As news of the victory of the Zhou army continued to come on the battlefield, Xiang Tao also moved his headquarters to a small town in the province of Feidata.

"Taozi, according to the information sent by the intelligence department, the Brute Bull Army has assembled a heavy force in Detrika City, preparing to start a battle to defend Detrika City, and has also hyped it up in the newspapers.

However, in this case, there should not be much left of the barbarian bull army in the province of Fedata and the province of Elaine. Li Dongbao, commander of the Kezhou Army, said to Xiang Tao with a smile.

At present, only half of the province of Fedata and the small half of the province of Elaine Deen are left, which have not yet been captured by the Zhou army, and the other province of the Barbarian Bull Empire, that is, the province of Vitores, has completely fallen into the hands of the Zhou army.

Xiang Tao pressed half of the cigarette he had smoked into the ashtray, nodded and said, "Lao Li, the two of us think the same thing, the Barbarian Bull Empire wants to defend Decuika City, but our Zhou family army may not be willing to fight."

I am going to mobilize 2 guard divisions, 26 infantry divisions, and some garrison regiments to surround the city of Detrika first.

After defeating the rest of the province of Fedata and Elaine Deen, we will concentrate our forces on the city of Detrica. ”

Li Dongbao immediately said: "It's a pity that in Detrika City, there is a different time and space node that connects the beast world, otherwise only a siege is needed, and it is enough to trap the barbarian bull army in Detrika City to death." ”

"The war potential of the Barbarian Bull Empire has been almost exhausted by our Zhou family army, even if there is a different time and space node connecting the beast world in Detrika City, it is only a matter of time before our Zhou family army takes Detrika City.

What I'm worried about now is the Red Tiger Empire, after all, after our Zhou family annexed the last three provinces of the Barbarian Bull Empire, our Zhou family's territory borders the Red Tiger Empire's Via Province and Chesla Province.

It is said that the Red Tiger Empire will not save the Wild Bull Empire this time, hoping to take the opportunity to take advantage of these provinces of the Wild Bull Empire as its own. ”

The Red Tiger Empire has a land area of about 13 million square kilometers in this world, divided into 6 provinces, of which the Via Province and the Chesla Province are the two largest provinces.

Together, these two provinces cover an area of 6 million square kilometers and have a population of about 100 million.

The Red Tiger Empire has a total population of 230 million in this world, of which about 80 million are orcs, mainly tigers, and the remaining 150 million are humans.

The Red Tiger Empire has a land area of about 10 million square kilometers and a total population of about 130 million on the side of the beast world, all of which are orcs dominated by tiger people, of which the tiger people account for more than 100 million.

Li Dongbao said disappreciably: "Taozi, we attacked the last three provinces of the Barbarian Bull Empire this time, and so far, the losses are not large.

The total strength of our 7 feudal army is still more than 20 million, and the militia in various places combined is at least 30 million, I don't believe that the Red Tiger Empire has such a good mouth and can take back the territory we have taken! ”

Xiang Tao said: "No matter what, we still have to be on guard so as not to be caught off guard by the Red Tiger Empire."

By the way, the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet will have a big move in the near future, and if it succeeds, presumably the Red Tiger Empire should be honest. ”

"Big moves? What's the big move? ”

"Prepare to take the navy of the Flying Leopard Empire to deter the navies of other orc countries."

At dawn on February 18, 1546, a huge fleet of troops was faintly visible on the misty sea, and this huge fleet was composed of five main formations of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet.

Because Zhou Rui added a number of all-main gun battleships and battle cruisers obtained from the lottery system to the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, several main formations of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet have added some teams.

For example, the fifth formation originally had 8 squadrons under its jurisdiction, with 36 British Revenge-class all-main-gun battleships and 36 American Colorado-class all-main-gun battleships.

Today, the fifth formation has 17 squadrons under its jurisdiction, with 66 British revenge-class all-main gun battleships and 72 American Colorado-class all-main gun battleships, making it the formation with the largest number of capital ships in the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet.

It stands to reason that the size of the fifth formation is enough to divide into two main formations, but because of the insufficient number of large armored cruisers, light cruisers, and destroyers, the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet has no plans to form a new main formation for the time being.

The sixth formation of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet originally had 5 teams, including 20 Xianyuan-class full-main gun battleships, 10 German King-class full-main gun battleships, 10 German Caesar-class all-main gun battleships and 5 French Corbe-class all-main gun battleships.

At present, Song Limin, commander-in-chief of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, has assigned 48 British Nelson-class all-main gun battleships and 20 Dongying Guo-Nagato-class all-main gun battleships to the sixth formation, increasing the number of the sixth formation's squadrons to 13.

In addition, the ninth formation was increased from the original 4 warbands with 36 British Hood-class battlecruisers to 8 warlines and 72 British Hood-class battlecruisers.

The 12th Formation also changed from 7 warbands with 56 British Prestige-class battlecruisers to 8 wargroups with 74 British-Prestige-class battlecruisers.

However, two British Hood-class battlecruisers and three British Prestige-class battlecruisers were sunk during raids off the coast of the Golden Lion Empire and the Red Tiger Empire, respectively.

So the ninth formation now still has 70 British Hood-class battlecruisers, and the twelfth group now has 71 British prestige-class battlecruisers.

At this time, the five main formations of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet included the fifth formation, the sixth formation, and the seventh, eighth, and tenth formations.

The 7th Formation has 5 battle teams under its jurisdiction, with 12 "Ake" class all-main gun battleships, 8 British Orion-class all-main gun battleships, 6 British Iron Duke-class all-main gun battleships, and 14 captured all-main gun battleships.

The 8th Formation has 6 teams under its jurisdiction, and 52 battleships with all main guns were captured by the Golden Lion Navy, the Red Tiger Navy, and the Black Bear Navy in the Battle of Longjing Island.

The 10th Formation has 8 squadrons and 24 British Lion-class battlecruisers, 14 German Seydlitz-class battlecruisers, 12 German Moltke-class battlecruisers, and 16 battlecruisers captured in the Battle of Dragon Whale Island.

The new capital ships of the fifth and sixth formations are assigned a large number of veterans and many officers with rich combat experience, so they are not considered new warships, but they all have a certain combat effectiveness.

In the bridge of the Tonghai, the flagship of the fifth formation of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, Song Shengwen, the commander of the fifth formation, turned his head to Yan Qing, the captain of the Tonghai, and asked: "Is there any new news from the 3rd and 4th teams of the ninth formation?" ”

The Tonghai belongs to the "Tong" class all-main gun battleship, and the "Tong" class is the American Colorado-class battleship.

Song Shengwen, commander of the fifth formation, is the son of Song Limin, commander-in-chief of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet.

However, Song Shengwen did not rely on his father to serve as the commander of the main formation, and he was promoted completely by virtue of his military exploits.

Similar to Song Shengwen, Wang Xin, the current commander of the sixth formation of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, is the son of Wang Hongchun, the commander of the second formation of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet.

Song Shengwen is 33 years old this year, and Wang Xin is 34 years old this year, these two people are also known as the twin stars of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet because they are the youngest among the formation commanders.

Yan Qing, the captain of the Tonghai, replied: "Commander, the 3rd and 4th teams of the ninth formation, there are no new telegrams coming for the time being. ”

Song Shengwen nodded, "There is no new news, which means that the main fleets of the Flying Leopard Empire have not bitten these two teams of the ninth formation, and they are still safe for the time being."

Send a report to the other 4 formation commanders, according to the original plan, the seventh, eighth and tenth formations are the middle lane, our fifth formation is the left road, and the sixth formation is the right road, and the main fleet of the Flying Leopard Empire will be encircled! ”

This time, the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet used the two teams of the Ninth Formation as bait, preparing to eat several main fleets of the Flying Leopard Navy in one fell swoop, and Song Shengwen was the commander-in-chief of this operation.

After receiving Song Shengwen's telegram, Wang Xin, the commander of the sixth formation, couldn't help but say to Xu Keming, the captain of the Anhai: "Now our sixth formation can be described as strong and strong, and we must fight a beautiful battle this time!" ”

The Anhai belongs to the "An" class of all-main gun battleships, and the "An" class is the British Nelson-class battleship.

Xu Keming, the captain of the Anhai, said with a smile: "This time, our southwest coastal defense fleet has concentrated 5 main formations, and there is no suspense about winning against those main fleets of the Flying Leopard Empire."

However, there are more wolves and less meat, and if our sixth formation wants to fight beautifully, we must attack more ruthlessly when the time comes. ”

Wang Xin said approvingly: "It is true that there are more wolves and less meat, and our sixth formation wants more combat exploits, so we can only rely on robbing." ”

On the morning of February 18, as the fog on the sea gradually dissipated, the eyes of Annot, the first vice minister of the Flying Leopard Empire's navy, couldn't help but show a murderous aura.

Some time ago, several teams of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet continued to harass the coastal cities of the Flying Leopard Empire, bringing a lot of losses to the Flying Leopard Empire.

Even the Flying Leopard Empire's largest shipyard in the New World, the Port Most Shipyard, was severely damaged, and the eight capital ships under construction and the dockyard used were completely blown up.

Annott had been planning for a long time, and this time he finally surrounded a raiding fleet of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet.

At present, it has been confirmed that the encircled Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet should have 18 battle cruisers, 6 large armored cruisers, 9 light cruisers, and 11 destroyers.

If you can eat this raiding fleet of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, it must also make the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empires feel very distressed.

As for whether she can eat it, Annott is quite confident.

For this containment plan, Annott mobilized a total of 78 battleships with full main guns, 42 battlecruisers, 52 all-steel battleships, 60 large armored cruisers, 122 light cruisers and 183 destroyers, almost gathering most of the strength of the four major fleets of the Royal Navy of the Flying Leopard Empire in the New World.

The warships that the Flying Leopard Navy joined the combined fleet of the six navies before were all drawn from these four fleets, and in the beast world, the Flying Leopard Navy still has three main fleets.

Just when Annott fantasized about completely destroying the raiding fleet of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, the captain of the Iron Spear, Frmitt shouted in horror: "General, something is wrong!

As the fog cleared, a large number of warships of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet appeared on the sea to the east and west, and we fell into a trap! ”

The Iron Spear is the full main gun battleship ridden by the first vice minister of the Flying Leopard Imperial Navy, Annot, which belongs to the Elegance class full main gun battleship, equipped with 5 twin 45 times the caliber 380 mm main gun, with a full load displacement of 36,500 tons and a maximum speed of 20 knots.

"What! Battleships of the South-Western Coastal Defense Fleet appeared in the east and west? ”

"General, we may have fallen into the trap of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, should we retreat immediately?"

Before Annott could speak, there was a continuous sound of shelling on the sea in the distance.

Annott gritted his teeth and said: "It's too late to retreat, order all the warbands to form a battle line, let us fly the Royal Navy of the Leopard Empire today, and come to meet this human fleet for a while!" ”

Annot's courage is commendable, but the Flying Leopard Navy is far inferior to the five main formations of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet in terms of the number of capital ships and the quality of the capital ships.

So from the very beginning of this naval battle, the Flying Leopard Navy was at a disadvantage.

"Boom-boom-"

A Prestige-class battlecruiser with a full load displacement of up to 37,200 tons was hit by a 406-mm shell that pierced the broadside armor, and then detonated an ammunition compartment, directly blowing the Prestige-class battlecruiser in two and quickly sinking to the sea.

At this time, it was already more than 3 o'clock in the afternoon of February 18, and the naval battle had lasted about 5 hours, and the first vice minister of the Flying Leopard Empire's navy, Annot, saw the sinking of this Honorable-class battlecruiser with his own eyes, and his face did not even show any expression.

The reason why Annot's face did not change was that Annott was numb, and he could not even remember how many of his own warships had been sunk under his nose.

"General, withdraw! If you don't withdraw, you'll have to fight it out! The captain of the Iron Spear, Frmit, panicked and asked Annott.

The Iron Spear had also been hit by several large-caliber shells at this time, but fortunately the Iron Spear was not seriously injured, only one twin 45 times caliber 380 mm main gun was blown up, and the speed of the Iron Spear was not affected.

However, just now a large-caliber shell directly penetrated the deck armor and landed near an ammunition bin.

If this large-caliber shell exploded, it would immediately kill hundreds of tons of shells in the ammunition compartment, and then the fate of the Iron Spear would be the same as that of the Honorable-class battlecruiser that was sinking.

Luckily, the large-caliber shell was a dud, allowing the Iron Spear to escape.

Annott said with a wry smile: "If we retreat at this time, how many warships can we escape?"

The remaining capital ships are almost all wounded. ”

The captain of the Iron Spear, Frmit, immediately said: "General, at least our Iron Spear still has a chance to escape, no matter what, we have to give it a try!" ”