The reason why I say this is not because they have weird looks or wear strange clothes.

It's because of the weapons in their hands.

What they are holding are not the common swords, guns, swords and halberds, but rifles!

Nearly 5 feet (1.5 meters) in length, with a dark brown barrel and a "hunchback" shaped hammer - it is the Springfield M1861 rifle!

The soldiers' left hand is close to the side of the leg, and the right hand holds the butt of the rifle, so that the gun body naturally leans against the right shoulder.

Aoto, Hijikata Toshizo, Kondo Isamu, Souji, Nagakura Shinpachi, Serizawa Kamo... all the senior officials of the Shinsengumi were waiting on the sidelines.

Even Shannan Keisuke, Sanako and Toudo Heisuke, who have been busy "stocking supplies" in recent days, temporarily put aside their work and came to watch this unique "martial arts performance".

This "martial arts performance" was conducted by Genzaburo Inoue.

The members of this musketry team are all from the Sixth Division.

Therefore, it is a reasonable and reasonable arrangement to send the captain of the Sixth Division to serve as the commander.

At this moment, Genzaburo Inoue walked nervously beside the musketeers, keeping the same pace and moving forward together.

Directly in front of them, dozens of targets made of solid wood were arranged in a line, standing quietly.

Within a moment, there was only a dozen steps between the slowly advancing musketeers and the target group.

Seeing this, Genzaburo Inoue hurriedly shouted:

"stop!"

The footsteps stopped.

The musketeers stood upright, and the originally very neat array now became a little distorted.

Some people stand a little forward, some people stand a little back...the whole thing shows a crooked "streamline" shape.

Gensaburo Inoue did not order a reorganization of the formation.

He turned to look at Qingdeng not far away.

Qingden nodded.

The next moment after receiving the order, Inoue Genzaburo suddenly pulled out the sword from his waist, raised the sword above his head, and pointed the tip of the sword to the sky:

"Raise the gun!

Click, click, click, click, click...

The gunmen raised their rifles in unison.

"Click", "click" the sound of metal colliding together.

"aim!"

The gunmen leveled their rifles, and the black muzzles pointed directly at the target group in front of them.

Genzaburo Inoue mixes the breath.

The next moment, he raised the blade above his head and slashed it down with all his strength——

"put!!"

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

The sound like exploding beans startled the birds in the distance.

The bullets flying through the air left fleeting afterimages in mid-air.

Souji, Mai Kinoshita and others who were watching from the side subconsciously covered their ears.

After the gunshot, thick milky white smoke filled the entire place.

Even from a long distance away, Qingdeng and others could smell the pungent smell of gunpowder that made the roots of their tongues taste bitter.

"Reload!"

Genzaburo Inoue issued a new order.

The gunmen hurriedly lowered their rifles so that the butts were on the ground and the muzzles were pointed upwards. Then they took off the ammunition bags from their waists, stuffed gunpowder and bullets into the barrels, then took out the purge bars and pressed the bullets tightly.

Reality.

This is a very complicated loading process.

If there is a mistake in one link, the reloading speed will be slowed down, or even bullets will not be fired.

The gunmen's "shooting" was okay, but their "loading" performance was...

Even if you use the term "high emotional intelligence", it can only be said to be lackluster!

Someone accidentally dropped the bullet.

Some people poured out their hands full of gunpowder.

Some people cannot put it back on after taking it off.

All kinds of problems...

It took nearly 2 minutes before the gunmen were ready to shoot again.

Genzaburo Inoue once again raised the sword in his hand.

"Raise the gun!"

Click, click, click, click, click...

"put!"

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang...

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A total of three rounds of guns were fired, and this unique "martial arts performance" finally came to an end.

As soon as the "martial arts performance" was over, Aomori led the generals and strode towards Genzaburo Inoue.

"Uncle Yuan, everyone, thank you for your hard work!"

Faced with Aoto's condolences, Inoue Genzaburo was okay and just smiled reservedly.

In comparison, the reaction of the gunners was much more exciting, one after another getting excited.

They stared at Qingdeng closely, their eyes shining with admiration, admiration and envy.

To have close contact with the "Nioh"... this is already a great honor for them!

After giving a simple condolence, Qingdeng led everyone straight to the target group not far away.

Looking around, the target group is densely covered with bullet holes like a honeycomb. Roughly speaking, the number is about 3 or 40.

100 gunmen, 100 rifles, 3 volleys, a total of 300 bullets fired.

At a distance of about 10 meters, 300 bullets were fired, leaving only 3,40 bullet holes...

At first glance, this level of accuracy seems particularly poor.

However, after counting the number of bullet holes on the target group, all the generals looked horrified!

Shannan Keisuke's mouth opened and closed several times, and after a while he muttered to himself:

"Is this...the most advanced iron cannon in the West...?"

Isamu Kondo pursed his lips and said nothing, as if in deep thought.

Nagakura Shinpachi, Saito Ichi, Serizawa Kamo and others also looked thoughtful and solemn.

A few people - such as Harada Sanosuke and Toudo Heisuke - had extremely strange expressions on their faces, as if they were hesitant to speak.

At this moment, Hijikata Toshizo suddenly spoke up and expressed their feelings for them:

"Heh... Today is no longer... the era of swords."

"Although the level of the iron gunners is still very bad, the reloading speed is too slow, and the formation of the queue is also very irregular."

"But these are not big problems, just train more frequently."

"To be honest, I never thought that Western iron cannons could be so powerful."

"I finally understand why Tachibana is determined to form a firearms unit."

"When the 6th and 8th divisions are transformed into firearms units and further expand their strength, the total combat strength of our Shinsengumi will definitely be transformed!"

"By then... we swordsmen will really be useless!"

After saying that, he twitched the corners of his mouth and raised a self-deprecating smile, without caring about the mood of other people present.

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