In mid-July, the arsenal, lines, and railways were under construction one after another, and they were one step away from completion. Field artillery and Mignes also arrived. These weapons could not be manufactured in such a short period of time. It can be seen that the Gallic country has a lot of weapons in stock.
According to the time when Shi Da opened his original world, there was still more than a year left before the Second Opium War.
Peng Dashun and Zhu Yidian began to let all soldiers in the army learn how to use these advanced equipment.
Zeng Guofan and Zuo Zongtang were obsessed with the construction of arsenals all day long, and these novel things were quite tempting to them.
They also thought about how to save the country and become stronger, and came to the unified conclusion that they should learn from the West. However, before they even started learning from the West, they joined the rebels.
No one expected that the first person to carry out industrial reform in China was not the Qing Dynasty, but a young man in his 20s. Zuo Zongtang and Zeng Guofan had a little more admiration for Shi Dakai in their hearts.
With the new equipment, we have the capital to go south to capture Ji'an and Ganzhou.
In addition, the people in southern Ganxi have heard about the land reform in northern Jiangxi, and they are looking forward to King Yi's arrival every day.
It's time to try out the power of new weapons.
Peng Dashun and Tan Tirong brought 1,000 field artillery and 50,000 troops, all equipped with Minie. Such configurations are rare in China.
Not to mention taking over southern Gansu, even going all the way south to attack Guangzhou is possible.
You know, when Napoleon attacked the Bear Country, he only brought 1,500 field guns.
On the evening of July 25, at the foot of Ji'an City.
"Recharge in one shot, hit!"
Under Shi Dakai's order, the soldiers controlled the new field artillery and fired the first shot.
boom! boom! boom!
The new field artillery was really powerful, and the sound of the artillery covered almost half of Ji'an.
The defenders of Ji'an were still sleeping when they were suddenly awakened by the sound of cannons, and the entire sky of Ji'an was illuminated by fire.
After the first shell was fired, the city of Ji'an was already riddled with holes.
The defenders of Ji'an thought that the Americans were coming. They had only seen such violent and dense artillery shells in their lifetime today.
After three rounds of artillery shells, the Ji'an defenders had suffered heavy losses, and the city wall had already become a river of blood.
The Taiping soldiers passed through the blasted city wall with a handful of mines and charged into the city. The defenders had never seen this formation before.
The defenders still wanted to charge forward with their swords, but as a result, they fell one after another, and they all collapsed in fear.
The damage ratio in this battle reached 20:1, which was almost like a fight between adults and children.
After only a few hours of fighting, the communications soldiers hurried to the headquarters.
"Reporting to King Yi, Ji'an's 100,000-strong garrison was beaten down to only 10,000 or 20,000, and has surrendered. Our army has won a complete victory!"
It only took one night to completely recover Ji'an, which can be regarded as a small military miracle.
After this battle, legends began to spread among the people that the Taiping Army was invulnerable.
With the blessing of the legend, before the Taiping Army could reach Ganzhou, the defenders of Ganzhou retreated overnight and recaptured southern Gansu without any bloodshed.
After this battle, Shi Dakai's fame spread all over the country, and the Qing Army did not dare to offend again, creating a short-term peace.
Zeng Guofan and Zuo Zongtang had thoroughly seen the power of these foreign guns and cannons, and gradually realized that the Qing Dynasty was at the end of its war effort.
Land reform began to spread throughout Jiangxi, and military spending was further expanded.
In addition, every household in Jiangxi Province received land. They thought of King Yi day and night, and sent their children to the army one after another.
Early August.
Railway and military lines began to be laid to Ganzhou.
The newly built railway will connect Jiujiang and Ganzhou, so it is named Ganjiu Line.
Having railways not only makes it easier to supply the army, but also transports troops very quickly, which is of great benefit to controlling the entire Jiangxi.
After working day and night, the two arsenals were completed. The speed also showed that the Gauls were so anxious to get electrolytic aluminum.
In fact, even if the country of Gaul obtained Shi Dakai's aluminum production process, it would not be able to produce much aluminum, because there was no power plant, and the productivity of artificial power generation could be as high as 10,000 liang, which was said at the time.
The two arsenals were later managed by Zeng Guofan and Zuo Zongtang, who were good experts in this field.
In this way, Shi Dakai has a production base for cannons, rifles and grenades. Although the weapons cannot be said to be the most advanced, they can at least allow soldiers to bid farewell to broadswords and spears.
With weapons, it cannot be called an iron army. It must have advanced ideas, and it must also have cultural knowledge. Without cultural knowledge, advanced equipment cannot be learned so quickly.
The next step is to start with systems and ideas.
