Tanks Make Their Debut: A Tank Obsession Across Different Eras, with 400 Tanks in a Division

They already had enough rifles.

But they lacked machine guns, mortars, and anti-aircraft guns.

As for divisional artillery, the mainstay was the 75mm field howitzer. Each division had an Artillery Battalion with three artillery companies, each company equipped with four 75mm field howitzers.

That had already been fully addressed, too.

It was just about right.

But this was a world of magic, and these weapons alone couldn't establish complete dominance.

Lynn had also issued orders to transform the army.

They would begin implementing a force structure built around the doctrine of massed infantry and Firepower Advantage.

Anti-aircraft guns, machine guns, heavy machine guns, mortars, and Heavy Howitzers were all essential.

The army was also expanding.

The planned defensive divisions would be Infantry Divisions. The main combat divisions would be split into three tiers: units made up of high-tier troops; units combining large numbers of Heat Weapons with mid-tier troops; and units combining large numbers of Heat Weapons with highly disciplined troops.

These would be the Magic Masters, the high-tier Guard Army, and the Skeleton Division, which consisted mostly of spoiled noble brats, Adventurers, bandits, and all sorts of other rabble thrown together; then the Assault Division and the Grenadiers, which could both include low-tier troops.

Lynn had even joked, "Maybe later I'll send you all divisions like the Old Guard Army, the Middle-Aged Guard Army, and the Young Guard Army."

The troops had rested and recovered.

They headed south again, advancing toward Augustus's capital.

The resistance they encountered along the way was fierce.

Street fighting was no longer limited to the big cities.

It was happening in small cities, too.

Even small cities with populations of just a few thousand or ten thousand saw street fighting break out.

With communications cut off, the enemy was conscripting men, while the nobility