The end of the military era

Moreover, both Huitong City and Yiguang City are located on the plains, and there is almost no danger to defend them. Even if our Zhou family can conquer these two cities, they may not be able to defend them. "

Zhou Rui didn't care about Zhou Xiaorong's concerns, "Second Uncle, with the current strength of our Zhou family, sooner or later we have to take steps to expand.

Only the stronger our Zhou family is, the more we can suppress those forces that are hostile to our Zhou family, including those orc nations.

Here in Fengwu Town, our Zhou family is not suitable for any big moves for the time being, but in Zhenwei Town, our Zhou family doesn't need to have any scruples, and we can't let go of the opportunity!

As for whether they can win Huitong City and Yiguang City?Can it withstand the counterattack of the Zhenwei Army?

If we don't try, how will we know. "

Although the several army units of the Zhou family are mostly recruits, their weapons and equipment are definitely world-class. After a new round of expansion, the total strength has exceeded 12. This is also Zhou Rui's confidence. where.

Zhou Xiaorong hesitated for a moment and said, "I still think we should be cautious when attacking Huitong City and Yiguang City."

"Hehe, don't worry, Second Uncle, although I have plans to capture Huitong City and Yiguang City, the premise is that the troops directly descended from Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion will counterattack Longshan City and be severely injured by my Zhou family's troops. I also don't dare to think about Tongcheng and Yiguangcheng."

Zhou Xiaorong pondered for a while and said: "If we can really hit the direct troops of Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion, it will be a good opportunity for our Zhou family to take this opportunity to expand their territory.

However, I am worried that at that time, other families in Zhenwei Town who control the military power will not stand by and watch, but it will turn into a battle between our Zhou family and the entire Zhenwei Town. "

Zhou Rui did not continue to discuss this topic with Zhou Xiaorong, after all, the attack on Huitong City and Yiguang City was still a thing of the past.

"Second Uncle, how are the technicians and workers in the shipyard doing?"

Zhou Rui commissioned the shipyard technicians and workers recruited by the rebel army to finally arrive in Ganyang City by boat.

To Zhou Rui's surprise, the rebel army sent Zhou Rui more than 100 shipyard technicians and more than 1200 ordinary shipyard workers at once.

And these technicians and workers all come from the same large shipyard of the Buffalo Empire, and they even participated in the construction of the latest full main gun battleship of the Buffalo Empire Navy.

The newly appointed Minister of the Navy of the Barbarian Empire believes that the navy of the Barbarian Empire should use torpedoes as a magic weapon to defeat the enemy when facing the navies of the other five major orc nations.

After all, the Barbarian Empire has the weakest industrial and technical strength among the six major orc countries. The large warships built by the shipbuilding industry of the Barbarian Empire, compared with the large warships built by the other five major orc countries, have excellent performance in all aspects. There are not small gaps.

Instead of spending huge sums of money building all main gun battleships, it is better to build more destroyers and small torpedo boats.

As long as the Bull Empire has enough destroyers and small torpedo boats, it will pose a huge threat to the other five big orc nations.

Therefore, after the Minister of the Navy of the Buffalo Empire came to power, he rejected all opinions and decided to implement the "Fish Plan" he formulated, and ordered the cancellation of all the construction plans of all main gun battleships, including the seven Punisher-class full-scale ships under construction. The main gun battleship also had to stop work.

And this decision made the three shipyards of the Manniu Empire, which mainly build large warships, have to start laying off employees. These more than 100 technicians and more than 1200 ordinary workers are the human employees who were laid off by one of the large shipyards.

Zhou Xiaorong nodded, "The technicians and workers in the shipyard, as well as their families, are basically settled.

However, our order for shipbuilding equipment from Shuonan Town was rejected by the Shuonan Jiedu Mansion.

There is no news from the Liangyan Empire. I guess it will be difficult to order shipbuilding equipment from the Liangyan Empire.

On the contrary, the businessman from the Silver Wolf Empire has agreed to sell the ship repair factory in Ganyang Mingang, but the price is a bit high. Three simple docks with a capacity of 6000 tons cost 200 million silver coins. "

Zhou Rui said indifferently: "Anyway, we already have four 3-ton floating docks, so it doesn't matter if we can't purchase shipbuilding equipment for the time being.

The ship repair factory in Ganyang Mingang will see if it can lower the price. If it can't be lowered, it will be bought for 200 million silver coins.

With these three 6000-ton docks, at least a few small-displacement warships in the coastal defense fleet can be maintained. "

The four 3-ton floating docks in the lottery system have all been extracted by Zhou Rui, and they have been secretly placed in the port of Crescent Island.

现在海防舰队满载排水量超过万吨的军舰，就有6艘全主炮战列舰、8艘战列巡洋舰、13艘全钢制战列舰、6艘铁甲战列舰、10艘大型装甲巡洋舰，数量高达43艘。

In addition, the coastal defense fleet also has 3 ironclad battleships and 4 large armored cruisers with a full-load displacement. Although they did not reach 6000 tons, they all exceeded [-] tons.

With so many large warships, regular maintenance must be carried out, especially to remove the marine microorganisms at the bottom of the warship. If these marine microorganisms accumulate too much, it will seriously affect the speed of the warship.

If these marine microorganisms are not cleaned up for a long time, they will also corrode the bottom of the ship and shorten the service life of the warship.

And even if the ship repair factory in Ganyang Mingang is bought, these 50 warships will not be able to enter the 6000-ton dock for maintenance.

That's why Zhou Rui extracted all four 3-ton floating docks, so that at least the large warships of the coastal defense fleet can be maintained in turn.

Anyway, even the battleships and battlecruisers with full main guns were extracted by Zhou Rui, and the debts were too high, so Zhou Rui didn't think about whether the four 3-ton floating docks that suddenly appeared would cause orcs The country's attention.

In the sixth formation of the Coastal Defense Fleet, there are three armored battleships with a full load displacement of more than 6000 tons. In addition to the iron-clad battleships General and Mengjiang, the last one is the Jin Yuanbao, the flagship of Liu Ergou.

As for such a vulgar ship name, of course it was Liu Ergou who came up with it.

Liu Ergou also has an old-fashioned armored cruiser and four offshore gunboats under his command. Because the ships are in good condition, they have also been temporarily incorporated into the sixth formation of the Coastal Defense Fleet.

The three iron-ribbed wooden warships and fifteen armed merchant ships brought by Liu Ergou were disarmed and transformed into transport ships.

Zhou Xiaorong said: "Then I'll go and talk to that businessman from the Silver Wolf Empire in person, and try to lower the price as much as possible."

Zhou Rui then said with a smile: "Cheng Xianhou of the Rebel Army said that he wanted to introduce me to a fox businessman who has great power in the Barbarian Niu Empire. Maybe this fox businessman can help our Zhou family solve the problem of shipbuilding equipment." .”

Zhou Xiaorong frowned and said: "But the Barbarian Empire has always imposed an embargo on human countries in terms of machinery and equipment, just like other orc countries."

"That's why Cheng Xianhou said that the Fox businessman has great power in the Bull Empire."

Chapter 90 All in One

On the night of December 12th, in a luxurious private room of the Nine Stars Hotel, Cheng Xianhou introduced to Zhou Rui: "General Zhou, this is Ms. Joanna, Ms. Joanna is very powerful in the Manniu Empire.

And Ms. Joanna is very sympathetic to our rebel army, and has donated a lot of materials to our rebel army free of charge. "

Zhou Rui did not expect that the fox businessman of the Barbarian Niu Empire introduced by Cheng Xianhou turned out to be a fox beauty in her 30s, with an appearance of at least 85 points.

Zhou Rui felt that he had to have a good talk with Hu Yi when he went back. Ganyang City was the Zhou family's base camp, but "Ghost Shadow" didn't even know whether the fox businessman was a man or a woman.

Joanna picked up her wine glass and said with a smile: "It's an honor to know General Zhou. I came to Ganyang City from a long distance this time to discuss a big deal with General Zhou."

Zhou Rui then picked up the wine glass, "Ms. Joanna is very welcome to visit Ganyang City. I don't know what the big business Ms. Joanna refers to?"

Joanna glanced at Xiong Da, Niu Ben and others standing behind Zhou Rui, "General Zhou, is it convenient to talk here?"

"Ms. Joanna, I trust Mr. Cheng very much. I think there is no need for Mr. Cheng to avoid our conversation."

Since Zhou Rui didn't even find out the details of Joanna, of course he would not discuss business with Joanna alone, and let Xiong Da, Niu Ben and the others stay by his side. This is a necessary prudence.

Joanna heard the words, and said straightforwardly: "General Zhou must have known that the Admiralty of the Bull Empire ordered the cancellation of all the construction plans of all main gun battleships, and the seven Punisher class full main gun battleships under construction are also prepared Disassemble.

Otherwise, the rebel army would not be able to help General Zhou this time, and recruited 108 shipyard technicians and 1254 shipyard workers at once. "

At this moment, Cheng Xianhou interjected: "General Zhou, the successful recruitment of so many technicians and workers from the shipyard this time is thanks to Ms. Joanna's help.

And without the help of Ms. Joanna to clear up the relationship, it would be impossible for so many technicians and workers, as well as their families, to leave the Bull Empire at once. "

In order to prevent the loss of domestic human labor force, the six beast nations do not allow human beings to go abroad.