The four-star raffle card for the New Year's gift package revealed two new warships, 12 American Alaska-class battlecruisers and 12 Italian Veneto-class battleships.

The American Alaska-class battle cruiser, built by the US Navy at the end of World War II, has a full load displacement of 34,253 tons and a maximum speed of 33 knots.

It is equipped with 3 triple 505-caliber 305-mm main guns, 6 twin-mounted 127-mm high-level dual-purpose guns, 56 40-mm anti-aircraft guns, 34 20-mm anti-aircraft guns, and is equipped with anti-air search radar and sea search radar.

The broadside armor belt was up to 241 mm thick, the main deck armor was 122 mm thick, the main turret armor was 325 mm, and the crew was 1517 people.

The Italian Veneto-class battleships, built in Italy before World War II, have a full load displacement of 46,215 tons and a maximum speed of 30 knots.

It is equipped with 3 triple 50-caliber 381-mm main guns, 4 triple 50-caliber 152-mm secondary guns, 12 90-mm anti-aircraft guns, 20 37-mm anti-aircraft guns, 32 20-mm anti-aircraft guns, 1 catapult, 3 carrier-based aircraft, and is equipped with anti-aircraft and sea-based search radars.

The broadside armor belt was up to 360 mm thick, the main deck armor was up to 219 mm, the main turret armor was 380 mm, and the full crew was 1920 people.

In addition, in January 1550, a three-star lottery card given by the lottery system also opened 4 American Alaska-class battlecruisers and 4 Italian Veneto-class battleships.

So at this time, in the military port of Ganyang City, there were a total of 32 brand-new warships, waiting for the border fleet to receive them.

Zhou Rui then said to Song Limin: "Old Song, most of the main formations of the border fleet are now on the Western Continent.

Be careful of the navy of the Nine ** Alliance, and then use those improvised aircraft carriers to carry out sneak attacks. ”

At present, in addition to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 10th formations, the other eight main formations of the frontier fleet have been sent to the western mainland to guard against enemy attacks on the coastal areas of the Jingzhou Military Region and the Tongzhou Military Region.

This is because the Shohe-class aircraft carriers of the Dongying Kingdom and the Essex-class aircraft carriers of the United States, which are equipped by the border fleet, are currently being trained at the Crescent Island Naval Base, and the eight main forces stationed on the western continent are only equipped with a total of 24 simple aircraft carriers converted from large merchant ships.

These 24 improvised aircraft carriers are equipped with a total of 150 F4F Wildcat fighters, 150 TBF Avenger torpedo attack aircraft and 150 SBD dreadnought dive bombers.

Song Limin immediately said: "Don't worry, the border air defense forces have deployed a lot of fighters near the ports where the main formations are stationed, including hundreds of White Dove fighters and Golden Eagle bombers.

And every warship of our coastal defense fleet has been equipped with more anti-aircraft weapons, and the matter of the twelfth formation will definitely not appear a second time. ”

The twelfth formation of the last frontier fleet was attacked by the combined fleet of three elven countries, and 14 battle cruisers, 2 heavy cruisers, 2 large armored cruisers, 4 light cruisers and 3 destroyers were sunk.

It can be said that this is the only defeat of the Zhou navy since the coastal defense fleet of Ganyang City.

The White Dove fighter refers to the French 406 fighter, and the Golden Eagle bomber refers to the German Stuka D dive bomber.

After completing the systematic task of "unifying the Han and Tang Empires", Zhou Rui used a five-star lottery card to drive 800 French 406 fighters and 800 German Stuka D-type dive bombers, of which almost two-thirds of the fighters have been sent to the Jingzhou Military Region and Tongzhou Military Region in the western continent.

Then Song Limin hesitated and asked: "Dashuai, now that the people's support for you to ascend the throne and become emperor is getting louder and louder, I don't know what you think?" ”

Zhou Rui smiled slightly: "In the past few days, several people have asked me questions about this.

I'm not in a hurry myself, so what are you anxious about.

Now that I am in the war with the Nine ** Things Alliance, I will study the matter of ascending the throne and becoming the emperor, and I will study it after the war is over! ”

"The ascension to the throne and the title of emperor is actually something that everyone expects.

If the commander can ascend the throne as soon as possible, it can also improve the morale of the front-line soldiers. ”

"Wait a little longer!

As a royal family, the Ouyang family has controlled the Han and Tang Empires for more than a thousand years, and still has a lot of prestige among the people. ”

"The marshal's words are wrong.

After more than 200 years of feudal division in our Han and Tang Empires, the prestige of the royal family has long been gone.

After the marshal ascended the throne and became emperor, he re-established the majesty of the royal family by virtue of this war with the six beast countries and the three elf countries. ”

Zhou Rui pondered for a while and said: "The matter of ascending the throne and becoming the emperor, I will think about it again!" ”

What Zhou Rui didn't expect was that the generals under him were even more urgent than him for ascending the throne and becoming emperor, and even Xiang Tao, commander of the Tongzhou Military Region, and Li Dongbao, commander of the Jingzhou Military Region, also sent telegrams to persuade Zhou Rui to ascend the throne as soon as possible.

What Zhou Rui didn't expect was that many cities in the Han and Tang Empires broke out in support of Zhou Rui's ascension to the throne and became emperor, and the parades in each city can be described as huge.

In a garden in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of the Ganyang City Border Guards, Zhou Rui and his father Zhou Xiao were sitting around a stone table.

After Zhou Rui added some tea to Zhou Xiaozheng's teacup, he said with some emotion, "Father, now the generals in the army, as well as the administrative officials in various places, all hope that I can immediately ascend the throne and become emperor."

Originally, I was going to wait until the war was over before I thought about it. ”

Zhou Xiaozheng picked up the teacup and took a sip gently, "Now that our Zhou family has unified the entire Han and Tang Empires, it is only a matter of time before you ascend the throne and become emperor."

Since both the army and the civilian population support it, what are you pretentious? ”

After Zhou Xiaozheng relied on the healing elixir produced by the lottery system to recover, after a period of time, Zhou Xiaozheng took another bottle of intermediate physical fitness enhancement elixir and was successfully promoted to the rank of Great Grandmaster Martial Artist.

It's a pity that Zhou Rui has only prescribed 8 bottles of high-level physical fitness enhancement elixirs so far.

One of the bottles was used by Zhou Rui himself, and the remaining 7 bottles made Xiong Da, Xiong Er, Xiong San, Xiong Si, Niu Ben, Niu Heng, and Niu Zhang all promoted to the level of Legendary Grandmaster, otherwise with Zhou Xiaozheng's cultivation qualifications, he should also be able to be promoted to Legendary Grandmaster.

Zhou Rui sighed and said, "Father, tell the truth.

Ascending the throne and becoming emperor may be a dream for others, but for me, it seems like a heavy burden. ”

"Xiao Rui, if you think like this, it means that you can definitely become a competent and good emperor.

Today, the territory of the Han and Tang Empires has exceeded 65 million square kilometers, with a population of 2.65 billion.

You may not have registered as emperor, but you have created an empire that has never been seen before.

Believing in you as a father, you will definitely become an emperor through the ages! ”

On February 1, 1550, Ouyang Jing, the current emperor of the Han and Tang Empires, announced that he would cede the throne to Zhou Rui, the governor of the border guards.

On February 10, Zhou Rui officially ascended the throne as emperor in the palace of Tiansheng City, and still used the national name of "Han and Tang".

Tiansheng City will still serve as the capital of the Han and Tang Empires, but Zhou Rui also set Ganyang City as the accompanying capital.

Canonized his wife Liu Yiqiu as the queen, his wife Chu Yingying as the imperial concubine, his concubine Kleini as the concubine, and his eldest son Zhou Jun as the crown prince.

Respect his father Zhou Xiaozheng as the emperor, and respect his mother Wen Yu as the queen mother.

Originally, someone suggested to Zhou Rui that he should take advantage of the new emperor's accession to the throne and add officials to the generals in the army, but Zhou Rui only announced that all the soldiers of the border guards would be rewarded with three months' military salary on the grounds of war.

In addition, Zhou Rui also announced that all field taxes this year will be exempted.

Zhou Rui is not ready to continue to implement the aristocratic system in the Han and Tang Empires, and in the future in the Han and Tang Empires, except for the royal family, everyone should be equal before the law.

Even members of the royal family are subject to legal restrictions within a certain range.

In a village on the outskirts of Heavenly Saint City, a middle-aged man with a strange ugly face walked into the courtyard of his house with a hoe on his shoulder.

A thin young man in the small courtyard immediately greeted him, "Uncle, you're back." ”

The middle-aged man with a strange ugly face put the hoe on the wall and said with a smile: "Erbao is here."

Walk, go into the house.

Let's have a drink in the evening. ”

After the two of them entered the room, the young man immediately whispered, "My lord, Zhou Rui has already ascended the throne and become emperor in the palace of Heavenly Saint City. ”

The middle-aged man with a strange ugly face sneered and said, "When Zhou Rui arrives in Heavenly Saint City, we will have a chance to assassinate him."

Now that the entire Han and Tang Empires are occupied by the Zhou family, it is only a matter of time before Zhou Rui ascends the throne and becomes emperor. ”

The young man said with some regret: "It's a pity that Zhou Rui dismissed all the people in the palace before arriving in Heavenly Saint City, and it also made the shadows who left us in the palace useless.

Now if you want to assassinate Zhou Rui, it is not so easy. ”

"Hehe, I almost took Zhou Rui's life back then, but now it's easy to assassinate him!"

It turned out that this middle-aged man with a strange ugly face was Cui Wentao, the envoy of Xiuyitai, the former first son of Ganyang City.

After the Shuodong army returned to the Zhou family, Cui Wentao felt that the imperial court was about to be unable to hold on, so before Zhao Rongguang, the governor of the forbidden army, decided to surrender, Cui Wentao lurked with some henchmen.

And Cui Wentao also relied on the power of the embroidery platform to contact the intelligence organization of the Golden Lion Empire in the Heavenly Saint City.

Now Cui Wentao and dozens of henchmen under him have taken refuge in the Golden Lion Empire, and have also become the second-in-command of the Golden Lion Empire's intelligence organization in the Han and Tang Empires.

"My lord, are we going to make a plan to assassinate Zhou Rui next?"

"Don't be in a hurry to assassinate Zhou Rui, we have now taken refuge in the Golden Lion Empire, and our main task next is to collect some intelligence on the ** side of the Han and Tang Emperors."

Just when Cui Wentao met with his subordinates, in the luxurious room of a hotel in Tiansheng City, Hu Wu said to a very beautiful woman: "Miss Menglu, you have completed the task assigned to you by the organization very well, what are your plans next?" ”

It turned out that this beautiful woman was Liu Menglu.

After Cui Wentao dedicated Liu Menglu to Zhao Shicong, the commander of the embroidery table, the people of the "Ghost Shadow" found Liu Menglu and successfully absorbed Liu Menglu into the "Ghost Shadow".

Over the years, Liu Menglu has taken advantage of the opportunity by Zhao Shicong's side to provide a lot of valuable information for the "ghost", and even rebelled against some backbones of the embroidery table.

"Sir, is there any news of Cui Wentao?"

Hu Wu shook his head, "Before the imperial court accepted all the conditions put forward by our Zhou family, Cui Wentao and his dozens of henchmen disappeared.

We are trying to track down the whereabouts of Cui Wentao, who was the mastermind of the bombing back then, and our 'ghost' has carried out several operations against Cui Wentao over the years, but unfortunately they have not succeeded.

Now that the marshal has ascended the throne and become the emperor, it is even more impossible to let Cui Wentao escape. ”

"Sir, I hope to join the investigation of Cui Wentao, I was also a participant in the bombing case that year, if I can catch Cui Wentao, I will also atone for my crimes."

"Miss Monroe, you don't have to mind about the bombing back then.

Da Shuai...... Now I should be called Your Majesty, I have already said that since Miss Monlu has taken refuge in the 'ghost', then you can not blame all the past for your previous affairs.

However, I personally agree with Miss Menglu's action to join the pursuit of Cui Wentao, after all, Miss Menglu is more familiar with Cui Wentao. ”

After Hu Wu left, Liu Menglu couldn't help but pick up the newspaper on the table, and on the front page of the newspaper, there was a photo of Zhou Rui wearing a dragon robe.

Looking at Zhou Rui in the photo, Liu Menglu couldn't help but be in a daze.

If she agreed to Zhou Rui to redeem her body back then, whether it was her name or not would also appear in the canonization list of the harem.

Sun Xiushu, who was far away in Lingyang City, the capital of the Liang Yan Empire, felt very uncomfortable when she saw the report in the newspaper that Zhou Rui had ascended the throne and became emperor.

In Ganyang City that year, Sun Xiushu was rated as one of the four beauties of Ganyang City by the children of Ganyang City, and Zhou Rui was Sun Xiushu's suitor.

For Zhou Rui, Sun Xiushu has always looked down on her, but she didn't expect that as Zhou Rui became the head of the Ganyang Zhou family, the power of the Ganyang Zhou family would swell like a snowball.

But when Sun Xiushu was willing to accept Zhou Rui, Zhou Rui had already married Liu Yiqiu as his wife.

In the end, even Sun Xiushu's father, Sun Quan, was willing to marry Sun Xiushu to Zhou Rui as a concubine, but Zhou Rui refused.

Later, Sun Xiushu married the son of a wealthy merchant of the Liang Yan Empire, so she left Ganyang City and settled in Lingyang City, the capital of the Liang Yan Empire.

Although Sun Xiushu is a wife, Sun Xiushu's husband is amorous, and he has married more than a dozen concubines alone, and Sun Xiushu has never given birth to children, so her life is not comfortable.

Seeing that Liu Yiqiu was canonized as the queen of the Han and Tang Empires in the newspaper, Sun Xiushu's heart was like overturning a five-flavor bottle.

If she agreed to Zhou Rui's pursuit back then, the current position of the empress of the Han and Tang Empires would be hers.

It's a pity that Sun Xiushu knows that there is no regret medicine in the world to sell.

Sun Xiushu picked up a bowl of decoction that was said to promote pregnancy, pinched her nose and drank it.