Chapter 82: Su Yi's refusal

On the evening of December 4, 3011 in the Tang calendar, Su Yi stood at the wharf of Ambo Port, looked at the scarred warships on the berths of the port, turned his head and said to Wang Chengliang, the commander of the independent fleet beside him: "The shipyard of Anbo Port has six 30,000-ton docks, six 20,000-ton docks, and six 15,000-ton docks. However, the combined naval fleets of the three countries still have the strength to exist, and the independent fleets still have to be prepared for another major war with the combined fleets of the navies of the three countries. ”

Wang Chengliang nodded and said: "Don't worry, the twelve super dreadnought battleships, eight quasi-super dreadnought battleships, and eight battle cruisers of our independent fleet, only a few of them are seriously injured, and most of them maintain their combat effectiveness and can continue to fight." ”

Su Yi showed a smile at this time and said, "By the way, there is also good news, the independent fleet will soon be able to add twelve new battleships, including four super dreadnought battleships, four dreadnought battleships, and four former dreadnought battleships. ”

At the end of this naval battle, the independent fleet captured a total of four super dreadnought battleships, four dreadnought battleships and four former dreadnought battleships of the three navies, so the system immediately rewarded Su Yi with four American Nevada-class super dreadnought battleships, four Florida-class dreadnought battleships, and four Connecticut-class dreadnought battleships.

The American Nevada-class super dreadnought battleship, with a standard displacement of 27,500 tons, a full load displacement of 28,400 tons, a maximum speed of 20.5 knots, is equipped with two triple 45 times caliber 356 mm main guns, two twin 45 times caliber 356 mm main guns, twenty-one 127 mm secondary guns, 343 mm main armor on the side belt, 76 mm deck armor, 457 mm main turret armor, and a crew of 1,374 people.

The American Florida-class dreadnought battleship, with a standard displacement of 21,825 tons, a full load displacement of 23,033 tons, a maximum speed of 21 knots, is equipped with five twin 45 times caliber 305 mm main guns, sixteen 127 mm secondary guns, six 76 mm rapid-fire guns, 279 mm of main armor on the side belt, 89 mm of deck armor, 305 mm of main turret armor, and a crew of 1,171 people.

The American Connecticut-class pre-dreadnought battleship, with a standard displacement of 16,000 tons, a full load displacement of 17,666 tons, a maximum speed of 18 knots, is equipped with two twin 45 times caliber 305 mm main guns, four twin 45 times caliber 203 mm secondary guns, twelve 178 mm secondary guns, three 76 mm rapid-fire guns, four 533 mm torpedo tubes, 279 mm main armor on the side belt, 76 mm deck armor, 305 mm main turret armor, and a crew of 896 people.

Hearing Su Yi say that the independent fleet was about to add four more super dreadnought battleships, four dreadnought battleships, and four former dreadnought battleships, Wang Chengliang's eyes couldn't help but light up, "Marshal, I don't know how the performance of these twelve battleships is?" ”

After Su Yi gave a general introduction to the performance of these three battleships, Wang Chengliang said with some joy: "These twelve battleships are enough to make up for the losses of the capital ships of our independent fleet in this naval battle. ”

At this moment, Ouyang Qian, the second princess of the Purple Moon Empire, walked over to Su Yi and Wang Chengliang, "General Su, congratulations again on your brilliant victory!" I would like to ask Commander Wang about the approximate losses of the navies of Sharad, Gisk, and Orenza in this naval battle. ”

Wang Chengliang did not answer the second princess Ouyang Qian immediately, but turned his head to look at Su Yi, and when Su Yi nodded slightly, Wang Chengliang spoke: "Your Royal Highness the Second Princess, after the preliminary statistics of our independent fleet, we have sunk two super dreadnought battleships, seventeen dreadnought battleships, fifteen former dreadnought battleships, twenty-six ironclad battleships, fourteen large armored cruisers, and more than three hundred warships of other types of warships of the three navies of Sharad, Gisk, and Orenza. In addition, our independent fleet captured thirty enemy ships, including four super-dreadnought battleships. ”

When the second princess Ouyang Qian heard this, she couldn't help but gasp, the fruits of the independent fleet under Su Yi were too brilliant, which made Ouyang Qian can't help but have a dreamy feeling.

You must know that the navies of Sharad, Gisk, and Orenza are ranked second, fifth, and seventh in the world's navies respectively, and this time the navies of the three countries can be said to be the main force, and now the independent fleet under Su Yi can defeat the combined naval fleet of these three countries, does it mean that this independent fleet under Su Yi even has the strength to compete with the world's first Royal Navy of the British Roba Empire?

The second princess, Ouyang Qian, then eagerly asked Wang Chengliang, "Commander Wang, can the independent fleet continue to fight?" ”

Before Wang Chengliang could speak, Su Yi hurriedly said: "Your Royal Highness Second Princess, you have also seen that although the independent fleet won by luck this time, its own losses are also very large, almost every battleship has to enter the dock for maintenance, and in a short period of time, the independent fleet will not go out of the port to fight again." ”

Second Princess Ouyang Qian frowned, "General Su, you must also know that our Purple Moon Empire used the low-interest loan of 50 million British dollars given by the Yingluoba Empire to purchase a large number of weapons and ammunition for the army from the Yingluoba Empire, and now the transport fleet of the Yingluoba Empire transporting this batch of weapons and ammunition is blocked by a detachment of the Sharad Navy to the west of the Xiguan Islands, and it cannot reach the west coast of our Purple Moon Empire, I don't know ...... General Su."

Before the Second Princess Ouyang Qian's words were finished, she was interrupted by Su Yi waving her hand, "I'm really sorry, Your Royal Highness the Second Princess, I have already said that almost all the battleships of the Independent Fleet have to enter the dock for maintenance, not to mention that in this naval battle, although the navies of Sharad, Gisk, and Orenza have suffered heavy losses, the remaining battleships of the three countries together still exceed the number of the Independent Fleet under my command, so it is impossible for me to let the Independent Fleet risk rushing to the Xiguan Islands, thousands of kilometers away, to meet the transport fleet of the British Empire." ”

Second Princess Ouyang Qian said in a somewhat pleading tone: "General Su, you also know how short of weapons and ammunition our Royal Army of the Purple Moon Empire is, many soldiers even need several people to share a rifle, please, can you help us?" ”

Hearing Ouyang Qian, a stunning beauty, pleading with herself softly, Su Yi's heart couldn't help but ripple, but Su Yi still said categorically: "Your Royal Highness Second Princess, I also know that the Royal Army of the Purple Moon Empire is very short of weapons and ammunition, but I can't let the naval officers under my command go on an adventure with the injured warship in order to help the Purple Moon Empire, I can only say sorry again." ”

In fact, escorting the transport fleet of the British Ropa Empire to the west coast of the Purple Moon Empire is not a difficult task for the Independent Fleet, even if there are no four Nevada-class super dreadnought battleships, four Florida-class dreadnought battleships and four Connecticut-class pre-dreadnought battleships that the system has just rewarded, it is easy to accomplish this matter just by relying on the original lightly injured battleships of the Independent Fleet.

However, once the Purple Moon Empire gets this batch of weapons and ammunition from the Yingluoba Empire, then the life of the Su Family's army troops may not be as easy as it is now, at least recruiting troops will not be as easy as it is now.

At present, the Su family army has four guards infantry brigades, forty-two field infantry brigades and seven marine brigades in the territory of the Purple Moon Empire, and there are more than two hundred supplementary regiments, each of which has more than 5,000 troops.

With such a huge number of troops, Su Yi is still not satisfied, and the recruitment plans of the various infantry brigades of the Su Family Army on the front line are still being implemented.