Chapter 172: Time Difference

Chen Zhong is very cunning, although he has put on a posture from the beginning that he is ready to go all out to attack Chaoyangmen, but the real target is not here at all, not even the east of the city, but the north of the city, Andingmen, or Deshengmen, as for which, this needs to see the reaction speed of the Qing army, from Chaoyangmen to Deshengmen is close to fifteen miles, and the main force of the Qing army that was lured to the east of the city by him basically ran well, as long as they can run past the convoy with a speed of fifty kilometers per hour.

As for those trucks are used to fill the river, Liangma River, Dam River, moat, it is now the dry season in winter, Liangma River is a stinky ditch, Dam River has gradually become a drainage ditch after the Tonghui River, on these two rivers those dump trucks with a load of ten tons, there are 20 trucks of soil to fill out the road, and the remaining 30 trucks of soil to fill the moat is very easy, not to mention there are bulldozers! Of course, it wasn't enough to just fill in the road, the real weapon was the tracked trailer, which contained a mixture of ten tons of antimony and aluminum powder, and stuffed all of them into a large iron can with a wall of one centimeter, which was not far more powerful than a grand slam.

In addition, the cavalry regiment has also been hidden in the distance, once the Andingmen is blown open, they will immediately launch a surprise attack towards the gap, as long as they hold the gap for half an hour, those trucks will arrive with reinforcements, fifty trucks to transport two battalions at a time is no problem, as long as the city wall continues to be blocked with artillery fire, and a small number of poison gas bombs are used to create chaos in the city, you can delay the reinforcements of the Qing army as much as possible, in the end, he is fighting a speed difference.

When the convoy filled the Liangma River and then continued to drive north, even Zai Yi was so slow to react, he understood what the other party was trying to do, there were no defenders in the north of the city, or only a few guards, and the circumference of Beijing City, forty-five miles, of course, 60,000 people could not be evenly divided and defended, in fact, no city wall would be so defensive. The main defense of the city is the city gate and the enemy's attack surface, how can it be said that there are people in line, where the enemy attacks the defenders, where to move to, anyway, the outer circle can never run the inner circle, but unfortunately the inner circle is people, and the outer circle is a truck.

"Quick, go to Andingmen to arm!" Zaixun of Dongzhimen roared like crazy, and his soldiers left their posts in a panic, spread their legs and ran in the direction of Andingmen, and it was impossible to bring cannons. Just carry the machine gun over, but at this moment, the artillery group of the loyal and brave army in the distance opened fire again, and the 105 cannon with a range of up to 12 kilometers was no problem from the current artillery position directly to Deshengmen, not to mention that he was here, this time there would be no saving of shells, and the fire of the explosion almost completely flooded the city wall east of Andingmen, and the Qing army that was reinforcing there was instantly blown up to the flesh and blood.

If you can't walk on the city wall, you can only go under the city. When the first batch of Qing reinforcements ran down the city wall and ran west along the wall, the convoy of the loyal army had crossed the Ba River, and the bulldozers opened the way. All the obstacles were pushed directly, and the trucks filled with sand and dirt behind followed in a steady stream, and a few kilometers passed in a blink of an eye, and by this time the heavy artillery fire had covered Andingmen. The few thousand old and sick people here have all died. Running and running, it can almost be said that there is not a single defender, and more than thirty dump trucks are reversed. Soon a wide road was filled in the moat, and then the tracked vehicle with the super bomb drove over the moat and directly against the base of the city wall, and then the driver got down, and the accompanying sappers loaded the detonator, and the convoy began to withdraw.

Looking at the convoy leaving the moat, Jae-hoon, who was running towards Andingmen, turned around and ran to Dongzhimen again without hesitation, he knew very well what would happen next, the last big explosion at Chaoyangmen scared him so much that he didn't sleep well for three days, and the huge explosion sound like the sky was falling still chills when he thought about it.

Especially after the explosion, many dead bodies carried out from the vicinity could not see any wounds on their bodies, only blood flowed from their ears and noses, and the strange image seemed to be dangling in front of them.

He didn't want to be a dead ghost like that.

The Qing army that came with him to reinforce it, many of them haven't understood it yet, especially those who are running under the city, have begun to run to the city wall of Andingmen, and at this time, they suddenly saw that the entire Andingmen suddenly turned into countless pieces and sprayed into the sky, as if a huge fiery red monster was arching out of the ground, and then the shock wave that was almost visible to the naked eye pushed the smoke and dust to spread around, and then a huge explosion came, although it was a few hundred meters away, Jae-hoon still felt as if he had been hit by a startled horse, The whole person screamed and flew upside down.

When he got up from the ground, he saw the fragments of the city wall in the sky smashing down like hailstones, and behind the Anding Gate in the distance, within more than two hundred meters, all the buildings were razed to the ground, and a strange huge fan shape was imprinted on the ground.

"Plug the gap!" Jaehoon, whose ears were a little uncomfortable, faintly heard the panicked shouts of Kuroki Weizhen, who was acting as his advisor, and only then did he realize that the cavalry of the loyal army not far away was rushing towards the gap, and he could imagine what it meant for the two thousand cavalry to rush through the gap.

He didn't know where he got the courage at this time, wiped a handful of blood from his ears to his face, drew his saber, and shouted loudly at the bewildered soldiers: "Plug the gap, don't let the rebel army enter the city." ”

Those Qing soldiers who were almost stupid by the huge explosion, how dare they lean up at this time, they looked at each other one by one, and some people wanted to run down the city, Zaixun was so angry that he cut down a person who turned around next to him, and then shouted: "Don't think about it when the rebel army enters the city, didn't you see that they robbed the Summer Palace last night?" ”

These words summoned the courage of those Qing soldiers, and they rushed forward one by one, waving the rifles in their hands.

At this time, those cavalry had already approached the city wall, and as soon as the officer at the head raised his hand, he shot a signal flare into the sky, and the airship that was monitoring in the sky immediately reported the coordinates, and the artillery group in the distance immediately resumed shelling, but at this time all of them were replaced with poison gas bombs, because of the angle problem, these shells flying from the southeast direction, almost all hit the inside of the gap, and the entire gap was completely flooded by yellow poisonous mist, and the Qing army that was rushing over to block the gap immediately collapsed with a scream.

And the cavalrymen with gas masks on their faces, when they approached the poisonous fog, dismounted, and began to rush into the gap with the submachine guns in their hands, and the gap blown out by ten tons of antimony was fifty meters long, but it was not vertical, but formed a steep slope on both sides, although the steep did not stop the commandos from climbing, and soon they rushed up the city wall under the cover of poison gas.

However, Zaixun and Kuroki Weizhen are not stupid, although they did not dare to rush into the poisonous fog, but it was still possible to shoot along the periphery along the direction of the city wall, so the attack of these commandos was not smooth, but fortunately, the submachine gun in their hands helped them, loaded with seventy-one large drums, and frantically splashed bullets forward, and at the same time as they were shooting, the airship in the sky once again determined the position of the Qing army, and then used the flag to inform the artillery of the new coordinates.

Jae-hoon was lying behind a fragment of the city wall, brandishing his pistol to direct the Qing soldiers lying on the city wall to shoot, when suddenly a huge explosion exploded beside him.

"Madam, these shells have long eyes, why do they shoot wherever Lao Tzu is?" Zhuang Wang Ye covered his head that was smashed by the falling city bricks, and shouted angrily.

"It's not the cannon that opens its eyes, it's that we have an eye above our heads!" Kuroki Weizhen raised his head while shooting, and at this moment, suddenly a series of submachine gun bullets came from the opposite side, and the former Kumamoto division commander hit his head to the ground without saying a word.

"Huh? Kurogi? Jae-hoon, who had just finished spitting at the airship in the sky, looked at his adviser in amazement, and after receiving no response, this guy's courage was immediately released, and he moved to the city wall little by little in the light of the cannonball explosion, and then slipped quietly down the steps of the city.

As soon as he left, the soldiers under him looked at each other, and they also slipped behind one by one, and suddenly the commandos who had greatly reduced the pressure, after understanding what was going on, quickly advanced along the city wall, at this time the main force of the Qing army in the east city was still coming, they quickly used the original cover to establish a defensive line on the city wall, and at the same time condescendingly supported the commandos on the periphery of the gap.

On the periphery of the gap in the city, the commandos were also shooting at the Qing army that came with reinforcements, although they did not have artillery support, but fortunately, the explosion formed a ruin belt here, providing them with excellent cover, but the Qing army was in a mess around it, and it was extremely inconvenient to move, and they were pressed back after charging twice.

Just when the fierce battle was in full swing at the gap, the fifty trucks had been filled with reinforcements and the soldiers turned around and returned, and more reinforcements were also running to arrive, seeing this scene of Zaiyi and Dashanyan of Chaoyang Gate, they also made their best choice at this time, the city gate of Chaoyang Gate was opened, the drawbridge was lowered, and more than 3,000 cavalry gathered behind who were originally preparing to break the gap after breaking the city launched a suicidal charge towards the position of the loyal army on the opposite side under the cover of the cannons on the city wall.

They were able to accept this mortal mission so happily, which made Zai Yi quite moved.

"Ma, I didn't see it, these miscellaneous pieces are really worthy of their ancestors!" He wiped a tear from the corner of his eye and said to himself, but unfortunately it didn't take long for him to change to an angry roar.

"Bastard!" (To be continued......)