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    The replacement of the army's guns and artillery is just a minor replacement! What really caught Wang Yuze's attention was the armored force that was built a few years ago.  At that time, he asked the Praetorian Guards to use a regiment for experiments.  Now, after several years of development, the Imperial Guard has established a division into an armored division that basically meets Wang Yuze's requirements!

    There are three divisions under the Guards, among which the first division is already an armored division.  Including the second and third divisions of the Imperial Guard, as well as the army's artillery brigade, guard brigade, and other troops, the total strength is more than 100,000, garrisoned in Miyun.

    The first division of the Guards is now mainly equipped with TB'Cheetah, tanks and TP'Wolf, light tanks and Z-type armored vehicles!  Among them, there are three regiments under the First Division of the Guards, including one tank regiment and two mechanized infantry regiments, plus the division's artillery battalion, guard battalion, power search battalion, baggage battalion, communications battalion, field hospital, etc., all of which are  There are more than 20,000 people in the division.  The tank regiment consists of two TB tank battalions, each equipped with 72 TB tanks, and a TP light tank battalion, equipped with 72 TP light tanks.  The other two mechanized infantry regiments include a tank battalion equipped with 72 TP tanks and two mechanized infantry battalions equipped with 36 armored vehicles each.  The artillery battalion is also equipped with artillery towed by heavy trucks.  The Power Search Battalion is also equipped with TP light tanks and armored vehicles.  The division has a total of 44 TB tanks, 250 TP tanks, and KB armored vehicles.

    The military expenditures spent by this armored division alone are equivalent to the military expenditures of more than half of other armies!  Fortunately, after years of preparation, it¡¯s finally time to deliver results!

    The TP tank is a light tank, code-named "Wild Wolf". The experiment was completed in the second half of 1905 and mass production began.  The first to be equipped was the First Division of the Praetorian Guards.  The TP tank is 512 meters long, 261 meters wide, and 241 meters high. The front armor is 25 mm thick, the side and rear armor are 15 mm thick, and it weighs 12.  Using 'Kunlun, Type 5 engine, the power is horsepower.  The road speed is 30 kilometers per hour and the off-road speed is KO kilometers per hour.  The armament is a 37mm tank gun and a Type 07 heavy machine gun.  Among them, the tank cannon has 120 rounds of ammunition and the machine gun has 4,000 rounds of ammunition!

    The TB tank is a medium-sized tank, code-named "Cheetah,". The experiment was completed in the first half of 1906 and mass production began.  The TB tank is 552 meters long (641 meters including the gun barrel), 295 meters wide, and 250 meters high.  The front armor is 57 mm thick, the side and rear armor are 37 mm thick, and it weighs 21 tons.  use

    ¡®Kunlun, Type 5 engine, with a power of 180 horsepower.  The maximum road marching speed is 28 kilometers per hour, and the maximum off-road speed is 10 kilometers per hour.  The armament is a 57mm tank gun and a Type 07 127mm large-caliber 'Tearer' heavy machine gun.  Among them, there are 90 rounds of ammunition for tank guns and 90 rounds of ammunition for heavy machine guns!

    Type armored vehicle uses six wheels.  The armored vehicle has a compact structure. The vehicle body is a steel armor welded structure. It has a low profile, a vehicle length of 50q meters, a vehicle width of 254 meters, a vehicle height of 226 meters, and an armor thickness of 12 mm. It can withstand the close-range shooting of heavy machine guns and small-caliber artillery.  shrapnel, but it cannot resist if it is directly hit by a shell.  The total weight is 75 tons and can carry an infantry squad.  The main armament is a 127mm large-caliber heavy machine gun with 420 rounds of ammunition!

    In early April 1907, spring had begun to appear in northern China, and the snow had almost melted.  The military generals stranded in Beijing received new orders and went to Zhangjiakou to observe the exercises of the First Division of the Imperial Guard and the First, Sixth and Fifteenth Divisions directly under the General Staff Headquarters.  The generals were all very shocked. The First Division of the Guards was going to fight with one division and three divisions directly under the General Staff Headquarters!

    "Those guys from the Imperial Guard have not appeared on the battlefield for many years. Have they all become immortals? With one division against three divisions, they are still the three most elite divisions in our army.  That's simply too arrogant!" Many generals couldn't help but think like this after receiving this order.  The Imperial Guard is responsible for guarding the capital, and the soldiers selected are also the most elite troops in each army.  But to say that they are invincible is completely impossible!  What's more, in modern warfare, personal abilities have been severely weakened by advanced weapons.  Therefore, most people do not believe that the First Division of the Guards can win!

    On April 8, the generals gathered together and came to the grassland fifty kilometers north of Zhangjiakou.  The hundreds of square kilometers of grassland here have long been turned into a restricted area.  Moreover, many artificial fortifications were built here.

    At 9 a.m., the exercise plan was handed over to the generals, and everyone was shocked again.  Because the exercise plan clearly states that the first division of the Guards plays the offensive role, and the other three divisions play the defensive role.  How can one division attack the defensive positions of three divisions and win?  And! When they learned that the commander of the three divisions defending the first division of the Imperial Guard was Army Minister Cai Yun, their jaws dropped in surprise!

    At 10 a.m., Emperor Wang Yuze met with Chief of General Staff Xiong Wu and the National Defense UniversityAccompanied by his minister Jiang Xingguo, he came to the exercise location.  After the generals paid tribute, Wang Yuze gave the order to start the exercise.

    For a moment, the sound of cannons rumbled.  The artillery of the 1st Guards Division first launched the artillery bombardment.  Large-caliber artillery shells continued to pour on the defenders' positions.  In less than two minutes, the defenders' artillery launched a counterattack.  Each of the three garrison divisions had artillery battalions, and the number of artillery pieces was more than three times that of the First Guards Division.  During the bombardment, the artillery of the 1st Janissary Division was at a disadvantage.

    "The artillery fire of the Guards has been suppressed. With the opponent's three times numerical advantage, it is difficult for the artillery of the Guards to take advantage!" the observing generals discussed.  After the artillery was suppressed, the First Division of the Guards, which was at a disadvantage in terms of strength, could not defeat the other three divisions no matter what!  This has become the consensus of almost everyone!  However, the subsequent attack by the First Division of the Guards exceeded everyone's expectations!

    At 10:30 a.m., the First Division of the Guards launched an attack, with the tank regiment as the forerunner and two mechanized infantry regiments cooperating.  A torrent of steel composed of hundreds of tanks rushed out of their position and attacked the enemy's position several kilometers away!

    The sound of the rumbling engine resounded through the sky.  The generals who were observing all opened their eyes wide, looking at the fast-moving steel giants with disbelief on their faces!

    "What is this? A car?" Some generals who didn't know the existence of tanks asked in surprise.

    "This is a tank, the secret weapon of the Guards! If it weren't for these tanks, would the Guards dare to attack three divisions with one division?" Some generals who knew something about the situation explained!

    There is no more suspense in the subsequent battle.  When the armored troops of the Guards launched an attack, the defenders had no way to resist.  Although Cai Yun's violent shelling caused considerable damage to the First Division of the Imperial Guard, it was no longer harmful!

    The infantry¡¯s barbed wire fences were easily crushed by tanks, and the dug trenches could not withstand the tanks¡¯ tracks.  Each machine gun fire point was easily destroyed by the tank.  The tanks advanced rapidly, and the artillery positions that had no time to retreat were captured.  The wheeled armored vehicle drove directly into the enemy's position. The soldiers got out of the armored vehicle and began to clean up the remaining enemies on the enemy's position.

    In less than an hour, the First Division of the Guards won the exercise, defeating three times the enemy with slight casualties.

    The generals who came to watch were all shocked.  They suddenly discovered that the tactics they had mastered before were unable to withstand such a torrent of steel.  However, after being shocked, everyone became excited.  These are the tanks and chariots of the Empire, not the enemy's.  If their men could possess these weapons, wouldn't they be able to defeat the enemy easily?  The generals who came back to their senses entered the exercise battlefield one after another to observe these steel behemoths at close range. More people came to Wang Yuze and Chief of General Staff Xiong Wu and asked to allocate some tanks to their troops.  Armored vehicle.

    It can be said that this exercise has achieved the expected purpose, letting these high-minded generals know that the world is developing with the times.  If they continue to have the mentality of "I am the best in the world", the Chinese Army may suffer big losses on the battlefield in the future.

    Wang Yuze did not agree to the generals' request for tanks and armored vehicles for the time being.  First of all, these generals, as well as the division and brigade commanders below them, will go to the Army University for rotation training in the next three years to learn the command and operations of armored forces and so on.  Of course, this is only a short-term study, and it is impossible for all troops to become armored corps. First, there is no need for it, and second, the cost of armored corps is too great and cannot be sustained at all.

    However, it is still very necessary for each division or each army group to be equipped with certain tanks and armored vehicles!

    After the exercise, the Imperial Guard Dong Hanfei also reported the shortcomings in the exercise.  The biggest problem is that the failure rate of tanks and armored vehicles remains high. After a battle, half of the tanks and armored vehicles are lying down.  In this case, it will seriously affect the combat effectiveness of the army.  In addition, the amount of fuel and ammunition consumed by the armored forces is also terrifying, which will put huge pressure on the troops' logistical supplies.

    Wang Yuze has no good solution to this problem. He can only ask military industry experts to find ways to improve the performance of tanks and armored vehicles and reduce the failure rate.  At the same time, logistics support will be strengthened.  However, the performance of the First Division of the Imperial Guard also made Wang Yuze very satisfied.  He immediately ordered that the Guards be turned into an armored corps.  The other two divisions belonging to the Guards were also reorganized into armored divisions.
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