Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 257 Too Many Recruits

On the morning of September 3016rd, [-] in the Tang calendar, in the palace of Meseka City, the capital of the Anglopa Empire, Emperor Penello frowned and said to Prime Minister August: "Emperor Lazaric of the Gisk Empire , and Emperor Modest of the Orensa Empire sent me telegrams one after another, hoping that our Royal Navy of Inaba, together with the Navy of Sharad and the Navy of Noomi, would take action as soon as possible to contain the power of the Datang Navy. "

Prime Minister August sighed at this time and said: "The Monia Empire, the Rielland Empire, the Kingdom of Revelli, and the Kingdom of Hethel are very firm. If the navies of the three countries do not take any action, the main naval forces of these four countries will not rescue the Jisk Navy and Orenza Navy trapped in Groning Port, and will not be able to open the way to the Jisk Empire and Orenza Navy. The empire's sea lanes."

Emperor Penello said immediately: "The battle situation in the Jisk Empire and the Orenza Empire is very difficult now. Although the armies of these two countries are facing the attack of the Tang Empire, although they try their best to resist, there are still large areas. The territory of the two countries has fallen. If the armies of the Monia Empire, the Rielan Empire, the Kingdom of Revelli, and the Kingdom of Hessel do not enter the territory of these two countries to provide support, it may take a while for these two countries to The country's capital will also be conquered by the Tang army."

After a pause, Emperor Penello asked: "Now we, the Royal Navy of Inaba, the Sharad Navy, and the Noomi Navy, can we take some action against the Datang Navy as soon as possible, so that Monia, Rielan, and Lei Do you have some confidence in the four countries of Willie and Hessel?"

Prime Minister August hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, the main force of our Inaba Royal Navy and the Noomi Navy have arrived in the waters of the Sharad Empire and joined the main force of the Sharad Navy. Together, at present, the three navies of Yingluoba, Sharad, and Noomi have gathered 270 nine super dreadnought battleships, 260 eight battlecruisers and 33 dreadnought battleships. In terms of the number of capital ships, it exceeds the Datang Navy The strength gathered in Huifeng Port, but our combined fleet of the three navies is not absolutely sure of defeating the Datang Navy."

Huifeng Port is still the largest military port of the Datang Empire. At present, the First Fleet, Second Fleet, and Seventh Fleet of the Datang Royal Navy are all gathered in Huifeng Port. The three main fleets of the Datang Royal Navy add up. In terms of the number of capital ships, there is a big gap compared with the joint fleet of the three navies of Inrobah, Sharad, and Noomi.

This time, the navies of the three countries of Yingluoba, Sharad, and Noomi did not take out the former dreadnought battleships and ironclad battleships to join the combined fleet. The performance of the above two battleships is really useless. In the duel between ships, they can basically only serve as cannon fodder.

Emperor Penello frowned slightly again, "Since the combined fleet of our three navies has an advantage in the number of capital ships, why is it not sure to defeat the Datang Navy? The Datang Navy gathered in Huifeng Port, and Not the entire strength of the Datang Navy, but just the three main fleets!"

Prime Minister August said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, in the last war between the Seven Kingdoms Alliance and the Tang Empire, our Royal Navy, the Sharad Navy, and the Noomi Navy all lost a large number of veterans with rich combat experience. Naval officers and soldiers, so that now in our three navies, most of the soldiers are recruits, and many officers have just been promoted, so the overall combat effectiveness of the combined fleet of our three navies may not be better than those gathered in Huifeng Port. How strong are the three main fleets of the Datang Navy."

Now it is not long before the end of the war between the Seven Kingdoms Alliance and the Tang Empire, only a little more than two years, and it takes only two years to train a qualified naval officer, it is far from enough, so that The actual combat effectiveness of the three navies of Yingluoba, Sharad, and Noomi is weaker than that shown on the display.

Emperor Penello pondered for a while and said: "There must be difficulties in fighting against the Datang Navy, but the current situation does not allow us to have other options. Send a telegram to General Petrou as soon as possible and ask him to To take some actions against the Datang Navy, as for whether to engage in a decisive battle with the three main fleets of the Datang Navy gathered in Huifeng Port, it is up to General Petrou to decide on his own."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will have someone send a report to General Petrou in a while."

"Prime Minister, are you saying that the armies and air forces of the three countries of Yingluoba, Sharad, and Noomi should take the initiative to launch an attack on the Tang Empire to relieve the pressure on the Jisk Empire and the Orenza Empire?"

"Your Majesty, the army and air force of the three countries of Yingluoba, Sharad, and Noomi have not yet completed their final assembly. If we want to launch an attack on the mainland of the Datang Empire, we have to wait until the end of October at least."

In the last war, Petru once led the expeditionary fleet of the Royal Navy of Inaba, joined forces with the expeditionary fleets of the navies of Sharad, Noomi, Monia, and Rielland, and launched a battle with the Royal Navy of Datang. A naval battle that determined the direction of the war, of course, the Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty finally won that naval battle.

This time Petru was still appointed as the commander of the entire Royal Navy of England, and almost brought the Royal Navy of England to the coast of the Sharad Empire.

After receiving the telegram from the capital city of the British Empire, Mesaka, Petru immediately invited the Commander of the Royal Navy of Sharad, Commander Genis, and the Commander of the Royal Navy of Noomi, Porfi, to the Royal Navy of the British Empire. Inside the bridge of the super dreadnought battleship HMS Princess Alice.

Although the Royal Inaba Royal Navy already has a super dreadnought battleship with a larger displacement, the flagship of the Royal Inaba Royal Navy has not changed. It is still the first ship of the Princess Alice class, the Princess Alice.

The two commanders invited by Petru served as the expeditionary fleet commanders of the Sharad Royal Navy and the Noomi Royal Navy respectively in the decisive sea battle with the Datang Royal Navy last time.

The telegram in the hand of the Royal Navy Commander Petru of Inaba first passed it to the Commander of the Royal Navy of Sharad, Johnny. After reading it, Johnny passed the telegram to the Commander of the Royal Navy of Noomi .

After reading the telegram, Porfi said, "The emperor of the Noomi Empire actually sent me a telegram urging our navies of the three countries to take action against the Tang navy as soon as possible. It seems that the navies of the three countries cannot If we continue to dawdle here, the Jisk Empire and the Orensa Empire can no longer hold on."

Commander of the Royal Navy of Sharad, Johnny said with a wry smile: "I have also received similar urging messages. It seems that the plan of the three of us to make the combined fleet of the three navies work together for a longer period of time should not be realized."

The commander of the Royal Navy of Inlobal, Petru, immediately said in a deep voice: "According to the information we have now, the first main fleet of the Datang Navy gathered in Huifeng Harbor has 77 super dreadnought battleships and 74 battlecruisers. The second main fleet of the Datang Navy has 24 super dreadnought battleships and [-] battlecruisers. The seventh main fleet of the Datang Navy has eight super dreadnought battleships, [-] dreadnought battleships and [-] battlecruisers. In terms of the number of ships, the combined fleet of our three navies has a clear advantage, but the fourth and sixth main fleets of the Datang Navy have a considerable part of their strength, and they are not far from Huifeng Port."

After a pause, Petelu continued: "Of course, even if the fourth and sixth main fleets of the Datang Navy are counted, the combined fleet of the three navies still has the advantage in the number of capital ships, but it is true. When the fight started, I was very worried, after all, there are too many recruits in our three navies."

Noomi Royal Navy Commander Porfi sighed and said: "I also have concerns about this. A super dreadnought battleship may only take more than a year to build, but training a professional and technically qualified It takes at least five years, or even longer, for the officers and soldiers of the navy, and now almost 80.00% of the soldiers in our Noomi Royal Navy did not even receive training in naval professional technology two years ago. Now these Soldiers in the navy can only be regarded as recruits, if the joint fleet of the three navies fights with the Datang Navy, it is not certain who will win!"

The Commander of the Sharad Royal Navy shrugged and said: "No matter how many difficulties there are, our combined fleet of the three navies has to overcome it now. The three of us should study how to launch operations against the Datang Navy!"

Petru, commander of the Royal Navy of Inlobal, nodded, "What General Genis said is very true. It is impossible for our three countries to watch the Jisk Empire and the Orenza Empire be swallowed by the Tang Empire. Now our three countries The army and air force have not yet completed their preparations to launch an attack on the mainland of the Tang Empire, so we can only count on our three-nation navy combined fleet."

Afterwards, the commanders of the three navies studied for a long time, but did not discuss any particularly good plan. In the end, the commander of the Sharad Royal Navy, Genis, said helplessly: "I think it is better to gather all the forces of the combined fleet of our three navies." Get up and press directly to the Huifeng Port of the Datang Empire. Only by defeating the Datang Navy in an upright manner can the confidence of the four countries of Monia, Ruierlan, Revili, and Hessel be increased, and the navies of the four countries will go to the sea as soon as possible. The siege of Port Groning has been lifted."

On the morning of September 3016th, [-] in the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Empire received the exact information that the combined fleet composed of the main naval forces of the three countries, Inrobar, Sharad, and Noomi, had completed its assembly and was heading directly towards the In the waters of the Datang Empire, the target of the combined fleet of the three navies is likely to be the largest military port of the Datang Empire——Huifeng Port.

At this time, Zhang Qihui, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, was sitting in Huifeng Port. After receiving the secret message from the General Intelligence Bureau, Zhang Qihui immediately dispatched Yuan Fan, the commander of the First Fleet, Xu Liang, the commander of the Second Fleet, and the commander of the Seventh Fleet. Commander Li Xiaogang, called together.

On the bridge of the Bavarian-class super dreadnought battleship Yongxiang, the flagship of the First Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Datang Empire, Zhang Qihui said to the three fleet commanders in a deep voice: "Basically, it can be confirmed that Yingluoba, Sharad, Nuo'er The combined fleet of the three navies of the United States is targeting Huifeng Port, and a naval battle that can determine the direction of the war seems to be about to break out here in Huifeng Port."

Yuan Fan, the commander of the First Fleet, frowned and said, "Deputy Commander, do you want the First and Second Squadrons of the Fourth Fleet, and the Second and Third Squadrons of the Sixth Fleet to come to Huifeng immediately?" Hong Kong, with only our three main fleets, in terms of the number of capital ships, it is still much worse than the combined fleet of the three navies of Yingluoba, Sharad, and Noomi."

Zhang Qihui nodded slightly and said: "Those four teams are already on their way to Huifeng Port. When these four teams also enter Huifeng Port, our disadvantage will not be so obvious in terms of the number of battleships." gone."

The first battleship of the Fourth Fleet, with twenty Pennsylvania-class super dreadnought battleships and eight Tiger-class battlecruisers, the second battleship of the Fourth Fleet, with twenty New Mexico-class super dreadnought battleships and eight Tiger-class battleships cruiser.

The second battleship of the Sixth Fleet has 21 giant-class dreadnought battleships and 24 Moltke-class battlecruisers, and the third battleship of the Sixth Fleet has 25 Florida-class dreadnought battleships and 24 Moltke-class battlecruisers.

The three main fleets currently in Huifeng Port, if these four teams are added, there will be 190 nine super dreadnought battleships, 180 battlecruisers and [-] dreadnought battleships.

Although compared with the 270 nine super dreadnought battleships, 260 eight battlecruisers and 33 dreadnought battleships in the joint fleet of the three navies of Inaba, Sharad and Noomi, there is still some gap in number, but considering the number of officers and soldiers In terms of quality and the performance of warships, the weakness of Datang Royal Navy is not obvious.

In addition, the Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty also deployed four hundred Junker-88 dive bombers in Huifeng Port. With the voyage of more than 88 kilometers, the Junker-2000 dive bombers will definitely give Yingluoba, Sharad, Nuo A big surprise for the joint fleet of the Omi three navies.

Zhang Qihui then raised his mouth slightly, "There is another piece of good news to tell everyone, His Majesty is already on his way to Huifeng Port, and His Majesty's visit to Huifeng Port this time will add a large number of new troops to our Datang Royal Navy." Warships, as for the origin of these new warships, I won’t say much here. The three of you should all know that when the time comes, your three fleets must cooperate with His Majesty to block the entire Huifeng Port, and let His Majesty extract those new warships into reality. in the world."

(End of this chapter)