Chapter 316: Salt the wound

In a large hall of the imperial palace in Tiansheng City, the capital of the Han and Tang Empires, Song Limin, commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy, reported to Zhou Rui in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, in the decisive battle with the combined fleet of the nine navies.

In total, our Royal Navy sank 169 aircraft carriers, 256 battleships, 125 battle cruisers, 137 escort carriers, 286 heavy cruisers, 303 large armored cruisers, 623 light cruisers, 730 destroyers and 59 submarines.

The number of officers and soldiers killed and missing in battle exceeds 1.7 million. ”

After a pause, Song Limin said with some sadness: "Admiral Hao Desheng, the commander of the Tenth Fleet, is too seriously injured...... Still not saved.

At present, the command of the 10th Fleet is taken over by Deputy Commander Liang Baozhong. ”

Hao Desheng had been the commander of the Twelfth Fleet, but two years ago, the senior officers of the 12 main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires were adjusted, and Hao Desheng was transferred to the Tenth Fleet to serve as the commander.

In a fierce battle with the combined fleet of the Nine Nations Navy, Hao Desheng was hit in the head by a piece of shrapnel that flew into the bridge through the observation window, and he fell unconscious on the spot.

Zhou Rui had already known the news of Hao Desheng's serious injury, but he didn't expect that he would not be rescued in the end.

Hao Desheng was one of the first seven captains of the Ganyang garrison fleet, and it can be said that he witnessed the whole process of the Zhou family from a small family in Ganyang City to the controller of the Han and Tang Empires.

Zhou Rui's personal relationship with Hao Desheng is also good, and when he heard the news of Hao Desheng's death, Zhou Rui's face couldn't help but be a little gloomy.

In addition, Zhou Rui had already learned that Hao Desheng's two sons were also killed in this battle with the combined fleet of the nine-nation navy.

"Lao Hao's two sons, do they have any children?"

"Lao Hao's eldest son gave birth to a boy, who is not yet 1 year old, and Lao Hao's second son is not married yet." Song Limin said bitterly.

Zhou Rui said with emotion: "This time, the Royal Navy alone has more than 1.7 million casualties, which is equivalent to more than 1.7 million families, losing their husbands, fathers, and sons.

Remember, the fallen soldiers must not be allowed to shed blood and tears, and the bereavement pensions of all fallen soldiers must be paid in a timely manner, and anyone who dares to do anything with the pension will be sent directly to the military court, and there is no mercy to talk about! ”

Nowadays, the minimum standard for the pension of ordinary soldiers in the Han and Tang Empires, whether it is the army or the navy, is more than 3,000 silver coins, and their immediate family members can also receive some subsidies every month according to the actual situation of the family.

However, even if the punishment for corruption in the Han and Tang Empires is severe, there are still some people who will take risks, and even some people will fight the idea of pensions.

After the end of the last war with the military alliance of the Nine Nations, some people coveted the pensions of the fallen soldiers.

Zhou Rui later learned of this, it can be said that Long Yan was furious, and in the end, all the officials who were greedy for pensions, regardless of their official positions, were sent to a military court and sentenced to be shot, including the two cousins of the imperial concubine Chu Yingying.

Song Limin nodded, "Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister will personally supervise the matter of the pension, and whoever dares to stretch out his hand to the pension will chop off his hand." ”

After a pause, Song Limin continued: "Your Majesty, at present, the 12 main fleets of our Royal Navy have basically avoided this typhoon.

The typhoon has landed along the coast of the Silver Wolf Empire and is moving inland towards the Silver Wolf Empire.

Admiral Wang Hongchun of the First Fleet sent a telegram, hoping to take advantage of the typhoon's landfall to carry out an air raid on the port of Zatvina in the Silver Wolf Empire. ”

"Air raids?

The typhoon has not disappeared, can carrier-based aircraft launch air strikes? Zhou Rui asked suspiciously.

Song explained: "It is theoretically feasible.

Moreover, the typhoon has not completely left the port of Zatvina, so the carrier-based aircraft of the combined fleet of the nine-nation navy, as well as the jet fighters at the airfield near the port of Zatvina, will not be able to take to the air for combat.

Our Royal Navy's Fire Eagle jet carrier-based dive bombers are completely capable of carrying out high-altitude bombardment of warships in the port of Zatvina at an altitude of more than 17,000 meters.

Even if you carry out blind bombing, you can cause certain losses to the other side. ”

Zhou Rui hesitated for a moment and asked, "Song Shuai, do you think the air raid plan is reliable?" ”

"Your Majesty, although the losses of the 12 main fleets of our Royal Navy are great, they have not lost their combat effectiveness.

After the typhoon passed, the 12 main fleets of our Royal Navy still had a chance to completely defeat the combined fleet of the nine navies, and the air raid was just the beginning! ”

Inside the bridge of the aircraft carrier Island, Wang Hongchun, commander of the First Fleet, took a telegram and said to the crown prince Zhou Jun: "Your Highness, Your Majesty has agreed to our plan for air strikes. ”

Prince Zhou Jun looked at the waves on the sea and couldn't help but ask worriedly, "Commander Wang, can our carrier-based plane take off now?" ”

"Although there may be some dangers, it is worth taking some risks compared to being able to bomb the combined fleet of the nine navies in the port of Zatvina," Wang said.

Moreover, the bombing was carried out at this time, and the combined fleet of the nine-nation navy in the port of Zatvina could only be beaten passively, and their planes could not take off at all now.

Our Royal Navy has paid such a big price, it is not enough to inflict heavy damage on the combined fleet of the navies of the nine countries! ”

In the early morning of July 7, 1557, in the bridge of the Red Tiger Empire Navy's Iron Tiger's super battleship, Svia, the Red Tiger Empire's naval minister, said to Gerba, the captain of the Iron Tiger Empire, with a gloomy face: "The losses are too great, if it weren't for this typhoon, I don't know how many warships our Red Tiger Empire's Royal Navy would have survived in the end." ”

The Red Tiger Empire Navy, with a total of 120 aircraft carriers, 306 battleships, 162 battle cruisers, 180 escort carriers, 380 large armored cruisers, 450 light cruisers, 530 destroyers and 100 submarines, participated in the decisive naval battle with the Han and Tang Imperial Navy.

At this time, the only Red Tiger Empire warships that could return to the port of Zatvina were 42 aircraft carriers, 125 battleships, 52 battlecruisers, 36 escort carriers, 176 large armored cruisers, 210 light cruisers, 235 destroyers, and 47 submarines.

Because the port of Zatvina could not accommodate too many warships, at this time, the remaining warships of the Golden Lion Empire's navy and the three elven national navies had already passed through the different time and space nodes and returned to the port of Vikë of the Silver Wolf Empire on this side of the beast world.

On the port of Zatvina, only the naval fleets of the Red Tiger, Black Bear, Silver Wolf, Flying Leopard, and Wild Bull are left.

Captain Gerba of the Iron Headed Tiger hesitated for a moment and said, "It seems that the Imperial side has begun to publicize the news that our Nine Nations Navy Combined Fleet has defeated the main force of the Han and Tang Empire's Navy. ”

Svia, the Navy Minister of the Red Tiger Empire, sighed and said, "Gelba, you have experienced the entire process of naval warfare, do you say that our combined fleet of the nine navies has really defeated the main force of the Han and Tang Empire Navy?" ”

Gerba shook his head slightly, "The losses of the Han and Tang Empire's navy are definitely smaller than the losses of our entire Nine Nations Navy Combined Fleet.

Although this decisive battle at sea was terminated due to the typhoon, in fact, it should be our nine-nation naval combined fleet that suffered. ”

Svia smiled bitterly, "Our Nine Nations Military Alliance needs a victory too much to boost the morale of the people of all countries, especially our Red Tiger Empire.

No matter what the losses of both sides were in the previous naval battle, anyway, the winning side must be our combined fleet of the nine navies. ”

As soon as the words fell, a Red Tiger Empire Navy Colonel ran over in a panic, "The radar has detected that a large number of planes are approaching Port Vikët!" ”

When Svia and Gerba heard this, their faces changed.

"Marshal, it must be a carrier-based aircraft of the Han and Tang Imperial Navy! What are we going to do? ”

"The wind outside is so strong, the carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carrier, and the jet fighters from the various field airfields near the port of Zatvina, it is impossible for them to take off.

Order all warships to start up immediately and withdraw to the Spirit World through the Alternate Time and Space node! ”

The launch of a warship, especially a large one, is not something that can be completed in a short period of time.

All the warships of the Red Tiger, Black Bear, Silver Wolf, Flying Leopard, and Wild Bull navies braved waves several meters high, and all withdrew to the Vikëg Harbor of the Silver Wolf Empire on the side of the beast world, and the carrier-based aircraft group of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires had completed a full 6 waves of bombing.

After the previous bloody battle with the combined fleet of the nine navies, the 12 main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires still have 6 island-class aircraft carriers, 193 Jumbo-class aircraft carriers, 120 American Midway-class aircraft carriers, 52 Bird's Nest-class aircraft carriers, 15 American Essex-class aircraft carriers and 11 Dongying Guoxianghe-class aircraft carriers.

These carriers can also operate with nearly 8,000 Fire Eagle jet carrier-based dive bombers.

Therefore, Wang Hongchun, commander of the First Fleet, divided the nearly 8,000 Fire Eagle jet carrier-based dive bombers into two groups and bombed the warships of the five beast countries in the port of Zatvina.

Although due to the typhoon, the Fire Eagle Jet Carrier-based Dive Bomber could not carry out more accurate dive bombing, but each Fire Eagle Jet Carrier-based Dive Bomber could carry 3.7 tons of aerial bombs, plus the five warships in the port of Zatvina, the docking was somewhat dense.

Six waves of high-altitude bombardment still caused very heavy losses to the navies of the five countries, namely the Red Tiger, the Black Bear, the Silver Wolf, the Flying Leopard, and the Manniu.

Murka, the Minister of the Black Bear Empire's Admiralty who retreated to Vikëå Harbor on the side of the orc world, couldn't help but cry bitterly after counting the new losses of the Black Bear Empire's navy.

The Black Bear Empire sent a total of 96 aircraft carriers, 138 battleships, 68 battle cruisers, 208 large armored cruisers, 268 light cruisers, 300 destroyers, and 60 submarines to participate in the combined fleet of the nine-nation navy.

Because the jet carrier-based fighters equipped with the Black Bear Empire's aircraft carriers were not powerful, the Black Bear Empire's Navy suffered very heavy losses in the previous wars, leaving only 12 aircraft carriers, 28 battleships, 19 battle cruisers, 61 large armored cruisers, 70 light cruisers, 83 destroyers and 18 submarines, and most of them were seriously damaged.

As a result, after this bombing, all the 12 aircraft carriers that were originally seriously injured in the Black Bear Imperial Navy were sunk, and only 14 battleships, 10 battle cruisers, 40 large armored cruisers, 52 light cruisers, 65 destroyers and 15 submarines were left to withdraw to the warships on the other side of the beast world.

You must know that the Black Bear Empire has incorporated all the capital ships of the Black Bear Empire's Navy, as well as most of the warships, into the combined fleet of the nine navies.

"It's over! Woo - it's all over! Woo - our Black Bear Empire's Royal Navy is completely finished! Murka, the Minister of the Navy of the Black Bear Empire, cried and muttered to himself.

Murka's adjutant comforted: "Marshal, there is a saying in the Han and Tang Empires, victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, and we ......"

Before the adjutant could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Murka, "The warship can be rebuilt, and the officers and soldiers of our Black Bear Empire's Royal Navy who died are the biggest loss of our Black Bear Empire's Royal Navy."

All the aircraft carriers have been sunk, and how many officers and men can survive, especially those valuable carrier-based pilots, woo - how can I explain to Your Majesty! ”

Inside the bridge of the Golden Lion Empire's Crazy Lion Super Battleship, the Golden Lion Empire's Admiral Minister Mitenia couldn't help but feel a little afraid.

No one thought that the navy of the Han and Tang Empires launched an air attack on the port of Zatvina before the typhoon disappeared, and as a result, the navies of the five countries, Red Tiger, Black Bear, Silver Wolf, Flying Leopard, and Wild Bull, which had already suffered great losses, sprinkled a handful of salt on the wounds.

At that time, thanks to the remaining warships of the Golden Lion Empire's Navy, they all retreated to the side of Vikëët Harbor through a different time and space node to avoid the typhoon, otherwise it would be himself who wants to cry without tears now.

The captain of the Wild Lion, Casterdern, walked over with a piece of paper, "Marshal, the navies of the five Spirit Nation have lost a lot of money this time.

Of the Red Tiger Empire's navy's capital ships, there are only 34 aircraft carriers, 112 battleships, and 46 battle cruisers left, and this is when the Red Tiger Empire's navy was the first to retreat through a different time node.

Of the capital ships of the Black Bear Imperial Navy, only 14 battleships and 10 battlecruisers remained, and all the aircraft carriers had been sunk.

Of the capital ships of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy, only 1 aircraft carrier, 11 battleships, and 3 battlecruisers remained.

Of the capital ships of the Flying Leopard Imperial Navy, only 6 battleships and 2 battlecruisers remained.

Of the capital ships of the Brute Bull Empire's Navy, only 2 aircraft carriers, 3 battleships and 1 battle cruiser remained.

The navies of the four countries, the black bear, the silver wolf, the flying leopard, and the wild bull, after this blow, almost lost all their money.

In addition, the battleship of Annot, the naval minister of the Flying Leopard Empire, was sunk in this bombing, and Annott did not escape. ”

Mitneya said with a wry smile: "Now the countries have begun to announce that our nine-nation naval combined fleet has achieved a great victory.

But now it's like this, no matter how you look at it, it's a fiasco. ”

"Marshal, what are we going to do next?"

"Let's stay here in the Spirit World for now!

Let's take a look at the next move of the Han and Tang Imperial Navy. ”