The end of the military era

"Brother Ergou, since there are some things that are not mentioned above, it's better not to inquire about them, especially for people like you and me."

Liu Ergou patted himself on the forehead, "Look at me, drink a little wine, but there is no gatekeeper on your mouth.

I heard that Big Brother Zhu, Song Zhi and Wang Zhi are classmates in the same period of the Shuonan Naval Academy? "

The Wang Zhi that Liu Ergou mentioned was Wang Hongchun.

Zhu Shaoqing nodded, "We are indeed classmates in the same period of the Shuonan Naval Academy."

"Brother Zhu's ability is absolutely not inferior. In the future, if I have something that the navy does not understand, I will ask Brother Zhu for advice."

"There is absolutely no problem. If you don't understand anything, just ask me."

"Brother Zhu, do you think that with the current scale of our coastal defense fleet, can it be compared to the navies of the six great orc empires?"

"If it is a few naval powers among the six orc nations, our coastal defense fleet should still have a big gap with them.

But if compared with the Navy of the Black Bear Empire or the Navy of the Bull Empire, our coastal defense fleet may be even better in size.

Of course, there are still many problems in our coastal defense fleet, such as serious shortage of personnel and insufficient training. "

Liu Ergou then said: "In fact, these problems are all because the Major General has added new warships to our coastal defense fleet too quickly.

If it continues at this rate, I think our coastal defense fleet will become the largest navy in the world sooner or later. "

Zhu Shaoqing hesitated for a moment, "I really haven't thought about this question, but if there is such a day, maybe even the Six Northwest Towns may not be able to house our Zhou family."

Chapter 131 Strong

On April 4, Zhou Rui officially took up the post of Zhenwei Jiedushi in Linxing City, becoming the youngest Jiedushi in the Han and Tang Empires.

Zhenwei Town originally had 23 cities under its jurisdiction. Except for Jingyang City, which was ceded to Fengwu Jiedushi, the new Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion has completely controlled 22 of the remaining 5 cities.

And the families that controlled the other 17 cities sent people to attend Zhou Rui's inauguration ceremony.

These families did not dare not send people over. The two most powerful families in Zhenwei Town before, the Xu family and the Lu family, were annexed by the Zhou family.

It can be said that the Zhou family is already the dominant family in Zhenwei Town.

At this time, if you don't hurry up and make a new Zhenwei Jiedu envoy, don't you feel uncomfortable?

You must know that Zhou Rui, the new Zhenwei Jiedu envoy, is not a good stubble.

Even a behemoth like the Silver Wolf Empire has to bow its head in front of Zhou Rui's Zhou family. If Zhou Rui dislikes any family, it is estimated that the family's good days will come to an end.

Soon the families in Zhenwei Town knew that the new Zhenwei Jiedushi was really ruthless.

Back in Zhenwei Town, he secretly received benefits from the Silver Wolf Empire and agreed to cooperate with the Silver Wolf Empire to deal with the Zhou family.

In addition to the Tongze Lu family, Huitong Wang family, Huitong Li family, Yiguang Sun family, and Yiguang Zhang family that were wiped out by the Zhou family, there are also three families in Ningwei City.

Ningwei City is about 200 kilometers away from Linxing City. It is a city relatively close to Linxing City. It has an urban population of about 50, and the population of villages and towns around Ningwei City is about 60.

The entire Ningwei City is controlled by these three families, and each family also controls a mixed brigade of the Zhenwei Army.

After the inauguration ceremony, Zhou Rui directly showed the evidence that the three families colluded with the Silver Wolf Empire, and gave the three families two ways.

One is that Zhou Rui immediately mobilized the army and sent troops to Ningwei City.

The other is that the three families gave up their military power and handed over Ningwei City.

For the families that controlled the army under the feudal town, asking them to hand over the army was simply to dig out the foundation of these families, so none of the three families chose the second way.

After Zhou Rui became the envoy of the Zhenwei Festival, the three families in Ningwei City immediately began to prepare for the war, and actively contacted other families in Zhenwei Town, hoping to unite more families to fight against the new Zhenwei Festival. degree to make.

After all, the new Zhenwei Jiedushi can confiscate the military power of the three families today, so tomorrow he may confiscate the military power of other families in Zhenwei Town.

However, other families in Zhenwei Town hesitated to help the three families in Ningwei City. After all, Zhou Rui, the new Zhenwei Jiedu envoy, presented evidence that these three families colluded with the Silver Wolf Empire.

Once this kind of thing is brought to the light, it will inevitably be accused by Wan Fu.

But just as the three families in Ningwei City proposed, if you don't help out today, what if the matter of confiscating military power in the future falls on your own family?

But while the other families in Zhenwei Town were still hesitating, Zhou's army conquered Ningwei City in less than four days with lightning speed.

This also included the time it took for Zhou's army to assemble and hurry. In fact, the real battle lasted only a dozen hours.

Some of the three mixed brigades in Ningwei City and other armed forces of the three families defected, most surrendered, and the rest were all wiped out.

Of course, Zhou Rui's "Ghost Shadow" contributed to the rapid capture of Ningwei City by Zhou's army.

So far in Zhenwei Town, the number of cities completely controlled by the Zhou family has increased to six.

The remaining families in Zhenwei Town were all frightened by Zhou Rui, the young Jiedu envoy.

The three families in Ningwei City are not too weak in theory. What's more, the three families joined together this time, but they didn't even hold Ningwei City for a day. It must have been too brutal.

Afterwards, the remaining families in Zhenwei Town all became well-behaved on the surface, but in the dark, the connection between them became closer.

With the strength of this young Jiedushi, these families are worried that the fate of the three families in Ningwei City will fall on their own families.

For the remaining 16 cities in Zhenwei Town, Zhou Rui has ambitions, but Zhou Rui knows that some things cannot be rushed.

The situation of the Han and Tang Empires separatist regimes and the self-respect of each family has lasted for more than 200 years. If the Zhou family strikes too hard, the remaining families in Zhenwei Town are likely to unite or even collude with other forces in the town to deal with Zhou. Home.

So Zhou Rui decided to stay on the side of Zhenwei Town, to stabilize for the time being, to give "Ghost Shadow" some time, and take advantage of the Zhou family's wealth.

Zhou Rui left Linxing City and returned to Ganyang City after Zhou's army captured Ningwei City.

And when Zhou Rui returned to Ganyang City, he brought the newly reorganized Fourth Division of the Zhenwei Army with him.

蛮牛帝国三家大型造船厂那10座2.5万吨船坞、12座2万吨船坞和20座1.5万吨船坞的所有机械设备，都已经运抵了甘阳城。

Along with the arrival of these shipyard equipment in Ganyang City, there are more than 400 human technicians and more than 6000 human workers who have been laid off from various shipyards of the Manniu Empire, as well as more than 2 family members of these technicians and workers.

Originally, Joanna, the fox businesswoman of the Barbarian Empire, had persuaded Larion, the Minister of the Navy of the Barbarian Empire, to sell 7 unbuilt Punisher-class battleships with full main guns to the Ganyang Zhou family at a high price.

It's a pity that because of the local war between the Zhou family in Ganyang and the Silver Wolf Empire, especially the coastal defense fleet of the Zhou family brought out many battleships and battlecruisers with full main guns at once, Larion, the Minister of Navy of the Buffalo Empire, was born. concern.

So Larion immediately vetoed the decision to sell the 7 unbuilt Punisher-class battleships with full main guns to the Zhou family, and began to contact other buyers.

Although he did not buy the 7 unfinished Punisher-class battleships with full main guns, Zhou Rui was very satisfied with getting these 42 large docks.

With these 42 large docks, the Zhou family can even build a world-class large shipyard.

Among the several port cities currently controlled by the Zhou family, Ganyang Port is the most suitable for building a large shipyard.

After all, a shipyard is not just a dock. Whether it is building a warship or repairing a warship, it needs a variety of materials and equipment, many of which can be purchased directly from Ganyang City.