In the middle of June of Tianyuan 1545, a large number of warships of the beast country appeared in the waters near more than a dozen ports in Weizhou Town, and even in the waters near the ports of Lanzhou Town, warships of the beast countries also appeared.

After more than a month of preparation, the combined fleet of the six navies against the Zhou family's southwest coastal defense fleet was finally formed, so the six beast nations were ready to completely cut off the Zhou family's sea passage between the two continents.

From the Han and Tang Empires to the five feudal towns of the Zhou family in the western continent, the closest distance is to land from a dozen ports in Weizhou Town, and if you land from various ports in Lanzhou Town, then you need to make a long detour.

Therefore, the focus of the blockade of the joint fleet of the six navies is more than a dozen ports in Weizhou Town, 16 ports to be exact.

At the same time, the joint command of the six armies has also been formally established, and the armies of the three kingdoms of Golden Lion, Black Bear, and Flying Leopard have begun to gather in the territory of the Silver Wolf Empire, and the land forces of the Red Tiger Empire have also begun to gather in the territory of the Wild Bull Empire.

The joint command of the six armies will next gather the forces of the six armies to launch an attack on the Zhou family's Jingzhou Town, Yuzhou Town, Lanzhou Town, Weizhou Town, and Kezhou Town in the western mainland from two directions, one south and one north.

On the morning of June 15, the main force of the combined fleet of the six navies appeared in the waters outside Xinying Port in Weizhou Town.

Xinying Port, formerly known as Kexia Port, is the largest port in the former Barbarian Empire in New Wilk Province, and it is also equivalent to the largest port in Weizhou Town.

Most of the materials and personnel previously transported from the Han and Tang Empires to the five feudal towns in the Western Continent entered the Western Continent from Xinying Port.

On the bridge of the Golden Lion Empire's Royal Navy's Dragon Lion-class all-main gun battleship Oath, the First Vice Minister of the Golden Lion Empire's Admiralty Raph said in a deep voice to the commanders of the navies of the other five countries: "None of the 12 main formations of the Zhoujia's Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet have stayed on the Western Continent.

There are 16 ports along the coast of the New Wilk Province of the Barbarian Empire, and 20 ports in the Phalaenopsis Province of the Silver Wolf Empire, only a small number of warships from the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet are stationed, and there is not even a single capital ship.

If the combined fleet of our six navies wants to completely cut off the sea passage between the two continents of the Zhou family, it only needs to guard against the attack of the main formations of the southwest coastal defense fleet of the Zhou family, and there should be no need to worry about those enemy ships in the port. ”

Raff, the First Vice Minister of the Admiralty of the Golden Lion Empire, was appointed by the Governor of the Golden Lion Empire, Denisot, as the commander of the Golden Lion Navy's combined fleet of the six navies, and at the same time, Raff also became the commander-in-chief of the entire combined fleet of the six navies.

The commanders of the navies of the other five countries are Pogue, the second vice minister of the navy of the Red Tiger Empire, the second vice minister of the navy of the Black Bear Empire, Murka, the first vice minister of the navy of the Flying Leopard Empire, Annot, the first vice minister of the navy of the Silver Wolf Empire, Yegor, and the naval minister of the Wild Bull Empire, Larion.

In addition to Larion, the other five men attended the meeting to discuss the formation of the Six-Nation Alliance.

The First Vice Minister of the Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire, Yegor, then frowned and said, "According to the reliable information obtained by our Silver Wolf Empire's intelligence department.

After the Battle of Longjing Island, the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet of the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empires added a number of capital ships, and there were quite a few of them.

The Phalaenopsis Province of our Silver Wolf Empire, and the New Wilk Province of the Barbarian Empire, have a total of 36 ports.

If we want to blockade all these 36 ports, it will inevitably disperse the strength of our combined naval fleet of the six countries, and if we don't do it well, it will give the southwest coastal defense fleet of the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empires an opportunity.

I feel that the navies of certain countries should come up with more warships to join the combined fleet of the navies of our six countries. ”

Larion, the naval minister of the Barbarian Bull Empire, said in a loud voice: "Just like Admiral Raff said, there are not many warships needed to blockade the port.

After all, the Zhou family's Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet did not have any main force stationed in these ports.

As long as the combined fleet of our six navies concentrates its forces and waits for the main formation of the Zhoujia's southwest coastal defense fleet to dispatch, it can deliver a fatal blow! ”

This time, the Royal Navy of the Barbarian Bull Empire sent a total of 12 all-main gun battleships, 12 all-steel battleships, 20 large armored cruisers, 50 light cruisers and 50 destroyers to join the combined fleet of the six navies.

It can be regarded as the weakest force in the combined fleet of the six navies.

The Royal Navy of the Golden Lion Empire sent a total of 120 battleships with full main guns, 60 battlecruisers, 60 all-steel battleships, 60 large armored cruisers, 160 light cruisers and 220 destroyers to the combined fleet of the six navies.

The Royal Navy of the Red Tiger Empire sent a total of 100 all-main gun battleships, 50 battle cruisers, 50 all-steel battleships, 50 large armored cruisers, 130 light cruisers, and 180 destroyers to the combined fleet of the six navies.

The Royal Navy of the Black Bear Empire sent a total of 60 battleships with full main guns, 40 battle cruisers, 40 all-steel battleships, 40 large armored cruisers, 80 light cruisers, and 100 destroyers to the combined fleet of the six navies.

The navies of the Golden Lion, Red Tiger, and Black Bear all suffered great losses in the Battle of Dragon Whale Island, so the number of warships sent by the navies of the three countries this time was not as large as the number of warships sent by the navies of the three countries when they participated in the Battle of Dragon Whale Island.

The Royal Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire is the most active in forming a combined fleet of the six navies, after all, this is related to the Silver Wolf Empire's recovery of Bauhinia Province, Tulip Province and Phalaenopsis Province.

At present, the Royal Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire has a total of 150 battleships with full main guns and 62 battle cruisers, and as a result, the Royal Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire directly sent 120 battleships with full main guns and 50 battle cruisers to join the combined fleet of the six navies.

In addition, the Royal Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire sent 40 all-steel battleships, 60 large armored cruisers, 150 light cruisers, and 200 destroyers to the combined fleet of the six navies.

This made the strength of the Royal Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire in the combined fleet of the six navies even surpassed that of the Royal Navy of the Red Tiger Empire.

The number of capital ships of the Royal Navy of the Flying Leopard Empire is actually more than that of the Royal Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire, but the Royal Navy of the Flying Leopard Empire only sent 50 battleships with full main guns, 30 battle cruisers, 40 all-steel battleships, 40 large armored cruisers, 90 light cruisers and 130 destroyers to join the combined fleet of the six navies.

In this way, the combined number of capital ships of the combined fleet of the six navies gave rise to 492 battleships with full main guns and 250 battlecruisers.

Just counting the number of capital ships, the combined fleet of the six navies has already surpassed the entire Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet.

Of course, because Zhou Rui used the Crescent Island Naval Base to hide a batch of battleships and battle cruisers with all main guns withdrawn from the lottery system, so that at this time, these commanders of the combined fleet of the six navies all thought that the strength of the combined fleet of the six navies was to crush the entire southwest coastal defense fleet of the Zhou family.

The First Vice Minister of the Flying Leopard Empire's Navy, Annot, spoke: "I suggest that most of the ports in the Silver Wolf Empire's Phalaenopsis Province and the Barbarian Empire's New Wilk Province be placed in maritime minefields.

This will allow our six navies combined fleet to gather more forces in order to start a decisive battle with the southwest coastal defense fleet of the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empires! ”

As soon as Annot's words fell, Yegor, the first vice minister of the Silver Wolf Empire's navy, snorted coldly and said: "This time, our six spirit clan countries declared war on the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empires, which can be said to be related to the interests of the entire spirit clan, but as a result, some countries are unwilling to go all out for this.

The capital ships of the Flying Leopard Navy are dozens more than the Royal Navy of our Silver Wolf Empire, but now the Flying Leopard Navy is only willing to send 50 battleships with full main guns and 30 battle cruisers to join the combined fleet of our six navies, obviously wanting to preserve its strength. ”

Once the coastal ports of Phalaenopsis Province are sealed with mines, even if the Silver Wolf Empire recovers Phalaenopsis Province in the future, it will have to spend a lot of manpower and financial resources to clean up the mines blocking these ports, and the Silver Wolf Empire is of course unwilling to implement a mine blockade.

The First Vice Minister of the Flying Leopard Empire's Navy, Annot, then shrugged his shoulders and said, "Many of the capital ships of our Flying Leopard Navy have either just been launched or are undergoing maintenance, so for the time being, only 50 battleships with full main guns and 30 battlecruisers have been sent to the combined fleet of the six navies.

However, I would like to emphasize here that according to the progress of the war, our Flying Leopard Navy will also send some additional warships to the combined fleet of the six navies, including battleships with full main guns and battle cruisers.

I know that there are a lot of minefields set up along the coast of the Silver Wolf Empire's Phalaenopsis Province and the Barbarian Empire's New Wilk Province, which will bring a lot of trouble to the Silver Wolf Empire and the Barbarian Bull Empire after the war.

However, I still insist on setting up minefields at sea, and I cannot let the combined fleet of our six navies disperse too much because I am afraid of trouble.

The strength of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet must be clearer than I am. ”

The Second Vice Minister of the Red Tiger Empire's Navy, Pogue, hesitated for a moment and said, "I agree with General Annott's suggestion to set up a sea minefield.

In a decisive battle with the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet of the Zhou Family of the Han and Tang Empires, our combined fleet of the six navies must not have any luck mentality, and must gather the strongest forces! ”

The Second Vice Admiral of the Black Bear Empire, Murka, nodded, "I also agree with the establishment of maritime minefields outside the ports of the Silver Wolf Empire's Phalaenopsis Province and the Barbarian Empire's New Wilk Province.

If you want to completely cut off the Zhou family's sea passage between the two continents, the only way to do this is to knock out the main force of the Zhou family's southwest coastal defense fleet! ”

Raff, the First Deputy Minister of the Admiralty of the Golden Lion Empire, said at this time: "General Yegor, General Larion, setting up a maritime minefield can be said to be the simplest and most effective way.

I hope that the Silver Wolf Empire and the Wild Bull Empire will agree to this approach, and I promise the two generals that in the distribution of benefits after the war, you two countries can get some compensation for the problem of maritime minefields. ”

Yegor and Larion couldn't help but look at each other, and Yegor first muttered and said, "I need to report this matter to the country." ”

Larion then said: "I also need to report the establishment of minefields at sea to the country. ”

The First Vice Minister of the Admiralty of the Golden Lion Empire, Raf, did not continue this topic, but turned his head to the First Vice Minister of the Flying Leopard Empire Navy, Annott, and asked, "How many warships are you going to send to the Flying Leopard Navy to join our six-nation naval combined fleet next?"

Now that I have been elected commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet of the Six Nations Navy, I feel that I must know how much strength I can muster in my hands. ”

Annott smiled bitterly and said, "General Raff, I'm really sorry, I can't answer this question for the time being.

How many warships our Flying Leopard Navy can send to join the combined fleet of the six navies in the future is not something I can decide, or even our Flying Leopard Imperial Admiralty.

However, I will send a telegram to the country to strive for more warships, especially capital ships, to join the sequence of our six-nation naval combined fleet. ”

Soon Igna, the governor of the Silver Wolf Empire, and Trofe, the governor of the Bull Empire, sent a telegram agreeing to the request of the combined fleet of the six navies to set up a maritime minefield.

In the harbor of Xinying Port, Shi Jing stood in the bridge of the all-steel battleship Bailang, looking at the dense enemy battleships in the sea in the distance with binoculars, and instead of showing any frightened look, his face revealed an expression of eagerness.

Shi Jing is the commander of the Xinying Port Garrison Fleet, he is the old man of the Zhou family, and when Zhou Rui was reborn, Shi Jing was a boatswain on the light cruiser Dawn of the Ganyang City Coastal Defense Fleet.

The Xinying Port garrison fleet currently has 6 all-steel battleships, 6 large armored cruisers, 8 light cruisers, 10 destroyers, 40 torpedo boats, and 24 offshore gunboats.

Four of the six all-steel battleships were Termite-class all-steel battleships of the captured Golden Lion Navy, and the other two were gift-class all-steel battleships of the captured Golden Lion Navy.

The termite-class all-steel battleship has a full load displacement of 21,800 tons and is equipped with 2 twin 45-caliber 330-mm main guns and 4 twin-mounted 45-caliber 220-mm secondary guns.

The gift-class all-steel battleship has a full load displacement of 20,500 tons, and is equipped with two twin 45 times caliber 330 mm main guns and 3 twin 45 times caliber 200 mm secondary guns.

If the combined fleet of the six navies attacks Xinying Port, relying on the strength of the garrison fleet of Xinying Port, it will at most be able to bring some trouble to the combined fleet of the six navies.

And Shi Jing has the confidence to make the combined fleet of the six navies knock out a few teeth in Xinying Port, and it is those coastal defense batteries in Xinying Port.

At present, there are dozens of large and small forts in Xinying Port, and nearly 1,000 coastal defense guns have been arranged, including 24 50-fold caliber 356-mm coastal defense guns, 24 45-fold caliber 343-mm coastal defense guns, and 48 45-fold caliber 305-mm coastal defense guns.

These 96 large-caliber coastal defense guns, all hidden in reinforced concrete batteries with a thickness of more than 1.5 meters, are enough to pose a very big threat to the combined fleet of the six navies.