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With Luo Yue's order, the soldiers of the whole battalion lined up in a neat line and boarded the train in turn. And Luo Yue watched the whole army board the train from the platform, and from time to time he reached out to support the military hat, or pull the military uniform, or touch the gun magazines on the left and right. Although it has been more than ten days since he changed into this new military uniform, Luo Yue still feels very awkward.

In fact, this is not just Luo Yue alone, basically all the crossing soldiers have this feeling, after all, they are used to wearing the military uniform full of Wang Shi's tall style in the old time and space, and it is definitely not suitable to change into a military uniform with retro element design in this era, so the crossing soldier also joked that this time it can be changed from Wang Shi to Tubalu.

In the past, the local soldiers of the People's Army used all the uniforms of the captured Eight-Nation Alliance, while the crossing soldiers wore their own uniforms, but with the continuous expansion of the scale of the People's Army, it was obvious that it was no longer appropriate to use the uniforms of the Eight-Nation Alliance. Moreover, now the crossing group has also saved some family business, so it is completely possible to make a new set of military uniforms for the soldiers of the People's Army.

In the old time and space, a soldier's full set of military uniforms mainly included regular uniforms, ceremonial uniforms, training uniforms, and work uniforms, and was equipped with military coats, rain and snow suits, etc.; in addition, there were nearly 10 kinds of special clothing, such as ground service uniforms, camouflage uniforms, chemical defense uniforms, tank uniforms, and aviation uniforms. In addition, the performance costumes for the art troupe and the protocol uniforms of the military band and honor guard were specially set up. However, under the current conditions of the crossing group, of course, it is impossible to equip so many kinds of clothing, so it can only make a set of military uniforms for each soldier, and only include military hats, military uniforms and military trousers, helmets, belts, leather boots, water bottles, backpacks and other items are still used to capture the Eight-Nation Alliance.

The military uniform is made of gray-green fabric, which is also a common color of the People's Liberation Army in the old time and space, the style is basically a combination of ancient and modern, but on the whole it is still mainly antique, the military hat adopts the ski hat type of the Eighth Route Army, the bowler hat with a straight leg and a short rim, usually the hat is rolled up, fixed with two buttons, and can be put down when it is cold, covering the face, and playing a certain cold effect. The military uniform is in the style of imitation tunic, with a low collar and epaulettes, and a total of four pockets on the top, bottom, left and right, which are used to hold small items in the absence of tactical vests, and are equipped with left and right cross belts to hang the belt items; the trousers are straight-legged, but there are no leggings, ordinary soldiers are equipped with medium-cut leather shoes, and officers above the platoon level are equipped with high-cut leather shoes, and the trousers are all tied into the leather shoes. In addition to the uniform, each soldier was provided with a marching water bottle, a satchel or a backpack.

Ordinary soldiers are equipped with a rifle, a bayonet, a helmet, and carry 120 rounds of ammunition, while grenadiers are also equipped with a grenade bag containing 4 wooden-handled grenades and carry 60 rounds of ammunition, and the squad leader and deputy squad leader can also be equipped with a machete. Company and platoon officers may be equipped with a pistol. However, battalion and regimental officers are not equipped with rifles, but are equipped with two Mauser 96 pistols, mainly because this type of pistol has a long range and fast rate of fire, which can be used in actual combat. Therefore, when Luo Yue changed into this new military uniform and held two Mauser 96 pistols, he felt as if he had traveled to the era of the Anti-Japanese War. However, the helmet is an old-style helmet with a circumference, and it is a German helmet, and there is even a short lightning rod inserted at the top, which looks a bit nondescript.

However, after the military uniform was made, another problem was involved, that is, whether the crossing soldiers could change into new military uniforms. Later, after a special meeting and discussion of the Military Commission, it was decided that all the soldiers crossing the army should be replaced with new military uniforms, and the tactical vests should also be changed to the same fabric as the new military uniforms, and only training uniforms and helmets should be handed in, but they could still keep their regular uniforms and dresses, and only walkie-talkies, night vision goggles, and tactical computers should be retained in terms of equipment, and all other weapons should be handed in, while the navy's crossing soldiers could keep their full set of clothing and equipment, and of course the navy soldiers actually had no equipment.

The main reason for letting all the army's crossing soldiers change their uniforms is not to save a few training uniforms, but because considering that the army's middle and low-level officers will be on the front line to command the battle, if the clothing is obviously different from other soldiers, it is easy to become an eye-catching target on the battlefield, so the unified uniforms are actually conducive to improving the survivability of the crossing soldiers on the battlefield. The Navy does not have this problem, anyway, it is on the warship, so there is no need to change the outfit.

Two days after Luo Yue led the army to Tianjin with the regiment, the whole regiment changed into new military uniforms, but not only the crossing soldiers felt awkward, but also many local soldiers were not adaptable. Although the crossing soldiers feel that this military uniform is too old-fashioned, but for this era, it is definitely an advanced style, because it is the people of this era, they are used to loose clothes, and this military uniform is too tight, too tied, how uncomfortable, so there are constant complaints.

However, this is just a small episode, in fact, this military uniform is not all in place, the design of the tight waist and waist trim looks more capable, spiritual, and conducive to action in complex terrain. Although the Central Military Commission was not sure whether or not the Beijing Campaign would be conducted at the time of the change, the training around the Beijing Campaign had already begun. Therefore, after the news of the breakdown of the Shanghai negotiations reached Tianjin, the Executive Committee and the Military Commission immediately ordered that the Beijing Campaign be launched immediately, and Tongzhou should be captured first.

Tongzhou is located about 20 kilometers east of Beijing, has always been the gateway to Beijing, the geographical location is very important, but the strength of the Eight-Nation Coalition Army stationed in Tongzhou is not strong, only stationed a battalion of Japanese troops, about 500 people. Of course, this is contrary to the basic common sense of using troops, but the Eight-Nation Alliance's arrangement in this way is also unavoidable. After losing the battle to recapture Tianjin, the Eight-Nation Coalition retreated to Beijing, indeed leaving a heavy garrison in Tongzhou, and intended to build fortifications in case the traverser took advantage of the situation to attack Beijing.

However, although the Eight-Nation Coalition tried its best to conceal the defeat of the Battle of Tianjin and the German Expeditionary Fleet, the paper could not contain the fire after all, so it quickly spread in Beijing, which also greatly dealt a blow to the pressure of the Eight-Nation Alliance.

Although after the Eight-Nation Coalition occupied Beijing, they wantonly hunted and killed Boxer members in Beijing, but after all, the Boxers were huge, and the heyday of the Eight-Nation Coalition was only more than 30,000 people, and only some high-level Boxers could be arrested, but it was impossible for the middle and lower level of the Boxers to be arrested, so there were still a considerable number of Boxer members hiding in the people or in the areas around Beijing. They naturally hated the Eight-Nation Alliance, but at that time, the Eight-Nation Alliance was in the limelight, and they naturally did not dare to act rashly, and now the myth of the invincibility of the Eight-Nation Alliance has been broken, so these Boxers who have slipped through the net have also begun to move.

The people who have done the Boxers have more or less learned some propaganda and agitation techniques, so he first spread rumors inside and outside Beijing, and some said that the Boxers have come back again, and the overseas Chinese who have come back this time are actually the masters of the Boxers. It is also said that after the emperor and the empress dowager fled to Taiyuan, they gathered hundreds of thousands of troops from Mongolia to fight back and retake Beijing; of course, it is also said that overseas Chinese and the governors of the south have gathered a million troops and are preparing to go north to King Qin, and so on, so for a time there were rumors flying all over Beijing and people's hearts were fluctuating.

On the one hand, the remnants of the Boxers also organized personnel, collected weapons, and attacked the lone or small units of the Eight-Nation Alliance, plus the Eight-Nation Alliance did a lot of evil deeds in the Beijing area in the early stage, and the Chinese people hated the Coalition Army deeply, and now they know that the Eight-Nation Alliance Army has suffered a defeat, and they are all emboldened, and many people are secretly joining the Boxer Rebellion, looking for opportunities to hunt down and kill the soldiers of the Eight-Nation Alliance. As a result, in less than a month, Jing Ran killed more than 30 soldiers of the Eight-Nation Alliance and wounded more than 50 people.

There have been attacks on single or small groups of the Eight-Nation Alliance, which has also attracted the attention of the top leaders of the Eight-Nation Alliance, but the strength of the Eight-Nation Alliance is not much, and in the Tianjin Campaign, there were heavy casualties, only more than 13,000 people remained, and the scope of the Beijing area is too vast, so just such a small number of people cannot be managed at all. Moreover, since the crossers have now cut off the sea route to Tianjin, the Eight-Nation Coalition Army will not be able to replenish it, and food and materials may still be requisitioned on the spot, but there is no way to replenish weapons and ammunition.

Fortunately, after the victory in the defense of Tianjin, the traverser did not come to attack Beijing, but turned south, captured Weihaiwei and Qingdao in succession, and began to contact and negotiate with Tianjin, so the pressure on Beijing was greatly reduced, so the high-level consultation of the Eight-Nation Coalition decided to transfer troops from the garrison in Tongzhou to strengthen Beijing's troops, while strengthening the management of Beijing, and at the same time planning to launch an attack in the direction of Taiyuan to deter the Qing court and the surrounding areas of Beijing.

This move really achieved certain results, first of all, the Qing court fled from Taiyuan to Xi'an, and the threat to the coalition forces was greatly reduced, and the remnants of the Boxer Rebellion in the surrounding area of Beijing were swept away, and several newly built Boxer altars were broken in succession, so that the situation around Beijing was stabilized. But the side effects are not small, mainly because the coalition forces already have a small amount of ammunition left and have consumed a lot, and now the Eight-Nation Coalition has an average of less than 30 shells per person, less than 20 artillery pieces, and each artillery shell has only more than 10 rounds, it can be said that the actual combat effectiveness of the Eight-Nation Coalition Army has dropped very badly, and the Eight-Nation Coalition Army stationed in Tongzhou has been transferred in large quantities, leaving only one battalion of Japanese troops, and all the fortifications planned to be built have been suspended and not built, so the garrison of Tongzhou is also very weak now.

The Japanese troops who stayed in Tongzhou were not stationed in Tongzhou City, but chose to be stationed at the Tongzhou Railway Station, first, to concentrate their forces, shrink the defensive line, and to defend a railway station, of course, it was much easier than to defend a county seat; second, to control the demolition and chong road, from Tongzhou to Beijing, Tongzhou Railway Station is the only way, so as long as you hold the railway station, you can block the army attacking Beijing.