In the early morning of December 7, 1539, the battlefield of Lunda City, which had been fiercely fought for three days and three nights, suddenly changed dramatically.

The Silver Wolf Empire's attacking troops, which had already advanced to less than 3 kilometers away from Lunda City, found that a large number of human rebels had appeared around them, and formed a situation of encirclement of the entire attacking force.

The commander of the 16th Army, Jisla, said to the commander of the 22nd Army, Volko, with a gloomy face: "I didn't expect that the appetite of the human resistance army is so big, and it actually wants to eat our attacking force composed of 2 full group armies, 4 infantry divisions and 6 independent divisions!"

Aren't they afraid of being overwhelmed? ”

Faulco said with some concern: "I think we must quickly report the situation to the War Department and send us some reinforcements to avoid any accidents." ”

"Accidents? That's impossible!

Even if the total casualties of our various units have exceeded 50,000, it is not something that can be eaten by just human resistance forces if they want to! ”

"It's better to be conservative, since the human resistance army dares to think like this, it means that there is still something to rely on."

Jisra hesitated for a moment before nodding and saying, "Then send a telegram to the War Department to explain the situation and see what the War Department has to do about it." ”

In the Governor's Mansion of Silver Light City of the Silver Wolf Empire, Governor Igna looked at the military map of Bauhinia Province and asked Luca, the Deputy Minister of War beside him, "How many troops can be dispatched to Lunda City now?" ”

"In the territory of Bauhinia Province, 3 infantry divisions, 2 independent divisions and 20 security regiments can be immediately dispatched to support the attacking troops outside the city of Lunda.

More reinforcements can only be drawn from other provinces, which may take some time. ”

Governor Igna pondered for a moment and said: "Maybe this is an opportunity, order Gisra and Faulco not to have the idea of retreating, to fight back if they can, and to use all conditions to hold on to reinforcements if they can't."

The War Department immediately drew more troops from other provinces into the Bauhinia Province, hoping to use this attacking force as a bait to annihilate or inflict heavy damage on the main force of the human resistance. ”

Luca, the deputy minister of the War Department, nodded and said, "This plan formulated by the governor is very executable, and it is indeed a good opportunity to annihilate or severely damage the human resistance forces in our Silver Wolf Empire. ”

Zhou Rui, who was far away in Ganyang City, was actually a little worried that Xiang Tao was ready to eat hundreds of thousands of Silver Wolf Empire's attacking troops in one bite, but on the telegram, Zhou Rui still expressed his full support for Xiang Tao's battle plan.

Although perhaps because of the difference in experience, the current Xiang Tao is not comparable to the military god in the previous life, but with Xiang Tao's previous performance in the Silver Wolf Column, it is enough for Zhou Rui to have strong confidence in him.

Zhou Rui's support is not only in words, since the Silver Wolf Empire's attack plan was launched, Zhou Rui has transferred more than 100,000 officers and soldiers from the Fengwu Army, Zhenwei Army, Jin Eastern Army, Jin Southern Army, and Jin Western Army and sent them to the Silver Wolf Empire.

The various supplies given to the Silver Wolf Column, including weapons and ammunition, can be described as piled up.

Now in addition to the 5 infantry divisions that are participating in the battle in Lunda City, the 1st Front Army of the Silver Wolf Column has basically completed the formation of 3 new infantry divisions, which are regarded as reserves by Xiang Tao.

In fact, if it weren't for these three newly formed infantry divisions, Xiang Tao might not have dared to attack the idea of attacking the Silver Wolf Empire outside Lunda City.

Just when the fierce battle was raging outside Lunda, a transport fleet of not too small was sailing to a small port in the east of the Barbarian Bull Empire, and this transport fleet was carrying supplies and officers and soldiers for the Silver Wolf Column.

In order to protect this transport fleet from successfully reaching the small port in the eastern part of the Manniu Empire, the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet sent an escort fleet consisting of 6 "Mo" class battleships, 4 "Shun" class battle cruisers, 4 large armored cruisers, 4 light cruisers, and 8 destroyers.

The "Mo" class is the American New Mexico-class all-main gun battleship, and the "Shun" class is the Kongo-class battlecruiser of the East Ying Kingdom.

The commander of this escort fleet is concurrently served by Liu Ergou, the commander of the 15th Sentai of the Fifth Formation, and the six "Mo" class all-main gun battleships are the 15th Sentai from the Fifth Formation.

As the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet added a lot of new warships, some new warbands were formed, and the numbers of many warbands were also changed.

The four "Shun"-class battlecruisers originally belonged to the 22nd Sentai Squadron, but now they have become the 24th Sentai Sentaic.

In the bridge of the battleship with all main guns of the Mogui, the first mate Liang Baozhong handed Liu Ergou a telegram, "A telegram has been sent from the headquarters, let us be careful of the navy of the Silver Wolf Empire.

According to the information obtained by the intelligence department, in order to prevent us from sending supplies and replenishing troops to the Silver Wolf Column, the Silver Wolf Empire is preparing to send some warships to set up an interception zone on the eastern coast of the Barbarian Bull Empire. ”

When Liu Ergou heard this, he couldn't help muttering: "I've sent it so many times before, but I haven't encountered any situation, why is it our turn to escort it, and there are these moths!" ”

The first mate Liang Baozhong said: "The meaning of the headquarters, it is necessary to ensure the safety of the transport fleet, this time in order to support the silver wolf column, but from the army of the five feudal towns, almost 40,000 people were transferred.

If anything goes wrong with these 40,000 troops, we will have to go around without food. ”

Liu Ergou sighed and said, "I hope our luck is not so bad." ”

If you are really afraid, you will come.

On the morning of December 8, the convoy was less than 30 nautical miles from the small port in the eastern part of the Wild Bull Empire, and it would take three hours at most for the convoy to reach the port.

As a result, in this sea area, it encountered an interception fleet of 6 all-main gun battleships, 6 all-steel battleships, 6 large armored cruisers, 8 light cruisers and 8 destroyers of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy.

Since it has met, there is nothing to say, just one word - dry!

Fortunately, the scale of the interception fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy is not large, and the escort fleet led by Liu Ergou does not suffer in terms of strength.

"Separate 4 destroyers to escort the convoy to continue to the port, and the remaining warships meet the enemy in accordance with the battle formation arranged before!" Liu Ergou ordered in a deep voice.

The 6 all-main gun battleships in the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy Interception Fleet all belong to the Fire Pigeon class of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy, and are the latest full-main gun battleships in the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy, with a full load displacement of 27,500 tons and equipped with 5 twin-mounted 45 times caliber 340 mm main guns.

In the bridge of one of the Fire Pigeon-class all-main gun battleships, the Devil's Claw Eagle, the deputy commander of the Second Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire, Peg, said to the first mate Kikasha with some excitement on his face: "Finally blocked the transport fleet of the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empires, send a telegram to General Yerk, and ask him to immediately lead the fleet over."

Today, our Royal Navy must ask for some interest from the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet of the Han and Tang Empires! ”

Now that the Third Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire has been withdrawn to the mainland, in order to restore the strength of the First Fleet and the Second Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire, many warships of the Third Fleet have been transferred and incorporated into the First Fleet and the Second Fleet.

Yerk, a fierce general of the Third Fleet, was also transferred to the Second Fleet with a Firedove-class battleship with all main guns in his own class.

In order to intercept the Zhou family's transport fleet this time, the Silver Wolf Empire transferred dozens of warships from the Second Fleet to form two interception fleets.

One interception fleet was led by Peg, deputy commander of the Second Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire, and the other interception fleet was led by Yerk.

In fact, there have always been contradictions between the navy and the army of the Silver Wolf Empire because of the issue of military spending.

Rather than destroying dozens of transport ships, the Silver Wolf Empire Navy is more willing to wipe out the escort fleet escorting these dozens of transport ships in order to avenge the Battle of Xiangshi Island and the Battle of Shark Island.

The battle lines of the two sides, composed of capital ships, soon approached a distance of 15,000 meters, and at this time, the six battleships of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet with all main guns fired their main guns first.

The "Mo" class all-main gun battleships were equipped with four triple 556 mm guns of 50 times the calibre, so they could attack from such a long distance.

Peg, the deputy commander of the Second Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire, couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart when he saw the other party's 6 all-main gun battleships start firing their main guns at a distance of 15,000 meters.

"Send another telegram to General Yerk, telling him to lead the fleet as soon as possible, and among the enemy fleet there are six strong battleships with all main guns."

When the battle lines of the two sides were 13,000 meters apart, the four "Shun"-class battle cruisers on the side of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet also joined the main gun salvo.

In fact, the distance of 13,000 meters has not yet reached the combat range of the Fire Pigeon-class all-main gun battleships, but in order to improve the morale of his side, the deputy commander of the Second Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire, Peg, had no choice but to order 6 Firepigeon-class all-main gun battleships to launch a counterattack with their main guns.

The two sides went back and forth, and the fighting was very fierce, especially when the distance between the battle lines of the two sides was shortened to about 10,000 meters, and the six all-steel battleships on the side of the Fire Pigeon-class Navy also joined the shelling.

The first to be sunk on both sides was an all-steel battleship on the side of the Silver Wolf Empire's navy.

The all-steel battleship, with a full load displacement of 17,900 tons and armed with two twin 40x caliber 320 mm guns, was shot through the 180 mm broadside armor by a single 356 mm shell.

The shells exploded inside the all-steel battleship, directly detonating hundreds of 320-mm shells in an ammunition compartment.

In a series of explosions, the all-steel battleship was almost blown into several sections, and disappeared into the sea in less than 3 minutes, becoming the first warship to be sunk in this naval battle.

The more than 800 officers and men of the wolf clan on this all-steel battleship had no time to escape in the continuous explosions, and the all-steel battleship sank very quickly.

Even a few wolf navy officers and sailors were able to jump into the sea to escape, and they were also sucked into the sea by the whirlpool generated when the all-steel battleship sank, and in the end, more than 800 wolf navy officers and sailors on this all-steel battleship survived.

Soon after, another all-steel battleship of the same class of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy was also sunk.

This all-steel battleship was the first to be hit and caused a fire, nearly half of the boiler system was destroyed, which reduced the speed by more than half, and many wolf officers and soldiers were even burned alive by the fire, and the scene was tragic and abnormal.

Seeing this, Peg, the deputy commander of the Second Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire, immediately ordered the all-steel battleship, which was emitting thick smoke, to temporarily withdraw from the battle line and go to the back to extinguish the fire first.

However, before the all-steel battleship could exit the battle line, a 356-mm shell fell into the sea about a few meters away from the all-steel battleship, forming a near-miss.

The shock wave of the explosion of this 356-mm shell caused the sea water to expand rapidly, instantly tearing apart the underwater armor on the side of the all-steel battleship, forming a huge hole, allowing the sea water to rush into the hull of the all-steel battleship like a tidal wave.

In the end, due to the influx of seawater, the all-steel battleship was seriously tilted, and it overturned and sank into the sea, becoming the second warship to be sunk in this naval battle.

Soon after the start of the war, he sank the opponent's 2 all-steel battleships, which made Liu Ergou very happy, but Liu Ergou's happiness did not last long, and on the sea in the distance, another interception fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy appeared.

The interception fleet, led by Yerk, also consisted of 6 battleships with full main guns, 6 battleships with all steel, 6 large armored cruisers, 8 light cruisers and 8 destroyers.

It's just that among the 6 all-main gun battleships of the interception fleet led by Yerk, only 2 are fire pigeon-class, and the other 4 are the first all-main gun battleships built by the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy, with a full load displacement of 21,800 tons, and are equipped with 4 twin-mounted 45 times caliber 320 mm main guns.

But no matter what, in the face of the two interception fleets of the Silver Wolf Empire, the escort fleet led by Liu Ergou was already at a very obvious disadvantage in terms of the number of warships.

Liang Baozhong, the first mate of the Mogui, couldn't help but ask Liu Ergou, "Captain, what should we do next?" ”

Liu Ergou said viciously: "Keep doing it!"

We must not allow the opposing warship to pursue the transport fleet, otherwise the consequences will be unbearable for us! ”

In the bridge of the Firepigeon-class battleship Thrush, Yelk said to the first mate Oss energetically: "Convey my order to the battleships to cut into the battlefield from the west with the battle line."

Fight with the fleet led by Admiral Peg and flank each other from two directions. ”

First mate Oss hesitated for a moment and asked, "General, do you need to divide a part of the warships to pursue the other party's transport ships?" ”

Yelk said in a calm tone: "General Peg did not give us such an order. ”