The end of the military era

Fortunately, the interception fleet of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy is not large, and the escort fleet led by Liu Ergou is not at a disadvantage in terms of strength.

"Separate 4 destroyers to escort the transport fleet and continue to advance to the port, and the remaining warships will meet the enemy in the previously arranged battle formation!" Liu Ergou ordered in a deep voice.

The 6 full main gun battleships in the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy's interception fleet all belong to the Fire Pigeon class of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy. They are the latest full main gun battleships in active service in the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy. A 27500mm main gun with 5 times the caliber is installed in double mounts.

In the bridge of one of the Fire Pigeon-class battleships with full main guns, the Demon Claw Eagle, Pegg, the deputy commander of the Second Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire, said to the first mate Kikasha with some excitement on his face: "Finally blocked When they arrived at the transport fleet of the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empire, they sent a telegram to General Yerke, asking him to lead the fleet over immediately.

Today, our Royal Navy must ask for some interest from the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet of the Han and Tang Empires! "

Now the Third Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire has withdrawn to the mainland. In order to restore the strength of the First Fleet and Second Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire, many warships of the Third Fleet have been transferred out and incorporated into the First Fleet and the Second Fleet. Second Fleet.

Yeerke, the hero of the Third Fleet, was also transferred to the Second Fleet along with a Fire Pigeon-class battleship with all main guns that he was on.

In order to intercept the Zhou family's transport fleet this time, the Silver Wolf Empire mobilized dozens of warships from the Second Fleet to form two interception fleets.

One interception fleet was led by Pegg, the deputy commander of the Second Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire, and the other interception fleet was led by Yerk.

In fact, there have always been many conflicts between the navy and army of the Silver Wolf Empire because of military expenditures.

Compared with destroying dozens of transport ships, the Silver Wolf Empire Navy is more willing to destroy the escort fleet escorting these dozens of transport ships, in order to avenge the naval battles of Xiangshi Island and Shark Island.

The battle line composed of capital ships on both sides soon approached to a distance of 1.5 meters. At this time, the six "Mo"-class battleships with full main guns on the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet first launched a salvo of main guns.

The "Mo" class battleship with full main guns is equipped with four triple-mounted 4mm main guns with fifty times the caliber, so it can attack at such a long distance.

Pegg, the deputy commander of the Second Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire, couldn't help but shudder when he saw that the opponent's six full-armor battleships started firing their main guns 6 meters away.

"Send another telegram to General Yerk, telling him to lead the fleet over as soon as possible. Among the enemy fleet, there are 6 powerful battleships with full main guns."

When the battle lines of the two sides were 1.3 meters apart, the four "Shun"-class battlecruisers on the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet also joined the main gun salvo.

In fact, the distance of 1.3 meters has not yet reached the combat range of the Fire Pigeon-class battleship with full main guns. However, in order to improve the morale of his own side, Pegg, the deputy commander of the Second Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire, had no choice but to order 6 Fire Pigeons The first-class battleship with all main guns launched a counterattack with its main guns.

The two sides came and went, and the fight was very intense, especially when the distance between the battle lines of the two sides was shortened to about 1 meters, and the six all-steel battleships of the Fire Pigeon Navy also joined the bombardment.

The first to be sunk by both sides was an all-steel battleship on the side of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy.

这艘满载排水量17900吨、装备有2座双联装四十倍口径320毫米主炮的全钢制战列舰，被一发356毫米炮弹击穿了180毫米的舷侧装甲。

The shell exploded inside the all-steel battleship, directly detonating hundreds of 320mm shells in an ammunition warehouse.

In a burst of continuous explosions, the all-steel battleship was almost blown into several sections, and disappeared on the surface of the sea in less than 3 minutes, becoming the first warship to be sunk in this naval battle.

The more than 800 wolf clan naval officers and soldiers on this all-steel battleship had no time to escape during the continuous explosions, and this all-steel battleship sank very fast.

Even if a few wolf navy officers and soldiers were able to jump into the sea to escape, they were also sucked into the sea by the vortex generated when the all-steel battleship sank. In the end, more than 800 wolf navy officers and soldiers on the all-steel battleship died without a lifetime. return.

Soon after, another all-steel battleship of the same level as the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy was also sunk.

The all-steel battleship was first hit and caused a fire. Nearly half of the boiler system was destroyed, causing the speed to drop by more than half. Many wolf officers and soldiers were even burned to death by the fire. The scene was extremely tragic.

Seeing this, Pegg, the deputy commander of the Second Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire, immediately ordered the smoking all-steel battleship to temporarily withdraw from the battle line and put out the fire first.

However, before the all-steel battleship had time to withdraw from the battle line, a 356mm artillery shell landed in the sea about a few meters away from the all-steel battleship, forming a near miss.

The shock wave from the explosion of this 356mm shell made the sea water expand rapidly, tearing the side underwater armor of this all-steel battleship instantly, forming a huge hole, allowing seawater to rush into this all-steel battleship like a tide. Inside the hull of a battleship.

In the end, the all-steel battleship tilted severely due to the influx of a large amount of sea water, and sank into the sea after a rollover, becoming the second warship sunk in this naval battle.

Not long after the start of the war, he sank the opponent's two all-steel battleships, which made Liu Ergou very happy. However, Liu Ergou's happiness did not last long. On the distant sea, another Silver Wolf Imperial Navy appeared. interception fleet.

这支由叶尔克率领的拦截舰队，同样也是由6艘全主炮战列舰、6艘全钢制战列舰、6艘大型装甲巡洋舰、8艘轻巡洋舰和8艘驱逐舰所组成的。

It's just that among the 6 full main gun battleships of the interception fleet led by Yerk, only 2 are Fire Pigeons, and the other 4 are the first full main gun battleships built by the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy. With a displacement of 21800 tons, it is equipped with four double-mounted 4mm main guns with a caliber of 45 times.

But no matter what, facing the two intercepting fleets of the Silver Wolf Empire, the escort fleet led by Liu Ergou was already at a very obvious disadvantage in terms of the number of warships.

Liang Baozhong, the chief mate of the Mogui, couldn't help asking Liu Ergou: "Captain, what shall we do next?"

Liu Ergou said viciously: "Keep going!

We must not let the other party's warships chase the transport fleet, otherwise we will not be able to bear the consequences! "

On the bridge of the Huoge-class full main gun battleship Thrushcross, Yeerke said to the first officer Oss in high spirits: "Convey my order to the battleships, and cut into the battlefield from the west with the battle line.

Fight for the fleet led by General Pegg to pinch each other from two directions. "

First Officer Oss hesitated for a moment and asked: "General, do you need to allocate some warships to chase the opponent's transport ships?"

Yelk said calmly: "General Pegg did not give us such an order."

Chapter 185 Assassination

In the early morning, in a garden in the Jiedu Mansion of Wuzhen in Ganyang City, Zhou Rui practiced boxing methodically. The whole set of boxing techniques was extremely concise, but Zhou Rui beat him fiercely.

This set of boxing techniques was learned by Zhou Rui from Hu Yi. Although the moves are simple, they are all killer moves, so it can be regarded as a set of actual boxing techniques.

It wasn't until Zhou Rui finished practicing this set of boxing techniques that Song Limin, the commander-in-chief of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, said, "The commander's martial arts have improved a lot. Could it be that the commander has been promoted to a high-level warrior?"

Zhou Rui took the towel handed over by Xiong Da, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said with a smile: "Old Song, your eyes are really fine, I just promoted to the realm of a high-level warrior."

After Zhou Rui took 2 bottles of primary physical fitness enhancing medicine, Zhou Rui did not continue to take primary physical fitness enhancing medicine because of the problem of drug resistance.

However, after Zhou Rui's hard training day after day, coupled with the changes in Zhou Rui's physique caused by 2 bottles of primary physical fitness enhancement potions, he was finally promoted to an intermediate warrior a few months ago, and it was not with the aid of potions.

It's a pity that Zhou Rui's own martial arts talent is limited, and it is very likely that an intermediate martial artist is already the limit that Zhou Rui can achieve in this life.

Fortunately, Zhou Rui is a person with a golden finger. The lottery system gave a three-star lottery card for free in December. Among the several rewards, 12 bottles of intermediate physical fitness enhancement potions were given out.

After Zhou Rui took a bottle of intermediate physical fitness enhancing potion, he was successfully promoted to a high-level warrior.

The remaining 9 bottles of intermediate physical fitness enhancement potions were taken by Xiong Da, Xiong Er, Xiong San, Xiong Si, Niu Ben, Niu Heng, Niu Zhang, Hu Yi, and Hu Er respectively. After the physical fitness enhancement potion, one after another successfully advanced.

Because the four brothers Xiong Da and the three brothers Niu Ben not only practiced the physical skills of orc warriors, but also practiced the skills of human warriors, so they were promoted to the level of Grand Master and Silver Warrior at the same time.

Hu Yi and Hu Er were promoted to veritable Grand Masters, but their strength was still weaker than that of the four Xiong Da brothers and the three Niu Ben brothers.

Song Limin then said flatteringly: "It seems that the commander-in-chief has also inherited the master's talent for martial arts. It has not been a year, and the commander-in-chief has been promoted to two levels in a row. Maybe in two or three years, the commander-in-chief will be able to be promoted to the rank of master." Great Master."

Zhou Rui knew how much he had. If he didn't have the medicine produced by the lottery system, he might be promoted to a junior warrior, which would be a big difficulty for him.

"Old Song, you came here early in the morning, did you get the results of the Niujiao Bay naval battle?"

The sea area where the escort fleet sent by the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet and the two intercepting fleets of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy belonged to Niujiao Bay of the Bull Empire, so this naval battle was also called the Niujiao Bay Naval Battle.

"Master, the statistics have been calculated.

Our escort fleet lost a total of 2 Shunzi-class battlecruisers, 1 large armored cruiser, 1 light cruiser and 2 destroyers in the Niujiao Bay naval battle.