Chapter 65: The Purple Moon Empire's Attitude Changes
On the evening of November 15, 3011 in the Tang calendar, in a barracks in the Su family army camp near Anbo Port, Su Yi said to Wang Chengliang, commander of the independent fleet: "The Purple Moon Empire hopes that our independent fleet can go to meet the fleet of weapons and ammunition from the Yingluoba Empire, so that weapons and ammunition worth 50 million British dollars will not reach the Purple Moon Empire. ”
Wang Chengliang frowned and said, "Marshal, didn't the Purple Moon Empire promise to send the batch of weapons and ammunition purchased from the Yingluoba Empire with a low-interest loan of 50 million British dollars directly to the west coast of the Purple Moon Empire?" Why do we need our independent fleet to meet it? ”
Su Yi then said: "The Gisk Empire and the Orenza Empire have learned that a large number of weapons and ammunition are about to arrive in the Purple Moon Empire, and the main forces of the navies of these two countries have already set off from the Gronin Port of the Gisk Empire, preparing to intercept the transport fleet of the Yingroba Empire. ”
Wang Chengliang's brows furrowed even tighter, "In this way, the Purple Moon Empire hopes that our independent fleet will be at sea and can fight a bloody way for the transport fleet of the Yingluoba Empire." ”
Su Yi nodded, "This is indeed what the Purple Moon Empire meant, and I ask our independent fleet to safely escort this batch of weapons and ammunition to the Purple Moon Empire's Starfish Harbor no matter what." ”
The main force of the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire, after leaving Ambo Port, entered Starfish Harbor, which can be regarded as the second largest military port in the Purple Moon Empire.
Wang Chengliang pondered for a while and said: "Marshal, the navies of the Gisk Empire and the Orenza Empire, knowing that our independent fleet is in the port of Ambo, still dare to intercept the transport fleet of the Yingluoba Empire, I think it is likely that the navy of the Sharad Empire has also come." ”
Su Yi touched his chin and said: "There is this possibility, from the Sharad Empire to the Purple Moon Empire, there are two routes from the sea, one is to bypass the coastline of the Liuyun Empire, the Celestial Star Empire, the Jisk Empire and the Orenza Empire, and then arrive at the sea area of the Purple Moon Empire, and the other is to bypass from the other direction, that is, the route taken by the Yingluoba Empire's transport fleet, and the distance of the latter route should be closer." ”
Wang Chengliang then said in a deep voice: "Marshal, once our independent fleet goes to meet the transport fleet of the British Empire, it is likely that it will have a decisive battle in a naval battle with the navies of Sharad, Gisk, and Orenza. ”
Su Yi asked at this time: "If the Independent Fleet now fights the main forces of the navies of Sharad, Gisk, and Orenza, is there any certainty that the Independent Fleet will win?" ”
Wang Chengliang hesitated slightly, "Dashuai, at present, in the port of Ambo, our independent fleet has ten super dreadnought battleships, eight battle cruisers, eleven dreadnought battleships, seven former dreadnought battleships, six large armored cruisers, eighteen light cruisers and fifty-six destroyers, which is enough to compete with the main forces of the navies of Sharad, Gisk, and Orenza, after all, only the Shalad Navy currently has five super dreadnought battleships, the Gisk Navy and the Orenza Navy, The most combat-ready warship is the dreadnought battleship. ”
After a pause, Wang Chengliang continued: "However, the number of battleships of the three navies of Sharad, Gisk, and Orenza together must far exceed the battleships of our independent fleet, and if we start a decisive naval battle with the navies of these three countries, no matter what the victory or defeat, our independent fleet will definitely suffer a lot of losses." ”
After being promoted to the rank of captain, Su Yi purchased four more battle cruisers, six Minotaur-class large armored cruisers, twelve light cruisers and thirty-six destroyers from the system mall and delivered them to the independent fleet.
Four of the new Lion-class battlecruisers, named Lionflame, Shikang, Shitai, and Shiting, were incorporated into the Sixth Battleship Formation, giving the Sixth Battlecruiser eight ships.
Six Minotaur-class armored cruisers were named Feidu, Pegasus, Feiyue, Feijing, Feiyan, and Feijie, and twelve Wiesbaden-class light cruisers and thirty-six Vickers-class destroyers were still named numeralistically.
Su Yi sighed and said: "It would be nice if I could postpone the decisive battle with the navies of Sharad, Gisk, and Orenza until after the Chinese New Year, then I could add a large number of warships to the independent fleet, and even include six super dreadnought battleships and eight battle cruisers." ”
The number of warships sold in the system mall is calculated according to the number of years, as long as he waits until January 1, 3012 of the Tang calendar, Su Yi can buy all the warships sold in the mall.
At that time, Su Yi was able to add two more Bavaria-class super dreadnought battleships, two Iron Duke-class super dreadnought battleships, two Ise-class super dreadnought battleships, eight Lion-class battlecruisers, six Edward VII-class pre-dreadnought battleships, twelve Minotaur-class large armored cruisers, twenty-four Wiesbaden-class light cruisers, and seventy-two Vickers-class destroyers.
Wang Chengliang already knew about Su Yi being able to add hundreds of warships to the independent fleet after the year, Wang Chengliang hesitated for a moment and said: "Marshal, since the Purple Moon Empire purchased this batch of weapons and ammunition from the Yingluoba Empire with a low-interest loan of 50 million British dollars, the Purple Moon Empire's attitude towards our Su family army has changed somewhat, and the prime minister of the Purple Moon Empire promised to send one million recruits to our Su family army within a month after our Su family army sent troops to support the northern and eastern regions, It's been more than a month now, and as a result, the Purple Moon Empire has only sent 500,000 recruits to our Su family's army. ”
Wang Chengliang's words made Su Yi's face a little ugly, probably because the Purple Moon Empire purchased enough ammunition from the Yingluoba Empire to arm millions of land forces, and the performance of the Su Family Army's army troops on the battlefield was too conspicuous, which made the Purple Moon Empire's attitude towards the Su Family Army have undergone some changes, or it can be said that it has a little wariness of the Su Family Army.
Now not only did the one million recruits promised to the Su family army only give half, but in addition, on the battlefields in the northern and eastern regions of the Purple Moon Empire, the land units of the Su family army were more or less squeezed out by the royal army of the Purple Moon Empire, and in recent days, the losses of the Su family army in the above two areas have increased a lot.
Now the Su family army has sent two marine brigades and six field infantry brigades to the northern region of the Purple Moon Empire, and one guards infantry brigade, two marine brigades and ten field infantry brigades to the eastern region of the Purple Moon Empire.
The sixteen field infantry brigades were all newly reorganized after the Su Jiajun arrived at Anbo Port, because the battle lines in the northern and eastern regions of the Purple Moon Empire were tight, so the sixteen field infantry brigades that had been trained for less than a month were also sent to the battlefield by Su Yi.
Su Yi asked in a deep voice, "Cheng Liang, then what is your opinion on the Purple Moon Empire's request?" ”
"Marshal, I think if it's possible, it's best not to let the Purple Moon Empire get this batch of weapons and ammunition from the Yingroba Empire!"