Not long after the end of the Battle of Gaoluo Island, the Governor's Office of the Golden Lion Empire announced that it would send the Second Fleet, the Third Fleet and the Seventh Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Golden Lion Empire to the coast of the Han and Tang Empires to maintain peace in the coastal areas of the Han and Tang Empires.

The Golden Lion Empire's high-sounding words were obviously aimed at the southwest coastal defense fleet of the Han and Tang Empires.

The use of the three main fleets at once shows how much the Golden Lion Empire minds the defeat in the naval battle of Gaowo Island, and it is completely a posture to find the field.

Knowing that the Golden Lion Empire was preparing to dispatch three main fleets, the Red Tiger Empire and the Silver Wolf Empire also became active, and they contacted the Golden Lion Empire one after another, hoping to form a joint fleet of the three navies to completely solve the cancer of the southwest coastal defense fleet of the Han and Tang Empires.

However, to the surprise of the Red Tiger Empire and the Silver Wolf Empire, the Golden Lion Empire actually rejected the proposal to immediately form a joint fleet of the three navies, preparing to take out the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet of the Han and Tang Empires alone.

In a palace in the Imperial Palace of Dawning City, the capital of the Red Tiger Empire, the Minister of the Navy, Svia, reported the Golden Lion Empire's refusal to form a joint fleet of the three navies to Emperor Gruyan.

Admiral Svia continued: "Your Majesty, according to the information obtained by the intelligence department, this time the Golden Lion Empire has transferred almost all the main forces of the Second, Third and Seventh Fleets to form a very large expeditionary fleet.

In total, there were 72 all-main-gun battleships, 66 all-steel battleships, 64 large armored cruisers, 120 light cruisers, and 140 destroyers, but they were not integrated into the army forces. ”

The Emperor of the Red Tiger Empire, Gruyan, smiled slightly, "The Golden Lion Empire is really in a hurry this time, and it will be the three main fleets as soon as it strikes.

It seems that he wanted to eliminate the negative impact of the Battle of Gaowo Island on the Golden Lion Empire by eliminating the southwest coastal defense fleet of the Han and Tang Empires. ”

The Minister of the Navy, Svia, immediately slapped Emperor Gruyan's ass, "Your Majesty is still far-sighted and can see clearly."

His Majesty once said that the navy of the Golden Lion Empire was just a paper tiger, and the navy of the Golden Lion Empire really exposed many problems in the Battle of Gaoluo Island.

In the end, there were 10 battleships with full main guns and 9 battleships with all steel to surrender to the human race, which simply lost the face of the spirit race. ”

Emperor Gruyan said in a calm tone: "A navy that has not experienced the test of war for more than thirty years, even if it has more battleships with full main guns, its combat effectiveness will not be much stronger.

Moreover, the Golden Lion Empire is really a little self-righteous, if we can contact the Fifth Fleet and the Sixth Fleet of our Red Tiger Empire's Royal Navy, as well as the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire's Navy before the war, and choose to fight jointly, then the result of the naval battle on Gaoluo Island will definitely not be what it is now. ”

At present, the Fifth Fleet of the Red Tiger Imperial Navy has 14 all-main-gun battleships, 12 all-steel battleships, 16 large armored cruisers, 32 light cruisers, 28 destroyers, and 52 torpedo boats.

The Sixth Fleet of the Red Tiger Imperial Navy had 12 all-main-gun battleships, 10 all-steel battleships, 12 large armored cruisers, 24 light cruisers, 24 destroyers, and 30 torpedo boats.

The Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy had 8 all-main-gun battleships, 10 all-steel battleships, 12 large armored cruisers, 22 light cruisers, 26 destroyers, and 48 torpedo boats.

If these three fleets also join the Battle of Gaoluo Island, then the outcome of the naval battle will be unpredictable.

"Your Majesty, since the Golden Lion Empire is preparing to independently deal with the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet of the Han and Tang Empires, will our Red Tiger Empire's expeditionary force continue to postpone its departure?"

The Red Tiger Empire is different from the other five beast countries, although the Red Tiger Empire also has a governor in the New World, but the position of governor is always held by the emperor of the Red Tiger Empire.

Therefore, the issue of sending an expeditionary force had to be decided by Emperor Gruyan.

"How's the formation of the expeditionary force going?"

"Your Majesty, our Royal Navy has drawn a total of 40 all-main gun battleships, 40 all-steel battleships, 40 large armored cruisers, 70 light cruisers, and 70 destroyers from the four main fleets of the Spirit World and the first, second, third, and fourth main fleets of the New World.

The Royal Army has drawn out a total of 5 army groups and 14 mixed divisions, and the entire expeditionary force has basically been formed. ”

The Red Tiger Empire's four main fleets in the Spirit World are the Tiger Fleet, the Tiger Guard Fleet, the Tiger Ying Fleet, and the Tiger Cockroach Fleet, and the scale of these four fleets is far beyond the six major fleets of the Red Tiger Empire's New World.

At present, there are a total of 24 group armies in the Royal Army of the Red Tiger Empire, and the establishment is the same as that of the Silver Wolf Empire, with 4 infantry divisions, 1 baggage brigade, 2 heavy artillery regiments, and 1 guard regiment, with a total strength of about 80,000 people.

There are a total of 100 mixed divisions in the Royal Army of the Red Tiger Empire, with the Tiger people as officers and the sheep people and humans attached to the Tiger Clan as soldiers, and the strength of each mixed division is about 20,000 people.

Emperor Gruyan pondered for a moment and said, "Contact the Silver Wolf Empire as soon as possible, I heard that the expeditionary force of the Silver Wolf Empire has also been formed."

Regardless of whether the expeditionary fleet of the Golden Lion Empire can completely wipe out the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet of the Han and Tang Empires this time, I am afraid that this human fleet will no longer be able to pose any threat to the Royal Navy of our Red Tiger Empire, or even the navy of the Silver Wolf Empire.

I feel that our Red Tiger Empire's expeditionary force can now go and pick up a bargain with the Silver Wolf Empire's expeditionary force. ”

In an office in the Governor's Mansion of Silverlight City of the Silver Wolf Empire, Governor Igna handed a document to Vice-Admiralty Yegor.

After reading the document, Deputy Minister of the Admiralty Yegor handed it to Deputy Minister of War Luca.

"What do you think of the Red Tiger Empire's proposal?" Governor Igna asked in a deep voice.

It turned out that this document was that the Red Tiger Empire hoped to send an expeditionary force together with the Silver Wolf Empire to rush to the western coast of the Han and Tang Empires in the near future.

Admiralty Vice Minister Yegor hesitated for a moment and said, "Governor, this time the Golden Lion Empire's expeditionary fleet has gathered 138 capital ships alone, and the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet of the Han and Tang Empires should be more than lucky."

It can be said that the time is ripe for our Silver Wolf Empire Expeditionary Force to go on the expedition, not to mention that there is also the Red Tiger Empire's expeditionary force to go on the expedition together. ”

Luca, the Deputy Minister of War, followed suit: "Governor, the 5 armies and 10 independent divisions of our Royal Army have already been assembled and are ready to set off with the Royal Navy's expeditionary fleet. ”

Governor Igna sighed and said, "The Royal Navy had suffered too many losses in the war with the Flying Leopard Empire before, and this time it barely gathered 14 all-main gun battleships, 16 all-steel battleships, 20 large armored cruisers, 30 light cruisers, and 30 destroyers.

Even if the Third Fleet of Yumen Island was merged, it was far inferior to the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet of the Han and Tang Empires in terms of strength.

Fortunately, this time, our Royal Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire is not alone, not only does it have the expeditionary fleet of the Golden Lion Empire Navy to be the vanguard, but also the expeditionary fleet of the Red Tiger Empire Navy can cooperate in combat.

Since the Red Tiger Empire intends to follow the Golden Lion Empire's naval expeditionary fleet to pick up the bargain, then our Silver Wolf Empire has no reason to refuse.

But the commander of the expeditionary fleet, who does the Admiralty think is appropriate? ”

"Governor-General, the Admiralty is ready to send Vice Admiral Genich, commander of the Blood Wolf Fleet, as the temporary commander of the expeditionary fleet."

The Blood Wolf Fleet is one of the three main fleets of the Silver Wolf Empire in the Spirit World.

"Genich can, he can be regarded as a battle-hardened fleet commander, and I am more relieved to have him as the temporary commander of the expeditionary fleet.

After the Expeditionary Fleet and the Third Fleet converged, the command of the Third Fleet was temporarily handed over to Genich. ”

The Golden Lion Empire did not cover up the matter of transferring the Second Fleet, the Third Fleet and the Seventh Fleet to the coastal areas of the Han and Tang Empires, but there was still some fanfare.

Therefore, Zhou Rui soon knew that the Golden Lion Empire would send a huge fleet, including 72 all-main gun battleships and 66 all-steel battleships, to settle accounts with the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet.

Immediately afterwards, Zhou Rui learned from the "Ghost Shadow" that the expeditionary forces of the Red Tiger Empire and the Silver Wolf Empire were also about to set off, preparing to follow the Golden Lion Empire to pick up cheap.

The only good news is that the expeditionary fleet of the Golden Lion Empire Navy is separated from the expeditionary forces of the Red Tiger and Silver Wolf.

If the two are combined, plus the three fleets on Yumen Island, even with the current scale of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, they may have to avoid their edge.

"Old Song, do you think you'll have to fight next?"

At this time, Zhou Rui was at the Crescent Island Naval Base, and the 22 all-main gun battleships, 16 battle cruisers, 24 large armored cruisers, 36 light cruisers and 48 destroyers in the lottery system had been extracted by Zhou Rui.

Song Limin said in a deep voice: "Great Marshal, now we can only gather all the forces of our Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet and defeat the expeditionary fleet of the Golden Lion Imperial Navy first."

As for the expeditionary forces of the Red Tiger Empire and the Silver Wolf Empire, as well as the three fleets of the two countries on Yumen Island, we can only wait for the decisive battle with the expeditionary fleet of the Golden Lion Empire Navy to see the situation of our southwest coastal defense fleet and then study.

If our Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet loses too much in the decisive battle with the Golden Lion Empire's Naval Expeditionary Fleet, we can only cooperate with the army and hold on to the island fortresses and port cities. ”

At this time, Zhou Rui looked at the more than 100 new warships docked in the port of Crescent Island through the window of the room, sighed and said: "Now it seems that it can't help you except add these new warships to your Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, and then you can only rely on your Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet to carry it yourself." ”