The replacement of the army's guns and artillery was just a slight replacement! What really made Wang Yuze pay attention to was the armored troops that began to be built a few years ago. At that time, he asked the Imperial Guards to use a regiment to do experiments. Now, after

After several years of development, the Imperial Guard has established a division into an armored division that basically meets Wang Yuze's requirements!

The Imperial Guards have three divisions under the Imperial Guards, among which the First Division is already an Armored Division. In addition, the Second and Third Divisions of the Imperial Guards, as well as the military artillery brigades, guard brigades, and other troops, the total strength is more than 100,000 people.

Staying on the secret cloud.

The First Division of the Imperial Guard is now equipped with TB'cheetahs, tanks and TP's wild wolf, light tanks and Z-type armored vehicles! Among them, there are three regiments under the First Division of the Imperial Guard, including one tank regiment and two

The Mechanized Infantry Regiment, plus the division's artillery battalion, guard battalion, Viagra search battalion, baggage battalion, communication battalion, field hospital, etc., has a total of more than 20,000 people in the division. The tank regiment includes two TB tank battalions, each equipped with 72 vehicles.

TB tanks, as well as a TP light tank battalion, are 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 equipped with artillery towed by heavy trucks. The Power Search Battalion is also equipped with TP light tanks and armored vehicles. The entire division has a total of 44 TB tanks, 250 TP tanks, and KB armored vehicles.

The military expenditure consumed by this armored division alone is equivalent to the military expenditure of most of the army of other troops! Fortunately, after years of preparation, it is finally time to achieve results!

TP tank is a light tank codenamed 'Wild Wolf, which was completed in the second half of 1905 and started mass production. The first equipment was the First Division of the Imperial Guards. The TP tank is 512 meters long, 261 meters wide, and high

241 meters·The front armor is 25 mm thick, the side and rear armor is 15 mm thick, and the weight is 12. It uses the Kunlun, 5 engine, and the power is horsepower. The road travel speed is 30 kilometers per hour·The off-road speed is KO kilometers

The equipment is an hourly 37mm tank gun and a Type 07 heavy machine gun. Among them, the tank gun has 120 rounds of ammunition and the machine gun has 4,000 rounds of ammunition!

The TB tank is a medium-sized tank codenamed 'Cheetah. It was only completed in the first half of 1906 and mass production began. The TB tank is 552 meters long (calculated with the gun barrel is 641 meters) 295 meters wide and 250 meters high.

The front armor is 57 mm thick, and the side and rear armor is 37 mm thick and 21 tons.

'Kunlun, type 5 engine, power is 180 horsepower. The maximum road marching speed is 28 kilometers per hour, and the maximum off-road speed is 10 kilometers per hour. The equipment is a 57mm tank gun and a Type 07 127 mm large caliber

'The tear, heavy machine gun. Among them, tank guns are equipped with 90 rounds of ammunition, and heavy machine guns are equipped with ammunition!

The armored vehicle uses six wheels. The armored vehicle has a compact structure, a steel armored welded structure, a low appearance, a length of 50q meters, a width of 254 meters, a height of 226 meters, and a thickness of 12 mm, which can withstand heavy weight.

The machine gun's proximity shooting and the shrapnel of the small-caliber artillery are not able to resist if it is hit directly by the shell. The total weight is 75 tons and can be loaded with an infantry squad. The main equipment is 1 127mm large-caliber heavy machine gun.

Bullets of 420 rounds!

In early April 1907, spring began to appear in northern China, and the snow had almost melted. Military generals stranded in Beijing received new orders to go to Zhangjiakou to observe the First Division of the Imperial Guards and the General Staff.

The exercises of the First Division, the Sixth Division and the Fifteenth Division directly under the headquarters were shocked. The First Division of the Imperial Guards was to fight with one division and three divisions directly under the General Staff!

"Those guys from the Imperial Guard have not appeared on the battlefield for many years. Have they all become immortals one by one? One division is against three divisions, and they are all the three most elite divisions in our army.

It's so arrogant!" Many generals couldn't help but think of this after receiving this order. The Imperial Guards were responsible for the task of guarding the capital, and the soldiers they selected were the most elite among the armies.

The troops. But it is completely impossible to say that they are invincible in the world! What's more, in modern warfare, individual abilities have been seriously weakened by advanced weapons. Therefore, most people do not believe in the Imperial Guards

The first division 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 transformed into a forbidden area. Moreover, many artificially built here.

Fortifications.

At 9 a.m., the exercise plan was sent to the generals, and everyone was shocked again. Because the exercise plan was very clear that the Imperial Guards played the role of offensive role, and the other three played the role of

The role of defensiveness. With one division attacking the defensive positions of three divisions, how can this be won! And! When we learned that the commander of the attack of the First Division of the Defense Guards of the Three Divisions! It is Army Minister Cai Yun

Afterwards, my chin dropped all over the floor in surprise!

At 10 a.m., Emperor Yuze, accompanied by General Staff Xiong Wu and Minister of Defense Jiang Xingguo, arrived at the exercise site. After the generals greeted each other, Wang Yuze gave the order to start the exercise.

For a moment, the sound of artillery rumbling. The artillery of the First Division of the Imperial Guards 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.

Counterattack. All three divisions of the defending army have artillery battalions, and the number of artillery is more than three times that of the Imperial Guard First Division. During artillery attacks, the artillery of the Imperial Guard First Division is at a disadvantage.

"The artillery fire of the Imperial Guard has been suppressed. With the opponent's numerical advantage of three times, the artillery of the Imperial Guard is difficult to gain advantage!" The generals who watched discussed. After the artillery was suppressed, the troops were at a disadvantage.

The First Division of the Imperial Guards could not defeat the other three divisions no matter what! This became a consensus among everyone! However, the subsequent attack of the First Division of the Imperial Guards was beyond everyone's expectations

!

At 10:30 a.m., the First Division of the Imperial Guard launched an attack, led by the tank regiment, and two mechanized infantry regiments cooperated with a torrent of steel composed of hundreds of tanks rushed out of the position and towards the enemy's positions several kilometers away.

An attack was launched!

The sound of the rumbling engine resounded through the sky. The generals who watched the observation widened their eyes and looked at the steel giant beasts moving rapidly with disbelief!

"What is this? Is it a car?" asked some generals who didn't know the existence of the tank in surprise.

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

There was no suspense in the battle behind. When the armored troops of the Imperial Guard launched an attack, the defenders had no way to resist. Although Cai Yun used fierce artillery bombardment to create a powerful attack for the First Division of the Imperial Guard.

Not small damage, but it's no good!

The barbed wire of the infantry was easily crushed by the tank, and the excavated trenches could not resist the tank's tracks. The machine gun fire points were easily destroyed by the tank. The tanks advanced rapidly and were even more captured by artillery positions that were not too late to retreat. Wheeled armored vehicles were directly

After entering the enemy's position, the soldiers came out of the armored vehicles and began to clear the remaining enemies on the enemy's position.

In less than an hour, the First Division of the Imperial Guard won the exercise and defeated three times the enemy with minor casualties.

The generals who came to observe were all shocked. They suddenly found that the tactics they had mastered before were unable to resist when facing such a torrent of steel. However, after being shocked, everyone turned their heads

It was excited. These were the tanks and chariots of the empire, not the enemy. If their men could have these weapons, wouldn’t they be able to defeat the enemy easily? The generals who came to their senses entered the exercise one after another.

On the battlefield, observe these steel monsters at close range, and more people came to Wang Yuze and Chief of Staff Xiong Wu, asking to allocate some armored vehicles of tanks to their troops.

It can be said that this exercise has achieved the expected purpose, allowing these generals who are overly high to know the development of the world in keeping with the times. If they have the mentality of being the best in the world, the future

On the battlefield, the Chinese Army may suffer a great loss.

Wang Yuze did not agree with these generals' request to tanks and armored vehicles. First of all, these generals and their division and brigade commanders will go to the Army University for rotation training in the next three years to learn the armored forces.

, and so on. Of course, this is just a short-term study. It is impossible for all troops to build armored troops. First, there is no need for that, and second, the armored troops are too expensive and cannot support them at all.

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

After the exercise, Dong Hanfei, the Imperial Guard, also reported on 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 trapped. In this case,

It will seriously affect the combat effectiveness of the troops. In addition, the fuel and ammunition consumed by the armored troops are also very terrifying, which will put huge pressure on the troops' logistics supply.

Wang Yuze did not have a good solution to this, 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 logistics support. However, the performance of the First Division of the Imperial Guards is also
Chapter completed!