The end of the military era

Hu Wei was originally an officer in the Shuonan Township's navy, and soon became Cui He's confidant after he became a bandit.

Cui He, who has a reckless personality, can become the living king of Hades on the coast of the Han and Tang Empires, and it is inseparable from Hu Wei's advice and advice for him over the years.

Ghost Sorrow, Poisonous Spider, and Fire Mantis are the other three pirates that Cui He sought to deal with the coastal defense fleet of Ganyang City.

"Yes, the head of the family."

"Fourth, you said that this transaction will not be messed up, right?

The Zhou family's coastal defense fleet, after all, has an all-steel battleship and two large armored cruisers. None of our warships can compare with those three warships. "

Hu Wei couldn't help but smiled wryly in his heart, and thought to himself: Since you know the power of the three warships in the Zhou family's coastal defense fleet, why do you have to stand up for the Cui family?

But Hu Wei didn't say that, "Don't worry, master, this time the three of us gathered together. There are only warships including three iron-clad battleships, two armored cruisers, four light cruisers, six iron-ribbed wood-hull warships and eight warships." gunboats, and another 23 armed merchant ships.

As the saying goes, ants kill elephants more often, not to mention that the Zhou family's coastal defense fleet has just received the three warships, and it has not been able to exert the combat effectiveness of the three warships. "

Cui He nodded first, then sighed again, "I don't know what's wrong, the closer I get to Ganyang City, the more uneasy I feel in my heart."

As soon as Cui He finished speaking, a pirate walked over hurriedly, "The first master, the fourth master, a large armored cruiser was found ahead!"

Hearing this, Cui He and Hu Wei picked up the binoculars at the same time, looked into the distance through the observation window in the bridge, and indeed found a large armored cruiser.

A large armored cruiser was found in this place, which must be a battleship belonging to the coastal defense fleet of Ganyang City.

"Fourth, what should we do now?"

Although Cui He has been on the coast of the Han and Tang Empires for many years, he has never really fought against a regular navy.

Cui He is also very clear about how much he owns, so Cui He understands that if he fights the Ganyang City Coastal Defense Fleet at sea, he still has to rely on Hu Wei to take command.

"Hehe, master, we originally wanted to force the coastal defense fleet of Ganyang City to go out to sea and fight a decisive battle with the fleets of our four families.

Now that the opponent has come out on his own initiative, of course he is going to meet him. It is best to deal with this large armored cruiser first, but I think this large armored cruiser may not dare to fight. "

"Fourth, don't forget to capture as much as possible. If you can snatch all the three warships of the Zhou family, the entire coast of the Han and Tang Empire will be left to us to run amok in the future!"

The armored cruiser that appeared in the distance was the Anhai of the Coastal Defense Fleet.

Inside the bridge of the Anhai, Captain Wang Xue put down the binoculars in his hand, looking a little nervous.

In the past few days, in order to guard against pirate attacks, two armored cruisers of the Coastal Defense Fleet took turns patrolling the waters near Ganyang City.

Unexpectedly, not long after the Anhai came out today, a pirate fleet was discovered, and it was a very large pirate fleet.

Wang Xue turned his head and said in a deep voice to the first officer beside him: "Send a report to the Zhenhai immediately! The Anhai discovered the incoming pirate fleet!

According to preliminary observations, the pirates had at least three ironclad battleships, two armored cruisers, four light cruisers, and more than thirty other ships.

Please ask Zhenhai to instruct our ship on the next move. "

"Yes, Captain."

Soon the first officer of the Anhai ran back, "The Zhenhai called back and asked the Anhai to retreat to the direction of the military port immediately, and prepare to join the main force!"

Dozens of pirate ships rushed up aggressively after spotting the Anhai.

After the Anhai turned around, it retreated quickly at a speed of about 16 knots. Among the dozens of pirate ships, the fastest old-fashioned light cruiser had a speed of less than 16 knots.

After dozens of pirate ships chased the Anhai for more than ten kilometers, they were getting farther and farther away from the Anhai.

But soon there was a report from the watchtower on the armored battleship Cui He was on, and the watchmen found a few wisps of soot in the direction of the military port.

After dozens of pirate ships sailed further, the targets that appeared in the distance gradually became clear.

"How is this possible? How could the Zhou family's coastal defense fleet have two all-steel battleships?

Why didn't the Cui family tell us such an important thing? "Hu Wei, holding a binoculars, shouted in shock.

At this time, the Anhai had joined the other four warships of the Ganyang City Coastal Defense Fleet, and directly formed a formation to meet the pirate fleet.

Apart from the all-steel battleship Zhenhai, the armored cruiser Pinghai and the light cruiser Shuguang, the last of these four warships was the Iron Fist-class all-steel battleship that Zhou Rui purchased from the Fifth Fleet of the Red Tiger Empire Navy.

This Iron Fist-class all-steel battleship was sent to the military port of Ganyang City by the Fifth Fleet of the Red Tiger Empire Navy in the middle of the night on the 15th, and was immediately named Jinghai by Zhou Rui.

The Jinghai has been hidden in the sea near the military port by the coastal defense fleet. Except for the naval officers and soldiers who were transferred to the Jinghai, only a few people such as Zhou Rui, Song Limin, and Zhou Xiaorong knew about the existence of the Jinghai.

"The master, we may not be able to take down the two all-steel battleships." Hu Wei said hesitantly.

Cui He put down the binoculars slowly, and pretended to be relaxed and said: "It's nothing to have one more all-steel battleship, but this time our four families have gathered 46 ships.

Didn’t you also say, fourth child, that the ants kill elephants, even if I pay some price today, I will take down the Zhou family’s coastal defense fleet! "

"Master, the extra all-steel battleship I saw is very similar to the Iron Fist of the Red Tiger Empire. If it is really the Iron Fist, today's business will be in great trouble."

"Iron Fist?"

"The master, the Iron Fist class of the Red Tiger Empire, is the last all-steel battleship built by the Red Tiger Empire, with a full load displacement of 21500 tons"

After Hu Wei finished introducing the parameters of the Tekken-class all-steel battleship, Cui He couldn't help but sucked in a breath of cold air.

"How could the Scarlet Tiger Empire sell such a powerful all-steel battleship to the Zhou family?"

Hu Wei smiled wryly and said: "The boss, now it's not about why the Red Tiger Empire sold the Iron Fist class to the Zhou family, but the fact that our 46 ships may not be an Iron Fist class all-steel battleship opponent."

Hu Wei paused for a moment and continued: "As the head of the family, I suggest retreating immediately, so that the green hills will not be afraid of running out of firewood. It is not easy for us to save these family properties.

What's more, once a war starts under such circumstances, I'm worried that ghosts, poisonous spiders, and fire mantises will run away. "

Cui He raised his binoculars again, looked at the five warships of the Ganyang City Coastal Defense Fleet, and then gritted his teeth and said, "Among the five warships of the Zhou family, the four with the strongest combat effectiveness have just been taken over by the Zhou family. , this is our best chance to grab these four warships.

Fourth, send a semaphore to Guijianshou, Poisonous Spider, and Fire Mantis. According to your previous arrangement, let Guijianshou be in charge of the left wing, Poisonous Spider and Fire Mantis in charge of the right wing, outflank the Zhou family's coastal defense fleet, and let us carry the front! "

Hu Wei still wanted to say something at this time, but was stopped by Cui He raising his hand.

"Fourth, you know my temper. Now that I have made up my mind, I will not change it. Let people send semaphores to ghosts, poisonous spiders, and fire mantises!"

On the bridge of another iron-clad battleship, after receiving the semaphore from Cui He, Gui Jianchou couldn't help saying angrily: "The king of hell is crazy, those are two all-steel battleships, and they are both big guys. Plus two large armored cruisers, wouldn't this send us to our death?"

A confidant of Gui Jianchou immediately said: "Master, for a mere 80 silver coins, I don't think we need to fight desperately with the Ganyang City Coastal Defense Fleet. I think it's better for us to withdraw!"

Gui Jianchou hesitated for a moment, then shook his head, "We can't just withdraw like this.

If I leave like this, my reputation will be rotten in the future. "

"Master, what do you mean?"

"Pass my order, our boats will sail past from the left side, but we all drive slowly, let the king of hell go to meet the coastal defense fleet of Ganyang City first, let's play by ear."