Late Ming Dynasty: Special Forces in 1645

Demolition expert Huang Longkun led five young soldiers from the new army to quietly swim across the moat and sneak up to the city wall. They remained undetected until they were close to the city gate!

Looking at the city gate, which was over three meters wide and over four meters high, Huang Longkun sighed inwardly:

"This city gate is quite thick, and it's even covered with iron sheets at the bottom. Without cannons and explosives, it would indeed be difficult to attack!"

If the defending troops are disciplined, it won't be easy for us to take them down even if we have modern firearms.

While inwardly complaining, Huang Longkun's hands and feet moved swiftly, planting high explosives at four key points on the city gate.

To ensure the destruction of the city gate, Huang Longkun used three kilograms of high explosives, and there wasn't much explosive left after that.

"Company commander, is this little bit of gunpowder enough to blow up the city gate?" asked one of Huang Longkun's platoon leaders.

"Enough talk." Huang Longkun said without turning his head, "If I say it can be blown up, it definitely can. Be quiet and prepare to evacuate!"

As he spoke, Huang Longkun glanced at the city wall, but was not noticed by the soldiers guarding the city.

The defenders on the city wall never dreamed that, in addition to the rebel army, someone else would come to attack the city.

Most of the defenders were quite easygoing, just going through the motions, taking their pay and guarding the city. If the rebel army really attacked, they might as well surrender.

What difference does it make who you work for?

Most of the garrison here were originally Ming Dynasty government troops, but later the rebel army came and they became the rebel army. When the traitor Zheng Liuwei came, they became the Qing army.

If the rebel army comes again, they will simply surrender again; it's just a basic tactic.

When necessary, even the head of an official can be used.

With this mindset, coupled with the generals' laxity, the soldiers guarding the city became increasingly lazy, and they considered it a good thing to be able to sleep on the city wall while on duty.

At this moment, Huang Longkun had already left with his men and arrived at the moat.

Having never seen a drawbridge over a moat before, Huang Longkun fumbled around for a while but couldn't figure out how to lower it.

Huang Longkun shouted to the young soldiers behind him, "Don't just stand there like idiots, come and see how to lower this suspension bridge."

One of the platoon leaders whispered, "Company commander, look at that rope. If you loosen it, the drawbridge will be lowered."

The atmosphere became somewhat awkward for a moment.

Huang Longkun glared at him: "Then why don't you go and loosen your grip!"

The platoon leader said "Oh," lowered his head, walked over, and loosened the cable tying the suspension bridge.

Sure enough, the drawbridge creaked as the cable was loosened, a sound that was particularly noticeable in front of the city gate, where the sky was just beginning to brighten and the city was still deserted.

Especially when one end of the drawbridge crashed heavily onto the connecting point on the opposite bank of the moat, the soldiers on duty on the city wall were finally awakened from their sleep!

Several soldiers glanced down at the city and were immediately alarmed. Even the drawbridge had been lowered, and there seemed to be a large number of troops hiding in the distant woods!

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

The soldiers on duty shouted and blew their whistles, the sharp sound carrying far and wide!

After crossing the bridge, Huang Longkun pressed the remote control without hesitation.

The bombs planted on the city gate exploded simultaneously. A flash of fire followed, and after a loud bang, the heavy city gate was blown to pieces!

On the other side, as a signal to attack, Li Chengming saw that the city gate had been successfully blown up, and then gave the order:

"Go! Before the enemy can react, let's quickly get in and take control of the city gate!"

"Machine gunner, sniper, and observer, you three and your company stay behind. We need you here!"

The machine gunner, sniper, and observer nodded.

The machine gunners and snipers were there to mark the defenders who peeked out from the city walls.

The observers also need to operate drones to observe the situation inside the city.

Li Chengming led the first company of new soldiers and was the first to rush towards the city gate.

The demolition expert's company followed behind, but the demolition expert rejoined the team halfway through the journey.

Following behind were assault troops, communications personnel, medics, and the companies they led.

Although Xinjun had traveled for most of the night and hadn't even had breakfast, he was exhausted, sleepy, and hungry.

But at this moment, everyone was in high spirits, wishing they had two more legs to run faster and rush into Jingmen City.

Firstly, they had undergone half a month of military training and all wanted to make the most of the military rations they received, hoping to find a place to use their skills.

Secondly, when the observers released the drone, they were amazed. In particular, several new platoon leaders were so excited when they saw the screen on the tablet that their hands and feet trembled, and they murmured: "A magical artifact! This must be a magical treasure from the immortals!"

Thirdly, seeing that demolition expert Huang Longkun and his men had blasted the thick and sturdy city gate to pieces, he was even more impressed with the assault team members and secretly guessed that they had used some kind of magical thunderbolt.

Many of the new recruits had the idea that they had "followed the right person," and at this time they had immense trust in Li Chengming and the other assault team members.

On the city wall, the soldiers who had been stunned by the explosion finally came to their senses and looked down to see that Li Chengming and his new army had already crossed the moat.

The city guard turned around, about to signal the other guards to fire arrows, when his head exploded, splattering red and white matter all over the ground behind him.

The other guards around them first witnessed this terrifying scene, and then heard a sound that resembled firecrackers but was much louder coming from afar.

The defenders also discovered that it wasn't just one person; anyone standing near the crenellations had their head blown off, accompanied by a distant gunshot!

In just a few breaths, more than a dozen people fell down one after another!

The defending soldiers were terrified. They couldn't understand this strange occurrence, but they knew they couldn't approach the crenellations, or they would die.

Meanwhile, some skeptical people approached the crenellations and stuck their heads out, and they indeed died.

They were so frightened that no one dared to approach them again.

Three hundred meters away from the city wall, machine gunners and snipers fired shots from time to time, and even chatted in good spirits.

Machine gunner He Mingqiu, gripping his precision rifle, said, "The captain's precision rifle is quite good; the trajectory is very stable at 300 meters!"

Sniper Chen Shaoping was aiming his machine gun at a head on the city wall. After firing a shot, he said, "Your squad automatic weapon is pretty good. It's very accurate in bursts."

Machine gunner He Mingqiu: "The squad machine gun and the precision rifle have the same caliber, use the same bullets, and both have heavy barrels."

"...You've already fired ten bullets. Take a break. Once the captain has control of the city gate, there's no need to keep firing."

Sniper Chen Shaoping: "If I take out one more person, I'll be one short of ten."

He Mingqiu said, "It's because you made a mistake once."

Chen Shaoping said, "You have the nerve to say that? This is my first time using your machine gun. The sights you set don't suit my habits, so I missed the first shot."

He Mingqiu fired two shots, successfully killing two men. In a good mood, he said, "That's enough. Let's finish this and get ready to lead the troops in!"

Observer Yan Huidong stared intently at the tablet computer with a serious expression. Seeing this, machine gunner He Mingqiu asked, "Is everything going smoothly with the captain?"

Yan Huidong nodded: "The team leader's progress is going smoothly, but look at this city, this seems to be the garrison commander. It looks like he's going to escape. If he abandons the city and runs away now, we won't be able to do anything about him."

He Mingqiu leaned over to take a look at the tablet and exclaimed, "Good heavens, this already fills three cartloads of boxes, and they're still loading more! How much valuable stuff have they looted? We can't let him get away! Quickly inform the captain!"

Yan Huidong nodded and informed Li Chengming of the situation in the city via walkie-talkie, finally asking Li Chengming to make a decision.

Li Chengming breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the defenders on the city wall die, be wounded, or surrender. It seemed that the east gate had been completely captured.

So he ordered: "Observer, use the grenades on the drone to take out the garrison commander. Then you, the machine gunner, and the sniper, quickly lead your troops into the city and help take the other gates!"