After Zhou Rui and Song Limin's discussion, in the end, the fifteen warships of the coastal defense fleet did not continue to rush to Tongze Port.

Proceeded to return with the six captured Berserk-class all-steel battleships and nearly 4,000 prisoners of war.

Among the nearly 4,000 prisoners of war, more than 1,200 were from the Liu family in Xiyun City, Fengwu Town, who were originally captured by the Tongze fleet, but now they all fell into the hands of the coastal defense fleet of Ganyang City.

The remaining more than 2,700 prisoners of war are the people of the Lu family in Tongze City.

These nearly 4,000 prisoners of war are even more precious to the coastal defense fleet than the six all-steel battleships of the Berserk class that were captured.

The coastal defense fleet is not short of warships, but of officers and men with professional skills.

Although the coastal defense fleet achieved a brilliant victory at a small price, it also exposed a lot of problems, and to sum up, it was basically caused by too many recruits.

Even in the bridge of the Zhenhae, two midshipmen were scared to pee their pants because they experienced a naval battle for the first time, which filled the bridge with a smell of urine.

In this regard, Zhou Rui not only did not reprimand the two midshipman officers, but also comforted them with words, there is no one who is not nervous when he goes to the battlefield for the first time, and it will be good to get used to it in the future.

Treat others with himself, when Zhou Rui experienced war for the first time in his previous life, he was also scared to pee his pants.

On the way back, Zhou Rui and Song Limin began to discuss the recruitment of nearly 4,000 prisoners of war to alleviate the situation of too many new recruits in the coastal defense fleet.

In the Han and Tang Empires, if a war broke out between feudal towns, it was very common to recruit enemy prisoners of war to replenish their own losses.

After all, everyone is from the Han and Tang Dynasties, and the war is only for its own master, and there is no irresolvable contradiction between the officers and soldiers on both sides.

In addition, the roads between the feudal towns of the Han and Tang Empires were unobstructed, and there were telegraph offices in each city, so it was easy for prisoners of war to bring their families to their side after they were transferred to other feudal towns.

On the evening of July 13, after Zhou Rui returned to his rest cabin after dinner, he used the Samsung lottery card he got, and then issued two rewards.

30,000-ton floating dock (4 ships)

British Invincible-class battlecruisers (4 units)

Immediately afterwards, the lottery system introduced the 30,000-ton floating dock and the British Invincible-class battle cruiser to Zhou Rui.

Floating dock is a kind of engineering ship used for ship repair and shipbuilding, and floating dock can also be used to salvage sunken ships and transport deep-water ships through shallow water channels.

The 30,000-ton floating dock has a total length of 230 meters, a height of 18.5 meters, a width of 45 meters, and a maximum depth of 15.5 meters when submerged under water.

The battle cruiser is a new type of capital ship that evolved on the basis of the armored cruiser, which combines the powerful firepower of the battleship with the high mobility of the armored cruiser.

The British Invincible-class battlecruiser with a full load displacement of 20,200 tons, 4 steam engines and 31 boilers, and a maximum speed of 25.5 knots.

It was armed with 4 twin 45x caliber 305 mm main guns, 12 45x caliber 102 mm secondary guns, 7 machine guns, and 5 457 mm torpedo tubes.

The broadside armor belt was from 102 mm to 152 mm, the main deck armor was 63 mm, the main turret armor was 178 mm, and the crew was 784 people.

The four British Invincible-class battlecruisers, when extracted into the real world, will be filled with fuel, lube, and spare boiler water, and will carry the maximum amount of ammunition, such as 305 mm main gun shells, which will carry 1,200 of them.

However, when the four British Invincible-class battlecruisers were extracted, they would not be equipped with the crew, as well as the supplies and fresh water that the crew needed.

As far as Zhou Rui knows, even the navies of the six major beast countries do not seem to have such a type of warship as a battlecruiser, and according to the introduction of battlecruisers in the lottery system, battlecruisers can definitely occupy the position of capital ships in the fleet.

Zhou Rui was preparing to build his own warship repair plant for the coastal defense fleet, and as a result, the lottery system thoughtfully sent four 30,000-ton floating docks, and also gave Zhou Rui four British Invincible-class battlecruisers with firepower comparable to that of all main gun battleships.

It stands to reason that Zhou Rui should be ecstatic, but Zhou Rui couldn't help frowning when he saw the two rewards offered by the Samsung lottery card.

Four 30,000-ton floating docks and four British Invincible-class battlecruisers, although Zhou Rui can be withdrawn from the lottery system at any time.

But the question is, how does Zhou Rui explain the origin of these four floating docks and four battle cruisers?

Such a large floating dock, and new warships such as battle cruisers, do not even have the six major beast countries.

Once these eight behemoths appear in the Ganyang Military Port out of thin air, they will inevitably attract the attention of the six major beast countries, and if they don't get it right, they will also cause trouble for the Zhou family.

Zhou Rui shook his head, feeling that it was better for him not to extract the four 30,000-ton floating docks and the four British Invincible-class battlecruisers for the time being.

What's more, Zhou Rui now has no technicians and workers who can repair the ship, and it is not possible to withdraw the four 30,000-ton floating docks for the time being.

In addition, the coastal defense fleet can be said to have a small number of ships now, and the Zhou family is currently at sea, and there are no strong enemies, so the need for four British Invincible-class battle cruisers is not urgent.

Soon after the coastal defense fleet returned to the Ganyang military port, the front page of the Ganyang Daily soon carried the news of the coastal defense fleet's victory over the Tongze fleet.

Many wealthy merchants and ordinary people in Ganyang City even took condolences and spontaneously came to the military port to work on the side of the army.

These wealthy businessmen and ordinary people were very happy to see the strength of the coastal defense fleet.

After all, the stronger the coastal defense fleet, the safer the sea area of Ganyang City.

After Zhou Rui returned to Ganyang City, he immediately contacted the logistics chief of the Fifth Fleet of the Red Tiger Empire Navy, Fraso.

Flaso learned that Zhou Rui was going to Fengsha Island to repair six Berserk-class all-steel battleships, and informed Zhou Rui that he could pull the six Berserk-class all-steel battleships to Fengsha Island at any time.

The warship repair plant on Phongsa Island is under the direct management of Fraso, the head of logistics, and of course the cost of repairs cannot be waived.

In a study room in the Fengwu Jiedu Mansion in Xiushui City, Fengwu Jiedu made Shen Xiao say to his eldest son Shen Du with some sighs: "I didn't expect that the fleet of the Zhou family in Ganyang City could easily defeat the main force of the Tongze fleet in Zhenwei Town.

It seems that the Jiedu Mansion will have to pay more attention to the Ganyang Zhou family in the future. ”

Shen Du hesitated for a moment and asked, "Father, what about the Tongze Lu family's request for the Zhou family to return the four all-steel battleships and all the captured officers and soldiers?" ”

Shen Xiao waved his hand, "Tell the Lu family that even I, the envoy of the Fengwu Festival, have no right to forcibly order the Zhou family to return the warships and prisoners of war to the Lu family."

If the Lu family wants to get back the warships and prisoners of war, go to the Zhou family to discuss! ”

It turned out that the Tongze Lu family had already secretly connected with the Fengwu Jiedu Mansion, and this time Fengwu Town and Zhenwei Town went to war, and the Tongze Lu family has not been able to work.

Otherwise, the Zhenwei Naval Fleet, which previously belonged directly to Zhenwei Jiedu Mansion, would not have suffered heavy losses from the Xiyun Fleet.

You must know that before the Tongze Lu family and the Xiyun Liu family each purchased four berserk-class all-steel battleships from the Black Bear Empire, the Tongze fleet of the Tongze Lu family overwhelmed the Xiyun fleet of the Xiyun Liu family in terms of overall strength.

"Father, after all, the Lu family controls an infantry division and an independent infantry brigade, if the Lu family sends troops to participate in the battle of Jingyang City because of this matter, I am worried that there will be any changes in the battle situation over there in Jingyang City."

The war between Fengwu Town and Zhenwei Town has actually been revolving around Jingyang City in Zhenwei Town.

Jingyang City is located in the north of Zhenwei Town, close to the south of Fengwu Town.

The cause of the war between Fengwu Town and Zhenwei Town was the discovery of a silver mine with silver reserves of up to tens of thousands of tons about a hundred kilometers north of Jingyang City, and the ore of this silver mine also contained gold.

Most of the area of this silver mine is on the side of Zhenwei Town, but there is still a small part of the area in Fengwu Town.

With such a huge silver mine, Fengwu Town and Zhenwei Town naturally wanted to occupy it, so war inevitably broke out.

Shen Xiao said disapprenousively: "The Lu family is not so stupid, Jingyang City and Tongze City are seven or eight hundred kilometers apart.

Even if the Zhenwei army recaptures Jingyang City, the Lu family will not have much benefit in that silver mine. ”