On the morning of July 12, a large fleet sailed out of the Ganyang military port.

In order to avenge the 249 officers and men of the coastal defense fleet, the coastal defense fleet can be said to have exhausted its main force, sending a total of 15 warships.

Among them were the six all-steel battleships of the first formation, Zhenhai, Canghai, Jinghai, Weihai, Yanghai and Longhai.

The four large armored cruisers of the second formation, Pinghai, Anhai, Tonghai and Jiehai.

As well as the three light cruisers of the task force, the Feiting, Feijie, and Feirong, and the two destroyers Kuaishun and Lishun.

Since the coastal defense fleet is still in a state of shortage, in order to complete the personnel of these 15 warships, Zhou Rui even transferred a group of soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Regiment and the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the garrison brigade who had gone to sea on ships to fill some positions that did not require technical content, such as shoveling coal in the boiler.

Because he was not prepared to really attack Tongze City this time, he did not form an army unit and went to sea with the coastal defense fleet.

According to the information currently held by the Zhou family, Tongze City is almost completely controlled by the Lu family, and in addition to the Tongze fleet, the Lu family also has an infantry division and an independent infantry brigade in Tongze City.

With the strength of the army units under the command of the Zhou family, there is no way to gnaw the hard bone of Tongzecheng now.

This time, Zhou Ruili overrode public opinion, boarded the Zhenhai, the flagship of the coastal defense fleet, and decided to follow him to take revenge.

Regarding going to Tongze City, Zhou Rui was actually nervous.

You must know that the Tongze fleet of the Lu family in Tongze City is not a soft persimmon, not to mention that the port of Tongze City has also built several batteries and has many large-caliber coastal defense guns.

But Zhou Rui can't go and can't go, the lottery system just released a new task for Zhou Rui not long ago: to personally lead the fleet for revenge. (Awarded according to the results of revenge)

It was precisely because of this system task that Zhou Rui had to bite the bullet and go to Tongze City with the coastal defense fleet.

Inside the bridge of the Zhenhai, Zhou Rui asked Song Limin, "Old Song, how long will it take us to reach Tongze City?" ”

"Major General, from Ganyang City to Tongze City, along the coastline, it is about 650 kilometers, and according to our current speed, we will be able to reach the sea near Tongze Port at noon tomorrow."

"Old Song, I'm not worried about the Lu family's Tongze fleet, after all, in terms of the quality of the warships, our side will definitely destroy the warships of the Lu family.

But I have some scruples about the batteries in Tongze Port, as if the batteries in Tongze Port are also equipped with a lot of large-caliber coastal defense guns.

Even if we use the main guns of battleships to bombard with large-caliber coastal defense guns, it will be our side that suffers. ”

Song Limin pondered for a while and said, "Major General, rest assured, our main combat goal this time is to destroy Tongze Port as much as possible, and we are not ready to capture Tongze City."

Therefore, there is no need for our six battleships to bombard the shore defense guns in the port, they only need to open up the distance and ensure a certain speed, and shell in the direction of the port.

In this case, the threat of those batteries in Tongze Port to our six battleships should not be too great.

Of course, on the battlefield, anything is possible. ”

Song Limin's words made Zhou Rui's heart feel a lot easier.

The main guns of the six battleships of the coastal defense fleet have a firing range of more than 10,000 meters, and there should be no danger in shelling Tongze Port from a distance with the main guns of these six battleships!

Although this system mission is to reward according to the results of revenge, Zhou Rui would rather receive the lowest reward than have any big losses in the coastal defense fleet.

The most important thing is that he has to return to Ganyang City safely.

"Old Song, do you think the Lu family's Tongze fleet will leave the port to meet the battle?"

A hint of murder flashed in Song Limin's eyes, "It's best to come out, there are only a few credits in our coastal defense fleet so far, it's time to add a few!" ”

Early in the morning of July 13, Zhou Rui was still asleep when he was suddenly woken up.

Zhou Rui opened his eyes and saw that it was Li Dongbao who woke him up.

"Major General, the Lu family's Tongze fleet has been discovered ahead!"

"What? The Lu family's Tongze fleet! Quick, go to the bridge! ”

Zhou Rui entered the bridge of the Zhenhai and hurriedly walked to Song Limin's side, "Old Song, what's the situation?" Is it really the Lu family's Tongze fleet? ”

Song Limin handed Zhou Rui a telescope, "Major General, although I discovered the Lu family's Tongze fleet, the Tongze fleet is a little strange now, as if it had experienced another naval battle not long ago.

And the Tongze fleet actually has two more all-steel battleships! ”

At this time, in the bridge of the Jixiang, the flagship of the Tongze fleet, Lu Mao put down the telescope in his hand with a nervous expression, and then turned his head to the first mate Sun Feng'an and asked, "Uncle Sun, what should we do now?" ”

Sun Feng'an said with a wry smile: "This is really happy and sad, now several battleships on our side have been injured, and the speed has dropped a lot.

In the face of these cutting-edge warships of the Zhou family, it is difficult to run even if you want to, but if you fight hard...... I don't think we have a chance of winning. ”

It turned out that until yesterday afternoon, the Tongze fleet led by Lu Mao had never found the correct route back to Tongze Port, and could only sail in the general direction where Tongze Port was located.

As a result, he accidentally bumped into the four Fury-class all-steel battleships newly purchased by the Liu family in Xiyun City, Fengwu Town, as well as two armored cruisers and two light cruisers as escorts.

Lü Mao led five all-steel battleships and three armored cruisers of the Tongze fleet to the sea, with the purpose of intercepting the four all-steel battleships of the Xiyun Liu family.

Since it happened that there is no coincidence, what else is there to say, let's go straight to it!

There were eight warships on the side of the Tongze fleet, and there were also eight warships on the side of the Xiyun fleet, and the number of all-steel battleships on both sides was five to four.

Although the West Cloud Fleet is slightly weaker, the gap is actually very small.

However, what made the officers and men of the Xiyun fleet collapse was that due to the very high price of shells in the Black Bear Empire, the Xiyun fleet had its own channels to buy cannonballs.

So when he bought four Berserk-class all-steel battleships from the Black Bear Empire, he didn't buy matching shells.

At this time, on top of the four Berserk-class all-steel battleships, there were only a few cannonballs given by the Black Bear Empire.

For example, the two twin 35-caliber 270 mm guns on each battleship add up to only twenty shells, which is only enough for five salvos.

The four all-steel battleships with the strongest combat effectiveness did not have enough shells, how could this battle be fought?

What also made the officers and men of the Xiyun Fleet desperate was that the four Berserk-class all-steel battleships they purchased were inferior to the four Berserk class battleships of the Tongze Fleet in terms of maintenance, resulting in the four Berserk class ships of the Xiyun Fleet being slower.

hit, there were not enough shells.

Run, and can't run.

Under this dilemma, Liu Shaochang, who led this Xiyun fleet, could only order to fight and retreat.

Liu Shaochang is the eldest son of Liu Bin, the current head of the Xiyun Liu family, and is also the commander-in-chief of the Xiyun fleet.

In order to safely bring the four Berserk-class all-steel battleships back to Xiyungang, Liu Shaochang deliberately chose a route to go around, but what made Liu Shaochang depressed was that after going around so far, how could he still meet the fleet of the Tongzelu family?

The pursuit continued until dark, when one of the armored cruisers on the side of the Nigumo fleet was sunk and two Berserk-class all-steel battleships were severely damaged and the white flag had to be raised.

The other five warships of the Xiyun fleet finally escaped in the night, including the Berserk-class all-steel battleship where Liu Shaochang was.

At this time, the two Berserk class captured by the Tongze fleet were no longer able to sail on their own, and were towed by the two armored cruisers of the Tongze fleet.

In addition, the Tongze fleet itself also had a Berserk class that was seriously injured in the engagement, and the boiler could no longer be started normally, and it was also led by an armored cruiser.