Revisiting Azur Lane

It’s different now. She has become accustomed to asking Zhou He for free meals.

"Hehe, I'm feeling pretty good today. I'll try to get a few more. Maybe I can even get more than all the other contestants."

Zhou He squatted down and began to re-bait the fish. After swinging the rod, he continued to stare at the float and watched the situation of other people on the map with his peripheral vision. After Tosa was defeated by Kaga, he actually went back to Kursk obediently. Instead, Kaga began to march towards the Iron Blood team. After being discovered, Hu Teng was sent out to fight.

It can be seen that the ship girls in his family are all very martial, fighting 1v1 battles.

I wonder if Hu Teng will take over and challenge Hu De for a PK if he wins this time?

Chapter 160 Cat Tongue

At noon, the temperature was at least five degrees warmer than in the morning. Zhou He came out of the kitchen wearing gloves and carrying a large pot of fish. The first thing he saw was Kaga, who walked in with Tosa reluctantly. He hurriedly brought the pot to the dining table without paying much attention.

"Why don't you change your clothes first when you come back?"

Looking back, Zhou He looked at the two sisters wearing clothes that looked like a "defeat cg". Ever since the day when Yudachi came back seriously injured, he could no longer regard this scene as a welfare scene. He felt sorry for his own ship girl who was injured in the attack and worried about the clothing reserves in the port area.

"I'll change it in a moment."

Kaga rubbed his hair, and seemed a little embarrassed at this moment. But Tosa next to him did not show much expression as usual. Compared with Kaga, he seemed to be here to be a supervisor.

After answering, Kaga paused for a few seconds and bowed his head honestly: "I am very sorry for disrupting the event held by the commander and ended up losing miserably in the end."

After defeating Tosa, Kaga went north to seek advice from the Iron Fleet. After a battle, he defeated Hutten very smoothly, but was then killed by Bismarck who came over: Kaga was destroyed in the first round of bombardment. It is not known whether it was because of his strength or because of his bad luck. In short, Kaga's plan to become the strongest in the port area failed directly, and he wandered back honestly...

"So you are here to admit your mistakes?"

Zhou He rubbed his gloves together and looked at the two sisters in front of him, feeling a little subtle: he knew that what he was doing was not right, so he just did it first and then admitted his mistake after it was over.

It's not a good evaluation, but admitting the mistake is already very good. As for whether Kaga is apologizing because he lost the battle, and there would be no need to apologize if he won, this kind of thinking is not so important.

But to be honest, he hadn't interacted with Kaga that often since he joined Minato. It was a rare thing for him to suddenly run over and bow his head to apologize to him. He admired him with a smile for about ten seconds, then clapped his gloved hands and made a thumping sound: "Okay, you guys go change your clothes first. I just happened to cook some food. Remember to be active in the afternoon."

"Yes."

Kaga breathed a sigh of relief, answered, and turned around to leave the dining area with Tosa. Zhou He also turned around and went back into the kitchen to serve other side dishes and rice to the table. He looked at Miss Xuefeng, who was staring at him with her chin supported by her hands, indifferent to what had just happened: "Do you often see this kind of thing?"

"Hmm? You can see it sometimes, right?"

Xuefeng suddenly came back to his senses, his eyes shifted to the side, and his words were a little unclear: "There are many officers who think they are capable and will act on their own initiative during wartime. If they win, they are heroes. If they lose, they will either die in battle or escape back to admit their mistakes and commit suicide..."

As she spoke, she let out an "Ah" loudly, then straightened her mind: "The matter between Tosa and Kaga hasn't reached that level yet, don't get me wrong!"

"Who do you think I am?"

Zhou He complained unhappily, turned around and went to the kitchen to pick up a pile of bowls and put them on the table: "There should be other people coming, I'll go out and take a look."

He turned and walked out of the dining area. Xuefeng looked at his back and tilted his head, knowing who he was waiting for.

After leaving the kitchen, Zhou He went straight to the gate of the headquarters and looked out over the bay. He could see people approaching the sea with his naked eyes. Among the many familiar figures, there was one person Zhou He was particularly familiar with. He smiled and walked out of the gate to greet them.

"Commander! I'm back for lunch."

Xili, who was originally peaceful on the sea, immediately became restless when he saw Zhou He approaching. He waved his hands and shouted and ran to the shore quickly. He jumped to Zhou He's side, wagging his tail and circling around him. He sniffed with his sensitive nose, and his eyes lit up. He sniffed Zhou He's body more closely and said in surprise: "Commander, did you cook for yourself?"

"Yeah, I just went out to fish for a while, so I took care of it myself."

Because Yudachi was so lively and active, Zhou He couldn't do anything for a while. He could only wait until Yudachi took the initiative to approach and stop before grabbing her. He touched her head with his hand to relieve the itch, and smiled and turned her around: "Kaga and Tosa's mess didn't interfere with your plan, right?"

"do not know."

Xili thought for a moment and shook his head decisively: "I have never been so far away to catch fish. I don't know how much I can catch when it's quiet."

'No control group?'

Zhou He felt that Yudachi was quite tolerant towards the two Tosa sisters. Generally speaking, he would have some thoughts unless he gained a lot.

So he asked about the harvest, and Yudachi stretched out his hand and counted on his fingers, and finally smiled and spread out all ten fingers: "A lot, a lot, I can't finish it in several meals."

"That's great. I'll eat fish in a different way every day."

Zhou He held back his laughter. Yuudachi's way of counting was really unique.

"Great!"

The way to make Yuudachi happy is also very simple.

The two of them entered the command center together. The personnel who landed later saw them and some of them wanted to come over to eat, but were stopped by others: Zhou He did not take the initiative to invite them, saying that there were not many dishes prepared this time, and they probably would not be full if they went.

A group of people went to the restaurant.

……

There were a total of five people who successfully got a free meal from Zhou He, including the sisters Xuefeng and Tosa Kaga, as well as Hu Teng who was also defeated and changing clothes, and Hermione who came to check on the situation.

"The harvest in the Sakura Empire seems to be very good. How is it over there?"

After the meal, Zhou He blew on the tea Hermione made and asked Hu Teng and Hermione.

“There are some gains.”

Hu Teng moved her chair back a little, and now she was leaning back in a very relaxed posture. Under her open black coat was a T-shirt with the same black background and text symbols. The undulations were obvious. Her face was flushed and she was breathing slightly - Zhou He put a lot of chili peppers in the fish dish. Obviously, it was just for seasoning, but she treated it as an ingredient. She wanted to leave after eating, but was forced to stay. Her right hand was on her belly. She no longer had the coldness as before, and the aura of a practical girl was completely overflowing. It was a very rare scene.

"As for us, our luck doesn't seem to be very good. One of our fishing nets was stolen by something strange."

The maid often sits down for meals, finishes her meal quickly and then stands up to act as a waiter. At this moment, she is adding hot water to Yuli. Next to her is Xuefeng, who is also blowing hot air like Zhou He. The latter looks so serious, as if facing a great enemy.

"Oh? So you have some big stuff over there, but it's probably sharks or something like that, right?"

This was something Zhou He had not expected. He had distributed five nets to each camp. The Royal Army was short of a net for the whole morning, and would probably be at a disadvantage in terms of overall benefits. "I'll give you a new net in a while."

"grateful."

Hermione responded with a small smile.

After some small talk, Zhou He saw the four people off. When he turned back to clean up the dishes, he found that Xuefeng was still blowing air on the tea, which reminded him of the rumored cat's tongue... Would it have barbs?

Zhou He suddenly had an idea and slowed down his movements, walking around her. Finally, he waited for Xuefeng to test the temperature with her tongue like a cat. His eyes suddenly widened - she looked no different from a normal person, and he was a little disappointed.

“…What are you looking at!?”

Xuefeng had actually been noticing Zhou He for a long time, and he caught him blatantly "sneaking glances" at him. When he reacted, his cheeks turned red, and he put down the cup and covered his mouth, staring at Zhou He fiercely with his orange eyes.

"Ahem, sorry, I was just a little curious."

Zhou He also knew that he had gone too far, but his curiosity was hard to suppress, so he could only apologize honestly, stop what he was doing and wait for Xuefeng's forgiveness.

"Just curious? No, nothing. Hurry up and clean up, Baka~"

Xuefeng was in a very complicated mood. After giving Zhou He a severe lecture in his native language, he stood up, covered his face and ran out of the room quickly, leaving Zhou He with his hands on the table. Although Xuefeng's cat tongue had no barbs, the taste of this regretful tsundere was very pure, making him feel that he had gained something.

"Earned money? What the hell are you doing?"

Zhou He secretly thought that something was wrong and realized that he did not handle the sense of distance when communicating with Yukikaze well - as the only ship girl who officially joined the port from outside the port, in essence he did not regard Yukikaze as a pure member of his own, but as a half-friend.

He is very respectful to strangers he has just met, but once they become familiar friends, he will unconsciously become casual, exposing shortcomings that he himself is not even aware of.

Now I have a headache.

While worrying, Zhou He began to clean up the dishes, wash the pots and bowls, wipe the table and mop the floor. After everything was ready, he breathed a sigh of relief and walked to the hall. He went out and wandered around for a while, but there was no sign of Xuefeng.

I feel a little helpless, but it's all my own fault, so I can only take it one step at a time.

He and Xuefeng didn't catch many fish this morning, only seven in total, three of which were salmon, which he caught in one pot, and four other species of fish were placed in the kitchen, ready to be used to try other cooking plans.

While thinking, Zhou He walked to the steps of the docking platform, found a clean place to sit down, and clicked on the attack map to watch:

The observers seemed to be seeking help from outside. Scattered Siren fleets could be seen wandering around in the outermost areas in all directions. The number of each team was not large, but if they were gathered together, it would be a very terrifying number.

This situation is most suitable for attacking and "defeating them one by one", but now the "periphery" mentioned by Zhou He has been pushed to more than 400 nautical miles away. The range is too large. It is hard to say what kind of trouble the team will encounter on the way there. Therefore, he has basically no way to deal with the Sirens approaching the periphery. Only the distance of about area four or area three is his comfort zone.

"Including the Sirens dispatched from the periphery, the armed forces in the hands of the Observers are already quite large."

As he looked, Zhou He locked onto the Siren Twin Bases in District West 4. He used reconnaissance aircraft to piece together a complete map of the bases - the two islands were like the middle part of a sunflower, with platforms similar to drilling machines extending outward on all four sides. No matter how novice Zhou He was, he could tell that the platforms built outside were to help the main body obtain necessary resources.

"Since the Sirens can transform matter, what resources are they absorbing?"

Zhou He had always been envious of Siren's technology. Although his family now had a research team, how could starting from scratch compare to Siren, who had been researching for who knows how many generations? Whenever he came across equipment that could be disassembled and used, he disassembled it.

How can doing scientific research be as fun as picking up trash?

However, there was a problem that bothered him these past two days. That was that the purifier who was sent to the mirror sea area of ​​the archipelago the day before yesterday seemed to have lost contact and disappeared from his map.

"This mirror sea is unusual. It can hide the internal situation and directly interfere with the material world. This should be the advanced use of the mirror sea by Siren, right?"

Zhou He is very concerned about the mirror-like sea area of ​​the archipelago, as there may be a lot of technologies that his family can use.

Even if you don't have the skills, it's still pure profit to take some high-quality steel out of it.

but…

"If we attack the island, we may be cut off by the Siren Base. But we may not be able to take down the base directly. It's not enough for me to think about it alone. Let's talk about this with everyone tomorrow."

Zhou He rubbed his hair. Siren chose these two positions very well. The only weakness was that the chess pieces inside the barrier could not come out to help in the fight. If he took over these two areas, plus the Hong Kong and the island in the second area in the north, the four islands would be linked together, and the defense would be almost impeccable.

"..."

By the wall of the headquarters, Xuefeng poked his head out and peeked at Zhou He, who was sitting on the dock in a daze for more than ten minutes without changing his posture. He probably understood what Zhou He meant when he said "time is hard to kill" in the morning.

"Huh, there should be other things worth doing in the harbor. Why don't you do them even if it's a waste of time?"

Xuefeng felt a little strange. She wanted to go up and talk to Zhou He, but when she thought about what happened not long ago, her cheeks began to feel hot unconsciously. She retracted her head and squatted to cool down with her palms. She suddenly thought in her heart that Zhou He and Yuli slept together, so could it be that they had done this and that?

Her heartbeat started pounding as she made random guesses. After a while, she stood up with an "ah" and patted her face. "What are you thinking about? We are a ship, a 'weapon'. No matter what, we can't do those weird things."

By convincing himself in this way, Xuefeng gradually returned to normal. After taking a deep breath, he took a step towards Zhou He, ready to remind him not to be dazed and to make use of his time.

As for Zhou He, after noticing Xuefeng's suspicious behavior out of the corner of his eye, he quickly collected his thoughts, made a rough plan in his mind, stood up, jumped down the stairs, walked to Xuefeng and expressed his apologies, hoping that Xuefeng could forgive his rude behavior.

"Master Xuefeng wouldn't even take this little thing to heart!"

Xuefeng said this, but in fact he listened to Zhou He's entire apology. He raised his lips and pointed at him: "But when everyone is out and about, you should also move around! There are still many things missing in this port area. You must make use of your time!"

"Uh, that's right."

Zhou He thought about the number of his home coins and decided to listen to what Xuefeng had to say first, so he began to ask humbly. Xuefeng was very helpful and told him about the port area design she had seen.

It's a bit boring when you're alone, but when you're with someone, time starts to speed up.

Chapter 161 The Art of Language

Most of the port planning that Yukikaze described came from the military port in Sakura Empire that she had seen.

In terms of specifications and design, it is indeed excellent, but for Zhou He, he does not want his own port area to be so militarized. After all, the island itself is an "absolutely safe" area. As long as there is no internal strife, there is no possibility of damage, and there is no need for so many defensive buildings.

So he thought about it, looked at Xuefeng who was standing half a meter away with her hands on her hips and her lips curled up, and pointed to the grass and beach behind her: "Actually, I've been planning to change the facade of the port area recently. Xuefeng, turn around and take a look. How about adding a square upwards here?"

"square?"

Xuefeng turned around and took two steps back to Zhou He. Looking at the clearly defined grass and beach, he tilted his head and asked, "How big is the square?"

"Let me see. It's right in front of the command building. The specific range is from the middle of the restaurant and the command building to the middle of the command building and the hot spring. The rest of the space will be divided separately."

Zhou He also stood up and looked around. Logically speaking, if he wanted to make the port area look lively, he would first have to add a concrete dam to enclose the inner circle of the bay, and then build inside. However, he was reluctant to give up this piece of beach, so he kept hesitating about it.

“…Is that okay?”

Xuefeng was not as tall as Zhou He, so she couldn't see clearly, but she thought that if she just covered the grass, it wouldn't be uglier than it was now.

"That's good, let's go over there and take a look."

Zhou He nodded, walked forward along the bay beach, and soon arrived at the location opposite the Iron Blood Mansion. From here, the beach began to curve: this is also what made Zhou He feel that nature is really magical. There is obviously a curve, but just looking at the sea and the tide, you can't feel that it is turning at all.

After checking the surroundings, he looked at the dock and boat port opposite and felt that the location was very good: "It's not too far from the dormitory, and the light is just right. When the comprehensive construction is completed later, the beach on the mountain side facing the bay can be reserved as a leisure area."

Watching his own ship girls playing on the beach in cool clothes in summer has been his dream since he came to this port area, so he would never give up all the beaches. Compared with port construction and personal desires, the latter is more beneficial to him!

“I don’t know which camp will be the champion of this competition.”

After deciding on the future beach leisure area, Zhou He turned around and saw the camp site he had previously planned. It was quite close to here. Judging from the degree of openness here, it might be more suitable for the White Eagle's ship girls. After all, they value freedom more. Walking a few steps outside to play on the beach can also be considered a kind of freedom, right?

After taking pictures of the new camp residence today, he can purchase new functional buildings based on the situation between the new residence and the old buildings. Thinking that the number of buildings in his own port area will increase, Zhou He feels inexplicably excited and expectant, and he wishes time would speed up and it would be evening immediately.

"..."

Xuefeng followed Zhou He here, hoping to chat for a few more minutes, but he just ignored her as he entered the investigation mode. He just looked around, thought with his head down, muttered to himself, and then paced back and forth with a mysterious smile on his face. It was impossible to guess what he was thinking.

'Strange guy.'

Being thrown aside by Zhou He, Xuefeng couldn't help but mutter to himself, but his mood was unusually good.