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The Admiralty and the Empire should send reinforcements! "
Chapter 1 Hurt Each Other
After the naval battle on Xiangshi Island, Zhou Rui did not expect that the lottery system would prompt him to complete the hidden task of "Brilliant Victory", and rewarded him with a four-star lottery card and 40 points.
Seeing the words "brilliant victory", Zhou Rui couldn't help but be a little bit dumbfounded.
Although the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy retreated first, the loss of the Coastal Defense Fleet far exceeded that of the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy. Can this be considered a glorious victory?
Zhou Rui even felt that this was not a victory.
But since the lottery system decided so, Zhou Rui could only accept it happily.
The obtained four-star lottery card was immediately used by Zhou Rui, and a total of twelve rewards were issued.
98 German Mauser 60k rifles
26 Czech ZB6 light machine guns
34 German MG2 general-purpose machine guns
54 Huaxia Type 20 pistols
1897 French 75-type 3000 field guns
18 million German M3000 grenades
7.9257 million boxes of 800mm rifle bullets, 1500 rounds per box
7.6225 boxes of 40mm pistol bullets, 2000 rounds per box
75 million rounds of 600mm shells
4 British Invincible-class battlecruisers
4 British Goliath-class battleships
4 German Kaiser-class battleships
Zhou Rui feels that the lottery system is simply his "timely rain".
With the weapons and ammunition issued by this four-star lottery card, even if the arsenal previously opened cannot be built in a short period of time, it will not be a problem for the Zhou family's army to expand to another 10 people.
The German Kaiser-class battleship has a full load displacement of 27000 tons, has 3 steam engines and 16 boilers, and has a maximum speed of 21 knots.
装备了5座双联装五十倍口径305毫米主炮，14门45倍口径150毫米副炮，12门45倍口径88毫米高平两用炮，5具500毫米鱼雷发射管。
The side armor belt is 150 mm to 350 mm, the main deck armor is 110 mm, the main turret armor is 300 mm, and the crew is full of 1084 people.
The Caesar-class battleship is obviously also a battleship with full main guns, and its defense is much stronger than that of the Giant-class battleship.
This is equivalent to the lottery system adding 8 full main gun battleships and 4 battlecruisers to Zhou Rui at once, easily making up for the loss of the coastal defense fleet in the Xiangshi Island naval battle and Xiangshi port.
In addition to the 2 British Giant-class battleships and 12 German Wiesbaden-class light cruisers originally reserved in the lottery system, the strength of the coastal defense fleet will be even stronger than before the Xiangshi Island naval battle.
The only problem is that the coastal defense fleet may not be able to gather so many officers and soldiers in a short time to receive this batch of new warships.
Standing on the ruins of the bombed Xiangshi City, Zhou Rui asked Li Shengjun, the head of the No.20 Second Independent Brigade's Third Infantry Regiment, "Uncle Li, how many people were killed in the bombing in Xiangshi City?"
"More than 5000 bodies have now been found and there may be some more buried under the rubble."
Zhou Rui sighed, "This is the power of the orc countries, we humans may put cannons at the gates of those orc countries at some point.
Let those orcs have a taste of being bombarded. "
Then Zhou Rui said to Li Shengjun: "Uncle Li, your regiment will break away from the No.20 Second Independent Brigade and expand into the Xiangshi Garrison Brigade.
Uncle Li, you served as the brigade commander of the Xiangshi Garrison Brigade, and Wen Ximing served as the deputy brigade commander.
Those young and strong men recruited from civilians were incorporated into the Xiangshi Garrison Brigade as much as possible. "
When Li Shengjun heard this, his face couldn't help being overjoyed, and he hurriedly gave Zhou Rui a military salute, expressing his loyalty to Zhou Rui.
Zhou Rui then turned his head and said to Ma Tiezhu, the brigade commander of the No.20 Second Independent Brigade: "Uncle Ma, the Jinshui Zhou family of the Bajin Empire, promised to help us recruit 5000 recruits in several cities in the southern provinces of the Bajin Empire, and It will be sent to Xiangshi Island soon.
These 5000 recruits, we are going to hand over all of them to the No.20 Second Independent Brigade, so that the No.20 Second Independent Brigade can reorganize the Third Infantry Regiment. "
Not long after the naval battle on Xiangshi Island ended, the Jinshui Zhou family of the Bajin Empire contacted Zhou Rui, expressing their willingness to provide some help to the Ganyang Zhou family guarding Xiangshi Island.
Of course, the Jinshui Zhou family stood up at this time because they also saw the possibility of the Ganyang Zhou family guarding Xiangshi Island.
Compared with the Silver Wolf Empire, the Jinshui Zhou family still hopes that Xiangshi Island can be controlled by the Ganyang Zhou family.
Zhou Rui did not refuse the Jinshui Zhou family's offer of help, and soon agreed with the Jinshui Zhou family to recruit 5000 recruits for the Ganyang Zhou family in its controlled area.
Ma Tiezhu nodded, "Major General, don't worry, our brigade has sufficient weapons and ammunition. As soon as 5000 recruits arrive, the new Third Infantry Regiment can be formed soon."
At this time Li Shengjun said: "Lao Ma, the No. 20 Second Independent Brigade is the family of the Xiangshi Garrison Brigade, so they have to support me with a batch of weapons and ammunition.
Let alone expanding into a brigade now, I can barely arm an infantry regiment including the captured weapons and equipment. "
Before Ma Tiezhu could speak, Zhou Rui said, "Uncle Li, as long as you have someone in your hands, weapons and equipment are not a problem. I can provide you with as much as you want."
At this time, Wang Biao, the brigade commander of the Second Infantry Brigade of the Garrison Division, said with a smile: "Old Li, the Major General can even get more than a dozen battleships with full main guns, and he is short of your weapons and equipment!"
"Uncle Wang, Uncle Ma, Uncle Li, although the Silver Wolf Empire retreated this time, they probably won't stop there.
The coastal defense fleet has suffered too much loss this time, and it is not appropriate to face head-to-head with the Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire. Therefore, Xiangshi Island can only be guarded by your three brigades for the time being. "
It was Zhou Rui and Song Limin's decision to let the coastal defense fleet withdraw from Xiangshi Island.
You must know that what the Coastal Defense Fleet encountered before was only half of the main force of the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy.
Once the third fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy comes out in full force, given the current state of the coastal defense fleet, it may not be able to withstand it.
So Zhou Rui and Song Limin discussed it and decided to hide the main force of the coastal defense fleet on Crescent Island and wait for the opportunity.
On the morning of February 1537, 2, Zhou Rui left Xiangshi Island with the main force of the coastal defense fleet.
On the bridge of the flagship Zhenhai, Song Limin handed Zhou Rui a telegram, "Major General, the Silver Wolf Empire refuses to negotiate peace with our Zhou family. It seems that this battle must continue."
Fighting against a powerful orc empire with the power of a family finally gave Zhou Rui a feeling of hitting a stone with a pebble.
Zhou Rui very much hoped that the Silver Wolf Empire could sit down and have a peaceful talk with the Zhou family after seeing that the Ganyang Zhou family was not easy to mess with. Even if the Zhou family paid a large sum of silver coins in the end, Zhou Rui would also be willing.
So Zhou Rui conveyed his desire for peace talks to the Silver Wolf Empire through some connections.
It's a pity that facing the Ganyang Zhou family, which still has 11 full-armed battleships on the surface, the Silver Wolf Empire has no intention of ceasefire at all, and instead puts on a posture of completely destroying the Ganyang Zhou family.