The end of the military era

Zhou Rui took the telegram and looked at it blankly, then said to Song Limin in a deep voice: "Old Song, there will be a batch of new warships to supplement the coastal defense fleet soon.

Since they are unwilling to make peace, we can only accompany them to continue fighting.

I want to see, in the end, our Ganyang Zhou family will be wiped out, or the Silver Wolf Empire will be subdued? "

Aren't you unwilling to negotiate peace?

Then let's hurt each other!

In February, Bai gave a two-star lottery card, which was also used by Zhou Rui, and two more German Kaiser-class battleships were released.

In this way, Zhou Rui can replenish the coastal defense fleet with 12 full main gun battleships, 4 battlecruisers and 12 light cruisers at once.

Now that the hot face is stuck on someone's cold butt, he can only grit his teeth and fight with the navy of the Silver Wolf Empire.

Chapter 1 Expeditionary Army

The naval battle on Xiangshi Island can be said to have shocked the entire Han and Tang Empire.

Before the newspapers from all over the Han and Tang Empire reported the news that the soldiers of the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy surrounded Xiangshi Island, the people of the Han and Tang Empire felt sad while being angry.

Obviously, the Ganyang Zhou family, which controlled Xiangshi Island, did not have the strength to fight against the Silver Wolf Empire. In the end, it was inevitable to compromise with the Silver Wolf Empire, and even cede Xiangshi Island to the Silver Wolf Empire.

However, what the people of the Han and Tang Empires did not expect was that the Ganyang Zhou family, a local family belonging to Fengwu Town, would not admit their weakness in the face of the powerful Silver Wolf Empire.

What was even more unexpected to the people of the Han and Tang Empires was that in the first round of confrontation, the Ganyang Zhou family did not show any disadvantages, but took out 14 battleships with full main guns out of thin air.

Although in the naval battle of Xiangshi Island, the coastal defense fleet of Ganyang Zhou's family suffered a lot, and sank 3 battleships with all main guns and many battleships with all steel.

But in the end, it also sank 3 all-steel battleships, 1 light cruiser and 3 destroyers of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy, drove away the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy, and defended Xiangshi Island.

This gave the Ganyang Zhou family a huge prestige in the entire Han and Tang Empire. Many people even traveled thousands of miles to Ganyang City, preparing to join the Zhou family army who dared to say "no" to the orc country.

Many Jiedu Mansions in feudal towns, including Fengwu Jiedu Mansion, issued statements in newspapers, expressing their support for the Ganyang Zhou family's resistance to the invasion of the Silver Wolf Empire.

It's just that these supports are all thunderous and rainy, and even the Fengwu Jiedu Mansion has no intention of sending troops to reinforce the Zhou family.

Other countries, including several orc nations, were taken aback by the emergence of 14 all-main-gun battleships.

We must know that there are currently only seven countries in the world that have built battleships with full main guns.

In addition to the six orc nations, among the human nations, only the Liangyan Empire independently built four battleships with full main guns.

So here comes the question, where did the Ganyang Zhou family get their 14 all-main-gun battleships?

It's a pity that the Ganyang Zhou family has been silent on this issue, and various forces have searched and searched, but they have not found any clues.

Xu Wanpeng, the envoy of Zhenwei Jiedu, had already planned to postpone his plan to attack Jingsheng City after he learned the result of the Xiangshi Island naval battle.

After all, the main reason why Xu Wanpeng was eager to snatch back Jingsheng City was that Xu Wanpeng was worried that the Silver Wolf Empire would seize Jingsheng City under the pretext that Jingsheng City was owned by the Ganyang Zhou family.

However, following the news, Xu Wanpeng immediately ordered the Zhenwei Army Fourth Division, the Second Mixed Brigade, and the Third Mixed Brigade to gather in Linxing City as soon as possible, and then join the Zhenwei Army Second Division stationed in Linxing City , rushed to Jingsheng City.

On February 1537, 2, the Governor's Mansion of the Silver Wolf Empire announced that it would send an expeditionary force to the western coastal areas of the Han and Tang Empires.

Although the Governor's Mansion of the Silver Wolf Empire did not specify what it was sending this expeditionary army to, the whole world knew that the target of this expeditionary army was the Ganyang Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empires.

In the city lord's mansion of Jingsheng City, the city lord Peng Hongchao said to Zhou Rui with a worried expression: "Young General, this time the Silver Wolf Empire is coming in menacingly, I'm afraid we have to prepare for the worst."

The Silver Wolf Empire did not conceal the strength of this expeditionary force, and even directly published the composition of the expeditionary force in the Silver Wolf Empire's newspaper.

The expeditionary force of the Silver Wolf Empire consists of two parts: the navy and the army.

海军部分，包括从银狼帝国皇家海军第二舰队抽调的6艘全主炮战列舰、4艘全钢制战列舰、6艘大型装甲巡洋舰、12艘轻巡洋舰和12艘驱逐舰。

The army part is the No.14 Army of the Royal Army of the Silver Wolf Empire.

银狼帝国皇家陆军的No.14集团军，下辖4个步兵师、1个辎重旅、2个师属重炮团、1个警卫团，总兵力约为8万人。

其中每个步兵师下辖3个步兵旅、1个辎重团、1个师属重炮、1个警卫营，兵力约为1.8万人。

As the city lord of Jingsheng City, Peng Hongchao hasn't had a good night's sleep these days, and has been worrying all the time.

He never expected that the Ganyang Zhou family would provoke the Silver Wolf Empire.

It's a pity that Peng Hongchao has been tied to the Ganyang Zhou family by a rope since the moment he joined Ganyang Zhou's family, and now it's too late to break away.

Seeing the frustrated city lord Peng Hongchao, Zhou Rui couldn't help comforting him, "Old Peng, the sky won't fall."

There are some things that Zhou Rui will not tell Peng Hongchao now.

Before Zhou Rui came to Jingsheng City, he followed the main force of the coastal defense fleet and went to Crescent Island.

At present, Zhou Rui placed four 4-ton floating docks in Crescent Island. More than 3 shipyard technicians and more than 100 ordinary shipyard workers recruited by the rebels to help Zhou Rui were also secretly sent to Crescent Island.

After the main force of the coastal defense fleet arrived at Crescent Island, the four battleships with all main guns that were slightly injured first entered the floating dock to start maintenance.

According to Song Limin's arrangement, the warships that were slightly injured were repaired first, and then several warships that were seriously injured.

By the time Zhou Rui left Crescent Island, there were already 6 German Kaiser-class battleships, 6 British Giant-class battleships, 4 British Invincible-class battlecruisers and 12 German Wiesbaden-class battleships in the port of Crescent Island. light cruiser.

Shocked by the sudden appearance of these warships, Song Limin patted his chest and assured Zhou Rui that all the new warships would be staffed as soon as possible.

Because of the sinking and scrapping of many warships, there are now nearly [-] officers and soldiers in the coastal defense fleet.

In addition, the Shanghai Defense Fleet has not stopped recruiting new soldiers, and can temporarily transfer a group of officers and soldiers from some old ships of the Fourth Fleet and the Sixth Fleet, so Song Limin dared to reassure Zhou Rui.

Of course, even if these new warships are fully staffed, there is no need to expect too much combat effectiveness.

But no matter what, the coastal defense fleet is equivalent to 12 more battleships with full main guns and 4 battlecruisers with firepower comparable to battleships with full main guns.

Both Zhou Rui and Song Limin believed that even if the 40 warships in the Silver Wolf Empire Expeditionary Force merged with the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy, the coastal defense fleet would still have the power to fight.

Peng Hongchao then said flatteringly: "Thanks to the Major General's strategizing, the first infantry brigade of the garrison division is now marching towards Linxing City in a hurry.

As long as our Zhou family can capture Linxing City, it will be equivalent to occupying the entire Zhenwei Town, with room for strategic depth.

Even if the army of the Silver Wolf Empire attacks Jingsheng City, we can retreat to the hinterland of Zhenwei Town. "

Zhou Rui did not let Peng Hongchao hide the fact that the Zhou family in Ganyang was about to seize Linxing City.

It was precisely because Peng Hongchao learned that there was still a way out that the whole talent did not collapse.

The pressure put on Peng Hongchao by the Silver Wolf Empire was really too great.

"Hehe, Lao Peng, don't worry, it will not be so easy for the Silver Wolf Empire to capture Jingsheng City."

Then Zhou Rui turned to Hu Yi and asked, "How is Linxing City going?"