On the morning of January 23, 1537, the atmosphere was very depressing in the conference room of the division headquarters building of the Ganyang garrison.

Zhou Xiaorong said in a deep voice to Zhou Rui and dozens of high-ranking officers of the Zhou family's navy and army: "The commander of the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy, Longra, has just issued an ultimatum to Xiangshi City.

It is required that within 24 hours, Xiangshi City must release the two wolf soldiers who were imprisoned, hand over all the officers and soldiers of the city defense battalion involved in this matter, and compensate the three wolf soldiers who died 30 million silver coins, otherwise it will ......"

Zhou Rui's face was gloomy, "Otherwise, what?" ”

"Otherwise, the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy will completely destroy Xiangshi City!"

"Smack-" Zhou Rui slapped the table hard, "It's just too deceitful!" Could it be that Longra who thinks that Xiangshi City is a colony of their Silver Wolf Empire!

They wolf people can do whatever they want in Xiangshi City!

When they die, they have to pay for their lives, and what about us! There are dead people on our side, too! ”

I can't complain that Zhou Rui is a little angry, and the Zhou family is in charge of this matter.

A few days ago, a squad of 13 soldiers in the newly established city defense battalion of Xiangshi City was patrolling the streets when they encountered five drunken wolf people who were beating two hawkers in the street.

The 13 soldiers immediately went over to stop it, but unfortunately one of the hawkers had been beaten to death by this time, and the other hawker also had more gas and less air, so he didn't know if he could be saved.

As for the reason why the five werewolves beat up the two hawkers, it was only because one of the hawkers was carrying a burden and accidentally bumped into one of the werewolves.

As a result, the five werewolves didn't say a word, and immediately rushed up and began to beat up two hawkers carrying burdens.

In fact, something like this was not news in Xiangshi City before.

Xiangshi City is the closest city to Pusha Island, where the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire's Navy is stationed.

The officers and soldiers of the wolf clan of the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy often take advantage of the holidays to come to Xiangshi City to play, and as long as these wolf clan officers and soldiers drink, they will definitely make trouble.

Before the Zhou family took over Xiangshi City, innocent people in Xiangshi City would be killed by drunk wolf clan officers and soldiers every year.

And the Jinshui Zhou family is afraid of provoking the Silver Wolf Empire, if such a thing happens, it will be a big thing and a small matter, and the people who are killed can only consider themselves unlucky.

In order to prevent such a thing from happening again, Zhou Rui deliberately transferred a group of officers and soldiers to set up the Xiangshi City City Defense Battalion, and strictly ordered the merchants of Xiangshi City to supply limited amounts of alcohol to the wolf clansmen.

The squad leader who led the team, after learning the cause and effect from the mouths of the surrounding passers-by, immediately ordered the soldiers to arrest all five wolf clansmen.

However, the five werewolves may have really drunk too much, and they even took out their pistols directly to resist.

After a short shootout, three werewolves were killed on the spot, the other two werewolves were wounded and captured, and two of the 13 soldiers of the city defense battalion were killed and one was seriously wounded.

Two other surrounding civilians were also shot and wounded by the wolf people.

Soon the identities of the five wolf clansmen were found out, and they were all active soldiers of the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy.

And what made several high-ranking people in Xiangshi City feel bad was that one of the wolf clansmen who was killed turned out to be the nephew of Long Gra, the commander of the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy.

To make matters worse, it happened in a downtown area, and it is likely that other werewolves witnessed the whole thing, and it was impossible to block the news.

Several high-level officials in Xiangshi City knew that this matter was not trivial, and immediately reported it to Ganyang City.

Zhou Rui learned that the nephew of Long Gra, the commander of the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy, had died in Xiangshi City, and was still killed by the soldiers of the city defense battalion, and suddenly had a feeling that the mountain rain was about to come and the wind was full of buildings.

Ma Tiezhu, commander of the 22nd Independent Brigade in Jingsheng City, was immediately ordered to requisition all civilian ships in Jingsheng Harbor and to lead the two infantry regiments of the 22nd Independent Brigade and the brigade guard battalion to Xiangshi Island in the shortest possible time.

At this time, in Xiangshi Island, the army unit of the Zhou family only had 1 infantry regiment of the 22nd Independent Brigade, and the newly established Xiangshi City City Defense Battalion.

In addition to the troops of the 22nd Independent Brigade in Jingshengcheng, the 1st Garrison Infantry Brigade of the garrison division has also been stationed in Jingshengcheng.

At the same time, Zhou Rui also ordered the two all-steel battleships Jinghai and Longhai of the first formation of the coastal defense fleet stationed in Jingsheng Port, and the four ironclad battleships Zhenjia, Zhenyi, Zhenc, and Zhending of the fourth formation, to escort the two infantry regiments of the 22nd Independent Brigade and the brigade guard battalion to Xiangshi Port.

Subsequently, these six battleships, together with the eight warships stationed in Xiangshi Harbor, will cooperate with the 22nd Independent Brigade to guard the entire Xiangshi Island.

However, Jingshengcheng's reinforcements, in the waters near Xiangshi Port, were intercepted by many warships of the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy, and they had no choice but to retreat.

Xiangshi Port has been completely blockaded by the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy.

Zhou Xiaorong hesitated for a moment and said, "Major General, it is best to settle this matter peacefully, after all, we are not only facing the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy, but also the Silver Wolf Empire behind them.

Once a fight does start, the consequences can be very serious. ”

As soon as Zhou Xiaorong's words fell, Wang Biao, the brigade commander of the Second Infantry Brigade of the garrison division, said loudly: "Major General, our Zhou family can't admit it!"

Those soldiers in the Xiangshi City Defense Battalion are not wrong, and they must not be handed over! ”

Liu Mo, the brigade commander of the Third Infantry Brigade of the garrison division, immediately said: "Major General, whether you fight or not, our Zhou family's attitude cannot be soft, this matter has been on the front page of newspapers everywhere.

If our Zhou family is soft, it will definitely be a heavy blow to the prestige of our Zhou family. ”

Next, several high-ranking officers of the Zhou family's navy and army also expressed their attitudes, opposing the handover of those soldiers from the Xiangshi City City Defense Battalion.

Zhou Rui waved his hand, and the conference room was quiet again.

Zhou Rui asked Song Limin in a deep voice: "Old Song, what do you think?" ”

Song Limin said with a wry smile: "Major General, although the strength of the coastal defense fleet is very strong on paper, the number of recruits on many warships is even as high as ninety.

The strength of the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy is quite impressive, with more than 100 warships, including seven all-main gun battleships and twelve all-steel battleships.

If I really want to fight, I really don't have a little bottom in my heart.

However, as long as the major general gives the order, all the officers and men of our coastal defense fleet will surely fight to the end! ”

Zhou Rui then asked Zhou Xiaorong: "Second uncle, do you think you can resolve this matter peacefully?" ”

Zhou Xiaorong said with a wry smile: "Although intellectually, I think our Zhou family should endure humiliation, but emotionally, I would rather die on the battlefield than hand over our Zhou family's soldiers." ”

Zhou Rui nodded slightly, then slowly stood up, and after looking around at the dozens of officers in the conference room, he said loudly: "Now the front page headlines of newspapers in various parts of the Han and Tang Empires are all reports of the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy besieging Xiangshi Island.

It can be said that hundreds of millions of people of the Han and Tang Empires are all concerned about whether our Zhou family will grovel to the Silver Wolf Empire?

To be honest, the thought of fighting the Silver Wolf Empire makes my legs and stomachs tremble.

But I'm afraid that I won't be able to solve the problem, this time our Zhou family retreated, so what about next time?

This time, let's pay someone to lose money, next time if the Silver Wolf Empire wants Xiangshi Island, will our Zhou family give it or not?

So, people, I won't pay!

money, I won't lose a copper plate!

If the Silver Wolf Empire wants to fight! Ganyang Zhou Jiafeng accompanies him to the end! ”