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The replacement of guns and artillery in the army is only a minor replacement, and what really makes Wang Yuze pay attention to it is the armored units that began to be built a few years ago. *.com* At that time, he asked the Praetorian Guard to use a regiment to do the real yàn. Now, after several years of development, the Praetorian Guard has established a division into an armored division that basically meets Wang Yuze's requirements!

The Praetorian Guard was subordinate to three divisions, of which the first division was already an armored division. Together with the 2nd and 3rd Divisions of the Praetorian Guard, as well as the artillery brigade, the guard brigade, and other troops, the total strength is more than 100,000 people, stationed in Miyun.

The 1st Praetorian Guard Division, now armed mainly with T5 'Cheetah' tanks and T4 'Wild Wolf' light tanks, as well as Z4 wheeled armored vehicles! Among them, the 1st Janissary Division has three regiments, including a 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., with a total of more than 20,000 people. The tank regiment consisted of two T5 tank battalions, each armed with 72 T5 tanks, and a T4 light tank battalion, armed with 72 T4 light tanks. The other two mechanized infantry regiments consisted of a tank battalion equipped with 72 T4 tanks and two mechanized infantry battalions equipped with 36 Z4 wheeled armoured vehicles each. The artillery battalions are also equipped with artillery towed by heavy trucks. The Powersearch Battalion is also armed with T4 light tanks and Z4 wheeled armored vehicles. The division has a total of 144 T5 tanks, 250 T4 tanks, and 108 Z4 wheeled armored vehicles. The military expenditure of this armored division alone is equivalent to the military expenditure of most of the group armies of other troops! Fortunately, after years of preparation, it is finally time to bear fruit!

T4 tank. It was a light tank, codenamed 'Wild Wolf', which was only completed in the second half of 1905 and began mass production. The first to be equipped was the 1st Division of the Praetorian Guard. The T4 tank is 5.12 meters long, 2.61 meters wide and 2.41 meters high, with 25 mm thick front armor and 15 mm thick side and rear armor, and weighs 12.5 tons. It is powered by the Kunlun 5 engine. The power is 100 horsepower. The speed of travel on road is 30 km/h, and the speed of cross-country is 10 km/h. It is armed with a 37 mm tank gun and a Type 07 heavy machine gun. Among them, 120 rounds of ammunition for tank guns and 4,000 rounds for machine guns!

The T5 tank, on the other hand, is a medium tank. Codenamed 'Cheetah', it was only completed in the first half of 1906 and mass production began. The T5 tank is 5.52 meters long (6.41 meters including the barrel), 2.95 meters wide and 2.50 meters high. The front armor was 57 mm thick, the side and rear armor was 37 mm thick and weighed 21 tons. It is powered by the Kunlun 5 engine. The power is 180 horsepower. The maximum speed is 28 km/h for road marching and 10 km/h for off-road. It is armed with a 57 mm tank gun and a Type 07 12.7 mm large-caliber 'Ripper' heavy machine gun. Among them, 90 rounds of ammunition for tank guns and 4,200 rounds for heavy machine guns!

Z4 wheeled armored vehicle. Six wheels are used. The armored car has a compact structure, the body is a steel armored welded structure, the shape is low, and the length of the vehicle is 5.01 meters. The width of the vehicle is 2.54 meters, and the height of the vehicle is 2.26 meters. The armor was 12 mm thick, which could withstand close fire from heavy machine guns and shrapnel from small-caliber guns, but could not withstand direct shells. With a total weight of 7.5 tons, it can carry an infantry squad for action. The main armament is 1 12.7mm large-caliber heavy machine gun with 4,200 rounds of ammunition!

At the beginning of April 1907, spring had begun to appear in northern China, and the snow was almost melting. The military generals who were stranded in Beijing received a new order to go to Zhangjiakou to observe the exercises of the 1st Division of the Praetorian Guard and the 1st, 6th, and 15th Divisions directly under the General Staff. The generals were very shocked, the first division of the Praetorian Guard was going to fight with one division and three divisions directly under the General Staff!

"Those guys from the Praetorian Guard haven't appeared on the battlefield for many years, are they all immortals? It is simply too arrogant to use one division against three divisions, and they are all the three most elite divisions of our army! After receiving this order, many generals couldn't help but think of it like this. The Praetorian Guard undertook the task of guarding the Beijing Division, and the soldiers selected were also the most elite troops in each army. But to say that they are invincible in the world is completely impossible! What's more, in modern warfare, the ability of the individual has been weakened by advanced weapons. Therefore, the vast majority of people did not believe that the 1st Division of the Praetorian Guard could win!

On April 8, the generals gathered and came to the grassland, fifty kilometers north of Zhangjiakou. The hundreds of square kilometers of grassland here have long been turned into forbidden areas. In addition, many fortifications have been artificially built here.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, the drill plan was handed out to the generals, and everyone was shocked again. Because, it is very clear in the exercise plan that the first division of the Praetorian Guard plays the role of attack, and the other three divisions play the role of defense. How can one division attack the defensive positions of three divisions, how can this be won! Moreover, when they learned that the commander who commanded the attack of the three divisions to defend the first division of the Praetorian Guard was the Minister of War Cai Yun, they were even more surprised and dropped their jaws!

At 10 o'clock in the morning, Emperor Wang Yuze, accompanied by Xiong Wu, chief of the General Staff, and Jiang Xingguo, minister of national defense, arrived at the exercise site. After the generals saluted, Wang Yuze gave the order to start the exercise.

For a time, the cannon roared. The artillery of the 1st Janissary Division, first launched an artillery strike. Large-caliber shells were constantly pouring on the positions of the defenders. In less than two minutes, the defenders' artillery launched a counterattack. All three divisions of the defenders had artillery battalions, and the number of artillery was more than three times that of the 1st Janissary Division. During the shelling, the artillery of the 1st Janissary Division was at a disadvantage.

"The artillery fire of the Praetorian Guard has been suppressed, and with a three-fold numerical advantage of the opponent, it is difficult for the artillery of the Praetorian Guard to take advantage!" The generals who watched discussed. After the artillery was suppressed, the 1st Division of the Praetorian Guard, which was inferior in terms of strength, could not defeat the other three divisions in any case! This has become the consensus of almost everyone! It's just that the subsequent attack of the 1st Division of the Praetorian Guard was beyond everyone's expectations!

At half past 10 a.m., the 1st Janissary Division launched an attack, led by a tank regiment and coordinated by two mechanized infantry regiments. A torrent of steel, formed by hundreds of tanks, rushed out of their positions and launched an attack on the enemy positions several kilometers away!

The sound of a rumbling engine resounded in the sky. The generals who were observing were all wide-eyed, looking at the steel beasts that were moving fast with disbelief on their faces!

"What is this? Cars? Some of the generals who didn't know about the storage of tanks asked in surprise.

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

In the battle that followed, there was no longer any suspense. When the Janissaline armoured forces attacked, the defenders had no way to resist it. Although Cai Yun caused a lot of damage to the First Division of the Praetorian Guard with a fierce artillery bombardment, it was already harmless!

The barbed wire of the infantry was lightly crushed by the tank, and the trenches dug could not withstand the tracks of the tanks. One by one, the machine-gun firing points were destroyed by the tanks. The rapid advance of the tanks led to the capture of artillery positions that were too late to retreat. The wheeled armored vehicles drove directly into the enemy positions, and the soldiers got out of the armored vehicles and began to clear the remnants of the enemy positions.

In less than an hour, the 1st Janissaries Division won the exercise, defeating three times as many enemies with minor casualties.

The generals who came to observe were stunned one by one. They suddenly found that the tactics they had mastered before were simply not able to resist in the face of such a torrent of steel. However, after the shock, everyone became excited. These are the tanks and vehicles of the Empire, not the enemy. If their men could possess these weapons, wouldn't they be able to defeat the enemy lightly? The generals who came to their senses entered the battlefield of the exercise one after another to observe these steel behemoths at close range, and more people came to Wang Yuze and Xiong Wu, chief of the general staff, and asked for a part of the tanks and armored vehicles for their troops.

It can be said that this exercise has achieved the expected goal, letting these generals who are over-eyed know that the world is developing with the times. If they continue to have the mentality of being the best in the world, the Chinese Army will probably suffer a big loss on the battlefield in the future.

As for the generals' request for tanks and armored vehicles, Wang Yuze did not agree to it 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, learning the command and operation of armored forces, and so on. Of course, this is only a short-term study, and it is impossible for all troops to build an armored army, first, there is no need for that, and second, the cost of the armored army is too great to support it at all. However, it is still very necessary for each division or army group to be equipped with a certain number of tanks and armored vehicles!

After the exercise, Dong Hanfei of the Praetorian Guard also reported his shortcomings in the exercise. The biggest problem is that the failure rate of tanks and armored vehicles remains high, and half of the tanks and armored vehicles are lying on their stomachs after a battle. In this case, it will seriously affect the combat effectiveness of the troops. In addition, the fuel and ammunition consumed by the armored forces are also very terrifying, which will put a huge pressure on the logistics of the troops.

In this regard, Wang Yuze did not have a good solution, so he could only ask military experts to find ways to improve the performance of tanks and armored vehicles and reduce the failure rate. At the same time, strengthen logistical support. However, the appearance of the first division of the Praetorian Guard also made Wang Yuze very satisfied. He immediately ordered the Praetorian Guard to be built into an armored corps. The other two divisions of the Praetorian Guard were also reorganized into armored divisions.