Zhou Rui returned to the Zhou Mansion and reported to his father Zhou Xiaozheng about the preparation 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 that in order to leave a way back for our Zhou family, I have always hoped to take Jingsheng City down."

I didn't expect Mu Si'an to be related to Sun Tong, if the second mixed brigade of the Zhenwei Army was in Jingsheng City, there was really only Mu Si'an's regiment left, and with Mu Si'an's help, it would be really easy to capture Jingsheng City.

But you have to consider, is that Mu Si'an reliable or not? And what should I do after taking Jingsheng City?

Once the Zhenwei army sends heavy troops to counterattack Jingsheng City, can our Zhou family block the counterattack of the Zhenwei army? ”

"Dad, with Sun Tong in the middle, I think I can still gamble.

In addition, I discussed with my second uncle and decided to transfer a part of the officers and soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the Garrison Brigade, the 1st Infantry Regiment of the Garrison Brigade stationed at the different time and space node of Panlong Mountain, and the 4th Infantry Regiment of the Garrison Brigade stationed in the Heigou Coal Mine, and immediately form the 2nd Infantry Regiment of the 22nd Independent Brigade. ”

After a pause, Zhou Rui continued: "This time to seize Jingsheng City, I am going to send the Second Infantry Regiment of the Garrison Brigade and the Second Infantry Regiment of the Twenty-second Independent Brigade over.

And before I go out, I will try to get these two infantry regiments to full strength.

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

I feel that even if the Zhenwei army gathers tens of thousands of troops, don't think about retaking Jingsheng City from our Zhou family. ”

Zhou Xiaozheng was lying on the bed, and said approvingly: "Since you have already considered these aspects, then let it go!"

If the situation on the Jingsheng City side deteriorates, I think the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the Garrison Brigade that stayed in Ganyang City, as well as the 4th Infantry Regiment of the Garrison Brigade stationed in the Heigou Coal Mine, can also be transferred to Jingshengcheng for reinforcements.

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

Zhou Rui nodded and said: "I thought of it with my father, after the Second Infantry Regiment of the Garrison Brigade and the Second Infantry Regiment of the Twenty-second Independent Brigade set out, I will order the Third Infantry Regiment of the Garrison Brigade and the Fourth Infantry Regiment of the Garrison Brigade to recruit new recruits at all costs."

If Jingshengcheng is tight, I will also transfer these two infantry regiments of the garrison brigade, I don't believe that the four infantry regiments will not be able to hold a small Jingshengcheng!

By the way, there's one thing I'd like to discuss with my father. ”

"What's the matter?"

"Dad, I'm going to let Uncle Ma be the commander of the Second Infantry Regiment of the 22nd Independent Brigade."

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

"Yes, with Tiezhu's ability, it is not a problem to be the commander of an infantry regiment, and the Second Infantry Regiment of the 22nd Independent Brigade has just been established, and it does need an old man with qualifications like Tiezhu to sit in charge.

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

On the morning of July 26, 1536, when the Zhou family was preparing to capture Jingsheng City, Zhou Rui entrusted the Silver Wolf Commercial Bank to purchase three hard-boned all-steel battleships and six Banshee-class ironclad battleships, as well as supporting cannonballs worth 1.5 million silver coins, and finally arrived at Ganyang Military Port.

At this time, the six Berserk-class all-steel battleships had been pulled to the warship repair plant on Phongsha Island.

According to the news from the logistics chief of the Fifth Fleet of the Red Tiger Empire Navy, it will take about 40 to 45 days to repair all six Berserk-class all-steel battleships.

The cost ranged from 1,100,000 to 1,300,000 credits, and the exact amount would require all six Berserk-class all-steel battleships to be repaired.

At this time, even if there were six Berserk-class all-steel battleships, the remaining warships of the coastal defense fleet still occupied all the berths in Ganyang Military Port.

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

And it also transferred thousands of naval officers and sailors of the Silver Wolf Empire to the top of three hard-bone-class all-steel battleships and six Banshee-class ironclad battleships.

In order to allow the three transport ships loaded with artillery shells to dock, the coastal defense fleet specially vacated three berths.

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

In the process of handover, the officers and men of the coastal defense fleet roughly checked the maintenance of three hard-bone-class all-steel battleships and six Banshee-class ironclad battleships.

The officers and men of the coastal defense fleet were very satisfied with the results, and although the performance of these nine battleships was very average, they were well maintained, and as long as they were equipped with sufficient crews, these nine battleships could immediately go to sea to fight.

After the three transport ships unloaded the loaded auxiliary shells onto the dock, they joined the ten battleships of the Silver Wolf Empire on the sea not far away, turned around and left.

With the remaining 17 million silver coins for the purchase of ships, Zhou Rui sent someone to pull 3,400 gold bricks weighing 50 kilograms and sent them directly to the Ganyang City branch of the Silver Wolf Commercial Bank.

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

After the discussion between Zhou Rui and Song Limin, it was decided to name the three hard-bone-class all-steel battleships Yongjia, Yongyi and Yongc.

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

The six Berserk-class all-steel battleships that have been brought to the Phongsa Island Warship Repair Plant have been 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 various formations of the coastal defense fleet.

The first formation was 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 be composed of six ironclad battleships: Zhen A, Zhen B, Zhen C, Zhen Ding, Zhen E, and Zhen Ji.

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, Yongb, and Yongc.

The sixth formation consisted of the ironclad battleships Shogun, the ironclad battleship Fierce General, the light cruiser Dawn, the light cruiser Purple Eagle, the offshore gunboat Golden Dragon and the offshore gunboat Silver Dragon.

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

The old armored cruiser Ruian of the coastal defense fleet was seriously injured when attacked by the Tongze fleet, and was finally reluctantly towed back to the Ganyang military port.

Later, through the appraisal, the Ruian basically had no value for restoration, so with Zhou Rui's approval, the Ruian was pulled to a shoal north of Ganyang Military Port.

Stranded here, the Ryan was to be used as a stationary battery and was handed over to the garrison brigade's fortress heavy artillery regiment.

The four iron-ribbed wood-hulled ships of the coastal defense fleet, the Dongfeng, Nanfeng, Xifeng, and Beifeng, were temporarily mothballed.

However, according to the current situation of the coastal defense fleet, these four iron-ribbed wood-hulled ships should not have a chance to return to service, and the final fate is likely to be scrapped and dismantled.

During the handover of the three hard-bone-class all-steel battleships and the six Banshee-class ironclad battleships, Liu Shaochang of the Xiyun Liu family also came to the vicinity of the Ganyang Military Port.

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

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

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

What annoyed Liu Shaochang even more was that the Zhou family's high salary almost incorporated all the more than 1,200 naval officers and soldiers of the Xiyun Liu family into the coastal defense fleet of Ganyang City.

Only more than 20 of the officers were released unconditionally.