And the battle plan to block the Russian army is much more difficult, because now the intelligence ability of the traverser is indeed limited, and this time the intelligence of the Russian army's attack on Beijing is also provided by Britain and Germany, but Britain and Germany only provided the traverser with the news of the Russian army's attack on Beijing, but did not provide more details, such as when the Russian army will send troops, the route of the march, etc. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info and with the current intelligence capabilities of the traverser, it is difficult to obtain further relevant information. But if you don't have enough information, you won't be able to make a perfect plan accordingly.

Of course, it is not that the traverser cannot ask Britain and Germany for help, Bi Jing and Britain and Germany provided the traverser with the news of the Russian army's attack on Beijing, the purpose is obviously to hope that the traverser can contain the Russian army's attack, so for the traverser's help, Britain and Germany should be willing to help again. However, help is not given in vain, Britain and Germany will definitely put forward conditions to the traverser, even if it is not a lion's mouth, but it is estimated that the asking price will not be bottom, and in the future, the traverser will obviously be much more passive in diplomacy, and it is better not to ask Britain and Germany for help unless they have to do so.

Then there is only one stupid way left, which is to drive the troops of the People's Army to Shanhaiguan as soon as possible, arrange positions, build fortifications, and wait for the attack of the Russian army, that is, wait for the rabbit.

But this leads to the second problem, in the old time and space, after the Eight-Nation Coalition captured Beijing, they sent troops to attack Baoding, Yixian, Yongqing, Zhangjiakou, Zhengding and other areas around Beijing, as well as Shanxi, in order to consolidate the control of the Eight-Nation Coalition Army in Beijing. At the same time, the Eight-Nation Alliance also took advantage of the Qing court's eagerness to seek peace, forcing the Qing court to issue an order ordering the defenders of Shanhaiguan not to resist and hand over the city to the Eight-Nation Alliance.

However, in this time and space, due to the participation of the time-travelers, the activities of the Eight-Nation Alliance were greatly restricted, and they were limited to the vicinity of Beijing, so many areas were also saved from being sacked by the Eight-Nation Alliance. Of course, the Eight-Nation Coalition did not have time to capture Shanhaiguan. Now Shanhaiguan is still guarded by the heavy army of the Qing court, although in the old time and space, the defenders abandoned Shanhaiguan without firing a shot, but in this time and space, it is difficult to say whether the defenders will hand over the city to the People's Army so happily, after all, the traverser does not have the ability to force the Qing court to give orders now. If Shanhaiguan cannot be occupied, it will naturally be impossible to organize a position to resist the Russian army, and there will be no way to talk about a two-sided attack in the subsequent landing operation.

Xiao Jianjun suggested that if there is no other way, and the defenders are unwilling to cooperate, then they can only seize Shanhaiguan by force, relying on the airborne ability of the traverser, with sea shelling and landing operations, it is not impossible to seize Shanhaiguan by force, of course, this is only the last resort, other means can be used, it is best not to use force.

At this time, Qin Zheng made a suggestion, that is, to ask Li Hongzhang for help, and let him write a letter to the guards of Shanhaiguan to assist or cooperate with the actions of the traverser. It turned out that in the old time and space, the orders of the Chun Court were issued in the name of Li Hongzhang, because Li Hongzhang was a plenipotentiary minister and could give orders on behalf of the Chun Ting. Considering that during the negotiations in Shanghai, Li Hongzhang was relatively cooperative with the actions of the traverser, so he may still be able to help with this.

Of course, Li Hongzhang's cooperation is still within his scope of authority, and asking Li Hongzhang to write a letter to the guards of Shanhaiguan to assist or cooperate with the actions of the traverser is obviously beyond the current authority of Li Hongzhang, and the current situation is different from the old time and space after all, Li Hongzhang has actually been marginalized, so even if he is willing to write to the guards of Shanhaiguan, it is difficult to say whether it can work and how much of a role it can play. Even Qin Zheng didn't have much confidence in this, so he could only say that he would give it a try, and in the end, he still had to be ready to seize Shanhaiguan by force.

Another problem is the problem inside the traverser. Blocking the Russian army at Shanhaiguan and holding Beijing at the same time requires at least 5-6 regiments, and troops must be stationed in Tianjin, Weihai, and Qingdao, so the army of the People's Army needs to be expanded to 9-10 regiments, which is beyond the expansion plan of the army. At present, the KPA has only six regiments, and the seventh regiment is being formed, and if the current combat needs are to be met, three more regiments will be formed.

And in this way, with the addition of the navy and supporting logistics support personnel, the total number of troops will reach between 4-50,000, but now the population under the rule of the crossing group is only about 900,000, which is of course a great burden. However, this is also something that cannot be helped, because the southward entry of the Russian army will pose a huge threat to the traversers, and the Russian army's plot must be thwarted, and the expansion of the army is no longer inevitable. However, after the capture of Beijing, the population controlled by the traverser will increase greatly, and if the Russian army is defeated, the traversal group will obtain a stable period of development and can expand in Shandong, so the difficulty of the population problem is only temporary, as long as the Russian army is defeated, it can be solved.

But even if the population problem is excluded, the army's equipment is more difficult to overcome, after the capture of Tianjin, which is the defense of Tianjin, the People's Army's equipment is mainly captured, and the weapons surrendered to the Russian-made Mosin Nagant M-1891 rifle, the number of Japanese-made 30-type Murata rifles is the majority, and in Tianjin also collected more than 300 Hanyang-made Type 88 rifles, and later defeated the German Far East Fleet, and captured a large number of German-made weapons, until the capture of Qingdao, the German-made Jingdao Arsenal as its own, through the group only to obtain the ability to produce its own weapons, and in the equipment also began to be German-made weaponsOf course, at present, the equipment of the People's Army is mainly rifles, artillery, machine guns, rapid-fire guns are not much, only two regiments are equipped with fire reinforcement and artillery battalions, and a howitzer battalion has been formed separately.

At present, three of the six regiments formed by the People's Army are equipped with German-made weapons, and one regiment is equipped with Russian-made weapons, one Japanese-made weapon, and one regiment made in Hanyang, while the seventh regiment that is being formed is no longer equipped with a unified rifle, and can only unify the rifle to the battalion level. And that's it, after the formation of 7 regiments, the captured weapons are basically used up, if a new regiment is formed, it will be impossible to equip them with weapons, and it is not that there are really no rifles, but it is too miscellaneous, and it is impossible for a regiment to be equipped with 6 or 7 kinds of rifles, and in addition, a considerable number of guns for training recruits must be retained, so the existing weapons can only be equipped with 7 regiments at most.

Moreover, even if a large number of Russian-made, Japanese-made, and Hanyang-made weapons have been captured, there are still big problems: First, there is a lack of spare parts, so it is necessary to keep a considerable part of the rifle for backup, and second, the supporting ammunition cannot be supplied, resulting in insufficient training, and even a situation where other rifles are used during training and another rifle is used in combat.

The troops using German equipment are slightly better, so the three German armed regiments are the main force of the People's Army at present, but at present, the production capacity of the Qingdao Arsenal is limited, and the raw materials and accessories are also insufficient, and in a short period of time, it can only ensure the supply of spare parts and ammunition for the three German armed regiments, and is limited to rifles and pistols, and there is no way to provide logistical support for artillery, let alone equip the newly formed troops, and now it is obviously too late to introduce production lines and expand production capacity.

Of course, after the capture of Beijing, a considerable number of weapons will certainly be captured, and it will not be a big problem to assemble one or two regiments, but now the Eight-Nation Coalition forces are short of ammunition, so even if a certain number of rifles can be captured, there will certainly not be much ammunition that can be captured, so the newly formed troops can only take empty guns and insert bayonets into the battlefield.

But this difficulty is really difficult to solve, after all, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and now the most important thing for the traverser is the time for development, to establish their own industrial system, not war, but before that, they have to rely on war to win the time for development, which forms a theory.

Fortunately, at this time, Qin Zheng came up with a way, but he couldn't make it himself, so he had to buy it. It is definitely impossible to buy from a foreign country, and even if there is a country willing to buy, it will take 3 or 5 months from negotiation, signing, delivery to arrival, to say the least, and it will be too late. But it can be purchased in China, that is, the Hanyang-made Type 88 rifle and supporting bullets. This type of rifle is produced by the Hanyang Arsenal under the Hanyang Iron Works, and now Hubei is the territory of Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang, and the Hanyang Iron Works and Hanyang Arsenal are also industries presided over by Zhang Zhidong.

Moreover, the prototype of the Hanyang-made Type 88 rifle is the German Commission Type 1888 rifle, although it is not produced by the same company as the Mauser Type 98 rifle that is heavily equipped by the People's Army, but after all, they are all German-made weapons. There are still similarities in the structure, some parts are interchangeable, and the most important thing is that the mouth shape of these two types of rifles is 7.92 mm, although the style is different, but it can still be universal, so if the traverser can really buy a part of the Hanyang-made Type 88 rifle to equip the troops, it can be said that in addition to the Mauser Type 98 rifle, the best choice.

Although the traverser and Zhang Zhidong do not have any intersection, they can ask Li Hongzhang for help, although Li Hongyi and Zhang Zhidong and his party are not very compatible, but they only find Li Hongzhang to be a referral and get on the line with Zhang Zhidong, this help Li Hongzhang should be able to help. As for how the two sides talked after they connected to the line, Zhang Zhidong was willing to sell weapons to the traverser, so Li Hongzhang didn't have to care.

In fact, Qin Zheng only put forward an idea, as for whether it will work, whether Zhang Zhidong is willing to sell Hanyang-made Type 88 rifles to the traverser, even Qin Zheng himself is not sure, and can only say that he has tried it. In addition, the traverser also needs to buy a large amount of copper, iron, steel, sulfur, saltpeter and other materials to ensure the production of the arsenal, and these are done through the Shanghai office, and Zhao Weizhong can also be asked for help when necessary.