Revisiting Azur Lane

"Morning, Commander."

Bush, who had just left the house, saw Zhou He, greeted him and came over with a little jump. He followed him downstairs, while jumping left and right on the stairs. He saw the blueprint that Zhou He had picked up, and curiously leaned over the handrail to ask, "Is this the map we are going to use when we go out to sea today?"

"Yes, the patrol and exploration missions in the next two days will be quite tiring."

Zhou He responded with a smile. He had been forced to stay at the port by the Sirens for some time. Now that he had the chance to go out, he naturally had to seize it and light up all the maps that could be explored. When he encountered the situation of the Sirens surrounding the port again, he could adjust the combat according to the overall size of the Sirens fleet, which would bring many benefits.

Bush said "Oh~" with emotion and followed Zhou He to the first floor. It was usually deserted here during the day, but it was quite lively in the morning and evening. Those who got up early to exercise gathered here, and those who didn't have any special ideas also waited here for Zhou He's orders. Especially with the preliminary news, nearly 20 of the more than 30 people in the port area were wandering here waiting.

"Good morning, Commander. Do you need some tea?"

Hermione was about to return to the kitchen when she saw Zhou He coming down. She came over and asked in a very familiar manner.

Currently, of the three royal maids, Jinqu serves as Hood's temporary personal maid, Jarvis has no special preference, and Hermione, who is more familiar with Zhou He, has become the head maid of the port area at this stage. She gets up very early every day, and when she serves tea to Hood and others, there is always an extra cup on the tea tray.

"Just give me a glass of water."

Zhou He smiled and stretched out his finger, then glanced at Hood who was holding the teacup. It seemed that the royal family had the habit of drinking breakfast tea, or even black tea. He knew his stomach very well. Although he was not so poor that he could only eat soft rice, if he dared to drink black tea in the morning, he would have to squat obediently.

"Please wait."

Hermione nodded and left quickly. Zhou He quickly walked to the important coffee table on the sofa, opened the map in his hand and pressed it with a book. Then he looked around and passed by the flagships such as Bismarck, Hood, and Shokaku, signaling them to move closer. He pointed to his own port area which was not on the original map but he had added manually: "This is our port area."

In addition to his own port area, Zhou He also added dotted lines on the map to divide the areas. After explaining the relationship between the dotted lines and his battlefield observation ability to the people present, he got to the point: "This time, our goal is to light up all the areas on this map as much as possible. Considering the long journey, I will take the two aircraft carriers in the port area with you. Depending on the progress of the exploration, you may need to spend the night on them."

Zhou He plans to spend two days on this exploration, one day each way. The ideal schedule is to cover the entire map on the first day, and have everyone board the aircraft carrier and return home at night. If there is any accident, and if they cannot defeat the Siren, they can use the two aircraft carriers as bait to get the fleet out of the battle.

"That's the mission. Next is to assign the area of ​​responsibility."

After Zhou He finished speaking, he paused for a moment, took the warm water handed to him by Hermione and drank it, while observing the calm expressions of the people. This was the first sailing mission without staying overnight at home, and it was not an exaggeration to call it an "expedition". He had been a little worried that there would be objections, but now it seems that everyone is not surprised by this situation.

Come to think of it, when they were on warships, they would basically stay at sea for several months, half a year, or even a year at a time. Now, they are less than two days away from home, and can even return overnight. For them who have inherited their memories, this may just be a game.

——It seems that not everyone is like him who feels uneasy if they don’t sleep at home. He feels like he is about to become a new concept otaku (staying in the port area and not going out).

After making sure that everyone had no objections, Zhou He began to make the assignments. Bismarck and Hood were responsible for the east and north, the Sakura Empire was responsible for going deep into the southern area, and the White Eagle fleet followed behind the Sakura Empire team and was vigilant against attacks from the Siren base in the west.

Jean Bart was assigned to the Royal Group and Kursk was assigned to the White Eagle Group.

"That's it, meeting concluded."

After giving all the instructions, Zhou He said no more. As for how to explore and which route to take, all areas, including the Siren base in the west, were very quiet. There were only scattered Sirens in action in each block, and there was no need for his detailed guidance.

"Hehe, looks like I can have another good fight with the Sirens this time."

Sitting next to Zhou He in the front row were the flagships of the camps. Zuikaku, who was not very smart in guiding himself, stood behind Shokaku's sofa very tactfully. He was very satisfied with Zhou He's arrangement and said happily.

"Silly idea."

Tosa made a taunt, and Kaga BB retreated tactically, but Zuikaku didn't care: "I know that we are mainly exploring, but I believe that the Siren will definitely not let us do whatever we want around their base. We can't avoid Tatakai at all."

"Speak of it."

Kaga didn't have any idea about whether to fight or not. She looked at Zuikaku and the others, then glanced at Zhou He, raised her hand and pointed at herself: "I've wanted to ask this for a long time. Logically speaking, I should be the flagship, right?"

"..."

"?"

Zhou He scratched his head. According to the seniority system of Sakura Empire, Kaga BB should be the flagship. He didn't need to explain. Tosa looked at her delicately and said, "Let's talk about the facts. The command ability of a battleship on the battlefield is far inferior to that of an aircraft carrier. I would be very uneasy if I let you be the flagship."

"The latter sentence is the truth!"

Kaga raised his eyebrows, not quite convinced: "I have been trained as a flagship since the present world, so I do have some command qualities."

"Ah."

Tosa did not reply, but turned and left: Perhaps Kaga himself did not realize that when he told her about his past experiences, he had basically never defeated anyone except Akagi. The winning rate could not be said to be 0%, but it was hovering around 10%.

Such results really make it difficult for her to regard Kaga as a flagship.

"Haha, Senior Kaga is more suitable to fight alongside Tosa. Let's leave the command to someone with relevant talents."

Zuikaku smiled happily upon seeing this. When Kaga BB first appeared in the world, she felt that Kaga would act in a domineering manner, but after getting along with him for a long time and taking Tosa's attitude as a reference, she felt that Kaga BB was actually a person of similar level to her. Every time she saw Kaga BB, she felt very close to him.

"Humph, you will find out how good I am in the future."

Kaga glanced at Zuikaku. Even though there were many outstanding people in this port area, she still did not think that she was inferior to others. The only person she could unconditionally identify with was Amagi.

But soon, she put the topic of who would be the flagship behind her, and quickly caught up with Tosa who was leaving the command center, asking her what she wanted to eat this morning - Tosa hesitated for a moment and gave an answer.

"Their relationship seems to be much closer than before?"

Zuikaku looked at it, leaned back on the sofa and asked quietly to Shokaku, who smiled faintly: "After Tosa talked to the commander, his attitude towards Kaga softened a lot."

"That's the result of Kaga's own efforts."

Zhou He heard it and quickly spoke up to draw a clear line.

He has seen and remembered Kaga's efforts, as he has been able to ignore Tosa's cold attitude and try to get close to him until now. After putting himself in their shoes, he believes that he will never be able to be as persistent as Kaga. If it were Kaga on the aircraft carrier who came over, with two expressionless faces - super, just thinking about that scene is outrageous enough, and the possibility of them not recognizing each other is quite high.

"Yes~"

Shokaku smiled slightly. In the port area, Tosa basically only listened to Zhou He and acted on his own when facing other people. If Zhou He hadn't said some good words for Kaga, with Tosa's personality, he would have become more and more annoyed with Kaga's behavior.

"..."

Zhou He was helpless about this. With more people in the port, the chances of conflicts between the ship girls increased. Just yesterday, Yudachi and Yukikaze had a quarrel because of his orders. In order to avoid this situation, he could only inform others as soon as possible after giving the order to avoid conflicts between the two teams due to conflicting instructions.

As he is the commander, he can be lazy in terms of combat command, but the communication of orders and intelligence details must be in place, which is still quite troublesome.

——The pre-war meeting ended in discussion, and the crowd gradually dispersed. Zhou He also found the right time to go to the restaurant to have breakfast. At the same time, he asked Hermione to move some ingredients to aircraft carrier No. 02 for storage, so that he could use them for cooking while he was away.

As for the issue of food rations for the Sakura Empire and the White Eagles on the road, he had other arrangements.

"commander."

After breakfast, Zhou He went for a walk on the beach. He was stopped before he had taken a few steps. He didn't even need to look back, because the voice with a mixture of heroic and tenderness could only be Yorktown. He stopped and looked back, and it was indeed Yorktown, with a follower beside him, the lovely Hamanman.

"Commander, I really don't like the look in your eyes!"

Harman's intuition was as strong as ever. If York City hadn't been present, she would have complained loudly. Even so, she stared at Zhou He with dissatisfaction.

"Sorry, sorry, what's your problem, York?"

Zhou He blinked, apologized, and asked Yorktown. The latter's eyes flickered slightly. After taking a deep breath, he spoke seriously: "If the Siren tries to stop us during this mission, I hope the commander can help with the battle command."

"Battle command? Okay, I understand. I will assist you."

Without giving himself any time to think, Zhou He agreed directly: He believed that York City's self-denying character was due to her lack of confidence in herself. Compared with the previous useless chats, a more direct way to change was to let York City do something similar to the enterprise - win every battle.

His team's attack win rate is very close to this number. As for battle command, he has a God's perspective and can infinitely repair the injuries of his own ship girls from a long distance. As long as he doesn't make too many mistakes or the number of enemies is exaggerated, he basically won't lose, so he is also very confident, as confident as Kaga.

"Thank you!"

After receiving the answer, the haze between York City's brows disappeared, and even his eyes became much brighter. Zhou He was also infected by his gentle smile. He stepped forward and patted York City's shoulder. In the wide eyes of the narrator Harman, he slowly said: "As long as I am here, you will never lose."

"Ok!"

York City believed it without a doubt, and left contentedly with Haman, who was making faces at Zhou He, to reunite with the main force.

"Psychological issues."

Zhou He raised his hand and knocked his head. The problem in York City was a bit serious, but its nature was relatively simple and it was relatively easy to deal with.

There wasn't much room for thought, as someone else soon came up to him. It was Shokaku. She explained her purpose, which was roughly to hand over the command of the vanguard to Agent Avatar so that she could focus on combat and intelligence gathering.

"Okay, I agree."

Zhou He still trusted the magic power, and then he smiled jokingly: "Why not let Kaga try?"

"Yes..."

Although she knew that Zhou He was teasing her, Shokaku still analyzed it carefully: "Senior Kaga has less practical experience than expected, and she is currently obsessed with Tosa and cannot concentrate, so she is not suitable for combat command for the time being."

It's a very objective evaluation. Shokaku didn't put the blame for the First Carrier Battle on Kaga BB because she had seen the real First Carrier Battle. Only when facing such a villain could she feel at ease to mock him. She couldn't say rude things to her honest Kaga BB.

"That makes sense. Let's talk about it later when we have a chance."

Zhou He nodded, and after a conversation, he sent Xianghe away.

Afterwards, Hood and Bismarck also came over to confirm the situation with Zhou He, and after ensuring that everything was correct, everyone set sail.

Chapter 150 Active and Passive

As usual, Zhou He watched everyone disappear at the end of his sight. He swept his eyes across the rising tide, took a few steps back, turned around and stepped on the gradually drying and sparse weeds, opened the system interface, selected the aircraft carrier No. 0102 parked outside the bay from the dock, moved to the selected positions from the east and south respectively, and then began to check the situation on the attack map.

The areas he has explored now are District 4 to the east, District 3 to the south, District 4 to the west, and District 5 to the north. He is exploring according to the map obtained from the Second Port Area. Only District 5 to the north is recorded, but the other three directions are all around District 8 when converted into system sections. The exploration in the north will also extend to around District 8.

Therefore, the most dangerous area for this exploration is the Siren Base in the West Fourth District, and the area that will most likely bring new intelligence is the northern area that Hood is responsible for.

After simply confirming that the scattered Sirens on the map would not cause trouble to his own ship girl's travel, he also began his own work - terrain survey.

"First, the headquarters of the three factions, namely the Royal, Sakura Empire, and White Eagle, will be built."

After Zhou He returned to the command center, he made a strategic turn and first came to the Iron Blood Mansion and patrolled around the yard. He had obviously visited it before, but looking inside through the wall, the feeling was different, it was very magnificent!

As for the location of the Royal Compound, after referring to the competitive relationship between Bismarck and Hood, he decided to place it to the west of the Iron and Blood Mansion, on the same level, but closer to the sea. It is expected that after completion, it will be able to share the same road with the command building.

“If Hood agrees, we can also expand and develop here.”

Thinking to himself, Zhou He picked up a few relatively round stones from the beach and threw them on the lawn at the chosen location. He glanced at the open area leading to the side of the mountain, and started walking back with satisfaction. He found two more open spaces to the west of the command center as the site for the White Eagle and Sakura Empire headquarters.

"..."

After the survey, Zhou He returned to the headquarters alone, poured himself a glass of water, and went up to the office on the third floor. He simply wrote down a few locations that seemed good to him, and then leaned back in his chair and focused on the teams that were already at the boundary between Area 1 and Area 2. He couldn't help but smack his lips: "It takes too much time to travel."

He had this feeling a long time ago. The areas near the port were fine, but the further out, the longer it took to travel back and forth, and the heavier the burden on his own ship girls.

"We have to capture the Siren base as soon as possible."

Zhou He narrowed his eyes. Although his port area was safe, if he wanted to expand, he must have a support point outside. Even the base in the north that was not recognized by the system had its value.

However, at this stage, it is still too early for him to capture the entire Siren Base. He can only start from other aspects - such as making some fast sea transportation tools to reduce the travel time.

'A patrol boat specialized in speed.'

Zhou He tapped his fingers lightly on the armrest of the chair, and then wrote down his general thoughts in a notebook. After finishing his work, he stood up and left the office, tidied up the bedding that was rolled up by Yudachi, went downstairs to feed the half-tamed red fox, went into the kitchen to make some snacks, and took them out on a plate. He walked all the way to the industrial area of ​​the dock, and came to the production workshop that was in operation and found Akashi and Lingmin who were busy and excited.

"How is it? Is the Builder's body helpful to your research?"

When Zhou He entered the room, he glanced at the quilts piled in the corner and clicked his tongue secretly. No wonder he didn't see these two people early this morning. It turned out that they slept here directly. They were so enthusiastic. It was estimated that the builder's body was of very high quality.

"commander!"

It would have been better if Zhou He didn't ask. As soon as he asked, she was stared at by a sensitive woman with shining eyes. She put on a white research coat and grabbed a handful of drawings from the workbench and came to Zhou He, her face full of excitement: "Although the Siren are enemies, I have to admit that their technology is very strong. The parameters of the materials they use are far beyond the similar materials I know, and the internal structure is also very different from what I know... In terms of mechanical and physical research, the Siren's technology and scientific theories are probably at least three hundred years ahead of my time. It is a completely different level of product."

"Aba Aba."

Zhou He felt as if he was listening to a foreign language to the sensitive report. He only glanced at the scribbled drawings and felt dizzy. Compared with these drawings, the modification plan he provided to the system when he was manually rubbing the aircraft carrier and patrol boat was so crude that it seemed unreasonable.

However, Lingmin's reaction also shows that builders are very useful for research, so after listening to Lingmin's enthusiastic talk, I went straight to the point: "What is the most direct help that builders provide to our development?"

"Weapons. The builder's ship armor materials are extremely strong. After they are developed, they can be used in the manufacture of main guns of tanks and warships. They can withstand the wear and tear caused by energy explosions that are more than ten times the normal shell equivalent. They break through the technical limitations of old materials and make larger caliber main guns and stronger armor."

"Not only that, the builder's own shells and torpedoes are far more powerful than normal warships. If they can be reproduced in the normal shell size ratio, they can be used in the mass-produced fleets and even tanks and other weapons that the commander will make in the future. In naval battles, they are enough to crush the Siren fleet in terms of firepower, and they can also have a natural firepower advantage in land and air battles."

"very good."

The quick answer perfectly matched Zhou He's understanding of the Northern Alliance. In short, the Iron Torrent was done.

He handed the snack in his hand to Lingmin and asked her to eat some first, and then found Mingshi who was using a computer to analyze data. The question was simple: could he complete the analysis and reproduction of the builder's body materials?

"There's some trouble, meow."

Akashi's tail wagged left and right, and he raised his hand and pointed at his head. "It will take a long time to research and experiment on the materials. But the commander wants the technology of automatically searching for the enemy and attacking. The builder's machine has a similar program design, meow."

"Really? That's great."

Zhou He's eyes lit up. Mastering this technology was equivalent to completing the core-level research on the mass-produced fleet. However, this function alone was still too crude and needed to be optimized. For example, the mass-produced fleet could cruise to meet the enemy on its own according to the set program, and the flagship of each mass-produced fleet could conduct integrated management of the entire fleet, just like he could directly control an aircraft carrier like 0102 through the system.

They are stacked up layer by layer to facilitate operational management of large-scale operations.

"..."

He told his idea to Mingshi, who remained silent after hearing it. After a while, he silently took out a wrench from his sleeve, raised his head and looked at Zhou He with the eyes of a "bad guy".

"Uh, haha, my problem, my problem."