The end of the military era

Then there were things that made the officers of the Coastal Defense Fleet happy and troubled.

Crescent Island's 8 battlecruisers and 6 large armored cruisers have not yet formed combat effectiveness, and the coastal defense fleet suddenly added 6 full main gun battleships and 4 large armored cruisers.

Zhou Rui didn't care what troubles the officers of the Coastal Defense Fleet had, since the previous 8 battlecruisers and 6 large armored cruisers had already been manned.

Of course, the six French Kolbe-class battleships and four German York-class armored cruisers reserved in the lottery system must be extracted, so that the coastal defense fleet can staff these 10 warships as soon as possible.

In addition to the warships extracted from the lottery system, at the end of October, the five starry sky-class all-steel battleships that Zhou Rui purchased from the Red Tiger Empire also arrived at Ganyang Military Port.

Immediately, these five all-steel battleships were named Weibing, Weiding, Weiwu, Weiji, and Weigeng, and were incorporated into the third formation of the Coastal Defense Fleet.

With the addition of the original two Fury-class all-steel battleships Weijia and Weiyi, the third formation has 7 all-steel battleships.

In December, only 12 6-jin silver bricks were issued for a two-star lottery card given for nothing by the lottery system.

Although the 6 silver bricks are worth 3000 million silver coins, Zhou Rui is somewhat dissatisfied with the rewards offered by this two-star lottery card. The most important thing Zhou Rui needs now is money.

In addition to the 6 gold bricks placed in the underground vault of Zhou's Bank headquarters, there are more than 6 gold bricks reserved in the lottery system.

Moreover, after Zhou's Bank regained the trust of the people of Fengwu Town and the beast merchants from various countries, in just two months, Zhou's Bank absorbed cash worth more than 3 million silver coins.

Since the credit of Zhou's Bank has been established, this cash worth more than 3 million silver coins can be spent by Zhou Rui as his own money.

Zhou Rui hopes that the lottery card can draw more army weapons and equipment, such as the French 1897 Type 75 field gun.

Now Zhou's Ganyang Garrison Division, No.17 Independent Brigade, No.20 Second Independent Brigade, and Longshan Garrison Brigade have a total of 21 infantry regiments and 1 guard regiment.

According to the configuration formulated by Zhou Rui, an artillery battalion under each regiment is equipped with 30 French 1897-type 75 field guns.

But Zhou Rui has only obtained 600 French 1897 Type 75 field guns from the lottery system so far, so now the two infantry regiments of the Fourth Garrison Infantry Brigade of the Ganyang Garrison Division, the artillery battalions under their jurisdiction can only Each is equipped with 2 30mm infantry guns.

This kind of 65mm infantry gun that was almost eliminated by the Golden Lion Empire Army not only has a short range and a slow rate of fire, but also has a high failure rate. Compared with the French 1897 Type 75 field gun, it is simply weak.

By the end of December, all the army units of the Zhou family had reached full strength, with a total strength of more than 12, but Zhou Rui still asked each army unit to continue recruiting new recruits.

According to Zhou Rui's plan, he plans to form another garrison brigade in Jingsheng City and Xiangdao City, and if enough recruits are recruited, Zhou Rui even plans to add another infantry regiment to each brigade.

If you have money and guns, if you don't continue to expand your army, what's the difference from traveling at night in Jinyi.

The war between Fengwu Town and Zhenwei Town because of a silver mine finally came to an end at the end of December.

Fengwu Town won the battle completely. Not only did it occupy the silver mine with a silver reserve of tens of thousands of tons, but it also forced Zhenwei Town to cede Jingyang City and the surrounding villages and towns.

In fact, Zhenwei Town lost Longshan City in this war, but when the armistice agreement was finally signed, Fengwu Jiedu Mansion and Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion did not include Longshan City in the armistice agreement.

In terms of law, Longshan City still belongs to Zhenwei Town.

Holding the armistice agreement signed by Fengwu Jiedu Mansion and Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion in his hand, Zhou Rui sneered and said to Zhou Xiaorong: "Second Uncle, it seems that Zhenwei Jiedu Envoy is not willing to lose Longshan City.

And our Fengwu Jiedu Envoy seems to have forgotten that Longshan City will pay 100 million silver coins in taxes to Fengwu Jiedu Mansion every year. "

Zhou Xiaorong said in a deep voice: "Previously the Zhenwei army suffered huge losses on the battlefield of Jingyang City, so the Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion had no choice but to abandon the entire Jingyang area.

I suspect that the signing of such an armistice agreement between the two Jiedu mansions has a conspiracy against our Zhou family. Perhaps the main forces of the Zhenwei Army that have withdrawn from the Jingyang City battlefield will soon attack Longshan City. "

Zhou Rui nodded, "It's very possible, so I'm going to send the [-]st Garrison Infantry Brigade of the Garrison Division to Longshan City after New Year's Eve.

After all, the No.20 Second Independent Brigade currently stationed in Longshan City has an infantry regiment on Xiangshi Island, and the current strength of Longshan City is slightly insufficient. "

December 12th of each year in the Han and Tang Empires is the traditional New Year's Eve of the Han and Tang Empires.

New Year's Eve can be said to be the most important festival in the Han and Tang Dynasties, after New Year's Eve is a new year.

In the second half of 1536, the Zhou family's task of stationing the different time and space node of Panlong Mountain has basically been completed. In the first half of next year, the troops of the Fengwu Third Division will be responsible for stationing the different time and space node of Panlong Mountain.

Today is December 12, and two days ago, the two infantry regiments of the Fengwu Third Division had completed their defense exchange with the Zhou Family's garrison division's first garrison infantry brigade.

Now the first garrison infantry brigade of the garrison division has returned to the barracks near Ganyang Military Port.

Zhou Xiaorong agreed: "With the 20st Garrison Infantry Brigade of the garrison division and the 2 infantry regiments of the No.[-] Second Independent Brigade guarding Longshan City, plus the fact that Longshan City is surrounded by mountains on three sides, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, even if the Zhenwei Army gathers several An infantry division, there shouldn't be any problems in Longshan City."

At this time Zhou Rui raised his lips slightly, and said with a smile: "It's fine if the Zhenwei Army doesn't attack Longshan City, if Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion really dares to gather direct troops to counterattack Longshan City.

I will let that Zhenwei Jiedu envoy taste what it means to lose his wife and lose his army. "

Zhou Xiaorong couldn't help but light up when he heard the words, "Major General, did Ghosting achieve something with Zhenwei Army?"

"Hehe, Second Uncle, this time the Zhenwei Army lost troops in Jingyang City, and even lost the entire Jingyang area.

Many generals, including several direct troops of the Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion, were very dissatisfied with the Zhenwei Jiedu envoy's ceding of the Jingyang area.

For thousands of years, the Han and Tang Empires have always adhered to the ancestral motto of no marriage, no compensation, no cede land, and no tribute. Although ceding the Jingyang area is not a cede, after all, Fengwu Town and Zhenwei Town belong to the Han and Tang Empire of Fanzhen.

But the generals of the Zhenwei Army may think that this is cede territory.

If the hearts of the people are scattered, it will be difficult to lead the team. Ghosting made a move at this time, and it has indeed achieved considerable results. "

Zhou Xiaorong asked eagerly: "Major General, how many troops from the Zhenwei Army can the Ghost Shadow bring to our Zhou family?"

"How much, Guiying can't come up with an accurate figure for the time being, but Hu Er assured me that at least a few infantry regiments can be drawn from the direct troops of Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion."

There are a total of seven direct troops in Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion, namely the first division, the second division, the third division, and the fourth division of the Zhenwei Army, as well as the first mixed brigade, the second mixed brigade and the first mixed brigade of the Zhenwei army. Three mixed brigades.

The strength of the four infantry divisions is about 15, and the strength of the three mixed brigades is about 7000. The combined strength of all the direct troops of Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion is about 8.

However, the second mixed brigade of the Zhenwei Army was annexed by the Zhou family before. Although the second mixed brigade of the Zhenwei Army has begun to rebuild, it has not yet been completed.

In addition, the other six direct-line troops of Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion all lost a lot on the battlefield of Jingyang City, and they have not yet recovered their vitality. Therefore, the combined veterans of the seven direct-line troops of Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion may even be five No one can reach it.

Chapter 89 School of Fish Project

Zhou Rui then pointed to the military map and said to Zhou Xiaorong: "If the Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion really dares to gather direct troops to attack Longshan City, maybe our Zhou family can take this place, and this place, by taking the opportunity!"

Seeing that Zhou Rui was referring to Huitong City and Yiguang City, the two cities closest to Longshan City, Zhou Xiaorong frowned.

Both Huitong City and Yiguang City are about 180 kilometers away from Longshan City. The three cities are arranged in the shape of "pin", and the distance between Huitong City and Yiguang City is about 200 kilometers.

Compared with Longshan City, Huitong City and Yiguang City can be regarded as relatively large cities. Huitong City has a population of about 30, and the surrounding villages and towns have a population of nearly 40.

Yiguang City has a population of 35, and the population of surrounding villages and towns must also be 40.

At present, Huitong City is actually controlled by two families, Huitong Wang Family and Huitong Li Family.

Yiguang City is also controlled by two families, Yiguang Sun Family and Yiguang Zhang Family.

Each of these four families controls a unit of the Zhenwei Army, either an infantry division or a mixed brigade.

"Major General, the Wang family and Li family in Huitong City, and the Sun family and Zhang family in Yiguang City are not soft persimmons.