After the three battle groups of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet fought with the Golden Lion Empire's Royal Navy Battle Group, the Red Tiger Empire's Royal Navy Battle Group, and the Black Bear Empire's Royal Navy Battle Group.

Except for the third battle group, which had the upper hand from the beginning, the other two battle groups of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet did not occupy any advantage in the field, and the first battle group of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet even showed a great disadvantage.

The first battle group of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, with a total of 146 battleships and 58 battlecruisers under the jurisdiction of the four main formations, also has 96 large armored cruisers, 160 light cruisers and 192 destroyers.

However, the battle group of the Royal Navy of the Golden Lion Empire has 180 all-main gun battleships, 100 battlecruisers, 80 all-steel battleships, 80 large armored cruisers, 260 light cruisers and 300 destroyers, which almost completely suppressed the first battle group of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet.

The situation of the second battle group of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet was somewhat better, with a total of 138 battleships with full main guns, 66 battle cruisers, 96 large armored cruisers, 160 light cruisers and 192 destroyers in the four main formations.

The battle group of the Royal Navy of the Red Tiger Empire had 150 battleships with full main guns, 70 battlecruisers, 70 all-steel battleships, 70 large armored cruisers, 200 light cruisers, and 260 destroyers.

The difference in strength between the second battle group of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet and the battle group of the Royal Navy of the Red Tiger Empire is not too large, and after the two sides started the war, they were evenly matched.

Seeing the disadvantage of the first battle group, Song Limin, commander-in-chief of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, immediately transferred the two main fleets of the Liang Yan Empire, which served as the general reserve, to the first battle group of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet.

The First Fleet and the Second Fleet of the Liang Yan Navy together had 36 all-main-gun battleships, 16 battlecruisers, 24 all-steel battleships, 28 large armored cruisers, 50 light cruisers, and 60 destroyers.

Now the command of the two main fleets of the Liang Yan Empire has been handed over to Song Limin.

In the bridge of the Xianyuan all-main gun battleship, the flagship of the First Fleet of the Liang Yan Navy, Ma Yong, the captain of the Xianyuan, handed over the telegram sent by Song Limin to Yuan Yi, the commander of the First Fleet, and said with a wry smile: "Brother Yuan, I didn't expect that we would be on the field so soon. ”

Yuan Yi took the telegram and looked at it, and said with a serious expression: "This naval battle can be said to be related to the fate of mankind, and our Liang Yan Navy must not drop the chain!"

According to the order of Commander Song Limin of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, we, the First Fleet and the Second Fleet of the Liang Yan Navy, immediately joined the First Battle Group of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet! ”

"Brother Yuan, rest assured, all the officers and men of our Liang Yan Navy are ready to kill themselves, and they will never lose the face of our Liang Yan Empire!"

After Song Limin's order was issued, the First Fleet and the Second Fleet of the Liang Yan Navy soon came to the left and right flanks of the First Battle Group of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet respectively and joined the naval battle.

After receiving the support of the two main fleets of the Liang Yan Empire, although the overall strength of the first battle group of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet was still inferior to the battle group of the Royal Navy of the Golden Lion Empire, in terms of the scene, the first battle group of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet no longer had such a big disadvantage.

Both sides of the war knew that this naval battle was bound to be very hard, and they made full ideological preparations for this, but the tragedy after the start of the war still made the officers and men on both sides unable to accept it.

Especially when the battle lines of the two sides closed the distance, warships were sunk almost every moment, and the degree of tragedy could not even be described in words.

By the evening of the 23rd, the battle group of the Royal Navy of the Black Bear Empire had lost dozens of capital ships alone.

In the bridge of the Spitfire battleship of the Royal Navy of the Black Bear Empire, the captain of the Spitfire, Vetido, reported to Commander Jerter with a solemn face: "Up to now, our Black Bear Navy has sunk 4 Spitfire-class battleships, 12 Idol-class battleships, 7 No Regrets-class battleships, 10 Restraint-class battleships, 3 Swift-class battlecruisers and 15 Sea King-class battlecruisers.

In addition, 16 all-steel battleships, 14 large armored cruisers, 23 light cruisers and 25 destroyers were lost.

There were also more than 40 seriously damaged battleships, of which more than 20 were seriously damaged capital ships. ”

After a pause, Captain Vetido continued: "And the battle group of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet that fought against our Black Bear Navy suffered far less losses than ours.

The total number of capital ships that have been sunk is only more than a dozen, and we will really suffer too much if we continue to fight so hard. ”

The third battle group of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet can be said to be the strongest of the three battle groups, while the Black Bear Navy is the weakest of the three beast country navies.

As a result, the third battle group of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet has been pressing the Black Bear Navy since the start of the war.

Jert's face was gloomy and he asked, "What is the situation with the Golden Lion Navy and the Red Tiger Navy?" ”

Captain Vechido sighed and said, "Commander, the war between the navies of their two countries is very stalemate, and it is impossible to draw forces to support us in a short period of time. ”

Jert gritted his teeth and said, "In my name, send another telegram to Admiral Kuzir of the Golden Lion Navy and Admiral Jestu of the Red Tiger Navy, informing them of the losses of our Black Bear Navy."

The Zhou family's Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet has put the capital ships with the strongest combat effectiveness on the side of our Black Bear Navy, and if the Golden Lion Navy and the Red Tiger Navy do not find a way to support our Black Bear Navy, our Black Bear Navy will not be able to hold on. ”

Kuzier, the commander of the First Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Golden Lion Empire, and Jestu, the commander of the Second Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Red Tiger Empire, after receiving a telegram for help from the commander of the First Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Black Bear Empire.

These two commanders did not dare to ignore it, you must know that once the Black Bear Navy can no longer hold on, then there will be no hope of victory in this naval battle between the joint escort fleet of the three navies and the southwest coastal defense fleet of the Han and Tang Empires.

So soon, the Golden Lion Navy and the Red Tiger Navy respectively transferred some warships, including many capital ships, and temporarily joined the battle group of the Royal Navy of the Black Bear Empire.

This naval battle of unprecedented scale immediately entered the mode of night battle.

Just after the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet went to war with the joint escort fleet of the Golden Lion, Red Tiger, and Black Bear navies, all countries in the world learned of the outbreak of this naval battle through their own intelligence systems.

The people who are most excited about the outbreak of this naval war are the ministers of the Barbarian Empire who control the military power.

In a large hall of the imperial palace in Baiyun City, the capital of the Barbarian Empire, Beitangxiong, the secretary of the military department, said excitedly to Emperor Duguliang: "Your Majesty, the Zhou family's southwest coastal defense fleet dares to take the initiative to take action against the joint escort fleet formed by the navies of the Golden Lion, Red Tiger, and Black Bear, which is simply self-defeating.

According to the information we got from the Black Bear Empire, the joint escort fleet formed by the navies of the Golden Lion, Red Tiger, and Black Bear this time has as many as 680 capital ships alone, including 450 battleships with full main guns and 230 battle cruisers.

With such a force, the Zhou family's Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet should not have any possibility of winning! ”

As soon as Beitangxiong's words fell, Yu Wenzhang, the squire of the military department, said excitedly: "Lord Shangshu is reasonable.

The Zhou family's southwest coastal defense fleet is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg this time, and then the three kingdoms of Golden Lion, Red Tiger, and Black Bear are likely to directly send troops into the territory of our barbarian empire. ”

Compared with the excitement and excitement of Beitangxiong, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Yu Wenzhang, the squire of the Ministry of War, Emperor Duguliang's expression was much calmer, "Two Aiqing, what if the Zhou family's Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet wins?" ”

Beitangxiong, the secretary of the military department, said categorically: "Your Majesty, that kind of situation will never happen."

And even if the Zhou family's southwest coastal defense fleet wins, we don't need to worry.

With the scale of the joint escort fleet of the Golden Lion, Red Tiger, and Black Bear navies, even if the Zhou family's southwest coastal defense fleet can win, it will definitely be a tragic victory for both sides.

And with the strength of the navies of the Golden Lion, Red Tiger, and Black Bear, it is enough to form another combined fleet of similar size! ”

Emperor Dugu Liang sighed secretly in his heart at this time, in fact, Emperor Dugu Liang was looking forward to a big victory for the Zhou family's southwest coastal defense fleet, so that he could implement the plan to eliminate several powerful ministers, take back the military power, and then negotiate peace with the Zhou family.

If the Zhou family's southwest coastal defense fleet is defeated, then the armies of the Golden Lion, Red Tiger, and Black Bear will definitely enter the barbarian empire, and Emperor Duguliang will no longer dare to attack a few powerful ministers.

You must know that these ministers of the Barbarian Empire, who control the military power, can almost be regarded as agents of the Black Bear Empire.

The Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet fought with the joint escort fleet of the Golden Lion, Red Tiger, and Black Bear navies, and the two allies of the Six ** Alliance were very excited, that is, the Silver Wolf Empire and the Barbarian Bull Empire.

At the Governor's Mansion in Silverlight City, the second capital of the Silver Wolf Empire, Governor Igna excitedly said to Luca, the Deputy Minister of the War Department: "Your War Department should quickly formulate a battle plan for counterattacking Bauhinia Province, Tulip Province and Phalaenopsis Province!"

Once the Zhou family's southwest coastal defense fleet suffers heavy losses, our Silver Wolf Empire's opportunity to recover the three provinces has come! ”

Lukka nodded and said, "Don't worry, Governor, as long as the sea passage between the Bauhinia Province, the Tulip Province, the Phalaenopsis Province and the Han and Tang Empires is cut off, our Royal Army will have the confidence to take back these three provinces!" ”

Governor Igna then turned to the Admiralty Vice-Chancellor Yegor and said, "You Admiralty, be ready too.

After the Zhou family's southwest coastal defense fleet suffered heavy losses, they immediately blocked the above three provinces, and even the coast of the New Wilk Province of the Barbarian Bull Empire, and could no longer let a single soldier or even a grain of grain from the Han and Tang Empires enter the Western Continent. ”

Yegor said in a deep voice: "Governor rest assured, if the joint escort fleet of the navies of the Golden Lion, Red Tiger, and Black Bear can really inflict heavy damage on the Zhou family's southwest coastal defense fleet.

Our Royal Navy is confident that the Zhou family will cut off the sea passage between the Han and Tang Empires and the Western Continent. ”

Today, the number of capital ships of the Royal Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire is 212, including 150 battleships with full main guns and 62 battle cruisers, and the strength is not weak.

150 all-main gun battleships, 64 Oak class, 28 Fire Pigeon class, 31 Black Crocodile class, and 27 Hunting Knife class.

The 62 battle cruisers were all attack-class battlecruisers.

The Oak-class all-gun battleships and the attack-class battlecruisers were armed with 360 mm guns.

The Fire Pigeon-class battleships were armed with 340 mm guns, the Black Crocodile-class battleships were armed with 330 mm guns, and the Huntknife-class battleships were armed with 320 mm guns.

Governor Igna immediately promised Yegor, the Vice Minister of the Admiralty: "If this time our Silver Wolf Empire can recover the Bauhinia Province, Tulip Province, and Phalaenopsis Province.

The Governor must find a way to raise funds to build a capital ship with 380mm guns for the Royal Navy! ”

Due to the serious financial deficit of the Silver Wolf Empire, the 36 Oak-class all-main gun battleships and 36 attack-class battlecruisers built in the second batch were suspended several times in the middle, so the Silver Wolf Empire did not have the strength to build new capital ships for the time being.

Yegor did not care about Governor Igna's promises, Yegor was well aware of the current financial situation of the Silver Wolf Empire, and there would be no plans for the construction of new capital ships in the Silver Wolf Empire for at least the next two years.

Then Governor Igna's voice changed, "By the way, we should contact the Wild Bull Empire."

Presumably, the Barbarian Bull Empire is also very willing to take this opportunity to take back the New Wilk Province from the hands of the Zhou family. ”

Of course, the Wild Bull Empire wanted to take back the province of New Wilk, and the governor of the Wild Bull Empire, Trofe, after learning that the Zhou family's southwest coastal defense fleet was at war with the combined escort fleet of the Golden Lion, Red Tiger, and Black Bear navies, immediately found the Governor's Palace, the Minister of War of the Wild Bull Empire.

"Tonech, your War Department immediately began to gather troops, at least more than 8 million, this is definitely the best chance for our Barbarian Empire to recover the province of New Wilk!" Governor Trofe swore by it.

Tonech hesitated for a moment and said, "Governor, is it not after the results of the naval battle are reported, our Barbarian Empire will mobilize for war?"

If our War Department wants to gather 8 million troops, it can only be done through war mobilization. ”

Governor Trofe said with a smile: "With the scale of the joint escort fleet of the three navies of the Golden Lion, Red Tiger, and Black Bear, even if it can't completely defeat that Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, it will definitely be able to inflict heavy losses on it."

And after this naval battle, the Golden Lion, the Red Tiger, and the Black Bear will not give up.

In addition, the Silver Wolf Empire sent a secret telegram and intended to work with our Barbarian Bull Empire to recover the country, so the war mobilization of our Barbarian Bull Empire can start now. ”

"Great, with the participation of the Silver Wolf Empire, we can completely cut off the connection between the Han and Tang Empires and the New Wilk Province.

Governor-General, our War Department immediately began to mobilize for war in preparation for the recovery of the province of New Wilk! ”