Although the commander of the Fifth Fleet of the Red Tiger Empire's Royal Navy, Savier, was unwilling to retreat like this, the combat effectiveness displayed by the more than 100 all-main gun battleships equipped with the eighth formation of the Han and Tang Empire's border fleets made Savier not feel that his three main fleets had any hope of victory.

The three all-main gun battleships of the eighth formation of the border fleet are all high-speed battleships and have very strong protection capabilities.

In the nearly four-hour confrontation, only two French Richelieu-class battleships and one German Bismarck-class battleship were sunk by the eighth squadron of the border fleet, while the number of capital ships sunk by the three fleets of the Red Tiger Navy was more than 10 times that of the eighth formation of the border fleet.

Savier said to the captain of the Beaver, Connono, with some frustration: "Order the light cruiser squadrons and destroyer squadrons of the three fleets to release smoke and cover the retreat of the battleship squadrons, battlecruiser squadrons, and armored cruiser squadrons.

At the same time, a report was sent to the Admiralty that in view of the unfavorable situation on the battlefield, the Fifth Fleet, the Second Fleet, and the Fourth Fleet decided to break away from this battle with the Eighth Formation of the Frontier Fleet of the Han and Tang Empires. ”

The captain of the Beaver, Connonor, then asked, "Commander, what about the seriously injured warships of our three fleets?" ”

Savier hesitated for a moment and said, "Allow the battleships that cannot be evacuated to surrender to the eighth formation of the border fleet of the Han and Tang Empires."

We cannot ask the Royal Navy officers to do more for the officers and men who are already fighting to the best of their ability. ”

Savier knew that the army of the Zhou family in the Han and Tang Empires was not barbaric, and the prisoners of war could still be treated humanely.

In the war a few years ago, after the end of the war, the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empires almost unconditionally released millions of prisoners of war from several beast countries, among which the Barbarian Bull Empire alone had more than 6 million captured Niu officers and soldiers and Ma officers and soldiers, and regained their freedom.

Seeing that the capital ships of the Red Tiger Navy began to retreat, Liu Ergou, the commander of the eighth formation of the border fleet of the Han and Tang Empires, where could he let go of the opportunity to beat the water dogs, and immediately gave the order to pursue.

This pursuit battle lasted until 11 o'clock in the evening of June 1, and finally under the pursuit of the eighth formation of the border fleet of the Han and Tang Empires, more than 20 seriously injured warships of the Red Tiger Navy had to surrender because of the serious drop in speed, including 7 battleships with full main guns and 5 battle cruisers.

In the final naval battle, the eighth formation of the border fleet of the Han and Tang Empires only cost 3 battleships with full main guns, 2 heavy cruisers, 4 large armored cruisers, 8 light cruisers and 10 destroyers.

The three main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Red Tiger Empire lost 31 battleships with full main guns, 15 battlecruisers, 13 large armored cruisers, 29 light cruisers and 36 destroyers, including captured warships.

In a palace in the imperial palace of Dawning City, the capital of the Red Tiger Empire, after Emperor Gruyan received the specific battle report of the naval battle, he asked the Admiral Minister Svia in a deep voice: "Why did the losses of the three main fleets of our Royal Navy far exceed the border fleets of the Han and Tang Empires?" ”

Navy Minister Svia said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, the second fleet, fourth fleet, and fifth fleet of our Royal Navy are engaged in battle, and it is the eighth main formation of the Han and Tang Empire's border fleet.

Although none of these three are the 'Zhen' class with five twin 45-caliber 410 mm guns, the comprehensive combat effectiveness of these three all-main gun battleships may even be above the 'Zhen' class.

For example, the strongest Waterfall-class battlecruiser in our Royal Navy has a maximum speed of 30.5 knots, but the maximum speed of the three full-main gun battleships of the eighth main formation of the border fleet of the Han and Tang Empires is not slower than that of the Waterfall-class battlecruisers.

It is not accurate enough to call it a full-main gun battleship, it should be called a high-speed battleship, which is a combination of a full-main gun battleship and a battle cruiser.

The reason why our Royal Navy's Second, Fourth, and Fifth Fleets suffered such huge losses was because their opponents were too strong. ”

The Waterfall class is the latest type of battlecruiser in the Red Tiger Empire, and like the Admiration-class all-main gun battleships, the Red Tiger Empire built a total of 72 Waterfall-class battlecruisers in two batches.

In this naval battle with the eighth main formation of the border fleet of the Han and Tang Empires, the three main fleets of the Red Tiger Navy combined, 5 waterfall-class battlecruisers were sunk, and 2 waterfall-class battlecruisers became the opponent's trophies.

Emperor Gruyan sighed slightly and said, "I didn't expect that the combined strength of the three main fleets of our Red Tiger Empire's Royal Navy would not be able to defeat one of the main forces of the Han and Tang Empire's border fleets.

I am worried that even if our six Spirit Nation and the three Great Elven Empires unite, we may not be able to suppress the border fleet of the Han and Tang Empires at sea. ”

The Minister of the Navy, Svia, comforted: "Your Majesty, the eighth formation of the Han and Tang Empire's border fleet can be said to be the strongest formation among the 12 main formations of the Han and Tang Empire's border fleet.

The strength of the other main formations of the Han and Tang Empire's border fleets cannot all be as strong as the eighth formation, so as long as the navies of our Red Tiger, Golden Lion, Black Bear, Silver Wolf, and Flying Leopard are combined, the overall strength should not be inferior to the border fleet of the Han and Tang Empires.

Although the navies of the three major empires of the Barbarian Bull Navy and the Elven Clan are not very strong, with the combined forces of the navies of these four countries, with the combined forces of the navies of the nine countries, they should be able to suppress the border fleet of the Han and Tang Empires. ”

Emperor Gruyan sighed again, "I hope it will be as you say."

The outbreak of this naval battle is equivalent to pouring another barrel of oil on the fire, and it seems that the war with the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empires is inevitable.

I will express my support to the other four countries of the Five ** Alliance, support the three empires that accept the Barbarian Bull Empire and the Elven Clan, and join the camp of the Zhou family in the Han and Tang Empires. ”

After the naval battle between the eighth formation of the border fleet of the Han and Tang Empires and the three main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Red Tiger Empire ended, the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empires immediately held a press conference and announced that this naval battle was first provoked by the Royal Navy of the Red Tiger Empire, and the eighth formation of the border fleet was only forced to fight back.

At this press conference, Yan Shaoqiu, the representative of the Metropolitan Governor's Office of the Border Guards, also formally demanded that the Red Tiger Empire take responsibility for this naval battle and compensate all the losses of the border fleet of the Han and Tang Empires.

Immediately afterwards, the Red Tiger Empire also held a press conference from various countries, listing the losses of the Royal Navy of the Red Tiger Empire in this naval battle, and angrily denounced that this naval battle was deliberately provoked by the border fleet of the Han and Tang Empires, and severely damaged the three main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Red Tiger Empire.

At the press conference, the Red Tiger Empire also asked the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empires to compensate for all the losses of the three main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Red Tiger Empire, otherwise the Red Tiger Empire would never give up.

In the palace of Noria City, the first capital of the Golden Lion Empire, Prime Minister Salento reported to Emperor Kosno: "Your Majesty, the Red Tiger Empire has made it clear that it supports the three countries of the Barbarian Bull Empire and the Elven Clan to join our previous Five Events Alliance. ”

Emperor Kosno said with some emotion: "This time, the navy of the Red Tiger Empire suffered a big loss in the hands of the border fleet of the Han and Tang Empires.

Seeing the results of this naval battle between the Red Tiger Navy and the border fleet of the Han and Tang Empires, I felt even more bottomless about the war between the Five ** Alliance and the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empires.

It seems that the three countries of the Wild Bull Empire and the Elves must be introduced to join the alliance, as the Prime Minister said, although there is less meat to eat, it is better than not to eat at all. ”

After the Silver Wolf Empire, the Red Tiger Empire, and the Golden Lion Empire successively expressed their stance and agreed to sign an alliance with the three empires of the Wild Bull Empire and the Elf Clan, the Black Bear Empire and the Flying Leopard Empire did not insist at this time, and successively agreed to the proposal to form a Nine ** Alliance.

Soon, representatives of the six orc countries and three elven countries gathered in Norya City, the first capital of the Golden Lion Empire, and signed an agreement to form the Nine Events Alliance.

After the establishment of the Nine ** Alliance, the Silver Wolf Empire showed a tougher attitude towards the previous border conflict and the Red Tiger Empire in response to the previous naval battle with the border fleet of the Han and Tang Empires, so that the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empires unilaterally announced the temporary closure of the negotiation channel with the Silver Wolf Empire and the Red Tiger Empire.

At 9 o'clock in the morning on July 1, 1549, the Zhou family officially announced the declaration of war against the Silver Wolf Empire and the Red Tiger Empire.

30 minutes later, the Red Tiger Empire first announced a declaration of war on the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empires, and 45 minutes later, the Silver Wolf Empire also announced a declaration of war on the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empires.

And just an hour after the Red Tiger Empire and the Silver Wolf Empire declared war, the Golden Lion Empire, the Red Tiger Empire, and the Black Bear Empire, in the name of abiding by the agreement of the Nine ** Alliance, declared war on the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empires at the same time.

And the Golden Lion Empire, the Red Tiger Empire, and the Black Bear Empire, as well as the other four countries of the Nine ** Alliance, namely the Wild Bull Empire, the Nature Elf Empire, the Light Elf Empire, and the Dark Elf Empire, declared war on the Zhou family of the Han and Tang Empires.

On the afternoon of July 1, the Zhou family announced that it would declare war on the other seven countries of the Nine Events Alliance at the same time.

In the face of the Nine Events Alliance, especially the three elven countries that are not very clear about the truth and reality, Zhou Rui still has some worries, so he decided to form 40 new group armies, and the officers and soldiers will mainly be drawn from the garrison and reserves.

Of course, the previous plan of the border guards to expand the 700 garrison brigades to 1,400 garrison divisions will not be affected.

As a result, the army of the border guards will have 180 army groups and 1,400 garrison divisions, and the total strength will reach a staggering 92 million.

If we add the air force and the border fleet of the border guards, the total strength of the entire border defense forces will be more than 100 million.

Three days after the Zhou family declared war on the Nine Events Alliance, they were in a private room in the Nine Star Hotel in Ganyang City.

Xie Dong, deputy commander of the Yunzhou Military Region, said to Wang Kui, commander of the eleventh formation of the border fleet of the Han and Tang Empires, with some emotion: "This war with the six beast countries and the three elf countries is basically in the Jingzhou Military Region and the Tongzhou Military Region. ”

Xie Dong and Wang Kuineng became the high-level of the border guards of the Han and Tang Empires, although they were inseparable from Zhou Rui's support for these two friends, but both of them were promoted by virtue of their real skills and military exploits, and at the same time, the two of them were also Zhou Rui's descendants in the army.

Wang Kui poured a glass of wine for Xie Dong with his only remaining right hand, "Dongzi, this time the commander is very determined to drive the remaining five beast countries back to the beast world, otherwise he would not have ordered the formation of another 40 new group armies.

I think you'll have a chance to go to war this time, it's only a matter of time. ”

Xie Dong said with a wry smile: "I hope to have the opportunity to go to the battlefield, if we can drive the remaining five beast countries back to the beast world this time, then our border guards should not have any big battles to fight in the future." ”

Wang Kui suddenly joked: "Dongzi, don't worry!"

When there are benefits, when did the marshal forget you, do I have to congratulate you on your promotion to military commander in advance? ”

Xie Dong smiled, "The marshal said that a soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier."

If our Zhou family establishes a new military region, with my qualifications, I am already qualified to serve as the commander of the military region.

However, there are not a few people who are qualified, and it depends on who can make more achievements in this war.

By the way, Da Kui, I haven't congratulated you yet, there are 90 more battle cruisers under your hands at once.

Now your eleventh formation is the formation with the largest number of battle cruisers among the four main formations dominated by battle cruisers! ”

At present, the second batch of 90 "Zhen" class battleships with full main guns and 90 "Cang" class battlecruisers have been allocated to the seventh and eleventh formations respectively, increasing the number of capital ships of these two formations to 15.

Wang Kui said with some pride: "The 180 'Cang'-class battlecruisers that the 11th Formation is now equipped with are not much worse than the 'Zhen'-class battleships with all main guns.

In particular, the protection capability of the Cang-class battlecruisers is thicker than that of the previously built battlecruisers.

I think I can even call a 'Cang'-class battlecruiser a high-speed battleship. ”

"Da Kui, how are the 'Cang'-class battlecruisers compared to the three all-main gun battleships of the eighth formation?"

"If it is the eleventh formation that fights against the three main fleets of the Red Tiger Empire, I am confident that I will achieve greater results!"

"Hehe, Da Kui, you're really not humble at all now."

"What I'm telling you is the truth, and the Eleventh Formation will prove it in the future!"

"Da Kui, do you think Da Shuai will use the coastal defense fleet to help our army open up the third battlefield?"

At present, within the border guards, it has been clear that there will be a battlefield on the northern front and a battlefield on the southern front, of which the northern battlefield refers to the battlefield in the direction of the Silver Wolf Empire, and the southern battlefield refers to the battlefield in the direction of the Red Tiger Empire.