The end of the military era

Although Saweiye, the commander of the Fifth Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Red Tiger Empire, was unwilling to retreat like this, the combat effectiveness displayed by the more than 100 battleships with full main guns equipped by the Eighth Formation of the Frontier Fleet of the Han and Tang Empire made Saweiye I don't feel at all that the three main fleets of our own side have any hope of winning.

The three full main gun battleships of the eighth formation of the border defense fleet are all high-speed battleships and have very strong protection capabilities.

During the nearly 4 hours of confrontation, only two French Richelieu-class battleships and one German Bismarck-class battleship were sunk in the eighth formation of the border defense fleet, while the number of capital ships sunk by the three fleets of the Red Tiger Navy was the number of frontier defense ships. More than 2 times that of the Eighth Formation of the Fleet.

Saweiye said to the Beaver Captain Cononno with some frustration: "Order the light cruiser squadrons and destroyer squadrons of the three fleets to release smoke to cover the retreat of the battleship squadrons, battlecruiser squadrons, and armored cruiser squadrons.

At the same time, a report was sent to the Ministry of the Navy that in view of the unfavorable situation on the battlefield, the Fifth Fleet, Second Fleet, and Fourth Fleet decided to break away from the battle with the Eighth Fleet of the Han and Tang Empire Frontier Fleet. "

The captain of the Beaver, Cononno, immediately asked: "Commander, what about the seriously injured warships of our three fleets?"

Saveye hesitated for a moment and said: "The warships that cannot be evacuated are allowed to surrender to the Eighth Formation of the Frontier Fleet of the Han and Tang Empire.

We cannot ask of those Royal Marines who have fought as hard as they can. "

Savier knew that the Zhou family's army in the Han and Tang Empires was not considered barbaric, and they could still treat prisoners of war humanely.

In the war a few years ago, after the war ended, the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empire almost unconditionally released millions of prisoners of war from several orc countries. Among them, there were more than 600 million captive cattle in the Bull Empire alone. The officers and soldiers and the horse tribe officers and soldiers regained their freedom.

Seeing the capital ships of the Red Tiger Navy begin to retreat, Liu Ergou, the commander of the Eighth Fleet of the Frontier Fleet of the Han and Tang Empire, could not let go of the opportunity to beat the dog in the water, and immediately issued an order to pursue them.

This pursuit lasted until 6:1 p.m. on June 11. In the end, under the pursuit of the eighth fleet of the Han and Tang Empire Frontier Fleet, the Chihu Navy had more than 20 seriously injured warships. Because the speed dropped severely, they had to choose surrendered, including 7 full-armor battleships and 5 battlecruisers.

最终这场海战，汉唐帝国边防舰队第八编队仅以3艘全主炮战列舰、2艘重巡洋舰、4艘大型装甲巡洋舰、8艘轻巡洋舰和10艘驱逐舰的代价。

就让赤虎帝国皇家海军3支主力舰队损失了31艘全主炮战列舰、15艘战列巡洋舰、13艘大型装甲巡洋舰、29艘轻巡洋舰和36艘驱逐舰，其中包括了被俘的军舰。

In a palace in the palace of Dawn City, the capital of the Red Tiger Empire, after Emperor Gruyan received the detailed report of the naval battle, Shen Sheng asked the Minister of the Navy Svia: "Why is the loss of the three main fleets of our Royal Navy so far away?" Far surpassed the frontier fleet of the Han and Tang Empires?"

The Minister of the Navy, Svia, said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, what is fighting our Royal Navy's Second Fleet, Fourth Fleet, and Fifth Fleet is the eighth main formation of the Han and Tang Empire Frontier Fleet.

There are three types of battleships equipped with full main guns. Although none of these three models are of the Zhenzi class with five dual-mounted main guns of 5 times the caliber of 45mm, the comprehensive combat effectiveness of these three full main gun battleships is even Maybe even above the town level.

For example, the strongest waterfall-class battlecruiser in our Royal Navy has a top speed of 305 knots, but the top speed of the three main gun battleships of the eighth main formation of the Han and Tang Empire Frontier Fleet is not all slower than the waterfall-class battlecruiser .

Calling it an all-main-gun battleship is actually not accurate enough. It should be called a high-speed battleship, which is a combination of an all-main-gun battleship and a battlecruiser.

The reason why our Royal Navy's Second Fleet, Fourth Fleet, and Fifth Fleet suffered such huge losses is really because the opponent is too strong. "

The Waterfall-class is the latest battlecruiser of the Red Tiger Empire. Like the Admiration-class battleship with full main guns, the Red Tiger Empire has built a total of 72 Waterfall-class battlecruisers in two batches.

In this naval battle with the eighth main fleet of the Han and Tang Empire Frontier Fleet, the three main fleets of the Chihu Navy added up to 3 Waterfall-class battlecruisers were sunk, and 5 Waterfall-class battlecruisers became the opponent's spoils of war. .

Emperor Gruyan sighed slightly and said: "I never thought that the three main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Red Tiger Empire would not be able to defeat a main formation of the frontier fleet of the Han and Tang Empires.

I am worried that even if our six spirit nations and the three great empires of the spirit tribe unite, they may not be able to suppress the frontier fleet of the Han and Tang Empires at sea. "

The Minister of the Navy, Svia, comforted: "Your Majesty, the eighth formation of the Han-Tang Empire Frontier Fleet can be said to be the stronger formation among the 12 main formations of the Han-Tang Empire Frontier Fleet.

The other main formations of the border defense fleet of the Han and Tang Empires cannot all be as powerful as the eighth formation, so as long as the navies of the five countries of the Red Tiger, Golden Lion, Black Bear, Silver Wolf, and Flying Leopard are united, the overall strength should not be inferior to that of the eighth formation. The frontier fleet of the Han and Tang Empires.

Although the barbarian navy and the navies of the three empires of the elves are not strong, but with the navies of these four countries, with the combined force of the navies of the nine countries, they should be able to suppress the frontier fleet of the Han and Tang empires. "

Emperor Gruyan sighed again, "I hope it can be as you said.

The outbreak of this naval battle is equivalent to pouring another barrel of oil on the fire. It seems that the war with the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empires is inevitable.

Zhenhui will express its stance to the other four countries of the Five-Element Alliance, supporting the acceptance of the Barbarian Empire and the three great empires of the Elven Clan, and joining the camp against the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empires. "

After the naval battle between the Eighth Fleet of the Frontier Fleet of the Han and Tang Empire and the three main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Red Tiger Empire ended, the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empire immediately held a press conference and announced that the naval battle was first initiated by the Royal Navy of the Red Tiger Empire However, the Eighth Formation of the Frontier Fleet was only forced to fight back.

At this press conference, Yan Shaoqiu, the representative of the border defense army's governor's office, also formally demanded that the Red Tiger Empire be responsible for the naval battle and compensate all the losses of the border defense fleet of the Han and Tang Empires. The Governor's Mansion does not rule out the use of all means, including war.

Immediately afterwards, the Red Tiger Empire also held press conferences from various countries, listing the losses of the Royal Navy of the Red Tiger Empire in this naval battle, angrily denouncing that this naval battle was deliberately provoked by the frontier fleet of the Han and Tang Empires, and severely damaged the Red Tiger Empire. The three main fleets of the Imperial Royal Navy.

At the press conference, the Red Tiger Empire also asked the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empire to compensate for all the losses of the three main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Red Tiger Empire, otherwise the Red Tiger Empire would never let it go.

In the palace of the first capital of the Golden Lion Empire, Noela City, Prime Minister Sarento reported to Emperor Kosnohui: "Your Majesty, the Red Tiger Empire has made it clear that it supports the three countries of the Bull Empire and the Elven Race, and join us The previous five-things alliance."

Emperor Kosno said with some emotion: "This time, the navy of the Red Tiger Empire suffered a great loss in the hands of the frontier fleet of the Han and Tang Empire.

Seeing the results of the naval battle between the Chihu Navy and the border defense fleet of the Han and Tang Empires, I feel even more uncertain about the fact that the Five Matters Alliance is going to war with the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empires.

It seems that the three countries of the Bull Empire and the Elves must be introduced into the alliance. As the prime minister said, although eating less meat is better than not having it. "

After the Silver Wolf Empire, Scarlet Tiger Empire, and Golden Lion Empire successively expressed their stance and agreed to sign an alliance with the three major empires of the Barbarian Bull Empire and the Elf Race, the Black Bear Empire and the Flying Leopard Empire did not insist at this time, and agreed to form Nine Matters successively. Union proposal.

Soon the representatives of the six orc nations and the three elf nations gathered in Noela City, the first capital of the Golden Lion Empire, and signed an agreement to form the Nine Events Alliance.

After the establishment of the Nine Events Alliance, the Silver Wolf Empire's attitude towards the previous border conflicts and the Red Tiger Empire's previous naval battle with the Han and Tang Empire's frontier fleets became tougher, causing the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empire to unilaterally announce the temporary closure. Negotiation channel with Silver Wolf Empire and Red Tiger Empire.

At 1549 o'clock in the morning on July 7, 1, the Zhou family officially declared war on the Silver Wolf Empire and the Red Tiger Empire.

Thirty minutes later, the Red Tiger Empire first declared war on the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empire, and 30 minutes later, the Silver Wolf Empire also declared war on the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empire.

And just an hour after the Red Tiger Empire and the Silver Wolf Empire declared war, the Golden Lion Empire, Red Tiger Empire, and Black Bear Empire simultaneously declared war on the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empires in the name of abiding by the agreement of the Nine Events Alliance.

Moreover, the Golden Lion Empire, Red Tiger Empire and Black Bear Empire, on behalf of the other four countries of the Nine Events Alliance, namely the Bull Empire, the Natural Elf Empire, the Bright Elf Empire, and the Dark Elf Empire, declared war on the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empires.

On the afternoon of July 7, the Zhou family declared war on the other seven countries of the Nine Events Alliance.

Facing the Nine Events Alliance, especially the three elven countries whose reality is unclear, Zhou Rui still has some concerns, so he decided to form 40 new group armies, and the officers and soldiers will mainly be drawn from the garrison and reserve forces.

Of course, the previous plan to expand the border army's 700 garrison brigades into 1400 garrison divisions will not be affected.

In this way, the army of the border guards will have 180 group armies and 1400 garrison divisions, and the total strength will reach a staggering 9200 million.

If the air force and the border defense fleet of the border defense army are added, the total strength of the entire frontier defense army, sea, land and air forces will be more than 1 million.

Three days after the Zhou family declared war with the Nine Events Alliance, in a private room at the Nine Stars Hotel in Ganyang City.

Xie Dong, deputy commander of the Yunzhou Military Region, said with some emotion to Wang Kui, commander of the No.11 formation of the Han and Tang Empire border defense fleet: "This time we are fighting six orc countries and three elf countries. The battlefield is basically on the battlefield. Jingzhou Military Region and Tongzhou Military Region, our Yunzhou Military Region probably won’t be able to fight.”

Xie Dong and Wang Kuineng became the top ranks of the Han and Tang Empire's frontier defense forces. Although Zhou Rui's support for these two friends was inseparable, both of them were promoted by virtue of their real skills and military exploits. Rui's direct lineage in the army.

Wang Kui poured Xie Dong a glass of wine with his remaining right hand, "Dongzi, this time the commander-in-chief is very determined to drive the remaining five orc nations back to the orc world, otherwise he would not order another 40 new ones." group army.

I think you will definitely have the chance to go to the battlefield this time, it's just a matter of time. "

Xie Dong smiled wryly and said: "I hope to have the opportunity to go to the battlefield. If we can drive the remaining five orc nations back to the orc world this time, then our border guards should not have any more big battles to fight in the future."

Wang Kui suddenly jokingly said: "Dongzi, don't worry!

When it's good, when the commander-in-chief forgets you, do I have to congratulate you in advance for being promoted to the commander of the military region? "

Xie Dong chuckled, "The commander-in-chief said that if you don't want to be a general's soldier, you are not a good soldier.

If our Zhou family sets up a new military region, with my qualifications, I am already qualified to serve as the commander of the military region.