The end of the military era

"Although our coastal defense fleet now has 18 genuine battleships with full main guns, the enemies we face are even stronger.

If the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy on Pusha Island is also counted, the opponent can assemble more than ten full-armor battleships and more than ten all-steel battleships, as well as small and medium-sized warships that far exceed our coastal defense fleet.

For the three battleship formations with all main guns, the best opportunity is to wait for the opponents to divide their forces! "

Wang Hongchun pondered for a while, "The Silver Wolf Empire won't know that our coastal defense fleet has suddenly increased by dozens of warships. I think the possibility of the other side's splitting up is very high."

"Crazy Wang, this time your fifth formation is attacking independently, you must not be brave.

If you encounter the battleship formation of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy, you should take advantage of your speed and get rid of it as soon as possible without entanglement. "

"Old Song, don't worry, the loss of the Xiangshi Island naval battle, our fifth formation is already big enough, I won't be stupid to use battlecruisers and battleships with full main guns to bombard them again.

I will take advantage of the advantage, and when I encounter the opponent's battleship formation, I will retreat directly. Anyway, the opponent's battleship can't catch up with the battlecruiser. "

In the early morning of February 2, a harassing fleet consisting of 23 battlecruisers and 7 light cruisers left the port of Crescent Island.

What Wang Hongchun didn't expect was that the raiding fleet encountered a squadron of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy just after 2 o'clock in the afternoon that day.

This squadron of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy is composed of 1 large armored cruiser, 2 light cruisers and 2 destroyers, and the task of this Silver Wolf Imperial Navy squadron is to search for the Zhou family in this sea area. The main force of the coastal defense fleet.

Because the Zhou family has done a good job of keeping Crescent Island secret, so far, the navy of the Silver Wolf Empire has no idea where the main force of the Zhou family's coastal defense fleet is hidden.

Only many old antiques of the Zhou family's coastal defense fleet were found gathered in Jingsheng Port.

"Order all the ships to rush forward at full speed! Don't let these fat sheep escape!" Wang Hongchun said eagerly.

Danisuo, the captain of the large armored cruiser Aster Flower of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy, saw the menacing 7 battleships with full main guns on the opposite side, and immediately ordered 5 warships to turn around and retreat.

However, the maximum speed of the large armored cruiser Asteria was only 21 knots, while the top speed of the seven battlecruisers of the Fifth Formation of the Coastal Defense Fleet all reached 7 knots.

As the distance between the two sides continued to narrow, Daniso decisively ordered to the first officer: "Let the other 2 light cruisers and 2 destroyers retreat immediately, and we will stay to stop the enemy.

Tell the four captains that this is a military order and must be carried out!

They stayed, but sacrificed in vain. "

The first officer nodded solemnly, "I didn't expect that the opponent's battleship with all main guns could reach a speed of more than 25 knots.

With the top speed of the Asteria at only 21 knots, it is really difficult to escape the opponent's pursuit.

Moreover, it was too far away from Pusha Island, and it was too late to call for reinforcements. "

Daniso tidied up his military cap, "Since you can't escape, let these humans see the courage of the Royal Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire!

In addition, the opponent's full main gun battleship has a speed of more than 25 knots, and immediately reports to the headquarters by telegram.

This is also the last bit of contribution our Aster Flower can make to the Imperial Navy. "

紫菀花号大型装甲巡洋舰，满载排水量9200吨，装备有2座双联装45倍口径220毫米主炮和6门45倍口径150毫米副炮，火力并不算弱。

However, in the face of the gang fights of 7 battlecruisers, although the large armored cruiser Asteria fought back vigorously, it still could not escape the fate of being sunk in the end.

Originally, when the Asteria sank, some wolf officers and soldiers on board still had a chance to escape.

However, the 630 wolf officers and soldiers, including Captain Danisso, eventually sank into the sea with the Aster Flower.

In the previous wars between the human country and the orc country, there were not many orc captives that humans could capture alive.

The orcs have always believed that human beings are synonymous with weakness, and being a captive of human beings is a more embarrassing thing than death.

Chapter 1 Landing Location

At the headquarters of the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy on Pusha Island, Longella handed Pegg the last farewell telegram from Captain Daniso of the Aster Flower.

"The Ziwanhua should have been sunk by the seven battleships of the Ganyang Zhou family with all main guns."

Pegg took the telegram, read it quickly, and then said with a heavy expression: "Colonel Daniso is a role model for everyone in the Imperial Navy!

We should report the deeds of Colonel Daniso and the Aster to the Admiralty, and even the Governor's Palace. "

After a pause, Pegg asked Longella, "Are there any islands where a large fleet can dock near the sea area where the accident happened?"

Before Longella could speak, Gore, the deputy commander of the Third Fleet next to him, said, "General Pegg, we have checked the relatively large island in the sea area before, and we did not find the main fleet of the Zhou family in Ganyang. any trace of.

The sudden appearance of 7 full main gun battleships is likely to have passed from other sea areas. "

Longella immediately frowned and asked, "Peg, what do you think should be done next?

Are you sending a battleship formation to search for the opponent's 7 full main gun battleships in that sea area? "

Pegg shook his head and said, "Let's follow the original plan and cooperate with the No.14 Army to land on Xiangshi Island first!

If the other party hides deliberately, we want to find them, which is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack.

Perhaps the No.14 Army's attack on Xiangshi Island can force the opponent's main fleet to show up and have a decisive battle with us. "

Longella nodded and said: "That's fine, if the opponent can continue to resist not showing up when we fight Xiangshi Island, then we will go to fight Jingsheng City next, I don't believe their main fleet will never come out .

It's a pity that they can't directly attack Ganyang City, the home of the Zhou family in Ganyang. "

Peg said in a deep voice: "There is one thing that is very strange.

Why do the seven battleships of the Zhou family in Ganyang have such a high speed?

According to the information returned by Colonel Daniso, the speed of the seven full-armed battleships can reach more than 7 knots. "

Longella hesitated for a moment and said, "Peg, it seems that the Golden Lion Empire is building a new type of battleship that takes both firepower and high speed into account.

You said that the seven all-main-gun battleships of Ganyang Zhou's family are the new type of battleships? "

"I had the same guess.

That new type of capital ship is equipped with the main guns of a battleship, but its armor is not thick, so it can have a very high speed.

However, even the Golden Lion Empire has not completed the construction of that new type of capital ship. How could the Ganyang Zhou family, as a human family, own it?

Could it be that in the new world, besides the different time and space nodes connecting our Spirit Race world, are there really different time and space nodes connecting other Ming worlds? "

"Maybe we can only solve this question if we capture the high-level figures of Ganyang Zhou's family."

On the evening of February 1537, 2, the huge fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire Expeditionary Force arrived at the waters outside Xiangshi Port.

At this time, the scale of the Silver Wolf Empire Expeditionary Force became larger again, and many warships of the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy stationed on Pusha Island were temporarily incorporated into the sequence of this expeditionary force.

使得这支远征军的军舰数量，激增到了100余艘，包括12艘全主炮战列舰、13艘全钢制战列舰、16艘大型装甲巡洋舰、32艘轻巡洋舰和32艘驱逐舰。

In addition, in this expeditionary force, there are 37 large transport ships, carrying more than 14 officers and soldiers of the No.8 Army of the Royal Army of the Silver Wolf Empire, as well as a large amount of combat supplies.