombardment in this chapter. I also hope that you will not glance at the artillery bombardment scene carefully described by the author...