The end of the military era

The commander of the eighth formation is concurrently served by the captain of the Longjiang, Liu Tiecheng.

Liu Tiecheng was the captain of the offshore gunboat Yinlong at first, and was later transferred to the all-steel battleship Yanghai as the captain.

The four German York-class armored cruisers extracted together with the six Kolbe-class battleships were named Seahorse, Seabird, Seal and Sea Lion respectively.

These 4 new York-class armored cruisers were all incorporated into the seventh formation, so that the seventh formation had 10 York-class armored cruisers.

Zhou Xiaozheng then said: "Xiao Rui, now everyone knows that the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy surrounded Xiangshi Island.

You have to be careful that someone will take advantage of the fire and rob at this time, especially the Zhenwei Jiedu mansion. "

"Father, don't worry, I have already made arrangements for Zhenwei Town, but I hope that Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion can take advantage of the fire.

In that case, maybe our Zhou family can control a few more cities in Zhenwei Town. "

On the morning of January 1, at the headquarters of the Third Fleet of the Imperial Navy in Silver Wolf on Pusa Island, Gore, the deputy commander of the Third Fleet, took a telegram and said to Commander Longella: "Unfortunately, Gan The Yang Zhou family rejected our offer."

Longela gritted his teeth and said: "It seems that the people of the Han and Tang Empires have forgotten the horror that our Silver Wolf Empire once brought them.

That being the case, let the people of the Han and Tang Empires experience the military power of our Silver Wolf Empire again by taking this opportunity! "

Gore nodded, "The Ministry of the Navy and the Governor's Office have always hoped to establish a new naval base on Xiangshi Island in order to expand our Silver Wolf Empire in the western coastal areas of the Han and Tang Empires, and even in the coastal areas of the Bajin Empire. influence.

Presumably, the Ministry of the Navy and the Governor's Office will definitely approve our Third Fleet's battle plan to capture Xiangshi Island. "

The Governor's Mansion is the highest administrative body of the Silver Wolf Empire in this world, and each term of the Governor is held by a member of the Silver Wolf Empire's royal family.

"Not only Xiangshi Island, but also Xiwei Island occupied by Ganyang Zhou's family, I plan to grab it together this time.

If the Ministry of the Navy and the Governor's Office approve it, I even hope that Ganyang City and Jingsheng City can also be brought down. "

Longella hated the Zhou family, not only because his nephew died in Xiangshi City.

The most important thing is that when the Jinshui Zhou family controlled Xiangshi Island in the past, they often gave money to Longella because of the strong strength of the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy.

However, after the Zhou family took over Xiangshi Island, they had no intention of sending money to Longela at all, which meant cutting off an important source of income for Longela.

Even if there is no such thing as the murder of his nephew, Longella intends to make some articles on Xiangshi Island in the near future to show the presence of the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy.

Gore shook his head, "Jingsheng City may be okay, but Ganyang City is the largest port city in the west of the Han and Tang Empire after all, and the Ministry of the Navy and the Governor's Office will not approve our third fleet to attack Ganyang City.

What's more, Ganyang City is not completely controlled by the Zhou family in Ganyang. If our third fleet attacks Ganyang City, it is likely to expand the war. "

Longela said: "Then apply to the Admiralty and the Governor's Office, first take down Xiangshi Island, and study other issues after taking down Xiangshi Island.

Order the [-]rd Marine Division to get ready and go to Xiangshi Island to launch a landing operation at any time! "

The Third Marine Division is a marine force under the jurisdiction of the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy, with a population of 18, stationed on Pusha Island all year round.

Gore pondered for a while and said: "Commander, the Ganyang City Coastal Defense Fleet of the Zhou family is quite strong. Currently in Xiangshi Port, there are 4 all-steel battleships, 2 large armored cruisers and 2 light cruiser.

According to the information we have, the Zhou family has 9 all-steel battleships in Ganyang Port and Jingsheng Port. I think it is necessary to increase the sea power on Xiangshi Island. "

"I hope that the Ganyang Zhou family will be braver and choose to have a confrontation at sea with our Third Fleet.

那就再派出2艘全主炮战列舰、2艘全钢制战列舰、2艘大型装甲巡洋舰、4艘轻巡洋舰和4艘驱逐舰，为第三海军陆战师的登陆部队护航吧！”

"Commander, who will be the temporary commander of Xiangshi Island?"

"Let Brigadier General Yelke of the Red Horned Eagle serve as the temporary commander of the sortie fleet.

Although I don't like that proud guy, I have to admit that no one in the Third Fleet is better than him in commanding naval battles. "

Chapter 95 Assembly

The black cloud overwhelms the city and wants to destroy it.

Hao Desheng, the captain of the Weihai, saw the densely packed enemy warships on the sea in the distance, and these words couldn't help popping up in his mind.

Due to the blockade of the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy, the current coastal defense fleet has only 8 warships in Hong Kong.

Including the two all-steel battleships Weihai and Yanghai in the first formation, and the two large armored cruisers Tonghai and Jiehai in the second formation.

As well as the two all-steel battleships Weijia and Weiyi in the third formation, and the two light cruisers Feiting and Feijie in the special mixed formation.

This kind of strength, logically speaking, is not too weak.

But Hao Desheng discovered through the telescope that at this time, the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy should have gathered 4 battleships with all main guns, 6 battleships with all-steel, 5 large armored cruisers, and More than 20 light cruisers and destroyers, and six or seven large transport ships.

Hao Desheng said to the first officer with a serious face: "Pass my order, once the opponent launches an attack, all warships will immediately rush to the shallows on the shore and act as fixed forts."

Hao Desheng had no choice but to choose this way. Since Xiangshi Harbor did not have any natural barriers, if Hao Desheng did not want the entire army to be wiped out, he could only let 8 warships run aground on the shoal, at least they could serve as fixed forts.

As for leaving Hong Kong to meet the enemy, Hao Desheng never considered it at all, after all, the strength gap between the two sides was too great.

"Captain, in that case, it is likely to cause damage to the bottom of the warship."

"It's better to be injured than to be sunk. This is what the major general meant."

On the bridge of the all-main-gun battleship Red Horn Eagle of the Third Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire, Captain Yerk took a glass of wine, took a sip, and said to Chief Officer Oss: "Order all ships Battleship, start shelling to clear those obstacles in the port."

First Officer Oss hesitated for a moment and said, "General, does the shelling range include Xiangshi City?"

"Of course, our Silver Wolf Empire only needs Xiangshi Island, but we don't need the 10,000+ humans on Xiangshi Island."

"But in Xiangshi City, there should be quite a few people from the Spirit Race doing business, and even people from our Silver Wolf Empire."

The orcs are just the name of human beings, and the orcs themselves have always called themselves the spirits.

Yerk took another sip of the wine, and said indifferently: "Wars will inevitably lead to accidental injuries, in order to reduce future troubles, we can only sacrifice some spirit clansmen.

We must clearly realize that the number of casualties is not important to the Admiralty and the Governor's Office, what matters is the result. "

"Understood, General."

天元1537年1月26日的上午9点15分，银狼帝国皇家海军第三舰队的4艘全主炮战列舰和6艘全钢制战列舰，悍然对香石港以及香石港所在的香石城展开了主炮齐射。

Due to the problem of range, the coastal defense fleet only had Weihai and Yanghai, and they launched a counterattack with their two dual-mounted 2mm main guns of 45 times the caliber.

金水周家在香石港也建有两座炮台，装备了4门35倍口径200毫米岸防炮和8门35倍口径150毫米岸防炮。

However, at this time, the 10 battleships of the Third Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire are all more than 1 meters away from Xiangshi Port, and the 12 coastal defense guns with insufficient range can only serve as spectators temporarily like the other six warships.

The captain of the Red Horned Eagle, Yelke, learned that the eight warships of the Coastal Defense Fleet had rushed to the shallows of Xiangshi Harbor, and he couldn't help but admire: "The human general who commanded these warships is very smart."

First Officer Oss frowned and said: "In this case, it will not be easy to completely eliminate the threat of these eight warships. These eight warships have almost become fixed forts."

Ye Erke shook the wine glass in his hand, "Since we have nailed the opponent's 8 warships to the port of Xiangshi Port.