Chapter 153: Take Dagu

On August 12, 1900, there was an uproar near Long Island, with warships and cargo ships moving slowly, and a roar in the sky, the sound of helicopters having lifted off.

In the next day or so, we will sail from Long Island to Tanggu Port to start a real land war. Hulin excitedly stood on the deck, looking out at the coastline in the distance.

On the continent over there, there have been many tragedies, tragedies are still happening, and there are more tragedies to come, let Hu Lin clench his fists and don't let emotions affect his strategy.

Outside the capital, there was a lot of destruction like bandits, and the whole land was screaming and bleeding.

In the camp outside the city, there were nearly 30,000 troops gathered, but it was not a rebellious Qing army, but a well-trained coalition army of foreigners.

"Gentlemen, you've had a good harvest!" It was Seymour, the commander of the coalition forces, who spoke and saw that everyone sitting was smiling, and did not answer, but already answered.

Seymour continued. "Today is the 13th, and our plan is to attack the walls of this ancient capital in the early hours of tomorrow morning.

The walls of the capital are tall and majestic, and they look very majestic and impenetrable. If it weren't for the Qing army's non-resistance and weak combat strength, I'm afraid that no one sitting here would have the confidence to attack it.

Here are the commanders of the coalition countries, Seymour who was the commander of the coalition forces at the beginning, as well as Wadsey of the German army and Major General Frey of the French army. Yasumasa Fukushima of the Japanese army, Kuropatkin of Russia. Chaffee and Risken in the U.S. Army, Tehap in the Austrian Army. The Italian commander has not yet arrived. There was an empty seat.

Everyone's faces were crimson with excitement, and when they thought of the wealth in the city wall, they directly ignored the tall city wall, compared to this wealth, breaking the city wall was only a small difficulty.

"Mr. Kuropatkin, your Russian army is in charge of Dongzhimen. Mr. Yasumasa Fukushima, you Japanese troops go to Chaoyangmen. Mr. Risken, you U.S. troops attacked Dongbianmen ・・・・・・. ”

Seymour, the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, reconfirmed the results that had been negotiated long ago, and the positions of their respective attacks.

"Oh. We know, General Seymour. ”

"General Seymour, the Qing army is incompetent, the city wall is just high, it's a big deal to spend more time attacking, the wealth and women in the city are waiting for us."

"Haha, I agree, they probably won't be in a hurry. Yes, we'll have to speed things up. ”

“・・・・・・・・・・・・・”

The commanders of the countries put the topic on the back burner. They couldn't stop, they were all predicting how much profit they would make, and all kinds of laughter filled the entire conference room, as if a lot of treasure was already in their pockets.

Originally, according to the course of historical development. What they expected would indeed come true, but there was Hulin, a cannonball that broke the development of history. It's going to fall here and blow up these people's fantasies.

Hirayama Navy. Together with the captured patrol fleet, they slowly approached the mouth of Tanggu. By this time it was already the night of the 13th.

Hulin did not let the combined naval fleet get closer, and slightly held up near the sea. There were no lights at night, and some of the coalition warships anchored at Tanggukou could not find the Pingshan Navy.

Counting the time, it is about 150 kilometers from Tanggukou to Beijing, and it takes less than an hour for the helicopter to fly over. Hulin was on the deck with the sea breeze blowing, looking at a modern watch, which was glow-in-the-dark and not needed to be seen by the lamp.

Li Tie, Xiong Qing and others also followed Hu Lin, the sea breeze blew their clothes and crackled, and no one made a sound, waiting for the time to come.

Hu Lin knew that the time for the coalition forces to launch a general attack in the capital was in the early morning of the 14th, and it would take several hours. At 11 a.m., the Americans climbed the walls with ladders, and some men of the Ninth Infantry Regiment climbed the walls with the Star-Spangled Banner and were the first to attack the outer city. Then, under the suppression of the artillery fire of the coalition forces, they ate away at the guards of the outer city walls step by step, and the fall was irretrievable.

At dawn on the 14th, the sea surface was already quite bright.

Hulin did not stop any longer and ordered the navy to advance. The helicopter took the lead and headed straight for the Tanggu pass, followed by the Pingshan Navy.

This time, Hu Lin also did not stay on the command ship, and got on the plane, which was still No. 008, as if he said casually, it was still the same as the last one, and it was the same as any helicopter.

When the helicopter arrived at Tanggukou, the sky was already bright, and there were not a few warships in the open sea port, so I glanced over and saw only three, Hu Lin was strange, but when I looked back, I understood, and some should be in the inland river to Tianjin.

In addition, the coalition forces have already sent large cruisers to patrol the open sea, and naturally there are not many warships in the port, and it is still a small tonnage, which looks like more than 1,000 tons. And if there is an enemy, the first thing to encounter must be the patrol fleet, to destroy the enemy, with the strongest warship to destroy the enemy outside the door, is indeed a good strategy.

But here in Hulin, it's no different. Differences in technology are not determined by tonnage and barrels. Hulin then attacked, and the eight helicopters separated, disabling Paotai and destroying the warship.

The fierce flames had already blasted up at the mouth of Tanggu, disturbing the sleeping people around them, and before these people could react and see what was happening, the three warships in the harbor were trampled on the deck and paralyzed.

Immediately followed by the Dagu Fort that entered the Tanggu Mouth, when the allied fleet came in, it took a lot of effort, and it was only taken down by the Qing warships while they were watching.

One fort was a rocket, and the base of the fort in Dagu was destroyed, and then the next one, not long after, fell into the fort of the coalition army on the shore, which had been paralyzed by rockets.

The coalition troops stationed there looked at the blown up battery in panic, unable to understand what was happening, only to see a large dragonfly flying in the sky, firing at the battery they had just controlled.

Hulin's helicopter followed a little behind, and when he saw that there were coalition soldiers, he came to shuttle a few machine guns, almost knocking people over, and didn't care if they were dead or not, and went to complete the task first.

The army on the naval ship is about to log in, to clear the surrounding artillery fire, cover the login, of course, there is no artillery fire to counterattack yet, only as a vigilance. Under the helicopter raid, the port was directly occupied, and then the army began to log in.

First of all, the army quickly landed on the shore and held various points, and then it was equipped with ammunition and cars... There will be people on these ships who will be in charge, and after the army takes control of the port, the helicopters will begin the mission of clearing the road.

The coalition forces left warships on the river from Dagu to Tianjin to block the river, and the naval guns could control the river bank and prevent special accidents. These warships naturally became an obstacle to the Pingshan army's advance into Tianjin.

Immediately, the strongholds of the coalition forces left behind by the river and in the river were blown up one by one by rockets, and the warships in the river were naturally warships, and these warships of several hundred and thousands of tons were not enough to see at all, and one or two rockets were dispatched.

Immediately the army followed, and the personnel carriers were too normal for the Pingshan army, the road conditions were not very few, but the speed was a little slower, so they didn't have to rush with their feet, and it was a little like Tianjin approaching.

There were only scattered coalition soldiers on the road, and with the cooperation of Pingshan's elite troops and helicopters, there was not much delay at all. The Boxers had a strong resistance force in Tianjin, and the Qing army had more than 10 people, but they were repelled by the coalition army with less than 30,000 troops, which caused more than 1,000 casualties to the coalition army.

Now that the Dagu Fort is taken, it is already past seven o'clock, and there are still 3 hours before the US army breaks through the outer city of the capital for the first time. The helicopter had to arrive at almost 11 o'clock, so there wasn't much time.

"Order to speed up the march and take Tianjin first."

Hulin was on a helicopter, gave the order with a walkie-talkie and ground forces. The Pingshan army on the ground suddenly accelerated the speed of the march, fast without losing an inch. (To be continued.) )