The rumbling cannon sound shook Dongjiaomin Lane. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The soldiers of the Datang Marine Corps stationed here carefully protected themselves under the bunker, and the Marine Corps battalion commander Zhang Qu scolded: "In the end, these Tartars still used their cannons." ”

After all, it was in the capital, and the Praetorian Guards, disguised as the Boxers at the beginning, had not let go of their hands and feet, but only launched a strong attack on Dongjiaomin Lane. However, the experience and ability of the Tang Army are the best troops on the planet after all, and they have set up a tight and effective defense line against the situation in Dongjiaomin Lane. The fortifications were built with barbed wire and all kinds of materials that could be collected, and the Marines had a large number of heavy machine guns, so when the Janissaries stormed, they could only pay a large number of lives but could not shake the defense line of Dongjiaomin Lane.

What made the Tartars even more mad was that the Tang Army not only defended, but was also able to seize every opportunity available to counterattack. The Tang army had already launched small waves of counter-charges after the Janissary attacks were frustrated. Although the Tang army was able to mobilize less than a company of troops each time, it was able to kill and wound several times the enemy, and it did not shrink back to Dongjiaomin Lane until it was not suitable to continue the assault.

And those scouts with special forces tactics even sneaked out of Dongjiaomin Alley and set up things like tricks and mines in the possible attack routes and action areas of the Praetorian Guards, causing very large non-combat losses to the Praetorian Guards.

After being deflated again and again, the Praetorian Guards finally took out their artillery and bombarded Dongjiaomin Lane in the capital. The initial decision not to use artillery was also issued by the palace, after all, it was the root of the imperial city, and shouting and shouting to kill was already a very displeasing thing for His Majesty the Emperor, and it was even more likely to alarm the dragon vein with a cannon bombardment.

It's just that Emperor Jiaqing didn't want to think about it, if this dragon vein was really so vigorous and effective, why didn't he keep his father back then, so that the last life of the Qing Dynasty made the Tang people press to the ground.

After the Qing army used artillery, the effect of the attack immediately increased to a new level. Although the artillery used was mainly low-powered artillery such as infantry support guns and mortars, it was still very useful to attack the buildings of Dongjiaomin Lane. Many buildings were damaged in the shelling. This deprives soldiers and expatriates of shelter and makes their situation much more dangerous.

The Marine Corps also has some small-caliber mortar rocket launchers in Dongjiaomin Lane, but they are not suitable for use in this environment. After the first shelling, more than 20 people were killed and wounded in Dongjiaomin Lane, which cast a shadow on Zhang. He tried to send troops to storm the enemy in an attempt to knock out the most favorable artillery position, but the Qing army also expected this, and the protection of the artillery position was extremely strict.

As a last resort, Zhang Qu contacted the military sub-district headquarters in Tanggu by radio.

"Our unit has requested support from the air force, the enemy has already shelled our unit, and our unit now lacks effective countermeasures, and if this situation continues, our strength will be constantly weakened, causing greater danger."

Yu Xiangbei also became extremely urgent after learning about this situation. The situation was deteriorating, and although outside of the Beijing Division, the Tang army was still invincible and had broken off several Boxer organizations. However, locally, that is, at the point of Dongjiaomin Lane, the Tang army was in a state of siege. Hundreds of marines, plus hundreds of unarmed expatriates and staff, were besieged by tens of thousands of Qing troops and Boxer bandits, and they were extremely critical.

At this time, the Tang army was still breaking through the enemy's blockade and preparing to enter the Beijing division, so the best thing to do was to send aviation to support the defenders of Dongjiaomin Lane.

Yu Xiangbei did not dare to slack off, and immediately ordered the army aviation strike force under the military subdivision to attack. He even drew up a rescue plan, and limited the dispatch of army helicopters to rescue the expatriates and staff in Dongjiaomin Lane, without these people, the marines would have less worries and could be more resolute in combat.

However, the problem is that the helicopter unit of the Army Aviation is still relatively busy at this time, and there are more people there, so it is quite difficult to complete this air rescue operation.

But no matter what, Yu Xiangbei decided to implement it.

Twenty-four dive bombers took off from the Tanggu military airfield and flew to the Beijing Division. At a short distance, aviation quickly arrived on the battlefield. However, it is also extremely difficult to bomb the city, because it is difficult to grasp the specific position of the enemy, and it is difficult to guarantee the bombing effect in the middle of dense buildings. Even more troubling is the fact that there are still some residents on the ground, which could cause unnecessary civilian casualties.

However, the attack plane must be on at this time, and if the Qing army continues to shell like this, then Dongjiaomin Lane will be dangerous.

The intention of the commander of the air force was not to seek an all-out attack on the enemy, but to contain the enemy's artillery bombardment in the first place. Therefore, the assault aviation hovering over Dongjiaomin Alley, like a flock of vultures, once they saw the enemy's artillery firing, they made clear the position of the opponent's artillery, and then they rushed down with the scream of death.

The relatively short distance and relatively large internal oil allow the fighter to fight here for a relatively long time. When the enemy artillery opened fire, the assault aviation swooped down and threw deadly bombs. The Qing artillery was terrified when they saw these aerial demons, and when they saw them drop bombs, they even ignored the artillery and fled.

After dropping the bombs, the fighters flew low again and strafed the uncovered Qing soldiers in the streets.

This wave of air raids frightened the Qing army, but just when the pilots were excited and proud, suddenly two tongues of fire appeared on the ground, and the wings of a fighter plane were immediately cut off, and the unbalanced fighter plane was planted to the ground, and the pilot did not think much about it, and immediately chose to parachute.

Zhang Qu, who was watching the battle in the camp, couldn't help but be indignant and scolded: "The British are really enough to spend money, and even sold anti-aircraft guns to the Qing army?" We don't have this information, go to the special, I see that the gang of people in the Tanggu Military Intelligence Department should all be dismissed, and they haven't collected any useful information, are they waiting to die? ”

Indignant to indignant, Zhang Qu immediately ordered his soldiers to rescue the parachuted pilot. They were able to roughly judge the landing point of the pilots, some of them were close to the enemy's side, but at this time the aviation was angrily firing at the ground, so it was difficult for the enemy to approach, and the success rate of the rescue team was still very high.

The 20 mm anti-aircraft cannon was the fastest rate of fire ever designed by the British. Although the Tang Army's air force has never dealt with ground anti-aircraft fire in actual combat, they have experienced this kind of training in peacetime. While someone was attracting fire, two other warplanes roared down and threw bombs at the anti-aircraft artillery positions, knocking out a door instantly. (To be continued.) )