As a commander, I will never meet a heavy female ship girl

"No problem." Swinton nodded with a smile.

"Well then..." Nuremberg glanced around, "That's it. We'll set off in an hour. May you all have good luck in your military endeavors."

"Yes!" everyone responded loudly.

"Dismiss!" Nuremberg ordered, and the students filed out.

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"This mission will be broadcast live, Lord Lorraine." Swinton walked to Lorraine and said with a smile.

Lorraine responded with a smile, "Yeah, I hope it won't be embarrassing."

"You are really not in a hurry." Auckland took his Xiafei and quickly passed Lorraine and the others. Then he turned back and glanced at them, then sped away.

"This guy is still so arrogant." Swinton's expression remained unchanged.

Lorraine shrugged, "Sir Swinton, I'll stop here."

"Sir Lorraine isn't going back to his dorm?" Swinton was surprised. "Don't you need to pack?"

"Not much." Lorraine waved his hand. "It's all in Burgundy and the Republic."

"Okay, Lord Lorraine, we'll see you later." Swinton said with a smile.

Lorraine waved his hand and walked straight onto the destroyer Y469.

Bai Jiu and his companions were already in place.

"Inspect the entire ship." Lorraine walked to the front of the command tower and put on his captain's hat.

"We've been doing it for a long time!" Dongfang Ming's eyes flashed with excitement.

"The fire control and weapon systems are normal, the navigation system is normal..." With the help of Dongfang Ming, Bai Jiu quickly completed the self-inspection of the entire ship.

Thanks to the technology of the Kancolle era, full ship monitoring has become a reality.

"Bai Jiu, check the time." Lorraine raised his terminal.

"Imperial Capital time: 9:32 in the morning, twenty minutes before the mission begins." Bai Jiu reported.

"Imperial Capital time: 9:32 in the morning, twenty minutes before the mission begins." Lorraine looked at his terminal and confirmed.

"Confirmed." Bai Jiu nodded.

Lorraine looked out the window and saw clouds beginning to gather.

"A strong cyclone will be born in the mission area." Bai Jiu also looked into the distance and said.

"The storm is coming, guys. This is much harder than fighting the Purifier." Lorraine turned around.

In response to him, the burning fighting spirit flashed in everyone's eyes.

Chapter 104 War Barrier

It turns out that it’s not just Donghuang that’s paying attention to this war.

"The cadet fleet has set sail." In a corner of the harbor, Biloxi pressed the comm button. "The Siren has learned their lesson."

"I understand. Continue with your mission." A lively female voice said on the other end of the line.

"Got it." Biloxi hung up the phone silently.

"Hey, White Eagle is here too? They spent so much money to transport you across the Bering Strait. They really value Donghuang." The voice of a young girl sounded, but on the wall behind Biloxi.

"You Iron Blood guys are almost the same." Biloxi sneered and turned around. They both had the same identity. "U522." She called out the other person's name.

"Oh, Biloxi, don't be angry." u522 jumped down from the wall.

"We, the Iron Blood, came here by land, which is definitely more convenient than you, the White Eagles, sneaking across the sea, right?" u522 smiled with narrowed eyes.

"Hmph." Biloxi didn't bother to say anything more and turned and left.

"Hey, by the way." u522 called her, "Sister Biloxi."

"What's up?" Biloxi didn't turn around.

"What's the latest development of the 'Klein bottle'?" u522 smiled playfully, as if he didn't care at all that he was talking about a dangerous topic.

"Klein bottles have been in frequent contact with our branch recently." A third party suddenly interrupted.

This made Biloxi even more unhappy.

U522 and Biloxi turned their heads together. It was Vladivostok, the battleship of the Northern Alliance.

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs is really generous." Biloxi frowned.

"Ah la la, don't leave us behind." The fourth person followed, it was the dragoon.

"We are all colleagues, so please be friendly." The dragoon stood next to u522, while Vladi and Biloxi stood together involuntarily.

"Okay, don't draw too much attention." Biloxi frowned.

"Then?" u522 sucked his fingers.

"Excuse me." Vladi nodded.

The four of them dispersed.

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"We have 20 minutes left before entering the designated combat zone." Bai Jiu stood up. "Let's review the plan one last time."

"First, the Royal Army will conduct an air strike, while Iris will launch a probing artillery attack to test the enemy's armor strength."

"In the second phase, the elite of each team will launch an assault under the cover of the others."

"The third phase is to break in and start clearing out the inside."

"Everyone, we are already in the Mirror Sea. No one will provide us with guidance or help before everything goes wrong. I hope you can give it your all..."

Bai Jiu's speech lasted for a long time.

"Got it." The teams responded.

It seems like everyone is cooperating.

"Well, let's begin the operation! The code name of this operation is: Blocking Lock." Lorraine waved his hand, and y469 entered combat status.

The independent crew immediately released the aircraft, and the other ship girls who had been waiting for a long time turned over and entered the sea.

In the distance, seven fully staffed bombers have taken off. If nothing unexpected happens, the first round of attacks will all be using AP bombs.

Five minutes after the crew was launched, the War Barrier came into view.

What an amazing product it was! On the solid steel barrier, hideous gun barrels were densely packed. The most conspicuous ones were the four 700mm main guns and the two even larger electromagnetic guns that were slowly rotating.

"The strike was ineffective!" came the communication from the Royal side. "Their superstructure is too thick!"

Immediately afterwards, the battleships began their line bombardment.

Silver tracers streaked across the sky like shooting stars.

"The cyclone is expected to enter the combat zone in 2 hours!"

"Is this barrier made of 500mm thick main armor? The 381mm main gun shattered it directly!"

This is really bad news.

"Report to the commander, my artillery fire is ineffective at this distance." Burgundy's voice sounded.

"It's okay." Lorraine replied.

"Let the small-caliber battleships suspend their shelling," he said.

"Someone broke through!" The voice of victory sounded in the channel.

Without a doubt, it was the Republic. Lorraine knew full well that at this range, the only weapon present here that could maintain such penetration was the Republic's 431mm main gun. After all, that gun was capable of detonating the Yamato Imperial Palace at 23km, something even the Yamato itself might not be able to achieve.

"Miss Republic is so strong!" Royal Oak exclaimed.

"According to this calculation, the thickness of the main equipment..." Dongfang Ming began to calculate in surprise.

"It's not the main equipment." Lorraine shook his head.

"Huh?" Everyone was puzzled.

"Its main equipment is lowered." Lorraine turned around and turned on the projector, which projected a model of the war barrier.

The entire barrier consists of three layers, getting smaller from bottom to top.

Lorraine pointed to its first layer and said, "This is the main equipment." He shook his head.

"The Republic penetrated the third layer, but it was useless," Lorraine said. "The modules there are not particularly important. Even if they are damaged, it will not affect the operation of the barrier."

"How do you judge?" Bai Jiu frowned.

"At 23km, the Republic's main gun penetration should be 360mm to 380mm. Taking into account the impact angle, this figure will be even worse, probably less than 300mm in reality," Lorraine said. "Even if there are errors in the White Eagle's ballistic estimation formula, it shouldn't be out of this range."

"If there are important facilities there, the armor thickness cannot be only 300mm."

Bai Jiu's brows still didn't relax.

"Report, the plane has been shot down." An independent voice sounded faintly, "We have observed at least 60 anti-aircraft guns, including electromagnetic rapid-fire guns provided by Siren."

"Damn it." Bai Jiu cursed.

"We can't just use high-yield explosives to blow that thing up..." Fang Xiang said.

Lorraine looked at the projection and asked, "Do you think this thing can withstand a nuclear attack?"

"Can you get a nuclear bomb?" Fang Xiang was shocked. "Even if you can, don't try. We are still in there."

"I don't think so." Bai Jiu suddenly understood what Lorraine meant, "Independence, guide the Republic to bombard the gate!"

"Got it." He responded independently.

"After the gate is blown open, the expulsion team will prepare to break in." Bai Jiu then contacted the friendly forces.

"Leave it to us." Iris responded quickly. This group of sea racing enthusiasts are experts in this kind of high-speed advance.

"Let's go too." Lorraine shook his head.

"Oh!" Dongfang Ming was puzzled.

"If only it were that easy." Lorraine shook his head, his worries lingering. "There are definitely defensive measures in place inside the fortress."

and……

He had a premonition that something was waiting for him inside this fortress.

After becoming a commander, your perception of certain things will become sharper. Although it sounds a bit metaphysical, isn't this also true for the contract between the commander and the ship girl?

A mysterious perception, followed by an encounter.

"Okay." Everyone nodded.

"It's okay, I like this plan." Bai Jiu waved her hand.

Aren't freedom and excitement what she pursues? Otherwise, she wouldn't have escaped from that oppressive place and even participated in those plans to enter Zion.

Lorraine nodded, then turned to the window.

"The cyclone will arrive in one hour and 45 minutes, and we will launch our attack then."

Chapter 105: Plan Ahead

"Why don't they fight back?" Lorraine frowned, suddenly having a bad feeling in his heart.

When everyone heard this, they were also stunned, "Huh?"

"What is the speed of the other party?" Lorraine turned his head and looked at Bai Jiu.

"8 knots!" the latter replied in the affirmative.

"And there's even worse news. The clouds are gathering." Bai Jiu said, looking at the cloud map.

"Request the aviation formation to lower its altitude." Independent report.

"You can lower your altitude," Lorraine said. "Pay attention to the enemy's movements and reduce the frequency of airstrikes."

Since you can’t penetrate it anyway, you might as well save some money.

"Yes."

"No matter why they haven't retaliated..." Swinton's voice sounded grim. "We must launch an offensive immediately. We only have 16 hours. Honestly, the feeling of being pointed at by a 700mm main gun at any moment is terrible."

"I agree," Auckland agreed. "It'll take another hour and 27 minutes for the cyclone to arrive. By then, the daylilies will be cold."