Zhou Rui now has a total of 3 sons and 4 daughters, of which Queen Liu Yiqiu gave birth to 2 sons and 1 daughter for Zhou Rui, and the imperial concubine Chu Yingying gave birth to 1 son and 3 daughters for Zhou Rui.

Because the concubine Kleni is from the fox clan, she has never been pregnant.

According to Liu Yiqiu's original words: There is no problem with beautiful women in the harem, but not everyone can become a member of the royal family!

Liu Yiqiu selected 200 beauties from the fox clan, cat clan, and rabbit clan for Zhou Rui to serve as show girls, although it caused a lot of criticism, but soon under Zhou Rui's instructions, the matter was calm.

Of course, in the future, Zhou Rui will be much busier than before at night.

Zhou Rui has always paid great attention to the control of public opinion, so the entry of 200 fox beauties, cat beauties and rabbit beauties into the palace did not appear in any newspaper in the Han and Tang Empires, and this matter only became a private topic of conversation among the people.

On the morning of March 23, 1550, outside the port of Penang in Lanzhou Town, the Han and Tang Empires, an unusually large fleet suddenly appeared.

The Port of Penang is one of the three military ports in Lanzhou Town, and it is currently the closest port to the Silver Wolf Empire in Lanzhou Town.

Just a week ago, the main forces of the Fifth Formation and the Sixth Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires were still stationed in Penang Port.

It's just that because Song Limin, commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires, issued an order to avoid its edge, the main forces of the Fifth Formation and the Sixth Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires, as well as the garrison fleet of Penang Port, had all withdrawn from Penang Port a week ago, and not even a single torpedo boat remained.

The garrison fleets of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires were equipped with many torpedo boats.

In the bridge of the Golden Lion Empire's Royal Navy Giant Lion's all-main gun battleship, the captain of the Golden Lion, Volod, asked the Golden Lion Empire's Admiral Raf in confusion: "General, the fifth formation and the sixth fleet of the Han and Tang Empires have withdrawn from Penang Port, is it necessary for us to dispatch so many warships?" ”

In the waters outside the port of Penang, the fleet that appeared was the Combined Fleet of the Nine Nations Navy.

Although the combined naval fleets of the nine countries did not all dispatch this time, at least half of the warships were dispatched, and the commanders of the naval fleets of the nine countries were all personally leading the teams.

At present, among the armies of the six beast countries, Admiral is the highest military rank, and Raff's military rank is Admiral of the Silver Wolf Empire.

The Admiral Minister of the Golden Lion Empire, Raff, said: "This is the first operation after the formation of the joint fleet of the nine navies, and it is of great political significance, so we must fight the rabbit with a lion.

Not only are we going to destroy Penang Harbour, we're going to raze Penang to the ground! ”

"General, I heard that the port of Penang has been built as a fortress, and if you want to destroy the port of Penang, maybe our combined fleet of the nine navies will have to pay some price."

"If even a port can't be destroyed, there will be no need for our nine-nation naval combined fleet to exist.

As for losses, they are inevitable, and there is no war without losses.

However, General Murka of the Black Bear Empire has taken the initiative to take over the task of destroying the port of Penang.

We, the Royal Navy of the Golden Lion Empire, as well as the naval fleets of the other 7 countries, are just acting as a cheering group this time. ”

In a mountain fort in Penang Harbour, Penang City Lord Ma Qingdong said with emotion to He Ji, the commander of the Penang Port Coastal Defense Brigade: "This fort built in a stone hill may not be destroyed even by 400 mm shells. ”

The Penang Port Coastal Defense Brigade was subordinate to the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires, and its main task was to be responsible for the 32 batteries in Penang Harbour.

He Ji, the commander of the coastal defense brigade, said with a smile: "In order to hollow out this stone mountain, it took a lot of effort, and today it finally has a place to use.

Not to mention 400mm shells, even if a giant armor-piercing shell of a larger caliber is fired at close range, I am afraid that it will not be able to penetrate our mountain batteries in Penang Harbor.

It's a pity that there are only 4 such mountain batteries, and the other 28 batteries are weaker.

Of course, weak defense is also relative.

The reinforced concrete on top of the other 28 batteries, up to 5 meters thick, should be able to withstand the bombardment of 1000 kg of aerial bombs, and the reinforced concrete around it, also 3.5 meters thick, could withstand even long-range fire from 400 mm naval guns. ”

After a pause, He Ji asked, "Lord Macheng, have all the people in Penang withdrawn?" ”

Ma Qingdong nodded and said, "Brigade Commander He, rest assured, more than 300,000 people in Penang have been evacuated to a safe place.

Brigade Commander He, take the liberty of asking, will other troops rush over to support?

Now that Penang Port and Penang are combined, there is only one coastal defense brigade left, in case ......"

"Lord Ma doesn't need to worry, the combined fleet of the Nine Nations Navy will not land.

Moreover, in the vicinity of Penang, hundreds of thousands of the royal army of our Han and Tang Empires have been gathered just in case, but in order to reduce the losses caused by the enemy fleet's shelling, those hundreds of thousands of army units have not been stationed in Penang. ”

Ma Qingdong breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's good to be prepared."

If the coalition forces of the Nine Nations were allowed to land from Penang, it would affect the situation of the entire northern front. ”

"Lord Macheng, maybe the attack of the combined fleet of the Nine Nations Navy is about to begin, do you want to evacuate first?"

"Brigadier Ho, I hope to stay and witness the ...... in Penang Disappear. Ma Qingdong's face couldn't help but show sadness.

Ma Qingdong is a native of Ganyang City and is 38 years old this year.

Ma Qingdong joined the Zhou family's administrative system at an early age, and was later transferred to Penang as the city lord.

Now Ma Qingdong has been the mayor of Penang for almost 4 years, and has also built a small city with a population of less than 100,000 into a medium-sized city with a population of more than 300,000.

Knowing that the above had given up Penang, Ma Qingdong's heart was very uncomfortable.

He Ji said in a deep voice: "The fortifications of our Penang Port have cost hundreds of millions of silver coins in total.

Even if we can't keep Penang, our Penang Port Coastal Defense Brigade must make the combined fleet of the nine-nation navy pay a heavy price! ”

At 9:30 a.m., hundreds of warships of the Royal Navy of the Black Bear Empire approached the port of Penang and began to carry out a covering shelling of the port of Penang and the urban area of Penang.

Originally, it was thought that after the withdrawal of the main forces of the Fifth and Sixth Fleets of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires, the destruction of Penang Port and Penang had become a very simple task.

However, what the First Vice Minister of the Navy of the Black Bear Empire, Murkawan, did not expect was that so many batteries would be built in the port of Penang, and so many large-caliber coastal defense guns would be arranged.

Because Penang Port is the closest port to the Silver Wolf Empire, when the coastal defense fortifications of Penang Port were built, the Zhou family had the intention to build Penang Port into a strong fortress.

To this end, taking advantage of the slightly complicated terrain of the port, a total of 32 batteries were built, equipped with 40 45 times the caliber 360 mm coastal defense guns, 60 50 times the caliber 356 mm coastal defense guns, 80 50 times the caliber 305 mm coastal defense guns, 120 50 times the caliber 210 mm coastal defense guns, and 60 50 times the caliber 155 mm coastal defense guns, the firepower can be called terrifying.

In addition, the Penang Port Coastal Defence Brigade is equipped with an air defence regiment with 60 88mm anti-aircraft guns, 60 40mm anti-aircraft guns and 120 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine guns.

As a result, the fleet of the Royal Navy of the Black Bear Empire was sunk in less than 2 hours with the battery group in Penang Harbor, and 3 battleships with full main guns, 4 battle cruisers, 2 large armored cruisers, 4 light cruisers and 3 destroyers.

The Black Bear Empire sent a total of 20 escort aircraft carriers to join the combined fleet of the nine navies, and this time in order to destroy Penang Port and Penang, the first vice minister of the Black Bear Empire, Murka, brought all 20 escort aircraft carriers.

However, the attack effect of the 20 escort aircraft carriers was not obvious, and dozens of carrier-based aircraft were shot down because of the strong anti-aircraft fire of the Penang Port Coastal Defense Brigade.

Several carrier-based aircraft of the Black Bear Empire are much worse than the carrier-based aircraft of the Golden Lion Empire in all aspects.

When more than 200 fighters of the Royal Air Force of the Han and Tang Empires arrived in the skies above Penang from several temporary field airfields around Penang, the carrier-based aircraft of the Royal Navy of the Black Bear Empire were only left to be slaughtered.

In the bridge of the Golden Lion Empire's Royal Navy Giant Lion's all-main gun battleship, the captain of the Golden Lion, Volod, held a telegram in his hand and said to the Golden Lion Empire's Admiralty Raf: "General Murka of the Black Bear Empire has sent a telegram, hoping to get support. ”

Raff snorted coldly, "Rubbish!

There was not even a single warship of the Han and Tang Empires in the entire Penang port, and the Black Bear Navy could not even take it.

Murka brought nearly 200 capital ships this time! ”

The captain of the Giant Lion, Volod, hesitated for a moment and said, "General, according to the situation on the battlefield, the Han and Tang Empires have built many strong batteries in Penang Port, and they are equipped with many large-caliber coastal defense guns.

It seems that it will be much more difficult to destroy the port of Penang than we expected. ”

Raff waved his hand: "Let's go up and help, and also show other countries the strength of our Royal Navy of the Golden Lion Empire!" ”

When the Golden Lion Fleet joined the attack on the Penang Harbour Battery Group, the battle became even more intense.

It's just that when the time came to 1 o'clock in the afternoon, the Admiral Minister of the Golden Lion Empire, Raff, had to give the order to temporarily retreat.

At this time, the losses of the Royal Navy of the Black Bear Empire had risen to 5 battleships with full main guns, 7 battle cruisers, 4 large armored cruisers, 7 light cruisers and 6 destroyers.

And the Royal Navy of the Golden Lion Empire has also lost 4 battleships with full main guns, 5 battle cruisers, 5 large armored cruisers, 8 light cruisers and 8 destroyers.

Moreover, the navies of the Golden Lion and Black Bear have many warships damaged.

"How thick is the fort in Penang Harbour? How is it that even the 400-mm shells of the Giant Lion and Flying Leaps can't hit those batteries on the shore? Raff, the Admiral of the Golden Lion Empire, gritted his teeth.

The captain of the Giant Lion, Volod, smiled bitterly: "General, those batteries in Penang Harbor are like turtle shells, and we are really at a loss to bombard them with naval guns. ”

"You can't just forget it, order the other seven countries to immediately dispatch carrier-based aircraft and use aerial bombs to completely wipe out the port of Penang and even the urban area of Penang!"

"General, the air force of the Han and Tang Empires seems to have deployed a lot of fighters in the area around Penang."

This time, Raff, the Minister of the Navy of the Golden Lion Empire, did not bring 12 aircraft carriers and 24 escort aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy of the Golden Lion Empire.

Who would have thought that the port of Penang, which has lost the protection of the fleet, would be such a difficult bone to gnaw!

"Those three elven countries, didn't they bring all the escort aircraft carriers over, I just happened to take a look today to see how good the carrier-based aircraft of the three elven countries are!"

After Raf, the nominal commander-in-chief of the combined fleet of the nine navies, gave the order, the navies of the other four orc countries, as well as the navies of the three elven countries, all gave Raf some face, and they all sent carrier-based aircraft to bomb Penang Port and Penang.

This time, the Royal Air Force of the Han and Tang Empires, in order to cooperate with the Penang Port Coastal Defense Brigade to guard the port, gathered three air divisions around Penang, including more than 300 French 406 fighters alone.

Even the carrier-based fighters of the three elven countries are no match for the French 406 fighters in air combat, which also led to the use of carrier-based aircraft by the joint fleet of the nine navies to bomb Penang Port and Penang, and the price paid was quite heavy.

At around 3 p.m., when the three air divisions of the Royal Air Force of the Han and Tang Empires, gathering more than 200 fighters and more than 400 bombers, carried out an air raid on the combined fleet of the nine navies outside the port of Penang.

The Admiral of the Golden Lion Empire, Raf, had to announce the immediate retreat of the entire combined fleet.

In this battle, the combined fleet of the nine navies lost a total of 18 battleships with full main guns, 21 battle cruisers, 8 escort aircraft carriers, 2 all-steel battleships, 19 large armored cruisers, 25 light cruisers, 22 destroyers, and thousands of carrier-based aircraft, and more than 65,000 people killed and missing.

On the side of the Penang Port Coastal Defense Brigade, only one battery was blown up, and a total of more than 600 people were killed, most of the casualties came from the air defense regiment of the Penang Port Coastal Defense Brigade.

The fort was destroyed, not because the shells pierced through the thick reinforced concrete, but because a shell was unlucky enough to go through the muzzle of the fort, detonating a large number of shells in the fort.

The Royal Air Force of the Han and Tang Empires lost a total of 386 fighters in this port defense battle, most of which were shot down in the course of air raids on the combined fleet of the nine navies.

Because of the many destroyed bombers, all the crew members died, which also caused the Royal Air Force of the Han and Tang Empires to die in this port defense battle, and the number of officers and soldiers even exceeded that of the Penang Port Coastal Defense Brigade.

However, compared to the results of the Battle of Penang Harbour, this loss was almost negligible.

Zhou Rui was very happy when he learned of the results of the defense of Penang Port, and immediately asked the newly established Han and Tang Imperial Royal Radio Station to broadcast this great victory.

At the same time, the newly launched Royal Daily of the Han and Tang Empires also published the detailed process of the defense of Penang Port on the front page.

The boss behind the Han and Tang Imperial Royal Radio and the Han and Tang Imperial Royal Daily was the imperial concubine Chu Yingying.