Chapter 46: Let's Make a Bet
In addition to the more than 60 people from the 3rd Company who stayed in the old nest to guard the millions of taels of silver, more than 200 people from the 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th companies were all dressed in Japanese military uniforms, straw hats on their heads, and robes, with their trouser legs rolled up high, and Japanese standard military shoes on their feet.
Such a somewhat bizarre-looking force, in such a scene, did not attract too much attention.
Of course, the most important thing is that there are not many pedestrians on the streets at this time.
Even the coalition soldiers, most of them hid in a certain house to avoid the rain, or entered a certain people's house to do something inferior to that of a beast.
Ordinary people, after seeing the Japanese soldiers pretending to be from Wang Sirui's battalion, they hid in private, and tried not to have any contact with them as much as possible.
And in order to reach Prince Gong's Mansion, Wang Sirui and the others had to pass through a city gate connecting the inner and outer cities, and at this time, the several city gates connecting the inner and outer cities had already been firmly controlled by the coalition forces.
Not to mention an organized army, even an ordinary person would not be able to pass through here.
Another way is to go out of the city from the Xibian Gate, and then enter the city directly from the Xizhi Gate, and then quickly pounce on the Gongwang Mansion.
But at this time, there were also many Qing troops in Xizhimen who were leaving the city, and once they passed through there, it would cause great chaos. Moreover, the Japanese do not seem to be present in the west, which will greatly increase the possibility of leakage.
Therefore, Wang Sirui chose the one that seemed the most unlikely, but had the highest success rate and was the most concise.
Walk directly through the Xuanwu Gate and enter the inner city from the outer city.
If you don't know Japanese, this road will not be possible anyway, but fortunately, Wang Sirui knows Japanese, and the Japanese and the Qing Dynasty people do not seem to be much different on the surface, except for their height.
But in the absence of comparison, coupled with this weather condition, it is difficult for the coalition forces to notice this.
When approaching the Xuanwu Gate, Wang Sirui suddenly ordered the troops to stop advancing, and if they went further, they would be within the line of sight of the Xuanwu Gate, and at this time, they had to behave a little embarrassed, only in this way could they deceive the coalition soldiers stationed at the city gate.
Although they all claim to be the most gentlemanly army in the world, no matter how gentlemanly you are, you will definitely not talk about gentlemen when it rains heavily.
With the behavior of rolling up the trouser legs, no matter how neatly the team walks, this is not in line with the standard of a gentleman, right?
"When we all run, we don't have to do it neatly, but it definitely shouldn't be too messy. In addition, be prepared for battle, no one is allowed to speak, everything is under my orders. Wang Sirui commanded.
It is best to deceive foreigners, but if you can't deceive, then you can only attack, of course, this is the next policy.
Then, Wang Sirui waved his hand, and a company of soldiers in the front row of the team began to take steps and run forward.
These people are also people who have undergone military training, although the training method and effect are not as good as those of foreigners, but at least the queue is still relatively good.
Therefore, even if Wang Sirui asked them not to be so neat when they ran, at this moment, the team that was running forward still showed the posture of a strong army.
Especially after several battles, the whole army was filled with a trace of murderous aura, which was the same as that of the Japanese army.
On the upper floor of Xuanwu Gate, several foreign officers were looking at Beijing in the rain with all kinds of boredom, and they were quite emotional in their hearts.
Before sending troops, no one could have imagined that they would be able to occupy the capital of this ancient country so quickly and so easily.
And in the hearts of these people, it can also be said that there are mixed tastes, some are excited, some are emotional, some are regretful, and there is a trace of loss.
Either way, they are about to become victors, and they are about to be recorded in history.
According to the latest partition occupation plan, the outer city will be occupied by the British, American and German forces, the northeast of the Imperial City will be occupied by the Germans, the eastern part of the Imperial City will be occupied by the Japanese army, the southeast of the Imperial City will be occupied by the British army, the west of Chongnei Avenue and the south of East Chang'an Avenue will be occupied by the German army, the east of Dongsi South Street will be occupied by the Russian army, and the west will be occupied by the Italian army. The West City was occupied by Britain, France, the United States, and Italy.
Xuanwu Gate is located in the western part of the entire capital and is the westernmost gate connecting the inner and outer cities. According to the divisional occupation plan of the coalition forces, this gate should be jointly controlled by the British, French, American, Italian and German armies.
In fact, it is precisely the case that the Xuanwu Gate at this moment should be jointly garrisoned by five countries. It's just that because the German army has not yet arrived in the capital, it is actually garrisoned by Britain, France, the United States, and Italy.
Because it was only one gate, and there were a large number of coalition troops in the city, the coalition forces also felt that it was not necessary to place a large number of defenders at each gate.
Therefore, at this moment, Xuanwumen has a total of 150 troops stationed in the four countries. And the leader is Lieutenant Avery of the U.S. Army.
As the team got closer and closer, the commander of the four countries located on the city wall also saw the team running towards the Xuanwu Gate under the city.
They were startled at first, but then they thought that there was no decent resistance in the city at this moment, so the one who appeared in their sight would definitely not be an enemy.
"Gentlemen, how embarrassed do you see the Japanese monkeys running? If their commander were here, he would be ashamed of their actions. Avery pointed to the approaching team, jokingly and sarcastically.
Although the United States is also a second-rate power in the world at this time, in front of the Japanese, the United States is also a giant, an existence that is enough to make the Japanese look up to it.
"Haha, I think they must have wanted to take advantage of the rain to go out and do something dirty, and then they didn't expect the rain to be too strong, so they had to return in vain." Immediately afterwards, Second Lieutenant Philip of the British Army also quipped.
The French and Italian commanders also echoed their words, but the remarks of the Italian commanders were ignored. After all, Italy only symbolically came eighty-five people, and there were only five people guarding the city gates, saying that they were commanders, but in fact they were squad leaders, and these people did not take the Italian army into account at all.
"Guys, I have a proposal." Philip suddenly became interested, and said with a wicked smile on his face.
"Oh? My man, might as well speak up and let's talk about it. Avery echoed the same idea.
"Why don't we order the gates to be closed and let the Japanese get drenched in the rain below. And then we bet on whether the Japanese will be angry about it, how? Philip smiled and said what he thought.
"That's not good, right? If the Japanese stab us at the Allied Headquarters, we will be unlucky. The French commander, Second Lieutenant Basille, frowned, a little worried.
If it's normal, it doesn't matter if they play like this. But now it is pouring rain in the sky, just blocking the Japanese in the outer city, if it is okay in the end, but if these Japanese are sick because of this, which affects the next mission, then even if the Japanese have the lowest position in the headquarters, it is not something that a few of them can provoke.
"It's okay, we're only betting for two minutes, and after two minutes, no matter what the outcome is, we'll open the gates and let them through." Avery shook his head with a smile, and then continued: "I'll pay ten pounds, and bet that the Japanese won't dare to be angry in two minutes." ”
"I bet they wouldn't be angry!" Avery also held out a finger and motioned for himself to bet ten dollars as well.
"I bet they won't be angry!" Second Lieutenant Basille of the French Army also made a bet.
"I'm not going to gamble." The squad leader of the Italian army shook his head, he didn't have much capital to gamble, because the number of the Italian army was so small that they didn't dare to act alone, so the Italian army was the poorest of these countries, and at most they could only drink some soup.
Three people bet, all of them bet that the Japanese would not be angry, and all of a sudden there was no way to continue this bet.
Eventually, the three had to change their bets, and they began betting on whether the Japanese would say tough words within two minutes.
Avery and Philip bet no, but Basille thought they would, so the three finally had different opinions on the bet, and the bet was officially formed.
"Hey, James, close the gates, don't open them without my orders."