The end of the military era

Xiang Tao put the half-smoked cigarette in the ashtray, nodded and said, "Old Li, we both think the same thing. The Bull Empire wants to defend the city of Detrika, but our Zhou family army may not be willing to fight against it." .

I am going to mobilize 2 guard divisions, 26 infantry divisions and some garrison regiments to encircle the city of Detrika first.

After defeating the other parts of Feidata Province and Elaine Dern Province, we will concentrate our forces to solve the city of Detrika. "

Li Dongbao immediately said: "It's a pity that in the city of Detrika, there is a different space-time node connecting the world of the orcs. Otherwise, just a siege would be enough to trap the barbarian army in the city of Detrika to death."

"The war potential of the Bull Empire has been almost exhausted by our Zhou family army. Even if there is a different time and space node in the city of Detrika that connects the orc world, it is only a matter of time before our Zhou family army wins the city of Detrika.

What I'm worried about now is the Red Tiger Empire. After all, after our Zhou family annexed the last three provinces of the Barbarian Bull Empire, our Zhou family's territory borders on the Via and Chesla provinces of the Red Tiger Empire. up.

It is said that the Red Tiger Empire did not save the Barbarian Empire this time, hoping to take the opportunity to take these provinces of the Barbarian Empire as its own. "

In this world, the Red Tiger Empire has a land area of ​​about 1300 million square kilometers, which is divided into 6 provinces. Via Province and Chesla Province are the two largest provinces.

The combined area of ​​these two provinces is 2 million square kilometers, with a population of about 600 million.

The Red Tiger Empire has a total population of 23 billion in this world, of which about 8000 million are orcs, mainly tigers, and the remaining 15 billion are humans.

On the other side of the orc world, the Red Tiger Empire has a land area of ​​about 1000 million square kilometers, with a total population of about 13 billion, all of whom are orcs dominated by tigers, of which tigers account for more than 1 million .

Li Dongbao said disapprovingly: "Taozi, we have attacked the last three provinces of the Manniu Empire this time, so far, the loss is not too big.

The total strength of our seven feudal armies is still more than 7 million, and the militias from all over the country add up to at least 2000 million. I don't believe that the Red Tiger Empire has such a good mouth and can take back the territory we captured! "

Xiang Tao said: "No matter what, we still have to be prepared to avoid being caught off guard by the Red Tiger Empire.

By the way, the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet will make a big move recently. If it succeeds, the Red Tiger Empire must be honest. "

"Big move? What big move?"

"We are going to use the navy of the Flying Leopard Empire to deter the navies of other orc nations."

At dawn on February 1546, 2, a huge fleet loomed on the misty sea, and this huge fleet was composed of five main formations of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet.

Since Zhou Rui added many battleships and battlecruisers with full main guns obtained from the lottery system to the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, several main formations of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet have added some teams.

For example, the Fifth Formation originally had 8 teams under its jurisdiction, with 36 British Revenge-class battleships with full main guns and 36 American Colorado-class battleships with full main guns.

Now the Fifth Formation has 17 teams under its jurisdiction, with 66 British Revenge-class full-main-gun battleships and 72 American Colorado-class full-main-gun battleships, becoming the formation with the most capital ships in the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet.

It is reasonable to say that the size of the fifth formation is enough to be divided into two main formations. However, due to the insufficient number of large armored cruisers, light cruisers and destroyers, the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet has no plan to form a new main formation.

西南海防舰队第六编队，原本下辖5支战队，拥有20艘仙缘级字级全主炮战列舰、10艘德国国王级全主炮战列舰、10艘德国凯撒级全主炮战列舰和5艘法国科尔贝级全主炮战列舰。

Now the commander-in-chief of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, Song Limin, has also assigned 48 British Nelson-class battleships with full main guns and 20 Nagato-class battleships with full main guns from Japan to the sixth formation, increasing the number of teams in the sixth formation to 13.

In addition, the ninth formation was increased from the original 4 teams with 36 British Hood-class battlecruisers to 8 teams with 72 British Hood-class battlecruisers.

No.12编队也由原来的7个战队56艘英国声望级战列巡洋舰，变为了8个战队74艘英国声望级战列巡洋舰。

However, 2 British Hood-class battlecruisers and 3 British Prestige-class battlecruisers were sunk while raiding the coasts of the Golden Lion Empire and the Red Tiger Empire respectively.

Therefore, the Ninth Formation now has 70 British Hood-class battlecruisers, and the No.12 Formation now has 71 British Prestige-class battlecruisers.

The five main formations of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet that appeared at this time included the fifth formation, sixth formation, seventh formation, eighth formation, and tenth formation.

第七编队下辖5支战队，拥有12艘“曙”字级全主炮战列舰、8艘英国户座级全主炮战列舰、6艘英国铁公爵级全主炮战列舰、14艘曾经缴获的全主炮战列舰。

The Eighth Formation has 6 teams and 52 battleships with full main guns, all of which captured the Golden Lion Navy, Red Tiger Navy, and Black Bear Navy in the Longjing Island naval battle.

第十编队下辖8支战队，拥有24艘英国狮级战列巡洋舰、14艘德国塞德利茨级战列巡洋舰、12艘德国毛奇级战列巡洋舰，以及在龙鲸岛海战中缴获的16艘战列巡洋舰。

The new battleships of the fifth and sixth formations have been assigned a large number of veterans and officers with rich combat experience, so although they are new warships, they all have certain combat effectiveness.

On the bridge of Tonghai, the flagship of the fifth formation of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, Song Sheng, the commander of the fifth formation, turned to Yan Qing, the captain of the Tonghai, and asked: "Is there any new news about the third and fourth battleships of the ninth formation?" pass it on?"

Tonghai belongs to the "Tong" class battleship with full main guns, and the "Tong" class is also the American Colorado class battleship.

Song Sheng, the commander of the fifth formation, is the son of Song Limin, the commander-in-chief of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet.

However, Song Sheng didn't rely on his father to be the commander of the main formation, he was promoted entirely by virtue of his military exploits.

Similar to Song Sheng, Wang Xin, the current commander of the sixth formation of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, is the son of Wang Hongchun, the commander of the second formation of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet. Wang Xin also rose to his current position by virtue of his military exploits.

Song Sheng is 33 years old this year, and Wang Xin is 34 years old this year. Because these two are the youngest among the formation commanders, they are also known as the twin stars of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet.

Yan Qing, the captain of the Tonghai, replied: "Commander, there are no new telegrams from the 3rd and 4th Squadrons of the Ninth Formation."

Song Sheng nodded, "There is no new news, which means that the main fleets of the Flying Leopard Empire have not bitten the two teams of the ninth formation, and they are still safe for the time being.

Send a report to the other 4 formation commanders. According to the original plan, the seventh, eighth and tenth formations will be in the middle, our fifth formation will be on the left, and the sixth formation will be on the right. A main fleet implements encirclement! "

This time, the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet is using the two teams of the Ninth Formation as a bait, preparing to eat several main fleets of the Flying Leopard Navy in one fell swoop, and Song Sheng is the commander-in-chief of this operation.

After receiving Song Sheng's telegram, Wang Xin, the commander of the sixth formation, couldn't help but gear up and said to Xu Keming, the captain of the Anhai: "Now our sixth formation is strong and strong, and we must fight a good battle this time!"

The Anhai belongs to the "An" class full main gun battleship, and the "An" class is also the British Nelson class battleship.

Xu Keming, the captain of the Anhai, said with a smile: "This time, our Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet has concentrated 5 main formations, and there is no suspense in winning against the main fleets of the Flying Leopard Empire.

But there are more wolves and less flesh. If our sixth formation wants to fight well, we must attack harder. "

Wang Xin agreed and said: "It is true that there are more wolves and less meat. If our sixth formation wants more military exploits, we can only rely on robbing."

On the morning of February 2th, as the fog on the sea gradually cleared, Annott, the first deputy minister of the Flying Leopard Empire's navy, could not help showing a murderous look in his eyes.

Some time ago, several teams of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet continued to harass the coastal cities of the Flying Leopard Empire, causing considerable losses to the Flying Leopard Empire.

Even the Flying Leopard Empire's largest shipyard in the New World, the Most Port Shipyard, was severely damaged, and the eight capital ships under construction and the docks they used were completely blown up.

Annott planned for a long time, and this time he finally surrounded a harassing fleet of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet.

It has been confirmed that the raiding fleet of the surrounded Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet should have 18 battlecruisers, 6 large armored cruisers, 9 light cruisers and 11 destroyers.

If the raiding fleet of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet could be eaten, it would surely make the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empire feel very distressed.

As for whether it can be eaten, Annott is quite confident.

为了这次的围堵计划，安诺特总计动用了78艘全主炮战列舰、42艘战列巡洋舰、52艘全钢制战列舰、60艘大型装甲巡洋舰、122艘轻巡洋舰和183艘驱逐舰，几乎聚集了飞豹帝国皇家海军新世界四大舰队的大部分力量。

The warships that the Flying Leopard Navy joined the Six Nations Fleet before were also drawn from these four major fleets. In the Orc World, the Flying Leopard Navy still has three main fleets.

Just when Annott was dreaming of completely annihilating the harassing fleet of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, Captain Vermitt of the Iron Spear shouted in horror: "General, something is wrong!

As the fog dissipated, a large number of warships of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet appeared on the east and west seas, and we fell into a trap! "

The Iron Spear is the full main gun battleship on which the first deputy minister of the Flying Leopard Empire Navy, Annott, belongs to the elegant class full main gun battleship. It is equipped with 5 double-mounted 45 times the 380 mm main guns, and the full load displacement is 36500 tons. , with a top speed of 20 knots.