Revisit Azur Lane

"No, under normal circumstances, I can monitor the situation around the battlefield through equipment similar to radar satellites."

Zhou He patiently explained that New Jersey had a strong thirst for knowledge and a more direct personality than Bismarck and Hood. He didn't mind clearing up all of New Jersey's questions at once.

"Ah, it's been so long since we've been in battle, I'd completely forgotten about this."

New Jersey suddenly realized, and his body swayed slightly, making Zhou He's gaze a little unsure of its direction. So he directly shifted his gaze to the map in front of everyone, pointing to the line drawing south of the Siren base: "This is your joint attack route with the Sakura Empire fleet tomorrow. Take a look at it too."

For tomorrow's battle, Zhou He divided his fleet into two groups: Sakura Empire and Eagle Union, Iron Blood and Royal Navy. The two groups of the former were responsible for 'strong attacks', while the groups of the latter were responsible for harassment and sneak attacks. The first step was to figure out the Observer's intentions. The other side had fought against them several times, and they had always suffered zero losses. It was likely that the Observer would focus on this aspect, so they needed to be even more cautious in their navigation.

New Jersey, after listening to his words, leaned forward slightly and carefully examined the mission's operational range, also memorizing all the terrain markings on the map. Then, with a "Huh," she reached out and lifted the map to look at the back of the paper, which bore the marks of handwriting: "This is a map made by the commander?"

"Yes, after a while I update the electronic equipment in the port area, we can use map projection for combat planning."

Zhou He smiled. Hand-drawn maps are just for fun. He still needs to use some high-tech tools to free up his time and hands, and make it easier for his ship girls to understand the situation.

Not wanting to discuss the matter further, Zhou He suggested that New Jersey could get used to the ship equipment first if she had time. The feel of a warship and a ship girl is completely different. He believed that even the most famous warship anthropomorphism would require some time to learn how to operate the ship equipment, especially for main warships like battleships and aircraft carriers, whose operation coefficient is far greater than that of destroyers.

"Indeed."

New Jersey thought for a moment and realized that she had been a bit too proud. Facing a brand new life and a brand new beginning, she had to work harder. Then she turned her gaze to Zhou He: "Will the Commander come to watch?"

"Of course, I also want to witness the magnificent appearance of the most powerful battleship."

Zhou He nodded in response. He could still vaguely recall the ship's equipment in the game, which was indeed very large and had a simple and unadorned beauty.

"If I make a fool of myself, Commander, you mustn't laugh."

New Jersey stood up with a smile and extended his hand to Zhou He, extending an invitation. After several face-to-face exchanges, Zhou He had become accustomed to New Jersey's style. He chuckled and stood up, taking New Jersey's hand in his: "If you really make a mistake, New Jersey, I'll have an excuse to appease the newcomers who will join the port in the future."

"Oh? Then I'd better work harder so I don't become a bad example."

New Jersey seemed to have gotten used to Zhou He's personality, and their words became slightly more casual.

After some polite words, Zhou He left the command building with New Jersey. Yorktown, Hammanman, and the others, who were also curious about New Jersey's standards, followed. Yuudachi, who had been lying outside enjoying the breeze and watching the clouds, got up and hopped over to Zhou He's side, wagging her cute little tail and eagerly telling him about the 'second modification'.

"Will I grow taller after the modification?"

Zhou He was no stranger to the word "remodeling". He had even secretly wondered if there were any changes between Yuudachi and Yuudachi Kai that were not reflected in the game's artwork. He had completely forgotten about it, but Yuudachi's mention of it brought it back to mind.

Looking at Yuudachi on his left, who was full of anticipation, Zhou He smiled and put his hand on her head to pat her head: "The modification will require a lot of materials, the materials obtained after dismantling the Sirens. If you want to do a second modification, Yuudachi, you should bring back more Siren destroyers in the future."

"Oh!"

Upon hearing that Zhou He could indeed perform a second modification for her, Yuudachi's eyes widened, and she clenched her small hands into fists with great seriousness: "I will do my best!"

"Huh? Commander, you actually know this kind of technology?"

Most of the ship girls present had no memory of participating in the modification, but there were also those who had never experienced modification but knew what they would become after modification. Kaga, who was originally whispering with Tosa about the promising future of Hu Teng of the Iron Blood Clan, locked onto Zhou He like a fox that had smelled its prey. She walked up to him, turned to the side, and beckoned with her finger, pointing at herself: "Then I should be able to be modified too, right? Modified into an aircraft carrier."

"..."

Zhou He glanced at her. He had never thought of such a thing, nor could he imagine the aircraft carrier Kaga in this state. But who knows, after the Kaga BB was refitted, it might not be the aircraft carrier Kaga, but a completely new air combat Kaga?

"What? Commander, didn't you modify my technology?"

Kaga became anxious when he didn't speak, and even tried to provoke him, but Zhou He didn't fall for it. He smiled and shook his head: "I can't be sure whether you will be a battleship, an aircraft carrier, or a carrier-based fighter after the modification. If you really want to participate in the modification, just like Yuudachi, bring back more battleships, battlecruisers, and aircraft carrier sirens for me to dismantle."

After a brief pause, Zhou He glanced back slightly and said, "Besides, are you planning to abandon Tosa and embrace the new era yourself?"

"Hmph, Tosa and I are sisters, Commander, don't even think about sowing discord."

Kaga BB's expression changed, and her words almost made Zhou He and Tosa lose their composure. She continued, "Since I can modify it, then Tosa can too. When we encounter that aircraft carrier Akagi and Kaga again, I will teach them a lesson together with Tosa and let them understand what a true strongman is!"

"You've got some fancy ideas. I'll book the renovation plan for you for now, but you'll have to get the materials yourself. You know how poor our port area is."

To be honest, Zhou He really wanted to see what it would be like to see the Kaga and Tosa sisters from the aircraft carrier spar with the Akagi Kaga from the First Carrier Division, so he reserved a modification slot for Kaga. Whether it will be successful depends on the system.

"That's easy. Once we've captured the Siren base and taken control of the Mirror Sea area inside to produce the Siren fleet, you, Commander, can then dismantle it."

Kaga revealed a wise smile, and Zhou He exclaimed that he was a genius—he had never thought of such a way of playing.

Once he breaches the Sirens' base, he'll try doing just that!

It seems that Kaga BB has truly been awakened by Bismarck's cannon fire and has started to use his brain to think.

……

New Jersey, who was still unaware of her ship's equipment status, did not join the discussion on the 'modification'. Because Zhou He was surrounded by people and could not find an opportunity to approach and talk, she remained silent all the way until she reached the shore and unfolded her ship's equipment.

In the war-torn era before the Sirens, the pinnacle of battleships was the Iowa-class battleships from New Jersey and the Yamato-class battleships from the Sakura Empire. In the end, these two ships barely even met before the war ended.

But a peak is a peak. After the ship's equipment was deployed in New Jersey, everyone around Zhou He was attracted by its magnificent and massive ship equipment - the ship's cannon.

One major flaw of the system is that it creates ship girls based on the game's settings. Therefore, even after several upgrades that gave New Jersey Tomahawk cruise missiles, she did not arrive in her full glory. Instead, she continued the game's settings, leaving New Jersey with only World War II-era weaponry.

Even so, New Jersey's ship equipment was still incredibly large when deployed, with a total length of nearly five meters. Its solid structure and powerful main guns enveloped New Jersey, making it look like a mobile sea fortress. Its perfect form even made Kaga BB exclaim in praise: "It is indeed worthy of being called the strongest."

Currently, the only ship in the port area that can rival New Jersey is Huteng. Her main guns are also 406mm, and the number is no less than that of New Jersey. The only pity is that Huteng's ship equipment is too flashy. Whether on the battlefield or in private duels, everyone's opinion of Huteng is that "as long as she can use her ship equipment skillfully, she will not lose to anyone."

Now that New Jersey has arrived, the competition for battleships in the port area has become even fiercer.

“There are training targets over there, New Jersey, go over and try them out.”

Zhou He stood on the dock and guided New Jersey. After he spoke, he did not receive an immediate response from New Jersey. It was more than a minute later that New Jersey turned around, gave a thumbs up to the crowd on the shore, and began to move with a calm expression.

What do you think her hit rate will be?

Seeing that New Jersey was far from the coast, Zhou He asked the people around him.

"This distance isn't too difficult for a battleship. It's hard to say for a warship, but in its current form, I can achieve a hit rate of over 99%."

Tosa remained silent, but Kaga, after calculating the distance, gave his reply: "At this distance, more than 90 hits out of 100 cannon shots are considered acceptable."

The training targets are located at varying distances from the shore, but all within 5,000 meters, which is about 2 to 3 nautical miles. This distance is practically face-to-face for warships. If you still can't hit them, then you can only say that you are destined to meet your maker.

boom!

First, Zhou He saw the shell targets billowing black smoke after being shelled, and then came the ear-piercing, shrill cannon fire that could be heard even from a kilometer away.

After the first shot, there was a barrage of artillery fire. Zhou He couldn't make out how many shots were fired, but seeing the targets being blown away in a cycle was enough to show that New Jersey was at least not weak in terms of artillery fire.

He looked at Kaga; Bismarck wasn't there, so Kaga would temporarily take over as the grading teacher.

"90 points, that's not bad."

Kaga gave a light snort and explained to Zhou He that New Jersey had clearly missed several times. She could determine that New Jersey was unqualified, but there was no need to do so, because this was the first time New Jersey had deployed its ship equipment and conducted an emergency test using unfamiliar weaponry. It was perfectly normal for mistakes to occur.

"Ah."

Zhou He nodded. Although not as fair as Bismarck, Kaga had great respect for the strong. If Kaga considered the accuracy of the New Jersey shot to be acceptable, then it was pretty much acceptable.

However, after observing for a while, he found that the New Jersey ship's accuracy was indeed fine, but it had some minor issues with navigation. The speed was very low, indicating that its adaptation to the ship's equipment was not high enough, making it somewhat difficult to control.

"Who among you will go over and share your experience?"

Zhou He looked at everyone. Tomorrow they would be sparring with the Sirens. New Jersey, as a powerful weapon, would definitely be put to good use. They couldn't afford to stumble on such a small matter.

"I go!"

Few are willing to be honest these days, but Yuudachi jumped out immediately, then looked up at Zhou He with some curiosity and asked, "But what should I teach?"

"Sailing".

Zhou He pointed out: "New Jersey's ship equipment is larger than that of ordinary battleships and battlecruisers. There will inevitably be some oversights at the beginning of control, but given New Jersey's intelligence, they should be able to overcome them quickly. We are just speeding up the process."

"Oh, I'll go then."

Yuudachi was a little confused, but she understood the gist of it. After greeting Zhou He, she deployed her ship equipment and sped towards New Jersey. The two met on the sea and stopped. Yuudachi explained with exaggerated gestures, but in less than three minutes, she left New Jersey and ran to the training track that Zhou He and Bismarck had jointly created. She started accelerating after crossing the starting point, leaned her body slightly forward, and entered the curve after passing the straight. She did not lose speed and completed the course with a very beautiful posture and extremely fast speed, which earned her applause and praise from New Jersey.

"Hmph, just like me! It's like walking or running on land. We have ship equipment, so we won't fall down."

Yuudachi was pleased to explain his views to New Jersey.

"Well, I'll try."

New Jersey responded with a slight smile.

Chapter 169 Mental Busyness

New Jersey is very adaptable. It only took about ten minutes to get used to the ship's equipment, and then she ran out of the bay with Yuudachi.

“There’s a lot to say about taking action. You guys go and rest first, I’ll be fine here.”

As Zhou He watched the two run further and further away, he inexplicably felt as if Yuudachi had been kidnapped. He shook his head and signaled to the others who were watching that they could all leave.

After a flurry of activity, it was already past three in the afternoon. Having completed all his work targets for the day, Zhou He didn't plan to do anything else. He turned around and sat down on a bench by the pier, enjoying the slightly irritating sea breeze, and lazily opened the system map to check things out.

As for the Kaga sisters and Yorktown and their group, Tosa and Yorktown both paid attention to Zhou He's movements, but that was all. After a brief pause, they left the dock with the others.

The clouds in the sky were much thinner than in the morning, and now they could barely see the spherical object emitting white light. It was a common cloudy day inland, but this was at sea. Zhou He looked up at the sky and could only hope that it wouldn't rain tomorrow. It was a rare opportunity to take the initiative, and it would be too troublesome if everyone's morale was affected.

With New Jersey secured, the White Eagles finally have a real anchor; they need to figure out a way to get a house.

Zhou He wanted to clear his mind and daydream, but as soon as he closed his eyes, he couldn't help but think about his ship girl and the port. He still had a lot of Home Coins, and after collecting 36 daily tasks today, he only had 44. It was definitely not enough for construction, so he could only start with the custom furniture box.

The Ironblood mansion was decided by rock-paper-scissors after returning from a battle, while the Royal estate was a port area activity. Even if he wanted to bid for houses for Sakura Empire and Eagle Union, he had to come up with a proper reason to avoid uneven acquisition difficulty.

"There is."

Soon, Zhou He connected the topic to what Bismarck had discussed with him that morning: the alliance cooperation exercise.

Although Sakura Empire and Eagle Union might not necessarily win, it's still an opportunity. If not, he can find other reasons, such as who killed the observers and testers after capturing the Sirens base, or holding a port sports meet, building snowmen, or having a snowball fight after it snows. Any of these will work!

In any case, the final interpretation right is in his hands. As long as there is a reasonable channel, he can arrange for even the second place to be secured.

'I'm so smart.'

Zhou He was secretly pleased with himself, then he thought about his relationship with Xi Li. He would have enough Homeland Coins to buy a ring by tomorrow. After sparring with the Sirens, he would hold a celebratory banquet at the restaurant and then give the ring to Xi Li that evening.

Since it's already a decision, it's better to deal with it sooner rather than later, so as to avoid having to put up with it every morning and evening to test my willpower.

……

"Commander, we're back!"

The round disc in the sky gradually disappeared. Yuudachi, in front and New Jersey, behind, returned to the dock. After getting ashore, Yuudachi skipped over to Zhou He, who was a little sleepy, and woke him up with her cute voice. She stared at Zhou He with a face full of expectation.

"Welcome home."

Zhou He opened his eyes and yawned. He could easily see that Yuudachi was trying to curry favor with him. He smiled and reached out to pinch her soft little face: "My Yuudachi is amazing. She can even be a teacher. She is already an excellent secretary ship."