After Zhou Xiaorong arrived in Linxing City, according to the new establishment discussed with Zhou Rui, the three infantry brigades of the First Division of the Zhenwu Army had been reorganized first.

These three infantry brigades each have nearly 10,000 men and have three infantry regiments, one baggage regiment and one brigade guard battalion.

Each infantry regiment has more than 3,000 people, and has 4 infantry battalions, 1 artillery battalion, 1 baggage battalion and 1 regimental guard company.

In order to make up enough for these three infantry brigades, in addition to the 15,000 officers and soldiers of the First Division of the original Zhenwu Army, Zhou Xiaorong also transferred more than 7,000 officers and soldiers from the First Infantry Brigade of the garrison division, and recruited an additional 7,000 recruits.

As a result, the strength of the 1st Infantry Brigade of the garrison division was also reduced from 17,000 to less than 10,000, and it was changed to a new establishment.

As for the other descendants of the Yuan Zhenwu Army, Zhou Xiaorong was ready to start the reorganization after ending this war with the Silver Wolf Empire.

After all, in order to reorganize these descendant units of the original Zhenwu Army, it is necessary to transfer officers and soldiers from various brigades of the Zhou Family Army to ensure that the Zhou family can absolutely control these troops.

Zhou Rui took the telegram handed by Hu Yi and looked at it, and then said in a deep voice: "Let Fox 5 and Fox 6 cooperate with the two infantry brigades of the First Division, and strive to take Huitong City and Yiguang City at the lowest cost." ”

The fox nodded and said, "Don't worry, the young general, the fox five and the fox six are ready." ”

"Is there any new news coming back from the coastal defense fleet?"

"Not for the time being, I'll go and keep an eye on the radio, and as soon as there is news from the coastal defense fleet, I'll send it to the major general immediately."

At 3:15 p.m. on March 2, the four battleship formations of the coastal defense fleet had been converted from four parallel battle lines to a long snake formation.

And the three battleship fleets of the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy have also formed a long battle line.

At this time, the battle lines of the two sides were about 10,000 meters apart, and this time the 18 battleships of the coastal defense fleet with all main guns first launched a salvo of main guns at the battleships of the opposing side.

The 18 all-main gun battleships of the coastal defense fleet had a total of 192 305 mm guns.

However, due to the reasons of the officers and men of the coastal defense fleet, 10 305-mm guns did not fire shells normally in the first salvo of main guns.

However, the 182 rounds of 305-mm shells that successively fell in the area where the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy was located were also quite spectacular, but it was a pity that the first salvo of the main guns of the 18 battleships of the coastal defense fleet with all main guns did not hit any targets.

Immediately, the 6 all-main gun battleships and 9 all-steel battleships of the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy also launched a counterattack with their main guns.

In the bridge of the battlecruiser Wusheng of the coastal defense fleet, the first mate Xu Haibin asked Wang Hongchun: "Captain, the battleships of the two sides have exchanged fire, when will our fifth formation go up?" ”

"We'll cut through the flanks, but we'll have to keep a certain distance from the battleships of the Silver Wolf Empire.

If we bombard, the battle cruisers will suffer too much, and the task of our fifth formation will still be mainly to attack and harass. ”

Under the attack of 7 battle cruisers of the coastal defense fleet, Yelk had to send 10 large armored cruisers of the 4th and 5th warframes to block the 7 battlecruisers.

The battle cruiser suffered a little bit against the rough-skinned battleship, but against the large armored cruiser, it was a crushing situation.

As a result, the first warship to be sunk in this Shark Island naval battle was a large armored cruiser on the side of the Silver Wolf Empire's navy.

As time passed, by 7 o'clock in the evening, the sky had completely darkened, but neither the coastal defense fleet nor the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy had any intention of stopping.

In the bridge of the battleship Red Horned Eagle, the first mate Oss reported to Yerk in a deep voice: "General, the battleship Mighty Wind has been sunk, and so far, we have sunk a total of 1 all-steel battleship, 3 large armored cruisers, 2 light cruisers and 2 destroyers.

In addition, 1 all-steel battleship, 1 large armored cruiser and 1 light cruiser temporarily withdrew from the battle due to serious injuries. ”

Yelk nodded slightly, "In a naval battle of this scale, losses are inevitable, and the losses of the other side are greater than ours." ”

"General, the chance of night battles is too great, can you consider withdrawing from the battlefield first?"

"Although we have not experienced a real night battle, the officers and men of our Third Fleet have been trained for night battles after all, and perhaps in the night battles, our advantages will be even greater!

Now we have only sunk 2 battleships with all main guns of the other side, which is far from enough for our Royal Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire! ”

In the bridge of the Zhenhai, the flagship of the coastal defense fleet, the captain Chen Yongliang hesitated and asked Song Limin: "Song Zhi, it is already dark, and our coastal defense fleet has never trained in night combat after receiving these battleships with all main guns.

Perhaps even the most basic battle line could not be maintained at night. ”

Song Limin said categorically: "I'm looking forward to the dark!"

It doesn't matter if you don't train overnight, as long as you dare to fight hard, we have a chance!

Order the 1st, 3rd, 8th, and 9th formations to fight separately and shoot as close to each other's battleships as possible!

Remember! Let each battleship strictly control the lights, and then each of our battleships must think of itself as an assassin in the dark! ”

"Song Zhi, in this case, our formation will be chaotic."

"If it's messy, use a chaotic way of playing.

As you have seen before, our coastal defense fleet and the navy of the Silver Wolf Empire are facing each other.

Although our coastal defense fleet has an advantage in the quality of warships, our officers and men have no way to show this superiority.

Maybe under the chaos of war, some miracle will happen. ”

In naval battles at night, the warships of both sides can only turn on searchlights or fire flares to illuminate targets and continue firing.

In addition, when firing, you can also observe the muzzle flame of the opponent's warship to determine the position of the opponent's warship.

However, these means have greatly reduced the hit rate of both sides, especially after the coastal defense fleet deliberately controlled the lights, and even some warships of the coastal defense fleet deliberately "disappeared".

In the bridge of the Yongsui battle cruiser, the first mate Jiang Hui said to Liu Ergou with some trepidation: "Captain, we can't go any further, otherwise it will be difficult for us to run after we open fire." ”

Liu Ergou said with gusting hands: "If you don't take risks, how can you make great contributions!"

How far are we from that battleship now? ”

"There may only be about 3,500 meters left."

"Good! it right here! ”

With a salvo of 8 main guns of the Yongsui battlecruiser, there were 2 305 mm shells that hit the Silver Wolf Empire battleship that was attacked by the Yongsui battlecruiser.

To Liu Ergou's surprise, the battleship of the Silver Wolf Empire immediately exploded continuously, and it seemed that it was likely to detonate the ammunition compartment of the battleship.

However, after the Yongsui battle cruiser opened fire, it also revealed its position, and then ushered in the baptism of dense shells.

There were even a number of light cruisers and destroyers of the Silver Wolf Empire, which rushed towards the Yongsui battle cruiser with great momentum, preparing to carry out a torpedo attack.

"Retreat! Evacuate!

How do we seem to have stabbed a beecomb! ”