In January of Tianyuan 1542, some units of the Eastern Hebei Army, the Western Hebei Army, and the Northern Hebei Army mutinied successively.

Thanks to Li Shengjun, the commander of the Eastern Hebei Army, Wen Ximing, the commander of the Western Hebei Army, and Hou Lian, the commander of the Northern Hebei Army, they immediately dispatched troops loyal to the Zhou family to quell the rebellion, so that these rebels did not shake the rule of the Zhou family in Jidong Town, Jixi Town, and Northern Hebei Town.

At this time, the disaster of the beast tide in the territory of the Barbarian Empire has basically been pacified, and millions of barbarian troops have been redeployed in the border area adjacent to Jibei Town.

If it weren't for the speed of the Zhou family's rebellion, perhaps the barbarian army would have invaded the town of northern Hebei.

Zhou Xiaozheng, who was sitting in a wheelchair, immediately said to Zhou Rui: "At present, the establishment of the Eastern Hebei Army, the Western Hebei Army, and the Northern Hebei Army has been fully restored, but the Tuban Empire has been expanding its army in recent times.

It seems that the Tuban Empire and the Black Bear Empire behind it have always had no dead heart on Jidong Town, Jixi Town, and Jibei Town. ”

Hu Yi followed and said, "Great Marshal, according to the information we have so far, the size of the army of the Barbarian Empire has reached 4.5 million.

By mid-September, the Tuban Empire had deployed about 2.2 million army troops in the border area adjacent to the town of Jibei alone, and the expansion of the Tuban Empire continued. ”

Zhou Rui said indifferently: "The Barbarian Empire is not to worry, if the Barbarian Empire dares to make the first move, it is just right to use the Barbarian Empire to add a few new feudal towns to our Zhou family." ”

Although there were some episodes, after Zhou Rui fell into a coma, the strength of the Zhou family was still steadily increasing.

Today, the eleven front armies of the 11 feudal towns have a total of 165 infantry divisions and 550 garrison regiments, with a total strength of 7.7 million, not counting the dozens of infantry divisions and dozens of independent brigades of the Silver Wolf Column.

Even if the Black Bear Empire behind the Barbarian Empire was shirtless, Zhou Rui was not afraid.

After the soul crossed back again, the gold bricks, silver bricks, warships, army weapons and equipment and food that were originally stored in the lottery system reappeared in the lottery system.

These gold bricks, silver bricks, warships, army weapons and equipment and food are also the confidence of Zhou Rui who is not afraid of the Barbarian Empire and even the Black Bear Empire.

Zhou Rui just woke up, and the lottery system gave him a Samsung lottery card in September this year.

After this three-star lottery card was used by Zhou Rui, 30,000 50-pound gold bricks and 4 German Bavarian-class battleships were opened.

The German Bavaria-class battleship is a new warship that was opened by the lottery system for the first time, and now Zhou Rui no longer needs the introduction of the lottery system, and he knows the German Bavaria-class battleship very well.

Bavaria-class battleship with a full load displacement of 32850 tons and a maximum speed of 22 knots.

It was equipped with 4 twin 45x caliber 380-mm main guns, 16 150-mm secondary guns, 10 88-mm anti-aircraft guns, and 5 600-mm torpedo tubes.

The broadside armor belt was up to 350 mm thick, three armored decks with a thickness of 30 mm to 40 mm each, the main turret armor was 450 mm, and the crew was 1171 people.

The Bavaria-class battleship belonged to the super dreadnought battleship in another time and space, and in the time and space of the Han and Tang Empires, it was attributed to the all-main gun battleship.

The dreadnought battleship and the all-main gun battleship of the two planes are basically equivalent to a kind of battleship, except that the all-main gun battleship is not divided into dreadnought and super dreadnought like the dreadnought battleship.

In addition, among the warships in the lottery system, there are 4 newly opened battleships, which Zhou Rui has not yet had time to deliver to the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet.

The British Queen Elizabeth-class battleship has a full load displacement of 33020 tons and a maximum speed of 25 knots.

It was armed with 4 twin 42-caliber 381-mm guns, 12 152-mm secondary guns, 2 76-mm anti-aircraft guns, and 4 533-mm torpedo tubes.

The broadside armor belt was up to 330 mm thick, the main deck armor was 127 mm, the main turret armor was 330 mm, and the full crew was 925 people.

Queen Elizabeth-class battleships, like Bavarian-class battleships, belong to super dreadnought battleships in another time and space, and in the time and space of the Han and Tang Empires, they belong to all-main gun battleships.

In another time and space, the Queen Elizabeth-class battleships were built before World War I, and between the two world wars, the Queen Elizabeth-class battleships underwent two major modernizations.

And the Queen Elizabeth-class battleships opened by the lottery system have not been modified and belong to the original design.

"Have any changes in the other forces in our Han and Tang Empires in the past year?" Zhou Rui asked.

Hu Yi replied: "Great Marshal, the situation in the Han and Tang Empires is quite stable, but the feudal towns have been expanding their armies.

For example, the imperial court, which controlled Tiansheng City, Pushan Town, and Pingyue Town, has now expanded with more than 1.5 million forbidden troops and more than 500,000 local troops.

In addition, the Southwest Alliance and the Northwest Alliance also officially announced the formation of the Nine Towns Alliance, and if all the armies of the Nine Towns Alliance are counted, the total strength will exceed at least 6 million. ”

The Southwest Alliance includes Boting Town, Huannan Town, Rongbei Town, and Deyang Town, and the Northwest Alliance includes Botai Town, Fuping Town, Xiangxi Town, Ding'an Town, and Luoshan Town, adding up to exactly nine feudal towns.

As for the so-called Nine Towns Alliance, it was obviously formed against the Zhou family.

Zhou Rui asked again: "What is the current situation with the bribery plan implemented by your 'ghost shadow' in these nine feudal towns?" ”

"Some results have been achieved, but now the feudal towns have strengthened the monitoring of their internal generals, so the implementation of the purchase plan for these nine feudal towns is not too smooth, and there is still a long way to go from the goal set by our 'ghost'."

Zhou Rui nodded slightly, "For the time being, our Zhou family will not annex these nine feudal towns, and your 'ghost' purchase plan can be done slowly."

You have bribed one more general from these nine feudal towns, and in the future, when our Zhou family attacks these nine feudal towns, some of the resistance will be reduced.

Again, don't be afraid to spend money, if 3 million silver coins can't impress the other party, then take out 4 million silver coins and 5 million silver coins until you impress the other party. ”

Then Zhou Rui turned his head to Song Limin and asked: "How are the four all-main gun battleships built by Ganyang Shipyard in all aspects?" ”

The first all-main gun battleship built at the Ganyang Shipyard has already joined the sequence of the Southwestern Coastal Defense Fleet.

Song Limin said: "Marshal, the performance of the four all-main gun battleships in all aspects is quite good, and at present, the four all-main gun battleships have been incorporated into the eighth formation and are organized into a single team.

After discussion with the old commander, in order to commemorate the coastal defense fleet of Ganyang City, the four battleships with all main guns were named Dongfeng, Nanfeng, Xifeng and Beifeng. ”

The Dongfeng, Nanfeng, Xifeng, and Beifeng were originally the names of the four iron-ribbed wood-hulled ships that started the Ganyang City Coastal Defense Fleet.

After a pause, Song Limin continued: "At present, Ganyang Shipyard and Jingsheng Shipyard have started to build 20 second-type full-main gun battleships at the same time.

This second all-main gun battleship is tentatively designated as the 'Akebosake' class, and the lead ship will be named the Aurora. ”

Before Zhou Rui's rebirth, the Dawning light cruiser, although it was only an old ship, was the most combat-effective warship in the coastal defense fleet of Ganyang City.

The first phase of Jingsheng Shipyard has completed the construction of 12 40,000-ton docks and 12 35,000-ton docks.

According to Zhou Rui's plan, in the future, Jingsheng Shipyard will mainly be used to build battleships and battle cruisers with full main guns.

This time, 16 of the 20 all-main gun battleships were built at the Jingsheng Shipyard.

Zhou Xiaozheng said at this time: "The second all-main gun battleship was named the 'Shu' class, which was decided by me, and it was also to commemorate the earliest coastal defense fleet of Ganyang City. ”

Zhou Rui nodded and said: "Then the second all-main gun battleship independently built by our Zhou family will be named the 'Shu' class, and the first ship will use the name Shuguang."

However, there is no problem with the two shipyards to build 20 Akebo-class ships at the same time, right? ”

The "Shu" class full-main gun battleship designed by Ganyang Shipyard is a reference to the New Mexico-class full-main gun battleship of the United States, with a full load displacement of 33,200 tons and is equipped with four triple 50-caliber 356 mm main guns.

If the "Shu" class all-main gun battleships can be built, the level of battleships built by Ganyang Shipyard and Jingsheng Shipyard will not be much worse than those large shipyards of the beast country.

Song Limin said: "Dashuai rest assured, now 20 'Shu' keels have begun to be laid, Ganyang Shipyard and Jingsheng Shipyard are very confident in building 20 'Shu' class at the same time." ”