The end of the military era

The coastal defense fleet is not short of warships, what it lacks is naval officers and soldiers with professional skills.

Although the coastal defense fleet achieved a brilliant victory at a small cost this time, there were also many problems exposed. To sum up, they were basically caused by too many recruits.

Even in the bridge of Zhenhai, two trainee officers were so frightened that they peed in their pants because of their first naval battle experience, which filled the bridge with a smell of urine.

For this Zhou Rui not only did not reprimand the two trainee officers, but even comforted them. It is the first time to go to the battlefield without being nervous, and it will be fine to get used to it in the future.

When Zhou Rui experienced the flames of war for the first time in his last life, he was also scared and peed his pants.

On the way back to the voyage, Zhou Rui and Song Limin began to discuss the recruitment of nearly 4000 prisoners of war in order to alleviate the situation of too many recruits in the coastal defense fleet.

In the Han and Tang Empires, if a war broke out between feudal towns, it was very common to recruit enemy prisoners of war to supplement one's own losses.

After all, everyone is from the Han and Tang Dynasties, and the war is just their own master. There is no conflict between the officers and soldiers of the two sides that cannot be resolved.

Moreover, the roads between the feudal towns of the Han and Tang Empires were smooth, and telegraph offices were set up in every city. After the prisoners of war were transferred to other feudal towns, it was easy to bring their families to them.

On the evening of July 7, after Zhou Rui had dinner and returned to his rest cabin, he used the Samsung lottery card he got, and immediately offered two rewards.

3 4-ton floating docks

4 British Invincible-class battlecruisers

Immediately afterwards, the lottery system introduced Zhou Rui to the 3-ton floating dock and the British Invincible-class battlecruiser.

Floating dock is a kind of engineering ship used for ship repairing and shipbuilding. In addition, floating dock can also be used to salvage sunken ships and transport deep-water ships through shallow water channels.

The 3-ton floating dock has a total length of 230 meters, a height of 185 meters, and a width of 45 meters. The maximum depth of sinking into the water is 155 meters. It can lift a ship with a load of 3 tons for maintenance. It is equipped with a power station, as well as mechanics and electricians. , Woodworking and other workshops.

The battlecruiser is a new type of capital ship evolved on the basis of the armored cruiser, combining the powerful firepower of the battleship with the high maneuverability of the armored cruiser.

The British Invincible-class battlecruiser has a full load displacement of 20200 tons, has 4 steam engines and 31 boilers, and has a maximum speed of 255 knots.

装备了4座双联装45倍口径305毫米主炮，12门45倍口径102毫米副炮，7挺机枪，5具457毫米鱼雷发射管。

The side armor belt is 102 mm to 152 mm, the main deck armor is 63 mm, the main turret armor is 178 mm, and the crew is full of 784 people.

The four British Invincible-class battlecruisers, when extracted into the real world, will be filled with fuel, lubricating oil and spare boiler water, and will carry the maximum amount of ammunition, such as 305mm main gun shells, will come with their own 1200 pieces.

However, when the four British Invincible-class battlecruisers were extracted, they would not be equipped with the crew and the living supplies and fresh water needed by the crew.

As far as Zhou Rui knows, even the navies of the six major orc nations do not seem to have battlecruisers. According to the introduction of battlecruisers in the lottery system, battlecruisers in the fleet can definitely occupy the place of battlecruisers. Location.

Zhou Rui was planning to build his own warship repair shop for the coastal defense fleet. As a result, the lottery system thoughtfully sent four 3-ton floating docks, and gave Zhou Rui four British Invincible-class battlecruisers with firepower comparable to that of a battleship with full main guns. .

It stands to reason that Zhou Rui should be ecstatic, but Zhou Rui frowned when he saw the two rewards from the Samsung lottery card.

Four 3-ton floating docks and four British Invincible-class battlecruisers, although Zhou Rui can draw them from the lottery system at any time.

But the question is how does Zhou Rui explain the origin of these four floating docks and four battlecruisers?

There is such a large floating dock, and there are new types of warships such as battlecruisers, but there are not even the six major orc nations.

Once these eight behemoths appear in Ganyang Military Port out of thin air, they will definitely attract the attention of the six great beast nations, and if not done well, they will bring disaster to the Zhou family.

Zhou Rui shook his head, thinking that it would be better not to extract the four 3-ton floating docks and the four British Invincible-class battlecruisers for the time being.

What's more, Zhou Rui doesn't have the technicians and workers who can repair the ship, and it won't be necessary to withdraw the four 3-ton floating docks for the time being.

In addition, the coastal defense fleet can be said to have a large number of ships and a small number of ships. In addition, the Zhou family is currently at sea and has no strong enemies, so the need for four British Invincible-class battlecruisers is not urgent.

After the Haiphong Fleet returned to Ganyang Military Port, the front page of the Ganyang Daily soon published the news that the Haiphong Fleet beat the Tongze Fleet.

Many wealthy businessmen and common people in Ganyang City even came to the military port to work in the army spontaneously with gifts of condolences.

These wealthy businessmen and common people are happy to see the strength of the coastal defense fleet.

After all, the stronger the coastal defense fleet, the safer the sea area of ​​Ganyang City.

After Zhou Rui returned to Ganyang City, he immediately contacted Fraso, the logistics chief of the Fifth Fleet of the Red Tiger Empire Navy.

Flasso learned that Zhou Rui was going to Fengsha Island to repair six fury-class all-steel battleships, and told Zhou Rui that he could pull the six fury-class all-steel battleships to Fengsha Island at any time.

The warship repair shop on Fengsha Island is under the direct management of Flasso, the logistics minister. Of course, the cost of repairs cannot be waived.

In a study room of Fengwu Jiedu Mansion in Xiushui City, Fengwu Jiedu Envoy Shen Xiao sighed and said to his eldest son Shen Du: "I never thought that the fleet of the Zhou family in Ganyang City could easily defeat Zhenwei Town." The main force of Tongze Fleet.

It seems that the Jiedu Mansion will have to pay more attention to the Ganyang Zhou family in the future. "

Shen Du hesitated for a moment and asked: "Father commander, what about Tongze's Lu family asking the Zhou family to return the four all-steel battleships and all the captured officers and soldiers?"

Shen Xiao waved his hand, "Tell the Lu family that even I, the envoy of Fengwu Jiedu, have no right to forcibly order the Zhou family to return the warship and prisoners of war to their Lu family.

If the Lu family wants to get back the warships and prisoners of war, they should discuss it with the Zhou family themselves! "

It turned out that the Lu family of Tongze had secretly been in touch with the Fengwu Jiedu Mansion. This time Fengwu Town and Zhenwei Town fought, and the Lu family of Tongze had been working hard.

Otherwise, the Zhenwei Navy Fleet, which was directly under the Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion before, would not suffer heavy damage from the Xiyun Fleet.

You must know that before the Tongze Lu family and the Xiyun Liu family each purchased four violent-class all-steel battleships from the Black Bear Empire, the Tongze fleet of the Tongze Lu family overwhelmed the Xiyun of the Xiyun Liu family in terms of overall strength. Fleet one.

"Father, after all, the Lu family controls an infantry division and an independent infantry brigade. If the Lu family sends all their troops to participate in the battle of Jingyang City because of this matter, I am worried that the battle situation in Jingyang City will change."

The battle between Fengwu Town and Zhenwei Town has actually been fought around Jingyang City in Zhenwei Town.

Jingyang City is located in the north of Zhenwei Town, adjacent to the south of Fengwu Town.

The cause of the war between Fengwu Town and Zhenwei Town was because a silver mine with a silver reserve of tens of thousands of tons was discovered about [-] kilometers north of Jingyang City, and the ore of this silver mine Also contains gold.

Most of the silver mine is in Zhenwei Town, but a small part is in Fengwu Town.

Of course, both Fengwu Town and Zhenwei Town wanted to own such a huge silver mine, so war inevitably broke out.

Shen Xiao said disapprovingly: "The Lu family is not that stupid, Jingyang City is seven or eight hundred kilometers away from Tongze City.

Even if the Zhenwei army retakes Jingyang City, the Lu family will not get much benefit from that silver mine. "

Chapter 61 Opportunities

At this time, Jingyang City has been captured by Fengwu Army again, but Zhenwei Town has not conceded defeat, and is mobilizing troops to counterattack Jingyang City.

Prior to this, Jingyang City had changed hands several times between Fengwu Army and Zhenwei Army.

Shen Du couldn't help being dissatisfied when he heard that his father Shen Xiao was unwilling to intervene in the affairs of Tongze's Lu family and Zhou family.

One of Shen Du's concubines was born in Tongze Lu's family, and Shen Du was also responsible for Fengwu Jiedu's secret contact with Tongze Lu's family.

In Shen Du's view, Tongze's Lu family is his ally.