The sun was shining, and on the highway from Tianjin to Yanjing, more than 80 motor vehicles of various types lined up in a long convoy, and the wheels rolled up the rolling dust, winding for several miles.

Such a huge convoy, looking at the entire Qing Empire, only the current governor of Zhili, Wang Chenhao, has the ability to have.

The convoy consisted of light jeeps and trucks, carrying the guards around Wang Chenhao.

This guard unit has a reinforced battalion of troops, and the soldiers are all elite selected from various units of the Beiyang Army, and the weapons and equipment are also the most advanced, all of which are the latest weapons developed and designed by the Beiyang Ordnance Heavy Industry. Both the equipment and combat effectiveness are first-class.

But in this convoy, there is also a more mysterious and elite force, which Wang Chenhao calls a special force. If the soldiers of the Beiyang Army are recruited from the civilian population, then the soldiers of the guard battalion are selected from the elite of the Beiyang Army, and this special force is selected from the elite of the guard battalion. It can be said that it is the elite of the elite.

For the sake of this special force, Wang Chenhao has painstakingly trained for a year, and its training is more than 10 times stricter than that of the regular troops of the Beiyang Army. For example, a variety of intense exercise training to enhance physical fitness, endurance and perseverance; Carry out psychological quality training under harsh and terrifying conditions, and cultivate the ability to be calm and adaptable; Conduct training in assassination, fighting, infiltration, explosives, assassination, kidnapping, driving, communication, disguise, domestic dialect and foreign Chinese, etc., and master various skills; Conduct tactical training such as attacks and ambushes, learn relevant tactical theories, and improve their ability to read combat and coordinate with each other and command. Special training through multiple channels and at multiple levels has comprehensively improved the capability of special operations.

It is precisely because of this kind of rigorous training that Wang Chenhao has obtained a special force unit that is extremely loyal, capable, well-equipped, fast-moving, well-trained, and particularly strong in combat effectiveness.

The size of this special forces force is not large, there is only one brigade, about 150 people. The brigade has three squadrons, and the squadron has three squadrons, each with 12 people. The 12 men were divided into six teams, a demolition team, a sniper team, a medical team, a reconnaissance team, a combat team, and a communications team. Groups, squads, and squadrons are randomly combined according to the different tasks.

Wang Chenhao originally thought that only one platoon would be enough, but because the weaponry was far from reaching the level of the 21 st century, the only way to make up for the lack of firepower and equipment was to expand the establishment of special forces.

In terms of equipment, the members of the special forces have received strong support from all kinds of the most advanced equipment and equipment of Beiyang Ordnance Heavy Industry. Under the premise of being lightweight, advanced, and highly efficient, the special combat personnel mainly use pistols, daggers, rifles, grenades, and other light weapons, and are distributed with high-grade assassination equipment, medicines, special explosives, and underwater operation equipment.

The pistols, rifles, and heavy machine guns of the special forces are all automatic firearms of the Browning 1897 series, and the mortars use 51 mm caliber. The daggers of the special combat personnel do not stipulate that, in accordance with the principles of special operations, they do not use the most advanced weapons, but use the best weapons. Therefore, the special combat team members choose daggers of different sizes and lengths according to their own strengths, ranging from small knives to large machetes.

The use of rifles is also based on personal preferences and strengths, some like British rifles, some are skilled in German Mauser, and some use sniper rifles, no matter what kind of rifle they use, as long as they can shoot the target accurately.

The sniper rifle they used was improved from the Browning Type 97 rifle under the personal guidance of Wang Chenhao, and in addition to replacing the high-strength barrel, a tubular sighting device of the same length as the barrel was added, and the rear half of the device was equipped with a white light sight developed by the Beiyang Science and Technology Optical Laboratory.

The sight was developed on the basis of the German Zeiss optical sight with a magnification of 3x and 3 reticles for aiming. There is also a graduated lens between the objective lens and the eyepiece of the scope, and the scale is drawn on the lens as thin as a hair's mark that meets each other, and the line and scale can effectively assist the sniper in aiming matters. When measuring the distance, there is an arc from the bottom left to the top right and the reference level in the lower left corner of the scope, there is a number "6" above the lower left corner of the arc, there is a number "2" in the upper right corner of the arc, and the numbers from the bottom left to the top right are 6, 4, 2, if the lower edge of the foot of the standing target with a hypothetical height of 1.7 meters is cut to the baseline level, and its head coincides with the lower edge of the arc, then the arc number is compared, if it is 4, it means that the target is 400 meters away from the shooter, and so on.

As the world's first sniper rifle, the gun has a total length of 1130mm, a barrel length of 641mm, a gun weight of 4.11kg, and a magazine capacity of 10 rounds. As a sniper rifle, the bullet of the gun is a special charge, although the caliber is still 7.92 mm, but the charge is a powerful black Sorkin, and the amount of medicine has also increased a lot, so that the range of the sniper rifle can reach 2,000 meters, and the effective range has reached 800 meters. But since the sight is still at the level of the first generation of optics, the effect is not very good, so in fact it would be nice to be able to reach an effective range of 300 meters.

Although it only has an effective range of 300 meters, compared with other combat rifles, the advantages of this sniper rifle are also very obvious, and it is still a sharp weapon for special operations.

And for the soldiers of the army, those who can hit the heart within 100 meters can be called sharpshooters. Most soldiers are only required to be able to fight people within 50 meters to meet the requirements, so the 300-meter sniper distance of the special combat team is still the strongest in this era, and it has an incomparable advantage.

In terms of grenades, there are conventional and special types. Conventional grenades still use the honeycomb grenade of the Beiyang Army standard. The production cost of special type is extremely high, and flash grenades, smoke bombs, incendiary bombs, tear gas bombs, etc. are added, because magnesium, sodium, aluminum, white phosphorus, nitric acid and other materials are inherently expensive, and after adding chemical agents such as poison - Sies, the cost can be imagined.

However, fortunately, with the improvement of the Beijing-Tianjin-Tang industrial base, the chemical industry has been put into production, so that the cost is still within an acceptable range. However, chemical agents such as Ciès also need to be imported from foreign countries, and the powers have strict restrictions and rely on smuggling, so they can only be used by special forces and security services.

Of course, there are also helmets, camouflage uniforms, camouflage cloaks, steel-soled boots, binoculars, and a large number of related equipment and equipment; in short, the expenses and military expenditures of this special operations brigade are equivalent to the maintenance expenses of a regiment of the Beiyang Army and a destroyer of the Navy, and it can be said that it is the most expensive unit in the army.

In addition to taking care of his own safety, Wang Chenhao also hopes to have the opportunity to let them show their skills.

When the convoy was not far from Yanjing, the captain of the guard, Li Bing, asked Wang Chenhao.

"My lord, we are going to Yanjing City in front, my lord, you see whether we should kick Ronglu's territory first, or smash Yuan Shikai's field."

Wang Chenhao entered Beijing this time, ostensibly to be summoned to see Cixi, but in fact, Wang Chenhao wanted to see Yuan Shikai's actual strength. For Yuan Shikai, Wang Chenhao had an inexplicable worry, and he was thinking about how to nip Yuan Shikai in the bud.

At this time, Yuan Shikai controlled the five gates of the outer city and the three gates of the inner city of Yanjing, while Rong Lu controlled the six gates of the inner city and the imperial city. Wang Chenhao planned to enter Beijing from the southern city, all the way through the outer and inner cities of Yanjing, and from the Desheng Gate of the northern city to the Summer Palace, so as to continuously pass through the city gate defended by Yuan Shikai and Rong Lu's garrisons, and test the opponent's attitude and defensive strength.

"Go to Yongding Gate, first go to check Yuan Shikai's catties."

Wang Chenhao gave an order, and the convoy rushed straight to Yongdingmen.

At this time, Yanjing City was already full of rumors inside and outside. Pedestrians on the streets and alleys come and go in a hurry, don't talk about state affairs. Soldiers set up barricades inside and outside the city walls and built various emergency fortifications.

Outside the Yongding Gate, Yuan Shikai's subordinates strictly checked the passers-by, and all the businessmen who went out of the city and entered the city were taxed. Yuan Shikai collected heavy taxes at the five city gates, on the one hand, he collected money for himself, and on the other hand, the money obtained was also used to buy arms and recruit troops.

It can be said that Yuan Shikai saw the opportunity and used the name of Guangxu to quickly expand himself. In his heart, no matter how Guangxu and Cixi fight, as long as he has money and soldiers in his hands, then he will have bargaining chips.

"Look, boss! What's over there? ”

The Qing soldiers who guarded the gate saw a long dragon galloping from afar, and the first time they saw such a scene was unknown, so the city gate guards hurriedly set up a horse to resist.

"Stop!"

"What for?"

"Get out of the car and check!"

…… Wang Chenhao's convoy used to go through Guangqu Gate, but this was the first time to go through Yongding Gate, and the guards didn't know. At the same time, such a huge convoy entered Beijing, carrying an army loaded with guns and ammunition, and it was safe in the capital, so it was appropriate for the guards to stop it.

However, Wang Chenhao came to smash the field this time, and wanted to give Yuan Shikai a dismount, Wang Chenhao's convoy was stopped at the city gate, and several officers of the guard battalion who took the lead and under the leadership of Li Bing immediately flew out of the car.

Li Bingqi led people to hurriedly come forward, and he was about to beat people without saying anything. But his men were sharper than him, and they immediately punched and kicked the front few officers and soldiers who defended the city to the ground.

"Damn, blind your dog's eyes, you dare to stop Lord Wang's convoy?"

The officers and soldiers who guarded the gate were immediately blinded, and for many years they had been guarding the city gate, and only they had beaten others, and others had beaten them. Now that they were beaten, they suddenly blew up the camp and lit up one after another.

"Okay! Dare to point a gun at Lao Tzu! ”

Li Bing waved his hand, and suddenly a large group of soldiers got out of the car and rushed up like tigers and wolves.

As soon as the guy lit up, the gap between the two sides was too obvious, and the Qing army defending the city suddenly did not dare to bluff, and they were shot one by one, and then they were punched and kicked.

(To be continued)