Chapter 20: Iron Duke and Ise Class

Su Yi, who was in Newport City, learned that the Orenza Empire suddenly declared war on the Purple Moon Empire, and immediately knew that the war between the Liuyun Empire and the Celestial Star Empire could not be fought, but it did not let the Newport Fleet be lifted from the state of first-level combat readiness, Su Yi had a hunch that the other three major powers in the Eastern Continent should not ignore the invading Purple Moon Empire.

Sure enough, soon the Cangyu Empire, the Liuyun Empire, and the Celestial Star Empire declared war on the Orenza Empire, but what Su Yi didn't expect was that the Sharad Empire and the Gisk Empire, among the seven major powers in the world, would form a military alliance with the Orenza Empire, making this war change from four to one to four to three.

Don't look at the four countries on the Eastern Continent, but these four countries are all second-class powers, and in the face of the combination of three first-class powers, they are equivalent to being at an absolute disadvantage in terms of strength.

The Sharad Empire has a land area of 19 million square kilometers, 40 states, a population of more than 900 million, the second largest economy in the world, the second largest navy in the world and the second largest army in the world, and the second in the world in terms of comprehensive national strength.

The navy of the Sharad Empire currently has thirty-two dreadnought battleships, forty-eight former dreadnought battleships, and sixty ironclad battleships, and the Sharad Empire has an army strength of more than eight million, as well as more than fifteen million reserve forces.

The Gisk Empire has a land area of about 12 million square kilometers, 28 states, a population of more than 400 million, and ranks fifth in the world in terms of comprehensive national strength, with the world's fifth-ranked navy and the world's sixth-ranked army.

The navy of the Gisk Empire currently has eighteen dreadnought battleships, twenty-two former dreadnought battleships, and twenty-eight ironclad battleships, and the army strength of the Sharad Empire is about 4.5 million, and the reserve force is about 8 million.

After the Sharad Empire and the Gisk Empire joined this war, Su Yi suddenly felt the pressure, and now among the four eastern countries, the Purple Moon Empire, which has the strongest naval strength, suffered heavy losses at the beginning of the war, and lost almost half of the capital ships, making the strongest navy in the entire Eastern Continent become the Xingang Fleet under Su Yi.

Presumably, the navies of the Sharad Empire, the Gisk Empire, and the Orensa Empire will not ignore the threat of the Newport Fleet, after all, the Newport Fleet still nominally belongs to the Liuyun Empire.

Su Yi was very depressed about this, he had been staying in Xingang City honestly, and he didn't provoke anyone, but as a result, the city gate caught fire, affecting the pond fish, and inexplicably there were three more powerful enemies.

Just when Su Yi was depressed, the system suddenly reminded him that he had completed the system task of holding on to Xingang City for thirty days, and rewarded Su Yi with a diamond treasure chest.

The time when Su Yi received this task was the 27th of last month, and today is January 27, 3011 in the Tang calendar, which is exactly 30 days.

Su Yi looked at the diamond treasure chest in the system item warehouse, took a deep breath, and silently recited the blessing of the Buddha several times before using his consciousness to open the diamond treasure chest, and after the diamond treasure chest disappeared in a colorful light, eight cards appeared in the item warehouse.

British Minotaur-class armored cruiser (unit price is 150 million yuan, limited to four per year).

British Edward VII class battleships (unit price of 500 million yuan, limited to four per year).

British Iron Duke-class battleship (unit price 800 million yuan, limited to two per year).

Japanese Ise-class battleships (unit price of 1 billion yuan, limited to two per year).

343 mm artillery shells (unit price 15,000 yuan, monthly limit of 50,000 pieces).

356 mm artillery shells (unit price 18,000 yuan, monthly purchase limit of 50,000 pieces).

140 mm artillery shells (unit price 1,200 yuan, monthly purchase limit of 500,000 pieces).

80 mm anti-aircraft artillery shells (unit price 600 yuan, monthly limit of 500,000 pieces).

The British Iron Duke-class battleship, with a standard displacement of 25,820 tons, a full load displacement of 30,380 tons, a maximum speed of 21.6 knots, was armed with five twin 45-caliber 343-mm main guns, twelve 45-caliber 152-mm secondary guns, four 47-mm rapid-fire guns, four 533-mm torpedo tubes, broadside main armor 305 mm, deck armor 76 mm, main turret armor 279 mm, and a crew of 995 people.

The Japanese Ise-class battleship, with a standard displacement of 31,260 tons, a full load displacement of 32,062 tons, and a maximum speed of 23 knots, was equipped with six twin 45-caliber 356-mm main guns, twenty 45-caliber 140-mm secondary guns, four 80-mm anti-aircraft guns, six 533-mm torpedo tubes, broadside main armor 305 mm, deck armor 85 mm, main turret armor 305 mm, and a crew of 1,360 people.

Su Yi saw the eight cards from this diamond treasure chest, and the look on his face was much better, with these eight cards, his Xingang fleet would immediately be able to add four super dreadnought battleships, four former dreadnought battleships and four large armored cruisers, and the system could be regarded as a relief in the snow this time.

The cards for the four shells, plus the shells and torpedoes already available in the System Shop, include all the ammunition needed for the British Iron Duke-class battleships and the Japanese Ise-class battleships.

Su Yi first used his consciousness to transfer the eight cards to the system mall, and then bought all the goods on the eight cards and stored them in the system's item warehouse.

Next, Su Yi came to the port of Xingang City, and extracted two Ise-class battleships, two Iron Duke-class battleships, four Edward VII-class battleships and four Minotaur-class armored cruisers.

The two Ise-class battleships were named Tong'an and Tongrui by Su Yi, respectively, and the two Iron Duke-class battleships were named Chubo and Chutai by Su Yi.

Edward VII-class battleships, the Newport fleet already had two, namely Jianwei and Jianyong, and the new four were named Jianren, Jianwu, Jianli and Jianshuo.

The Minotaur-class armored cruisers, the Newport fleet also already has two, namely the Flying Hung and the Flying Eagle, and the new four are named the Thunder, Ferry, Crane and Fleet.

"Dashuai, great! With the addition of these twelve warships, the strength of our Newport fleet has at least doubled! At present, six of the twelve capital ships of our Newport fleet belong to super dreadnought battleships, and at present, among the navies of all countries in the world, in addition to our Newport fleet, only the navy of the British Ropa Empire also has eight super dreadnought battleships! Wang Chengliang said excitedly and proudly.

There was no joy on Su Yi's face, "Although the strength of our Newport Fleet has increased again, but our Newport Fleet has three more powerful enemies, the navies of the Sharad Empire, the Jisk Empire and the Orenza Empire, none of them are easy to mess with, maybe when someone will fight, the capital ships of these three naval powers are more than dozens, and the capital ships of the Sharad Empire are even as high as hundreds." ”

"Don't worry, the number of people in a naval battle does not completely determine the outcome of the battle, with six super dreadnought battleships, our Newport fleet still has the strength to fight!"