afterglow

Chapter 231 No SWAT; "Tears"

At noon, the sun rose to the right sky, neither hot nor cold, this is the most pleasant time of day in Nanjing, which is about to enter late autumn.

The confrontation at the eastern foot of Qingliang Mountain has lasted for nearly five hours. The surrounding streets have been tightly sealed off, and the onlookers have been driven out again and again, and finally they are confined to a place that is a full block away.

Previously, in order to cut off the broadcast that spread "slandering the government and mobilizing people's hearts", the police chief of Yi'an, who was in command at the scene, ordered to destroy the antenna on the top of the tower with minimal loss.

It is very difficult to attack from the bottom up. Mortars, such curved weapons, are not accurate enough, and they will pass by the top of the radio tower if they are slightly off the front, back, left, and right; while the 38.4-type [-]mm infantry gun with a relatively straight ballistic trajectory does not have enough elevation angle. .

As a last resort, they could only ask for support from the garrison in the capital.

The nature of mobilizing the army at the feet of the emperor is not ordinary, no one dares to try to kill first and then play.

Ever since, the request was reported layer by layer, and the order was issued layer by layer. Until now, a combat anti-gun team from the Fourth Brigade of the Imperial Guard arrived by car.

"Boom! Boom!"

They mounted the guns on high wooden boxes to obtain a sufficient elevation angle, and two 14.4-type anti-war guns fired a dozen rounds of [-]mm armor-piercing incendiary bombs and instant explosive bombs to the antenna on the top of the tower one after another.

The hoarse speeches on the radio stopped abruptly, leaving only the background noise of sizzle.

No heavy weapons were used to destroy the antenna, which minimized the collateral damage.

"The antenna has been destroyed, why don't you just give up your weapons and get caught? Don't fight with trapped beasts! It's pointless!"

However, despite forcibly destroying the way of external communication, these attackers still ignored the persuasion of the surrounded police officers and continued to shoot, trying to resist to the end.

"Hahahaha——If you are just trying to survive, wouldn't you be breaking your promise? Today, I will show my ambition with death! I will use sacrifices in exchange for the epiphany of the world!"

The exchange of fire at the scene has not been interrupted, but sometimes sparse and sometimes dense.

After a few hours, the positions of the police officers were already covered with yellow shell casings, and there were pools and streaks of blood.During this period, a total of 22 people were killed or injured by Yingtianfu Police and Yi'an Army!

The Yi'an Army moved two 38.4-type [-]mm infantry guns that had been eliminated by the army to the headquarters building, deployed them behind appropriate windows on the second and third floors, and aimed at the broadcasting tower dozens of meters away.

Amidst the sound of "bang bang", a round of shells precisely passed through the window of the radio tower and exploded inside it!

This infantry artillery was specially used for precise shooting during the European war, allowing infantry units to have the ability to counter the enemy's machine gun firepower.However, its shells are too small and the charge is only 29g. You must know that the Type 60 grenades equipped by the Ming army have a charge of [-]g.

How powerful would such weak power explode in the relatively spacious interior of the broadcasting tower?
Although at first they were caught off guard and suffered losses, and several people were knocked down, the attackers who were stubbornly resisting inside quickly found cover.

In this way, although it looked very exciting from the outside, with constant explosions and billowing black and gray gunpowder smoke floating out from various windows, there were very few casualties inside.

"It's now! Up, up, up!"

The soldiers of the Yi'an Army didn't know about it, and this situation made them mistakenly think that the thieves would be dizzy and suffer heavy casualties, so they decisively launched an attack.

The main entrance was tightly blocked, and even after being hit by a few shells, it was still blocked by various debris such as tables and cabinets, so the soldiers could only enter through the windows.

The power of the backup generator is limited, the elevator has long been shut down, and the two sides fought in the stairwell. The gunshots of "da da da" and "bang bang bang" were extremely dense, and the opponent's fierce resistance completely exceeded everyone's expectations!

In this face-to-face close-range firefight of less than ten meters, the old-fashioned Lebel rifles and Winchester lever rifles equipped by the Yi'an army soldiers could not take advantage of any advantages. Get sharper.

Due to the different national conditions, the number of automatic weapons equipped by the military and police of the Ming Dynasty is not large, which is completely inferior to that of their counterparts on the other side of the ocean, although the latter was also forced out by the "Chicago typewriter" of the gangsters.

The attack was blocked, and after a few minutes of stalemate, Yi'an's army was forced to retreat.

The failed attack resulted in seven casualties, three dead and four injured. The fearful soldiers estimated that the other side also lost about three people.

So far, Yingtianfu police and Yi'an army have tried their best, but the entire radio tower is still firmly occupied by the attackers.

Now if we don't take other measures, we can only use the most stupid method - to use people to fill, to fight more and less, to exhaust the opponent, and the cost is 30 to [-] casualties.

The Police Secretary Lang Zhong, who witnessed the whole process, stomped his feet angrily, but there was nothing he could do.

You can't really use stupid tricks, can you?That's too embarrassing, it's even more embarrassing than calling foreign aid for help, and it will also appear to be a reckless disregard for human life!

After a while, he made up his mind and ordered: "Report the situation, come truthfully, and ask the army for help!"

Someone next to him struggled and said: "I have already asked the army for help before, and now I ask for help, is there something..."

"The matter has come to this, is your face and airs still important? This is the capital, and it will ruin the face of the country if it takes another second!"

"Yes!"

Compared with the emperor who was not in a hurry and sat firmly on the Diaoyutai, the crown prince was more disgusted and displeased with this radical radical move.

He specifically called to inquire about the progress of the purge. Although he did not urge him, in people's eyes, this was actually urging in disguise.

Since no combat readiness order has been issued, the garrison in the capital is still in a daily state, and the response speed is also very slow.

Although as far as the rules and regulations are concerned, even in daily life, any unit must ensure that at least two units are in a state of alert that can be dispatched at any time. two teams.

However, this order has not been properly implemented for a long time. The perennial peaceful days have largely wiped out people's vigilance. Officers and soldiers generally feel that this ratio is too large-why would such a scale of vigilance be needed in normal times? strength?

Therefore, in actual implementation, everyone is used to halving it, and it has always been sufficient, enough to deal with occasional emergencies.

But this time is different. Since it is not appropriate to use heavy weapons, what is the difference between the Forbidden Army and the Army and the Yi'an Army?At most, they are better equipped and trained, and they are essentially light infantry.

Now the commander of the garrison is asking which troops can provide immediate support. Zhou Changfeng, who just put down his chopsticks, can't help complaining: "You haven't taken down yet after lunch?"

Zhao Hanfeng with a helpless face spread his hands and said: "I just asked. The thieves are guarding the radio tower. They have all kinds of guns and short guns, as well as machine guns. If you don't pile up people with your life, the police and Yi'an army can't get in."

"Machine gun?! It's off the mark, where did it come from?"

"It's a British-style revolving gun. Who knows exactly where it came from."

Both the British army and the Russian army have machine guns that feed from the magazine. The former is the Lewis light machine gun, and the latter is the Deggarev light machine gun.

As an early light machine gun, the Lewis light machine gun has quite good overall performance and is also widely used as an aviation machine gun. It is almost all the rear seat machine guns of the Allied biplanes.When Ming Dynasty began to develop aviation power, it naturally brought it back together when it introduced a series of British and French fighters.

Aviation-type Lewis light machine guns generally use thickened double-layer magazines, which can hold more than 90 rounds of bullets, and the rate of fire is 20 rounds per minute. This kind of firepower is quite impressive even [-] years later.

In view of Zhu Lingjing's reminder, the [-]st Marine Regiment has been prepared. These days, they will rotate in turn, ensuring that two teams are on alert from morning to night, and the reconnaissance unit of the regiment is on standby around the clock.

Unexpectedly, what was thought to be a large-scale riot turned out to be just a group of dead men who seized the radio tower to create momentum, but it made the Ming military and police so devastated.

"To deal with this kind of well-prepared and heavily armed gangsters, the ordinary police force is really difficult to deal with." Zhou Changfeng muttered.

What's interesting is that after all the dignified emperors suffered such losses and suffered such embarrassing incidents, Daming is likely to become the first country in the world to form a professional SWAT team.

SWAT stands for Special Tactics Unit. Historically, because the Los Angeles police were faced with increasingly serious violent crimes and felt that conventional law enforcement forces could not effectively deal with it, a professional and elite SWAT team was established for the first time with the help of the Marine Corps. It is the well-known LAPD-SWAT.

"It's not far, brother Zhou, are we going to join in the fun?" Zhu Lishuo stretched out his hand and swipe on the map, then raised his head and asked.

Starting from the Jiangxinzhou Wharf, the opposite is the confluence of the Qinhuai River and the Yangtze River. Going south along the Qinhuai River is Qingliangmen. After landing on the shore, it is only one and a half miles away from the east foot of Qingliang Mountain.

If you move quickly, the whole process may only take half an hour.

Although Zhou Changfeng didn't think it was necessary, it was very likely that the day lily would be cold after the past, because the reconnaissance battalion and engineer battalion of the mixed third brigade were stationed very close there.

However, he still called the garrison command and envoy to report the situation of the first marine regiment, which was ready to be dispatched at any time and arrived within two quarters of an hour.

"... There are about a dozen people left. It's not easy to deal with them. We don't think about using artillery and bombs for the time being." Pang Lingqi's voice was on the other end of the phone.

"Senior, if all the conditions are combined, use sneeze poison, which is actually the best." Zhou Changfeng suggested.

There were five ordinary company employees in the broadcasting tower. Public opinion does not allow indiscriminate killing of innocent civilians, so more powerful shelling and blasting are not acceptable.

Before, the Yi'an army only dared to fire on the first and second floors with the 38.4mm infantry artillery.

The sneeze poisons equipped by the Ming army include diphenylchloroarsine and diphenylcyanarsine, the latter of which is more effective. Both poisons mainly stimulate the upper respiratory tract, causing burning pain in the nasopharynx, sneezing, and runny nose , shed tears, can significantly affect people's mobility.

Compared with nervous and erosive poisons, this kind of poison is much milder, the body can recover naturally, and if there is timely medical assistance, it will be basically fine.

But it is a chemical weapon after all, and it is still more toxic than the police tear gas ammunition of later generations. However, countries have not yet conducted in-depth research on police tear gas ammunition. Except for Tsarist Russia, all countries lack experience in this area.

Pang Lingqi on the other end of the phone was silent for a moment, and finally said in a deep voice: "You come to supervise and prepare medical supplies."

After receiving the order, Zhou Changfeng immediately dispatched the third team of the first battalion and the fourth platoon of the reconnaissance team to set off, arrived at the pier by car, and then quickly sailed into the Qinhuai River in a dozen small boats that had been prepared.

The reconnaissance team should have only three platoons, and the fourth platoon is an experimental unit formed after Zhou Changfeng declared. Simply put, it is the special forces of the First Marine Regiment. The training outline was modified by him on the basis of the scouting chapters of the Ming Army's Army Exercise Code. .

The personnel are all selected layer by layer, with excellent equipment and strong automatic firepower. They are generally equipped with submachine guns, semi-automatic rifles, and Type [-] automatic guns. One type rifle.

The original intention of Zhou Changfeng to set up this unit was actually just to practice the special warfare theory of later generations and try how to best combine it with the current technical conditions. He did not expect that a special force of more than [-] people could play a big role in the war. But unexpectedly, it came in handy in this situation.

More than a dozen small boats sailed on the Qinhuai River at high speed, and the magnificent Nanjing City Wall was on the left.

"Dock to shore! Move swiftly!"

The soldiers disembarked one after another at the pier next to Qingliangmen, and after the whole team ran non-stop to their destination.

At about the same time as the 112 officers and soldiers of the [-]st Marine Regiment, people from other units arrived, a team from the reconnaissance battalion of the [-]rd Imperial Guard Mixed Brigade, and three armored vehicles and two [-]mm infantry guns from the [-]st Imperial Guard Division.

It can be said that the broadcasting company was completely surrounded. The reconnaissance team from the third mixed brigade even sent a platoon to Qingliang Mountain to monitor the broadcasting tower from behind.

"Report, Han Langzhong, the medical team already knows that we are going to release the poison gas, and they will be ready immediately."

"Hush! Don't use the word 'poisonous gas'. If it will cause panic among the people, use 'tear gas' to outsiders."

"Yes……"

After discussions among the officers present, it was finally decided that the Marine Regiment [-] would carry out the raid, the Guard [-] Division would be responsible for fire suppression, and the Mixed [-]rd Brigade would continue to stand by.

Half a quarter of an hour later, all units were ready.

On the semi-encircled front, the officers and soldiers of the First Marine Regiment all wore gas masks, checked each other for tightness, and then opened the gun safety.

"Boom! Boom!"

The two infantry guns roared in unison, and precisely shot the diphenylchloroarsine poison bullet through the window into the broadcast tower tens of meters away.

Repeatedly, from the upper floor to the lower floor, six rounds of twelve rounds were fired, and the entire radio tower was filled with faint, brown or green mist as far as the naked eye could see.

Three armored vehicles drove forward slowly, followed closely by more than thirty officers and soldiers from the fourth reconnaissance platoon of the first marine regiment.

When they got close, they immediately broke through the window and broke into the interior, and launched a fierce exchange of fire with the dying attackers.

The latter, with a nose and a tear, even managed to throw Molotov cocktails at the armored vehicle, but they were all shot dead one after another.

"Da da da--"

"Grass! Left!"

"boom!"

"It's an employee! Don't shoot!"

"Someone is hiding in the utility room!"

"boom!"

At [-]:[-] p.m., all of these fanatical attackers were wiped out.

(End of this chapter)