The end of the military era

Song Limin's words made the atmosphere in the bridge suddenly a little depressing. At this time, Liu Ergou, the commander of the Sixth Formation, said suddenly: "Song Zhi, don't worry, I bet that our Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet will definitely get a victory this time." big win"

Relying on his dazzling military achievements, Liu Ergou has now been promoted to the commander of the Sixth Fleet, and has become a senior member of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet.

As soon as Liu Ergou finished speaking, Wang Kui, the commander of the Seventh Formation, said with a smile: "Since Ergouzi has said so, then our Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet must have won.

Er Gouzi's mouth has been opened."

In terms of combat exploits, Wang Kui is far behind Liu Ergou, but Wang Kuina is Zhou Rui's direct descendant, so under Zhou Rui's support, Wang Kui also rose to the top of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet and became the seventh formation Commander, and was called the one-armed commander by the soldiers of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet.

When Wang Kui mentioned that Liu Ergou had opened his mouth, everyone including Song Limin laughed, and the depressing atmosphere on the bridge eased.

After the laughter, Song Limin continued: "The scale of the upcoming naval battle will be unprecedented.

Our 12 formations will form 12 battle groups. As for the specific tactics, they can only be determined according to the battlefield situation. "

As soon as Song Limin finished speaking, Liang Baozhong of Fuxing sent Song Limin a telegram.

Song Limin took a look at the telegram and found that Zhou Rui had sent him a confidential telegram, and the content of this telegram was to tell Song Limin that Zhou Rui had purchased 32 full main gun battleships and 12 battlecruisers. x

After Song Limin finished reading the telegram, he smiled and said to the other formation commanders: "The commander sent a telegram and purchased 32 full main gun battleships and 12 battlecruisers for our Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet.

In the next naval battle, everyone, don’t be afraid of losses, fight to the death with the joint escort fleet of the three orc nations, as long as the commander is there, no matter how many losses are made up.”

It has become a secret that Zhou Rui can purchase a large number of warships for the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet through secret channels.

When Liu Ergou heard this, he hurriedly asked: "Song Zhi, is there any full-main-gun battleship purchased by the commander-in-chief this time, is there a Chuzi-class full-main-gun battleship from our sixth formation?"

Song Limin handed the telegram in his hand to Liu Ergou, "Among the 32 battleships with full main guns that the commander bought this time, there are 8 battleships with full main guns of the Fazi class."

Liu Ergou took the telegram and looked at it, then passed the telegram to Wang Kui, the commander of the seventh formation, "Kuizi, you also have eight Wang-class battleships with full main guns in the seventh formation."

Wang Kui took a look at the telegram and said with some regret: "It would be great if the commander-in-chief could buy it earlier, then the eight teams of the seventh formation can all have an extra battleship with full main guns." div

Chapter 2 Battlegroup

At dawn on January 1545, 1, Liu Ergou, who was still asleep, was woken up by Wu Shaoli, the captain of the Battleship, "Liu Zhi, the reconnaissance ship of the third formation, found the golden lion and the red tiger." , Black Bear, the joint escort fleet of the three navies."

The Battleship belongs to the German Bavaria-class battleship with all main guns and is the flagship of the third formation of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet.

Wu Shaoli used to be Liu Ergou's second mate. Later, Liang Baozhong, the first mate who followed Liu Ergou for many years, was transferred to the flagship Fuxing of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet and became the captain. Wu Shaoli was then promoted to be Liu Ergou's first mate. .

After Liu Ergou was promoted to the commander of the third formation, Wu Shaoli was promoted to captain.

When Liu Ergou heard this, he turned over and sat up on the bed in the cabin, "How far is it from us?"

Wu Shaoli said in a deep voice: "It is about 50 nautical miles away from the third formation. Song Zhi has already issued an order to let the main formations move closer to the third formation immediately."

Liu Ergou said while putting on his clothes: "Convey Song Zhi's order to each team of our sixth formation.

One more word, if anyone loses me in this battle, don't blame me for being ruthless! "

Wu Shaoli said: "Liu Zhi, don't worry, the brothers all know the significance of this naval battle to our Zhou family, and they are determined to die.

From the captain to an ordinary sailor, they all wrote their suicide notes. "

Liu Ergou had already dressed at this time, "This battle is not only of great importance to our Zhou family, it will even affect the balance of power between humans and beasts.

If our Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet loses this naval battle, the vast ocean will become the back garden of the orc nation.

The newly established Jingzhou Towns, Yuzhou Towns, Lanzhou Towns, Weizhou Towns, and Kezhou Towns that our Zhou family has just established will also completely cut off contact with the mainland of the Han and Tang Empires.

So in this naval battle, our Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet must win, and it must be a big victory! "

Although the Zhou family established five new feudal towns in the Western Continent, under the pressure of the Six Nations Military Alliance, none of the main formations of the Zhou family's Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet entered any port of the above five feudal towns.

The Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet sent only a few garrison fleets, mainly made of all-steel battleships, to station in several ports of the above-mentioned five feudal towns.

This time, the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet gathered all the main formations in order to start a decisive battle with the joint escort fleet composed of the Golden Lion, Red Tiger, and Black Bear navies.

Once the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet is defeated, even if it is a tragic victory, the sea passages of the five feudal towns of Jingzhou, Yuzhou, Lanzhou, Weizhou, and Kezhou may be cut off. Willing to make trouble.

Not long after the reconnaissance ship of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet discovered the joint escort fleet of the Golden Lion, Red Tiger, and Black Bear navies, the reconnaissance ship of the Golden Lion Empire Navy also found the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet.

On the bridge of the full main gun battleship Longshi of the Golden Lion Empire Navy, Kuzier, the commander of the First Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Golden Lion Empire, said to the captain Greed of the Dragon Lion: "Although I don't think the Zhou family The Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet dared to go to war with the joint escort fleet of our three major Spirit Race nations.

But the heart of defense is indispensable, and all teams are ordered to enter a state of combat readiness immediately.

If the Zhou family's Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet intercepts the United Escort Fleet, I don't mind finding a way back! "

When Kuzier said to recover the field, he meant to regain the field where the joint expeditionary force of the Golden Lion, Red Tiger, and Silver Wolf was defeated last time.

The captain of the Dragon and Lion, Gled, looked very relaxed. Gled didn't think that the Zhou family's Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet dared to go to war with the joint escort fleet of the Golden Lion, Red Tiger, and Black Bear navies.

"Commander, do you need to notify General Jestu of the Red Tiger Empire and General Gert of the Black Bear Empire?"

Kuzier nodded, "Tell them, let the fleets of their two countries also get ready, there will be nothing wrong with being careful."

At 23:9 am on the [-]rd, near the Dragon Whale Island of the Barbarian Empire, two large fleets met.

The captain of the Longshi, Greed, held a telegram solemnly and said to Commander Kuzier: "The Zhou family's Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet refuses to give way.

It also declared that the front is the no-navigation zone set by the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet. If our joint escort fleet continues to advance, it is equivalent to declaring war on the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet. "

Kuzier said with a gloomy face: "It seems that I have underestimated the courage of the person in power of the Zhou family, and immediately reported the refusal of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet to give way to General Jestu of the Red Tiger Empire and the general of the Black Bear Empire. General Gert.

Then send this matter to His Excellency the Governor by telegram.

Thank goodness I didn't make a real bet, otherwise I would have lost this bet. "

In the Governor's Mansion in Morningstar City, the second capital of the Golden Lion Empire, Governor Kosno has been waiting for the latest news from the joint escort fleet of the three navies since the reconnaissance ship of the Golden Lion Empire Navy discovered the traces of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet.

After receiving the telegram from Kuzier, Governor Kosno's complexion suddenly became very ugly.

"Raff, do you think the joint escort fleet formed by our Golden Lion Empire, Scarlet Tiger Empire, and Black Bear Empire can defeat the Zhou family's Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet?" Governor Kosno asked the Vice Minister of the Navy Raff in a deep voice.

Originally, Governor Kosno asked the Royal Navy of the Golden Lion Empire to gather 180 battleships with full main guns and 100 battlecruisers to join the joint escort fleet. On the one hand, it was to urge the Red Tiger Empire and the Black Bear Empire to send more capital ships. It is for the sake of being able to surrender without fighting.

As a result, the Zhou family's Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet was very disrespectful, and directly prepared to head-on.

Raff hesitated for a moment and said: "Governor, after the Royal Navy of the Golden Lion Empire was defeated by the Zhou family's Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, the reason why we didn't take revenge is that the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet itself is very strong.

The more important reason is that they are afraid that they will be taken advantage of by the navy of the Red Tiger Empire and the Navy of the Black Bear Empire after fighting with the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet.

Now that the navy of the Red Tiger Empire and the Black Bear Empire are tied to our Royal Navy of the Golden Lion Empire, why not take this opportunity to deal with the Zhou family's southwestern coastal defense fleet?

With the size of the joint escort fleet of the three navies, the chances of winning are still very high.

Even if it is defeated, it must be able to severely damage the Zhou family's Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, so our Royal Navy of the Golden Lion Empire will not be at a loss! "