The end of the military era

It was precisely because of this system task that Zhou Rui had to bite the bullet and go to Tongze City with the coastal defense fleet.

On the bridge of Zhenhai, Zhou Rui asked Song Limin: "Old Song, how long will it take us to reach Tongze City?"

"Major General, from Ganyang City to Tongze City, it is about 650 kilometers along the coastline. According to our current speed, we will be able to reach the waters near Tongze Port around noon tomorrow."

"Old Song, I'm not worried about the Lu family's Tongze Fleet, after all, the quality of our warships here is absolutely blown away by the Lu family's warships.

But I have some scruples about the forts in Tongze Port. It seems that the forts in Tongze Port are also equipped with many large-caliber coastal defense guns.

Even if we use the battleship's main guns and large-caliber coastal defense guns to bombard, it will be our side that suffers. "

Song Limin pondered for a while and said: "Don't worry, Major General, our main combat goal this time is to destroy Tongze Port as much as possible, and we are not planning to capture Tongze City.

Therefore, there is no need for our six battleships to engage in bombardment with the coastal defense guns in the port. We only need to keep a distance and ensure a certain speed, and bombard them in the direction of the port.

In this case, the threat of the forts in Tongze Port to our six battleships should not be too great.

Of course, on the battlefield, anything is possible. "

Song Limin's words made Zhou Rui feel a lot easier.

The main guns of the six battleships of the Coastal Defense Fleet have a range of more than tens of thousands of meters. Using the main guns of these six battleships to bombard Tongze Port from a distance, there should be no danger!

Although this system task is to reward according to the results of revenge, Zhou Rui would rather receive the lowest reward than suffer any major losses to the coastal defense fleet.

The most important thing is that I have to return to Ganyang City safely.

"Old Song, do you think the Lu family's Tongze Fleet will go to Hong Kong to fight?"

A murderous look flashed in Song Limin's eyes, "It's better to come out. So far, there are only a few credits in our coastal defense fleet. It's time to add a few more!"

In the early morning of July 7th, Zhou Rui was still asleep when he was suddenly shaken awake.

Zhou Rui opened his eyes and saw that it was Li Dongbao who woke him up.

"Major General, Lu's Tongze Fleet has been spotted ahead!"

"What? Lu's Tongze Fleet! Quick, go to the bridge!"

Zhou Rui entered the bridge of Zhenhai, and hurriedly walked to Song Limin's side, "Old Song, what's the situation? Is it really Lu's Tongze Fleet?"

Song Limin handed Zhou Rui a telescope, "Major General, although we found the Tongze Fleet of the Lu family, the Tongze Fleet looks a little strange now, as if it had experienced another naval battle not long ago.

Moreover, the Tongze Fleet actually had two more all-steel battleships! "

At this time, in the bridge of the Tongze Fleet flagship Jixiang, Lu Mao nervously put down the binoculars in his hand, then turned to the first officer Sun Feng'an and asked, "Uncle Sun, what should we do now?"

Sun Feng'an said with a wry smile: "This is really joyful and sad, and now several battleships on our side have been injured, and their speed has dropped a lot.

Facing these cutting-edge warships of the Zhou family, it is difficult even if we want to run away, but if we fight recklessly... I don't think we have a chance of winning. "

It turned out that until yesterday afternoon, the Tongze fleet led by Lu Mao had never found the correct route back to Tongze Port, and could only sail in the general direction where Tongze Port was located.

In the end, they bumped into four Furious-class all-steel battleships newly purchased by the Liu family in Xiyun City, Fengwu Town, as well as two armored cruisers and two light cruisers serving as escorts.

Lu Mao led the five all-steel battleships and three armored cruisers of the Tongze Fleet to sea, with the purpose of intercepting the four Furious-class all-steel battleships of the Xiyun Liu family.

Now that we met by coincidence, what else is there to say, let's do it!

The Tongze Fleet has eight warships, and the Xiyun Fleet also has eight warships. The number of all-steel battleships on both sides is five to four.

Although the Xiyun fleet is slightly weaker, the gap is actually very small.

However, what broke the officers and soldiers of the Xiyun Fleet was that because the price of the shells of the Black Bear Empire was very high, the Xiyun Fleet had its own channels to buy shells.

Therefore, when purchasing four fury-class all-steel battleships from the Black Bear Empire, they did not purchase the supporting shells.

At this time, there were only a small amount of shells donated by the Black Bear Empire on top of the four fury-class all-steel battleships.

For example, the two double-mounted 2-caliber 35mm main guns on each battleship add up to only twenty shells, which are only enough for five rounds of salvo.

The four all-steel battleships with the strongest combat effectiveness do not have enough shells. How can this battle be fought?

Also, to the despair of the officers and soldiers of the Xiyun Fleet, the maintenance of the four Furious-class all-steel battleships they purchased was worse than that of the four Furious-class battleships of the Tongze Fleet, which caused the four Furious-class battleships of the Xiyun Fleet level, the speed should be slower.

Hit, insufficient shells.

Run, but can't run.

In this dilemma, Liu Shaochang, who led the Xiyun Fleet, could only order to retreat while fighting.

Liu Shaochang is the eldest son of Liu Bin, the current head of the Xiyun Liu family, and is also the commander-in-chief of the Xiyun Fleet.

In order to safely bring the four Furious-class all-steel battleships back to Xiyun Port, Liu Shaochang deliberately chose a long-distance route, but what made Liu Shaochang depressed was that after such a long detour, how could he still encounter the fleet of the Tongze Lu family? Woolen cloth?

The pursuit continued until dark. In the end, an armored cruiser of the Xiyun fleet was sunk, and two fury-class all-steel battleships were seriously injured, so they had to raise the white flag.

The other five warships of the Xiyun Fleet finally escaped in the dark, including the violent all-steel battleship Liu Shaochang was on.

At this time, the two Berserkers captured by the Tongze Fleet were unable to sail by themselves, and were pulled by the two armored cruisers of the Tongze Fleet.

In addition, the Tongze Fleet itself also had a Berserk-class ship that was seriously injured in the battle, and the boiler could no longer be started normally, and was also led by an armored cruiser.

Chapter 59

Faced with the sudden appearance of the Ganyang City Coastal Defense Fleet, Lu Mao did not want to give in.

However, of the four all-steel battleships that can continue to fight on my side, one of the dual-mounted main guns on one of them was destroyed, which means that only half of its combat power is left.

There were also two all-steel battleships that were injured and flooded, and their speed dropped a lot.

Only the flagship Auspicious was only slightly injured, but maintained its full combat effectiveness.

However, the auspicious all-steel battleship built by the Liangyan Empire has a full-load displacement of only 9000 tons, has two dual-mounted 2-caliber 35mm main guns, and a maximum speed of 240 knots. The combat effectiveness is relatively not strong.

According to the latest information obtained by Lu Mao, among the six all-steel battleships that appeared on the opposite side, the two blizzard-class ships with the smallest displacement at full load were 15700 tons.

There is also a Tornado class with a full load displacement of 18900 tons, and three Iron Fist class ships with a full load displacement of 21500 tons.

With such a huge disparity in strength, even if they bite the bullet and fight, Lu Mao can completely predict the final result.

Lu Mao was silent for a while, and then he smiled wryly and said to first officer Sun Feng'an: "Uncle Sun, since there is still a certain distance between the two sides, I am going to disperse and retreat.

If one can escape, it counts as one. If we face a battle, as Uncle Sun said, we have no chance of winning at all. "

Sun Feng'an nodded solemnly, "Young master, it seems that this is the only way to go.

But the speed of the Auspicious is too slow, I suggest that the young master immediately transfer to the Baoyong.