The end of the military era

The temporary commander of the expeditionary fleet, Renich, said: "Very well, then all the warships of the Eighth Fleet that can continue to fight will join the expeditionary fleet!"

"Thank you, Lieutenant General Genich."

"Lieutenant General Nakola, Lieutenant General Xievas, both of you participated in the naval battle of Gaosnail Island. Can you make an evaluation of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet of the Han and Tang Empire?"

Nakola and Xievas glanced at each other, and then Nakola said first: "The Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet of the Han and Tang Empire is equipped with many cutting-edge battleships and battlecruisers with full main guns.

Moreover, the human officers and soldiers of this fleet may have been tempered in two battles with the Silver Wolf Empire Navy, and they are not weaker than our Empire's Royal Navy in all aspects.

Even in terms of will to fight, it is still above the officers and soldiers of our Royal Navy. "

Xie Vas continued: "Before the battle of our expeditionary fleet, we must instill in the officers and soldiers the determination to fight to the end.

The things that shamed the entire empire during the final retreat of the Gaosnail Island naval battle must never happen again! "

Renich, the temporary commander of the expeditionary fleet, nodded approvingly and said: "The Royal Navy's 10 all-main gun battleships and 9 all-steel battleships have become the spoils of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet of the Han and Tang Empires. This makes our Golden Lion The Empire has become the laughing stock of other Eldar nations.

His Majesty the Emperor, His Excellency the Governor, and the Ministry of the Navy all demanded that similar things never happen again, otherwise they would not deal with it as lightly as before. "

Chapter 167 Secret Weapon

On the afternoon of March 3, the main force of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet had arrived in the waters outside the port of Gao Wo Island.

In a meeting room of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet's flagship Ruixue battleship with all main guns, Song Limin, the commander-in-chief of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, said in a deep voice to the eight formation commanders and dozens of team commanders: "Everyone, the intelligence department just sent a report. information.

When the expedition fleet of the Golden Lion Empire left the Double-Headed Eagle Island Naval Base, its scale became larger again.

The Fourth Fleet and Eighth Fleet of the Golden Lion Empire Navy stationed at the port of Double-Headed Eagle Island, together with more than 100 warships, were also incorporated into the expedition fleet of the Golden Lion Empire.

The enemy we have to face is even stronger! "

This time, in order to deal with the expeditionary fleet of the Golden Lion Empire, the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet gathered 9 main formations, and the commander of the first formation was concurrently held by Song Limin.

At this time, in the various islands and numerous coastal cities that belonged to the Jiedu Mansion of the Three Towns, only a few garrison fleets, mainly old ships, were left to watch.

Wang Xue, the commander of the second formation, frowned and asked, "Old Song, does the intelligence department have any specific data?"

“100多艘战舰包括了17艘全主炮战列舰、5艘战列巡洋舰、16艘全钢制战列舰，以及20艘大型装甲巡洋舰、50多艘轻巡洋舰和50多艘驱逐舰。

If these more than 100 warships are counted, in terms of the total number of warships, the Golden Lion Empire Expeditionary Fleet is much more than the nine formations of our Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet combined. "

Cai Ming'an, the commander of the third fleet, continued: "In this way, the expedition fleet of the Golden Lion Empire has 99 battleships with full main guns, 5 battlecruisers and 82 battleships with all steel for capital ships alone.

As for the capital ships of our nine formations, in addition to the warships still undergoing maintenance in the dock, there are a total of 92 all-main-gun battleships, 37 battlecruisers and 14 all-steel battleships. , is indeed quite obvious.

The number of large armored cruisers, light cruisers and destroyers is even more incomparable to the opponent. This battle is not easy to fight! "

At present, among the capital ships of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, there are 7 all-main gun battleships, 3 battlecruisers and 4 all-steel battleships. Because they were seriously injured in the naval battle of Gaosnail Island, they are still undergoing major repairs in the dock.

It is no longer possible to participate in the upcoming decisive battle at sea with the Golden Lion Empire expedition fleet.

Song Limin then said: "The next battle will be difficult for sure.

However, since the number of all-steel battleships in the expeditionary fleet of the Golden Lion Empire reached 82, if we only count the number of large-caliber main guns of the capital ships, our Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet is not at a disadvantage.

In addition, this time against the expeditionary fleet of the Golden Lion Empire, our Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet has an extra secret weapon.

I think this secret weapon may bring a lot of surprises to our Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet. "

Cai Mingan, the commander of the third formation, asked with some doubts: "Secret weapon? What secret weapon?"

Song Limin pointed to a thin young man with glasses among the dozens of team commanders and introduced to everyone: "He is Zhang Donghua, the team commander of the newly established 58th team of our Southwest Coast Defense Fleet.

Next, Zhang Donghua will introduce to you the secret weapon of our Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet. "

Zhang Donghua stood up nervously, "The secret weapons Song Zhi said were four ghost-class submarines designed and produced by our Ganyang Shipyard.

This ghost-class submarine was designed by my father. It has a full-load displacement of 450 tons on the water and a full-load displacement of 600 tons underwater. It is equipped with 4 diesel engines. The depth is 13 meters.

Equipped with four 4mm torpedo tubes, two of which are arranged at the bow and two at the stern, can carry a total of 450 torpedoes, and the crew is 2 people.

I personally participated in the production and sea trials of the Ghost-class submarines, so I temporarily served as the team commander of the 58th Squadron. The 58th Squadron has 4 Ghost-class submarines under its jurisdiction. "

After Wang Hongchun, the commander of the fourth formation, listened to Zhang Donghua's introduction to the "Ghost" class submarine, he asked Song Limin in a puzzled way: "Old Song, what kind of secret weapon can you use as four little guys with hundreds of tons?"

Song Limin said with a smile: "The biggest advantage of this ghost-class submarine is that it can carry out torpedo attacks under the water surface.

The reason why it was named the Ghost class means that this submarine can carry out underwater attacks on enemy warships like a ghost. "

When Wang Hongchun heard this, he couldn't help but nodded slightly, "If the Ghost-class submarine can attack underwater, it's really a bit tricky.

It's a pity that there are only 4 Ghost-class submarines, which is a little less. "

Song Limin said: "The four ghost-class submarines can only be used as secret weapons. If you want to defeat the expedition fleet of the Golden Lion Empire, you have to rely on head-to-head duels between battleships."

After a pause, Song Limin continued: "Everyone, I don't need to say more about how important the upcoming sea battle with the Golden Lion Empire's expeditionary fleet is, I think everyone knows it very well.

In this battle, all officers and soldiers of our Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet must have the determination to fight to the last moment.

One thing must be made clear, if in battle, anyone who retreats without receiving an order to retreat, regardless of his official position, will be subject to military law! "

When Song Limin convened a pre-war mobilization meeting for the formation commanders and team commanders of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, Zhou Rui was inspecting the Ganyang Shipyard.

"Marshal, this is Zhang Tiefeng, the chief designer of the Ghost-class submarine." Kang Huai, the person in charge of the Ganyang Industrial New Zone, introduced to Zhou Rui.

Zhou Rui smiled and said to Zhang Tiefeng: "Mr. Zhang, I heard that you recommended your son to serve as the commander of four Ghost-class submarines."

Zhang Tiefeng quickly said: "Commander, my boy has participated in the production and sea trials of the Ghost-class submarine, as well as various tests, and is very familiar with the operation of the Ghost-class submarine.

That's why I don't shy away from relatives, and I suggest that my kid command 4 ghost-class submarines to participate in this battle with the Golden Lion Empire's expedition fleet. "

"Zhang Gong, you should know how powerful the Golden Lion Empire's expeditionary fleet is facing the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet this time. Aren't you worried about your son's mistakes?"

"Marshal, my son and I escaped from the Silver Wolf Empire.

You don't know how sad our human life is in the Silver Wolf Empire. When my kid was 5 years old, my wife accidentally bumped into a werewolf woman on the street, and she was killed by the wolf woman's husband. , beaten to death in the street.

Now the Golden Lion Empire, Red Tiger Empire and Silver Wolf Empire are coming to invade our Fengwu Town, Zhenwei Town and Jinnan Town. Wuzhen, Zhenwei Town and Jinnan Town reappear.

If my kid really wants to die in battle, he deserves it! "

Zhou Rui sighed, "Zhang Gong, how old is your son this year? Is he married?"

"The kid in my family is 22 years old and not married yet."

Zhou Rui reached out and patted Zhang Tiefeng's shoulder, "Mr. Zhang, I am very confident in the ghost-class submarine you designed. I believe that your son will come back safely."

At this time, Kang Huai interjected: "Commander, Mr. Zhang has designed a new submarine, and Ganyang Shipyard is ready to start building this new submarine."