Chapter 420 Airborne Operations (1)
At 4:30 p.m., all the soldiers of the special forces woke up from their sleep because the soldiers were all wearing combat uniforms and sleeping, but took off their helmets and tactical vests, while weapons and other items they carried were placed at the bedside and could be obtained with their hands. Therefore, the entire army was very fast in the assembly. After 10 minutes, the fully armed soldiers had gathered in front of the helicopter. At this time, the propellers of the three Z8f helicopters had started, making a "disc" sound, and a strong oar wind was rolled up. The two pilots of each helicopter were standing at the nose.
Yu Maolin looked at the third team of soldiers. At this time, the command center informed him that the first and second regiments had entered the position and that the special forces could board the plane and prepare to leave. So Yu Lin immediately ordered the entire army to board the plane.
As a member of the former Navy 6th Team, soldiers were no strangers to boarding. They got into the huge cabin of the 8f helicopter, flipped off the seats from the side walls and took a seat, and fastened their seat belts. However, there were only 27 seats in the 8f cabin, and the number of people boarding was 33-34, because there were 6-7 people in each helicopter without seats, so they could only use suspended seat belts to fix their bodies. The helicopter drivers immediately boarded the cab and prepared to take off.
Time passed little by little, and soon it was 5 a.m. The command headquarters ordered the takeoff. So the three Z-8f helicopters immediately drove up to full power, and their huge fuselage slowly left the ground and gradually rose into the air. Soon after, they disappeared into the night sky. Moreover, the loud noise caused by the rotation of the propeller gradually drifted away and was almost inaudible.
The distance from Tongzhou to Beijing is only 20 kilometers. It only takes 4-5 minutes for helicopters that have cruised to 26 kilometers. Therefore, the three helicopters flew over Beijing and began to descend to the altitude of flight. Although the ground was pitch black, you could also hear the "rumbling" cannon sounds and flashing fires from the ground. It seemed that the offensive troops on the periphery had begun to shoot at Beijing. At this time, the three helicopters received orders from the command headquarters and were ready to start airborne. The soldiers guarding the cabin door immediately began to prepare for the sliding rope.
Not long after, the three helicopters flew over the palace and reached their respective airborne positions, slowly descending to their height. Although looking out from the porthole, the entire palace was almost pitch black, with only a few lights occasionally. In fact, in the palace, there are special people lighting the lights everywhere every night. Although it cannot be said to be as high as daytime, the road can be basically illuminated, so that the guards on duty, the eunuchs on duty, and the palace maids walking at night can ensure that they are unimpeded.
However, the palace has been occupied by the Eight-Nation Alliance, and most of the eunuchs and palace maids have been dispersed. Of course, no one will ignite the fire again, and the countries have no plans. Therefore, at night, the entire palace is basically dark except for a few rooms, and the moonlight tonight is very bleak and does not bring much light. Of course, this is of great benefit to time travelers airborne at night.
When the helicopter No. 1 dropped to about 60 meters in the height of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the helicopter hovered in the air. At this time, the soldiers in the cabin also stood up and released their safety belts.
The hatch doors on both sides of the cabin were opened and the sliding rope was lowered. Yu Maolin waved his hand and said, "Get down."
The two soldiers immediately grabbed Wasu, jumped out of the cabin door, and slid towards the ground. Then two soldiers followed, one after another, continuously. The soldiers who had fallen to the ground immediately spread around the landing point, lying on the ground, and holding guns to guard. This is also the basic principle of helicopter airborne combat. Because helicopter airborne requires a relatively open area, and the process of soldiers sliding from the helicopter to the ground is also unprepared. Therefore, if they encounter an enemy attack at this time, it will be very dangerous. Therefore, soldiers who landed early must be alerted around the landing point to cover the entire airborne process.
Although the visibility on the ground is less than 30 meters now, in the eyes of special soldiers equipped with night vision equipment, it is like daytime. Just when the soldiers had just set up a warning, the enemy appeared on the left side of the landing point.
Although the "rumbling" cannon sounds from outside the city can be heard very clearly even in the palace, the huge roar caused by the helicopter cannot be concealed by the sound of cannon sounds.
The coalition troops had more than 3 ooo in the palace, but after Tongzhou was lost, the Eight-Nation Alliance also became nervous and made every effort to strengthen Beijing's defense. However, Beijing was vast and the city was generally in a "convex" shape, divided into two parts: inner city and outer city. The scope of the inner city was roughly the Second Ring Road of the old time and space, which was square. The city wall was 245 o'clock, the wall was 24 meters wide, and the wall was 12-14 meters high. There were 9 city gates, namely the East City: Dongzhimen, Chaoyangmen; South City: Chongwenmen, Zhengyangmen, Xuanwumen; West City: Fuchengmen, Xizhimen; North City: Deshengmen, Andingmen.
The outer city of Beijing is located at the southern end of the inner city, extending about 650 meters from the southeast and southwest corners of the inner city to the east and west respectively, and pushing about 200 meters to the south, including the Temple of Heaven. The total length of the city wall is 1440 meters, the wall base is about 12 meters wide, and the wall is 7.5 meters to 8 meters high. There are 7 city gates, namely Dongcheng: Dongbianmen and Guangqumen; Nancheng: Zuoanmen, Yongdingmen, Youanmen; Xicheng: Guanganmen and Xibianmen.
The inner city of Beijing, the outer city has a total length of about 39 o'clock and 16 city gates, but due to some overlap, the total length of the outer contour is about 37 o'clock and 13 city gates, the Chongwen Gate, Zhengyang Gate and Xuanwu Gate on the south wall of the inner city are actually in the outer city.
But this is not the current 13ooo-eight-nation coalition forces that can defend. Even if the Eight-nation coalition forces are arranged in a single row, each soldier will have to defend about 3 meters of width on the city wall.
Although we knew that our troops were insufficient, the Eight-Nation Alliance could not sit still and wait for death, and still tried our best to defend the city of Beijing. After discussions with the head coaches of various countries, we decided to concentrate our troops and rely on the city gates to arrange Beijing's defense. Moreover, the Chongwen Gate, Zhengyang Gate and Xuanwu Gate on the south wall of the inner city were within the outer city, so we only left a small number of soldiers to guard the city walls, and mainly arranged the troops at the other 13 city gates. At the same time, we also tried our best to compress the defenders in the palace. All countries only left about 150 soldiers in the palace, with a total of about 1ooo people, and mainly guarding the city walls of the palace.
But even so, the defenders of each city gate were only about 80 people. Therefore, the command of the coalition forces decided that when a certain city gate was attacked by the People's Army, the defenders of the adjacent city gates should mobilize troops to reinforce.
Since the airborne was carried out at night, most of the coalition soldiers were resting at this time, but the sound of artillery fire from outside the city had awakened most of the people, and they also heard the sound of helicopter propellers coming from the air. If it were in the old time and space, someone would definitely react that the enemy's helicopters were coming, either air strikes or airborne operations.
Unfortunately, people in this era have never seen helicopters, so they don’t know what’s going on. At first, no one cared about it, but were busy inquiring about the battle situation of the city walls. There was no one instructing the defense in the palace. They just strengthened the defense of the city. No one expected that the enemy would come from the sky.
However, as the helicopters became louder and louder, it finally attracted the attention of some people. The commander of the Japanese army, Lieutenant General Yamaguchi Sushi, did not dare to be careless, because the strange sound of "discs and discs" was very deafening, as if it was not far from the Japanese command. So Yamaguchi Sushi ordered a team of Japanese soldiers to go to the sound location to see what happened. Now there are only two teams in the Japanese command center, so one team was sent to reconnaissance, which had already had a lot of troops.
After receiving the order, the team leader led the team to leave the command center and rushed to the sound location. However, at this time, there was no light at the factory in Taihe Hall. Only some shadows seemed to be swaying, but the sound came from the air. I just looked up and saw that the sky was pitch black and I couldn't see anything clearly. But I could clearly feel the strong wind blowing from the direction where the sound came out, making a sound.
The team leader led the team and moved towards the sound of the darkness. He moved towards the direction of the Fiery Wind, feeling that he was getting closer and closer. But at this moment, only the "dadada" gunshots sounded, and before the Japanese soldiers could react, they all fell to the ground and died.
In fact, the Japanese army's actions were completely invisible in the eyes of the crossing soldiers. The entire battlefield was unilaterally transparent to the crossing soldiers. Therefore, when the Japanese army's squad appeared, the guarded crossing soldiers had already aimed at them, and the Japanese soldiers were still unaware of it. When the Japanese soldiers advanced to about 150 meters away from the guarding soldiers, the crossing soldiers fired. As a result, 13 Japanese soldiers in a squad were all shot dead in just a few seconds, and there was no one shot to fight back.
At this time, all the cross-border soldiers of the 1st squadron landed from the helicopter, and the driver put away the ropes, closed the side door, and slowly rose and returned. Yu Maolin immediately ordered to rectify the team and then advance to Wuying Hall.
Although the gunshots did not last long, they had already heard the Japanese army in Wuying Hall. Although they did not know the situation of the war, they still aroused the alertness of Yamaguchi Sushi, so they immediately ordered the Japanese soldiers who were staying in the command center to prepare for vigilance. However, at this time, there was only one team left at the command center, and there were only more than 2 people in total.
Chapter completed!