The artillery battalion of the cavalry corps of the western Sichuan Army is still vacant for the time being, because of the lack of smooth supply, the 05 mm light howitzer cannot cross the plateau and be equipped to the troops, so the missing artillery can only be replenished after the supply line is opened. The 05-mm light howitzer in western Sichuan weighed 2 tons and needed to be dragged forward by four war horses. The shell weighed 2 kg and had a maximum range of seven kilometers. This light howitzer adopts the technology of German Krupp artillery, and was officially mass-produced in 5 years, and was named the Type 5 light howitzer by western Sichuan, and has now become the main cannon equipped by various units in western Sichuan.

At this moment, outside Baoji City, the Type 2 infantry guns of the Western Sichuan Army were lined up in two rows, aiming at the west gate of Baoji City, which will become the main attack direction of the Western Sichuan Army. Of course, in order to avoid the escape of the Qing army in Baoji City, the Western Sichuan Army also sent enough troops in other distribution directions to defend it.

"Young marshal, chief of staff, the artillery is ready, ready to open fire!" Zhao Bowen, who had been promoted to the commander of the Second Cavalry Army, reported to Wang Yuze and Cai Yun.

In order to take Baoji, Zhao Bowen concentrated three brigades of troops at the west gate of Baoji, and there were 96 Type 2 infantry guns alone. At this moment, these ninety-six cannons have completed their preparations and are ready to start attacking.

"Well, order the ministries to start preparing! Ten minutes later, the attack will begin! Wang Yuze glanced at the watch in his hand, and then said.

"Yes, young marshal!" Zhao Bowen was ordered to leave.

On the city wall of Baoji City, Hu Weilong was already surrounded by his generals and came to the city gate tower. When he arrived at the two rows of hundreds of cannons of the Sichuan Western Army outside the city, his face was a little unnatural. And the soldiers who defended the city were already pale in disguise.

"My lord, the artillery fire of the Western Sichuan Army is strong, and we estimate that it will be difficult for us to hold Baoji City!" One of Hu Weilong's guerrilla generals said.

"If you can't keep it, you have to keep it! It's a big deal to repay the country with death! Hu Weilong said sternly. Why didn't he know that this battle was more than lucky? It is estimated that this will be his last battle.

"Your Excellency, rest assured, the lowly rank will fight to the death, even if he sacrifices his life to become a benevolent!" A group of travelogue generals, generals such as the capital division and the garrison, spoke one after another. As if he was showing his determination.

"Bang!" Suddenly, there was a muffled sound from the cannon that had become the western Sichuan army, and the muzzle of the cannon flashed with patches of red light, and the sound of shells breaking through the air was heard in the sky.

"My lord, go down the city wall, the Western Sichuan Army has begun shelling!" A group of Qing army generals suddenly panicked. Some people desperately ran to the city tower, some people hugged their heads and lay on the ground, and some people pulled Hu Weilong and wanted to drag him down the city wall.

When everyone looked like a wolf, Hu Weilong was furious and wanted to scold. However, the shells of the Western Sichuan Army had already smashed on the city walls.

"Boom! Rumble! "Dense shells fell on the walls of Baoji City, shrapnel flew sideways, and gunpowder smoke filled the entire city wall. The Qing troops guarding the city walls suffered heavy casualties.

Hu Weilong didn't know how he was brought to the city, and when he got to the bottom, he realized that his helmet had long since disappeared. The braid on his head also spread out in a panic, and the whole person was covered with a head, like an evil ghost.

"Fight back, fight back! And what about our artillery? Fight back for me! Hu Weilong was furious.

"My lord, the artillery bombardment of the Western Sichuan Army focuses on our artillery. Under their shelling, our artillery suffered heavy casualties, and all the artillery would have been destroyed! "The artillery commander of Baoji City, a Du Si reported.

"Rubbish!" Hu Weilong was furious. His own artillery was destroyed by the enemy before it could be fired, which made him how he could swallow this breath.

"My lord, please calm your anger. Now that the artillery fire of the Western Sichuan Army is strong, let's let the brothers on the city wall withdraw first! Otherwise, we won't have an army to defend the city! "A guerrilla general built yì road.

"Order the rest of the people to withdraw except for a small number of observation posts left on the city wall!" Hu Weilong ordered.

The Qing troops on the city wall ran down with a lot of urine and urine, but in the shelling just now, at least thousands of people had already paid with their lives.

"Order the sappers to go out and blow up the walls of Baoji!" The city wall of Baoji City was completely covered by artillery fire, Zhao Bowen nodded with satisfaction, and gave the order again. The scale of Baoji City is about the same as that of Hezhou, and in terms of solidity, it may not be able to catch up with Hezhou City. Therefore, it is also possible to take Baoji City by attacking Hezhou City.

A squad of sappers suddenly rushed towards the walls of Baoji City under the cover of artillery. In the absence of heavy siege artillery, it is undoubtedly the best way to blow up the city walls directly with explosives. In addition, the ammunition of the western Sichuan army is not very sufficient, and it is necessary to save shells as much as possible. The war had only just begun, and it would be bad if there were no shells in the end.

After coming to the city wall of Baoji City, the sappers used the sapper shovel in their hands to dig a big pit under the base of the city wall and buried the explosives in it. This time, the explosives were divided into five points, and 30 kilograms of explosives were planted in each place to ensure that a 50-meter-long hole could be blown out in the city wall. In this way, the cavalry of the Western Sichuan Army was able to rush into the city.

Two minutes later, an earth-shattering explosion sounded on the west wall of Baoji City, and in a loud noise, the West Gate City Wall was blown out of a section about 100 meters long. After the smoke cleared, the long opening came out clearly.

"My lord, the city wall has been blown down, and the Western Sichuan Army is about to attack the city!" A travelogue general rushed to Hu Weilong in a panic.

"What? The walls have collapsed? I don't care what method you use, even if you fill it with human lives, you have to block the wall for me! Hu Weilong grabbed the guerrilla general's collar and shouted.

"Yes, sir!" General Youji had no choice but to reply.

He quickly returned to his defense area on the wall of the West Gate and organized his men to prepare to defend against the generals of the Western Sichuan Army.

"Master Zhang, what, are you still ready to resist? Now that the city wall has collapsed, Baoji City has no danger to defend. My iron cavalry from western Sichuan is about to come in. I'd better plan for my future as soon as possible! A young man dressed in ordinary Qing army clothes came to the guerrilla general and said softly.

"Can the Western Sichuan Army really accept my conditions?" The guerrilla general asked.

"Of course, the young marshal has agreed, as long as the adult can surrender, the safety of the adult can be guaranteed. If Mr. Zhang wants to continue to lead the troops, he can give Mr. Zhang the position of battalion commander, but the premise is that he needs to go to the Army Academy for half a year of study. If you don't want to lead the troops, Sichuan West can give the adult 100,000 yuan, so that the adult can be a rich man! The young man said.

"Okay, since the young marshal can afford it, I, Zhang Ming, will give my life to Sichuanxi. However, I don't want to fight anymore, just be a rich man in peace. However, I hope that the western Sichuan side can keep it a secret, and my family is still in Xi'an! Zhang Ming said.

"Don't worry, Lord Zhang, we won't leak it out before we take Xi'an!" The young man said with a smile.

"Okay, it's a deal!" A hint of determination flashed in Zhang Ming's eyes. Although betraying Hu Weilong made him a little uncomfortable in conscience. But for the sake of his own net worth and life, he can't care so much.

became, the 11th Brigade and the 13th Brigade of the 2nd Cavalry Army of the Western Sichuan Army were already waiting impatiently. This time, the first wave of attacks on Baoji will be launched by these two brigades. When the sappers blew up Baoji City, the soldiers of the 11th and 13th Brigades cheered, and this would be the first battle after the completion of the reorganization, and everyone was full of confidence.

"The commander ordered the 11th Brigade and the 13th Brigade to immediately launch an attack on Baoji!" A herald came galloping in.

"Brothers, rush!" The commander of the 11th Brigade, Ma Qi, immediately ordered loudly. As the deputy commander of the 2nd Cavalry Army, he also served as the commander of the 11th Brigade.

"Kill!" The cavalry of the 11th Brigade immediately rushed towards Baoji.

"Kill, kill Lao Tzu!" Ma Zhengyuan, the brigade commander of the 13th Brigade, was not to be outdone, although he was already in his fifties and almost sixty years old, he was not much worse than Ma Qi in terms of competitiveness.

The soldiers of the two brigades rushed to the breach of the Baoji city wall.