At 4:30 p.m., all the fighters of the special forces woke up from their sleep, because the soldiers were all sleeping in combat uniforms, but they had only taken off their helmets and tactical vests, and the weapons and other carry-on items were placed at the head of the bed, and they could reach out to them, so the whole army was fully equipped, and after 10 minutes, the fully armed fighters had gathered in front of the helicopter. At this time www.biquge.info the propellers of the three straight 8F helicopters had been activated, making a "saucer-saucer-saucer" sound, and a strong propeller wind was rolled, and the two pilots of each helicopter were standing in the nose.

Yu Maolin looked at the three teams of soldiers, and then the command informed him that the first and second regiments had entered the position, and the special forces could board the plane and prepare to leave. So Yu Lanlin immediately ordered the whole army to board the plane.

As former Marines, the soldiers are no strangers to boarding, sequentially climbing into the massive cabin of the Z-8F helicopter, flipping down their seats from the side walls and fastening their seat belts. However, there are only 27 seats in the cabin of the straight 8F, and the number of people on board is 33-34 people, because there will be 6-7 people in each helicopter who do not have seats and can only use suspension seat belts to secure their bodies. The helicopter crew immediately boarded the flight room and prepared for takeoff.

Little by little, the time passed, and it was not long before it was 5 o'clock in the morning, and the command gave the order to take off. So the three Z-8F helicopters immediately turned on full power, and the huge fuselage slowly left the ground, gradually rose into the air, and disappeared into the night sky soon after, and the huge sound brought by the rotation of the propeller gradually faded away, almost inaudible.

The distance from Tongzhou to Beijing is only 20 kilometers, and for a helicopter with a cruising speed of 260 kilometers per hour, it is a matter of 4-5 minutes, so it does not take long for three helicopters to fly over Beijing and begin to descend at an altitude of flight. Although it was pitch black on the ground, the sound of "rumbling" artillery and flashing fire could be heard on the ground, and it seemed that the troops attacking from the periphery had begun to launch artillery bombardments on the city. And by this time all three helicopters received an order from the command to prepare for the start of the airborne landing. The fighters guarding the door of the cabin immediately began to prepare the sliding rope.

In a short time, the three helicopters flew over the palace, and each arrived at their respective airborne positions, slowly descending in altitude, although looking out of the porthole, the entire palace was almost pitch black, with only a few lights. In fact, in the palace, there will be special people to light the lights everywhere every night, although it cannot be said to be as high as day, but it can basically illuminate the road, so that the guards on duty at night, the eunuchs on duty, and the palace maids who travel at night can ensure that the movement is unhindered.

However, now that the palace has been occupied by the Eight-Nation Alliance, and most of the eunuchs and palace maids have dispersed, of course, no one will light any more fires, and the countries have no such plans, so at night, except for a few rooms, the entire palace is basically a black light, and the moonlight tonight is very bleak, and it does not bring much light. Of course, this is of great benefit to the traverser to parachute at night.

When the No. 1 helicopter dropped to about 60 meters in the height of the Taihe Temple, the helicopter hovered in the air, and at this time, the soldiers in the cabin also got up one after another and loosened their seat belts.

The doors on both sides of the cabin opened, the sliding rope was lowered, Yu Maolin waved his hand and said, "Get down." ”

The two warriors immediately grabbed the slippery element, jumped out of the hatch, and slid towards the ground, and then two more fighters followed and slid up, one after the other, in a row. The fighters who had slid to the ground in advance immediately scattered around the landing point, lying on the ground, and holding guns on guard, which was also the basic principle of helicopter airborne operations. Because the helicopter is airborne, a relatively open area is required, and the process of the soldier sliding from the helicopter to the ground is also completely defenseless, so if the enemy attack is encountered at this time, it will be very dangerous, so the soldier who landed in advance must be on guard around the landing site to cover the entire airborne process.

Although the visibility on the ground is now less than 30 meters, in the eyes of special soldiers equipped with night vision equipment, it is like daylight. And just when the fighters had just set up a cordon, on the left side of the landing site, the enemy was spotted.

Although the "rumbling" of artillery from outside the city could be heard very clearly even in the palace, the loud roar caused by the helicopters could not be concealed by the sound of the cannons.

The garrison of the coalition forces in the palace reached more than 3,000 people, but after the loss of Tongzhou, the Eight-Nation Coalition also became nervous and made every effort to strengthen the defense of Beijing. However, the territory of Beijing is vast, the scale of the city is roughly a "convex" shape, divided into two parts of the inner city and the outer city, the scope of the inner city is roughly the second ring line of the old time and space, it is square, the city wall is 24,500 meters long, the wall base is 24 meters wide, the wall is 12-14 meters high, there are 9 city gates in total, they are the east city: Dongzhi Gate, Chaoyang Gate, the south city: Chongwen Gate, Zhengyang Gate, Xuanwu Gate, the west city: there are Fucheng Gate, Xizhi Gate, the north city: Desheng Gate, Anding Gate.

The outer city of Beijing is located at the southern end of the inner city, from the southeast and southwest corners of the inner city to the east and west respectively, about 650 meters respectively, and to the south to push out about 2000 meters, the Temple of Heaven is included, the city wall is 14400 meters long, the wall base is about 12 meters wide, the wall is 7.5 meters to 8 meters high, there are 7 city gates in total, respectively, the east city: Dongbianmen, Guangqu Gate, the south city: Zuo'anmen, Yongding Gate, You'anmen, Xicheng: Guang'anmen, Xibianmen.

The total length of the inner city and the outer city of Beijing is about 39,000 meters, 16 city gates, but because there is a part of overlapping, the total length of the outer outline is about 37,000 meters, 13 city gates, the Chongwen Gate, Zhengyang Gate and Xuanwu Gate of the south wall of the inner city are actually in the outer city.

However, this is not at all the existing more than 13,000 Eight-Nation Coalition troops can defend it, even if the Eight-Nation Coalition Army is lined up in a single row, each soldier has to defend about 3 meters wide on the city wall

Although they knew that their troops were insufficient, the Eight-Nation Coalition could not sit still, and still tried their best to defend the city of Beijing, so after discussion and discussion among the commanders of various countries, it was decided to concentrate their forces as much as possible and rely on the city gate to arrange the defense of Beijing. Moreover, the Chongwen Gate, Zhengyang Gate, and Xuanwu Gate on the south wall of the inner city are only stationed in the outer city, so only a small number of soldiers are stationed there, and the troops are mainly deployed in the other 13 city gates, and at the same time, they also try their best to compress the defenders in the palace, and each country only leaves about 150 soldiers in the palace, a total of about 1,000 people, and mainly to guard the walls of the palace.

But even so, the defenders of each gate were only about 800 people, so the headquarters of the coalition forces decided that when a certain gate was attacked by the People's Army, the defenders of the adjacent gate should send troops to reinforce it.

Since the airborne landing was carried out at night, most of the coalition soldiers were resting at this time, but the sound of artillery fire from outside the city had already awakened most of the people by this time, and the sound of helicopter propellers was also heard in the air. If it were in the old time and space, someone would definitely react that the enemy helicopter was coming, either an air strike, or an airborne operation.

It's a pity that the people of this era have never seen helicopters, so they don't know what is going on at all, and no one cared at first, but they were busy inquiring about the battle of the city wall, and they didn't send people to fortify the palace, but only strengthened the defense of the imperial city, and no one thought that the enemy would come from the sky.

However, as the sound of the helicopter became louder and louder, it finally attracted the attention of some people, and the commander of the Japanese army, Lieutenant General Yamaguchi Sochen, did not dare to be careless, because the strange sound of "saucers, saucers, saucers" was already very deafening, and it seemed that it was not far from the headquarters of the Japanese army. So Yamaguchi Sochen ordered a detachment of Japanese soldiers to go to the place where the sound was heard to see what was going on. At present, there are only two detachments stationed in the Japanese headquarters, so sending a detachment to reconnoiter is already a lot of troops.

After receiving the order, the detachment leader led the team to leave the headquarters and rushed to the place where the sound sounded, but at this time, there was no light in the Taihedian factory, and he could only vaguely see that there seemed to be some shadows shaking, and the sound came from the air, but when he looked up, the sky was dark, and he couldn't see anything clearly. But you can clearly feel the gale blowing from the direction where the sound came from, and the hunting sound.

The captain of the detachment led the team to the direction of the sound and gale in the dark, feeling that he was getting closer and closer, but at this moment, he only heard the sound of "da-da-da" gunshots, and before the Japanese soldiers could react, they fell to the ground and died.

In fact, in the eyes of the crossing soldiers, the actions of the Japanese army have no concealment at all, and the entire battlefield is unilaterally transparent to the traversers, so when the Japanese detachment appeared, the vigilant crossing soldiers had already aimed at them, and the Japanese soldiers were still confused, and when the Japanese soldiers advanced to a distance of about 150 meters from the vigilant soldiers, the crossing soldiers opened fire, and as a result, 13 Japanese soldiers of a detachment were all killed in just a few seconds, and they did not even return fire.

By this time, the 1st Squadron had all landed from the helicopter, and the pilots put away the ropes, closed the side doors, and slowly ascended to return home. And Yu Maolin immediately ordered to reorganize the team, and then advanced towards the Wuying Palace.

Although the gunfire did not last long, it had already been heard by the Japanese soldiers in the Wuying Palace, and although they did not know what the battle situation was, it still aroused the vigilance of Yamaguchi Suchen, so he immediately ordered the Japanese soldiers who stayed at the headquarters to be on alert and prepare. However, at this time, there was only one detachment left behind in the headquarters, and there were only more than 20 people in the guard team of the headquarters.

Of course, the adjutant set up to Yamaguchi Suchen, and the Japanese army guarding the city wall came back to guard the headquarters, but Yamaguchi Suchen refused, because Yamaguchi Suchen did not believe that the enemy army could silently pass through the walls of the imperial city and break into the palace.