There is a space for passenger planes in the late Ming Dynasty

About seven o'clock in the morning.

Nanjing inner city, Qingliangmen.

At this time, a group of people who were preparing to leave the city to make a living had gathered inside the city gate.

Lin Feng mingled with the crowd with a team of personal guards. He was going to lead the team with Tan Ze to seize the Jiangdong Gate of Nanjing's outer city gate, while Huang Hongchang and Li Xiongxing led the people to seize the inner city gate.

Jiang Jiaming was left with a few people at the intelligence station to guard Zhao Chengfu, who was captured last night. In order to eliminate hidden dangers, Lin Feng had ordered several of Zhao's servants and followers to be killed last night.

When the time came, the city gate opened, and a group of people poured out like a tide.

Unlike those who had to be interrogated when entering the city, those who left the city were basically not interrogated, so Lin Feng and others quickly left the Qingmen and arrived near Jiangdong Gate.

Lin Feng and others walked to a hidden place on the roadside, and first contacted Luo Kai outside the city. He led two thousand troops of the personal guard division to arrive less than ten miles away from Nanjing City overnight. It was seen by the defenders at the top of the city.

Then Lin Feng took out the prepared weapons from the space and distributed them to everyone. They were all Type 39 breech-loading rifles equipped with bayonets. They were very sharp whether it was long-range shooting or close-range fighting.

After watching the personal guards get the weapons, Lin Feng waved his hand and dozens of people rushed towards the city gate. At the same time, he called Luo Kai to lead his troops to rush towards the city gate.

Seeing a group of people rushing toward the city gate with something like sticks, the defenders at the door were stunned for a long time. They didn't know what these people wanted to do.
Even if you want to leave the city, I won't let you leave. You won't have to worry about sprained feet if you rush so fast.

Before they could react, there was a burst of gunfire, and a group of guards on duty at the door were knocked down one after another.

Lin Feng then led his men to rush to the top of the city where the gate was controlled. They shot and stabbed one after another, killing the Ming soldiers who were sent out at the top of the city and fled in all directions.

Mainly, their usual drills rely on the artillery and defensive equipment at the top of the city to defend against enemy siege outside the city. This sudden attack was launched from inside the city, and the opponent's weapons were so sharp that they immediately overwhelmed the defenders.

At the same time, Huang Hongchang and Jiang Jiaming also led another group of guards to occupy Qingliangmen in the inner city. Because the inner city goalkeeper directly faced the impact of Nanjing's soldiers and horses, Lin Feng left the reserve team of about a hundred guardsmen in the inner city.

The Nanjing defenders did not expect that people from the city would openly seize the city gate in broad daylight. In addition, the gate defenders seriously lacked training. The entire operation to seize the city gate was very fast. It only took less than ten minutes to capture two gates. A city gate.

However, with the two hundred troops sneaking into the city, it was impossible to control all the Ming troops defending the city. Most of the Ming troops fled into the city, and a large force should be organized to counterattack soon.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army in Nanjing.

Xincheng Bo Zhao Zhilong, who was in charge of admiral Nanjing's military affairs, was in the public room and asked his uncle's housekeeper: "Isn't the prince back yet?"

"No!" replied the butler.

"Didn't you send someone to look for it?"

"Looking for it. The prince went to Meixiang Tower last night, but the people in the building said that the prince went back very early last night. Maybe something went wrong. I was about to ask the master for instructions to send some people to look for it." the housekeeper replied. .

"Then what are you waiting for? Send someone quickly..."

Before Zhao Zhilong finished speaking, Liang Yungou, a fellow commander, hurried in and said, "Uncle, it's not good. A group of people in the city suddenly attacked Qingliang Gate. Now that the city gate has been lost, please send troops immediately to quell the rebellion."

"What! Qingliangmen was lost? What did the defenders do for food?" Zhao Zhilong was so surprised that he stood up immediately. Then he said hurriedly: "Quick, take the Beijing camp to quell the rebellion. Uncle Ben will be here soon."

As the admiral in charge of Nanjing's military affairs, he naturally knew that once the city gate was lost, it would be difficult to defend the city based on the combat effectiveness of the Nanjing camp.

"Yes!" Liang Yungou hurriedly took the order and left.

Zhao Zhilong was about to put on his armor and go to the city gate to take command in person. A servant hurried in with a letter and said, "Master, someone slipped a letter outside the door saying it was about the prince."

"Bring it to me!" Zhao Zhilong immediately took the letter and read it.

"Asshole! Damn it! Chengfu was arrested by the Zhenming Army. What should we do?" Zhao Zhilong said anxiously after reading the letter.

"Uncle, do you want to go to the city gate?" the servant asked.

"We won't go for now. It's a small group of Zhenming troops who occupy the city gate. I'll go to the Ministry of War, Qiu Shangshu, to discuss it first and prepare horses for me!" Zhao Zhilong said anxiously.

In the letter, Lin Feng warned him that if his organization recaptured the city gate, his son would be killed. Zhao Zhilong only had one son and did not dare to take risks, so he decided to delay it for a while.

Qingliangmen in the inner city. When Nanjing commander Liang Yungou came to the city gate with more than a thousand troops and horses that were urgently pulled out, more than 150 officers and soldiers of the Guards Division had already built a simple defense line and were on guard with their rifles in hand.

When Liang Yungou saw that the Zhenming army seemed to be small in number, he immediately ordered the entire army to charge, preparing to rely on the strength of numbers to recapture the city gate at once.

"Boom, boom!"

With two loud noises, the two light shotguns Lin Feng took out from the space roared, and the flying steel balls made the charging Nanjing soldiers howl like ghosts.

Then, "Bah, bang, bang!" A volley of guns from the Guards Division was fired, and dozens of Ming troops were immediately knocked down. The entire team collapsed in an instant, and all the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp were fleeing in all directions.

The first operation to recapture the city gate organized by Liang Yungou ended in complete failure.

At the outer city gate, the situation of the Ming army was better. Since Lin Feng left the main force at the inner city gate, there were only about fifty personal guards responsible for occupying Jiangdong Gate. When the Ming troops on both sides of the city wall saw that the city gate was lost, they immediately rushed over like crazy.

After Lin Feng led fifty personal guards and fired heavy bullets from their rifles, they had no time to reload before a large number of Ming troops rushed in.

They could only hide in the city gate hole, block the city gate with huge rocks, and then rely on the obstacles to carry out tenacious resistance. Fortunately, the Guards were equipped with the latest sniper rifles, and a few sharpshooters quickly killed the Ming army's on-site commanders, preventing them from organizing an effective attack.

After the two sides were in a stalemate for several minutes, the commander of the Ming army learned his lesson and stayed behind to force the Ming army to concentrate the charge. He also sent law enforcement teams to kill those who retreated, in an attempt to recapture the city gate with the help of numbers.

A large number of Ming troops were forced and rushed over without fear of death. At this critical moment, Luo Kai led a large number of officers and soldiers of the Guards Division to arrive. They quickly entered the city and fired a volley, knocking down a group of Ming soldiers and soldiers. The attack collapsed.

"Master Marquis, we were late, and you almost got trapped in a tight siege!" Luo Kai apologized.

"It's not too late. You came just in time. You take a thousand people to control Jiangdong Gate, and the others follow me to the inner city gate." Lin Feng ordered.

When Lin Feng rushed to Qingliang Gate, Huang Hongchang, Li Xiongxing and others had just repelled the attack by Liang Yungou and others, and were organizing and strengthening the defense of the city gate.

Lin Feng took the opportunity to take out a few more fine steel field cannons produced by Zhenming Ordnance Factory from the space, handed them to Huang Hongchang, and ordered him to lead a team of troops to occupy the commanding heights of Qingliang Mountain next to the city gate, and arrange the field cannons to prepare for the coming tomorrow. The army's overall counterattack.

Sure enough, less than half an hour later, Qiu Weizhen, the Minister of War in Nanjing, and Zhao Zhilong, the Bo of Xincheng, came together with 5,000 soldiers and horses to recapture the city gate.

The commander Liang Yungou also gathered up the defeated troops and followed them back. They immediately launched a fierce attack, preparing to take advantage of the Zhenming Army's unstable foothold to recapture the city gate in one fell swoop.

After listening to Liang Yungou's report, Zhao Zhilong also urgently deployed several shield vehicles in front to protect against shotguns, and a large force followed behind to attack.

"Boom boom boom!"

The shotgun at the city gate did not go off, but the field artillery set up on Qingliang next to it roared, and steel projectiles rained down from high above.

The shield cart was smashed into pieces, and the shield cart was smashed into pieces; it was smashed into the charging Ming soldiers, plowing out bloody traces of death.

Immediately after the barrier at the city gate was pushed open, a thousand officers and soldiers of the Guards Division picked up their rifles and fired a volley of "Pah, Pah, Pah!", followed by dense gunfire like fried beans, and the charging Ming army fell in large numbers.

Then the officers and soldiers of the Guards Division rushed over quickly with bayonets and loaded rifles. A whole surprise attack stabbed the Ming army that had not yet recovered from their emotions to the core.

"Ah!" Ming officers and soldiers shouted in horror, dropped their weapons and ran back quickly.

Qiu Weizhen and Zhao Zhilong were stunned as they watched from behind. Was the Ming army defeated like this? Is the Zhenming Army so powerful?
The two people quickly ordered the Ming army to retreat and ran all the way to the imperial city in Nanjing. This time with a solid city wall as a support, they felt a little more confident. This Zhenming army was too terrifying.

Considering that there were too few people entering the city, Lin Feng did not continue to stop the pursuit, and promptly ordered the officers and soldiers of the Guards Division to withdraw to Qingliang Gate to improve the fortifications, waiting for the officers and men of the Guards Division led by Deng Hao to come to support.

"Huang Zanhua, how long will it take for Deng Hao and the others to arrive?" Lin Feng asked.

"Master Hou, we just contacted them. They have reached a place about fifty miles away from Jiangdong Gate of Nanjing, and they still need half a day to arrive.

"Okay, the officers and soldiers of the Guards Division entering the city will quickly clear out the Ming troops defending the city on both sides, continue to build fortifications, ensure that the two city gates are open, and wait until Deng Hao leads the army to arrive before entering the city to capture key areas." Lin Feng ordered. .

"Understood!" Huang Hongchang, Li Xiongxing, Tan Ze and others took the order.

(End of this chapter)