Although the current top priority is not to occupy Beijing in full, there are two places that need to be controlled first, one is the Telegraph Bureau in Beijing, and the other is the embassy areas of various countries in Dongjiaomin Lane.

Controlling the telegrams will also control the spread of news in Beijing. At the same time, it can also spread news to various places in the name of the People's Army, solemnly declare that Beijing has been occupied by the People's Army. This is of course very important.

The first telegram was transmitted to China in 1871. The Danish Dabei Telegraph Company officially opened a telegraph business in Shanghai. The first telegraph line built by China was in 1877. Ding Richang, the then governor of Fujian, took advantage of the opportunity to go to Taiwan to discuss matters and proposed to establish a telegraph office. He formulated a plan to build a telegraph line, which was built from the Banner (now Kaohsiung) to Fucheng (now Tainan). The entire line was 95 miles long. Subsequently, the telegraph line between Tianjin, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and Taiwan was gradually connected.

However, due to the obstruction of the conservative forces within the Qing Dynasty, the telegrams could not be reached to Beijing. In 1880, after Li Hongzhang established the General Administration of Telegrams in Tianjin, telegrams from all over the country had to go to Tianjin first and then transfer them to Beijing by fast horse. The court's approval had to be sent to Tianjin by fast horse, and the time wasted in vain. Therefore, in 1883, the telegrams were first sent in Tongzhou, so it was changed to the telegrams from Tianjin to Beijing, and it was changed to the telegrams from Tongzhou. Compared with the past, there was a lot of progress. However, if there were emergency telegrams at night, the gates of Beijing were closed at that time, and the telegrams could only be sent to the city the next day. At this time, the conservative forces could not stop the progressive force of technology. In the following year, the telegram lines were finally connected to Beijing, but seven years were wasted, which also shows how great the conservative forces in China were in this era.

There are two telegraph bureaus in Beijing. One is the Beijing Commercial and Electrical Bureau, located in the Yangshi Garden of Xique Hutong outside Chongwenmen, which is open to the public; the other is the Beijing Official and Electrical Bureau is located in Lugongtang by the Paozi River, which is specifically responsible for receiving government telegraphs. After Beijing issued the telegraph, embassies of various countries also connected the telegraph lines and could send foreign telegraphs to themselves. During the period of the Boxer Rebellion, countries informed the situation in Beijing to the country through telegraphs, and also prompted countries to form the Eight-Nation Alliance. However, during the first period of the Boxer Rebellion, the Boxer Rebellion once destroyed the Beijing Commercial and Electrical Bureau, causing Beijing to completely interrupt telegraph communication. Later, the Eight-Nation Alliance attacked Beijing and used the Beijing Official and Electrical Bureau to release information to the outside world.

Dongjiaomin Lane is an area where embassies of various countries gather. During the Boxer Rebellion, a large number of expatriates from various countries hid in the embassy to hide. The Boxer Rebellion attacked the embassy many times, but none of them could break through the embassy. This also became a strange story during the Boxer Rebellion.

The First Regiment and the Second Regiment immediately reported to the command center that they had already invaded Beijing City and occupied the imperial palace. Then they moved their regiment headquarters into Beijing and set up them in the imperial palace.

After the two regiment commanders Zhang Zhengjie and Qiu Yahui negotiated, they immediately divided the work. The first regiment was responsible for guarding the Zuoanmen, Yongdingmen, You'anmen, Xuanwumen, Zhengyangmen, Chongwenmen, and Dongjiaomin Lane in the inner city of Beijing, because Dongjiaomin Lane is located between Zhengyangmen Street and Chongwenmen Street. The second regiment was the defense zone of Deshengmen, Andingmen, Imperial Palace and ** in the northern city of Beijing, as well as Beijing Official Television Bureau.

In this way, the People's Army firmly controlled the central axis of Beijing and waited for reinforcements to arrive in Beijing.

After the First Regiment and the Second Regiment had just divided the defense zone, the reinforcements from Tongzhou Railway Station had not arrived in Beijing yet, but ***, one of the commanders in the front line command, took a helicopter and led a group of staff to Beijing as soon as possible, and landed directly outside Taihe Gate.

It turned out that after receiving the news from the front, the two front commanders Zhu Yaping and *** immediately negotiated briefly. Although the tactical plans formulated before the war were basically completed, it is not yet time to enjoy the victory, because the People's Army has not yet completely controlled Beijing City, and now the First Regiment that captured Beijing City is the second Regiment, which is a rank-level relationship, which makes it difficult to unify the command power. If it is during the war, it will be fine, and each competition will have its own problems.

Each tactical goal is completed according to its own goals, and the command center can conduct remote control command. However, now the large-scale war is basically over. The People's Army has entered Beijing, which requires unified command and dispatch. Therefore, the two negotiated and decided to take a helicopter to Beijing first and preside over the overall situation. Zhu Yaping stayed at Tongzhou Railway Station, organized corresponding personnel, and the army entered Beijing. It is expected to arrive in Beijing from 11 to 12 o'clock noon.

*** As soon as the helicopter was about to recruit two group headquarters for a meeting. After a preliminary understanding of the current situation in Beijing, *** immediately adjusted the defense zones designated by the first and second regiments.

Although the People's Army currently has only more than 7 ooo people, and it is not enough to control the city power of Beijing, it is still more than enough to control the central axis. Moreover, the Eight-Nation Alliance is basically unable to attack the People's Army anymore, so the People's Army can at least leave a certain amount of mobile troops, and even try to attack the Eight-Nation Alliance, which is still stationed at other city gates.

After consultation with the two regiments, the decision was made to adjust the distribution of the defense zones. The second battalion of the first regiment was stationed at Zuoanmen, Yongdingmen and Youanmen in the south city of Beijing; the second battalion of the first regiment was stationed at Dongjiaomin Lane; the first battalion of the second regiment was stationed at Deshengmen and Andingmen in the north city of Beijing; the third battalion of the second regiment dispatched a company to Xuanwumen, Zhengyangmen, Chongwenmen in the inner city of Beijing, and one company to station at Beijing Guandian Bureau; the artillery battalion of the two regiments and the two regiments were stationed at Beijing Imperial Palace, so that the first battalion of the first regiment and the second battalion of the second regiment could be used as mobile forces. After the reinforcements arrived, the People's Army would have four battalions of mobile forces, which could gradually rectify the Eight-Nation Alliance in Beijing.

After adjusting the defense areas of each unit, *** ordered each unit to take turns to rest. After all, after nearly three hours of fighting, the soldiers were very tired. In addition, there were a large number of injured soldiers. *** ordered the Wenhua Hall to be set up as a temporary battlefield hospital to accommodate and treat the injured soldiers. Because the Wenhua Hall was large enough and the damage was minimal, and the subsequent support troops entered Beijing, there was also a medical team that would properly treat the injured soldiers.

As for the prisoners of the Eight-Nation Alliance, *** ordered them to be taken to the wall of the imperial city, and classified according to nationality, and concentrated on different wall sections. Because the walls are small and there is limited room for movement, and the People's Army occupies the city tower and tower, so as long as the steps of the city wall are blocked, there is no fear of the prisoners causing trouble.

After dealing with these matters, *** dispatched some reconnaissance personnel to dress up as ordinary people, and went to various places in Beijing to reconnaissance the situation. The focus was on reconnaissance of the city gates, so as to find out where the remaining troops of the Eight-Nation Alliance were going.

At this time, Beijing's aftermath work was basically over, and the People's Army could free up its hands to clean up the palace. Although the battle was distributed in Beijing's central axis, the main battlefield was in the palace. The Eight-Nation Alliance suffered great casualties. When the People's Army first occupied the palace, there were almost all the bodies of the soldiers of the Eight-Nation Alliance who were shot dead. However, the People's Army had never had time to clean the battlefield, so it only carried out a simple cleanup, and the bodies of the dead crossing soldiers and the People's Army soldiers were placed in a palace. The bodies of the Eight-Nation Alliance soldiers could only be moved aside first and the venue was vacated. There were also a large number of scattered guns.

Now the things that should be handled are almost done, and it is time to clean the palace, and also to count the results of the battle. At this time, Yu Maolin, the captain of the special forces, said: "Qin Zhi, when we attacked the Ministry of Internal Affairs again, there are now many eunuchs and palace maids living in it, not a thousand people, but seven or eight hundred people. Anyway, this group of people are idle, so why not let them out and help us clean the palace, so there is more people working."

After hearing what Yu Maolin said, Qiu Yahui also said: "Yes, there are many eunuchs living in every palace, and there are also a large number of eunuchs and palace maids living behind the palace. Anyway, so many people are idle, so there is no need to be used. Moreover, they are more familiar with the structure of the palace than us, and it is easier to clean it up."

*** After thinking about it, I also thought this suggestion was good. Let the eunuchs and palace maids do more work so that the soldiers could rest for a while. After the support troops arrived in Beijing, there would be battles, so it was necessary to preserve their physical strength. Moreover, the eunuchs and palace maids were also working in the palace, so it would be fine to ask them to help clear the palace.

So the People's Army immediately found all the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace and gathered in the square in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. When they saw it, they were shocked. It turned out that the eunuchs and palace maids had at least 2ooo people, almost filling the entire square in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. In fact, this was because the Eight-Nation Alliance captured Beijing and fled some, otherwise the number would be even greater.
Chapter completed!