The end of the military era

The four all-main-gun battleships of the Chiyanshi class, Unicorn Tiger class, Valiant class, and Black Prince class, as well as the two battlecruisers of the Conqueror class and the Vanguard class, all have 360mm main guns.

The Hydra-class battleship with full main guns and the agile-class battlecruiser have 330mm main guns.

Raff, the vice minister of the Navy, hesitated for a moment and asked, "Governor, how many battleships do you think is appropriate to send?"

Governor Kosno said immediately: "100 battleships with full main guns are too few, increase the number to 180, and increase the number of battlecruisers to 100."

"Governor, are you really planning to go to war with the Zhou family's Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet?"

"The reason why we sent more capital ships is to hope that we can defeat others without fighting.

However, if the Zhou family’s Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet doesn’t know how to appreciate it, the governor doesn’t mind joining forces with the Red Tiger and Black Bear navies to destroy this human army that shouldn’t appear.” divdiv

Chapter 2 Seventeen

Since the Golden Lion Empire sent 180 battleships with full main guns and 100 battlecruisers to join the joint escort fleet, both the Red Tiger Empire and the Black Bear Empire also increased the number of battleships accordingly. 8

最终赤虎帝国总计派出了150艘全主炮战列舰、70艘战列巡洋舰、70艘全钢制战列舰、70艘大型装甲巡洋舰、200艘轻巡洋舰和260艘驱逐舰，加入了三国海军组成的联合护航舰队。

黑熊帝国则派出了120艘全主炮战列舰、60艘战列巡洋舰、50艘全钢制战列舰、50艘大型装甲巡洋舰、140艘轻巡洋舰和180艘驱逐舰，加入了联合护航舰队。

In this way, the joint escort fleet composed of the Golden Lion, Red Tiger, and Black Bear will have as many as 680 capital ships, including 450 full-armor battleships and 230 battlecruisers.

The number of secondary capital ships will reach 400, including 200 all-steel battleships and 200 large armored cruisers.

It is not an easy task to assemble such a large fleet, not to mention that there are hundreds of transport ships loaded with various weapons and supplies that also need to be assembled together.

By the time the warships and transport ships of the three navies were assembled at the Maotou Island Naval Base of the Red Tiger Empire, it was already the end of December in 1544 Tianyuan.

And in more than a month, Zhou's army, under Xiang Tao's command, had conquered almost 350 million square kilometers of land in the Barbarian Empire. If it wasn't for logistical problems, the captured land area might have doubled.

In a study room in the southwestern tutelary mansion in Ganyang City, Zhou Rui asked Song Limin, the commander-in-chief of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, "Old Song, are you sure?"

Song Limin said solemnly, "Marshal, our Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet and the navies of the six orc nations must score a winner, and there is no possibility of reconciliation.

This time only the navies of the Golden Lion Empire, Scarlet Tiger Empire, and Black Bear Empire joined the so-called joint escort fleet, and the navies of these three orc nations have not yet come out in full force. I think this is a part of our Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet. Chance. "

As soon as Song Limin's voice fell, Zhou Xiaorong immediately said, "But once the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet fights with the joint escort fleet of the three orc nations, it is very likely that the Golden Lion Empire, the Red Tiger Empire, the Black Bear Empire, and even the entire military alliance of the six nations will be destroyed. , declare war on our Zhou family.

According to the intelligence of 'Ghost Shadow', the joint escort fleet of the three orc nations only escorted a large amount of weapons and supplies, and did not have the army troops of the three orc nations.

If it's just weapons and supplies, it's nothing to our Zhou family army.

Perhaps many of these weapons and supplies will soon fall into the hands of our Zhou family army. "

What Zhou Xiaorong said is not an exaggeration at all. So far, Zhou's army has wiped out more than 500 million barbarian troops, including some armed forces temporarily formed by the barbarian empire.

Among the more than 500 million barbarian troops, the number of barbarian officers and soldiers who surrendered to Zhou's army was as high as 430 million, and the number of barbarian officers and soldiers who actually died on the battlefield was less than 80.

A large part of the weapons and supplies provided to the Barbarian Empire by the three kingdoms of Golden Lion, Red Tiger, and Black Bear fell into the hands of Zhou's army.

Judging from the current battle situation, if the Golden Lion Empire, Scarlet Tiger Empire, and Black Bear Empire do not send troops into the Barbarian Empire to participate in the war, but only rely on the Barbarian Empire itself, no matter how many weapons and supplies these three orc nations send, The barbarian empire could not resist the attack of Zhou's army.

Zhou Rui pondered for a while and said, "Old Song, how many main formations are you going to send to the battle?"

Now Ganyang Shipyard and Jingsheng Shipyard built 20 "Shu"-class battleships with full main guns, as well as 30 Xianyuan-class battleships with full main guns and 30 traditional-class battleships built by the Liangyan Empire for the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet. A series of cruisers have all joined the sequence of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet.

In addition, in the past few months, Zhou Rui added 60 full main gun battleships and 24 battlecruisers to the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet from the lottery system.

60艘全主炮战列舰，包括12艘美国内华达级全主炮战列舰、12艘美国新墨西哥级全主炮战列舰、12艘美国田纳西级全主炮战列舰、12艘德国巴伐利亚级全主炮战列舰和12艘英国伊丽莎白女王级全主炮战列舰。

The 24 battlecruisers are all British prestige-class battlecruisers, with a full load displacement of 32740 tons and a maximum speed of

装备了3座双联装42倍口径381毫米主炮，15门102毫米副炮，2门76毫米速射炮，4具533毫米鱼雷发射管。

The side armor belt is 102 mm to 152 mm, the main deck armor is 76 mm, the main turret armor is 279 mm, and the crew is full of 955 people.

Due to the addition of so many capital ships at once, the original fourteen main formations of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet were reorganized again.

However, after the new reorganization, the main formation of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet has changed back to twelve.

The first formation is divided into 8 battleships, under its jurisdiction are 48 US Nevada-class battleships with full main guns, that is, "Fu" class battleships with full main guns.

The second formation is divided into 8 teams, under the jurisdiction of 48 American New Mexico-class battleships with full main guns, namely the "Mo" class battleships with full main guns.

The third formation is divided into 8 teams, under its jurisdiction are 48 US Tennessee-class battleships with full main guns, namely the "Tian" class full-main gun battleships.

The fourth formation is divided into 8 battleships, under the jurisdiction of 22 Fuso-class full-main-gun battleships of Dongying Kingdom and 20 Ise-class full-main-gun battleships of Dongying Kingdom, namely the "Shang" class full-main-gun battleship and the "Yi" character Class full main gun battleship.

The fifth formation is divided into 8 teams, with 30 "Xian" class full main gun battleships and 20 "Shu" class full main gun battleships under its jurisdiction. The "Xian" class is also the Xianyuan class full main gun battleship.

The sixth formation is divided into 8 teams, under its jurisdiction are 48 German Bavarian-class full-main-gun battleships, namely the "Fa"-class full-main-gun battleships.

The seventh formation is divided into 8 teams, under the jurisdiction of 48 British Queen Elizabeth-class battleships with full main guns, namely the "Wang" class full-gun battleships.

The eighth formation is divided into 8 teams, under its jurisdiction are 15 German König-class battleships with full main guns, 15 German Kaiser-class battleships with full main guns, and 10 French Kolbe-class battleships with full main guns. Main gun battleship, "Tian" class full main gun battleship and "Dragon" class full main gun battleship.

第九编队分为9支战队，下辖12艘英国猎户座级全主炮战列舰、10艘英国铁公爵级全主炮战列舰、24艘缴获的全主炮战列舰以及4艘由甘阳造船厂建造的全主炮战列舰东风号、南风号、西风号、北风号。

The Orion class is the "Rui" class battleship with all main guns, and the Iron Duke class is the "Yao" class battleship with all main guns.

The Tenth Formation is divided into 10 teams, with 36 British Lion-class battlecruisers and 22 German Seydlitz-class battlecruisers, namely the "Jie"-class battlecruisers and the "Fei"-class battlecruisers. .

Formation No.11 is divided into 11 teams, with 36 King Kong-class battlecruisers and 30 traditional-class battlecruisers under its jurisdiction, namely the "Shun"-class battlecruisers and the "Chuan"-class battlecruisers.

No.12编队分为8个战队，下辖24艘英国声望级战列巡洋舰、15艘德国毛奇级战列巡洋舰和5艘英国无敌级战列巡洋舰，即“声”字级战列巡洋舰、“武”字级战列巡洋舰和“永”字级战列巡洋舰。

Today, the entire Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet has 422 full main gun battleships and 168 battlecruisers. Calculated only by the number of capital ships, the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet is already well-deserved as the world's number one navy.

In addition, each main formation of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet is also equipped with 24 large armored cruisers, 40 light cruisers and 48 destroyers. Some of the large armored cruisers, light cruisers and destroyers were built by Ganyang Shipyard.

Hearing Zhou Rui asking how many main formations the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet is going to send to the battle, Song Limin immediately replied, "Commander, according to the information obtained by 'Ghosting', the joint escort fleet of the three orc nations has a total of 450 ships with full main guns." battleships and 230 battlecruisers.

There were also 200 all-steel battleships, 200 large armored cruisers, 600 light cruisers, and 740 destroyers.

So our Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet is going to concentrate all the main formations this time, and have a decisive battle with the joint escort fleet of the three orc nations."

Zhou Rui's expression hesitated, "Old Song, do you really want to gamble?"

Song Limin nodded affirmatively, "Commander, since we have made a plan to annex the entire Barbarian Empire, then we cannot allow those orc countries to send troops into the Barbarian Empire, or they want to swallow the entire Barbarian Empire, I don't know How much time does it take.

This time the joint escort fleet of the three orc nations only escorted weapons and supplies. If next time, it might be the army units of each orc nation.

And at that time, the so-called joint escort fleet may be even larger, and even the navies of the Flying Leopard Empire, Silver Wolf Empire, and Bull Empire may also join the joint escort fleet at that time.

If our Southwest Coast Defense Fleet can severely damage the joint escort fleet of the three orc nations, then the orc nations should not dare to send troops to the barbarian empire, let alone declare war on our Zhou family. "

Zhou Rui has borrowed from another time and space many of the policies of the various feudal towns of the Zhou family, which can be called the policies of benefiting the people. This has made the people under the Zhou family's rule more supportive of the Zhou family.