In the bridge of the all-steel battleship Zhenhai, Song Limin put down the binoculars in his hand and ordered Song Shengwen, the first mate beside him, in a deep voice: "Pull the battle alarm!"

Order the Jinghai, Pinghai, and Anhai to form a battle line formation with our Zhenhai, prepare to seize the prefix 'T', and attack the pirate's three ironclad battleships first!

The Aurora was ordered to follow the battle line formation and act as a reserve. ”

Song Limin's face was a little solemn at this time, after all, the number of pirate ships added up far exceeded that of the coastal defense fleet.

Even if the two all-steel battleships and two large armored cruisers of the coastal defense fleet were strong in combat, Song Limin was not completely sure that he could defeat more than forty pirate ships.

The most important thing is that the time for the coastal defense fleet to receive these four warships is too short, and the Jinghai has only received it for less than a week.

How much combat power the four warships can exert in the end, Song Limin has no bottom in his heart.

Then Song Limin said to the first mate Song Shengwen: "Send another report to the major general, our coastal defense fleet is about to exchange fire with pirates, and our coastal defense fleet will advance and retreat in this battle, and the battle will be won!" ”

Song Shengwen, the first mate of the Zhenhai, is Song Limin's own son, and he is just 22 years old this year.

Song Shengwen was able to become the first mate of the Zhenhai, not because Song Limin was nepotistic, but because the coastal defense fleet was seriously short of officers, and there were many young officers of the former coastal defense fleet who were exceptionally promoted like Song Shengwen.

At this time, Zhou Rui was sitting in the office of the garrison brigade headquarters, looking quite nervous.

Zhou Rui didn't care much about the five warships of the coastal defense fleet, anyway, there was a lottery system, even if the five warships were sunk, Zhou Rui would be able to buy more warships for the coastal defense fleet in the future.

However, the experienced officers and men of the coastal defense fleet cannot be recruited with money, and once the coastal defense fleet suffers too many casualties in a naval battle with pirates, the coastal defense fleet may not be able to recover in a few years.

Zhou Xiaorong saw Zhou Rui's nervousness, and said in a slightly relaxed tone: "Major General, rest assured, the coastal defense fleet has two all-steel battleships, even if they stop in the sea and don't move, don't think about sinking them with those broken ships of pirates."

The coastal defense fleet will definitely win this battle! ”

Zhou Rui glanced at Zhou Xiaorong and couldn't help but be happy, "Second uncle, it seems that you are more nervous than me, and the documents are reversed." ”

Zhou Xiaorong realized that he didn't know when he took a document in his hand, but he took it down.

Zhou Xiaorong hurriedly turned the document over, and then said with a wry smile: "Although I firmly believe that the coastal defense fleet can win, I am inevitably still very worried.

According to the telegram sent back by the Zhenhae, the pirates had gathered more than forty ships this time, including three ironclad battleships, two armored cruisers, and four light cruisers.

Even if these nine warships are all old ships, they are still warships after all, and they still have a certain combat effectiveness.

If the coastal defense fleet has enough manpower, the remaining six warships can also participate in the war, at least the difference in numbers will not be so large. ”

Zhou Rui shook his head, "Second uncle, according to my opinion, even the Dawn should not fight.

If the warship sinks, I can buy it again, but the experienced naval officers and men of the coastal defense fleet, our Zhou family cannot afford to lose. ”

Zhou Xiaorong heard this, nodded, he also agreed with Zhou Rui's words, the navy is different from the army, and training professional naval officers and soldiers is by no means an overnight thing.

Zhou Xiaorong then glanced at the document in his hand and changed the topic, "Major General, according to the reports sent by various recruitment points, the recruits recruited by our garrison brigade now, not counting the coastal defense fleet, have exceeded our original plan by nearly two thousand.

Do you continue to recruit troops from all over the place? ”

"Move! Now our Zhou family is not short of money to raise soldiers, as long as we can recruit new soldiers, of course, the more the merrier.

The four infantry regiments are fully established, and we can also form the Fifth Infantry Regiment, and even the Sixth Infantry Regiment and the Seventh Infantry Regiment. ”

"But what about the establishment? The establishment of the garrison brigade given by Fengwu Jiedu Mansion, excluding the coastal defense fleet, only has three infantry regiments, a fortress heavy artillery regiment, a heavy cavalry battalion and a guard battalion.

The previous expansion plan of our garrison brigade has been held accountable by the Fengwu Jiedu Prefecture, which requires the garrison brigade to reduce the number of officers and soldiers who are overstaffed. ”

"Huh." Zhou Rui smiled absently.

"Second uncle, Fengwu Jiedu Mansion will only send a few telegrams at most, you see which of the troops controlled by the other five families in Ganyang City is not overstaffed.

At most, because of the overstaffing of our garrison brigade, Fengwu Jiedu Mansion has stopped the military expenses of the garrison brigade, but is our Zhou family still short of that little military budget?

Second uncle, you just listen to me, let the recruitment points continue to recruit, as long as you pass the physical examination, you can ......"

Zhou Rui was suddenly stunned as he spoke.

"Major General, what's wrong?"

"Oh, nothing, as long as you pass the physical examination, you can recruit as many as you can."

"Alright then, but according to the expansion plan you made earlier, each infantry regiment should have an artillery battalion with 12 infantry guns, fifteen infantry companies with five infantry battalions, and a regimental guard company, each of which must be equipped with three machine guns.

And it turned out that our garrison brigade, not counting the fortress heavy artillery regiment, added up to only 8 65-mm infantry guns and 12 machine guns.

So I spent 3.35 million silver coins from an arms dealer of the Golden Lion Empire to buy 40 65mm infantry guns and 180 machine guns, as well as 20,000 65mm shells and 1 million rounds of 11.5mm machine gun ammunition.

In this way, the infantry guns and machine guns of the four infantry regiments were considered to be fully equipped according to the standard.

The original rifles of our garrison brigade, plus the 10,000 repeating rifles you bought, are enough for four infantry regiments.

But if a new infantry regiment is formed, rifles, machine guns, infantry guns, as well as bullets and grenades, all have to be bought. ”

"Second uncle, if you don't have enough weapons, continue to buy them, money is not a problem, I still have 40,000 silver bricks weighing 50 catties in the material warehouse of the military port.

Other than that...... I'll also contact the special channel where I bought a repeating rifle last time to see if I can buy another batch of repeating rifles and bullets, as well as other weapons and ammunition. ”

After saying Zhou Rui's eyes, he glanced at the virtual light screen in front of him.

Zhou Rui was stunned just now, because he found that the taskbar of the lottery system was refreshed again.

Mission: Defeat the incoming pirates. (Awarded according to the results obtained)

When the coastal defense fleet of Ganyang City was about to start a big battle with the combined fleet of four pirates, in a study room in Cui's mansion, Cui Hong frowned at his eldest son Cui Wentao and asked, "Why has the Zhou family blocked the military port in recent days, has the Zhou family received any rumors?" ”

Because Cui He didn't have a radio in his hand, Cui Hong didn't know that a naval battle related to the fate of Ganyang City was about to break out.

Cui Wentao said: "Father, after Jia An's disappearance, the other eyeliners we planted within the Zhou family are not high, and we can no longer accurately get some important news about the Zhou family.

As for why the Zhou family blocked the military port, the people below have not yet found out. ”

"Jia An should have been exposed, and he may have been executed a long time ago, and we still have to strengthen the intelligence about the Zhou family.

By the way, the rifle production equipment and bullet production line were bombed, could it be the Zhou family's doing? ”

Cui Wentao hesitated for a moment and said: "Father, although I didn't find out who did it, but I found out at the auction, and the old man who bid with me to the end should be Shen Zhi's person." ”

A cold light flashed in Cui Hong's eyes, "So, Shen Zhi is the most suspicious?" ”

"The five families and Shen Zhi are all suspicious, and since no clues have been found from the explosion site, it is still impossible to determine who the real culprit is.

However, I feel that Shen Zhi is more suspicious. ”

Cui Hong said viciously: "Our Cui family will destroy the other five families sooner or later, and drive the forces of Fengwu Jiedu Mansion out of Ganyang City!"

Ganyang City can only be monopolized by our Cui family! ”

"Father is right, Ganyang City is our Cui family sooner or later.

By the way, father, it's been more than ten days, why hasn't there been any movement on Uncle Seven's side? ”

"Don't worry, I still know about the living Hades as a father.

Since he agreed, he will definitely be able to do it, and we can wait patiently. ”