The end of the military era

The other 23 feudal towns of the Han and Tang Empires were basically the same as Fengwu Town, and there were many military leaders, large and small, under each envoy.

About half a year ago, a conflict broke out between Fengwu Town and Zhenwei Town because they competed for a newly discovered silver mine on the border between the two sides. war.

Zhou Xiaozheng was ordered to lead an infantry regiment, a heavy cavalry battalion, and two guard battalion companies to participate in the battle. As a result, during the battle of Fengwu Army's attack on Jingyang City, Zhenwei Town, the participating troops of the Ganyang City Garrison Brigade were ambushed. , was heavily surrounded by the Zhenwei Army with superior forces, and the friendly army was desperate, and was almost wiped out by the Zhenwei Army in the end.

Zhou Xiaozheng was seriously injured, and his eldest son Zhou Kang was also killed in the battle.

After more than [-] officers introduced themselves one by one, Zhou Xiaorong reported to Zhou Ruihui: "Major General, the rebuilt personnel and weapons and equipment of the First Infantry Regiment have all been equipped in place, and now the head of the First Infantry Regiment is appointed by I concurrently.

The two battalions of the guard battalion that were hit hard were replenished, only the heavy cavalry battalion, because there is no channel to buy the wind horse, so the heavy cavalry battalion has not yet been rebuilt. "

The Gale Horse is a low-level ferocious beast. Humans have mastered the method of taming the Gale Horse, and have formed a powerful Gale Cavalry with the Gale Horse as a mount.

Originally, the heavy cavalry battalion of Ganyang City's garrison brigade had more than [-] Gale Cavalry, and both men and horses wore leather armor made of ferocious animal skins.

You must know that the skins of many ferocious beasts are bulletproof to a certain extent.

Zhou Rui nodded slightly, "Focus on the reconstruction of the First Infantry Regiment first, and the heavy cavalry battalion can be released first."

Zhou Rui is very clear that as the army's weapons and firepower become more and more powerful, although units like the Gale Cavalry still have strong combat effectiveness on the battlefield, the input and output are no longer proportional. Wind horse, the price is too expensive.

Zhou Rui suddenly turned his head and asked Song Limin, the captain of the Coastal Defense Fleet Shuguang, "Captain Song, I heard that the Coastal Defense Fleet intends to buy an armored cruiser?"

Song Limin, the captain of the Shuguang light cruiser, was recruited by Zhou Rui's father, Zhou Xiaozheng, from the navy of Shuonan Town. Shuonan Town is the most powerful naval town among the current 24 feudal towns of the Han and Tang Empire.

Since Zhou Xiaozheng only has a half-knowledge about the navy, even though Zhou Xiaozheng has been serving as the commander of the coastal defense fleet, Song Limin is basically in charge of the coastal defense fleet.

When Song Limin heard Zhou Rui suddenly mentioning the purchase of an armored cruiser, he couldn't help saying excitedly: "Major General, there is indeed such a thing!

That armored cruiser originally belonged to the Navy of the Flying Leopard Empire, and the ship was less than three years old. It was captured by the Navy of the Red Tiger Empire in the Ghost Sea Battle last year, and it was basically intact.

It has a full load displacement of 8400 tons, is equipped with 2 steam engines and 14 boilers, and has a maximum speed of 20 knots.

拥有2座双联装四十倍口径200毫米主炮，6门四十倍口径150毫米副炮，12门30毫米高射炮，20挺13毫米高射机枪，4具500毫米鱼雷发射管。

The armor of the entire warship is also quite thick. The side armor belt is 50mm to 130mm, the main deck armor is 50mm, the main turret armor is 200mm, and the crew is full of 580 people.

If our coastal defense fleet can add such a warship, we won't be able to defeat even pirates! "

The seven warships of the coastal defense fleet of Ganyang City are all second-hand warships bought by Zhou Rui's father, Zhou Xiaozheng. The largest warship among them is the light cruiser Shuguang with a full load displacement of 2800 tons.

The Shuguang was originally a warship of the Liangyan Empire Navy. The Liangyan Empire is currently the most industrially developed country among human countries, and it is also the human country with the strongest navy.

Of course, the industry and navy of the Liangyan Empire still have a big gap compared with the six major orc nations.

The Shuguang is now a 15-year-old ship with extremely limited combat power, but the Shuguang is the only warship that the Ganyang City Coastal Defense Fleet can take.

曙光号目前最快能开到14.5节左右，装备有2座双联装三十倍口径180毫米主炮，8门35倍口径120毫米副炮，4门30毫米高射炮，4挺13毫米高射机枪，3具380毫米鱼雷发射管，舰员满额为256人。

另外甘阳城海防舰队还有两艘同型号的近海炮舰，满载排水量为680吨的金龙号和银龙号，装备有4门三十倍口径120毫米主炮和3挺13毫米高射机枪，舰员满额为60人。

The remaining four warships Dongfeng, Nanfeng, Xifeng and Beifeng are all iron-ribbed wood-hulled ships, built by a shipyard in Shuonan Town of the Han and Tang Empires.

The four iron-ribbed wood-hull warships are all of the same model, with a full load displacement of 1250 tons. They are equipped with four 4mm main guns with a 150-caliber caliber, six 6mm secondary guns, two 70mm anti-aircraft guns, and two 2mm anti-aircraft machine guns. The full crew is 30 people.

With the seven old ships of the Ganyang City Coastal Defense Fleet, it is true that even the pirates can't beat them.

In the last life, about half a year later, due to the city defense regiment of Ganyang City, a pirate leader was captured, and more than 20 pirate ships were attracted to invade Ganyang City.

Among the more than 20 pirate ships, there are several second-hand warships, including two old-fashioned ironclad battleships.

Due to the order of Fengwu Jiedu Mansion, the coastal defense fleet of Ganyang City was forced to leave the port to fight, and finally the entire army was wiped out due to the disparity in strength.

Originally, after Zhou Xiaozheng was seriously injured, the Zhou family was already seriously injured.

The destruction of the coastal defense fleet pushed the Zhou family further into the abyss.

If the only fleet in Ganyang City is still there, when Wei Jie started to deal with the Zhou family in the previous generation, maybe the other families in Ganyang City would not dare to make trouble at all.

Even the Fengwu Jiedu Mansion would not just sit idly by, after all, Ganyang City's coastal defense fleet is one of the few sea forces in Fengwu's army.

Zhou Xiaorong sighed at this moment: "Major General, that armored cruiser is not bad, but it's a pity that the Navy of the Red Tiger Empire asks for too high a price. It costs 220 million silver coins to kill it. This price is simply not something we can afford."

Song Limin hurriedly said: "Major General, Deputy Brigadier Commander, the Coastal Defense Fleet cannot always count on seven old ships.

Now the pirates in the waters around the Han and Tang Empires are becoming more and more rampant, especially the orcs among the pirates can even buy second-hand warships from the navies of the six major orc countries.

Therefore, the coastal defense fleet must add new ships in order to be able to expel the pirates who invaded Ganyang City. "

The reason why Zhou Rui asked Song Limin about buying the armored cruiser was because he wanted to get the armored cruiser into his pocket.

Zhou Rui remembered that his second uncle, Zhou Xiaorong, had mentioned to him that he regretted not gritted his teeth and bought the 8400-ton armored cruiser at that time.

If the Coastal Defense Fleet has this armored cruiser with quite good combat effectiveness, it may not end up in the end of annihilating the entire army.

And Zhou Rui still remembered that when his second uncle Zhou Xiaorong said that the coastal defense fleet was destroyed, there seemed to be some conspiracy in it.

"It would be a pity if our coastal defense fleet doesn't buy such a warship with such good performance.

Where does the navy representative of the Red Tiger Empire live? "

Chapter 5 Hidden dangers

After Zhou Rui left the conference room, more than [-] officers of the garrison brigade couldn't help discussing.

"Major General, does he really want to buy that armored cruiser worth 220 million silver coins?"

"I think the major general seems to be interested in buying it."

"But can the major general come up with that much money?"

At this time, Liu Mo, the commander of the [-]rd Infantry Regiment, stabbed Wang Biao, the commander of the [-]nd Infantry Regiment next to him.

"Wang Dabiao, how is the second young master? Are you qualified to take power?"

"Hey, it seems that our second young master is wrong, he is a major general, he should have pretended to be a pig and eat a tiger in the past.

If the playboys have the level of speech of the major general, my old Wang has to train his son to be a playboy. "

Liu Mo said proudly: "I'm a hero, our general was promoted to grandmaster at the age of 28, the eldest young master is also a martial arts talent, and the second young master is even worse!

Just look at it, not only will our Zhou family not be defeated, but we will have to improve to a higher level in the future! "

Wang Biao suddenly turned his head and said to Song Limin, the captain of the Shuguang: "Old Song, you have to treat me. It is an armored cruiser with a full load displacement of 8400 tons. Even in the naval ranks of the six major orc nations, it can be regarded as a second-class ship." Capital ship!"

Song Limin still couldn't hide his excitement at this time, "As long as the major general can buy back that armored cruiser, it's no problem for my old Song to invite you, Wang Dabiao, to Wanhualou to drink flower wine!"

After Zhou Xiaorong accompanied Zhou Rui back to his office, he frowned and asked, "Major General, are you really going to buy that armored cruiser?"