Revisiting Azur Lane

Not to mention the two rewards of a scientific research ship material and increased attractiveness to meta ship girls following the emergency mission - although facing unknown enemies is a bit annoying and exciting, the mission rewards are really maximum. Even if this is a teaching level arranged by the system, he also accepts it!

"The Siren fleet in the southeast is expected to engage the ominous entity at one point. Judging from the distance, the Siren in the north will arrive some time after the battle begins. Before they arrive, our main battlefield will be the northern area of ​​the ominous entity..."

Zhou He explained the general direction of this operation, and then called on Xuefeng to go in a straight line to the Siren Base where Hu Teng and the other two were after arriving at the battlefield, to assist them in completing the recycling of special materials and bring them back to reunite with the main force.

"It is important to note that aircraft cannot form combat effectiveness during the battle against the Omen. Therefore, during the battle, Shokaku, Zuikaku, Royal Ark, Nagashima, and Yorktown, do not leave the safe range of the port area. The carrier-based aircraft you send out should first conduct a large-scale reconnaissance of the surrounding area, and secondly follow the Snow Wind and the approaching Siren Fleet. If they show any 'treacherous' behavior, attack them immediately."

When it came to his own people going out to fight, Zhou He never pursued a total victory. He only pursued one thing, and that was the safety of his own ship girls, and he emphasized this specifically.

"…That's the general situation. When a battle occurs, there will definitely be problems that I haven't mentioned. If there are any emergencies, Cleveland, Shentong, Hood, and Bismarck will be in charge of commanding and handling them. Is that ok?"

After completing the pre-war meeting, Zhou He gave out command ships, regardless of priority, and simply used whoever's method was most suitable.

"no problem."

Hood, who fully understood the situation, gave a natural answer: "The main force this time is the Siren. We just need to stay by the side to prevent any accidents."

"Ah."

Bismarck agreed: "But compared to fighting, what we need to do more is to collect intelligence, whether it is the bad omen or those enhanced executor Sirens. Waiting for the bad omen crisis to be resolved, we cannot be sure that the Siren fleet will not attack us. It is also important to conserve physical strength in the battle."

When Zhou He formed an alliance with Siren, they temporarily trusted Siren. However, after the common enemy disappeared, Siren was no longer an ally but an enemy that needed to be eliminated. There was no objection to this.

Other people at the scene had no objection to the two people's speeches - the main purpose of Zhou He's family's pre-war meeting was to allow everyone to reach a consensus. The wartime cooperation had not met the standards, and if there were further differences in cognition, it would be too dangerous.

Not long after the exchange, the gathered crowd split into several small groups. Zhou He and veteran generals such as Bismarck discussed the possible situations that might be encountered after the 'Mirror Sea' was lifted'. Some people listened in, while others were not interested. For example, Zuikaku had a low voice with Shokaku about how cunning Kaga was in appearing in battleship form.

Shokaku just smiled and said nothing. She thought it was a good thing. After all, the two people who caused trouble for her and Zuikaku were those with abnormal ideas, and had nothing to do with Kaga during the wartime. Moreover, this senior had a very good personality and there was no big barrier in communicating with him.

Kaga herself is even more of a heavyweight. Because she always fails to get Tosa's recognition, she begins to wonder if it is because she and Tosa have no common interests and hobbies. She goes to find Ashigara, who joins later but gets mixed up with Tosa, to ask about the situation, but Ashigara tells her that she and Tosa have almost no communication and they just practice swords together.

"I don't understand."

Kaga didn't know much about these sword-playing people. There was such a group of people in her era, but the higher-ups like Akagi, Amagi, and Nagato had no interest in this area. Naturally, she had always been following them and had never been exposed to this kind of thing.

"It's okay. Tosa-dono is the type who seems cold on the outside but warm on the inside. After all... you see, no matter how reluctant she appears, she will help complete the tasks you ask her to do."

This is what Ashigara realized after practicing sword with Tosa for two days.

"Nani!?"

Kaga's thoughts paused for a few seconds, and she suddenly remembered these details after recalling them. She even agreed to let Zhou He take her boat. According to Tosa's character, she would definitely not allow a weak person to board her boat.

After being surprised, she suddenly realized: "So that's how it is."

So he patted Ashigara's shoulder and praised him, then turned around and left in a good mood.

……

As time passed, the ominous celestial phenomenon gradually moved away from the port area, the wind weakened, and sunlight could be vaguely seen scattered from the sky, dispelling the darkness covering the earth. The people who had been bored at home for a long time came out to move around, and Zhou He also walked out of the house to look at the beam of light shining through the clouds in the distance.

"commander."

A call brought Zhou He back to his senses. He turned around and looked at Tosa, who was as cold as ever, but with a hint of helplessness between his brows: "Well, tell me?"

"That guy has been getting more and more annoying lately. Commander, do you have any idea how to deal with him?"

The guy that Tosa was talking about was naturally Kaga BB. She thought that Kaga's enthusiasm for her would dissipate soon after they met, but the fact was that Kaga now talked to her every day. Even if they were sister ships, they shouldn't be so close, right?

She is obviously a member from the same Hong Kong and is nominally her elder sister, but she refuses again and again. Even she would feel psychological pressure.

"Is it that serious?"

Zhou He also noticed that after Kaga joined Minato, the number of times Tosa stayed with him dropped sharply. He thought it was a good thing, but it seems that it is not entirely true.

He thought about it and realized that Kaga's personality was not bad, at most she was a little annoying. So the main problem might be with Tosa herself, because she had never been able to let Kaga experience the joy of being a sister, so she kept pestering her.

It is not a good idea for the two sisters to keep doing this. Zhou He thought about it carefully and spread his hands to Tosa seriously: "I don't know much about this either. Maybe Tosa, you can try this. You don't need to pay special attention to the fact that you are sister ships. Instead, treat her as a comrade or friend and treat her as an upgraded version of Zuikaku."

"..."

Tosa herself regards Kaga as an upgraded version of Zuikaku. Because of this mentality, she always feels that Kaga is clumsy in doing things, and it is somewhat against her inner wishes to have someone like Kaga as her sister.

Zhou He saw that it didn't seem to work, so he gritted his teeth and said something: "Jaga is not weak, nor is she stupid. She just doesn't know how to express her inner feelings to others. It's because she cares about you that she keeps pestering you. Isn't it nice to let her express herself occasionally?"

In his heart, he always believed that pointing fingers at other people's family affairs was the most inappropriate thing to do, because he simply could not empathize with others to a high degree, so when he opened his mouth, he could only say "I care about you", which was useless and would only make the listener feel irritated. It was the topic that would most easily alienate people and was the most difficult to talk about.

"…It can be seen that you, Commander, really don't know how to handle this kind of thing."

Tosa's eyes met Zhou He's tense expression, making him even more nervous than her. She remembered when she first joined the port area, she met with Zhou He privately and communicated with him. He was like this, nervous but with a sense of lack of confidence. Even a little afraid.

——She didn't want to see Zhou He, the commander, showing such a trash-like expression. In the past, she would definitely scold him coldly, but now she thought that this was Zhou He's attempt to overcome his inability to handle affairs. Not only could she not deny it, she should even praise it.

"..."

Tosa tilted her head and touched her forehead with her hand. Surprisingly, she was not confused by the fever. It seemed that she had also been changed unconsciously.

After a brief pause, she looked at Zhou He again and nodded: "I understand. I will try to acknowledge her existence. I hope she can show a performance on the battlefield that is worthy of your recognition, Commander."

"Ahem, that's good."

Hearing her words, Zhou He suddenly relaxed. His throat felt a little itchy when the wind blew, so he couldn't help but turned sideways and covered his mouth and coughed twice. He breathed a sigh of relief after that.

Although I don't understand why Tosa agreed with his statement, since it has an effect, it is the best result.

"The temperature difference will be huge in the next few days, so you should pay attention and don't fall ill at a critical time."

Tosa frowned slightly, said a few words subconsciously, and snorted again after finishing: "This is the result of not paying attention to exercise. Don't think that you can do whatever you want just because you have a doctor in the port area."

"Ah ha ha."

Zhou He laughed dryly and pulled at his collar: "Thank you for your concern, I will pay attention."

"It's almost time to attack. Contact us if there is any situation."

Tosa glanced at him and said nothing more. After leaving a word, he turned sideways and walked around Zhou He towards the seaside where the wind was still howling and the sea was surging.

"Why does it feel weird?"

Zhou He realized it later but did not think about it too much. He looked back at the clock in the hall and saw that it was approaching one o'clock. In a few minutes, the Purifier's reinforced fleet would collide with the Omen. He had to get in position quickly and bring Hu Teng and the others back before the Omen was destroyed.

He touched his throat, straightened his clothes, turned his head and found that everyone had already started warming up on the beach. Even Kursk and Lingmin stood in the corner of the crowd, their big white robes looking unusually conspicuous.

"This windbreaker from Beilian is so cool. I want to get one for the winter."

Zhou He likes winter very much, especially when it snows heavily. He can rest at home with peace of mind and play in the snow. It is a wonderful time when both his body and mind can be healed.

Thinking in his mind, he walked towards the shore along the grass where the water was not too deep. The sand had turned very dark in color due to heavy water absorption, and the feeling of stepping on it was not very pleasant.

"Commander! Let's go!"

Yudachi's height was not that high among the people in the port area, but he was able to accurately catch Zhou He's sight. Looking at the dog who raised his hand and called out to Ayanami and Shentong, Zhou He smiled and said, "I heard it. Be careful."

"Hehe, let's go too."

For some reason, Kaga, who was in a good mood, gave Zhou He a thumbs up, turned around and went close to the tide with Tosa to deploy the ship equipment. The others also signaled in turn and stepped onto the sea surface with severe choppy waves in batches. But no matter how the waves rose and fell, the girls always stood firmly on it.

"call."

After watching everyone leave, Zhou He walked along the beach twice and looked at the entrance to the bay from the side. He saw Aircraft Carrier No. 01, which had changed direction due to the ominous storm but had not capsized.

"As expected of a ship that weighs nearly 50,000 tons, it can handle this."

Zhou He was full of admiration. After making sure that neither aircraft carrier had received any serious damage, he quickly walked up to the dock and came to the berth near the patrol boat in the not-so-strong wind. He leaned over and looked down:

Inside the huge and complex ship-mounted machine body with a mechanical structure shaped like a jellyfish, a girl in a Western dress and all white was lying quietly in the cockpit protected by a white honeycomb-shaped protective cover, holding a strange rag doll, sleeping peacefully.

This is the body of the Builder sent here by the Purifier.

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"The person died, but the body and organism were preserved intact."

Looking down at the Builder lying under the water, Zhou He was amazed. He knew that people who were overworked could die from overwork or sudden death, but he didn't expect that Sirens could die in a similar way. He just wondered if Akashi would dismantle the Builder's body when he came back for research - is the Siren's body made of machinery or anthropomorphic material?

He didn't quite understand it, so after Akashi came back and fished out the builder, he would definitely watch and observe before trying it himself.

After staring at the builder for a while, Zhou He shifted his gaze to the bottom door of the lighthouse, found a corner to sit down, and turned his attention to the system's attack map. Compared with the outside map, the mirror sea map has a very obvious advantage, that is, there is no need to switch areas. There is only one map, which can be zoomed in and out, and manipulated and viewed at will, saving time and effort. You can even directly see the area next to the island.

He didn't even bother to look at the map. With his perspective locked onto the port area, he could see his own fleet moving towards the southeast. More than 20 people were advancing in a three-line formation. If he looked slightly towards the southeast, he could see a huge black vortex that occupied half of the map and the surrounding black spots.

At this time, the ominous entities, that is, the small black dots, are gathering in the east and southeast directions. The reason is that the two reinforced Executor fleets that came directly from the Purifier's base and the south are presented as small red dots on the map. Judging from the distance, the two sides have begun a tense and exciting encounter, and colored dots can be seen disappearing from time to time.

"Enhanced Siren, at least it has the word "enhanced" in it, but why is it that it is only as good as the Omen Entity in combat, and even has a slight disadvantage in terms of combat damage?"

Observing from a God's perspective, one can see the casualty ratio of both sides without paying special attention. From the formation, the Sirens occupied two directions, with a larger firepower area and a large number. Logically, they should have an advantage.

Zhou He frowned slightly, when his ship girl was fighting with the entity of Omen, they were able to fight on equal terms with fewer troops, and Xuefeng even rushed into the enemy's hinterland. A brief comparison showed that the current combat power of his ship girl far exceeded that of the so-called enhanced executor, so "enhanced" should refer to a special anti-pollution program. This special program should be quite precious. After all, before the battle with Omen, there was no enhanced executor fighting against Omen.

In any case, after confirming that the combat effectiveness of these enhanced Sirens was not as good as that of his own people, Zhou He felt a little more relaxed. He looked up at the dock ground wet by rain and the dripping eaves of the building, took off his hat and put it beside his legs before continuing to watch the battle.

Among all surface combat ships, destroyers were the fastest. Xuefeng, who was assigned a mission by Zhou He, ran at full speed from the very beginning, and rushed into the battlefield where the firefight was taking place. It broke through from the rear of the Omen to the fire coverage area of ​​both sides, and then went straight into the rear of the Siren fleet, with an unstoppable momentum.

During the snow wind advance, Yudachi and others also arrived at the north of the ominous celestial phenomenon. These ominous entities accepted everyone who came, and the void generated by bang bang bang started fighting with them in the north. Zhou He, who was watching the battle, quickly entered the dual-line mode, observing the battle situation while watching the health bar of his own ship girl in the dock.

……

"Hey!! I've given you the mobile hard drive, why don't you go too far!?"

Inside the Purifier Base, the Purifier who was originally commanding the fleet's operations suddenly heard an explosion coming from inside the base. He checked the surveillance data and found that the Hu Teng trio was wreaking havoc inside the base... No, it can't be said to be wreaking havoc, because although the trio was wreaking havoc in various areas, they were only doing it in a small range. At first, they used tools to cut the metal in the corridors and non-operating energy pipes, and then they dismantled some electronic equipment. Everything that could be taken away was packed up by Akashi in sacks.

These were all harmless, but what was outrageous was that these three people subsequently dismantled the energy converter of an executor culture dish, ran to the arms warehouse, and towed away the logistics equipment and production robots inside with a trailer. Because they found it troublesome, they even used naval guns to make holes in the wall, dragged the things to the beach, found a small boat and started loading.

The Purifiers have been running for decades, but this is the first time they have encountered such a rogue group. They forced their way to her base to steal intelligence, asked her for a mobile hard drive, and after they were done, they took away a portion of the base's specialties as if they were there to purchase supplies.

“…What the hell is going on with these guys?”

The Purifier standing in the huge command room with incandescent lights found that she really couldn't understand these newly appeared ship girls. Both the intelligence and technology were still within her cognitive scope. This demolition was too uncivilized. Don't they care about their image at all?

Having said that, the Purifier did not specially arrange anyone to stop the trio. It's not that they didn't want to, but the Yukikaze meta in the intelligence feedback had already arrived near the base. The destructive power of the meta ship girl is enormous. Don't underestimate Yukikaze as she is just a destroyer. If she really attacks, it will not be a demolition level, but a major event of the destruction of the base.

"Haha, no wonder the verification system identified them as singularities. Their behavior is really too unexpected. Even if we use subjective consciousness to think, it is difficult to imagine what they will do."

Purification's emotional regulation ability is very strong. Since there is no way to stop the things from being taken away, she will not stop it. Anyway, she has given away the Builder's body, so these extra things are given away. She rubbed her chin with her fingers and finally smiled: "I hope you can bring me more surprises."

On the coast, Huteng moved all the things onto the seven-meter boat used by Siren for decoration. This is an extremely retro transport ship. It looks similar to a speedboat, but its front section is angular, the rear section has a large transport space, and the water line is very low. The tail can be lowered directly outwards to the shore for cargo unloading. In addition to this boat, there are many other types of retro ships, and there is even a sailboat parked inside.

Although this is the base of the Sirens, it has to be admitted that these collections of ships make this place look very stylish.

"As the commander expected, the Purifiers will not appear to stop us from doing these things."

After moving all the things up, Akashi went to the front to drive the boat, while Hutten and Count Spee escorted them on the left and right. Spee remained quiet as always, like a wolf waiting for the opportunity, while Hutten became suspicious of the Purifier's "indulgence" towards them. She suspected that the Purifier did it on purpose and was making a plan that they could not detect at the moment, and she became secretly alert.

Ten minutes later, the whole ship started to rumble and sailed away from the shore. Hutten and Count Spee followed on both sides. After leaving the base, they soon met the speeding snow wind.

"Follow me."

After Xuefeng reunited with the two, he said to Hu Teng, "His Highness Zhou He gave me the order to bring you back to the port safely, so I will send you to a safe place and then return to the battlefield."

"understood."

Hu Teng had no objection to this arrangement. They had gained a lot from this trip and the harvest must be sent back to the port safely.

There was no adjustment in the mobile formation, except that a figure riding a white wolf appeared in front of the transport ship. They bypassed the battlefield from the rear of the Siren fleet. The deafening bombardment and explosions in the distance did not waver their eyes in the slightest. It took them a full hour to bypass and successfully arrived at the rear of their own people, and completed the reunion with Bismarck who had deliberately come closer.

"Huten, Spey, the number of bad omens is decreasing. The task of escorting the transport ship back will be handed over to Xuefeng. You two will participate in the battle."

Bismarck moved on the rolling sea and came near the transport ship. He first took a look at the peculiarly shaped ship, and then chose between Yukikaze and Hutten to let Hutten and Count Spee join the battle. The reason was simple: Hutten and Spee were his own people, while Yukikaze was a stranger who would leave at an unknown time. Naturally, the opportunity to increase combat experience would be given to his own people first.

"Well... that's it, please."

Hutten thought for a moment and agreed. He used the communication equipment to explain the situation to Xuefeng who was running in front of him. After receiving the other side's reply, he and Count Spee slid out a beautiful semicircle of waves on the sea and turned to the battlefield where artillery fire was roaring.

"..."

Xuefeng sat on the white wolf, gazing calmly at the ominous celestial phenomena in the distance, her delicate and pretty face slightly frowned, as if she was thinking, or simply confused. However, after Akashi drove the boat closer, she immediately focused her attention and continued to lead the way.

In the second hour after the battle began, Yukikaze and Akashi successfully returned to the safe area of ​​the island. Several aircraft carriers that were unable to participate in the battle and had to run around the map were very bored. When they discovered the new stuff, they quickly surrounded it.

"Why is there a robot in here? Can it move?"

When Zuikaku approached, he saw the production robot rolling to the corner. It had a humanoid appearance, but was only about 1.4 meters tall. Its entire body was wrapped in silver and black streamlined armor, with silver accounting for the majority, and black only appearing in the elbows, waist, neck and other joints. It looked like a child rolling on the ground in a heavy space suit.

"This is an industrial production robot. It is not very intelligent and can only act according to pre-set instructions. It is often used to complete some simple but strenuous tasks."

After entering the safe zone, Yukikaze no longer had to lead the way in front, but instead moved closer and followed the transport ship. When he heard Zuikaku's questions, he gave serious answers.