There were tens of thousands of Qing troops surrounded in Yanjing City, but very few could really be seen wearing Qing army uniforms, and the streets were full of Boxer members and Boxer members pretended to be by the Qing army.

Those Qing soldiers and generals who didn't have time to escape, if they wore military uniforms and walked together in groups, the Boxers might not do anything to them, but those Zhengnan troops who were about to enter the city were not easy to say, and the Zhengnan army had a characteristic, where the more the number of Zhengnan troops gathered together, the stronger the strength they burst out during the battle, facing the hundreds of thousands of Zhengnan soldiers on the opposite side, Yanjing City was also urgently summoned hundreds of thousands of troops, However, when they heard the news of the change of banners in most provinces of the country, they fled in groups, and fled in whole formations.

The Qing army that stayed behind did not mean that they were particularly loyal, but that they had no way to escape, and finally when they had a chance to escape, they found that at this time every road outside the city had already been blocked by the Zhengnan army, and the Zhengnan army at this time was like a nail, nailed to the perimeter of Yanjing City, and the water around the glorious and prosperous capital in the past was impassable, and in recent days, no one can get out, the soldiers can't get out, the Boxers can't do it, the officials can't do it, and even the people can't do it.

In the minds of these Qing soldiers, the prestige of the Zhengnan Army was as loud as a killing god, lingering endlessly above their heads all day, and sucking away the only trace of courage they had. These Qing soldiers are also accustomed to enjoying prestige in various places, when have they been in the army for so many years? However, the Qing army, which had never fought with the Zhengnan army, although it had been frightened and full of fear, could not believe that the Zhengnan army would go to war at this time.

For these Qing soldiers, those who ran away were lucky for a while, and those who couldn't run away fell into the abyss, which was full of demons one by one, this is the capital, but at this time the capital is more terrible than the hell Shura, the shop doors that were smashed open everywhere on the street, there were corpses lying crookedly inside, the men were killed directly, judging from the appearance of their deaths, they didn't suffer much, the old people and children were also killed, and there were girls and women who died the worst, One by one, they were randomly ripped off their clothes on the street, and they were taken to annihilate silver in front of many Boxer members and fake Boxer members, and in the end they couldn't bear the pain until they felt a trace of nausea, and then they cut it with a knife, and hastily ended their lives.

According to incomplete statistics after the war, the entire Yanjing City, after the massacre, the people who died were not less than 100,000, of which about 10,000 were Han people, but the identity of these Han people is not the same, there are a very small number of people who come to Beijing from all over the world to do business, and other shops are either opened by Yanjing locals, they are extremely familiar with the terrain here, and the people who stay in the capital all the year round have a much clearer view of various things than the outside world, and once they find that something is wrong, they will flee to the place prepared in advance. Hide from all kinds of man-made disasters in the past.

Most of the others were family members or relatives of the Hanchen who were doing business in Beijing, and they didn't know why the Boxers suddenly launched a devastating attack on them, and they didn't know why each of them slaughtered everyone in their sight like crazy.

If these people knew that the army of Zhengnan was outside the city at this time, what would they dare to think? It was the siege of the Zhengnan army that gave the Boxers and the Qing soldiers such tremendous pressure, they felt that they were a little breathless, and the breath of death enveloped each of them all the time, as if they were about to die. And at this time, the Boxers suddenly came out to make trouble, burning, killing, looting, and looting everywhere, which deeply stimulated the hearts of every Qing soldier, everyone is a human being, and they are in the same city, and these Boxer members are also going to die when the Zhengnan Army comes, so what city do you still guard? The surname Suo first pretended to be a member of the Boxers, and killed in this capital for a while before making a decision.

West Gate, the 54th Division of the New 11th Army of the South Army, like a nail, slowly walked from behind the bunker to the east from west to east, and pressed towards the West Gate step by step, the Qing army had already been defeated for a few days at this time, the city was already burning, the corpses were full of days, and there were still many Boxer members still walking back and forth on the street, looking for their next target.

A 75 mm infantry gun, 100 mm, 105 mm, 120 mm and 155 mm howitzers aimed their guns at the city wall of Yanjing City.

The third battalion of the 919th Regiment of the 101st Brigade of the 45th Division, the soldiers first hid their bodies as soon as they entered a defensive line bunker, and then quickly took out the ammunition on their bodies, picked up a row of five-round magazines and stuffed them into the guns, holding the steel guns tightly with both hands.

In order to speed up the entry of troops into Yanjing City and accelerate the pace of the fall of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Chen Mingjie finally decided to set the date of the end of the battle before the sun set after careful consideration. The Zhengnan army has such powerful firepower in its hands, artillery, mortars, infantry guns, machine guns, etc., all of which the Qing army does not have, and the most important thing is that the Qing army at this time can be said to be no longer the Qing army, they are just a group of bandits, a group of bullies, they only know how to burn, kill, rob, and plunder with the members of the Boxers, and there is no meaning to defend the city at all.

Even if the 20th Army is transferred, the strength of the Zhengnan Army in the periphery of Yanjing at this time still reaches 80,000 soldiers, and if the battle cannot be resolved before the sun sets, it can only be said that the new troops of the Zhengnan Army have failed after such a long period of training and reorganization, and there is still the sharp blade of the New 11th Army attacking the front line for them.

Originally, the New 11th Army sent a part of its troops to the front lines in all directions, where they were the vanguard and responsible for solving the more difficult battles, but after the provinces changed banners one after another, these new troops seemed to have nothing to do other than hand over things locally. The New Eleventh Army was transferred to the outside of Yanjing City because it had other tasks after that, and most of them were waiting for the New Eleventh Army to be reorganized during the five days of waiting.

Xiao Yong, the commander of the third battalion, who was checking around to see if all his troops had entered the battle position, suddenly saw a soldier standing there, and hurriedly rushed over and asked loudly, "Daqin, what's wrong?" ”

The soldier called Da Qin looks like he has just reached the age of the weak crown, and his face still has a slight childishness that has not been completely taken off, don't look at Da Qin's young age, his military age is not short, and now he has three years of military experience, and he is brave in battle, giving people a feeling of being fierce and powerful, but the childishness of this face still betrays his age. Da Qin wiped the beads of sweat on his face, took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to the battalion commander, and immediately lit it for himself, saying: "It's okay, the artillery in the back is accurate, they haven't eaten less shells for so many years, if the gap is three kilometers away, they don't have to be artillerymen from now on." I think the people in the headquarters are just okay to eat and be full, and the commander-in-chief is not omnipotent, and a little artillery can't save a little hit, just the defense of Yanjing City, we can take it with one charge, how can we use such a waste? ”

Xiao Yong patiently explained: "Great Qin, our task is to control Yanjing City, not to capture Yanjing City, there are only a few city gates around, do you think how long it will take for our tens of thousands of troops to enter the city?" I'm afraid that by the time we're all inside the city, it'll be afternoon. Therefore, let's use the fire of artillery to make a few holes in each section of the city wall, so that it is not equivalent to giving us a few more entrances? It can reduce the time we spend entering Yanjing City, and it can also minimize losses. ”

Da Qin let out an "oh" as if he didn't understand, and then lay down behind the nearest bunker with the battalion commander.

Just a few minutes after Da Qin and the squad leader lay on the ground, the artillerymen who received the order began to conduct the first round of test firing. A shocking explosion was heard not far away, and a huge fiery red fireball flew into the air with a whole cloud of mud and shattered bricks and other objects.

In the next few seconds, another earth-shattering explosion was heard, and an even more terrifying effect was visible to everyone, only to see the cannonball explode at the foot of the city wall, sending out a cloud of orange flames and rising into the air.

After the explosion sounded, I heard the roar of the cannonballs breaking through the air and tearing the air, and the terrifying sound of the cannonballs tearing the air filled the entire space, scaring all the people who heard its roar, and stood there for a moment looking at the direction from which the explosion sound came from. This is the effect of heavy artillery that flies faster than the speed of sound, and the Zhengnan Army at this time is only equipped with a small number of such heavy artillery, and all of them are also equipped in the artillery units of the New Eleventh Army.

Ni Zanqing was sitting in a room, and was about to take some silver taels to the city gate to pay bribes, but he heard such a terrifying explosion, hurriedly stood up and walked outside the house, looking at the direction from which the explosion came from, his heart trembled, and muttered: "Is the Zhengnan army going to start attacking?" ”

(To be continued)