Special Forces Captain Zhong Xiahuo first slid down the rope from the helicopter, he was dressed in a special operations unit's black night suit, covered with body armor and tactical vest, wearing a Kevlar protective helmet containing a tactical walkie-talkie, and a hood covering his face that only exposed his mouth and eyes, holding a 5.8mm assault rifle, equipped with a thermal imager, laser sight, and tactical flashlight, and the pouches of the tactical vest were filled with bullet magazines, grenades, first aid kits, batteries, and other necessary supplies.

He was followed by Sergeant Sun He, a machine gunner, with a 5.8mm general-purpose machine gun with a 100-round cartridge box attached to his broad hand, an ammo pack for a 100-round cartridge on the left and right sides of the armed belt around his waist, and a spare barrel and 6 ammo boxes in his backpack.

The third one who landed was Sergeant Feng Rou, an obstacle breaker, with a No. 12 (18.2mm) semi-automatic shotgun in his hand, a 20-round magazine, a tactical vest loaded with 6 magazines, a special backpack on his back with C4 plastic zha medicine and various fuses, and several special tools for breaking doors on the backpack.

Behind him was Sergeant Gu Yingyang, a commando armed with a 9mm submachine gun and a 12.7mm assault pistol.

Sergeant Wang Zhi also stepped onto the floor of the Imperial Palace with his beloved 5.8mm tactical semi-automatic sniper rifle, his helmet mounted with a ready-to-use thermal imager, and the sniper rifle was equipped with expensive thermal imaging sights.

Second Lieutenant Zhu Tao carried a long-range tactical radio on his back, a 5.8mm short assault rifle in his hand, and a tactical vest filled with lithium batteries in addition to four magazines of ammunition and a first-aid kit.

The tiny Lieutenant Jiang Wanli was the squad's medic with a backpack full of medicine and bandages and a short assault rifle.

At the back of the hall is Sergeant Xiao Ruhai, who is as strong as an ox, with a military machete stuffed in his leather boots, a heavy barrel assault rifle equipped with a 35mm grenade launcher under it, and a circle of grenades hanging around his neck, with more than 20 pieces.

This modern elite special squad appeared in the Forbidden City in the 15th year of Guangxu, and the masters of Ouchi who dragged the pig's tail and held the steel knife in their hands couldn't accept it psychologically at first, and no one planned to wave the big knife to rush to the black-clothed weirdos who descended on the unheard of flying objects, they found the only firearms unit in Ouchi - the Shenji Battalion, and let the elite in their minds try their luck.

Captain Zhong Xiahuo led everyone to rush to the dormitory of the Nala clan, and the buzzing of the helicopter above gradually faded away, Zhong Xiahuo knew that in the next half hour, they could only rely on themselves.

The eight people ran all the way, and as soon as the guards along the way saw them, they threw their knives and fled, Zhong Xiahuo felt that the task was easy, and when he strode into a narrow palace alley, the corner of his eye swept to a long row of gun barrels.

"Lie down!" Zhong Xiahuo shouted, and he had already jumped sideways by the palace wall, and the assault rifle in his hand followed a shuttle, and immediately six or seven Qing soldiers holding imported single-shot rifles fell horizontally. Sergeant Sun He, who was in the back, was quick and jumped out with a machine gun, moving left and right while strafing, avoiding the occasional bullets fired in front of him. After Sergeant Feng Rou's No. 12 shotgun had fired half of the bullets in the magazine, the short battle was over, and the squad without a single casualty stepped over about 50 incapacitated bodies and continued to advance.

After turning another corner, the target identified in the electronic map was close in front of him, Zhong Xiahuo couldn't remember the name of the bullshit hall where Ci Xi lived, he only knew that he had to lead the team to control this small courtyard with only one door, and then grab the old woman Ci Xi, and wait for Colonel Liu Yun to bring the follow-up troops to arrive.

Sergeant Feng Rou, the obstacle breaker, approached the courtyard gate inlaid with copper nails, pulled out a lead-tipped aluminum hammer from behind, and smashed it down with all his strength according to the middle of the road.

Feng Rou shrugged, took off her backpack, took out a small piece of C-4zha medicine and stuck it on the door, installed the timing fuse, and after a few seconds, the red light flashed, and the strong and abnormal courtyard door was finally blown to both sides.

Zhong Xiahuo knew that the Empress Dowager's dormitory should not have guards at night, so he led everyone to rush in, and the eunuchs and palace maids in the courtyard had already been awakened by the noise outside, and they were dressed and came out to visit, seeing Zhong Xiahuo and his team dressed strangely and terrifyingly and murderous, they hurriedly dispersed as birds and beasts.

Assault officer Gu Yingyang leaped forward, grabbed a palace maid who fell in panic, and asked sharply: "Which room does the Queen Mother live in?" ”

The palace maid just trembled and said, "Don't, don't kill me-"

Gu Yingyang didn't allow her to talk nonsense, raised his bear arm, pulled her up from the ground suddenly, and shouted: "Take us there, quickly, otherwise we will break your neck immediately!" ”

The little palace maid was so frightened that she cried, but she also honestly led Gu Yingyang around the small courtyard of the cloister and stopped in front of a main house with carved clouds and phoenixes on the pillars.

Zhong Xiahuo led the obstacle breaker Sergeant Feng Rou, the correspondent Second Lieutenant Zhu Tao and the military doctor Lieutenant Jiang Wanli to follow, the machine gunner Sergeant Sun He had set up a machine gun in the front vestibule, the sniper Sergeant Wang Zhi also climbed onto the roof, and Sergeant Xiao Ruhai was responsible for driving those palace maids and eunuchs into a certain room and locking them one by one, and the dozen or so handcuffs in his tactical vest were useful.

The obstacle breaker Feng Rou didn't need to use zha medicine this time, he kicked open the fragile carved wooden door with one kick, Gu Yingyang entered first with a flat and whispering submachine gun, and saw that the door of the inner room was open, and an old woman wearing embroidered brocade cotton clothes and loose hair was pushing the door out, and a palace maid next to her was supporting.

The old woman was first taken aback when she saw the outfits of the team members, and then walked slowly in front of the team members without fear and leaned back on a chaise longe.

Everyone knows her as the Empress Dowager Cixi, a woman in power who ruined the process of China's modern development, and a historical sinner who betrayed the country and harmed the people, of course, these concepts come from school textbooks.

Zhong Xiahuo stepped forward, raised his hand and gave a military salute, and said: "The Queen Mother is frightened, we are patriots, and the purpose of the night attack on the palace is to enable the imperial court to reform the political system from top to bottom and develop the economy, so that China can regain its vigor and stand on its own feet among the great powers——"

Nala listened expressionlessly, her heart filled only with the shame and anger of being captured, how could she listen to the nonsense of the nobody in front of her. Zhong Xiahuo saw that she didn't react at all, and thought that what he said was ancient and modern, which made Lafayette confused, so he hurriedly stopped: "Actually, I am just acting on orders, our chief will come here soon, and he will have a detailed interview with you at that time." ”

"Arrogance." Nala said quietly, she couldn't imagine and couldn't tolerate that she was almost captured by a group of people of unknown origin in the heavily guarded Forbidden City, in her own dormitory, in her bed, and the leader of this group of people actually came here to see her in person! The anger in her heart had already burned to the sky, and on the surface, she still put on the posture and majesty of the Empress Dowager, she raised her chin and looked at the intruder proudly, as if no amount of wind and waves could shake her in the slightest.

"I don't care where you came from, or how you got in, if you kneel down and kowtow at once, I can spare you from death, including all your accomplices." Nala began to make conditions, and she spoke from the position of the Empress Dowager rather than a captive, much to Zhong Xiahuo's annoyance.

"Queen Mother, since we can get in, we are not afraid that we will not be able to get out, and besides, we don't plan to go out immediately, we may have to live here for ten days and a half months or even longer, taste the food in the imperial dining room, and see the treasures in the palace, the palace maid and concubine or something——"

Nala couldn't restrain himself after all, and said angrily: "Boldly Diao Min, speak wildly, do you know how many elite soldiers there are in this Beijing city, and how many iron cavalry there are near this capital, how many of you are there, can you defeat my Qing army?" ”

Zhong Xiahuo was also impatient, in his eyes, a captive is a captive, there is no difference in identity, he does not allow those who are captives to put on a show. But before the operation, Colonel Liu Yun explained: "Don't stimulate Cixi too much, lest her emotions go to extremes and be difficult for us to use......" Zhong Xiahuo thought of this, so he didn't refute it, but said: "After our chief comes, the Queen Mother will naturally understand." ”

"Report to the squad leader, find the enemy," Zhong Xiahuo's headset came from the voice of sniper Sergeant Wang Zhi, "Coming to the main gate, there is a steady stream, there are hundreds, or thousands, do you want to shoot?" ”

"Free shooting, I will go to the roof to support you immediately, Xiao Ruhai will also come up, the others will entangle them in the vestibule, we still need to resist for at least 27 minutes."

Nala heard the noisy sound of the soldiers outside, and heard Zhong Xiahuo mention the words "support" and "resistance", so he knew that someone had come to the rescue, so he was full of arrogance, and nodded to Zhong Xiahuo like charity: "This is your last chance, whether you live or die is all in one thought, hurry up and decide." ”

Zhong Xiahuo ignored him, only cared about assigning tasks to everyone, and finally said to the correspondent Second Lieutenant Zhu Tao: "The Queen Mother will be handed over to you, if you don't even lose the old woman with small feet, you don't have to mess around in this life." ”

Ci Xi was so angry that his nose almost crooked.

Zhu Tao cut off: "It's really illiterate, how can a Manchurian woman have small feet." ”

In the Forbidden City, gunfire is like bursting beans.