However, it was not Jinan City that was the first to fight, but the arsenal in the northeast of Jinan City.

Hou Shiwei led more than 2,500 people, all the way forward, straight to the arsenal, in his opinion, an arsenal, his more than 2,000 cavalry, if you want to take the arsenal, it is as easy as a hand.

However, when he arrived at the arsenal, he found that it was completely different, this is a miniature version of Jinan City, a nearly high wall, surrounding the arsenal in the middle, on the wall, lying on the stomach of soldiers, holding muskets in their hands, in addition, there are several platforms in the wall, on the platform, there are still soldiers on duty patrol, looking at the movement in the distance.

When Hou Shiwei found out about the situation in the arsenal, the soldiers on the platform had already seen the enemy situation clearly, amazing! Just one arsenal is so well defended, what will Jinan City look like?

Hou Shiwei barely suppressed the shock in his heart, and secretly thought in his heart, although the arsenal had an army and a wall to rely on, it couldn't stop the assault of his iron cavalry, and two thousand troops launched a surprise attack together, presumably the hundreds of people in the arsenal would be frightened, right? After all, the sight of 2,500 cavalry charging together was absolutely shocking!

Hou Shiwei thought of this and shouted: "Order, the whole army charges, assault!" ”

More than 2,000 cavalry launched a frantic assault on the arsenal, rushing towards it like a violent wind.

The first thing that greeted the Twisted Army was not the gunfire of the soldiers on the wall, but the earth-shattering artillery!

Inside the wall, a loud sound of artillery came, Hou Shiwei was stunned, and before he could react, the cannonballs in the sky had already hit, fell to the ground, and opened fire all over the column of the twisted army, blowing up the twisted army on their backs!

The arsenal now has gathered more than 200 people in the escort team, in addition, there are more than 100 people training and more than 200 workers, the escort team and the training army are regular soldiers, even if it is more than 200 workers, that is also dealing with weapons every day, no stranger to foreign guns and artillery, these people together, it can be said that two small infantry battalions have been completely formed, the most terrible thing is not these, but the countless guns and ammunition in the arsenal, which are completely inexhaustible and inexhaustible, at least, There are absolutely no problems at all in dealing with a war.

The new breech-loading rifled artillery alone, there are sixty or seventy guns, which can fully arm three artillery battalions, and the arsenal is understaffed, so it can only use thirty of them, but even if it is thirty advanced artillery, its power is not something that the Twist Army can bear, just when the Twist Army has just launched a charge, the first wave of artillery offensive arrived, thirty shells fell, and the Twist Army was miserable, and launched a charge from two miles away, when it was less than three hundred meters away from the arsenal, As many as 100 shells have fallen, the unprepared Twist Army has suffered heavy casualties, countless stumps and broken arms have been blown up all over the sky, and the screams are shocking!

Hou Shiwei was so frightened that he couldn't possess his body, is this still an arsenal? It's a military camp, no, cannibal hell! The firepower of this foreign cannon is too fierce!

"Retreat, retreat immediately!"

Hou Shiwei roared frantically, and the cavalry retreated to the rear, and there were dead bodies and struggling horses everywhere along the way, which was extremely miserable!

Hou Shiwei ran two miles away in one breath, and his heart just settled down, it's too dangerous, what a cheat! Not only is the firepower mighty, but these people are also shooting with great accuracy, and all the shells fall in the ranks of the Twist Army!

Hou Shiwei's hands trembled constantly.

Inside the arsenal, Ma Shuqing, the general office, and Zhang Yue, the battalion commander of the army training, he, Zhile, this group of twisted bandits are fools, they don't know the reality of the arsenal at all, so they dare to charge directly, and their courage is too fat!

Zhang Yue laughed and said, "Mr. Ma, how is it?" I said there is no need to worry, just with our foreign guns and cannons, and strong walls, it is difficult for the twisted army outside to rush in! ”

Ma Shuqing was secretly admiring Guo Ye's foresight at this time, the entire wall was not only three meters high, but also one and a half meters thick, completely built with blue bricks, extremely strong, like a city wall, the twist bandits had no firearms, just by virtue of the impact of the cavalry, how could they conquer the arsenal? It seems that Lord Futai has definitely expected this day!

Ma Shuqing said: "Okay, Battalion Commander Zhang, don't be too careless, after all, the other party has strong troops and many people, let's be careful, defeat them as soon as possible, and we still have to support Jinan......"

Zhang Yue nodded and replied: "That's natural, the lion fights the rabbit, we still need to go all out, not to mention the face of a strong enemy, our strength is very limited, if I have a cavalry battalion at hand, then Lao Tzu will launch a counterattack against them!" ”

The two of them were talking this, Hou Shiwei launched a charge again, a chaotic artillery bombardment, and the twist bandits were killed and wounded more than three hundred, Hou Shiwei's heart of despising the enemy went in, and he no longer dared to be careless to underestimate the enemy.

More than 2,000 cavalry dispersed and charged again towards the arsenal, and the horses neighed wildly, as fast as a swimming dragon!

Zhang Yue's expression became solemn, once the opponent's forces were dispersed, it would not be so easy to defeat the opponent!

"Order the soldiers in front of you, prepare to shoot, don't save bullets, and give Lao Tzu a hard beat!"

Zhang Yue is now wealthy, backed by the arsenal, where there are at least tens of thousands of boxes of bullets, one person can shoot 100 rounds a day, more than 300 infantry, but only more than 30,000 rounds, not even a fraction of the shots, why save it, do you leave the opponent with capital?

The soldiers on the wall and the soldiers on the high platform began to shoot at the bandits, and a dense network of firepower began to form, blocking the advance of the Twist army, and the two sides started a big battle on the battlefield!

The Twist Army is advancing the battle line step by step, two or three hundred meters, it has been completely out of the range of artillery, the pressure on the soldiers of the arsenal has increased greatly, only desperate shooting, fortunately, the arsenal produces all the Liaoyuan No. 1 rifles that can be fired continuously, the rate of fire is terrifying, and the bullets are shot out without life, and the lives of the Twist Army are harvested!

It's just that, even so, the Twist Army still began to approach the Arsenal, after all, the cavalry of more than 2,000 people charged quickly, it was not so easy to resist, after paying a huge price, the Twist Army had advanced the battle line to less than fifty meters away from the wall, and the Twist Army also began to fight back, entering a distance of one hundred meters, the cavalry's bows and arrows could exert their power, and they could completely suppress the soldiers of the Arsenal.

Feather arrows were dense like rain, and then the suppression of bows and arrows, the Twist Army still advanced the battle line, and the arsenal began to have casualties!

(To be continued.) )