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But after a moment of silence, Bismarck, as the iron-blooded leader, couldn't help but say: "Z23 is a good child. If she is like this... please be responsible and treat her well."

"..."

Liu Cheng said with a bit of a smile, "Am I this kind of person in your eyes?"

Bismarck looked at the horrible figure with only half of his face exposed in Liu Cheng's arms, as well as the matter of Jarvis and Janus, and nodded seriously: "Yes."

"..."

Liu Cheng felt that he really had no way to refute it. Z23 was a serious and sensible child. It was precisely because of her serious character that she would sometimes be teased and bullied by Liu Cheng. If viewed by horrible standards, Liu Cheng felt that Z23 might also have a good impression of him, although he only regarded Z23 as a cute sister.

But before realizing it, Liu Cheng seemed to think the same way about Janus, Horror and Unicorn...

"When have I ever been irresponsible?"

Liu Cheng was a bit confused, then changed the subject and said, "Bismarck, what do you want to talk to me about? Or do you have a different opinion on the decision made in the meeting just now?"

"Something happened."

Bismarck pursed his slightly dry lips and said truthfully, "Hindenburg, is there any conflict between you and her? You haven't seen each other for the past two days. She seems to be deliberately avoiding you. This is very abnormal."

Liu Cheng said: "It is somewhat contradictory, but it is not a big deal."

"Can you tell me?"

"It's not inconvenient. Let me think about how to describe it... Yes, it's more like a wrestling match between her and me than a conflict. We are both fighting for who is the one who holds the initiative. If both sides are very strong, there will naturally be a cold war. No one wants to give in first. After all, the one who takes the initiative is equivalent to losing. He is the one who bows his head and is dominated by the other party. It's a bit like a child sulking."

Liu Cheng suddenly felt so childish, and couldn't help but laugh and said, "Whoever confesses first loses. A love battle of wits between geniuses? Or, a battle of anger between idiots, seems more appropriate."

Bismarck was not good at talking about such things, and his position was very awkward, so he could only say: "Hindenburg's character is a bit arrogant."

Liu Cheng glanced at Bismarck's exquisite and beautiful profile, and thinking of what he had discussed with Zhenhai before, he said, "I am also very proud of your husband."

"Yes, but you are my husband...our commander."

Bismarck's words were somewhat inadequate to express his meaning. His skillful diplomatic rhetoric was completely ineffective in front of his lover, leaving only the clumsiness of inexpressibility.

However, Liu Cheng still understood what she meant, put his arm around her shoulders and held her in his arms.

"Don't worry, I'm just trying to calm Hindenburg down for a while. Distance creates beauty. I know what I'm talking about."

"Well, I believe you."

Bismarck nodded. She was not good at handling such matters, so she took the initiative to change the subject. "Also, does the current situation require Iron Blood to join the battle? Facing the Sirens, there is no need to dwell on the previous conflicts."

Liu Cheng thought about it and said, "Not for now."

"you sure?"

"I'm sure." Liu Cheng patted Bismarck's shoulder and said, "Your judgment is the same, so you mentioned Hindenburg first and then brought up this matter."

Bismarck nodded and said, "Well, this time the Siren invasion is just large in number, not that difficult, so it is very likely that the offensive will not stop there."

"Yes, I feel the same way, so I need you, the Iron Blood, to be my trump card." Liu Cheng thought of the ancestors of Donghuang, and now he felt quite excited, "General reserve team, don't move."

"I understand."

After the words fell, the three of them snuggled together and fell into a temporary silence. In front of them, waves beat against the rocks, and under the gloomy sky, they seemed to smell the smell of gunpowder, but the three of them felt extremely calm in their hearts, as if they had a kind of peace in the cracks.

After a while——

"We've rested, it's time for us to go back to fight. I'll stay in the rear and the front line will be left to you."

"Ah."

"I only have one request, please be safe."

"Ah."

Chapter 64: Battlefield and a Part of Play

Starting from the third day, the Siren intensified its offensive and seemed to reveal some of its intentions.

The vast ocean cannot build an unbreakable defense line like the land, especially for the passive defense side. In addition, the troops are limited and they rely more on intelligence to fight encounters.

When the battle is intense, the Siren will always send a fleet to raid weak points or simply bypass the defense circle, as if trying to break through the interception of the ship girls and attack land targets.

"If the opponent wasn't the Siren, I would say this was a combination of the real and the fake, the strange and the normal. But I've studied all of the Siren's battles. Apart from the tactics of adding fuel to the fire, the Siren has hardly shown any strategic qualities. They simply rely on numbers and strength."

Zhenhai bit a strand of hair and looked at the red dots blooming everywhere on the electronic map. He said with some concern, "If the Siren really has figured out our plan, with their abundant military strength, we might be in a passive position."

Liu Cheng held his chin and carefully compared the Siren troop deployments transmitted from the two battlefields. He was not as worried as Zhenhai. Apart from anything else, the ability to create a space connecting the two oceans was already an unimaginable Zenith technology. Compared to strategies, it was still possible to fight back, but the crushing of technology was what really made people puzzled.

Because of this, there is no need to worry too much. When things are abnormal, there must be a reason.

"Strategies are meant to make up for the lack of reconnaissance methods. In the context of modern naval warfare, the principle of discovery is to destroy. What we can do now is to strengthen reconnaissance. I think the Siren's true intentions have not been exposed yet."

"Indeed, strategy is only one of many factors. What is more important is strength and on-the-spot command." Zhenhai's beautiful eyes focused, "Is this also the commander's intuition?"

"Yes." Liu Cheng said truthfully, "The tactical qualities taught in the academy are really useless in the battle with the Sirens. You can't use common sense to guess at an opponent you don't know. Similarly, you can't rule out possible guesses just because they are so-called unreasonable. If you rule out the others, the remaining ones, no matter how incredible, could be the real answer. Everything is possible."

"That makes sense." Zhenhai smiled, "But it's the same as not saying anything."

Liu Cheng reached out his hand and tapped Zhenhai's forehead, deliberately saying with a stern face: "How dare you! Is there any counselor who would talk to the lord like you?"

"Yes, that's me."

Zhenhai curled the corners of his mouth, spoke frivolously and charmingly, and smiled like a flower.

"Look, I'll have someone capture you and give you fifty lashes as a warning to others... Where's this commander's maid?" Liu Cheng looked around and saw Sheffield's expressionless and cold face. "Sheffield, listen to this commander's orders and capture this thief for me."

"Yes, Master, I have wanted to clean up the pests for a long time."

As Sheffield spoke, he walked behind Liu Cheng. His petite body was extremely agile. He grabbed Liu Cheng's wrist and pressed his back with his other hand, pressing Liu Cheng on the sand table in the command room, like a detective arresting a criminal.

"Wrong, it's not me, it's Zhenhai."

"That's right, I'm cleaning up pests. Oh, it turns out that this is the master that Befa asked me to help take care of."

Sheffield still let go of Liu Cheng with an expressionless face, and said very coldly, "Anyway, I am also a part of your play, so let's improvise a little."

Liu Cheng and Zhen Hai looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

Originally Zhenhai did this to ease the tense atmosphere, so Liu Cheng cooperated with her words and actions as a little diversion in the tense battle. Sheffield seemed to be indifferent, but in fact he was also very delicate in his heart.

"Sheffield is lovely."

"Even if the master praises me with bad intentions, I will not let the master do whatever he wants."

"You were going to say pests, weren't you?"

"No, I bit my tongue."

"Sheffield, it's so funny that you talk nonsense so seriously. You are the deadpan comedian."

"The master will be preached

Wanna laugh? It’s incredible.”

Liu Cheng looked at Sheffield's fair and cold face. His round little face was so cute even without any expression. He couldn't help but laughed again.

The little maids also need to carry out attack missions, so the members of the Royal Maid Corps who did not carry out the attack were asked by Belfast and Queen Elizabeth to take care of Liu Cheng. Regardless of their personalities, the maids are professional in taking care of people.

Liu Cheng put his hands together and said to Sheffield: "Thank you for your cooperation. Praise the great cute god, the cold-faced comedian, Comrade Sheffield."

Sheffield covered the hem of her maid outfit with her hands and said helplessly, "I'm not as greedy as Belfa. Please treat me as a maid."

"Okay, then please make me a cup of coffee, stronger."

"Yes, Master."

After the break, he relaxed appropriately and then continued to work intensely. Sheffield looked at Liu Cheng's somewhat tired face and reduced the amount of coffee and mixed a lot of milk and sugar in it.

[If my words and actions do not cause you trouble but bring you happiness... that would be great. ]

Sheffield pursed her lips. Her eyes were increasingly drawn to this man who had slept for seven hours in three days but was still optimistic and serious.

As long as the ship girls who are on the attack or returning from combat see the lights turned on in the combat command room, see Liu Cheng welcoming them at the dock, and hear his voice in the mind cube transmitting information and orders, they will feel as if they have a backbone, and the battle with the Sirens is just a little spice in their lives.

[No wonder Belfa, Scylla, and the others became greedy... I'm a little envious...]

"Hey, the coffee is a bit weak."

"Master, you drank too much. Increasing the dosage won't be as effective as taking a nap."

Liu Cheng joked: "Can I understand that Xie Fei is caring about me?"

"No, I'm just stating the facts."

Sheffield covered the hem of her maid outfit and said with a blank expression.

The current war situation is a little confusing, but it has allowed Liu Cheng to develop a lot of tactical uses of the Mind Magic Network.

The most critical elements of modern naval warfare are intelligence and reconnaissance. As the saying goes, to discover is to destroy. This also applies to part of the battle against the Sirens, because of the cover of the mirror-like sea, coupled with the cover of wave-absorbing materials and bad weather. Even if the material technology of the wreckage of the Siren mass-produced ships is absorbed, the radar technology is updated many times, and there are a large number of drones and other reconnaissance means to assist, it is still only possible to barely grasp the movements of the Sirens. The specific number and target still require the ship girl's reconnaissance team to conduct in-depth reconnaissance.

Therefore, the general approach is to send out a reconnaissance team composed of high-speed ships after confirming that there are signs of Sirens. If it is a small group of Sirens, then destroy them on the spot. If there are a large number of them, then call for support. It is impossible to send out a large force at the beginning. Not only will it waste manpower, it will also slow down the speed of the reconnaissance fleet. The price is an extra step, and the reaction will be slower.

But things are different now.

If the reconnaissance team encounters only a small force, they will annihilate it on the spot. If they discover that it is a large force, they will call for support from Liu Cheng's mental magic network, and after being strengthened, they will still annihilate it on the spot.

In this way, when the military force is not sufficient, the efficiency of maintaining the defense line is greatly improved.

A large-scale mind magic network can provide a greater amplification, but this kind of small-scale fine operation is also a future direction that can be developed. At least for Liu Cheng, the burden will be much lighter.

The weather turned gloomy again. The cold wind rolled up the waves and blew the long hair of the ship girls sailing on the sea.

Fortunately, there was no scene of rolling dark clouds and torrential rain like the previous two days. When the ship girls stood on the sea, they were not afraid of the low temperature, wind and waves, rain and snow. However, it was relatively comfortable to be able to stay cool and refreshed without having to fight the Sirens in wet clothes.

As for wearing raincoats or tight combat jackets, don't even think about it. For ship girls, fighting beautifully or with personality is also a reflection of combat effectiveness.

Hindenburg was sailing on the sea, the sea breeze blew her blood-red hair all over the place. The damp hair stuck to her forehead and temples, but she didn't react at all. She was in a terrible mood.

A mere contractor, you actually dared to resist the devil. If it was just a temporary obsession, it would be fine. But you didn't take the initiative to please me in the past few days. What does it mean? Isn't the temptation of the devil big enough for you? Or do you want to raise the price with me? You don't know your own identity, and you really take the devil's favor for granted?

As expected, human beings are a dirty race that is ignorant, delusional, and full of greed, and Liu Cheng is no exception!

I originally wanted to go out and kill Siren to change my mood, but I couldn't help but think of Liu Cheng's appearance.

Hindenburg shook his head and decided not to think about that abominable human anymore. Without you, will this demon have no fun? That didn't exist.

"If you want to look, just look. It's up to you. I don't mind this kind of gaze."

After Hindenburg spoke, Dido, who was sailing beside her, suddenly looked away in panic. Hindenburg had long noticed that this member of the Royal Maid Corps had been secretly staring at her, so before arriving at the designated location to engage in battle, he might as well have some fun with her to entertain himself.

"Yes, I'm sorry, Dido didn't mean any harm.

think……"

Dido covered her skirt and quickly bent down to explain to Hindenburg.

"You don't have to apologize. I'm not saying you have any bad intentions. It's normal to be attracted by my figure." Hindenburg said coldly and frivolously, "Tell me, is it the horns on the head or the tail? You always pay attention to such strange places."

"Really, can I really ask you?"

Dido opened her eyes wide. The sentimental little maid was a little timid and inferior in front of a cool and beautiful ship girl like Hindenburg, but she could also muster up the courage for some things.

"Of course, but you'd better ask as soon as possible. By the time we start fighting the Sirens, I might change my mind."

Hindenburg was at ease. What problems could a simple little maid have? It was nothing more than physical characteristics, iron-blooded matters, and some feminine topics. He just teased her with a little verbal flirtation and had some fun.

Dido took a breath, her full chest rising and falling nervously, but she still said bravely: "Master is always with you, is it because he likes your horns and tail?"

"..."

It's Liu Cheng again! It's Liu Cheng again!

Hindenburg's mood, which had been relieved a little, became worse again. It was really annoying that he kept hearing what he didn't want to hear.

However, Dido did not notice the gloom on Hindenburg's face, and continued to talk to herself: "The master likes some extra attributes, such as animal ears, demon horns, fox tails, etc. I am not as gifted as you. I am just an ordinary little maid without any extra attributes. The master has been with you these days, even longer than he has been with Musashi and Miss Akagi before, so I want to ask Miss Hindenburg, is it because the master likes your horns and tail? I also want to satisfy the master..."

It was then that Dido realized that Hindenburg's reaction was wrong, and she asked timidly, "Miss Hindenburg, am I wrong?"

"No, or rather, it is obvious." Hindenburg said calmly, with his head held high and proud, "It seems that everyone knows that the contractor is obsessed with my appearance, and only the contractor is still struggling pitifully."

Hindenburg's mood improved a little. It turned out that the others had already realized that Liu Cheng had actually surrendered to her, but Liu Cheng himself was still being stubborn. Haha, what was the point of struggling anymore?

"Well, Master sometimes likes to joke around."

Dido would not talk about her master behind her back. She just wanted to ask Hindenburg for help, so she just went along with what she said. "So the master really likes your horns and tail?"

"It's OK. I can see that the contractor really wants to touch it, but he doesn't have the courage." Hindenburg held his full breasts with one hand and said, "The contractor is more interested in this part. Not only does he stare at it secretly, but his heartbeat speeds up when he touches it."

Dido looked at the overly full snow balls on Hindenburg's chest with some envy. In fact, Dido's firm gift was already luxurious, but there is always someone better.

"That's great, Miss Hindenburg. You have such a great talent. You will surely fascinate the master."

"It's just so-so. He couldn't escape from my grasp anyway."