After Tianjin Wei was occupied by the 22nd Division, the embassies of various countries in the concession soon got the news, and the consuls sent telegrams to the outside world, but there was no response after the telegram was sent, this matter was quite strange, the consuls were worried that something was wrong, for the sake of insurance, the consulates of various countries immediately sent people out, ready to go to nearby cities to send reports, but found that the concession was under martial law by the Northern Expeditionary Army, and the street intersections and roads from the concession to the Chinese boundary were blocked by all lines, and not a single fly could fly out. The consuls of various countries could only stay in the concession and jump to their feet in a hurry, but there was nothing they could do, because the big-headed soldiers under martial law did not care who they were, and without orders from above, they would not let any foreigner come out of the concession.

The news was completely blocked, at about 11 o'clock in the evening, the 20th division of Wu Guangxin was disarmed, all the officers and soldiers were locked in three garrisons and could not go out, Yao Chengcheng sent three companies of troops to guard, and then ordered the cavalry regiment to go to the Beijing division first, the soldiers of the first infantry regiment each rode a mule and horse to follow, and then the division headquarters and other directly subordinate troops followed on foot behind, and set off overnight, leaving a guard company to assist the artillery regiment to garrison Tianjin Wei, and the baggage troops collected horses and carriages inside and outside the city overnight to transport baggage for the large army in front.

Since this raid on the Beijing division was a matter of great importance, there could be no mistakes, so the division commander Yao Chengcheng personally led the cavalry regiment and the infantry regiment to go, leaving the chief of staff Deng Jiaming to lead the division headquarters and other troops to follow behind.

At half past one in the morning, the vanguard of the cavalry regiment arrived in Langfang, * found a guide to lead the way on the periphery of Langfang, and raided a battalion of the Yi Army stationed in Langfang, Yao Chengcheng ordered to rest in Langfang for half an hour, waiting for the infantry regiment behind. Since the vast majority of the infantry had never ridden a horse, they would not have ridden a horse for the first time. In order to prevent falling off the horse, you can only tie yourself to the horse's back with a rope. The riders in front of them walked with the reins, and the men in the front arranged for the cavalry regiment to be the forerunner, so that the horses would not run around.

Soon, some of the main officers of the 1st Infantry Regiment arrived one after another, Yao Chengcheng immediately convened a meeting of several people to discuss the plan of the surprise attack on the Beijing Division, spread out the map, carried an oil lamp to illuminate it, he pointed to the map and said: "According to the intelligence, there are only two troops in and around the Beijing Division. The first is Yuan Shikai's Gong Guard, this army is a mixture of the former Qing Forbidden Guard and Yuan Shikai's Su Guard Army, stationed in the Beijing Division, and there is also a unit that is the Wuwei Left Army, which was changed back to its original name a few days ago, Yi Jun! The Yi army is stationed around the Jingshi, but the main force is in Tongzhou, so we have to take two steps at the same time:

First, seize the city gates. A regiment of infantry entered the city to disarm the Gong Guards, and controlled all important departments of the Beijing Division, especially Yuan Shikai's presidential palace and palace first, and must not let Yuan Shikai and Pu Yi escape!

Second. The cavalry regiment raided the main force of the Yi army stationed in Tongzhou, I believe that Jiang Guidi would definitely not be in the garrison but in the capital, if Jiang Guidi was not in Tongzhou. It's easier to deal with the Yi Army, after all, the dragons have no leader. As long as we attack quickly, we can take them down before they have time to react.

After taking out the arming of the Resolute Army. Collect their weapons, send a part of the troops to guard them strictly, especially the kind of thorns, catch one and kill the other, absolutely not let them make trouble, after solving the Yi army, the cavalry regiment left a part of the guards Yi army prisoners, and the other part quickly rushed to the Beijing division to support the infantry regiment.

It was now two o'clock in the morning, the cavalry regiment set off quickly, and after arriving, do not hesitate to immediately raid the main garrison of the Yi army, and send people to guard the various intersections in advance to prevent anyone from leaking the news after escaping.

According to intelligence, the major gates of the Beijing Division were opened at six o'clock in the morning during this time, and if the First Infantry Regiment arrived early, they would find a place to rest nearby, and wait until the city gate was about to open to get ready. There are special people to do the work of seizing the city gates, so you don't have to worry about that.

In addition to seizing the city gates, the reconnaissance battalion directly under the division headquarters is responsible for the presidential palace and the palace, and the first infantry regiment is responsible for solving the Gong Guards, and they must be disarmed as quickly as possible, and if they cannot be disarmed, then forcibly defeated or annihilated, and must not be merciful at critical times, and must be opened when it is time to fire! Remind a little bit that you should pay attention to when firing, you can't damage ancient buildings and cultural relics, such as palaces, and it is strictly forbidden for any officers and soldiers to take the cultural relics inside when they enter these places. ”

"Yes, Master!" All the officers stood up.

"Let's go!"

It was 4:40 a.m. when the 1st Infantry Regiment and the reconnaissance battalion arrived at the Beijing Division, and it was almost 5 o'clock, and it was not yet dawn at this time, and it was estimated that the cavalry regiment had already moved on the main force of the Yi Army in Tongzhou.

Yao Chengcheng first let the troops rest in the woods outside the city, and let the soldiers of a platoon of raids on the city gate get ready, and the soldiers of this platoon all changed into the clothes of the caravan guys, and found a dozen board carts nearby, pulled by mules, and piled up some sacks on the board carts, which were filled with some shabby clothes, which were very light, and also stuffed a few light machine guns into it, and the soldiers of this platoon each had two military standard pistols stuck in their waists, mainly because of its small size and large ammunition load.

When the troops who captured the city gate were ready, Yao Chengcheng took out his pocket watch and looked at it, it was already past five o'clock, and the city gate would open in another half an hour, and he immediately summoned the officers for the final deployment: "After this platoon disguised as a caravan arrived at the city gate, it seized the opportunity to seize the city gate, as long as there was a gunshot, the cavalry company quickly dispatched to rush over as fast as possible to expand the results of the battle and completely control the city gate, and then the infantry acted and rushed into the city to act according to the prior deployment, are you all clear?" ”

"It's all clear, Master!" The officers agreed.

Yao Chengcheng took out his pocket watch again and looked at it, and said, "Okay, it's almost time, act!" ”

At this time, the sky was already numb, and a caravan slowly walked towards the Yongding Gate, and a soldier standing guard on the city tower muttered: "What, why did a caravan enter the city so early today?" ”

A soldier next to him yawned and said, "Maybe people want to go into the city early and sell their goods?" Why do you care so much? It's about to be handed over, will you go back to lie down or drink two cups? ”

"Early morning drinking? Forget it, I want to live a few more years! ”

The city gate officer was a platoon commander, stepping on his riding boots and walking up the city wall to the city gate tower, and the two soldiers saw it and stood up and saluted: "Platoon commander!" ”

The platoon commander nodded, saw a caravan coming from outside the city, and said: "This caravan has a lot of people, there are thirty or forty people, well, the time is almost up, so who, go and notify the first class to open the city gate and start collecting taxes!" ”

"Yes, platoon commander!"

At this time, many people came from all directions outside the city, even the caravan came a total of fifty or sixty people, and hundreds of people came from the city to prepare to leave the city, and these people were waiting for the city gate to open and go to beg for a living.

"Squeak-" The harsh voice came out of Lao Yuan, the old city gate was opened from the inside, more than a dozen Beiyang Army soldiers walked out from the city gate into two columns, left and right, stood on both sides of the city gate, four soldiers carried a long wooden horse out of the middle in front of the city gate, and divided the road into two parts, right in, left out.

The caravan arrived first, of course, in the advanced city, the platoon commander disguised as the caravan boss waved his hand and asked the people behind to follow him in a cart, and walked to the city gate, and the squad leader on duty at the city gate came over to stop, "Stop, come and pay the tax!" ”

"Okay, boss, come right away!" The platoon commander gave a look to the soldiers behind him, and the soldiers in disguise drew their pistols from behind their waists and shot at the Beiyang Army soldiers standing guard.

"Do it!" The platoon commander took out two pistols and shouted, and fired two shots at the platoon commander in front, "Bang bang!" ”

After the platoon commander made his move, the soldiers behind him opened fire one after another, and several soldiers took out light machine guns from under the sacks on the board car and fired at the Beiyang Army soldiers standing guard.

At this time, the people who wanted to go out of the city and enter the city had already been frightened and screamed and fled in all directions, except for the corpses of the Beiyang Army lying on the ground at the city gate, the platoon commander saw that these people had been solved, and immediately waved his right hand with a pistol: "Rush in with me to solve the other city gate soldiers, and the machine gun is behind to support!" ”

"Yes!"

As soon as he rushed out of the city gate, he saw two teams of Beiyang Army running from both sides, the soldiers were all holding rifles, and the platoon commander immediately shouted: "The first squad will deal with the left, the second squad will deal with the right, and the third squad will support, and the machine gun fire will cover!" ”

"Bang, bang, bang".

"Bang Bang Bang ??????"

"Dadada??????"

The sound of pistols, rifles, and machine guns was intertwined, and the entire capital was completely broken at this moment of the pre-dawn calm, and the whole city was boiling.

After a few minutes of fighting, a platoon of the Beiyang Army guarding the city gate was quickly wiped out, mainly because the fire of the platoon of the raid was too fierce, the standard pistol could be fired continuously, and there was a powerful fire support of light machine guns, the platoon of the Beiyang Army was defeated before it could resist for a minute, but no one was able to escape.

After Yao Chengcheng, who was in the woods outside the city, heard the gunshots, he immediately shouted: "The cavalry company is attacking and completely controlling the city gate!" , the reconnaissance battalion attacked, and the infantry regiment followed! ”

The gunfire did not stop after the gunfire rang out at the city gate, and it was not until about twelve o'clock at noon that the Jingshi was calm down from the boiling state, and in one morning, not only the Yi army in Tongzhou was all solved, but also the Gong Guards of Yuan Shikai in the Jingshi City were all defeated.

At around twelve o'clock in the afternoon, Xiao Zhenlei, who was in Nanjing, received a telegram from Yao Chengcheng from the Beijing Division that the raid on the Beijing Division was successful, and he was overjoyed with excitement: "Good, good, great!" ”

After calming down, Xiao Zhenlei immediately said to Cheng Baguio: "Call back to Yao Chengcheng immediately, ask him to collect the Gongwei Army and the Yi Army in the city, control these two troops, let them be used by me, if necessary, I can give some benefits to some officers in these two armies, official positions and money are not a problem!" (To be continued......) R1292