The end of the military era

I think we can take a fight. If we can take down Taohua Town, our Silver Wolf Column will not be short of supplies, and we can even replenish a batch of weapons and ammunition. "

What Xiang Tao said made Li Dongbao's eyes light up, "This is a good idea.

Now we have more than 6000 combat troops in total. As long as we can sneak out of the mountainous area and go straight to Taohua Town, the chance of success is quite high. "

Wei Zhao hesitated, "We finally retreated into the mountainous area and got rid of the pursuit of the No.16 Army of the Silver Wolf Empire.

What if we go out of the mountains again and get entangled by the troops of the No.16 Army of the Silver Wolf Empire? "

Xiang Tao said: "Commander, this mountain area in the south of Bauhinia Province is sparsely populated, we have been going around here, although it is safer, but it is difficult for us to replenish troops and supplies.

If you stay in the mountains for a long time, you may have to go hungry.

I think our Silver Wolf Column should change the tactics of guerrilla warfare. It is completely possible to carry out guerrilla warfare in the villages and towns between the big cities.

In this case, the replenishment of soldiers and supplies will be much easier. "

"But guerrilla warfare like that is easy to be surrounded by the army of the Silver Wolf Empire!"

"Commander, you can't have the best of both worlds, instead of starving in the mountains, why not go out and gamble.

And this time we don't aim to seize the villages and towns, and with the information provided by Hu Qi, the army of the Silver Wolf Empire will not be so easy to encircle and suppress us. "

"Boom" Igna, the governor of the Silver Wolf Empire, slapped the table hard, and then questioned Luca, the deputy minister of the army: "Isn't the No. 16 Army reporting that it has wiped out the main force of the human resistance army, and is clearing up the human resistance in the southern mountainous area?" The remnants of the army?

Why are the human rebels providing even the logistics supply base now?

Do you know how passive this will make the Governor's Mansion! "

Luka's face was a little embarrassed. Before, the newspapers of the Silver Wolf Empire had publicized the brilliant results of the encirclement and suppression of the human resistance army. He didn't expect that he would be slapped in the face just a few days later.

This time, not only the logistics supply base of the No.16 Army was captured by the human rebels, but an infantry regiment of the No.16 Army guarding the logistics supply base was almost completely lost.

"Governor, the terrain in the mountainous area of ​​Bauhinia Province is too complicated, which allowed the remnants of the Human Resistance Army to escape the pursuit of the No.16 Army, and took the opportunity to leave the mountainous area and attack the No.16 Army's logistics supply base. "

"I don't want to hear any reason!

I want to know now, can the No.16 Army still wipe out those human rebels?

If not, let the No.17 Army take over the No.16 Army! "

Michalo, the commander of the No.16 Army of the Royal Army of the Silver Wolf Empire, is Luca's brother-in-law. Of course, Luca has to help his brother-in-law and say something nice in front of Governor Igna.

"Don't worry, the governor. It's just that the No. 16 Army is careless this time. As long as the No. 16 Army is given some more time, it will definitely wipe out this human resistance army in our Silver Wolf Empire."

"Luka, for your sake, I can give the No.16 Army another chance.

If the No.16 Army can't completely wipe out those human rebels within two months, let Michalo resign voluntarily! "

When Zhou Rui received the good news from the Silver Wolf Column, he was accompanied by Kang Huai to inspect the Ganyang Shipyard.

After reading the telegram, Zhou Rui returned the telegram to Hu Yi casually, "Keep in touch with Hu Qi to see if there is any chance to send personnel and supplies to the Silver Wolf Empire by sea.

Now that the Silver Wolf Column is in a difficult period, give them some support as much as possible. "

Fox nodded, "Commander, we, Guiying, are trying to build a new secret sea channel to deliver personnel and various combat supplies to the Silver Wolf Column.

However, because the coast of the Silver Wolf Empire is under martial law, it is a little difficult for the time being. "

At this time, Kang Huai who was standing next to him said, "If we can really build a warship that can sail underwater, it might be able to solve the problem of building a supply channel for the Silver Wolf Column."

Zhou Rui came to inspect Ganyang Shipyard this time to study whether it is possible to build a warship that can sail underwater.

At present, Ganyang Shipyard has begun to try to build warships, and has laid keels in eight 8-ton docks, preparing to build eight large armored cruisers with a full-load displacement of 1.5 tons.

This large-scale armored cruiser independently built by Ganyang Shipyard refers to the German Scharnhorst-class armored cruiser in many aspects, with a design speed of 22.5 knots.

装备了8门四十倍口径200毫米主炮，6门四十倍口径150毫米副炮，12门30毫米高射炮，16挺13毫米高射机枪，4具450毫米鱼雷发射管。

The side armor belt is 80mm to 150mm, the main deck armor is 60mm, the main turret armor is 180mm, and the crew is designed to be 800 people.

Originally, Ganyang Shipyard was building a warship for the first time, so it should not directly build a warship with such a large displacement at full load, but the problem is that the smallest dock of Ganyang Shipyard is 1.5 tons.

It is not very convenient to use a 1.5-ton dock to build a warship with a displacement of only two or three thousand tons.

Moreover, many of the shipbuilders and shipbuilders recruited from the six orc countries have experience in building large warships, so with Zhou Rui's approval, Ganyang Shipyard planned to build eight warships at the same time. Partner.

As for the warship sailing underwater, it was proposed by a shipbuilder from the Silver Wolf Empire.

A shipyard in the Silver Wolf Empire where the shipbuilder originally worked designed and built a warship that could sail underwater, known as a submarine.

The full-load displacement of this submarine is about 300 tons, and it is equipped with torpedo tubes. However, when conducting a torpedo attack, the submarine needs to surface.

However, after this new type of warship was built, it was not favored by the Royal Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire. Now the built submarine has been converted into an underwater sightseeing boat.

Zhou Rui is very interested in submarines, so he plans to try to build a few at Ganyang Shipyard.

Zhou Rui asked Kang Huai: "The kind of warship that is called a submarine and can sail underwater should not have a large displacement. Can we build it in the dock of Ganyang Shipyard?"

Kang Huai is the son-in-law of the housekeeper Zhou Fu, who has been assisting Zhou Fu in managing the Zhou family's property.

Now Kanghuai has been appointed by Zhou Rui as the person in charge of the Ganyang New Industrial Zone, and the Ganyang Shipyard near the Ganyang Military Port has also been placed under the jurisdiction of the Ganyang New Industrial Zone.

"Marshal, thanks to the commissioning of the steel plant, Ganyang Shipyard has been able to independently build small docks.

So this time, in order to build this kind of underwater warship, Ganyang Shipyard plans to build four 4-ton small docks first, and then use these four small docks to build four submarines. "

"Have the blueprints for the submarine come out?"

"It is still under design and discussion, but the full-load displacement of the submarine should be around 400 tons."

"By the way, how is the design of the all-main-gun battleship going?"

Although the Ganyang Shipyard has just begun to build the first batch of warships, Zhou Rui has been impatient to ask the shipbuilders to design a battleship with full main guns to be built in the Ganyang Shipyard.

Chapter 148 The Factory

Hearing Zhou Rui's question about the design of the full main gun battleship, Kang Huai hesitated and said: "Marshal, referring to the Longzi class full main gun battleship, we have organized a group of shipbuilding technicians and have designed a new full main gun battleship. Gun battleship.

But now the steam turbine factory in the new industrial zone and the heavy artillery branch of the arsenal have just been built. Even the 8mm naval guns and large steam turbines needed by the eight large armored cruisers are not known. Built with quality assurance.

Therefore, I think that it is best to postpone the plan of Ganyang Shipyard to build a battleship with full main guns for a while, at least until the steam turbine factory can produce qualified large steam turbines, and the heavy artillery branch factory can manufacture ships with an exit diameter of more than 300mm. naval gun. "

The Longzi-class full main gun battleship refers to the French Kolbe-class battleship.

Because the names Zhou Rui gave to the French Corbet-class battleships all began with the character "dragon", so inside the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, they were called dragon-class battleships with full main guns.

The steam turbine factory that Kang Huai mentioned, as well as the heavy artillery branch of the arsenal, were purchased by Zhou Rui from the Barbarian Empire at a high price through Joanna, a fox businesswoman from the Barbarian Empire.