Time flies, and time quickly comes to the end of the year 1536.

In November, a two-star lottery card given by the lottery system was used by Zhou Rui, and two more French Kolbe-class battleships were opened.

Then there was something that made the officers of the coastal defense fleet happy and troubled.

Before the 8 battlecruisers and 6 large armored cruisers on Crescent Island had formed combat effectiveness, the coastal defense fleet suddenly added 6 more battleships with full main guns and 4 large armored cruisers.

Zhou Rui didn't care about the troubles of the officers of the coastal defense fleet, since the personnel of the previous 8 battle cruisers and 6 large armored cruisers had been fully equipped.

Of course, it is necessary to extract the six French Kolbe-class battleships and four German York-class armored cruisers that are reserved in the lottery system, so that the coastal defense fleet can also complete these 10 warships as soon as possible.

In addition to the warships extracted from the lottery system, at the end of October, the five Starsky-class all-steel battleships that Zhou Rui purchased from the Red Tiger Empire also arrived at Ganyang Military Port.

Immediately, these five all-steel battleships were named Weibing, Weiding, Weiwu, Weiji, and Weigeng, and were incorporated into the third formation of the coastal defense fleet.

Together with the original two remaining Berserk-class all-steel battleships, Weijia and Weiyi, the third formation has 7 all-steel battleships.

In December, a two-star lottery card given by the lottery system only opened 60,000 silver bricks weighing 50 kilograms.

Although 60,000 silver bricks are worth 30 million silver coins, Zhou Rui is a little dissatisfied with the rewards offered by this two-star lottery card, and the last thing Zhou Rui lacks now is money.

In addition to the 60,000 gold bricks placed in the underground vault of Zhou's Bank headquarters, there are also more than 60,000 gold bricks in the lottery system.

Moreover, after Zhou's Bank regained the trust of the people of Fengwu Town and the beast merchants of various countries, in just two months, Zhou's Bank absorbed more than 300 million silver coins worth of cash.

Since Zhou's bank's credit has been established, this cash worth more than 300 million silver coins can be spent by Zhou Rui as his own money.

Zhou Rui hopes that the lottery card can open more weapons and equipment of the army, such as the French 1897 Type 75 field gun.

Now the Zhou family's Ganyang Garrison Division, the 17th Independent Brigade, the 22nd Independent Brigade and the Longshan Garrison Brigade add up to a total of 21 infantry regiments and 1 guard regiment.

According to the configuration formulated by Zhou Rui, an artillery battalion under the jurisdiction of each regiment is equipped with 30 French 1897 Type 75 field guns.

However, Zhou Rui has only obtained a total of 600 French Type 1897 Type 75 field guns from the lottery system so far, so now the two infantry regiments of the Fourth Garrison Infantry Brigade of the Ganyang Garrison Division can only be equipped with 30 65mm infantry guns each.

This kind of 65-mm infantry gun, which was almost eliminated by the Golden Lion Imperial Army, not only has a short range and slow rate of fire, but also has a high failure rate, which is simply weak compared with the French Type 1897 Type 75 field gun.

By the end of December, all the army units of the Zhou family had reached full strength, with a total strength of more than 120,000, but Zhou Rui still asked all army units to continue to recruit new soldiers.

According to Zhou Rui's plan, he is also preparing to form another garrison brigade in Jingsheng City and Xiangdao City, and if there are enough recruits, Zhou Rui is even ready to add another infantry regiment to each brigade.

If you have money and guns, if you don't continue to expand the army, what's the difference between it and a night trip in brocade.

The war between Fengwu Town and Zhenwei Town over a silver mine finally came to an end at the end of December.

Fengwu Town won a complete victory in this war, not only occupying the silver mine, which had silver reserves of up to tens of thousands of tons, but also forcing Zhenwei Town to cede Jingyang City and the surrounding villages and towns of Jingyang City.

In fact, Zhenwei Town also lost Jingsheng City in this war, but when the armistice agreement was finally signed, Fengwu Jiedu Mansion and Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion did not include Jingsheng City in the armistice agreement.

In legal theory, Jingsheng City is still owned by Zhenwei Town.

Zhou Rui held the armistice agreement signed by the Fengwu Jiedu Mansion and the Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion in his hand, and said to Zhou Xiaorong with a sneer: "Second uncle, it seems that the Zhenwei Jiedu envoy is not willing to lose Jingsheng City.

And our Fengwu Festival envoy seems to have forgotten that Jingsheng City will pay a tax of 1 million silver coins to the Fengwu Festival Mansion every year. ”

Zhou Xiaorong said in a deep voice: "Before, the Zhenwei army suffered great losses on the battlefield of Jingyang City, and Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion had no choice but to give up the entire Jingyang area.

I suspect that the signing of such an armistice agreement between the two Jiedu Prefectures has a conspiracy against our Zhou family, and perhaps several main forces of the Zhenwei Army withdrawn from the battlefield of Jingyang City will soon attack Jingsheng City. ”

Zhou Rui nodded, "It's very possible, so I'm going to let the First Garrison Infantry Brigade of the garrison division rush to Jingsheng City after Chinese New Year's Eve."

After all, there is one infantry regiment of the 22nd Independent Brigade stationed in Jingshengcheng on Xiangshi Island, and Jingshengcheng's current strength is slightly insufficient. ”

Every year on December 30 in the Han and Tang Empires, it was the traditional festival of the Han and Tang Empires - Chinese New Year's Eve.

Chinese New Year's Eve can be said to be the most important holiday in the Han and Tang Empires, and after Chinese New Year's Eve is the new year.

The task of the Zhou family stationed in the second half of Tianyuan 1536 to guard the different time and space nodes of Panlong Mountain has basically been completed, and in the first half of next year, the troops of the Third Division of Fengwu will be responsible for garrisoning the different time and space nodes of Panlong Mountain.

Today is December 29th, and two days ago, the two infantry regiments of the 3rd Fengwu Division completed the change of guard with the 1st Garrison Infantry Brigade of the Zhou family's garrison division.

Now the 1st Garrison Infantry Brigade of the garrison division has returned to the barracks near the Ganyang Military Port.

Zhou Xiaorong agreed: "There are two infantry regiments of the 1st Garrison Infantry Brigade and the 22nd Independent Brigade of the garrison division guarding Jingshengcheng, plus Jingshengcheng is surrounded by mountains on three sides, easy to defend and difficult to attack, even if the Zhenwei army gathers a few infantry divisions, there should be no problem on Jingshengcheng's side." ”

At this time, the corners of Zhou Rui's lips raised slightly, and he said with a smile: "If the Zhenwei army does not attack Jingsheng City, it is enough, if Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion really dares to gather descendants to counterattack Jingsheng City."

I will let that Zhenwei festival envoy taste what it means to lose my wife and lose my soldiers. ”

When Zhou Xiaorong heard this, his eyes couldn't help but light up, "Major General, is it that the 'ghost shadow' has achieved anything on the side of the Zhenwei Army?" ”

"Hehe, second uncle, this time the Zhenwei Army in Jingyang City can be described as a loss of soldiers, and it has also lost the entire Jingyang area.

Many generals, including several descendants of Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion, were very dissatisfied with the Zhenwei Jiedu envoy's practice of ceding the Jingyang region.

For thousands of years, our Han and Tang Empires have always pursued the ancestral motto of 'no harmony, no compensation, no land, and no tribute', although the cession of Jingyang area is not a land cession, after all, Fengwu Town and Zhenwei Town are all feudal towns of the Han and Tang Empires.

But those generals of the Zhenwei Army may think that this is cutting the land.

When the people's hearts are scattered, the team will not be easy to lead, and the 'ghost' has indeed achieved a lot of results at this time. ”

Zhou Xiaorong asked a little eagerly: "Major General, how many troops of the Zhenwei Army can the 'ghost shadow' pull to our Zhou family's side?" ”

"How much, the 'ghost shadow' side can't come up with an accurate number for the time being, but Hu Er assured me that at least a few infantry regiments can be pulled from the Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion lineage."

There are a total of seven descendant units of Zhenwei Jiedu Province, namely the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Divisions of the Zhenwei Army, as well as the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Mixed Brigades of the Zhenwei Army.

The strength of the four infantry divisions is about 15,000 people, the strength of the three mixed brigades is about 7,000 people, and the strength of all the descendants of Zhenwei Jiedu Province is about 80,000 people.

However, the second mixed brigade of the Zhenwei Army was annexed by the Zhou family before, and although the second mixed brigade of the Zhenwei Army has begun to be rebuilt, it has not yet been formed.

In addition, the other six descendants of Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion have all suffered a lot of losses on the battlefield of Jingyang City, and they have not yet recovered their vitality, so the total number of veterans of the seven descendants of Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion may not even be 50,000.