The end of the military era

So if there are no accidents, our Zhou family will soon have a city of our own! "

Chapter 62 The Ship Has Arrived

After Zhou Rui returned to the Zhou Mansion, he reported to his father Zhou Xiaozheng about the plan to capture Jingsheng City.

Zhou Xiaozheng was also very excited after hearing this, but he still reminded Zhou Rui: "Xiao Rui, I told you before, in order to leave a way out for our Zhou family, I have always hoped to take Jingshengcheng down. .

I didn't expect that Mu Si'an and Sun Tong were relatives. If the Zhenwei Army's Second Mixed Brigade was in Jingsheng City, only Mu Si'an's regiment would be left. With Mu Si'an's help, it would be very easy to capture Jingsheng City. easy.

But you have to consider, is Mu Sian reliable?And what should I do after capturing Jingsheng City?

Once the Zhenwei Army sends heavy troops to counterattack Jingsheng City, can our Zhou family stop the Zhenwei Army's counterattack? "

"Father, with Sun Tong building a bridge in the middle, I think we can take a gamble.

In addition, I discussed with my second uncle and the others, and decided to start from the third infantry regiment of the garrison brigade, the first infantry regiment of the garrison brigade stationed at the different time and space node of Panlong Mountain, and the fourth infantry regiment of the garrison brigade stationed at the Heigou Coal Mine. Each transferred a part of the officers and soldiers to immediately form the No.20 Second Independence Brigade Second Infantry Regiment. "

After a pause, Zhou Rui continued: "This time to rob Jingsheng City, I plan to send the Second Infantry Regiment of the Garrison Brigade and the Second Infantry Regiment of the No.20 Second Independent Brigade there.

And before going out, I will try my best to make these two infantry regiments full.

With tens of thousands of officers and soldiers from these two infantry regiments guarding Jingsheng City, and Jingsheng City is surrounded by mountains on three sides, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the coastal defense fleet can provide artillery support.

I think that even if the Zhenwei Army gathers tens of thousands of troops, they will not be able to take back Jingsheng City from our Zhou family. "

Zhou Xiao was lying on the bed, nodded approvingly and said: "Since you have already considered these aspects, then go ahead and do it!

If the situation in Jingsheng City deteriorates, I think we can transfer the [-]rd Infantry Regiment of the Garrison Brigade who stayed in Ganyang City, and the [-]th Infantry Regiment of the Garrison Brigade stationed in the Heigou Coal Mine to Jingsheng City for reinforcements.

Remember one sentence, our Zhou family can afford to lose now! "

Zhou Rui nodded and said: "My father and I have thought about it together. After the Second Infantry Regiment of the Garrison Brigade and the Second Infantry Regiment of the No. 20 Second Independent Brigade go out, I will order the Third Infantry Regiment of the Garrison Brigade and the Fourth Infantry Regiment of the Garrison Brigade. Recruit recruits at all costs.

If Jingsheng City is in a tight spot, I will transfer the two infantry regiments of the garrison brigade there too. I don't believe that four infantry regiments can't defend a small Jingsheng City!

By the way, there is one thing that I want to discuss with my father. "

"what's up?"

"Father, I am going to make Uncle Ma the commander of the No.20 Second Independence Brigade's Second Infantry Regiment."

Uncle Ma mentioned by Zhou Rui refers to Ma Tiezhu, the battalion commander of the garrison brigade.

"Yes, with Tie Zhu's ability, it is not a problem to be the commander of an infantry regiment, and the No. 20 Second Independence Brigade Second Infantry Regiment was first established, and a senior man like Tie Zhu was really needed to sit in command.

Then let Li Dongbao take over the position of the battalion commander of the guard battalion! "

On the morning of July 1536, 7, when the Zhou family was gearing up to capture Jingsheng City, Zhou Rui entrusted Silver Wolf Commercial Bank to purchase three hard-core-class all-steel battleships and six Banshee-class iron-clad battleships, as well as the value of The accompanying shells of 26 million silver coins finally arrived at Ganyang Military Port.

At this time, the six violent-class all-steel battleships have been pulled to the warship repair shop on Fengsha Island.

According to the feedback from Flasso, the logistics chief of the Fifth Fleet of the Red Tiger Empire Navy, it will take about 40 to 45 days for all six fury-class all-steel battleships to be repaired.

The cost is between 110 million silver coins and 130 million silver coins. The specific amount can only be determined after all six fury-class all-steel battleships are repaired.

At this time, even if the six fury-class all-steel battleships are missing, the remaining warships of the coastal defense fleet still occupy all the berths in Ganyang Military Port.

This time, the Navy Department of the Silver Wolf Empire, in order to escort the nine battleships to Ganyang Military Port, dispatched two battleships with full main guns, four armored cruisers, four light cruisers and three transport ships to form the escort fleet.

In addition, thousands of naval officers and soldiers from the Silver Wolf Empire were dispatched and equipped on three hard bone-class all-steel battleships and six Banshee-class ironclad battleships.

In order to allow the three transport ships loaded with attached artillery shells to dock, the Coastal Defense Fleet deliberately vacated three berths.

The remaining two full main gun battleships, four armored cruisers and four light cruisers of the Silver Wolf Empire's escort fleet can only be docked on the sea.

During the handover process, the officers and soldiers of the Coastal Defense Fleet roughly checked the maintenance of the three Bone-class all-steel battleships and the six Banshee-class ironclad battleships.

The results made the officers and soldiers of the Coastal Defense Fleet very satisfied. Although the performance of these nine battleships is very average, they are well maintained. As long as they are equipped with enough crews, these nine battleships can immediately go to sea to fight.

After the three transport ships unloaded the attached shells onto the pier, they joined the ten Silver Wolf Empire warships on the sea not far away, turned around and left.

With the remaining 1700 million silver coins for the purchase of the ship, Zhou Rui sent someone to pull 3400 50-jin gold bricks and sent them directly to the Ganyang City branch of Silver Wolf Commercial Bank.

The purchase price of the ship will be settled by the Silver Wolf Commercial Bank and the Navy Department of the Silver Wolf Empire.

After discussions between Zhou Rui and Song Limin, it was decided to name the three tough-class all-steel battleships Yongjia, Yongyi and Yongbing.

The six Banshee-class ironclad battleships were named Zhenjia, Zhenyi, Zhenc, Zhending, Zhenwu and Zhenji.

The six fury-class all-steel battleships that have been pulled to the Fengsha Island Warship Repair Plant are named Weijia, Weiyi, Weibing, Weiding, Weiwu and Weiji.

Due to the surge in the number of battleships in the coastal defense fleet, Zhou Rui and Song Limin readjusted the formations of the coastal defense fleet.

The first formation is still composed of six all-steel battleships: Zhenhai, Canghai, Jinghai, Weihai, Yanghai, and Longhai.

The second formation is still composed of four large armored cruisers: Pinghai, Anhai, Tonghai, and Jiehai.

The third formation was changed to consist of six all-steel battleships, Weijia, Weiyi, Weibing, Weiding, Weiwu, and Weiji.

The fourth formation was changed to consist of six iron-clad battleships, Zhenjia, Zhenyi, Zhenc, Zhending, Zhenwu, and Zhenji.

In addition, the coastal defense fleet will also form the fifth and sixth formations, of which the fifth formation is composed of three all-steel battleships, Yongjia, Yongyi and Yongbing.

The sixth formation is composed of the iron-clad battleship General, the iron-clad battleship Mengjiang, the light cruiser Shuguang, the light cruiser Purple Eagle, the offshore gunboat Jinlong and the offshore gunboat Yinlong.

The task force still includes the light cruisers Feiting, Feijie, and Feirong, and the destroyers Kuaishun and Lishun.

The old-fashioned armored cruiser Ruian of the Coastal Defense Fleet was seriously injured when it was attacked by the Tongze Fleet, and was finally dragged back to Ganyang Military Port.

Later, through the appraisal, the Rui'an was basically worthless for repair, so with Zhou Rui's approval, the Rui'an was pulled to a shoal north of Ganyang Military Port.

The Ryan, which was stranded here, will be used as a fixed battery in the future and handed over to the Fortress Heavy Artillery Regiment of the Garrison Brigade.

The four steel-ribbed wood-hull ships of the coastal defense fleet, Dongfeng, Nanfeng, Xifeng, and Beifeng, were temporarily sealed.

However, according to the current situation of the Coastal Defense Fleet, these four iron-ribbed wood-hulled ships should not have the opportunity to be re-serviced, and their final fate is likely to be scrapped and dismantled.

During the handover process of the three Bone-class all-steel battleships and the six Banshee-class iron-clad battleships, Liu Shaochang of Xiyun Liu's family also came near Ganyang Military Port.

Seeing the huge ships docked at the military port pier, Liu Shaochang's eyes were full of jealousy.

Liu Shaochang visited Zhou Rui several times these days, but every time Liu Shaochang did not see Zhou Rui in person.

The two fury-class all-steel battleships that Xiyun Liu's family fell into the hands of Zhou's family, Liu Shaochang did not ask for them back.

What annoyed Liu Shaochang even more was that the high salary of the Zhou family almost incorporated more than 1200 naval officers and soldiers of the Xiyun Liu family into the coastal defense fleet of Ganyang City.

Only more than 20 collateral children of Xiyun Liu's family among the officers were released unconditionally.