Cixi was also a decisive person and would never hesitate on such a major matter. She took advantage of the opportunity before the loyal army reached the west of the city and ran away. Otherwise, she would not be able to escape even if she wanted to. So she packed up her belongings in the palace and prepared for Lafayette and Lafayette.
When the emperor visited Shengjing, the Zhongyong Army also began to attack Dong'an and Di'an. More than a hundred cannons left by the Qing army on Chaoyang Gate frantically poured shells at these two places. The Zaiyi brothers were killed.
He was so blown away that he didn't even dare to raise his head, and huddled behind the parapet wall, complaining incessantly.
However, the attack of the Zhongyong Army was also not smooth. They attacked the city wall several times, but were hit back with grenades from above. Those Qing soldiers stood up and aimed and shot without the courage, but it was okay to hide behind the female wall and throw grenades. It was strong.
The parapet and the sandbags behind it provide them with a good comfort zone, and because they are worried about blowing up the palace, the heavy artillery outside the city cannot provide support. After all, they are far away. No matter how accurate this thing is, there is an error, unlike those on the city wall.
Cannons can be aimed directly visually, and the accuracy is relatively high.
"Captain, we can't rely on you. These Tamar grenades are like rain. More than thirty of my brothers have died." The battalion commander who was responsible for storming the city gate said to Zhang Zuolin with a mournful face. This is indeed a very serious matter.
The question is, the Qing army is guarding the ammunition depot in Xishiku in the imperial city. It is unrealistic to expect them to throw out all the grenades in a short time. You must know that Beijing is said to have stockpiled more than 500,000 grenades, many of which are high-end goods imported from abroad.
"What if we make a ramming car now?" Zhang Zuolin, who had read books after all, suddenly remembered that a battering ram would be very useful in this situation. Of course, it would not actually hit the city gate. The imperial city had no moat, so the ramming car
The big wood on the top is covering it. It is impossible to explode even with the power of a grenade. People can use the cover below to get close to the city wall, and then pile up explosives and explode it directly.
But this takes some time.
"Go, hurry up and ask outside the city if they still need that crane. If it doesn't work, let's borrow it." This guy suddenly remembered a good thing.
The messenger next to him hurriedly rode out of the city, and not long after, he invited a crawler crane. It is said that a bulldozer was used outside Chaoyang Gate in order to enter the city. Of course, this has nothing to do with Zhang Zuolin, he has already studied how to
Take advantage of this thing.
The method is very simple. I made almost 20 kilograms of antimony and antimony to make an oversized medicine bag. I stretched the boom to more than 40 meters, tied a piece of wood in front and ran for 50 meters. I just took the rope and ran
Hang it on the wood, and then let the crane carry it to the Dong'anmen city gate. As for the safety of the driver, there is no need to consider it. The construction machinery used by Yang Feng will temporarily add bulletproof to the cab before going to the battlefield.
As for armor, the best rifle bullets at this time are only round-headed lead-core copper armor. Let alone armored steel, it is hard to say whether it can penetrate a five-millimeter-thick ordinary steel plate.
Looking at the monster rumbling towards him like a thunderbolt, Da Shanyan, who was providing command to the Qing troops throwing grenades on the city wall, was dumbfounded. He never expected that the enemy would get such a thing.
There was no way a grenade could be thrown over a distance of more than ten meters, not to mention those Qing soldiers who had absolutely no courage to stand up and throw the bomb.
"Quickly, fire! You must block it!" The old guy waved his saber and shouted at the machine gunners who were lying in the bunker as if they were cowering. Unfortunately, those machine gunners did not know that the danger was approaching. The Zhongyong Army on the opposite side
With machine gun bullets whizzing overhead and artillery shells exploding one after another, how can those Eight Banners disciples who have been pampered since childhood fight?
However, a few brave riflemen leaned forward and fired. They saw the bullets hitting the bulletproof steel plate of the crane cab and causing sparks. Unfortunately, they could not stop its progress. At this time, two brave Japanese officers pushed away the two machine guns.
The gunman pointed the muzzle of a Maxim gun at the crane a hundred meters away. This was still a black-fire Maxim. In the thick smoke, 11.43mm lead bullets spurted out from the muzzle.
, making the cab look like festive fireworks, but unfortunately it was still useless.
In fact, several bullets have been shot through the observation port. Unfortunately, the driver only needs to walk in a straight line at this time. He is so short that he does not need to look at the road. These lucky bullets fly directly out of the unarmored glass window at the back.
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Just like this, under the horrified eyes on the city wall, the wooden stick at the front of the boom hit the city gate hard at a speed of thirty kilometers per hour, and then broke into two halves without hesitation, and the explosive bag hanging at the front followed the broken part.
After falling at the gate of the city, the crane immediately retreated. The large rock on the city wall pushed away the soldiers in front of him without hesitation and ran wildly into the distance. As soon as he ran, the others also reacted and screamed one by one regardless of the bullets and bullets flying from the opposite side.
Cannonball, run away from this hell like crazy.
The explosive bag with wires was connected to the detonator. As an engineer pressed it, there was a loud bang and the Dong'an Gate flew out. Not only the city gate, but even the upper part was damaged to some extent. Okay.
It hasn't collapsed yet.
"Prepare another 50 kilograms and let the crane carry it directly to the city wall. The others are ready and rush in as quickly as possible as soon as the explosion is over. At the same time, tell the artillery to stop the bombardment and don't accidentally injure us." Zhang Zuolin was proud.
He ordered proudly. He found that his idea was very good. With these things, no matter how strong the city wall was, it could be knocked down with one blow.
The second explosive package was quickly prepared. The crane raised its boom and drove over again, but the position was slightly staggered. If it had exploded on the city gate, it might have collapsed directly. I was just glad that the city gate was not destroyed.
Dashanyan was blown away and saved his life. When he saw this situation, he immediately understood the enemy's intentions. How could he care about anything else at this time? He was so frightened that he almost rolled down the city wall, and then plunged headlong into the city wall.
In a cave where soldiers were hidden.
He was not the only one who was equally smart. The sober defenders on the city wall ran towards the city like crazy crying for their fathers and mothers. Of course, there were also many who were unconscious, especially those responsible for throwing grenades. They all looked at Shen Yan in astonishment.
When he reached the crane above his head, Zaiyi, who was hiding in the distance, was still wondering why the enemy's bombardment had stopped. Then he saw a monster with outstretched arms lifting a huge explosive package onto the city wall.
"Fuck!" He cursed in shock and hurriedly dove into the bunker as quickly as possible.
Almost at the same time, behind Zhang Zuolin, a sniper held up a Bofors rifle with a scope and pointed the center of the crosshairs in the lens at the rope. With the sound of a gunshot, the explosive package fell, and then the crane moved as fast as possible.
After walking backwards, before the bewildered Qing soldiers could react, the engineers outside the city immediately pressed the detonator.
The huge fire ball of the explosion suddenly arched up. The explosive power of fifty kilograms of antimony lost the restriction of the thick city wall and was unleashed on the empty city head. It was like a huge broom, instantly covering nearly a hundred meters on both sides.
The Qing army was completely wiped out, and a blown palm even hit Zhang Zuolin, which made him depressed.
As soon as the flames of the explosion were extinguished, the loyal and brave soldiers who had been impatient for a long time immediately shouted and swarmed forward, rushing into Dong'an Gate in the blink of an eye. As soon as these soldiers entered the city, they turned around and rushed up the city wall along the passage, spraying their submachine guns forward with all their might.
Bullets, the Qing troops defending the city immediately lost the courage to resist. At this time, most of them knew that the war was completely lost, so they simply routed westward along the city wall and escaped from the imperial city through Xi'an Gate. Of course, there were also a few
The die-hard elements rushed to the Forbidden City, preparing to defend Lafayette with their lives until the last moment.
Unfortunately, what they didn't know was that Lafayette had already passed through Zhongnanhai at this time. Cixi looked with nostalgia at Di'anmen, which was still in fierce fighting, and Dong'anmen, which had been lost. She sighed helplessly and lowered the curtains of the carriage.
Their fleeing team was very small, with less than a hundred people in total, and they were all dressed up in makeup. Lafayette looked like an old landowner, even the makeup as thick as a city wall had been washed off her face, and she was full of makeup.
She has such a wrinkled face that even if Guangxu comes back, she might not be able to recognize her. In addition to her, she also has Guangxu's real queen, her niece Jingfen, and the six masters and grandsons of the Japanese. As for the others, there is no chance at this time.
Care about others?
There were only a few serving maids and eunuchs left, as well as more than fifty loyal guards and six slaves of the Japanese. After leaving Xi'an Gate, these people went straight to Fucheng Gate. After leaving the imperial city, Cixi discovered that on Fuchengmen Street
There are crowds of people everywhere, especially those princes and ministers from the rear party. These guys know very well that if Guangxu comes back, he will die, and he must be someone who has his house confiscated and thrown into jail. If he doesn't run away quickly, he will be bombed from Andingmen.
As soon as it opened, someone had already opened the Xi'an Gate and started to flee.
Cixi's motorcade quickly merged into the fleeing group. For fear of being recognized, she, the Sixth Japanese Master, and even Li Lianying and some palace maids and eunuchs who often showed their faces hid in the carriage and did not dare to show their faces. Fortunately, who could be seen at this time?
He is not in the mood to care about the people around him. Everyone is thinking about their future in despair. As for who is running away next to him, is there anything worth caring about?
In this way, no one recognized them until they left Fuchengmen. After leaving Fuchengmen, the fleeing people began to disperse to various places. Now they just went to the governors of various places, especially Li Erjiazi. Anyway,
They are all old friends, so it would be no problem to take them into custody.
As for Cixi and her entourage, they went directly to the north. Their goal was to leave Gubeikou and rush to Chengde. At this time, all of Rehe was Guixiang. After Yangfeng landed on Qinhuangdao, she sent her own brother there, and what she prepared was