Seriously, in fact, in recent years, at least before the change, Zhang Hongbin has no intention of fighting.

But even if it's not planned, no one really cares if it really wants to go to war. Perhaps many people are thinking about when the Republic will be able to unify China, even if it does not change its term, even if it only gives them 500 elite soldiers, they all want to show a good attitude. Anyway, it's good to bite off a piece of meat on the other party and let the territory of the republic widen the boundaries of Huaxia so that a county or a place.

The front line has always been looking for suitable places in second-tier cities for strategic reserves, especially with a year to go, and the declaration of war is almost equivalent to pulling the agenda. A qiē is just a preparation in advance, after all, the mode of war in the new era is closely related to a large number of shells and bullets.

In other words, the miracle of zero casualties is often made by the accumulation of shells and bullets, such as the traditional combat mode of the United States.

Does Zhang Hongbin have ammunition? Not to mention the five ammunition production lines, there is still enough ammunition to buy in the supermarket. Coupled with the fact that the economy of the republic has always been so prosperous, there is no need to worry about a fiscal deficit. Not to mention the abundance of the national treasury, for the sake of the economy, it has been maintained in a balance of payments and a slight surplus, and it has been maintained.

This is also thanks to the fact that the financial elite of this era still has too few connections, no one uses economic means to maliciously make trouble, and the local economy is developed academically, and it can calmly face all kinds of relatively simple or common economic problems, so many situations that have just emerged will be immediately stifled, which ensures the stability of the Republic's finances.

It has been more than half a year since the preparation of supplies in second-tier cities, which can be traced back to the time when Daxi officially declared war on the republic. At that time, the intention of attacking Hebei had already been set, but I didn't want to be dragged by the Great Western Kingdom and had to turn back and destroy it.

Now, it's just a re-entry of the previous preparations, because the address has been chosen, so it's a lot easier.

The soldiers on the Shanxi border took out ammunition supplies at these strongholds for the first time, and at the first time, under the leadership of the commander, they began to cross the border and attack the border troops of the Ming Empire. The backward communication of the hesitant Ming Empire made the border guards here not understand the news that the Ming Dynasty and the Republic had officially declared war, so Lu Xiangsheng, who was guarding here, got the news that the Republic had crossed the border almost without realizing it.

As a last resort, he could only choose to abandon the previous position, and then quickly organize manpower to snipe the army of the republic on the second and third lines with the help of the buffer of the first-line position. No matter what the result is, holding Hebei, even if it can leave most of the territory, or not let the other party kill Beizhili, it will be a great achievement.

Lu Xiangsheng took his headquarters and began to resist in Hebei.

At the same time, in the vicinity of Beijing, the war had already begun.

Chongzhen did leave, but the Praetorian Guards stationed in the capital stayed. They had to stay, because they had to leave enough time for Chongzhen's evacuation. They even risk their lives for this purpose.

They had no choice, the Praetorian Guards were all real Imperial soldiers, they took allegiance to the emperor as their own responsibility, and they were absolute loyal and righteous soldiers. Perhaps, the republic is indeed more prosperous, more expansive, and has a higher status in the world, but they are all traditional Ming people, and their recognition of this country that has existed for nearly three hundred years is far deeper than the republic that has only been seen for ten years.

If not, they might not be able to become Praetorian Guards.

As Praetorian Guards, the equipment on them is still considerable, at least the body armor is an inevitable equipment. Chongzhen may not be able to make modern rifles, but things like bulletproof steel helmets and body armor still find a way to make them. These two things can withstand bullets within two hundred meters, not the kind of the Ming Dynasty, but the kind of the Republic, which has been specially tested by Guò. Even if you are facing the opponent's machine gun, as long as one bullet does not hit one place more than three times at the same time, I am afraid that there is no way to cause penetrating damage to them wearing bulletproof equipment, but the momentum of the bullet is unavoidable, and if the second shot hits the same place, it will still make people feel very painful, and it is even very likely that the ribs will be broken or something.

Before the arrival of the Republican army, they had seized more than a dozen heights around the city of Beijing, and at the same time prepared heavy artillery with an effective firing range of up to five miles. In each high ground, five such guns are directly arranged, and six light cannons are also arranged to deal with the enemy rushing up at close range, although the effective range of this thing is only about two miles, and the power of the explosion is not too high, but as a defensive artillery, it is still okay.

The army of the republic from afar, they are only the marines of the republic, and they are naturally very good at grabbing something, but the lack of heavy weapons support is a big shortcoming. In order to move at full speed, they had to sacrifice the firepower configuration and came out with only mortars and bazookas. The latter actually has a range of only about 300 meters, while the former has a range of about two miles.

Worst of all, they were in the lowlands, and the enemy was shelling from top to bottom on the heights, which was considered the biggest trouble for the marines.

Just as Chongzhen envisioned, no matter how strong the army of the Republic is, even if the Marines are the elite of the legends, the Marines themselves are just flesh and blood. Under the bombardment of artillery fire, it will also be directly killed.

Their goal was Beijing, but they soon found themselves faced with a problem that had to be solved: dealing with the enemy on the high ground.

Otherwise, the opponent will immediately adjust the muzzle of the gun according to the trajectory of their movements, and carry out artillery bombardment in several places condescendingly. No one can guarantee that he will be able to avoid these artillery fires unscathed, and rush towards the city of Beijing.

"The third platoon, the fifth platoon, and the seventh platoon will obey the order, and immediately seize the first to third heights for me!" Seeing that the enemy began to carry out artillery bombardment condescendingly, Liu Ruoqi gave orders to the three sniper platoons under his command.

In the sniper platoon, there are ten people armed with sniper rifles, five people are responsible for lookout and even cover with submachine guns, five people are armed with rockets to prepare for the attack, and finally ten people are armed with light machine guns for fire support and cover. The focus is actually on the application of sniper rifles, ten sniper rifles can effectively snipe at the enemy's important people, even if there is no important mission, you can also shoot at the opponent's gunners at the first time. As long as the artillery loses its control, it will not be able to stop the slow advance of others, and when it reaches the effective fire range, these troops will attack under the cover of snipers.

In fact, the sniper platoon can be said to be a fortified platoon, but after all, it is the only unit in the army that is equipped with a sniper rifle, so it is called a sniper platoon.

After receiving the order, the three sniper platoons immediately began to disperse, and immediately began to touch the enemy position in an irregular forward pattern. The artillery fire was indeed directed at them, but they avoided it as much as possible. They grasped the key points of artillery firing that they had learned in the military academy: irregular advance, lying down at the first time, getting up as soon as possible without dying after the shelling, and advancing quickly!

It is this point that has been carried out, and they have not yet died.

Two miles away, the enemy's heavy artillery began to cease fire, but light artillery shells came one after another. The sniper platoon began to suffer casualties, most of them were machine gunners, the light machine guns in their hands were too heavy or affected their speed, and at the same time they also had the most basic military awareness, that is, to protect the safety of snipers to the greatest extent, so under this premise, they would even use their lives to cover the snipers.

In such a situation, the sniper came to a distance of five hundred meters from the enemy, and then began to shoot at the first time.

Even if there is less actual combat, they can still quickly shoot all enemies within the effective range at a very close distance, with the help of their understanding and familiarity with firearms and ballistics! Not to mention, the observer gives them the best parameters to adjust at the first time.

"Woohoo!" A barrage of gunfire rang out, and at least more than ten gunners were killed by direct fire.

avoided the body armor and hit the eyebrows directly, and the accuracy of the marksmanship made the commanders of the Ming army ashamed.

The distance was narrowing, and the two sides were still about 200 meters away, and the rockets were fired out as soon as possible. The enemy saw the other man suddenly crouch down, and then carried the big cylinder he was carrying on his back, and then he didn't know what to hit them. I saw a fusiform thing flying towards them in smoke.

Fortunately, they are not stupid, even if they don't know what it is, they can guess it, but they are afraid that it is similar to a shell.

Soon, the rockets flew directly into their positions, and there was an explosion, and many of the soldiers who performed evasive maneuvers were glad for their actions.

However, before he had the last laugh, he only heard the sound of "Woo Woo" gunshots, and his eyebrows were in pain, and then he lost consciousness.

"Kill!" The machine gunners opened fire at the first time, and under the raging metal storm, the enemy could not raise his head at all. These three heights were captured by Shun Lì, but the Republic Marines still sacrificed ten elite soldiers for this.

"Target, Beijing City! Charge! Liu Ruoqi saw that the high ground was finally pulled out, and immediately gave the order to charge.

The trumpet was sounded, and all the soldiers shouted and killed the city of Beijing.

But he didn't want to, on the way to Beijing City, he suddenly killed a force.

There were no horses, but the soldiers at the front, armed with a fire gun that could fire continuously, fired at them. Many of these projectiles were blocked by body armor, but many of them still swept the legs and faces of the Marine Corps soldiers, causing some casualties.

"Kill the thief!" I don't know who shouted loudly, and more than five hundred groups of war horses, with a large number of light artillery, galloped directly.

"Shoot!" Liu Ruoqi naturally would not allow the other party to open fire.

The two sides went back and forth, and under the suppression of advanced combat concepts and excellent weapons, the enemy's combat effectiveness was effectively contained, and the damage caused by the opponent's artillery was also reduced to a minimum. The two sides are going back and forth, and the other side is dying at a very fast speed.

"Kill the thief!" It was still the familiar sound, accompanied by a condescending bombardment of more than twenty guns.

"Spread out!" Liu Ruoqi did not dare to face these shellings directly, and immediately gave the order to disperse.

The Marines quickly evaded, but the artillery fire still ruthlessly claimed the lives of more than 30 people.

"Keep shooting!" The voice came again, but it was the soldier who had finished shooting the projectile earlier, and after filling the projectile gunpowder, he came to the front line.

With the first experience, they quickly aimed at the enemy's face and footsteps, even if they were strafed by the enemy's machine guns during the period, they had to shoot out the projectiles in their hands as soon as possible, at least they would die, and they would have to pull a few more enemies to bury with them!

In desperate battles and artillery support, the enemy lost at least 30,000 casualties, and the marines lost nearly 1,000 casualties.

According to the situation in the era of cold weapons, this is already a very considerable proportion, after all, winning more with less is a minority, and more is killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800. However, the Republic of Marine Corps, despite the first-class combat effectiveness of the soldiers and superb weapons, was still killed by the other side nearly a thousand people, whether it is for morale or the maintenance of the formation type, it is a very serious problem.

Not to mention, the opponent's artillery was still constantly supporting the battlefield, and it was attacked by the opponent's lifelessness, so Liu Ruoqian had to give the order to retreat.

You must find a place to rest and recuperate, and then you can launch the attack most effectively, otherwise you will continue to fight, and you don't know if you can reduce the casualties of your own army as much as possible on the premise of killing everyone on the other side? And he also knows that what Zhang Hongbin values most is the latter, not how many enemies they have killed in their lives.

The Marines retreated, even temporarily.

Seeing the enemy retreating, the man who gave the order sat down on the ground, completely devoid of his former majesty.

However, he finally realized that the army of the Republic may not be invincible.

He is Chongzhen, and in the end he came back with 35,000 Praetorian Guards and 5,000 soldiers. He is the son of tomorrow, the Son of Heaven guards the country, Beijing is the country of the Ming Dynasty, this is the ancestral training, but also the pride and self-confidence of the Ming court. The concubine and the child had been sent to Jiangnan, but as the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he decided to come back.

Even if he dies, he will die in Beijing, he is a great tomorrow!