Before going to Jingsheng City, Zhou Rui signed an exchange agreement on behalf of the Ganyang Zhou family and the Xiyun Liu family represented by Liu Shaochang.

The Zhou family will exchange two repaired Berserk-class all-steel battleships for Xiwei Island, which is controlled by the Xiyun Liu family, including all the facilities in the port of Xiwei Island.

As for the more than 1,200 naval officers and soldiers of the former Xiyun Liu family, at Zhou Rui's insistence, Liu Shaochang finally had to choose to give up.

And Zhou Rui also asked the Xiyun Liu family not to prevent the families of more than 1,200 officers and soldiers from settling in Ganyang City, and Liu Shaochang had no objection to this.

Anyway, it is impossible for the Xiyun Liu family to use the families of these officers and soldiers to make any articles, otherwise once they are poked out by the newspaper, just the pressure of public opinion, the Xiyun Liu family will not be able to bear it.

However, now that the six Berserk-class all-steel battleships have been sent to the warship repair plant on Phongsha Island, the agreement to exchange the islands for warships can only take effect after the two Berserk-class all-steel battleships involved in the transaction are repaired.

At about nine o'clock in the evening of August 1, 1536, Zhou Ruicai led the first formation, the second formation, and the task force of the coastal defense fleet, as well as 12 cargo ships carrying the Second Infantry Regiment of the Garrison Brigade, the Second Infantry Regiment of the 22nd Independent Brigade and a large number of war materials, and set off from Ganyang Military Port.

The reason why he waited until August 1 to set off was because it took time to form the Second Infantry Regiment of the 22nd Independent Brigade, and Zhou Rui was also waiting for news from Jingshengcheng.

Although Zhou Rui didn't think that Sun Tong would lie to himself, this expedition to Jingshengcheng was very important after all, and the army troops alone gathered more than 10,000 people.

If you are not afraid of accidents, you are afraid of just in case, so Zhou Rui asked the housekeeper Zhou Fu to use the eyeliner that the Zhou family had previously arranged in Jingshengcheng to confirm whether the other troops of the Second Mixed Brigade of the Zhenwei Army had really left Jingshengcheng.

In addition, Zhou Rui also asked the newly established "ghost" to send someone to Jingsheng City to verify the situation.

It wasn't until the housekeeper Zhou Fu and the "ghost" all confirmed that the second mixed brigade of the Zhenwei Army was in Jingsheng City, and there was indeed only one infantry regiment left in Mu Si'an, that Zhou Rui asked Sun Tong to contact Mu Si'an and agreed on a time to start.

This time on the expedition to Jingsheng City, the lottery system did not refresh the new tasks, but Zhou Rui still decided to personally lead the army to Jingsheng City.

Whether or not Jingsheng City can be captured is of great importance to the Zhou family, and Zhou Rui, the de facto head of the family, must not hide behind at this time.

What's more, Zhou Rui also needs a dazzling military exploit to match his current identity.

So this time, Zhou Rui proposed to personally lead the troops to the battle, and no one used safety as a reason to dissuade Zhou Rui from staying in Ganyang City.

A two-star lottery card given by the lottery system in August has been used up by Zhou Rui, and only one reward has been issued.

German York-class armored cruisers (6 units)

According to the lottery system, this armored cruiser has a full load displacement of 10266 tons, has 3 steam engines and 16 boilers, and has a maximum speed of 21.4 knots.

It is equipped with 2 twin 40x caliber 210 mm main guns, 10 40x caliber 150 mm secondary guns, 14 35x caliber 88 mm rapid-fire guns, and 4 450 mm torpedo tubes.

The broadside armor belt was from 38 mm to 150 mm, the main deck armor was 63 mm, the main turret armor was 180 mm, and the full crew was 720 people.

Like the four British Infinity-class battlecruisers previously obtained, the six German York-class armored cruisers were reloaded with fuel, lube, and spare boiler water when extracted into the real world, and carried the maximum amount of ammunition.

The most powerful navy among the six orc countries should be the Golden Lion Empire, and the performance of the German York-class armored cruisers in all aspects should not be much different even if they are compared with the latest armored cruisers of the Golden Lion Empire Navy.

It's a pity that if the six German York-class armored cruisers appear out of thin air, they will also attract the attention of the six major beast countries, so Zhou Rui is not ready to extract these six large armored cruisers into the real world for the time being.

There is no impermeable wall in the world, and not long after Zhou Rui led the fleet to set off, all the forces in Ganyang City learned that more than a dozen warships and tens of thousands of army troops of the Zhou family had left Ganyang City.

However, the Zhou family did a very good job of secrecy work, and only a very small number of the officers and men of the coastal defense fleet on the 15 warships and the tens of thousands of officers and men of the two infantry regiments knew the real purpose of this voyage, and the vast majority of the officers and men did not know at all that they were going to occupy Jingsheng City this time.

This also made all the forces in Ganyang City confused about the Zhou family's move.

In a guest room in Wanhualou in Ganyang City, Shen Zhi, commander of the Third Division of the Fengwu Army, asked Wan Ruyi, the boss of Wanhualou, in a deep voice: "The Zhou family mobilized tens of thousands of army troops to follow more than a dozen warships of the coastal defense fleet to go to sea this time, did your intelligence department find any clues?" ”

Wan Ruyi said: "Third Young Master, I found out before that the Zhou family and the Xiyun Liu family signed an exchange agreement, and the Zhou family exchanged two Berserk-class all-steel battleships for the Xiwei Island of the Xiyun Liu family.

Will the Zhou family take over Xiwei Island this time? ”

Shen Zhi shook his head, "A Xiwei Island, where can I mobilize tens of thousands of troops to receive it!"

What's more, the two Berserk-class all-steel battleships of the Liu family are being repaired on Fengsha Island, and the deal between the Zhou family and the Liu family cannot be reached for the time being. ”

"Third Young Master, do you want to continue to investigate?"

Shen Zhi pondered for a moment, sighed and said, "Forget it, maybe in a few days, we will know what the Zhou family is going to do."

Next, we have to pay attention to the Cui family and the Chen family, after all, the Zhou family is already on our side. ”

Before the Cui family, the Chen family in Ganyang City had already been recruited by Shen Du, the eldest son of Shen Xiao, the envoy of Fengwu Jiedu.

"Yes, Third Young Master.

Tonight...... Did the third young master stay overnight? ”

Shen Zhi glanced at Wan Ruyi, who still had charm, and couldn't help but feel a little empty in his heart.

However, thinking that he had eaten several skewers of roast lamb kidneys before he came, Shen Zhi pretended to nod happily, "I'll spend the night with you tonight." ”

In order to be able to control the strength of the Intelligence Division in Ganyang City, Shen Zhi had to stay overnight in Wanhualou even if he was afraid of Wan Ruyi's strong combat effectiveness.

However, a few skewers of roast lamb kidneys did not improve Shen Zhi's combat effectiveness much, and in the face of Wan Ruyi, who was like a wolf and a tiger, Shen Zhi was still defeated miserably.

Early the next morning, Shen Zhi, who was pale, had to hold on to the wall when he left Wanhualou.

Just when Shen Zhi left Wanhualou, Chen Xian, the head of the Chen family in Ganyang, personally came to Cui Mansion to visit Cui Hong, the head of the Cui family.

"Brother Cui, do you know what the Zhou family intends to mobilize tens of thousands of army troops to leave Ganyang City this time?"

After Chen Xian saw Cui Hong, he asked straight to the point.

Cui Hong shook his head, "I didn't find out here, but at least it wasn't against you and me." ”

Chen Xian learned that the Cui family didn't know either, so he didn't talk about it anymore, and then changed his words, "Brother Cui, the eldest prince is very worried about the recent rapid expansion of the Zhou family's strength, and I hope that you and I can join forces to suppress the Zhou family."

I wonder what Brother Cui thinks about this? ”

The eldest prince that Chen Xian said refers to Shen Du.

"Inhibition? How easy it is to say that!

Brother Chen, you and I don't even have a warship, how can we restrain the development of the Zhou family? ”

Chen Xian sighed, "What Brother Cui said is very true, Ganyang City is a port city, if you can't cut off the Zhou family's coastal defense fleet, how dare you and I act rashly."

But if the Zhou family continues to develop like this, the life of you and me in Ganyang City will become more and more difficult. ”

"Brother Chen, you must have also heard about the signing of the swap agreement between the Zhou family and the Xiyun Liu family, and when the Zhou family takes over Xiwei Island, maybe the opportunity to restrain the Zhou family will come."

"Brother Cui meant, could it be that he borrowed the hands of the orcs?"

"Hehe, I don't think you and I need to do any work at all.

The Red Tiger Empire's Fengsha Island is less than 300 kilometers away from Xiwei Island, and the Silver Wolf Empire's Pusha Island is more than 400 kilometers away from Xiwei Island.

As the old saying goes: On the side of the couch, how can you allow others to snore, with the current strength of the Zhou family's coastal defense fleet, even the Red Tiger Empire and the Silver Wolf Empire cannot ignore it! ”

Pusha Island is the largest island off the coast of Kangyang Town, with an area of 353 square kilometers, which was occupied by the Silver Wolf Empire many years ago and is currently the military base of the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire's Navy.