In the end, the Ministry of Defense agreed to Qi Hongying's tactics, and urgently requisitioned various means of transportation in the city, so that the instructor could reach the front line of Juyongguan in the shortest possible time. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Shi Kefa understands that he can't control the strategic layout of the Ministry of Defense, but he doesn't pin all his hopes on Qi Hongying, the capital has already been lost once a few years ago, and this time no matter what, it can't be lost.

Soon, Shi Kefa also issued an order to recruit militia in the city on the spot, and opened the weapons reserve in the capital, and directly distributed all the flintlock guns, flintlock revolvers, tiger squat cannons, Hongyi cannons and other weapons eliminated by the previous national defense army to these conscripted militiamen.

Although these weapons are second-hand goods eliminated by the Ministry of Defense, if they are placed in other countries, they are definitely top-notch firearms equipment.

At the beginning, Li Hongfei asked Zheng Zhilong to sell arquebuses, three-eyed guns, this kind of firearm, the imperial court not only did not object, but also strongly supported it, but if it was to sell flintlock pistols and flintlock revolvers, there would definitely be a group of ministers, waiting to impeach Li Hongfei.

After all, even some of the city guards (second-line troops) in the Ming Dynasty are still using these equipment, how can they be sold?

There are similar weapon storage points in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, and now the militia is urgently recruited, and these equipment can just be used.

And several nearby arsenals also moved out all the stocks and delivered them to the last 5,000 regular troops.

At the same time, Shi Kefa also issued reinforcement orders to the surrounding state capitals, whether it was the field army, the defenders, or the militia reserves, all of them went to Beijing to support.

In addition, the Beiyang Fleet is a huge fleet with a full strength of 60,000 people, although because of the thousands of miles of attack, all the marines in Dagukou and Port Arthur were transferred, but the main fleet stationed in Weihaiwei still has nearly 30,000 sailors who mainly focus on naval warfare (attacking the Choibalsan area mainly relies on marines, and the demand for battleship operators and commanders is not large).

Although most of these 30,000 people are mainly engaged in naval warfare and are not good at land warfare, they are also regular national defense troops, and even if they make temporary cameos in the army, they are still much stronger than those militia forces.

Departing by boat from Weihaiwei, it takes up to one day to arrive at Tianjin Dagukou.

With the transportation capacity of the Tianjin Railway Station, 1,000 regular troops could arrive in Beijing by the morning of the next day at the latest, and within three days, all of these 30,000 troops should be able to arrive in Beijing, plus the 20,000 field troops urgently reinforced by Shanhaiguan, which was enough to keep the city of Beijing.

In other words, Qi Hongying and Shi Stewei, as long as they hold on to Juyong Pass for three days, the capital can be regarded as preserved...........

"Elder Song, the instructor is about to go to the front line, I can only leave you a company of guards here, you have to gather those weapon test personnel to form a temporary escort team, otherwise the guard force here is too weak." Before leaving, Qi Hongying said to Song Yingxing.

If you want to say that the people who have the most contact with weapons are still these weapon test personnel, and their military quality may be somewhat unsatisfactory, but when it comes to marksmanship, even if it is an ordinary regular army, it cannot be compared.

People have to shoot hundreds of bullets every day and sort out the advantages and disadvantages of various firearms, and it is difficult to think of marksmanship.

The Majiazhuang Weapons Research Institute covers too much area, and Qi Hongying was worried that a company would not be able to take care of it thoroughly, so she had to temporarily set up an armed escort team.

"Senior Commander Qi, you can rest assured to go to the front line, we people have been dealing with weapons for many years, and we still have the ability to protect ourselves." Song Yingxing replied.

Putting aside the question of whether they dare to kill someone, in fact, every researcher in the weapons research institute, including Song Yingxing himself, has good marksmanship.

After all, if you are not familiar with firearms, how can you find out the problem with firearms and improve them?

"Another point, you have to get everyone together in the past few days, once there is an accident on the front line of Juyongguan, you must withdraw from the capital by boat as soon as possible and go to the Weihai Weishui Division Base, and any piece of equipment in the weapons research institute, even a glass beaker, cannot be left here, it really can't be taken away, and it will be destroyed on the spot!" Qi Hongying said.

In case Juyong Pass can't withstand it, and the capital is besieged, the soldiers can't be withdrawn, and the court officials can't be evacuated, but the scientific research personnel must be evacuated as soon as possible.

Da Ming can be as powerful as it is now, relying on these scientists, anyone can die, anyone can be captured, but these people are absolutely not good.

The reason why Qi Hongying insisted on leaving a company of soldiers to guard here when the troops were so tight was because of this reason.

The Majiazhuang Weapons Research Institute was already outside Beijing, and although there were rivers and dense forests as natural barriers, a company of soldiers could not resist the large forces of the Russian-Manchurian coalition forces at all.

Once the battle on the front line is lost, the soldiers of this company, in addition to protecting the evacuation of Song Yingxing and others, also have to plant bombs in the research institute and raze them to the ground before the Russian-Manchurian forces invade this place.

"It seems that General Qi has no confidence in this battle. In this way, our weapons research institute has added a new weapon of mass destruction, which was originally still in the experimental stage, and only three of them were made, so you can take them to the front line together. Testing it on the battlefield is perhaps the best option. Song Yingxing said.

Even the weapons research institute that has invested a huge amount of money to build must be ready to be destroyed at any time, how can Song Yingxing not know the current situation.

At this point, take out everything that should be taken out, even the weapons that are in the experimental stage.

"What kind of big killer, it can't be artillery, right? You know, the instructor is lightly armed, and it is impossible to go on the road with heavy artillery, if it is really useful, wait for me to talk to Prime Minister Shi Cheng, and let him send the people to transport it. Qi Hongying was not very interested in this.

In fact, for the defenders of Juyong Pass, the most difficult thing was the first day, because after a day, the reinforcements from Zhangjiakou could rush to the northwest of Juyong Pass, cooperate with the defenders of Juyong Pass, and flank the Russian-Manchurian coalition forces in front and back.

In order to avoid being attacked on the back of the abdomen, the Russian-Manchurian coalition army will definitely launch a frantic attack on the first day.

However, as a sharp weapon to defend the city, the artillery is too heavy, and carrying them will seriously slow down the speed of the march, in addition to mortars, even the 75 mm caliber light field guns, the instructor did not carry, but handed over to the people in the rear to be responsible for transporting, even if it is the fastest, it will have to arrive at Juyong Pass at noon tomorrow.

Now Song Yingxing said that the weapon research institute has three weapons of mass destruction, Qi Hongying does not care too much, and the instructor still has hundreds of weapons of mass murder that cannot be transported in a short period of time!

If the artillery could be transported to the front line today, Qi Hongying would not have behaved so pessimistically.

Without enough artillery, the defenders of Juyong Pass could only take their lives to fill it, once the casualties on the first day were too large, even if there were artillery and reinforcements in the follow-up, it would be very difficult to hold on.

Therefore, Qi Hongying's best plan in her heart is: do her best, even if the whole army is wiped out, she has to hold on to Juyong Pass for three days.

Only in this way can we buy enough time for the reinforcements to arrive in the capital.

As for the transfer of the weapons research institute, this is an inevitable trend, after all, the weapons research institute is built in the suburbs, and the reinforcements that arrived in advance can hold the capital, and those areas in the suburbs cannot be taken care of at all.

"Please rest assured general, it's not too bulky weapons, you can see it when you go to see it, and the operators will use the weapon test personnel of the research institute, after all, only they are familiar with the operation of new weapons." Song Yingxing explained.

It is not difficult to guess from his words that this kind of weapon should not be artillery, otherwise, even if the professional gunners who graduated from the artillery department among the instructors are not familiar with the new weapons, they will definitely be able to find out the performance of the new weapons after two or three rounds at most, and there is no need to transfer a group of weapon test personnel to the front-line battlefield.

Under the guidance of Song Yingxing, Qi Hongying finally saw the true appearance of these three "weapons of mass destruction", and after listening to the initial test data given by the weapon test personnel, Qi Hongying didn't say a word, transferred a platoon of soldiers, and directly carried the three weapons away..........

If according to the previous route, if the instructor wants to reinforce Juyong Pass, he must first cross the river by steamer, and then he can take the official road to Juyong Pass, not to mention how long it takes to travel nearly 80 miles, even if it is to cross the river by steamer, it is estimated that it will take more than half a day.

In this way, when they finally arrived at Juyong Pass, even if the gate was not breached, there should not be many defenders left.

Fortunately, since Guo Sheng took the first flight in a hot air balloon last year and almost flew out of the border, Li Hongfei has attached great importance to the mapping of high-altitude maps.

As the complex mountain and forest terrain between Majiazhuang and Juyongguan, it has long been explored by mappers.

Even for military needs, the instructor also built a secret and convenient passage between Majiazhuang and Juyong Pass.

Now this secret passage just came in handy, and the officers and soldiers who taught the instructor could reach Juyong Pass in 80 miles and about three hours under full speed on bicycles..........

At the same time, outside Juyong Pass, the sound of artillery rumbled, and the sound of killing shook the sky.

The Russian-Manchurian coalition army also went out, and as soon as it came up, it mobilized hundreds of heavy artillery to bombard Juyong to close the city gate, and at the same time sent 20,000 sword and axe men, scattered on a five-kilometer-long battle line around, and began to climb the Great Wall with cloud ladders.

Five kilometers is the largest offensive and defensive area of Juyong Pass, and further out, it is blocked by lofty mountains and mountains, and it is impossible to climb up at all.

But even so, the Ming army on the Great Wall was exhausted, and in order to hold the Juyong Pass, Stilwell had to mobilize heavy artillery to suppress the artillery units of the Russian-Manchurian coalition army.

At the same time, nearly 3,000 soldiers were sent to disperse to a five-kilometer defensive line to block the swords and axes of the Russian-Manchurian army.

On a five-kilometer front, sending 3,000 soldiers, which is equivalent to an average of one soldier, is not only responsible for a 16-meter defensive area, but also has to face six or seven enemies.

Moreover, the Russian-Manchurian coalition army was like a crazy gambler on the gambling table, and after the heavy artillery of the Ming army was pinned down at the pass, the Russian-Manchurian coalition army increased its weight again, and sent 10,000 musketeers into the battlefield to suppress the defenders on the city wall and cover the sword and axe men to enter the city.

Stilwell had no choice but to send another 2,000 Ming troops to consolidate the front, which was already the limit of the Ming army's ability to invest.

It is a common practice of the Wehrmacht to keep a certain reserve in battle to deal with unexpected situations on the battlefield.

It's a pity that this idea is good, but the Russian-Manchurian coalition army obviously wants to decide the winner in one game, and seeing that the Ming army has increased its weight, the other party did not hesitate to throw in 10,000 people again.

At this time, on this only five-kilometer front, the Russian-Manchurian coalition army had invested 40,000 troops, while the Ming army could only rely on 5,000 people to defend it.

There is no way, Stilwell can see the intention of the Russian-Manchurian coalition, if he continues to invest troops, the other party will definitely not hesitate to multiply the troops, Stilwell's purpose is to delay time, stick to the help, how dare to play with the other party "one game to determine the winner".

The only thing that the Ming army can take advantage of now is the advantage of weapons, and the soldiers under Stilwell are equipped with advanced rear-loading single-puff guns (Ming type rear-loading rifles), and the rate of fire and range are much higher than the front-loading flintlock pistols of the Russian-Manchurian coalition army.

With the cooperation of Fran guns and grenades, although there were many casualties, the fierce fighting lasted from morning to noon, and the Russian-Manchurian forces were never able to climb the Great Wall.

At noon, the Russian-Manchurian coalition began to retreat, and Stilwell was relieved at first, but after the casualty data came out, he couldn't help but worry again.

In just four hours of fighting, the Ming army suffered more than 1,600 casualties, not counting those who were slightly injured and could continue fighting.

The lethality of firearms is really amazing, if it were the Qing army that used bows and arrows in the past, such a high-intensity battle, even if the Ming army had casualties, it would definitely not exceed 500 people.

Of course, the Russian-Manchurian coalition army was also not having a good time, and after half a day of fighting, there were no less than 3,000 corpses left at the foot of the Great Wall.

However, this casualty is completely within the bearability of the Russian-Manchurian coalition army, Lao Maozi fights and likes to rely on the number of people to kill the enemy, not to mention that most of the soldiers killed this time are Manchu firearms soldiers, and Lao Maozi only lost 500 knives and axes.

As for the Qing army........ Anyway, it used to have an army of more than one million, and every time it faced the Ming army with firearms before, the loss was at least tens of thousands, but now after fighting for so long, it has only lost more than 2,000, which can already be called a victory.

When the Russian-Manchurian coalition decided to storm Juyong Pass, they were ready to kill at least 20,000 troops, but now it is far from reaching the maximum endurance, and it seems that they will have to continue to increase their troops in the afternoon.

It is not that the Russian-Manchurian coalition forces have a tendency to be abused, and they think that their own casualties are not large enough, but after understanding the strength of the Ming army, they came to a conclusion after repeated deductions.

Another point is that they need to take Juyong Pass in one day, and now the casualties are only so little, it is obvious that the Ming army is deliberately delaying time, if you do not increase the intensity of the attack, this most fundamental strategic task will also be difficult to achieve.

"Damn! If we had doubled our troops, we wouldn't have been so passive! Upstairs in Juyong Guancheng, Stilwell looked at the black and oppressive enemy troops outside the gate, and couldn't help but be annoyed.

Due to his own decision-making mistakes, he placed the main force in Zhangjiakou, which led to the current passive situation, and Stilwell blamed himself deeply.

"Where are the reinforcements from Zhangjiakou?" After blaming himself, Stilwell finally got down to business.

"Lord Qiyu, I received a flying pigeon message not long ago, the last two artillery regiments have already left the customs, and the three forward regiments led by Division Commander Liu Zhaoji have already left Zhangjiakou for more than five hours, and with their marching speed, they should be near Xuanhua now." An operations staff officer reported.

I don't know where the Russian-Manchurian coalition army came from, a whole 100,000 army, or an army equipped with a large number of heavy artillery, appeared silently in front of Juyong Pass.

The NSA did not find it, the Wehrmacht forces that entered the territory of Mongolia did not, and even the scouts outside the Juyong Pass did not find each other.

It wasn't until early in the morning that the defenders of Juyong Pass, who got up early to exercise, saw a black figure twenty miles outside the pass, and then they found the traces of the Russian-Manchurian coalition army.

This is also the main reason why the Ming army has been passive so far, when the enemy army is discovered, the enemy army is already close at hand, and it is too late to temporarily deploy troops.

Fortunately, the Ming army had carrier pigeons, a means of communication, and the military quality of the national defense army was indeed very high, so that the defenders of Zhangjiakou could rush to reinforcements as soon as they learned the news.