The third combat group gradually moved away from the battlefield, and after the Hope completed the broken task, it began to evacuate, Zhang Lin looked at the assembly coordinates sent by the third combat group to the Hope, and ordered the Hope to assemble at the secondary coordinates and meet the third combat group!

At the same time, the mercenaries hired by the merchant in the later stage of the support had just joined the battle, because the first and second battle groups did not eliminate the pirates according to the plan, but were defeated by the pirates, and the merchants who felt that the situation was unfavorable gathered a group of mercenaries to support again, and the mercenaries who came this time just found that the third battle group was fighting with the pirates, and the ammunition was insufficient, and seeing that they were eliminated by the pirates, they took over the third battle group and began to fight with the pirates!

Judging from this operation, the main reason for the failure was not the third battle group, on the other hand, the third battle group was united and acted in unison, sinking and injuring many pirate warships, and the first battle group and the second battle group fought separately for their own interests, allowing the pirates to seize the opportunity to defeat the main force of the operation in one fell swoop.

In the sea area forty kilometers away from the battlefield, the third combat group is checking the loss, the necessary repairs to the battleship, the third combat group suffered heavy losses, the ship's simple body damage is more than 60 percent, and the casualties are more than half, it can be said that the loss is very large, almost no mercenary leader can bear this kind of loss, but high returns are accompanied by high risks, these mercenaries are very clear, with the completion of the intense repair work, the third combat team began to hit the road, these mercenaries are very grateful to Zhang Lin, Zhang Lin also intended to recruit these mercenaries who valued love and righteousness, and decided to talk to them after returning to Free City, just to speed up the construction of the Montana-class battleship with Smith, and deliver Montana to himself as soon as possible, and the Montana sailors themselves were worried that they had not been recruited, and this was a good opportunity!

With the continuous correction of the route of the third battle group, the city of freedom has gradually appeared in the field of vision, the people of the third battle group are all relieved, now they can finally relax, the previous battle was too fierce, everyone's nerves are very nervous, even after leaving the battle, they are afraid that the pirates will catch up, and now in the sphere of influence of the free city, the nervous nerves can finally be relaxed!

Entering the port and anchoring, the captains of the third battle group went to look for arms dealers and began to maintain their merchant ships, and this battle damage was very large, except for the Hope, other warships had to be towed to other places for repair, and now the equipment in the harbor is not enough to repair such damage, and these arms dealers are asking for a price, but this is also a helpless thing, and finally the leaders of the third battle group agreed that everyone would get together once the next day!

The Hope is just to replenish the consumed ammunition and replace the main gun barrel once, and by the way carry out a post-war maintenance, Zhang Lin gave the sailors of the Hope a vacation, such a fierce battle is the first time the Hope has experienced, and proper relaxation is due!

Zhang Lin found an arms dealer and asked him to complete the maintenance of the Hope within three days, the arms dealer saw that Zhang Lin was more anxious, and directly gave Zhang Lin a maintenance fee of 30,000 gold coins, but Zhang Lin didn't care about it at all because he won the gamble, and paid all the money on the spot.

Then Zhang Lin went to the World Bank to withdraw his bet, and now he is back alive, so according to the gambling contract, the dealer should pay himself according to the odds of one to one, and he can make a lot of money! Then he should get 10 million gold coins, at the window of the World Bank, Zhang Lin showed proof of his bet, and after the bank staff read it, he checked it on the computer, "Sir, according to the agreement, the battleship you bet on survived, you can get five million compensation, and return the principal, this is 10 million, it has been stored in your account, please put away your card!" ”

After Zhang Lin received the card, he turned around and left the World Bank, and now he is going to contact Smith to ask whether the construction of Montana and the problems that have arisen have been solved, and then urge the construction project, now Zhang Lin feels very urgent, the Hope can no longer meet Zhang Lin's requirements for battle, and he must get more powerful warships to solve the fundamental problem!

Zhang Lin found a place to send a telegram in the City of Hope, and sent a telegram to Smith according to the address Smith gave him: "Mr. Smith, I am Zhang Lin, I ask about the construction of Montana, and if there is a problem, please let Mr. Smith know, I will wait here." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" Zhang Lin gave Smith the address here, and then waited in the hall for the action, and the staff here brought Zhang Lin coffee.

About an hour later, a staff member came up to Zhang Lin, "Sir, this is your telegram!" ”

Zhang Lin took the telegram from the staff and said: "Thank you", and then Zhang Lin unfolded the telegram and read it carefully.

"Hello Mr. Zhang Lin, I have received the telegram, now I will inform you of the construction of Montana, Montana has laid three keels, the bottom of the hull has been built according to your modification, because you are very careful about the division of the cabin, resulting in an increase in engineering, but this is not the main problem, according to the drawings, Montana's standard displacement is more than 60,000 tons, but due to your modification, Montana's standard displacement has increased to nearly 80,000 tons, and the full load displacement has exceeded 80,000 tons, according to your requirements for her speed, The 240,000 horsepower main engine is no longer enough to keep her at 32 knots, we have to build a larger and heavier main engine and increase the pressure of the boiler to increase the main engine power, but these problems have been solved, and Montana will be delivered to you on schedule! ”

After reading the telegram, Zhang Lin breathed a sigh of relief, but Montana was delivered two years later, and the time was a little too late, and Smith had to speed up the project, preferably within five months, and then Zhang Lin sent a telegram to Smith again, urging him to speed up the construction of Montana.

Ten minutes later, Smith replied to Zhang Lin again, "Mr. Zhang Lin, I'm afraid I can't meet your request, I can't complete the commissioning of such a large warship in such a short period of time, it must take longer, I can't do it!" Zhang Lin understood that Smith was bargaining with himself, after all, it was agreed that the battleship would be delivered in two years, and now that Zhang Lin had increased the time to less than five months, Smith would definitely ask Zhang Lin to pay a part of the benefits!

Then Zhang Lin took the design drawings of the Bismarck class as bait, and asked Smith to deliver a battleship to him, so he sent him this detailed structural drawing, Smith agreed to Zhang Lin's request after repeated hesitation, and said that only for Zhang Lin to build a battleship, can not give Zhang Lin a share of the sales of this level of battleship, Zhang Lin painfully agreed, and finally Smith said to build Montana with all his might, and the commissioning work was handed over to Zhang Lin, so that the construction of the battleship could be completed within five months, but it could not be debugged and sea trials, and Zhang Lin completed the rest, Zhang Lin agreed, and Zhang Lin was really relieved at this point!