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

"This is the assessment report of the Imperial Intelligence Department on the southwest coastal defense fleet of the Han and Tang Empires, take a look!"

Yegor flipped through the documents, and the more he looked at it, the more his brows furrowed, "Your Excellency, this is too exaggerated!"

How is it possible that the Ministry of Military Intelligence actually thinks that the total number of battleships and battle cruisers of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet of the Han and Tang Empires is between 60 and 70 ships? ”

Governor Igna sighed, "When I first saw this assessment, I felt as impossible as you did.

But Klisha of the Military Intelligence Department told with great certainty that there was no exaggeration in this figure.

Even this is the most conservative figure, the Han and Tang Empire's Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet actually has all main gun battleships and battle cruisers, and there may be even more. ”

Yegor smiled bitterly and shook his head, "It's not that I don't trust the ability of the Emperor's ** Intelligence Department, it's just that this is really unacceptable."

It's a pity that the Ministry of Military Intelligence has not found out so far, where did the warships of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet of the Han and Tang Empires come from? ”

"There must be a lot of people who want to know this answer, but for our Silver Wolf Empire, the next most important thing is how to deal with this Han and Tang Empire's southwest coastal defense fleet.

The existence of this fleet has destroyed the strategic layout of our Silver Wolf Empire in the Eastern Continent, and we must find a way to get rid of this fleet!

Moreover, the Ganyang Zhou family, which controls the southwest coastal defense fleet of the Han and Tang Empires, has also destroyed the order of the Han and Tang Empires and the Bajin Empire, and our Silver Wolf Empire also has the responsibility to restore these two human countries to their normal mode. ”

Of the two continents of this world, the Western Continent has been divided by the six major beast countries, and the Eastern Continent, where the Han and Tang Empires are located, has 12 human countries.

Yegor hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Excellency the Governor, the Admiralty has just sent a group of additional warships to the Royal Navy's Third Fleet on Pusha Island.

At present, the Royal Navy's Third Fleet has 8 all-main gun battleships, 10 all-steel battleships, 12 large armored cruisers, 22 light cruisers, 26 destroyers and 48 torpedo boats.

Due to the heavy losses of the Royal Navy in the two battles of Barra, the Third Fleet can only be maintained at its current size for the time being. ”

Governor Igna said in a deep voice: "The Flying Leopard Empire has signed a non-aggression pact with our Silver Wolf Empire for twenty years, and your Admiralty can transfer some warships from the Wolf Tooth Fleet, Blood Wolf Fleet, and Blue Wolf Fleet on the other side of the Spirit Clan World to supplement the Third Fleet as soon as possible. ”

Yegor couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, "Your Excellency the Governor, could it be that you are preparing to go to war against the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet of the Han and Tang Empires?" ”

"It's our Royal Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire, and the Navy of the Golden Lion Empire and the Navy of the Red Tiger Empire, jointly waging war against the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet of the Han and Tang Empires!

Of course, the fuse of the war can be lit by our Royal Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire! ”

On the morning of January 16, 1539, in the sea near Ganyang Castle, one large armored cruiser, two light cruisers, and two destroyers of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet were routinely patrolling the sea.

At this time, on the sea in the distance, a freighter flying the flag of the Silver Wolf Empire appeared, and the five warships of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet did not care about this.

As the largest port city in the western region of the Han and Tang Empires, Ganyang City had at least 100 cargo ships entering and leaving the port every day.

However, to the surprise of the five warships of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, the freighter flying the flag of the Silver Wolf Empire actually rushed straight towards the five warships.

Although there were some surprises, the five warships of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet immediately sounded the battle alarm.

Then something even more surprising happened, the freighter flying the flag of the Silver Wolf Empire, about 4,000 meters away from the nearest warship, suddenly exploded and soon sank to the bottom of the sea.

Two days later, the newspapers of the Silver Wolf Empire published a report on the sinking of the Silver Wolf Empire's freighter by the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet of the Han and Tang Empires for no reason, accompanied by several blurry photos.

In the Three Towns Jiedu Mansion in Ganyang City, Song Limin, commander-in-chief of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, gritted his teeth and said, "Dashuai, this is a conspiracy of the Silver Wolf Empire.

At that time, none of the 5 warships of our Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet fired at that freighter! ”

The Three Towns Jiedu Mansion is actually the original Zhou Mansion, but after Zhou Rui was officially appointed as the envoy of the Three Towns Jiedu by the court of the Han and Tang Empires, Zhou Rui asked people to make a plaque of "Three Towns Jiedu Mansion" and hung it above the gate of the Zhou Mansion.

Zhou Rui nodded and said, "Even the photos have come out, it seems that the Silver Wolf Empire is planning to do something to our Zhou family."

Moreover, the Silver Wolf Empire spent so much effort to come up with such an excuse, obviously wanting to drag the Golden Lion Empire and the Red Tiger Empire into the water together. ”

Song Limin's face instantly turned cold, "If it is only the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy, the Eighth Fleet of the Golden Lion Imperial Navy, and the Fifth Fleet of the Red Tiger Imperial Navy, our Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet is confident that we can win the battle!" ”

Song Limin now does have the confidence to say such things, in the second half of last year, Zhou Rui added dozens of warships to the coastal defense fleet with a three-star lottery card given by the lottery system every month.

At present, the main formation of the coastal defense fleet has increased to nine, and the ninth formation is dominated by eight Nevada-class battleships with full main guns, namely Fuze, Fuwei, Fuxiang, Fuwei, Fujia, Fuchang, Fufu, and Fuyu.

American Nevada-class battleship with a full load displacement of 28,400 tons and a maximum speed of 20.5 knots.

It is equipped with 2 twin 45x caliber 356 mm main guns, 2 triple 45x caliber 356 mm main guns, and 21 127 mm secondary guns.

The broadside armor belt was from 203 mm to 343 mm, the main deck armor was 76 mm, the main turret armor was 457 mm, and the crew was 864 people.

The Nevada class has a caliber of 356 mm guns and is armed with as many as 10 guns.

You must know that the most powerful battleship with the strongest combat effectiveness in the Golden Lion Imperial Navy is equipped with 8 360 mm main guns.

With the caliber of the Nevada-class main guns and heavy armor, it is enough to fight against the Valiante-class battleships of the Golden Lion Imperial Navy.

In addition, the second formation added four French Colbe-class all-main gun battleships Longrui, Longyin, Longjing and Longyan.

This increased the number of capital ships in the second formation to 12, including 8 French Colbe-class battleships with full main guns and 4 British Giant-class battleships.

The third formation also added 4 German Caesar-class battleships Tiansheng, Tianse, Tianya, and Tianan, bringing the number of capital ships in the third formation to 10.

At present, the nine major formations of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet already have 54 battleships with full main guns, 26 battlecruisers, and 9 all-steel battleships.

The number of other warships in the nine major formations of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet has also increased to 24 German Scharnhorst-class large armored cruisers, 11 German York-class large armored cruisers, 54 German Wiesbaden-class light cruisers, and 72 Russian Unreasonable-class destroyers.

Perhaps the lottery system anticipated the situation that the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet would face in advance, Zhou Rui on January 1 this year, a three-star lottery card from the lottery system, and a three-star lottery card that the New Year's gift package said to give, the rewards were all warships.

At this time, in the lottery system, there were 8 American Nevada-class battleships, 4 German King-class full-main gun battleships, and 4 British Iron Duke-class full-main gun battleships, which were not extracted.

Otherwise, the all-main gun battleships of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet could have increased by another 16 ships.

Zhou Rui sighed and said, "If it's just the fleets of these three beast countries, with the current strength of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, I'm not worried.

But don't forget, behind these three fleets, there are also three behemoths, the Golden Lion Empire, the Red Tiger Empire, and the Silver Wolf Empire. ”

Song Limin said in a deep voice: "Dashuai, now it is people who take the initiative to come to the door, and it is no longer up to us to fight or not." ”

Zhou Rui's voice suddenly changed, "Old Song, how many people are still in the reserve of your Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet?" ”

As soon as Song Limin heard Zhou Rui's words, his eyes immediately lit up, "Don't worry, many of our warships are now equipped with twice as many officers and soldiers in each post, and if there are new warships, the new warships will soon be able to form combat effectiveness." ”

At the Fifth Fleet Command of the Red Tiger Empire's Royal Navy on Punsa Island, Fifth Fleet Commander Savier poured a cup of tea for Commander Chevas, Commander of the Golden Lion Empire's Royal Navy's Eighth Fleet.

"General Shevas, this time the Silver Wolf Empire is probably going to drag the navies of our two countries into the water."

After taking a sip of the teacup, Xie Vas couldn't help but admire: "The green tea produced in the Han and Tang Empires is really delicious, and when I return to China, I must bring some more and give it to my family and friends." ”

After a pause, Xie Vas continued: "Actually, even if the Silver Wolf Empire doesn't do anything, our Golden Lion Empire also intends to take some actions against that Han and Tang Empire's Three Towns Envoy.

If the envoy of the Three Towns Festival continued to develop like this, it would be difficult for the entire Han and Tang empires to be integrated by him.

A complete Han and Tang Empire is not in the interests of our Golden Lion Empire, or even all the Spirit Race countries. ”

Savye nodded and said, "Our Red Tiger Empire is equally unwilling to see a complete Han and Tang Empire appear.

Now the Admiralty has authorized me the right to wage war against the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet of the Han and Tang Empires.

I invited General Shevas over this time to wonder if General Shevas's fleet would participate if there was a war? ”

Xie Vas smiled slightly, "I am the commander-in-chief of the joint command of the three navies, if there is a war with the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet of the Han and Tang Empires, it is incumbent on us to go to war with the Eighth Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Golden Lion Empire!" ”