C1224 Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermillion Bird, Black Turtle (1/2)

The Chinese army had evolved from the new army of the Ryukyu in the past, and the new army of the Ryukyu was formed using the four major parts of the Heaven veterans, which were the Chinese refugees, the Japanese samurai and the Glazed sphere aboriginals.

Before Xiao Letian became the Prime Minister of Ryukyu, the warriors under his command could only be called guards, or even shop bodyguards. Although they received strict modern military training from Xiao Letian every day, they still treated themselves as commoners.

Until Xiao Letian overthrew the rule of the Japanese Shimadzu Family and became their Prime Minister, he then started to train the new army on a large scale. However, since Xiao Letian had already known what he wanted from the very beginning, his strategy in the future was to become an elite soldier and leave the most resources to the navy.

With the naval cannons as the focal point and their fierce firepower as the radius, along with the valiant marines, a special area or an autonomous region of the Chinese people was established along the coast and along the river in the Great Qing Dynasty.

As the number of these special zones increased and the market became more and more prosperous, mercantilism would naturally bring sufficient wealth in return. This wealth could further increase the Chinese people's level of industrialization and build a more powerful fleet.

This was a very benign cycle, without the burden of carrying too much of the army, with limited resources being used on the blade, this was the guarantee of the super strong combat strength of Xiao Letian's army.

Xiao Letian currently had four strengthening divisions, and the strength of each division was around eight thousand. This was the entire fighting strength of the Marine Corps, although there was no specific naming ceremony, but somehow, the soldiers at the bottom level were more willing to call them the four strengthening divisions after the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermillion Bird, and Black Tortoise.

Before Xiao Letian went on the expedition to Europa, the new army of the Ryukyu actually only had the formation of four strong groups, with a total strength of only fifteen thousand people. Although Ryukyu had already trained up a huge reserve army at that time, Xiao Letian had been very careful and prudent at all times to increase it, suppressing the regular army at all times.

At that time, the first group was the previous self of the current First Division, and the members were basically the Heaven veterans. This was Xiao Letian's starting point, adding on to the fact that China had a dragon as their totem since ancient times, many people called the First Division the Green Dragon.

These Heaven veterans had rich experience in battle, and their overall attributes were also the highest. As such, no one would disagree with their fighting strength, so calling them an Azure Dragon would not be an exaggeration.

The second division developed into the second division, known as the White Tiger. This was a team formed by Xiao Letian using a large amount of Japanese samurai and the Waves, and the core of it was the knife drawing team who had the authority to wield the blade.

These experts of the White Blade Battlefield were always the commandos on the battlefield. When the war was at its most close, a Elite Armament suddenly and quickly stabbed into the enemy's formation with its bloodiest flesh, creating a panic that could absolutely reverse the situation.

The White Tiger was the Great Vicious Holy Beast, and these crazy Japanese samurai deserved its name.

The third group was the Black Turtle, which was formed by the Qing Province's refugees, who were mainly civilians who could not survive after being persecuted by the war, as well as the Ryukyu's original Han Chinese immigrants.

The Black Tortoise was used for defense. Its character was similar to that of the hardworking citizens of China, and Third Division, which was developed by the third group, was the most formidable in terms of civil engineering and front defense.

Their determination was unquestionable. All the soldiers were silent like an old ox. They could use the fastest speed to build their defenses, digging trenches at the fastest speed in the world. In addition, their endurance was unrivalled in the face of heavy casualties.