The end of the military era

Anyone in the Tongze Fleet can be a prisoner, except the young master! "

Baoyong is the fastest armored cruiser in the Tongze fleet, with a full load displacement of 5500 tons and a maximum speed of 23 knots.

As the successor of the next head of the Lu family in Tongze, if Lu Mao became a prisoner, he would be deprived of his status as the next head of the family immediately.

You must know that a big family like the Tongze Lu family that has existed for hundreds of years will be very concerned about their own face. Once Lu Mao becomes a prisoner of war, the identity of the next patriarch and heir will be difficult to protect.

Lu Mao sighed, "Uncle Sun, I'll leave the Jixiang number to you."

After meeting the Lu family's Tongze Fleet by chance, Zhou Rui's nervous calves were trembling.

Originally, to Zhou Rui, a naval battle was nothing more than a set of various data about the enemy and us. He had never experienced it himself!

Even though the coastal defense fleet has a great advantage now, Zhou Rui still feels his scalp tingling and his heart pounding.

He can't swim, so don't make any mistakes on Zhenhai!

Then the operation of the Tongze Fleet made Zhou Rui's nervousness disappear all of a sudden.

The two sides were still more than ten kilometers apart, and the three towed all-steel battleships of the Tongze Fleet raised white flags one after another.

Immediately, the other four all-steel battleships and three armored cruisers of the Tongze Fleet turned around one after another, and began to disperse and flee in different directions.

Zhou Rui was stunned and asked Song Limin, "Old Song, what's going on?"

Song Limin laughed excitedly and said: "Major General, it seems that we are very lucky, the Tongze Fleet must have just fought a naval battle.

The three all-steel battleships that raised the white flag were probably captured by the Tongze Fleet, or the Tongze Fleet itself was seriously injured in the naval battle.

It seems that our coastal defense fleet can pick up a bargain today! "

When Zhou Rui heard the words, he also geared up, "It seems that God is helping us, I like to take advantage of it! Old Song, order the pursuit!"

The pursuit at sea lasted until after one o'clock in the afternoon.

In addition to the three fury-class all-steel battleships that first raised the white flag, the coastal defense fleet forced the surrender of three fury-class all-steel battleships of the Tongze fleet during the pursuit.

In addition, the all-steel battleship Jixiang, the flagship of the Tongze Fleet, was shot through the deck armor by a 320mm main gun shell from the Long Hai during the escape process, causing a large number of shells in the ammunition warehouse to explode.

In the end, the all-steel battleship with a full load displacement of 9000 tons, under the tremendous power of the explosion, the hull broke and sank quickly. None of the 598 officers and soldiers of the Jixiang, including the first officer Sun Feng'an, survived.

Thanks to Lu Mao's transfer to the Baoyong armored cruiser, otherwise the Tongze Lu family would have to re-select the successor of the next Patriarch.

The Baoyong where Lu Mao was located, and the other two armored cruisers of the Tongze Fleet, relied on their high speed, but they all escaped the pursuit of the Coastal Defense Fleet.

Waiting for the coastal defense fleet to pursue the warships, they brought the captured three fury-class all-steel battleships together again, and it was already past four o'clock in the afternoon.

Inside the bridge of the Zhenhai, Song Limin reported to Zhou Ruihui with uncontrollable joy: "Major General, the captured six fury-class all-steel battleships have been confirmed, four of which belong to the Tongze Fleet, and the other two It belongs to Xiyun Liu's family.

Unexpectedly, just after Xiyun Liu's family bought four Berserkers, two of them were robbed by Tongze Lu's. "

Zhou Rui looked at the six fury-class all-steel battleships on the sea through the observation window of the bridge, and said with some emotion: "It's really incredible that we captured six fury-class all-steel battleships in one battle. Made battleships.

Lao Song, do you think we still go to Tongze City? "

At one o'clock in the afternoon, the lottery system had already reminded Zhou Rui that he had completed the task of "leading the fleet to revenge himself". According to the statistics of the revenge results, Zhou Rui was rewarded with a three-star lottery card and 30 points.

So it doesn't matter to Zhou Rui whether he goes to Tongze city or not now.

Song Limin then said: "Major General, we have captured six violent-class all-steel battleships from the Tongze Fleet, and the Longhai also sank the flagship of the Tongze Fleet, which is also counted as 249 dead. Brother revenge.

I suggest abandoning the original plan to bombard Tongze Port and bring back the six fury-class all-steel battleships first.

As long as a suitable ship repair shop is found, these six fury-class all-steel battleships can be repaired soon and join our coastal defense fleet. "

"Old Song, at Ganyang Mingang, the ship repair shop opened by the merchants of the Silver Wolf Empire, can repair the fury-class all-steel battleship?"

Song Limin shook his head, "That ship repair factory only has three 6000-ton docks, and can only repair ships with a displacement of less than 6000 tons. If you want to repair a violent-class all-steel battleship, you must have a [-]-ton dock.

As for the [-]-ton dock, in the territory of our Han and Tang Empire, only Shuonan Town has it.

However, I am worried that Shuonan Town will be jealous when they see these six berserk-class all-steel battleships, so I suggest that it is best to send these six berserk-class all-steel battleships to the Liangyan Empire for maintenance.

Among the human nations, the Liangyan Empire has the most developed shipbuilding industry. It has many large docks, and there is absolutely no problem in maintaining the berserk class. "

"Wouldn't the Liang Yan Empire suffer from red eyes when they saw the six fury-class all-steel battleships we captured?"

Song Limin hesitated for a moment, then sighed and said, "Young General, I really can't guarantee what you said."

Then Song Limin said in a deep voice: "Major General, there are more and more warships in our coastal defense fleet. It seems that it is time to build our own warship repair shop for our coastal defense fleet!"

Zhou Rui nodded and said: "The warship repair factory must be built, and we can't always be controlled by others.

In fact, I have entrusted my friends to help me to go to the borders of the six orc countries to recruit technicians and workers for the shipyard.

The dock is easy to build, and technicians and workers who can repair warships are hard to find, especially in our Han and Tang Empire. "

The friend Zhou Rui mentioned was actually Cheng Xianhou who came to him for alms on behalf of the rebel army.

In order to reduce costs, many shipyards in the six orc countries will also train some human technicians and workers.

In the six major orc countries, the wages of humans are far lower than those of orcs for the same job.

"Great, once our coastal defense fleet has its own warship repair shop, there is no need to worry about whether the warship will be corrupted if it is sent for repair."

More than just a warship repair shop!

Zhou Rui's ambitions are huge, the Zhou family must have their own shipyard!

Zhou Rui then pondered for a while and said: "Old Song, I think it's best to contact the ship repair factory of the Orc country for the repair of these six fury-class all-steel battleships.

According to the various performances of the fury-class all-steel battleships, the navies of the six orc nations should look down upon them, otherwise the Black Bear Empire would not have retired and sold all the fury-class ships. "

Song Limin nodded, "Major General, the Chihu Empire's naval base on Fengsha Island has a warship repair factory, which can even maintain all main gun battleships."

"A warship repair shop in Fengsha Island? I think it's okay. We have acquaintances in Fengsha Island."

Chapter 60 Battlecruisers

After discussions between Zhou Rui and Song Limin, the fifteen warships of the Coastal Defense Fleet did not continue to rush to Tongze Port.

Directly took the captured six fury-class all-steel battleships and nearly 4000 prisoners of war, and began to return.

Among the nearly 4000 prisoners of war, more than 1200 were from the Liu family in Xiyun City, Fengwu Town. These people were originally captured by the Tongze Fleet, but now they all fell into the hands of the Ganyang City Coastal Defense Fleet.

The remaining 2700 prisoners of war were from the Lu family in Tongze City.

These nearly 4000 prisoners of war are even more precious to the coastal defense fleet than the six captured all-steel battleships of the Fury class.