Transmigrated into Azur Lane

"Me! The lead ship of the Royal Navy's Edinburgh-class light cruisers—Edinburgh!"

Chapter 166 Edinburgh Obsession

At the port of the Security Bureau.

"Are your companions just going to abandon you like this?"

Admiral Hipper looked at the stubborn maid with great interest.

The ship's rigging was engulfed in flames, and blood streamed down her silver hair, staining half her face. Beside her lay the corpses of soldiers who had sacrificed their lives to protect the Security Bureau. This usually clumsy and somewhat timid royal maid now appeared incredibly ferocious amidst the flames and bloodshed.

"I will not fail a second time... I will absolutely not let everyone down again... absolutely..."

Edinburgh, severely injured and on the verge of collapse, murmured to herself.

Edinburgh's greedy nature stems from a transport mission she carried out during her service with the Royal Navy, which was also her last mission. In 1942, Edinburgh was responsible for transporting a shipment of gold for the Royal Navy in the Arctic Ocean. En route, she was attacked by Ironblood submarines and hit by torpedoes. After struggling for two days, she was sunk by the HMS Vision, which was traveling with her, due to the severity of her damage. On May 2, 1942, Edinburgh sank in the Arctic Ocean with approximately 4.5 tons of gold. Her money-grubbing tendencies, which she often displays after becoming a ship girl, are less a historical reference and more a reflection of her deep-seated self-reproach.

"Behind me lies the Belfast Foundation funds I prepared for my sister, and behind me is everything the Commander and everyone else worked so hard for. Even if I die, I won't let you pass through here!!!"

Edinburgh roared as if in a final burst of energy, its main guns, still ablaze, once again aimed at Admiral Hipper and unleashed a barrage of fire.

Admiral Hipper didn't quite understand what Edinburgh was insisting on. As someone created by the Sirens, the memories she inherited from the warship's consciousness were forcibly wiped out by the Sirens the moment she was created.

"You should just die."

Just as Admiral Hipper was about to personally deal with this clueless maid, several smoke bombs suddenly shot from a distance slowly rolled down to her feet.

"Hiss~"

The smoke grenades at Admiral Hipper's feet soon began to spew out smoke incessantly, enveloping the Security Bureau's port.

"Enemy attack! Get out of the smoke and return to the sea!"

The security personnel who arrived in time quickly chased after the Siren fleet, while Lin Dong took advantage of the chaos to rush into the smoke and arrive in front of Edinburgh.

Edinburgh...

Lin Dong looked at Edinburgh lying in a pool of blood, his eyes red and somewhat at a loss.

"Commander... I did a good job, didn't I?"

Edinburgh turned her head with difficulty to look at the commander and said with a light laugh.

"Waaaaah~ You did a great job, waaaaah!"

Seeing Edinburgh's dying state, Lin Dong could no longer hold back his tears and knelt before her, weeping bitterly.

"Commander, if you think I did a good job... then why don't you hurry up and take me to the warehouse for treatment?"

"Oh! Waaah, right away!"

Lin Dong sniffled and quickly picked up Edinburgh, about to run towards the warehouse.

"Commander, get in the vehicle!"

Just then, Little Brie used the tail of the electric wire to drive a jeep and stopped in front of the commander.

.....

In an unguarded warehouse.

Despite being severely injured, Edinburgh approached the building materials, and the mind demon hidden within her ship's rigging flew out on its own, absorbing the powdered building materials to heal Edinburgh's injuries.

Soon, after the Mind Cube flew back into the ship's equipment, Edinburgh seemed to fall into a deep sleep due to her previous injuries.

"Sirens..."

Holding the unconscious Edinburgh, Lin Dong thought bitterly. As a person from another world, after transmigrating, he had always been thinking about how to establish himself in Donghuang and protect his own little territory. He had always been indifferent to the Sirens. He wasn't a descendant of fishermen who had been harmed by the Sirens; he should have no grudge against them. This thought wasn't unique to Lin Dong; the inland residents felt the same way. They simply couldn't understand why the Donghuang government invested so much money in the ocean, or the decades-long Liaodong War. As for the backwardness of the coastal cities, what did that have to do with them? The tens of thousands of fishermen who died every year deserved it.

However, after this incident, Lin Dong felt hatred for the Sirens for the first time. If it weren't for the full cooperation of Donghuang's air traffic control, the plane wouldn't have been able to arrive so quickly, and Edinburgh would have been doomed...

After carrying the now unharmed Edinburgh back to the car and instructing Zibuli to take good care of her, Lin Dong went back into the warehouse...

...

At this time, in addition to the Security Bureau which was engaged in fierce fighting, the Donghuang Army also entered the city center of Xiamen.

"Sir...this..."

A sergeant said with trembling lips, "The town, which has been developing rapidly since the Security Bureau moved in, is no longer the prosperous place it once was. The streets are filled with abandoned electric cars, the buildings along the streets are engulfed in flames, and the sounds of gunfire and howling can be heard from afar. It's a scene straight out of the apocalypse."

"Henslaved people, kill! Those who cause trouble in the chaos, kill! Move out!"

Chapter 167 A Battle with No Chance of Victory

"They are indeed very strong... but even though it deviates greatly from the original plan, their numbers are still too few..."

Standing on the deck of a mass-produced warship, Admiral Hipper murmured as he looked at the distant battle. He saw swathes of Sirens sinking under the Security Bureau's attack.

"This is a bit troublesome..."

The company, which was constantly sending carrier-based aircraft from the Archer ship to the front line, couldn't help but think that this encounter was completely different from the last battle with the Germans. Last time, the German Sirens fleet was defeated one by one by the Security Bureau when it was divided into several forces. This time, however, the Security Bureau was facing nearly a thousand Sirens of various sizes at the same time. Putting aside the question of whether they could win or not, the oil in their fuel tanks was simply not enough to support this large-scale battle.

At this moment, Belfast, along with the three Royal Navy C-class destroyers, deployed smoke grenades in their own area. The thick smoke even spread to the Security Bureau, enveloping the entire port. Although the smoke grenades were much more effective than in the game, they were still somewhat inadequate against the overwhelming number of Siren fleets.

Despite the hazy smoke, Admiral Hipper remained calm and ordered his fleet to launch an indiscriminate barrage into the smoke. The mass-produced warships that accompanied the Sirens' fleet acted as human shields while continuously refueling the Sirens' ship girls. Even the anti-aircraft guns on their hulls were constantly repelling the aircraft bursting out of the smoke. The balance of the battle was steadily tilting in the Sirens' favor.

Under the intense barrage of artillery fire, the Security Bureau personnel trapped within the smoke were completely unable to evade the onslaught. The attack, launched by nearly a thousand Sirens, offered virtually no cover; shells rained down from every direction. Had it not been for the Unicorn and Illustrious units continuously activating their defensive capabilities from behind, the Security Bureau's frontline ship girls would likely have already suffered losses.

The overwhelming barrage of artillery fire quickly dispersed the smoke, and the Security Bureau personnel were gradually exposed to the Sirens' view.

As the smoke cleared, Indianapolis immediately erected a transparent shield to block the enemy. The pale blue shield was quickly reduced to dust by the Sirens' fire, and the glass fibers, now unprotected, were hit one after another by shells that pierced through the shield.

"younger sister!"

Portland saw the flames erupting from the glass fiber ship and shouted, then charged at full power to his sister and shield her tightly behind him.

Seeing this, the three sisters of the Takao-class took advantage of the Sirens' cooldown period to launch an attack. Their actions were like sounding the attack horn, and the vanguard ship girls followed closely behind, attacking the Sirens.

Upon seeing the actions of the ship girls at the front line, the company immediately issued an order.

"Cover them!"

Renown and Repulse responded immediately with their main guns. Renown is much stronger in reality than in the game. The "Last Glory" skill, which increases the damage of the next attack after each main gun fire, played an extremely important role in this long battle. After firing several rounds of main gun attacks, her damage was no less than that of Tirpitz, who was fighting alone. Several high-level Sirens that were about to launch an attack in front of the Takao-class were instantly sunk by the combined attack of Renown and Repulse.

"The only way forward!"

At that moment, Cleveland, who was wearing sunglasses, grinned and shouted. As soon as she finished speaking, she launched the "Strike Order," instantly raising the damage of the ship girls to another level.

"boom!"

Eldridge, who was slacking off behind Cleveland, was hit by a torpedo after being distracted by Cleveland's energetic shouts.

'Bilibili~'

Lifting High, who was notoriously short-tempered even towards her own people, couldn't bear such humiliation. A wide-ranging barrage of lightning rained down on her, and the mass-produced warships that served as human shields for the Sirens sank one after another under the onslaught of the lightning. Not only that, "Project Rainbow" was also triggered after Eldridge was attacked. At this moment, the ship girls on the front lines were suddenly enveloped in a thin layer of electric current, and the shells fired by the Sirens changed direction the instant they came into contact with the arc of electricity, as if they were being pulled away.

Meanwhile, the "BigSeven" barrage from the Nelson-class sisters behind them once again rained down on the Siren formation, while the Unicorn squadron following behind continued to heal the wounded vanguard ship girls.

A series of attacks created a huge gap in the Sirens fleet's formation, and the formation of aircraft representing the First Carrier Division sisters, which dyed the sky red and blue, followed. The ship girls on the front lines, taking advantage of various buffs, charged towards the Sirens' flagship once more...

Thanks to the relentless efforts of the Security Bureau's ship girls, the Siren fleet suffered nearly a third of its losses. Although most of those that sank were low-level cannon fodder, the sight still gave everyone a little confidence.

"Captain! The electronic jamming has lost its effectiveness!"

At that moment, a report came from behind Admiral Hipper.

"All troops must attack and complete the battle as quickly as possible!"

Chapter 168 A Battle with No Chance of Victory (Part Two)

The news that the electronic interference on Heron Island had been lifted made Admiral Hipper hesitate for a moment, but seeing the Security Bureau personnel who were gradually being surrounded made her unwilling. After a moment of contemplation, she made a decision.

"All troops must attack and complete the battle as quickly as possible!"

At Admiral Hipper's command, the highly trained Sirens who had been guarding the flagship began to fully utilize their power units and head towards the front lines.

"Ow~"

After launching her torpedoes, Yuudachi relentlessly fired her main guns, no longer caring to reserve her prized torpedoes for the Sirens' flagship. The Sirens surrounding her were relentlessly attacking; as one wave fell, another immediately filled the gap. The sheer number of Sirens was overwhelming. However, this did not diminish her burning fighting spirit. She shouted and prepared to unleash her signature barrage.

"Huh?! We're out of gas!"

The information from the ship's equipment caught Yuudachi off guard. Her fuel was running low, and she anxiously glanced at Laffey beside her. Laffey, not far away, was also severely weakened, desperately dodging incoming shells. Seeing her rival faring even worse than herself, Yuudachi breathed a sigh of relief and then began playing dodgeball like Laffey.

After decapitating a Siren with her katana, Kaohsiung, who was at the forefront, turned around and glanced at the others. The previous battle had depleted most of the fuel stored in their tanks, and having discussed countermeasures with the company before the attack, she immediately decided to retreat.

Before Kaohsiung could issue a retreat order, a large number of elite Sirens with a training level of 90 or higher joined the battle, which suddenly increased the pressure on the National Security Bureau.

"retreat!"

After shouting, Kaohsiung restarted its main guns and attacked the Sirens, while Atago and Maya kept moving closer to Kaohsiung, the leader of the group. They needed to hold off the Sirens as much as possible to provide cover for everyone's retreat.

At this moment, Belfast and the three C-class destroyers, who were behind the group, received Takao's order and launched smoke grenades that had been cooled and ready for use from their ship equipment again. The thick smoke quickly enveloped the entire sea area once more. Belfast and the other three women, who had been holding back their strength, launched the smoke grenades and then acted as the vanguard for the group, charging towards the Sirens, who had already begun to encircle them. As the war god of the training ground, Belfast quickly led the three C-class destroyers to open up a way back to the Security Bureau for the group.

Meanwhile, things were not quiet at home either. Even Her Majesty the Queen joined the fierce battle. The constant firing of shells from the main guns gave her great pleasure. Even the frustration of not being able to participate in the commander's wedding was somewhat dispelled by the shells.

"That feels so good."

Warspite frowned slightly when she heard her sister's somewhat impolite words, but she was currently providing fire support for the three in Kaohsiung and had no time to remind her sister. The disadvantage at the front line made her, who liked to show off, fall silent. The sudden appearance of the Siren elites made her dare not be distracted.

As the war progressed, the carriers in the rear had lost most of their carrier-based aircraft and torpedo bombers. When the Unicorn retrieved its carrier-based aircraft from the front lines, it found that only two remained. The carrier-based aircraft had already suffered considerable losses in the fight against the Sirens to maintain air superiority. In addition, the Sirens' dense air defense network was no longer as easy to bully as it used to be. If it weren't for the San Diego, a powerful air defense weapon, constantly participating in the defense, the situation would be even worse. Even the First Carrier Division sisters were frowning and had lost their usual wartime arrogance.

With the powerful cover provided by the four Royal Navy ship girls, the frontline ship girls quickly broke through the encirclement. Enterprise, seeing this situation, cried out in her heart that something was wrong. Although the vanguard ship girls were about to complete their retreat, the three Takao-class sisters were being held back by the suddenly joined Siren elites and could not get away.

"Increase firepower! Cover Kaohsiung and the others!"

Even the usually calm and composed Enterprise couldn't help but feel tense. As the flagship, she had briefly discussed the situation with Kaohsiung before the sortie, but plans are just plans, and unexpected events are inevitable. Despite having experienced many life-and-death situations, she believed that the three Kaohsiung sisters, hardened by war, were also prepared to die on the battlefield. However, Enterprise felt not only concern for her colleagues but also uncertainty about how to face her commander, as the current situation made the fate of the three Kaohsiung sisters seem increasingly grim.

"Spence! Increase the hydraulic pressure! Quickly!"

At this moment, Rodney, who seemed to have completely changed, roared with a ferocious expression. She, who was never stingy with ammunition, was the first to announce that the fuel was exhausted, but she could not stop fighting when she saw the three people on the front line in danger.

Spence, completely forgetting her fear, circled the supply ship's valves again. She dared not offer any advice regarding Rodney's self-destructive method of fighting while simultaneously refueling—a method that severely damaged the ship's equipment...

...

At this moment, Lin Dong, who had rushed from the warehouse to the port, was watching everything happening on the naval battlefield through binoculars. However, he was anxious but there was nothing he could do. He could only hope that his previous arrangements would come true.

Just as Lin Dong was gritting his teeth, several figures suddenly appeared from the rear of the battlefield. They then passed by the retreating vanguard ship girls and sped straight towards the three Takao-class sister ships...