Song Dynasty: Yuan Dynasty, you didn't expect this, did you? I'm still alive.

Let's go back to the eighteenth year of the Mingzhang era (1462).

Xi Te took office in Yili.

He faced a similar predicament to Luo Fu.

Unemployment is soaring.

No money.

The difference is that Luo Fu could issue national bonds in the name of the imperial court, but he did not have that power.

So how can he make money?

Xi Te quickly came up with a good idea.

He partnered with the Royal Chamber of Commerce's military enterprises to establish a "Metallurgical Research Company," which appeared to be for research but was actually used for transferring funds.

In other words, it's a shell company.

Subsequently, in the name of the government, the metallurgical research company issued IOUs to the other arms dealers, not in cash, but in the form of a "check"—like a check that could only be cashed five years later.

Xi Te claimed that arms dealers could cash in the national bank using the money, but they would have to wait.

In this way, Xi Te can get something for nothing.

However, there is another problem: the Protectorate General of the Western Regions does not have the authority to issue bonds.

Sooner or later, something bad will happen if you do this.

However, Xi Te's approach was very clever.

Normal government spending is included in the budget, but Allah vouchers are IOUs between businesses and do not appear in the government's accounts.

Arms dealers deposited Allah notes into money shops, which, recognizing their value (due to government backing), then used them as collateral at the national money shop. The national money shop continuously printed new money to redeem the old notes.

This system uses almost no physical currency; it's all about the flow of credit.

Then something amazing happened: Xi Te suddenly had a sum of money.

Of course, this is just a temporary measure. If he can't repay the money in five years, not only will those arms dealers be furious, but even the Royal Chamber of Commerce will tear him apart.

But Xi Te wasn't worried; as long as he could seize enough money within five years, he could plug this hole.

As for whether robbing someone is morally wrong.

Xi Te has been saying all along that he wants to rob money, and he hasn't tried to hide it at all.

Therefore, this is not a despicable act, but rather a display of heroic character.

Xi Te first commissioned an arms dealer to order some motorcycles and trucks, thus transforming the 1st Infantry Division of the Western Regions into a motorized force, making it the first motorized experimental unit of the Western Regions Army.

Due to Xi Te's personal hobby, he also had an arms dealer add female penguin spray paint to the motorcycle.

This army is also known as the "Penguin Division".

Xi Te felt that the Song army's tactics were actually outdated compared to his technological advancements. He had never attended a military academy, but he had a talent for it and had independently studied the tactical history of the Song army.

Since the death of the brilliant general Louis, the tactics of the Eastern Song Dynasty have stagnated.

Even though Emperor Wuzong Zhao Yu later won every battle, a closer examination reveals that he relied entirely on numerical and weapon advantages to win.

Take the Protectorate of the Western Regions, for example. Every time they attacked Timur, they used several times the number of troops.

Poor Timur, seeing the sheer number of cavalry, didn't want to fight and always made a hasty retreat.

Alternatively, they rely on ancient tactics, fighting by relying on individual martial prowess and the situation of the troops.

Xi Te has a completely new set of tactics in mind, the core of which is speed and coordination.

Traditional infantry relied on walking, marching 20-30 kilometers a day; cavalry, though fast, required a lot of feed and were easily fatigued.

If the motorcyclists from the Western Regions could reach tens or even hundreds of kilometers away within hours and form an encirclement...

Then even if a god came, he would have no choice but to surrender.

He named it Blitzkrieg.

Of course, Xi Te vaguely felt that something was missing.

If the enemy has woven an impenetrable defensive system with machine guns, barbed wire, landmines, and artillery, then such infiltration will be ineffective.

This defensive system has already been used by the Mexican army in the Americas to block the Song army, and it has been very effective.

The Mexican army relied on this tactic to stabilize its front line after an initial rout.

Therefore, Xi Te needs a unit that can quickly break through this defense.

He perused the tactical history of the Eastern Song Dynasty and finally found inspiration in the section on India.

That was a special type of soldier—elephant soldiers.

Unlike traditional elephant troops, these elephants were all armored, and there was an iron box on the elephant bridge where soldiers could hide to defend themselves from arrows and also shoot at the enemy.

If you replace an elephant with an internal combustion engine and add heavy armor, it can ignore machine guns, barbed wire, landmines, and artillery.

These vehicles, when arranged in a cluster, can quickly break through the enemy's defenses, allowing the infantry behind them to rapidly encircle key targets.

Xi Te named this vehicle a tank.

The 21st year of the Mingzhang reign (1465).

The first motorcycle expert in the Western Regions has been fully formed.

The division consists of 2 regiments and 6 battalions.

They are:

The division headquarters and its subordinate units consisted of approximately 300 people, and possessed 17 motorcycles, 31 wheeled vehicles, and 2 light machine guns.

2个摩托化步兵团，每团约3000人，即三个摩托化步兵营，每团配备火炮18门（含步兵炮、穿甲炮等）、轻机枪约135挺、重机枪约20挺、卡车约200辆、摩托车约250辆。

One artillery regiment, with approximately 2500 personnel, comprises three light artillery battalions and one heavy artillery battalion, totaling 36 105mm howitzers, 12 150mm howitzers, and approximately 150 motorized/wheeled vehicles.

一个侦察营，约625人，配备装甲车3辆、轻机枪25挺、重机枪8挺、步兵炮2门、穿甲炮6门、摩托45辆、轮式车辆30辆。

一个穿甲营，约550人，配备37mm或50mm穿甲炮36门、轻机枪18挺、汽车约114辆。

A communications battalion, approximately 474 people, equipped with 32 motorcycles and about 103 wheeled vehicles.

一个工兵营，约843人，配备轻机枪34挺、火焰喷射器20支、摩托44辆、轮式车辆87辆。

The division's logistics and supply corps consisted of approximately 2300 personnel, 30 light machine guns, 88 motorcycles, and approximately 253 wheeled vehicles.

In summary, a fully-manned motorized infantry division has 17000 officers and soldiers, approximately 500 light machine guns, approximately 120 heavy machine guns, approximately 150 artillery pieces, approximately 2000 vehicles of various types, and approximately 530 motorcycles.

Standing in front of the Protectorate, looking at the "Penguin Master" he had personally crafted, Xi Te felt a great sense of accomplishment.

He wanted to lead this army to sweep across the West.

Xi Te raised his right hand and shouted loudly, "Gu Gu Ga Ga!"

The soldiers below also shouted in response.

"Gurgle, gurgle!"

An army that has been honed for three years needs a war to celebrate its birth.

The reality is that if a war isn't launched soon, Xite's debts will be due.

So the primary goal is—

Blitzkrieg Moscow!

This country, which originally belonged to the Golden Horde, took advantage of the internal strife within the Golden Horde to gain independence and continuously annex surrounding territories.

Although the Song Dynasty later established the Western Regions Governor-General's Office to curb its expansion.

However, the grasslands were still too vast, and they continued to harass some barbarian tribes under the Western Regions Protectorate from time to time.

Those who offend our Great Song Dynasty, no matter how far away, shall be punished!

The name of this operation was inspired by Emperor Wuzong – Operation Kangaroo.