Although she had already made a bet, she felt very apprehensive in the face of a Han and Tang Empire with a population of 3.5 billion, and the elven queen of the Natural Elf Empire.

After all, a few years ago, the military alliance composed of the same three elf countries and six beast countries had already lost to the Han and Tang Empires once.

According to the information obtained by the Natural Elf Empire, the Han and Tang Empires have expanded their armaments in the past few years, and 200 aircraft carriers with a full load displacement of more than 100,000 tons have been built, which is enough to prove how powerful the Han and Tang Empires are.

However, in order to be able to seize a territory in the new world rich in mineral resources, the elven queen Brianna thinks that it is worth taking some risks, and naturally the elven empire can't expect to import a large amount of iron ore from a few orc countries all the time, right?

The Elven Empress Brina then asked Prime Minister Prono in a deep voice, "Is the expansion of the army complete?" ”

Prime Minister Prono said: "Your Majesty, the total strength of the army has exceeded 13 million after this expansion.

Because the recruits were all reservists, it did not affect the combat effectiveness of the army's units, and it can basically be said that the expansion was completed. ”

"Then organize the expeditionary force as soon as possible, enter the territory of the Silver Wolf Empire, and join the troops of the other allied forces."

"Your Majesty, how many army units are you going to send to join the first expeditionary force?"

"The number of troops should be at least 5 million or more, and in addition, we should immediately ask the Silver Wolf Empire to allocate enough airfields to our natural elves' air force.

Without air supremacy, no matter how many army units are sent, it is useless. ”

Although the Natural Elf Empire only sent more than 400 Red Bee jet fighters to support the second border defense line of the Silver Wolf Empire, it shot down a number of Magpie jet fighters of the Han and Tang Empires in the fierce battle for air supremacy.

In addition, the Golden Lion Empire's Magic Sound Jet Fighter, the Red Tiger Empire's Flying Tiger Jet Fighter, the Bright Elf Empire's Rising Sun Jet Fighter, and the Dark Elf Empire's Black Wind Jet Fighter are all second-generation jet fighters like the Red Bee Jet Fighter of the Nature Elf Empire.

In the fierce battle for air supremacy, the above four second-generation jet fighters also performed well in the face of the Magpie jet fighters of the Han and Tang Empires.

However, limited by the number of airports, the jet fighters reinforced by the other countries of the 9-nation military alliance are far less than the Magpie jet fighters that can participate in the war on the side of the Han and Tang Empires.

Even with the addition of those first-generation jet fighters of the Silver Wolf Empire's Air Force, the difference in numbers is still very large.

The result was this battle for local air supremacy, and the Royal Air Force of the Han and Tang Empires won the final victory by virtue of their absolute numerical superiority.

The Han and Tang armies, which had air supremacy, soon tore a few holes in the second border defense line of the Silver Wolf Empire under the cover of powerful land and air firepower.

With several openings torn apart, the armored forces of the Royal Army of the Han and Tang Empires began to quickly intersperse the rear of the second border defense line of the Silver Wolf Empire, trying to draw a scoop on the gourd and surround the silver wolf army on the second border defense line.

Igna, the governor of Silver Light City, who had returned to the second capital of the Silver Wolf Empire, had no choice but to issue an order to retreat to the Silver Wolf army on the second border defense line in order to avoid more Silver Wolf troops being surrounded.

However, Governor Igna asked all the Silver Wolf troops to retreat into the nearest towns, relying on each town to resist the invasion of the Han and Tang armies.

At the same time, Governor Igna also made a speech, demanding that all the wolf clansmen and dog clansmen in the Violet Province and the Calla Lily Province of the Silver Wolf Empire, regardless of men, women, and children, take up all the weapons that can be used to fight the invaders of the Han and Tang Empires to the end.

As of June 6, 1557, the border defense line built by the Silver Wolf Empire at great expense had all fallen into the hands of the Han and Tang armies.

In this blitzkrieg initiated by the Han and Tang armies, the Han and Tang armies annihilated a total of more than 4.6 million of the Silver Wolf Empire's army, and almost one-third of the Silver Wolf Empire's army units were annihilated in one battle.

In addition, the Royal Air Force of the Han and Tang Empires also hit the air force of the Silver Wolf Empire in this blitzkrieg, destroying and blowing up tens of thousands of fighters in the Silver Wolf Empire, of which jet fighters accounted for more than half, you must know that the air force of the entire Silver Wolf Empire only had nearly 10,000 jet fighters before the war.

The other eight countries of the nine-nation military alliance also lost more than 4,000 jet fighters in this fierce battle.

Of course, the Han and Tang armies achieved such great results, and their own losses were not small.

The Royal Army of the Han and Tang Empires participated in the offensive and suffered more than 1.8 million casualties, of which more than 1.2 million were killed.

Here I have to mention the tenacious will to fight of the Silver Wolf Empire's army, even if it is surrounded by the army of the Han and Tang Empires, it will still fight until the last moment.

The casualties of the Royal Army of the Han and Tang Empires were so large, many of them were caused when they annihilated the silver wolf army in the encirclement.

It was precisely because the encircled Silver Wolf army was very tenacious that the battle dragged on until June 6.

At this time, some reinforcements from other countries of the 9-nation military alliance had already entered the Violet Province and Calla Lily Province of the Silver Wolf Empire.

Song Shenghe, the front-line commander of the Han and Tang Empires and the commander-in-chief of the Jingzhou Military Region, decided to postpone the attack on the hinterland of the Violet Province and the Calla Lily Province of the Silver Wolf Empire after analyzing the situation on both sides of the enemy and us.

When Zhou Rui received Song Shenghe's telegram, he was at the Crescent Island Naval Base, and the purpose of Zhou Rui's visit to the Crescent Island Naval Base was to extract all the warships stored in the lottery system.

Although the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires had 566 aircraft carriers, 1,820 battleships, 600 battle cruisers, more than 1,500 heavy cruisers, more than 1,800 large armored cruisers, more than 4,300 light cruisers, more than 5,800 destroyers, more than 1,300 submarines, more than 2,000 offshore gunboats and more than 3,000 torpedo boats.

In addition, the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires also mothballed 493 battleships, 312 battlecruisers, and 2,000 other types of warships.

The 232 Vostok-class escort aircraft carriers are also about to be delivered to the 12 main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires.

It can be said that with the scale of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires, it is enough to single-handedly take on the navies of nine countries that have joined forces.

But who would be afraid of the number of their own warships?

Zhou Rui came to Crescent Island this time and extracted all the warships in the past few months and the previous lottery system, including a total of 320 battleships, 188 battlecruisers, 236 heavy cruisers and 306 light cruisers.

320 battleships and 188 battlecruisers, most of which were active capital ships of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires.

However, there was a battleship and a battlecruiser, which belonged to the newly opened battleships, which were not equipped by the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires before.

The German H44 super battleship is a battleship that Germany planned in 1944 during World War II but did not build, with a full load displacement of 141,500 tons, a maximum speed of 32 knots, and four triple 48 times the caliber 530 mm main gun.

The O-class battlecruiser is a follow-up ship to the Scharnhorst-class that Germany was preparing to build during World War II, with a full load displacement of 42,100 tons, a maximum speed of 32 knots, and three twin 380 mm guns.

There are 216 heavy cruisers and 286 light cruisers, which add up to 9 types, all of which belong to the warships of the World War II era.

Song Limin, commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires, was no stranger to the thousands of new warships that appeared overnight.

Song Limin said excitedly to Zhou Rui: "Your Majesty, with this new batch of warships, our Royal Navy has more confidence.

The minister plans to use the reserve officers and men, and then transfer a group of backbone cadres from the officers and men on active duty to first replenish the personnel of these new warships.

As for those warships that are mothballed, they can be slowed down for a while. ”

The thousands of warships that appeared at the Crescent Island Naval Base were all new warships, especially the capital ships among them, most of which were the main ships of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires.

Those mothballed warships, compared with these new warships, Song Limin certainly hoped to use these new warships to enhance the number of warships of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires.

Zhou Rui then said: "How to use these new warships, your navy will study it yourself."

Do you have any plans for your navy in the next battle for sea supremacy? ”

"Your Majesty, considering the main forces of the navies of those nine countries, it is likely that they will still gather together.

So our Royal Navy plans to start a decisive battle at sea with the enemy's combined fleet, just like the last time! ”

Zhou Rui frowned, "Will the main forces of the navies of those nine countries gather together?" ”

Song Limin said confidently: "Your Majesty, rest assured, if they don't want to be broken by each other, they can only gather together and choose to have a decisive battle with our Royal Navy." ”

"Are you sure you can win?

Through the battle between the air force and the air forces of the coalition countries, the jet fighters of the Golden Lion Empire, the Red Tiger Empire and the three elven countries have good comprehensive performance, and they are not worse than the second-generation fighters of our air force.

In this case, presumably the performance of the jet carrier-based aircraft of these five countries will not be bad.

And the aircraft carriers of these five countries combined, there may be more than your navy. ”

Song Limin pondered for a moment and said: "The 232 Dongfang-class escort aircraft carriers have been successively incorporated into various aircraft carrier formations.

Although the Vostok-class escort aircraft carrier only carried 30 Thunderbird jet carrier-based fighters, the remaining 40 dreadnought dive bombers and 40 Avenger torpedo attack aircraft were not jet carrier-based aircraft.

However, the comprehensive combat effectiveness of the Vostok-class escort aircraft carriers is not weak, which is equivalent to supplementing the disadvantage of our Royal Navy in the number of aircraft carriers.

What's more, the number of carrier-based aircraft of our Royal Navy's 6 island-class aircraft carriers and 200 Jumbo-class aircraft carriers is far ahead of the aircraft carriers of the coalition countries. ”

Zhou Rui believed in his heart that in the second war with the military alliance of 9 countries, the Han and Tang Empires would definitely be the final victor.

However, Zhou Rui also knew that the losses of the Han and Tang Empires in this war must be much greater than in the previous war.

In the last war with the military alliance of 9 countries, the Han and Tang Empires actually had an advantage in terms of weapons and equipment of the navy, land and air forces.

However, Zhou Rui has not been too advanced in the lottery system in the past few years, such as the thousands of jet fighters currently reserved in the lottery system, all of which belong to the first generation of jet fighters.

You must know that the Magpie jet fighter equipped by the Royal Air Force of the Han and Tang Empires, except that it is not equipped with missiles, is almost equivalent to the second-generation jet fighter in all aspects.

Even the Golden Lion Empire, the Red Tiger Empire, and the three elven nations have their air forces equipped with second-generation jet fighters.

This also caused the Royal Air Force of the Han and Tang Empires to defeat and blow up tens of thousands of fighters of the coalition forces in the previous battles, but also lost almost 3,700 fighters, of which only the Magpie jet fighter lost more than 3,200.

In this way, the thousands of first-generation jet fighters currently in reserve in the lottery system have not been extracted by Zhou Rui and have fallen behind.

Zhou Rui said to Song Limin: "Song Shuai, your Royal Navy must not underestimate the enemy, and must be prepared to fight a tough battle."

The scientific and technological strength and industrial base of the six orc countries and the three elf countries actually surpassed those of our Han and Tang empires as a whole.

The only advantage of our Han and Tang Empires is that they have a lot of funds and can expand their armaments without any scruples.

So even if you lose the decisive battle at sea, your Royal Navy still has a chance to turn it around.

I plan to let the Ministry of Industry build 150 Jumbo-class aircraft carriers and 300 Vostok-class escort aircraft carriers at the same time.

If a dock of more than 100,000 tons is not enough, then build a new one.

In addition, 24 new 300,000-ton docks will be built, and 24 new island-class aircraft carriers will be built. ”

Even though he was accustomed to Zhou Rui's generosity, Song Limin was still frightened by Zhou Rui's new shipbuilding plan.

At present, the construction of six new island-class aircraft carriers has begun on six 300,000-ton floating docks at the Crescent Island Naval Base.

This is equivalent to the Han and Tang Empires will build another 30 island-class aircraft carriers, 150 Jumbo-class aircraft carriers and 300 Dongfang-class escort aircraft carriers.

The cost of these aircraft carriers alone, coupled with carrier-based aircraft, will add up to more than 45 billion silver coins, not counting the funds needed to build a new dock.

Song Limin hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, is it necessary to build so many aircraft carriers?"

The minister thinks that with the current strength of our Royal Navy, it is enough to defeat the navies of those nine countries. ”

"Not only your navy, but also the air force and army, I am ready to do everything in our power to increase the scale of production of weapons and equipment.

Maybe in terms of the performance of weapons and equipment, our Han and Tang Empires can no longer surpass the coalition forces, but I have to make up for it with quantity, and I can't crush it in terms of performance, so I will form a crushing force in quantity!

It doesn't matter if you don't use it in the end, we don't have much else in the Han and Tang Empires, it's just a lot of gold! ”