Although the Nanhai Prefecture Fleet won a complete victory in this encirclement and suppression operation in terms of results, this was purely based on its all-round superiority in all aspects.

For example, it was discovered in advance that the enemy fleet had entered Shayang Bay, and then the entire escort fleet was dispatched to search, encircle, and suppress, thanks to the closed nature of Shayang Bay, in fact, the victory or defeat was already decided from the moment the other party was discovered and the main fleet was decided.

Victory itself is therefore inevitable.

But the process of the battle made Lin Ziran, and even the top brass of the navy themselves not very satisfied.

This is also the reason why Lin Ziran ordered the research and development of auxiliary fire control equipment, and the top brass of the navy itself also took the initiative to equip more 150-millimeter naval guns, accelerate the installation of 200-millimeter naval guns, and at the same time develop special naval guns of various calibers for the navy.

However, these measures take time, and no one can say how long it will take to develop fire control equipment, and the research and development of naval guns also takes time, even if it is a 150 mm naval gun and a 200 mm naval gun that have already begun mass production, these two guns are difficult to produce and the output has not been high, so it is difficult to make a large number of them out in a short period of time and then change them.

However, the Navy's operations cannot be stopped, and the Navy needs to continue to blockade Shayang Bay to prevent warships from the northern feudal towns or Ningyu Prefecture from sneaking into Shayang Bay and disrupting sea transportation.

For example, in naval warfare, although the hit rate of naval guns in the range of 1,000 to 1,500 meters is not good, they do have hits.

And this distance, even if it is a thousand meters, is much stronger than the traditional smoothbore gun, and if you strengthen the training to be able to effectively hit the enemy at about 1,500 meters, then it will be considerable.

At the same time, the command and tactics also need to be constantly strengthened and improved.

However, these are the affairs of the navy itself, and Lin Ziran is not in the mood to care about it for the time being.

At present, for the South China Navy, the threat at sea is limited, and even if the entire South China Sea State Fleet is destroyed, it will not have much impact on the supply and transportation of the South China Navy.

Because there's also a Nam Lo River.

Although the main channel of the Nanluo River is not long, it can still be connected to the Luo River from Dongdingzhou, and the supplies from Nanhai Prefecture can be continuously transported to Dongdingzhou through inland river ships, and then transported by rail, and it is not necessary to ship by sea.

Today, the main threat to the South China Navy is still from land.

As far as the eye can see, all sides of the South China Navy are full of enemies.

There is Ningyu Prefecture in the west, Zhongluo Prefecture in the northwest, Quyang Prefecture and Zisheng Prefecture in the north, and Jingzhou in the northeast.

Among them, Ning Yuzhou is good, and it has been done by the Southern Navy before, and now they are facing internal and external threats, and it is difficult to pose any actual threat to the Southern Navy.

In the northwestern state of Zhongluozhou, the phenomenon of feudal towns is similar to that of Nanhai Prefecture before, although several feudal towns adjacent to Nanhai Prefecture have united to try to go south, but the estimated number of troops is tens of thousands, even if there is a threat, but it can also deal with it.

In the north, Quyang Prefecture and Zisheng Prefecture, these two threats are great, fortunately, there are only two of the three major legions in Quyang Prefecture left, but the trouble is that these two legions seem to have united and moved south.

Zishengzhou's side was originally strong, but now after the southern front troops were destroyed by the Southern Navy, the strength of Zishengzhou suffered a great loss, and now the Southern Navy is walking north along the railway line, aiming directly at Zishengzhou City.

In the northeast of Jingzhou, this is more troublesome, although the two sides have not yet broken out large-scale fighting, but the hostility is already very obvious.

In addition, Jingzhou is still the territory of the Ji royal family, although the Ji royal family has fallen, but it is still the royal family of the Daheng Empire, and the political influence is great.

In addition to these close opponents, several external states are also enemies!

Didn't you see a few feudal towns in the north, and they all directly sent the navy south, this is because they have seen the huge threat of the southern navy, and they want to contain the southern navy before the rise of the southern navy.

Lin Ziran, who controls Nanhai Prefecture and Dongding Prefecture, has actually become the first feudal town of the Daheng Empire, because there is no other feudal town that can control the land of the two states at the same time as Lin Ziran.

For such Lin Ziran, the other feudal towns naturally want to shout and kill, no matter what contradictions they have, but it is always right to kill Lin Ziran first, otherwise, they will wait for death.

Fools know that the Southern Navy led by Lin Ziran has set off a road of expansion and unification, first seizing Dongding Prefecture, and now it is targeting Zisheng Prefecture.

Once Lin Ziran is allowed to take Zisheng Prefecture, Lin Ziran, who holds the land of the Three Continents, will have his strength swelled to the point where it is unbearable for other feudal towns.

At that time, Lin Ziran's next expansion will inevitably be Quyang Prefecture, and can Quyang Prefecture stop it? Most likely, no.

When Quyang Prefecture also falls into the hands of Lin Ziran, it is estimated that Ningyu Prefecture and Zhongluo Prefecture will not be guaranteed.

In this way, the six southern states of Daheng will all fall under Lin Ziran's control, which will be a nightmare for the northern feudal towns.

No one wanted to see this kind of scene, so even when the troops of the Southern Navy were still limited to Dongdingzhou, several feudal towns in the north had already responded to the call of Feng Ziqi, the governor of Zishengzhou, and sent troops to encircle and suppress Lin Ziran.

The first step came to the Navy.

If nothing else, it is estimated that their army units will also go south in the future.

And what is Lin Ziran going to do?

It is to take advantage of the fact that their army has not yet come, first kill Zisheng Prefecture, the most powerful state in the six southern states, and at the same time seize the first machine game in Zisheng Prefecture.

This machine bureau, but at present, in the Daheng Empire, there are few arsenals in the six southern states that can mass-produce Luo'an III rifles and breech-loading rifled guns, and except for this comprehensive arsenal, the rest are in Nanhai Prefecture.

Taking control of this machine bureau will not only weaken the enemy, but also further increase the production capacity of your rear-loading guns.

Many conditions have decided that Lin Ziran must take Zishengzhou, and this time cannot be delayed for too long.

Therefore, after capturing South Purple City, the South Navy troops did not stop, and went directly north along the railway line and went straight to Chongke City, the state city of Zishengzhou.

Feng Ziqi, who was in Chongke City, was in a hurry, and hurriedly dispatched troops from all over the country to let the First Machinery Bureau start work day and night, urgently recruit workers and other measures to increase production capacity as soon as possible.

At this critical moment, even if there is one more unit and one more rear-loading gun, it is good.

At the same time, the envoys sent by Feng Ziqi were already rushing to the northern states by train or ship, or simply riding horses, and there was only one thing: let the northern states send troops south!

Otherwise, you will wait to call His Majesty Lin Ziran in the future!