The end of the military era

Zhou Rui looked at the back of the "Cash Withdrawable" column of the lottery system, there were two extra warships, and felt that if these two warships were extracted and put into the third formation, Wang Hongchun would definitely beg him to put him in the third formation. Transferred to the third formation.

Chapter 69 Favor

In the current lottery system, in addition to the four British Invincible-class battlecruisers and six German York-class armored cruisers, the lottery system gave out a two-star lottery card for free in September, and Zhou Rui issued two German Moltke-class battlecruisers. row cruiser.

The German Moltke-class battlecruiser has a full load displacement of 25400 tons, has 2 steam turbines and 24 boilers, and has a maximum speed of 255 knots.

装备了5座双联装五十倍口径280毫米主炮，12门45倍口径150毫米副炮，12门45倍口径88毫米高平两用炮，4具500毫米鱼雷发射管。

The side armor belt is 100 mm to 270 mm, the main deck armor is 65 mm, the main turret armor is 250 mm, and the crew is full of 1050 people.

Now the lottery system has stored two battlecruisers. The British Invincible-class battlecruiser has a larger main gun caliber, and the German Moltke-class battlecruiser has thicker armor and more main guns.

I don't know the combat effectiveness of these two battlecruisers, who is stronger and who is weaker?

It's a pity that Zhou Rui didn't dare to extract the warships stored in the lottery system to the real world because of his scruples about the six major orc nations.

Which of these two battlecruisers is stronger will only be known later.

But how long this "later" will take, Zhou Rui also feels very entangled.

He didn't know when it would be appropriate to extract the warships from the lottery system.

Although the Sanzhen Oilfield and the Heigou Coal Mine were both acquired by Zhou Rui, Zhou Rui was able to cover up the real reserves of the Sanzhen Oilfield and the Heigou Coal Mine.

But six years later, the Red Tiger Empire and the Silver Wolf Empire jointly invaded the western coastal areas of the Han and Tang Empires, not just targeting the Sanzhen Oil Field and the Heigou Coal Mine.

As far as Zhou Rui knew, after the war ended, the Red Tiger Empire and the Silver Wolf Empire forced several feudal towns along the western coast, ceded many oil fields and mines, and demanded huge war indemnities.

That is to say, six years later, the Red Tiger Empire and the Silver Wolf Empire may still invade the western coastal areas of the Han and Tang Empires in order to seize other oil fields and mines.

Ganyang City, as the largest port city in the west, will surely bear the brunt of it.

Without a powerful fleet, it is impossible to defend Ganyang City under the attack of the orc army.

However, it was difficult for Zhou Rui to build a powerful fleet that could compete with the Navy of the Red Tiger Empire and the Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire only by purchasing second-hand warships.

Therefore, if Zhou Rui wants to build a powerful fleet, he still has to rely on the warships opened by the lottery system.

The problem is that extracting the warships from the lottery system may attract more orc nations.

Is there a way to have the best of both worlds?

Zhou Rui shook his head, thinking about it, his brain hurts.

"Old Wang, how is the crash course at the Naval Academy going?"

With the sufficient funds provided by Zhou Rui, Zhou Xiaorong and Song Limin used high salaries and high housing expenses to recruit more than 30 army instructors and more than 20 naval instructors from Shuonan Army Academy and Shuonan Naval Academy.

Now Zhou’s Naval Academy and Army Academy have been preliminarily established, and according to Zhou Rui’s request, both academies have offered crash courses, and the students are selected from the Garrison Brigade, the No.20 Second Independent Brigade, and the Coastal Defense Fleet of.

In addition, the military students who graduated from Shuonan Army Academy and Shuonan Naval Academy this year were also attracted by the Zhou family's high military salary and high settlement allowance, and came to Ganyang City one after another.

Because too many military academy graduates chose to join the Zhou family in Ganyang City, it also attracted the attention of Shuonan Jiedu Mansion.

For this reason, the Shuonan Jiedu Mansion also sent Zhou Rui a stern telegram, warning the Zhou family in Ganyang not to "raise prices"!

Zhou Rui didn't take the warning of Shuonan Jiedu Mansion to heart at all, instead he asked Zhou Xiaorong and Song Limin to continue recruiting graduates from Shuonan Army Academy and Shuonan Naval Academy through all relationships.

Freshmen, previous ones, all!The minimum settling fee starts at 3000 silver coins!

Wang Hongchun couldn't help but smile when he heard Zhou Rui mentioning Zhou's Naval Academy, "Major General, our Zhou's Naval Academy has enrolled more than 600 students in the first crash course.

After these more than 600 trainees have graduated, the lack of grassroots officers in the coastal defense fleet will be greatly alleviated. "

Zhou Rui frowned slightly, "Why are there only more than 600 students? Didn't I tell Lao Song that the first crash course of the Naval Academy should recruit as many students as possible?

The army academy crash course of the garrison brigade and the No.20 Second Independent Brigade recruited 2000 people in one go. "

Wang Hongchun said with a wry smile: "Major General, it is much more difficult to train junior officers of the navy than junior officers of the army, so the recruits must be able to read and write.

At present, all the literate soldiers of our coastal defense fleet have been recruited into the first crash course of the Naval Academy. "

Zhou Rui pondered for a while and said, "I have time to discuss with Lao Song.

In addition to recruiting students from within the Coastal Defense Fleet, the Naval Academy also had to recruit educated students from the outside world.

In addition, I think it is possible to carry out literacy eradication operations in the Coastal Defense Fleet, the Garrison Brigade and the No.20 Second Independent Brigade.

There is no harm in letting the soldiers know a few more words. "

At 9:2 noon on September 12, the Jinghai, Weihai, Tonghai and Jiehai docked at the wharf of Ganyang Military Port.

Zhou Rui came down from the hanging ladder of the all-steel battleship Jinghai, and hurriedly said to Zhou Xiaozheng who was sitting in a wheelchair: "Father, it's windy here at the military port, why did you come here in person?"

At this time, Wen Yu, who was pushing the wheelchair, said with a smile: "Your father insists on coming to welcome you, a great hero, and you can't even persuade him!

The doctor said that your father has recovered well recently, and it is okay to come out to bask in the sun and enjoy some fresh air. "

Zhou Xiaozheng immediately laughed and said: "Xiao Rui, you have made great contributions to our Zhou family this time!

Not only captured Jingsheng City, but also incorporated the Second Mixed Brigade of Zhenwei Army's ace troop. He is indeed my son of Zhou Xiaozheng!Hahaha! "

At this time, an old man who was following Zhou Rui's parents smiled and said to Zhou Rui: "Sure enough, a hero is born as a boy!

Patriarchs and clan elders, if we know that our Jinshui Zhou family has a talent like Xiaorui again, I don't know how happy we will be! "

Listening to the old man's words, Zhou Rui knew that he was from the Jinshui Zhou family of the Bajin Empire.

But when did I become an elite of your Jinshui Zhou family?

Zhou Xiaozheng introduced Zhou Rui: "Xiao Rui, this is your seventh uncle Zhou Jingtong.

Your seventh uncle is one of the elders of the Jinshui Zhou family in the Bajin Empire. "

Father's face still has to be given, Zhou Rui hastened to give Zhou Jing a junior salute, "Zhou Rui has met the seventh uncle."

"Hehe, the old man admires young talents like you, Xiaorui, so we will get closer and closer in the future.

Presumably Xiao Rui, you also know that the old man is here this time."

Before Zhou Jingtong finished speaking, Zhou Xiaozheng interrupted him, "Seventh Uncle, Xiao Rui has been on the boat for a day and a night, let Xiao Rui rest first, let's talk about other things tomorrow!"

"Hehe, what Xiao Zheng said is right, let Xiao Rui have a good rest, the old man will discuss with Xiao Rui about buying a boat tomorrow."

Back in the Zhou mansion, the room where Zhou Xiaozheng lived, Zhou Rui couldn't help asking: "Father, what's going on with this seventh uncle?"

Zhou Xiaozheng sighed and said: "I didn't expect that the Jinshui Zhou family would take the initiative to come to the door, this actually confirms the saying, the rich have distant relatives in the mountains, and the poor have no one to ask.