The end of the military era

However, the Silver Wolf Empire and the Flying Leopard Empire paid such a high price, but still no one took advantage of the other.

It seems that after a full circle, the war has returned to its original point.

And the rebel army in the Silver Wolf Empire, that is, the Silver Wolf Column, took advantage of the war between the Silver Wolf Empire and the Flying Leopard Empire to almost capture the entire Bauhinia Province and most of the Tulip Province of the Silver Wolf Empire. There is also a small half of Phalaenopsis province.

Thanks to Zhou Rui's strong support, the three front armies under the Silver Wolf Column now have a total of 37 infantry divisions and 53 independent brigades.

Now the establishment of each infantry division of the Silver Wolf Column is on par with that of the Zhou family army's various towns. It also has 3 infantry brigades, 1 supply brigade, 1 heavy artillery brigade, and 1 guard regiment, with a strength of about 4.

The weapons and equipment of the independent brigade of the Silver Wolf Column are still mainly seized. It has 3 infantry regiments, 1 supply battalion, 1 guard battalion and 1 artillery regiment under its jurisdiction, with a strength of about 1.

As a result, the current total strength of the Silver Wolf Column has reached more than 200 million, and the population in the controlled area has exceeded 7000 million.

The Silver Wolf Empire had no choice but to take the initiative to seek peace with the Flying Leopard Empire precisely because of the continuous growth of the human rebel army in its territory.

Under the mediation of the Golden Lion Empire and the Red Tiger Empire, the Flying Leopard Empire finally agreed to sign an armistice agreement, but demanded a symbolic compensation of 3000 million silver coins from the Silver Wolf Empire.

For the unreasonable request of the Flying Leopard Empire, although the Silver Wolf Empire was very angry, they still pinched their noses and accepted it.

In a study in the Jiedu Mansion in the eight towns of Ganyang City, Zhou Rui looked through the armistice agreement signed by the Silver Wolf Empire and the Flying Leopard Empire, and said in a solemn tone: "The pressure that the Silver Wolf Column will bear next will inevitably will be very large.

We have to find a way to re-establish the supply channel with the Silver Wolf Column. "

As the strength of the Silver Wolf Column continues to expand, the Barbarian Bull Empire feels that this human resistance army within the Silver Wolf Empire is also threatening its own safety.

So at the beginning of this year, the Barbaric Bull Empire mobilized troops to cut off the supply channel of the Silver Wolf Column passing through the territory of the Barbaric Bull Empire.

At this moment in the study, apart from Zhou Rui, there are also Zhou Xiaorong, Song Limin and Hu Yi.

At present, Zhou Xiaorong can be said to be the head of the Zhou family's army, Song Limin is the head of the Zhou family's Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, and Hu Yi is the head of the Zhou family's intelligence system.

These three people can be called the three giants of the Zhou family except Zhou Rui.

Hu Yi immediately said: "Commander, the Bauhinia Province, Tulip Province, and Phalaenopsis Province where the Silver Wolf Column is currently located do not have access to the sea.

It is very difficult for the Silver Wolf Column to seize Haikou in other provinces of the Silver Wolf Empire. "

Zhou Rui frowned and asked, "What do Xiang Tao and Li Dongbao think?"

"Xiang Tao proposed to directly invade the territory of the Bull Empire and re-open the original supply channel by force, but in that case, the Silver Wolf Column would provoke another powerful enemy.

The army of the Bull Empire is much stronger than the army of the Silver Wolf Empire. "

Zhou Rui pondered for a while and said: "We are not yet ready to attack the city in the territory of the Bull Empire. If we just seize that small port and control the virgin forest leading to the Bauhinia Province, the Barbarian Empire may not gather a large number of people. force to counterattack.

The military orders abroad will not be accepted, and it is up to Xiang Tao and Li Dongbao to decide whether to use force to open up the original supply channel! "

Then Zhou Rui turned his head and said to Song Limin: "Old Song, once the Silver Wolf Column regains control of that port, your Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet must ensure the safe arrival of the fleet transporting supplies and personnel."

Song Limin said with a smile: "Don't worry, Commander, even if the Bull Empire gathers the navies of the two worlds together, our Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet is also confident that the transport fleet can reach the port safely."

Song Limin has such self-confidence. On the one hand, the navy of the Bull Empire, after the so-called "Fish Project", now has only a mere 30 battleships with full main guns, and its strength is far inferior to that of the navies of other orc nations.

On the other hand, because the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet is stronger now, Zhou Rui will add a large number of new warships to the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet almost every two or three months

At present, the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet has undergone the latest reorganization and has a total of twelve main formations under its jurisdiction.

The first formation has 6 teams under its jurisdiction, and each team is composed of 6 "Fu"-class battleships with full main guns. The "Fu" class is also the Nevada-class battleship with full main guns in the United States.

The second formation has 5 teams under its jurisdiction, and each team is composed of 6 "Mo" class battleships with full main guns. The "Mo" class is also the American New Mexico class battleship with full main guns.

The third formation has 4 teams under its jurisdiction, and each team is composed of 6 "Tian"-class battleships with full main guns. The "Tian" class is also the US Tennessee-class battleship with full main guns.

The fourth formation has 4 teams under its jurisdiction, two of which are composed of 5 "Shang"-class battleships with full main guns, and the other two teams are each composed of 6 "Shang"-class battleships with full main guns. The word class is the Fuso class full main gun battleship of Dongying Kingdom.

The fifth formation has 4 teams under its jurisdiction, and each team is composed of 5 "Yi" class battleships with full main guns.

The Sixth Formation has 6 teams under its jurisdiction, three of which are each composed of 5 "Lie"-class full-main-gun battleships, and the "Lie"-class is the German King-class full-main-gun battleship.

The remaining three teams are each composed of 5 "Tian" class full main gun battleships, and the "Tian" class is also the German Kaiser class full main gun battleship.

The Seventh Formation has 6 teams under its jurisdiction, two of which are each composed of 6 "Rui" class full main gun battleships, and the "Rui" class is also the British Huza class full main gun battleship.

The two teams are each composed of five "Yao" class battleships with full main guns. The "Yao" class is also the British Iron Duke class full main gun battleships.

The last two teams are each composed of five "Dragon" class battleships with full main guns. The "Dragon" class is also the French Corbet class full main gun battleships.

The eighth formation has 4 teams under its jurisdiction, and each team consists of 6 captured battleships with full main guns.

The Ninth Formation has 5 teams under its jurisdiction, each team is composed of 6 "Jie"-class battlecruisers, and the "Jie" class is also the British Lion-class battlecruiser.

The tenth formation has 4 teams under its jurisdiction, and each team is composed of 6 "Shun"-class battlecruisers, and the "Shun"-class is also the King Kong-class battlecruiser of Dongying Kingdom.

Formation No.11 has 4 teams under its jurisdiction, two of which are each composed of 5 "Fei"-class battlecruisers, and the other two teams are each composed of 6 "Fei"-class battlecruisers. The German Seydlitz-class battlecruiser.

The No.12 formation has 4 teams under its jurisdiction, three of which are each composed of 5 "Wu"-class battlecruisers, and the "Wu"-class battlecruisers are also German Moltke-class battlecruisers.

The last team is composed of 5 "Yong"-class battlecruisers, and the "Yong"-class is also the British Invincible-class battlecruiser.

At present, the twelve main formations of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet have a total of 218 battleships with full main guns and 96 battlecruisers.

Originally, the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet had 28 all-steel battleships, most of which were captured, but now these 28 all-steel battleships have been assigned to the defense fleets in various ports.

In addition, the twelve main formations of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet also have 120 large armored cruisers, 192 light cruisers and 288 destroyers.

Each main formation is equipped with 10 large armored cruisers, 16 light cruisers and 24 destroyers.

With the current strength of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, it can completely beat the navy of the Bull Empire.

Chapter 191 Eight Powers

At present, in addition to twelve main formations, the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet also has a submarine formation, with 7 "Ghost" class submarines and 12 "Ghost 2" class submarines.

The "Ghost 2" class submarine is built on the basis of the "Ghost" class submarine. It has a full-load displacement of 650 tons on the water and a full-load displacement of 830 tons underwater. It is equipped with 6 diesel engines. The maximum speed on the water is 16 knots. The speed is 9 knots and the maximum diving depth is 60 meters.

Equipped with five 4mm torpedo tubes, it can carry 450 torpedoes and has a crew of 12.

After testing, the "Ghost 2" class submarine performed very well in all aspects, so before the third submarine of Ganyang Shipyard was developed, Zhou Rui ordered Ganyang Shipyard to increase the strength of the "Ghost 2" class submarine. production quantity.

At this time, among the 16 1000-ton small docks that Ganyang Shipyard has built, there are still 16 "Ghost 2" class submarines that are being built in batches.

In addition, the large armored cruisers, light cruisers and destroyers independently built by the Ganyang Shipyard have entered the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet or various garrison fleets have officially entered service.

More than 4% of the first four all-main-gun battleships designed and built by Ganyang Shipyard have been completed.

However, limited by the technical strength of Ganyang Shipyard, the first all-main-gun battleship is only equipped with six dual-mounted 6-caliber 45mm main guns, with a full-load displacement of 305 tons.

The performance of this all-main-gun battleship can only be ranked behind among the various all-main-gun battleships of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet.