Chapter 174: Cixi fled
Cixi is also a decisive person, will never hesitate in this kind of big thing, take advantage of the opportunity of the loyal army has not yet hit the west of the city to run quickly, otherwise you can't run if you want to, just in the palace to pack up and prepare Lafayette and the emperor to tour Xingshengjing, the loyal army also began to attack Dong'an and Di'an, Chaoyang Gate on the Qing army left more than 100 cannonballs, frantically dumping cannonballs towards these two places, Zaiyi brothers were blown up so that they didn't dare to raise their heads, curled up behind the female wall and complained bitterly.
However, the attack of the loyal army was also not smooth, several times to hit the city wall, were smashed back with grenades from above, those Qing soldiers stood up and aimed and shot without guts, but it is okay to hide behind the female wall and throw grenades, the strong female wall and the sandbags behind provide them with a good comfortable nest, and because of the fear of blowing up the palace, the heavy artillery outside the city can not provide support, after all, they are far away, no matter how accurate this thing is, there is an error, unlike those cannons on the city wall, you can directly aim visually, The accuracy is relatively higher......
"Commander, you can't rely on it, this tama grenade is like rain, and more than 30 brothers have died under my men." The battalion commander who was responsible for storming the city gate said to Zhang Zuolin with a sad face, this is indeed a very strict problem, the Qing army guards the ammunition depot in Xishiku in the imperial city, and it is unrealistic to expect them to throw grenades in a short period of time, you must know that Beijing is said to have hoarded more than 500,000 grenades, and there is no shortage of high-end goods imported from abroad.
"How about we make a rush now?" Zhang Zuolin has read the book, and suddenly remembered that this kind of occasion seems to be a battering ram is very good, of course, it is not really to hit the city gate, the imperial city has no moat, cover the big wood on the roof of the rushing car, and the power of the grenade is impossible to explode, people are close to the city wall by cover, and then pile up explosives and explode directly.
But it's going to take some time.
"Go, hurry up and ask outside the city. They don't want that crane anymore, let's borrow it if it's useless. "This guy suddenly remembered something good.
The herald next to him hurriedly rode out of the city, and it didn't take long to invite a crawler crane, it is said that in order to enter the city, a bulldozer was also used outside the Chaoyang Gate, of course, these have nothing to do with Zhang Zuolin, he has already studied how to use this thing.
The method is very simple, I made almost 20 kilograms of antimony and antimony into an oversized zha medicine bag, pulled the boom to the head for more than 40 meters, and then tied a piece of wood in front of it and ran for 50 meters, and took a rope to hang directly on the wood. Then let the crane carry it to the gate of Dong'anmen. As for the safety of the driver, there is no need to consider it, these construction machinery used by Yang Feng will temporarily add bulletproof armor to the cab before going to the battlefield, and the best rifle bullet at this time is just a round-headed lead-core copper quilt armor, not to mention the armor steel, it is difficult to say whether the five-millimeter-thick ordinary steel plate can be penetrated.
Looking at the monster below that rumbled like a thunderbolt, Dashan Yan on the city wall who gave command to those Qing troops who threw grenades was stupid, he didn't expect the enemy army to get such a thing anyway, a distance of more than forty meters. Grenades can't be dropped no matter what, not to mention that those Qing soldiers definitely don't have the courage to stand up and drop bombs.
"Quick, fire! Be sure to block it! The old guy brandished his saber and yelled at the heavys who were lying in bunkers as shrunken turtles. It's a pity that those machine gunners don't know that the danger is approaching, and the machine gun bullets of the loyal soldiers on the opposite side are whistling overhead, and the shells are exploding one after another.
Instead, a few brave rifles leaned out and opened fire. I saw the bullet sparking on the bulletproof steel plate of the crane cab, but unfortunately it could not stop its advance, and at this time two brave Japanese officers pushed away the two machine gunners. The muzzle of a Makqin gun was aimed at the crane a hundred meters away, this was still a black flame yao Makqin, and in the thick smoke of gunpowder, 11.43 mm lead bullets sprayed out from the muzzle, hitting the cab like fireworks for the holidays, but unfortunately it was still useless.
In fact, several bullets had already entered through the observation opening, but unfortunately the driver only had to walk in a straight line at this time, and he didn't have to look at the road at all, and these lucky bullets flew directly out of the unarmored glass window in the back.
In this way, in the frightened gaze on the city wall, the wooden stick at the front of the crane arm slammed into the city gate at a speed of thirty kilometers per hour, and then broke in half without hesitation, and the explosive bag hanging in front fell to the city gate with the broken part, and the crane immediately retreated, and the big mountain rock on the city wall did not hesitate to push away the soldiers in front of him, and ran wildly into the distance.
The explosive bag with the wire was connected to the detonator, and as a sapper pressed it, there was a loud bang The gate of Dong'anmen flew out directly, not only the city gate, but even the top was damaged to a certain extent, but fortunately it did not collapse.
"Prepare another fifty-kilogram one, let the crane pick it up directly to the city wall, and the others will get ready, and immediately rush in as fast as possible as soon as the explosion passes, and at the same time tell the artillery, stop the shelling and don't hurt us by mistake." Zhang Zuolin triumphantly ordered, he found that his idea was very good, just now, no matter how strong the city wall is, these things can be taken down in one go.
The second explosive pack was quickly made, the crane raised the boom and drove it again, but the position was slightly staggered, if it exploded on the city gate, maybe it would collapse directly, just glad that the city gate was not blown up, he picked up a life of the big mountain rock, and immediately understood the enemy's intentions when he saw this situation, he was so frightened that he almost ran down the city wall like a roll, and then plunged into a hiding cave.
He is not the only one who is also smart, the defenders who have come to their senses on the city wall are crazy and crying and crying and running down the city, of course, there are many who are not sober, especially those who are responsible for throwing grenades, they are all stunned to look at the boom stretched out above their heads, Zai Yi hiding in the distance and wondering why the enemy shelling stopped, and saw a monster with a long arm stretched out to pick up a huge explosive bag to the city wall.
"!" He scolded dumbfounded, and quickly buried himself in the bunker as fast as he could.
Almost at the same time, behind Zhang Zuolin, a sniper held a Bofors rifle equipped with a scope, aimed the center of the reticle in the lens at the rope, and with a gunshot, the explosive bag fell, and then the crane reversed at the fastest speed, and before the Qing soldiers who were at a loss could react, the sappers outside the city immediately pressed the detonator.
The huge fire mass of the explosion arched all of a sudden, and the explosive power of fifty kilograms of antimony and antimony lost the restriction of the thick city wall, and was released in the empty city, just like a huge broom, sweeping away the Qing troops within a range of nearly 100 meters on both sides in an instant, and a palm that was blown away even smashed on Zhang Zuolin's body, making him depressed.
As soon as the fire of the explosion was extinguished, those loyal soldiers who had been impatient for a long time immediately shouted and swarmed up, and rushed into Dong'an Gate in a blink of an eye, as soon as these soldiers entered the city, they turned around and rushed up the city wall along the passage, and the submachine guns in their hands splashed bullets forward, and the Qing army defending the city immediately lost the courage to resist, and the vast majority of them already understood that the war was completely defeated at this time, so they simply routed directly along the city wall to the west, and escaped from the imperial city from Xi'an Gate, of course, there were also a small number of die-hard elements running towards the Forbidden City, Prepare to defend Galeries Lafayette with your life until the last moment.
It's a pity that what they don't know is that at this time Lafayette has already passed Zhongnanhai, Cixi looked at the Di'anmen Gate that was still in the fierce battle and the Dong'anmen Gate that had been lost with nostalgic eyes, sighed helplessly, and lowered the curtain of the carriage.
The scale of their fleeing team is very small, there are less than a hundred people in total, and they are all dressed up in makeup, Lafayette looks like an old landlord's wife, and even the fat powder as thick as the city wall on his face has been washed away, and the old wrinkles on his face are afraid that Guangxu may not be able to know when he comes back, in addition to her, there is also Guangxu's real queen, her niece Jingfen, and then the six grandchildren of the devil, as for the others, none of them have brought, how can they have the opportunity to care about others at this time?
The rest is some of the palace maids and eunuchs who are waiting and there are more than 50 loyal guards and devils and six slaves, these people went straight to Fuchengmen after leaving Xi'anmen, and Cixi found out that the streets of Fuchengmen were crowded, and there were people fleeing out of the city everywhere, especially those princes and ministers of the party, these guys are very clear, Guangxu came back not to say a dead end, it must also be a prisoner's goods, so don't run quickly, since Andingmen was blown up, someone has already opened Xi'an Gate and started to escape.
Cixi's convoy quickly integrated into the fleeing team, because she was afraid of being recognized, she and the six masters of the devil, and even Li Lianying and some palace maids and eunuchs who often showed their faces were hiding in the carriage and did not dare to show their heads, fortunately, at this time, no one was in the mood to care about the people around them, and they were all thinking about their future in despair, as for the people who fled next to them, what is there to care about?
In this way, he has been out of Fuchengmen and has not been recognized, after leaving Fuchengmen, the fleeing crowd began to flow to various branches, and they are now nothing more than going to those governors in various places, especially Li Er's devils, these people are all old friends, and it is no problem to contain them.
As for Cixi and his entourage, they went directly to the north, their goal was to go out of Gubeikou to Chengde, at this time, Rehe was all Guixiang, from Yang Feng landed in Qinhuangdao, she sent her own brother over, and prepared in case there was this day. (To be continued......)