Ship transformation, the admiral goes to the military police to repent

Wei An didn't know that someone on the other side already had a rough idea of ​​his approximate strength.

He has now brought his fleet to a location thirty nautical miles away from Island No. 5, and is gradually slowing down their speed and moving forward slowly.

"Commander, what should we do next?"

"Find out how many admirals there are here and which joint department they belong to."

However, even though Vian's location was closer to the edge of the sea, there were four warships sailing steadily according to Lexington's radar.

If the assessment had not started yet, Wei An would have prepared to give them a surprise late at night.

"The assessment will last for 10 days. We don't need to rush on the first day. We just need to collect some tolls between islands 5 and 7."

After all, this assessment is a live-fire battle, and the consumption of resources is also real.

Although he made some money during the last period of assessment and bought some aluminum.

But it was only enough to bring down 1000 A-1s or 1400 Gale planes on Lexington and Saratoga.

If distributed over ten days, an average of no more than 100 aircraft can be consumed per day.

Otherwise, the two aircraft carriers will be coffins at sea.

So on the first day when the conflict might be the most serious, Wei An decided to play it safe.

In addition to the air advantage, he also has other advantages, especially Shimakaze, who did not perform well last time. Before setting off this time, she kept pestering him to show her abilities.

And they consume less ammunition than Lexington and others.

The best time for them to attack is not during the day, but at night.

The first day is also the best time for them to conduct reconnaissance.

"receive."

"That's it. I'll rest first. Call me at 5 a.m. tomorrow. If there are any approaching warships, shrink the formation and keep your eyes closed until the assessment starts at 6 a.m."

"You and Gaga will take turns guarding for half the night. Clemenceau is resting now, and so are Xuefeng and the others."

"Okay, Commander."

This is also a possible weakness of the ship girls. They also need to rest and cannot fight intensely for a long time. However, most of the time, their rest time is the same as Iriu's, so it doesn't matter.

Like Wei'an, most of the admirals woke up one after another when the assessment was approaching the last hour or two, and began to move away from the island with their ship girls.

Only some admirals who formed a group and felt they were more powerful continued to stay on the island.

Before five o'clock, Vian was awakened by his own ship girl.

The number of warships displayed on the radar also changed to 8, and it can be seen that there are 3 fleets.

The nearest fleet to them was only 18 nautical miles away.

"Commander, do you want to continue the transfer?"

"How long will it take for the assessment to begin?"

"One hour and eight minutes."

After Lexington answered, Vian looked at the whitening coastline and the sky was gradually brightening.

"We can start reconnaissance now. All 30 fighters, all waters within a 50-nautical-mile radius of us."

Because it was an assessment, the ratio of Lexington's carrier-based aircraft this time was also increased to 30 fighters, and the remaining 190 were all bombers.

Anyway, Lexington can regenerate 15 fighter planes every ten minutes, so just give priority to replenishing fighter planes.

"Let them rest for a while, today won't be so easy."

After giving the order, Wei An did not forget to care about his girls.

Riding the deck wind to release her own gale, she began to continuously report the situation in the sea to Wei'an.

[The J-United Department hopes you will not let me down. ]

The sun was hanging high in the sky, and the ship girls referees in the sea sent them a message that the assessment had begun. At the same time, the ship girls' carrier-based aircraft hovered behind the warships of each admiral.

Even the ship girl of the aircraft carrier who was in charge of security was someone Vian had not expected.

It was none other than Yorktown, one of the legendary ship girls of the U-League.

York City

If nothing goes wrong, they are the referees; if something goes wrong, they can also fight in time.

But now it's not just Vian who is shocked, but also York City.

She came here because the flagships of various joint departments notified her overnight and asked her to come and take charge of some admirals in the surrounding waters.

The focus is on this admiral with his unique aircraft carrier.

But when she actually arrived, she realized what unique meant. The flight deck and hull were completely different in style from those of their aircraft carriers.

She was also amazed by the number and quality of carrier-based aircraft that took off quickly from her two decks.

In order not to expose his target, Vian even ordered Yorktown to land its carrier-based aircraft directly on the deck of Lexington to follow them.

At the same time, she conveyed the news that the flagships of various joint departments were concerned about.

"We have arrived near the admiral."

"This... is a really beautiful aircraft carrier. There are already thirty carrier-based aircraft taking off. Its strength is also very impressive."

"Thirty? Are you sure? Thirty takeoffs from just one newly materialized aircraft carrier?"

The first to ask was Nagato, who frowned.

"Yes, and her fighter plane seems to be better than mine. It flies so fast."

"Then did you see any other aircraft carriers around him?"

"No, there is only one aircraft carrier. However, their formation is a bit strange. It is not a formation centered on battleships, but rather centered on aircraft carriers. The other gunboats are guarding the aircraft carriers from a distance in the center."

"It seems like he's an admiral who focuses on aircraft carriers. How strange."

Just as Saratoga prefers it, Yorktown prefers to seize air superiority and engage in air battles with enemy aircraft carriers.

Therefore, she is also a legendary aircraft carrier who is willing to be a supporting role, and also a ship girl who advocates mainstream aircraft carrier ideas.

"It seems to be confirmed. With 70 carrier-based aircraft launched, plus Saratoga can launch more than aircraft. This time, the air supremacy test will definitely be all this guy's."

"Even if this aircraft carrier has few bombers, as long as Saratoga can bomb and attack safely, then the other admirals will be beaten."

"Hood, you guys are really ruthless. You think the opposite of everyone else and fund an admiral who plays with aircraft carriers."

Washington praised Hood.

Hood's mind was full of question marks when she heard Washington's praise. What did Vian playing with aircraft carriers have to do with their E-United Department? It was obvious that Vian himself liked aircraft carriers.

But in order not to expose Wei'an's strength, Hood could only accept her compliment with a smile.

"So Saratoga, is she also here with this admiral?"

After hearing what they said, Yorktown finally understood why Washington was so concerned about this admiral.

After Saratoga left, she hadn't seen her for a long time, and she didn't reply to her letters. She thought Saratoga had sunk out there.

It made her sad for a long time, after all, she could still find the shadow of her Lexington predecessor in Saratoga.

(The Yorktown-class aircraft carrier was an improved design based on the experience of the Lexington-class aircraft carrier.)

Chapter 198 York City: Numb

The assessment had just begun, but the roar of artillery fire could be heard on the calm sea.

Some weak admirals who did not leave in time were followed and attacked as soon as the assessment began.

There are also admirals who think they are quite powerful and remain near the island to fight for control of the island.

Fortunately, Island No. 5 is the farthest from the central Island No. 6, so there are the fewest admirals here.

Thanks to Lexington's investigation, Vian has obtained the information he wanted.

There are a total of 50 admirals within 22 nautical miles of his fleet, and only two of them have more than five warships. In other words, the two of them are leading the other admirals to compete for control of the island.

The remaining admirals each had 2 to 3 warships.

A total of 15 admirals gathered near the island, while the others were drifting on the sea.

"Commander, there are warships coming towards us. They are two destroyers."

Lexington's sudden report from the scout woke up Vian who was thinking.

"What's the speed? What's the distance?"

"30 knots. 43 nautical miles."

"15 bombers, take them out, don't let them get close."

"Yes."

Yorktown, who was still observing the battleship Lexington, felt that the battleship under the plane was moving quickly again.

At the same time, the lifting platform began to transport carrier-based aircraft to the deck, and released another 15 aircraft in her surprised eyes.

This time she observed it closely, and there was no way she could be mistaken; it was a bomber with bombs attached.

"This aircraft carrier has launched 15 more planes, bombers at that. She has launched 50 fighter planes!"

York City, which did not forget its mission, reported Wei'an's information immediately.

"You can even send extra bombers? Where did you find this monster admiral, Hood?"

Washington said in surprise!

As the only federation with three legendary aircraft carriers, the U-Union understands that the combat effectiveness of a legendary aircraft carrier is not as simple as one plus one equals two.

"Hood! You should return Wei'an to our I-United Forces. You guys intercepted him halfway! He should have been in our I-United Forces!"

Veneto sat on the stool and watched Hood gnashing his teeth.

"So where were you when he needed you? It's too late now."

Hood, who was smiling the whole time, replied with a sentence that was all directed at Veneto.

As the first unlucky person to be operated on by Vian, when the Lexington bomber arrived, it was only confirmed that he was a second-year admiral flying the flag of the J-Union.

A 2nd grade admiral with 2 battleships can only be said to be relatively weak in the 2nd grade. Still, the two destroyers can also show that he is quite strong.

After receiving information from the referee near the opposing battleship and seeing the 20 bombers returning intact, Yorktown was surprised and added the points of two destroyers to Vian's score, for a total of 2 points.

It took only 15 minutes for the Lexington bombers to go from launch to return, and the enemy didn't even see their people.

"Admiral Wei'an, we have sunk two destroyers in 15 minutes, and there is no damage."

After hearing about Wei'an's achievements, many ship girls were no longer surprised. An aircraft carrier with a large number of bombers has an offensive capability that is not comparable to that of their gunboats.

And now Wei'an has set his sights on several admirals who are fighting for Island No. 5.

After all, the assessment results are based on the number of destroyed battleships.

While the bombers at Lexington were being resupplied.

"Go a little closer to Island No. 5, sail west, and keep a distance of 40 nautical miles."

"Commander, are you planning to launch an air strike on the admiral on the island?"

"Well, we can't give up such a large amount of points. After all, the guy from the J-United Division brought so many people with him, and the number of destroyed vehicles must be quite a lot. If we don't take some points today, there will be stronger admirals or group players behind us."

"receive."

At the same time, the command was transmitted to other warships, and a fleet began to relocate quickly.

Lexington also turned his attention to the admiral of the battle on Island No. 5.

There were a total of 36 warships on both sides, 17 on one side and 19 on the other side, firing at each other from a distance of 5 nautical miles.

However, what was unexpected was that the admiral on the 17th ship side had the advantage.

Because there was a light carrier among the battleships on this side, and it also had a torpedo plane. It didn't get close to the battleship at all, but just threw torpedoes at close range and ran away.

Disrupt the other side's formation and attack rhythm, and if you don't dodge, you will be hit by torpedoes.

"Commander, what should we do?"

After listening to Lexington's report, Vian was in deep thought.

Since we have decided to attack, we must maximize our benefits and must not make things difficult for them.