Just as the special forces were conducting airborne operations in the palace, the First Regiment of the People's Army and the Second Regiment of the People's Army also attacked the walls of Beijing outside the city of Beijing.

The first regiment is responsible for attacking from the southern city of Beijing, that is, the southern wall of the outer city. There are three city gates here, arranged from left to right, namely: Zuo'anmen, Yongdingmen and You'anmen. Among them, Yongdingmen is located on the central axis of Beijing City, leading directly to Zhengyangmen, ** and Meridianmen.

The combat plan formulated by the first regiment before the war was to use Yongding Gate as the main attack direction, and the firepower enhancement companies under the regiment headquarters, the Second Battalion, the Artillery Battalion and the Second Battalion were arranged in the direction of Yongding Gate, which was the main force of the group. The tactics of the whole body were: first concentrate artillery and bombard the city tower and city gate of Yongding Gate. Because the walls of Beijing were too thick, it was possible to blast the city walls of Beijing unless they were bombarded with heavy artillery above 15o mm caliber, and the artillery battalion of the regiment had only 18 1896 77mm field guns. It was obviously impossible to blast the city walls of Beijing, so it could only attack the city gates with relatively weak city walls. After the city gate was opened, the firepower enhancement company was used to suppress the firepower on the city towers, and sent ground troops to charge, break through the city gate in one fell swoop and capture Yongding Gate.

The first and third battalions each have the firepower reinforcement companies of the battalions to attack Zuo'anmen and You'anmen respectively. Because even if the city gate is blasted open, the width of the passage is limited. If the three battalions are all concentrated at Yongding Gate, the troops cannot be fully expanded. Therefore, the first and third battalions will attack Zuo'anmen and You'anmen respectively. First, they will fully exert their own forces; second, they will also disperse the forces to defend the city. If the Eight-Nation Alliance concentrates its forces to defend Yongding Gate, the People's Army can make a breakthrough from Zuo'anmen and You'anmen, and then reinforce Yongding Gate from within Beijing; while the Eight-Nation Alliance distributes its forces to defend each city gate, they can concentrate their main forces and strive to conquer Yongding Gate with all their strength, and then divide their troops to support Zuo'anmen and You'anmen.

Because the city walls in Beijing are too long, with the forces of the Eight-Nation Alliance, they cannot defend all the city walls at all, and can only be arranged based on the city tower. Moreover, the barracks of the defenders are located next to the city tower. The reason is that the city of Beijing is too large. Once overseas Chinese attack, the reinforcements may not have time to arrive at the city gate to set up defenses, so it is better to let them live next to the city gate.

At 4:50 a.m., all the troops of the first regiment had already advanced to their respective positions. The artillery battalion arranged artillery positions about 4.5 kilometers away from Yongding Gate, while the positions of the other troops were about 7oo-8oo meters away from the target. At this distance, it was the limit of rifle shooting in this era, but at the same time it was within the range of the 47mm machine guns and Maxim machine guns of Hakikas, which was enough to suppress the city tower. Although the Eight-Nation Alliance also had machine guns and artillery, it was basically not a threat to the People's Army because of the lack of shells and solitary shells.

At 5 a.m., the 18 Type 1896 77mm field artillery of the Artillery Battalion were divided into two batches, and fired in turn, bombarding the city tower of Yongding Gate, and officially kicking off the attack on Beijing, because at this time, the helicopter had just taken off from the Tongzhou Railway Station.

Although the German-style 1896 77mm field gun fire was not high in this era, it was divided into two batches to fire, and the shooting was quite considerable. The targets were concentrated, so you only need to fire at the city tower. Although it was fired in the dark and it was impossible to aim, the artillery battalion was equipped with night vision equipment and drone monitoring in the air, which could provide correction units for the artillery battalion. Therefore, after several rounds of calibration, the artillery battalion also calibrated the unit parameters of the shooting, so the firepower was fully opened and a fierce bombardment was launched on the city tower of Yongdingmen.

A series of explosions immediately sounded on the city tower of Yongding Gate and the nearby city walls. Since the artillery battalion had calibrated the shooting parameters, the accuracy of the artillery bombardment was very high. Only a few shells jumped over the city tower, fell into the city or into the open space in front of the city tower, but most of the shells successfully hit the target. Of course, most of the shells hit the target hit the city wall, but a few also fell on the city tower or hit the city gate.

If the shells hit the city wall, it will basically not cause any losses to the city tower or the city wall, because the city wall in Beijing is too thick, and the city tower even protrudes the city wall and is thicker. However, when the city tower falls on the city tower, there are still shells on the arrow tower, which will cause a lot of damage to the defenders. After all, the walls of the arrow tower are not as thick as the city wall, and the shells hitting the city gate can cause considerable damage to the city gate. Although the city gates of Beijing City are made of solid wooden boards of about 3oo-4oomm, and a layer of 5-7mm thick iron plates are wrapped outside, it is almost impossible to break through for weapons in the cold weapon era. Even collision weapons such as collision wood have strong defensive power. However, the medium-caliber shells are no longer incompatible.

After nearly 15 minutes of artillery bombing, the artillery battalion fired nearly a thousand shells at Yongding Gate. The city wall of Yongding Gate was bumpy and bumpy. In addition, dozens of soldiers were killed and injured on the city tower and arrow tower, and the city gate was also blown open to two large holes.

The Eight-Nation Alliance guarding Yongding Gate was the British team. Now the Eight-Nation Alliance has only more than 160 British troops. Therefore, among the 13 cities outside Beijing, one of the British was responsible for guarding, which is Yongding Gate. In addition, the UK also stationed the Zhengyang Gate, ** and Shenwu Gate in the city, which are all located on the central axis of Beijing. This also shows that in addition to the British's shrewdness and cunning, although they have few troops, they control all the strategic points of Beijing, thus gaining great say.

Although there were only more than 10 British soldiers who were vigilant, there was no need to call the police because the shelling caused such a big noise. The British soldiers living by the city gate were awakened and immediately realized that Yongding Gate was attacked by the enemy. As soon as Tongzhou was lost, the Eight-Nation Alliance in Beijing was raised to its vigilance and was always on guard against time travelers to attack Beijing. Therefore, the British army also acted quickly, all of them got up immediately, picked up weapons, caught up with the city wall, and increased the defense on the city tower. Many soldiers did not even wear military uniforms or did not wear helmets. The British soldiers who climbed the city tower found their own battlements, immediately set up their rifles, and then fired outside the city.

In fact, when looking out from the city wall at this time, it was basically pitch black, unable to see anything clearly, and could not aim. Moreover, everyone knew that the position of the artillery was actually far beyond the range of the rifle, so shooting could not pose any threat to the enemy outside the city. However, at this time, firing was mainly to make one's psychologically better and show that one had the power to fight back.

The Eight-Nation Alliance has not been without artillery. There are still about 40 or more artillery pieces in Beijing now, but the artillery is not evenly distributed to each city gate, but whoever uses it. However, the British army now has no artillery, so they cannot use artillery to counterattack at all. They can only rely on rifle shooting to bring some comfort to themselves.

However, just after the defenders on the city wall began to counterattack, the firepower-enhancing company directly under the battalion also opened fire, three Hakikas 47mm cannons, and six Maxim machine guns opened fire in the People's Army's positions and launched fierce fire on the city tower. Although these weapons are not as powerful as artillery, they are dense and more accurate, and they all fire at the city tower and arrow tower. Although most of the bullets were hit on the battlements or the side walls of the arrow tower, the splashed gravel that was shattered by the bullets could still hurt many British soldiers.

It is a 47mm gun from Haqikas. Although it cannot penetrate the thick bricks at the battlement, as long as it can hit the battlement, several flying stones will inevitably splash out. A considerable number of British soldiers rushed into battle and did not wear helmets. As a result, as long as they are hit, they will be beaten to the point of bleeding, and their tendons and bones will be broken.

Now there are less than 1 ooo defenders at Yongding Gate. Such a small number of people are enough to guard the city tower, but if you have to take charge of the city walls on both sides, you can't defend much. After all, even if the 1 ooo stands in a line, how big can you defend? What's more, the enemy's shelling is fierce and the firepower is fierce, and even the city gate is broken. Therefore, the Ying-Zheng-gu, who is guarding Yongding Gate, hurriedly seeking help from the left and right gates, the right gates, and the Zhengyang Gate behind.

Zhengyang Gate is stationed with about 30 British troops, while Zuoanmen and Youanmen Gate are both stationed by Japanese troops. Now the relationship between Britain and Japan is right, so Britain tried hard to get the Japanese troops to garrison these two gates to make up for their lack of troops. After all, the Japanese army is still the most powerful of the Eight-Nation Alliance. The Japanese army also hopes to strengthen relations with the British army and use Britain's international prestige to enhance its international status. Therefore, both sides learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses, and each achieves the situation of winning the two.

The two sides fought for about 20 minutes, and the British army suffered little losses. There were only about 100 soldiers who were injured and killed. The city tower and the arrow tower were still standing, but the city gate could not withstand the continuous shelling and was blown up a large gap of 4 or 5 meters wide. Fortunately, the reinforcements from Zhengyang Gate, Zuoan Gate and Youan Gate continued to arrive at Yongding Gate. One part climbed the city tower and strengthened the defense on the city, while the other part immediately arranged a defense at the city gate, waiting for the enemy to charge towards Yongding Gate.

However, the People's Army did not rashly attack Yongding Gate, but still used long-range strikes. The firepower of the artillery was still concentrated near the city gate, and the firepower of the three Haqikash 47mm cannons was also concentrated at the city gate. Therefore, the time was not long. The three Haqikash 47mm cannons had already poured nearly 100 shells into the city gate. Although the defenders piled up sandbags in front of the city gate to form a bunker, they could not stop the shells of the Haqikash 47mm cannons, and dozens of defenders stationed at the entrance of the city gate were killed. At the same time, they also brought huge pressure to the defenders guarding the city. In such darkness, the overseas Chinese army could still shoot so accurately and continue to guard the entrance of the city gate. Isn't it seeking death?
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