Azur Lane: I Crossed the Graduation Port Area

Chapter 61 The Wharf Dispels Rumors (3300 words)
Lin Lan's yacht went upstream along the broad river, and along the way Lin Lan also saw many ordinary people living here.

Most of the people watched them cautiously, and many fishermen only fished along the river, not daring to approach the middle of the river.

This is not at all what a country in a different world that has entered the era of mechanical intelligence should have. Instead, it is more like the remote countryside that Lin Lan visited in Blue Star before.

"Without the commander of the port area to clean up the nearby sirens, the residents here have been in such a state of desperation."

Looking at the residents who were carefully demolishing the old ruins and fishing along the coast, Lin Lan sighed in his heart.

Since the county seat is too far away from the core city, communication rights are often held in the hands of the Zhuhai Chamber of Commerce in the county seat.

The signal towers in the county are generally built in the inner area, so people living in the outer area of ​​the county can only rely on the information conveyed from the inner area to understand the situation in other areas of Oran.

After all, there are only a handful of people who can clean up the sirens along the way like Lin Lan and make a special trip to these remote counties.

In a different world without a satellite network, it is not surprising that this situation occurs.

When Lin Lan came to this world, he read in a book that the United States of Oran had already covered all counties with network signals before the disaster of the Sirens.

After most of the cities were destroyed by the Sirens and the Candle Sea Chamber of Commerce came to power, the most important way to disseminate information was taken over by the Chamber of Commerce and held in their own hands.

Only people living in cities and counties can continue to live an information-based life.

And those people in the outer areas of the county are naturally gradually out of touch with the times.

Lin Lan already understood one thing at that time.

The Candle Sea Chamber of Commerce wants a stable Oran, not a prosperous Oran.

And monopolizing information is undoubtedly the best way to control civilians.

Speaking of the country of Oran, the reason why it was able to be so prosperous was that it relied on the convenience brought about by technology and a powerful navy to conduct various trades with other countries.

But Oran also has its own rival country.

The Natland Empire, which faces the United States of Oran across the ocean in the south, is the deadly enemy of the United States of Oran.

In a sense, the United States of Oran is the most similar and normal country to Blue Star.

And other countries, for Lin Lan who traveled from Blue Star, are genuine and completely unfamiliar countries in different worlds.

An hour passed quickly, and the number of fishing boats wandering on the shore gradually increased, and some normal buildings finally appeared on the shore.

"Commander, we're almost there."

Z23 looked ahead, and said at the pier with many ships berthing.

After tidying up his military cap and appearance, Lin Lan stood up from the sofa.

"Commander, I won't go in with you. I will release the carrier-based aircraft fleet here. If you need air assistance, you can call me through the short-range communicator at any time."

Weser also stood up and said to Lin Lan.

As an aircraft carrier, she is naturally better at using carrier-based aircraft to control the entire battlefield in the rear and provide air assistance.

Lin Lan nodded and agreed to Weser's proposal.

The capable girl with short red hair smiled slightly, and the fourth sister of the Hipper class jumped directly into the river and unfolded her ship outfit.

The big river that passes through Lihu County is very wide, and because there are no people in the middle of the river or on the opposite bank, even if Weser deploys his ships, he will not be noticed.

"Wow, what a handsome sister! What a handsome dragon!"

Seeing Weser handsomely unfolding his ship suit and leaving, Li Ke couldn't help but widen his eyes and let out an exclamation.

"Riko, can you find your way home?"

Lin Lan smiled, looked at the cat-eared little loli and asked.

"Enn, I often come to this pier, but the bad guys who caught me before are also..."

Hearing Li Ke's worry, Lin Lan chuckled:
"Don't worry, I want to see who dares to arrest you in front of me today."

With the status of a dignified naval commander here, he couldn't believe that someone would dare to come up and find fault.

Not to mention the range that the commander guards in his own port area, to other ordinary people, it belongs to the level of a protector who dare not offend.

The main gun of the ship's wife who is with the commander is not a vegetarian either.

After receiving Lin Lan's support, Li Ke was also encouraged and smiled happily:

"The commander is indeed a good man!"

After a while, the yacht slowly docked on the pier. Lin Lan and his girls walked out of the yacht one after another, letting Li Ke walk in the middle.

There were dozens of Lihu County residents who were obviously dressed more shabby than the citizens of Dongyun City on the pier.

Seeing Li Ke following Lin Lan who was wearing a white navy uniform, their eyes widened.

"It's the source of the siren!" "But, why is the source of the siren with the commander?"

"Look at those beautiful girls, are they the ship girl?" "It must be the ship girl, that man is definitely the commander, but he won't be like the previous commanders and leave after a few days?"

The residents of Lihu County were discussing in groups, but Lin Lan led Li Ke through the crowd in an aboveboard manner.

Although these people in Lihu County have more or less listened to the rumors.

But because of their trust in the commander and fear of the power of the ship's mother, although they all had suspicion in their eyes, none of them dared to step forward to provoke trouble.

"My compatriots in Lihu County, I am the commander of the port area who just came here today."

Lin Lan saw more and more people coming to hear the news, and knew it was time to refute the rumors first.

As he spoke loudly, the people around all quieted down and looked at him.

"I know that the commanders who came here didn't stay long before they left here, so that you all live in fear of facing siren attacks all day long."

"However, I want to prove one thing to you today, that is, I have enough power to protect you."

After Lin Lan finished speaking, he said to Mainz behind him:

"Let Weser send a group of carrier-based planes to fly at low altitude above us."

The iron-blooded ship girl is very efficient.

Within a few seconds of sending the order in Mainz, seven or eight Jagged carrier-based aircraft roared in the sky, pierced through the clouds and appeared directly above the crowd.

"It's a carrier-based aircraft! It's an aircraft carrier!"

"Great! It's really an aircraft carrier! We finally don't have to worry about those damned sirens coming over!"

"Finally, finally! We can finally go fishing in the middle of the river! The wreckage of the buildings on the bank can also be cleaned up and rebuilt with confidence!"

The crowd at the pier looked up at the carrier-based aircraft soaring in the sky, and cheered excitedly.

Many older people even knelt on the ground and cried bitterly.

For ordinary people, the arrival of the aircraft carrier means that the Siren will no longer easily break into the county seat as before, and it means that it brings safety.

Only when we live in fear every day can we know how valuable a safe life is.

More and more residents of Lihu County ran over after seeing the carrier-based aircraft, and shouted happily after hearing the news of the arrival of the commander and the ship's mother.

Soon, hundreds of people gathered here, looking at Lin Lan and his party with respect and excitement.

At this moment, Lin Lan called Li Ke to him and held her high in her hand.

"Eh? Eh?"

The cute little cat-eared loli was lifted up with a dazed expression, and became the focus of everyone's attention.

"Isn't that the child of Lao Li's family who was taken away?" "Why did the naval commander bring the siren source?"

"Don't he know that the Liaozhou people will attract the siren's attack?" "How come? That is the commander who fought against the siren. I have already said that the Liaozhou people must be innocent."

Seeing Lin Lan's move, the people around were puzzled and started discussing again.

"My fellow citizens, I think you're all getting one thing wrong."

Lin Lan looked around at the people around him, and after they were all quiet, he paused and said slowly and loudly:

"That's the Liaozhou people. They have never been the cause of the sirens. They have always been a part of Oran just like us."

After the words fell, everyone around was stunned for a moment, and a young man in his early twenties pretended to be brave and asked:
"However, Commander, the adults in the inner district of the county all said that the people of Liaozhou were attracted by sirens to attack..."

"That's purely a rumor! I was in Dongyun City yesterday, and I saw Liaozhou people all over the street! There is no such statement anywhere else in the United States of Oran!"

Lin Lan's tone became heavier and louder.

"Someone must be here to sow discord between the Oran people and the Liaozhou people! I will definitely go to the inner area today to find out this guy and give everyone an explanation!"

The people around were completely stunned when they heard Lin Lan's resolute words.

They looked at each other with disbelief in their eyes.

Only then did the residents of the outer districts of Lihu County realize that they were probably being used by others.

After all, the only channel for them to receive news is the inner area of ​​the county seat.

Before, it was precisely because there was no port commander that they were complained by the Siren's attack.

After the rumors emerged, they instinctively regarded these Liaozhou people as a punching bag to vent their pressure.

At this moment, after the genuine Admiralty Port Commander refuted the rumor in front of them, the rumor has undoubtedly been self-defeating.

"How many stupid things have we done in the past few days..."

People in Lihu County woke up like a dream, and began to reflect on what they had done to the innocent Liaozhou people in the past few days.

"Now is not the time to repent, tell me where those Liaozhou people have been taken, you should apologize to them, and not stay here in a daze!"

Lin Lan knew that he had controlled the situation, and these people would soon spread what he just said to other places in the outer zone.

The most urgent task is to release all those Liaozhou people who were taken away and imprisoned.

"Master Commander, those people were brought to..."

At the same time, on the roof of a building in the outer area of ​​Lihu County not far away.

A strong man in a yellow vest was crawling on the edge of the floor.

What he held in his hand was a large-caliber sniper rifle.

And in the sniper scope on the gun, aim at...

It was Lin Lan who was holding high in his hand, the black-haired cute cat-eared loli with a confused expression - Li Ke.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, in order to prevent everyone from being attacked by the siren again...the source of the siren disaster, you must die..."

"Whether it's the commander or the ship's wife... I will give up here in the end. We still need to protect ourselves..."

The man's finger on the trigger trembled slightly, with a painful expression of conscience condemnation on his face.

He kept repeating these words silently in his mouth, as if he was comforting himself.

Finally, his eyes became firm, and he made up his mind.

After taking a deep breath, he slowly pulled the trigger with his fingers.

"boom!"

(End of this chapter)