Although there are more than a dozen fortresses on the north bank, only two are actually used to block the bridge deck. This should be said to be an oversight during the design, because the Bali Bridge deck is surrounded by stone closed guardrails on both sides.
The bridge crawled forward, and the bullets on the sides were of no use. As a series of smoke bombs and poison gas bombs were mixed, the two fortresses were immediately wrapped in thick smoke, and then the machine guns that were shooting inside became mute. At this time, the Qing Dynasty
The soldiers had long been frightened by the reputation of poison gas bombs. When they saw the sudden whiteness in front of their eyes, their first impression was that the opposite side was poisoned. Then they smelled the poisonous gas inside, so they ran away quickly.
Of course, Zhang Zuolin on the south bank did not know this. More than 20 blasters still carried an explosive package each according to the plan, bent down and used the bridge railing to cover and quickly rushed to the other bank. After seeing this, all the people in the fortresses on the left and right sides were shocked.
The firepower quickly turned to the bridge deck, and bullets and small-caliber artillery shells hit it densely for a while, making the small bridge, which was only more than 50 meters long, look like it was on fire.
But at this time, various units of the Zhongyong Army from behind had arrived one after another. Mortars were quickly set up one after another. Artillery shells and poison gas bombs were thrown at them one after another. They quickly silenced the machine guns and rotating cannons. Under the cover of intensive artillery fire,
Next, the blasters rushed across the bridge, reached under the two fortresses, pulled and lifted the heavy explosive bags and threw them directly from the nozzle. Then they rolled over and rolled to the bottom of the river beach. A few seconds later, two loud blasts were heard in succession.
There was a loud noise, and pieces of the blown fortress fell into the river.
The destruction of these two main fortresses was equivalent to opening a passage on the bridge. The khaki-colored crowd quickly swarmed to the other side, and then split off. They rushed up from the blind spots of other fortresses with explosive packets, and threw them in.
Huge explosions sounded one after another at the nozzle, and fortresses one after another were reduced to ruins in the flames of the explosion. Before the blasting work was even halfway done, the Qing troops in the remaining fortresses immediately opened their doors and fled in panic when they saw that the situation was not good.
But unfortunately, what awaited them was a barrage of bullets.
The loyal and brave troops who passed the Bali Bridge then continued to attack the city of Beijing. At this time, Cixi calmed down.
"Your Majesty, remember that you are the Emperor now. We have no way out. We can only fight to the death. No matter Yang Feng or that villain, they will not let us go." She said looking at Pu Wei, who had a pale face.
"Old Buddha, let's go! It's just like the time of Emperor Wenzong and Emperor Xianfeng." Pu Wei said with a sad face. Speaking of it, when he first became emperor, he was quite ambitious. Now his intestines are almost turning green. He has been facing him these past few days.
His grandfather complained a lot.
"It's ridiculous, is this time the same as that time? At that time, when foreigners invaded and the people all over the world shared the same hatred, Emperor Wenzong just temporarily avoided the enemy. King Qin's army arrived and could naturally push back the enemy. But in this situation, who are the governors of those places?
If we are still here in Beijing, we will occupy Zhengshuo. If the deposed emperor takes over Beijing, we will become rebels. No matter where we escape, we will only end up being betrayed. More
Besides, can we escape?" Guiziliu angrily scolded his grandson, as if the city of Beijing was not bought with money at the time of his brother.
Pu Wei was so frightened that he quickly shut up.
"Your Majesty, the situation is urgent now. I am afraid that I must relinquish power. Yesterday, the retired Japanese general Dashanyan came to the door and volunteered to help defend the city with a group of Japanese officials who traveled to Beijing. I think these people are sincere.
We might as well give them a chance to atone for their sins." Guiziliu said.
"Can the Japanese believe it?" Cixi was a little confused.
In fact, a large number of Japanese retired soldiers went to China to make a living during this period. Although Japan was allowed to retain up to 100,000 army troops after the war, how could the Japanese government, which had actually lost its pants, maintain so many? Hirobumi Ito succeeded him as prime minister after his death.
It was Shigenobu Ohsura who had two broken legs. The first thing he did was to disarm. Anyway, Japan had already done that. He simply broke the pot and broke his legs, and put on a posture of letting everyone take advantage of him. The Army
The abolition to only three divisions will only maintain the minimum psychological protection. In this way, the number of active-duty soldiers who will be abolished alone will reach hundreds of thousands. The soldiers will just go home and farm. Those in the middle will be able to make do.
Naturally, senior military officers cannot be treated like untouchables.
At this time, Cixi was training a new army on a large scale, so they all came to show off their talents with great expectations. Unfortunately, firstly, they were the losers and lacked sufficient advertising effect. Secondly, some friends from Shan County peeled off the wild boar skin of the father and his son.
They also killed hundreds of thousands of Manchus in the Northeast, so they were not very popular and only a few got jobs. However, this war gave them hope.
"Queen Mother, of course I can't guarantee it if I hit someone else, but it's different if I hit Yang Feng. Don't forget that they have a blood feud with Yang Feng." Guiziliu said with a smile.
"Then summon him to the palace to see you!" Cixi nodded and said, she really had no choice now. There were quite a few soldiers from Beijing, six or seven of them. It would be no problem to raise a hundred thousand, and the weapons
There is no shortage, there are more than 300 cannons of various calibers. As for other guns, ammunition, food, etc., these can be easily supported for a year or two, but there is no real commander-in-chief. The best ones are Zai Yi and Zai Xun.
Yes, but they ran back without even defending Tongzhou and Bali Bridge. We can't rely on them to defend the city of Beijing, right?
When he learned the news of Cixi's summons, Oyama Iwa, who was stranded in the Japanese Embassy in China, could not restrain his excitement. He turned around and shouted at a large group of officers from the Satsuma domain behind him, including Kuroki Morin.
Said: Gentlemen, the time for revenge has come!
He was actually pushed out of the military. After the war, Japan was in a fight within itself. After all, the country had reached this point, and a group of people had to be responsible for it. In addition, the abolition of the army led to fierce competition for personnel, and internal factional conflicts seriously intensified.
Army Minister Yamagata Totomo took the opportunity to exclude these generals from the Satsuma clan, so he used the disastrous failure of the counterattack on Tokyo as an excuse to force the then Second Army Commander Oyama Iwa and the Sixth Division Commander Kuroki Shizuki to resign, and then sent a large number of Satsuma
The feudal officers were abolished and retired. Of course, in order to show their fairness, they also pushed their good student Katsura Taro to the reserve. Of course, this is only temporary and will definitely be reactivated in two years.
But people like Oyama Iwa don’t have any chance to be used. Their only ending is to go home to retire. But the problem is where can he go back to his home now? His home is in Kagoshima, and the name there is now called Far East Prefecture in Germany.
, almost half of their relatives in their hometown were massacred by the Germans because they resisted the occupation. The officers of the Satsuma Domain who even lost their families hated Yang Feng so much that they wanted to bury his skin and eat his bones.
Naturally, they were all looking forward to the opportunity of revenge, so their leader, Dashanyan, followed the eunuch who delivered the order to the palace to see Cixi.
At this time, except for some who stayed behind along the way, the remaining 20,000 loyal and brave troops all arrived at the gate of Beijing. However, they were not in a hurry to launch an attack. This time was different from the last time. When I came to Beijing last time, this
It is not an exaggeration to say that the city's combat effectiveness is zero, but after almost a year of hard work, it is no longer possible to easily defeat it. Therefore, the 20,000-strong army first built military camps and at the same time assigned 5,000 people to clean up the surrounding areas.
County, of course, the most important thing is that they still have a big job.
"Miss Han?" Chen Zhong looked at Caiyi's sister who came out of the car with some surprise. He didn't expect that it was Prince Yang's personal secretary who was personally escorting him the supplies.
"Commander Chen, transfer a battalion to me. I have something important to deal with." Cai Yi, who was wearing a military uniform, said with a solemn expression.
Chen Zhong was stunned for a moment, but then he realized that if there was nothing special, how could King Zhennan send one of the future princesses to the front line? He quickly handed over his guard battalion to the command of Caiyi. The actual battalion commander of this battalion was
Above is Cai Yi's brother. Since it is a special job, it would be most suitable for the two of them to work together.
After nightfall, the battalion rode more than a hundred trucks northward around the city of Beijing and headed directly to the northwest of the city. Worried about their safety, Chen Zhong quickly ordered the cavalry regiment to follow and protect them, although the Qing army had already
They were all retreated into the city, but such a small force operating alone would inevitably attract some uncool-minded Qing troops. After all, the city of Beijing was too big, and 20,000 people simply could not lay siege to it. It would be difficult to be in danger in the west of the city.
Rushed over in time to provide support.
He was completely over-worrying about this. At this time, the defenders in Beijing City were trembling with fear as they looked at the long queue with their car lights on, so they still dared to go out and harass them.
"West of the city? What are they doing in the west of the city?" Cixi, who was looking at the map of Beijing city at Dashanyan and explaining the defense plan to her and Guiziliu, was stunned by the news.
"Lafayette, there are quite a few thieves. They are lined up with headlights for several miles, and there are cavalry following them. It is estimated that there are at least five thousand people." Gangyi said with great certainty.
"Old Summer Palace? No, it's the Summer Palace! They are going to loot the Summer Palace!" Guiziliu said immediately.
At this time, Cixi also understood. Her lips trembled and she said with grief and anger: "These traitors!"
Caiyi is here to loot the Summer Palace. There are so many treasures that can't be given to Guangxu to enjoy after Cixi steps down, right? Since this is not as good as for Prince Yang to enjoy it himself, Caiyi's sister's task is to load all the treasures in the Summer Palace into the car
Send it to Qinhuangdao, then ship it to Fuzhou. As for selling it in the future, although it is not suitable to sell it to foreigners, it is still possible for domestic rich people. At this time, China's private wealth is still very sufficient.
Instead of letting those old and rich people go into the coffin, it is better to use these treasures to dig out and build a few warships. Especially for the landowners in the inland provinces, it is definitely hopeless to persuade them to invest in industry, but to persuade them to collect antique treasures,
They will definitely flock to it. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!