Revisiting Azur Lane

Zhou He observed from the side for a while, then put his hands behind his back and began to walk and patrol in the dock complex - he was not good at dealing with cold girls, and people like Jarvis who didn't even give you a chance to talk were the most difficult. Fortunately, there were more people in the port area now, and even if there were a few ship girls who were not good at speaking, he didn't need to force himself to chat up them. On the contrary, there had been no news from Akashi and Lingmin for a long time, and they were usually not seen.

He wanted to know what these two people were researching that made it so mysterious.

So he walked around the dock and went straight to the sensitive workshop. The workshop was not completely sealed. There were two windows on each side and three skylights that could be adjusted to rise and fall. There was no big problem with lighting.

He arrived at the door. He could clearly hear the sounds from inside the workshop were bustling, but the door was closed and he was not allowed to enter. Zhou He, itching to get in, rang the doorbell to no avail and could only think of a way to go around from the side. As a result, before he even got close to the window, he saw the strange yet familiar cameras around the window, the kind with facial lock, following him wherever he went.

"What on earth are these two tinkering with? Let alone jointly developing a large number of gadgets, they will just seal them up, paint them up and sell them, right?"

When Zhou He saw the camera, he knew that the two men’s work was not in vain. This thing doesn’t even come with the system, but they haven’t been seen for a week. If he hadn’t seen these two people every day when he opened the dock, he would have forgotten that he had two researchers at home.

"But it doesn't sound like a gadget. Could it be that the builder has dismantled all the ship equipment and is developing a new version of the ship equipment?"

Zhou He thought silently, no longer wanting to spy on the situation inside, turned around and walked away.

If it was through "commands", he was sure that Akashi and Lingmin would open the door for him, but he had never used orders in private since he took office, let alone a genius like Akashi in the scientific research department. If they made him angry and went on strike, he would not be able to find anyone to replace him.

"I don't know what will happen in the Mirror Sea this time. The Observer sent Purifier into the Mirror Sea. Is it because the experiment inside is very explosive, or is it because he hopes that Purifier can interfere with him to close the Mirror Sea?"

While daydreaming, he opened the system interface. It can be seen from the attack map that with the transport ships, the overall travel speed has been improved. For destroyers, it is a little faster, but for battleships like Bismarck Hood and submarines like U556, the movement speed is two or even three times faster.

The journey that normally takes two hours has been reduced to one hour, and this improvement is very necessary.

After observing his own people, he expanded his view to the entire map. Yesterday, there were still scattered Sirens wandering outside the Siren Base, but today there was not a single one. Then there were a bunch of red dots around the Siren Base. In the game, it meant that he had consumed all the resources in such a large sea area and it was time to gather troops to fight the boss.

'37+19=56'

Zhou He calculated the existing ship girls and magic cubes. If he built all of them, the number of people in his family would double instantly. But now the surrounding Siren fleets have been cleared out, and there are no leveling points for new ships. The rear battleships like New Jersey and Zuikaku are okay, but the combat effectiveness of those front destroyers is unknown, and they have to get close to the enemy. Even if he built them now, he would not dare to ask them to attack the city. Even if he lost the white skin that everyone in the game saw in the battle, he would still feel distressed.

"It is better to cultivate a group of backbone forces first, and then slowly train new members."

Zhou He quickly came up with the answer. Seeing that there was nothing interesting on the map, he simply switched to the scientific research series. After yesterday's two battles, only 28 of the heavy cruisers needed for Anchorage could be launched.

In other words, Anchorage will be able to appear during this mirror sea process.

I wonder if there is anything special about the scientific research ship?

For example, hitting Siren hurts more than hitting ordinary ship girls.

He was a little looking forward to it.

Chapter 181 Upgraded Siren

The fleet boarded the transport boat and it only took two hours to reach the second port area in the South Third District, which would have taken nearly three hours.

The speed seems to have increased, and it has actually increased, but it is still very slow for those who are waiting, such as Zhou He:

At this time, Zhou He had been enjoying the wind at the dock of the ruined port for more than 200 minutes. He looked at the boundless sea and compared it with his two transport boats moving at a snail's pace on the map. He couldn't help but wonder, before the crossing, there were trains and high-speed trains on land. Are there any comparable speedboats on the sea? He didn't ask for a speed of nautical miles per hour, but a speed of nautical miles per hour would be great too.

While he was waiting, he checked the ships built into the system, but there was nothing he wanted in them. It was probably not feasible to speed up by sea. After he had taken down all the surrounding Siren strongholds, he would see if he could build an airport for interconnection. However, flying over the sea was somewhat dangerous.

"..."

While he was bored and daydreaming, he finally saw two small black shadows in the distance. He took out his telescope and saw that they were indeed his two transport boats. Not everyone was on board, and there were several destroyers that they thought were faster, such as the brave Yukikaze and Yudachi, escorting them.

After being blessed by the Rubik's Cube, the two little guys were able to keep up with the transport boat at 50 knots, but there were still people who ran faster than them. Kasim and Ayanami even surpassed the transport boat, so that there were escorting destroyers at the four corners of the two transport boats. Regardless of whether the safety has been improved, the formation looks very good.

"Fortunately, Ayanami and Kashin are not the type to join in the fun, otherwise it would have been a big blow to this pair of cats and dogs."

Zhou He recalled that Yudachi and Xuefeng were competing for the first place there last night, and couldn't help laughing twice.

In the future, if we hold competitions at sea, we must not only compare speed, but also add other factors, otherwise the advantages and disadvantages will be too obvious.

Seeing the fleet approaching, he put away his telescope and skillfully jumped onto the speedboat, letting it start and make a sharp turn at the shore to meet up with everyone.

It would have been fine if the speedboat hadn't started. As soon as it started, it was locked onto by Xuefeng. Riding on the white wolf, Xuefeng had no reconnaissance equipment displayed outside, but she was able to conduct reconnaissance and search for the enemy. She looked in the direction where Zhou He was, saw the moving speedboat, and informed the other three people: "There's a boat approaching, it looks familiar."

"Aha, it's the Commander! I'll go get him."

Upon hearing this, Yudachi's eyes lit up and she left the team immediately. Her reaction speed surprised Xuefeng, but Xuefeng soon realized that the nearby sea areas were under the supervision of Zhou He. The only ship that would appear nearby and not be notified could only be Zhou He's own ship. However, Yudachi's reaction speed was still a bit outrageous, and Xuefeng couldn't help but mutter in a low voice: "How can this stupid dog be so smart?"

Originally, the transport boat was heading towards the second port area under Hood's guidance, so Xuefeng did not go there on purpose and quickly reunited with Zhou He.

"Your projection can actually come out?"

Xuefeng had seen a lot of things, but this was the first time she had seen Zhou He's technique of creating a life-size projection that could move around without any equipment.

"This is the first time I've used it this way, and I didn't expect it to work."

Zhou He, who was leaning against the stern, laughed. After adjusting, the speedboat followed the two large ships at the back. After selecting the automatic following function, he ran out and started chatting with the two people at the stern, with Xuefeng and Yudachi on his left and right.

He is only twenty years old, but he already has both a cat and a dog.

……

According to the predetermined plan, the transport ship stopped when it arrived at the junction of South Districts 3 and 4. The people on the ship began to disembark and remain on alert. The first thing they did after disembarking was to watch Zhou He.

"Commander, is this really a projection? Didn't you sneak around from the port area in a speedboat and get in front of us?"

Zuikaku came very close and even poked Zhou He with the knife at his waist. After feeling the entity, he couldn't help but ask.

Zhou He's face darkened, and he reached out and snatched the knife from Ruihe's hand: "When have I ever lied to you? Compared to this, I hope you can respect me. Keep this knife for me."

"Haha, I have no objection. Commander, just use it for self-defense."

Zuikaku also knew that her behavior just now was not polite. When Zhou He tried to grab the knife, she let go directly. She laughed dryly, touched the back of her head and changed the subject: "So are we now launching an airstrike on the Siren Base according to the plan?"

"Yes, Yukikaze, you stay here to hold the line. Nagato and New Jersey, you two lead the team to the west. Hood and Bismarck, you lead the team to the north. Prepare to meet the enemy in a complex column formation. Kursk will follow the first team, Jean Bart will follow the second team, destroyers and light cruisers will be in the front, heavy cruisers, battle cruisers and battleships will be in the back. 556 and 96 will leave the team and lie in wait for the opportunity. Shokaku, Yorktown and Elbe, you will launch an airstrike nearby."

Zhou He looked at Ruihe for a while before looking away and starting to give on-the-spot instructions.

Ever since he came here, he had never thought of commanding the battle himself, but since he witnessed the incredible cooperation between different camps in his own camp, he began to wonder if it would be better if he were in charge, so he decided to give it a try this time.

"Yes (I understand)!"

Although it was the first time to receive Zhou He's on-the-spot command, everyone had already gotten used to following his orders. Soon the two joint teams formed up and moved out, spreading out in a trumpet-like shape toward the Siren base. The aircraft carriers also opened up a distance of several hundred meters and began to manually launch their carrier-based aircraft into the air.

"Hey, so you can direct?"

Xuefeng has been in the port area for a long time, and this is the first time he has seen Zhou He leave the port area. He has never seen him take command in normal operations. Today, he was surprised to see him in control of the situation.

"I have been the commander for almost two months. I have seen you fight more than ten times. If you can't even give such simple commands, you might as well retire right now."

Zhou He stood on the boat with Zuikaku's sword in both hands and chuckled twice.

After watching the battle for so long, the experience he summed up was very simple, that is, to let the combat forces that should appear in certain positions appear there according to the battle situation. If the intelligence is not enough, such fine-tuning is difficult to achieve in reality. However, he has a bird's eye view of the whole map, and he can adjust the formation in advance just by looking at the enemy's deployment. As long as the opponent does not use the brainless human wave tactics such as the sacred F2A, there is a possibility of micro-manipulation!

And judging from Siren's performance yesterday, when he acted like a turtle when he was attacked, the tester will most likely act like a turtle today as well, so the battlefield where he will actually command the battle will be after entering the mirror sea.

The eastern and western teams continued to move forward and take their positions. A large number of aircraft carriers also gathered. Under the bright red sun, the carrier-based aircraft that blocked out the sun pierced through the clouds and launched an air attack on the black and red fleet that was also lined up in the distance. The battle was about to break out. The anti-aircraft bullet nets fired by the warships were visible to the naked eye even in broad daylight. The shrill alarms accompanied the falling and exploding of bombs on the sea. Many bombers dived directly against the anti-aircraft nets and approached the warships. After dropping bombs, they rose up, but because their wings were blown up, they spiraled and fell close to the sea. There were even a few planes that crashed directly into the island because of the angle.

"These guys are really going too far!"

In the base, the tester looked at the continuous feedback of the battle situation with a gloomy face. After applying for the permission of the third-generation executor yesterday, she immediately made a second improvement to the laid executor production line and recalled the remaining eight aircraft carrier executors for transformation. Now they are undergoing performance tests in the mirror sea area associated with the production line. She never thought that these ship girls could not wait to attack again.

But there was nothing she could do. She could only order the carrier-based aircraft from the air bases around the island to take off and engage in the attack, and urgently dispatch the Chess Player (Type 3 Executor aircraft carrier) under test to engage the enemy.

——Because the testers failed to launch their aircraft to meet the attack immediately, the air raid led by Shokaku and his team actually achieved considerable results. The Siren fleet was filled with black smoke. Some of the ships were bombed, and some were smashed. It looked extremely miserable from a distance.

However, soon, as fighter jets from the air force base took off, a group of purple executors with octopus-like ship-mounted equipment appeared in the center of the two islands. Each of their tentacles was a runway, and compared with normal chess players, their bodies were a circle larger. What was even more abnormal was that purple arcs of light often appeared between their ship-mounted runways, which looked like electric currents, but also like flashing character data.

After a brief pause for the eight temporarily deployed chess players, carrier-based aircraft began to appear on multiple runways. Their carrier-based aircraft were different from the ordinary black and red fighters in size, specifications and color. The purple-red carrier-based aircraft were not a good thing at first glance.

Each player has eight runways and can launch eight planes at a time. In one round, more than sixty carrier-based aircraft of unusual colors take off. The black and red fighters mixed in the air base are confronted by the wantonly destructive air group. Large groups of planes are intertwined and dancing in the air, and air supremacy instantly becomes an unknown.

"Something's wrong. There's something wrong with these Siren planes! Sister Shokaku, and Yorktown, stop causing trouble. Quickly gather your formation and focus on the air defense."

Zuikaku's expression changed just by encountering the carrier-based aircraft of the Type 3 Chess Player. He immediately informed Shokaku and his team, "These purple-red aircraft have extremely high performance and quality, and there are many of them. You must be careful not to let them tear apart the battle line."

"Roger that!"

Shokaku and the others also discovered it. Shokaku and Nagashima felt okay, as they simply felt that the Siren's planes had become stronger and they could still handle it. However, Yorktown Ark Royal and Elbe were under great pressure the moment they engaged in the battle, especially Elbe. She joined the port the latest and could easily deal with ordinary planes in 1v1, and could barely achieve a 1 to 2 loss ratio when in good condition. But now facing the three types of players of the Siren, she couldn't even say that her fighter jets would win in a one-on-one fight.

Just by reducing the control over bombers and torpedo planes, in less than ten minutes, only fighter jets were left flying in the sky of Zhou He's aircraft carrier group. Even the air front was pushed back. This extremely tense battle situation made Zhou He realize that something was wrong. He opened the map to observe the Siren base, but there were too many sirens stacked together. He could not distinguish the other mass-produced models except for the testers.

If it weren't for the projection, he would probably be sweating profusely now. If the Sirens gained air superiority, it would be difficult for them to defeat them.

Fortunately, as time went on, the number of planes on the Siren side began to fall behind, and after forcing Shokaku and his crew to retreat, they stopped pursuing them.

"Being on the battlefield in person is more terrifying than I imagined."

Zhou He asked Xuefeng to inform Shokaku and others to cease fighting first, and then wiped the non-existent sweat from his head, his heart beating non-stop. He was a little panicked. Suppose Shokaku and others failed to stop Siren's plane and let the other side find him here. His mortal body could not withstand bullets and artillery shells, and any plane swooping down would be enough to take him to heaven.

It can be said that life and death depend on this seemingly ordinary game, and every battle of our own ship girls will experience such a game, and they even need to launch an attack under the enemy's shells. Their psychological quality is too strong, at least ten thousand times stronger than his.

"Your Highness Zhou He, those Sirens just now are probably upgraded models of Executors. Judging from their combat effectiveness, they are at least the third type."

Xuefeng was calm and composed as usual. She smiled secretly at Zhou He's panicked look, reported based on her own experience, and then continued:

"According to the information I have learned, there are four levels of basic models of these executors. After level III comes level IV. There are also special models developed for unique combat situations. I have encountered a model called Nightmare Crystal. It once attacked Shinano, which did not comply with the historical process of extinction in some test sites. Its combat effectiveness is very strong, and ordinary fleets cannot resist it at all."

“Is this only type three?”

Zhou He frowned, and quickly realized that now was not the time to talk nonsense. Since three types of aircraft carriers appeared among the Siren's executors, three other types of ships would appear soon. Seeing that they could not beat him at the basic level, these guys from the experimental agency actually began to upgrade their own mass-produced models.

It seems that they really want to defend this base and continue to fight him with bayonets at close range?

"Send Zuikaku and Shokaku over here."

After thinking about it, Zhou He spoke to Xuefeng, and then conveyed the message of assembly to New Jersey and Bismarck, standing at the stern and waiting quietly.

"commander."

The Xianghe sisters came together, and Zhou He looked at them and said, "Tell us each how you feel about these new Siren aircraft."

"It's a little bit troublesome, but I can still handle it."

Zuikaku glanced at Shokaku and spoke first: "If we go all out, we can probably fight against the two new Siren aircraft carriers."

"I can do slightly better with the same amount."

Shokaku then echoed.

"Is it so strong?"

Zhou He made a rough estimate and found that Zuikaku was about the level of a Type IV Executor, Shokaku was at a Super Type III, Yorktown and Ark Royal were close to Type III, and Elbe was estimated to be only at Type II.

This is the case for several of the aircraft carriers, so the others should be similar. Taking Shokaku as the dividing point, Kaga of the same period should be able to fight against Type III Sirens. Then Bismarck, Cleveland, Kursk, Yudachi and others in the front can crush Type III, while those in the back such as Hu Teng, Ashigara, London and others may be slightly inferior. If the combat power is integrated, the average value of their fleets ≈ Type III Executors.

The tester's judgment of his family's strength is so accurate?

Chapter 182 A New Testing Ground

"The Siren fleet is in the process of transformation, but even if they have completed the transformation, they may not be able to defeat us. Now that things have come to this, we should act according to the plan and deal with the Mirror Sea first and then come back to deal with them!"

While waiting for his own fleet to gather, Zhou He gave his own judgment with a serious expression.

If he were to follow his usual practice, he would have turned his fleet around and returned, but now he has the trump card of Yukikaze in his hand. Even if facing a Type 3 Executor or even a Type 4 Executor, he is confident that he can win. This is not blind confidence, but a judgment based on the analysis of Yukikaze's combat performance.

A meta ship girl, even if she is not a battleship, but facing the fleet model of the experimental organization, her combat effectiveness is still far ahead. It is possible for her to destroy a fleet of thirty or forty warships alone. Coupled with the assistance of other people in her team and her ability to repair and supply with zero delay, she will have no problem evading unscathed, not to mention annihilating the enemy.

If he chooses to withdraw his troops and return home at this time, he will lose the opportunity to explore the mirror sea of ​​the archipelago in the short term, at least for a month. But by then it will be winter, and he cannot let his fleet go on an expedition in the cold wind. If the system can really make it snow on the island, then the combat time will be delayed further. During such a long period of time, who knows what kind of black technology the Siren will come up with to ambush him.

'Can this be considered a rapidly changing situation?'

Zhou He looked at the girls surrounding the speedboat, and his understanding of the war became deeper.

After getting the answer, he didn't say any more, but immediately ordered the fleet to set off and continue heading south. After spending about half an hour to close the distance between them and the Siren Base to nearly a hundred miles, everyone got on board and began to advance rapidly towards the archipelago port area.

In the Siren Base——

"Heh, it would take me a lot of effort to return now. You actually dare to explore the mirror sea area. You are really courting death."

The tester observed the movements of Zhou He and his group, sneered, and did not send troops to intercept them.

The current situation is different from yesterday. Yesterday, she and the observer could only use the basic fleet to fight back. The enemy was strong and we were weak. Now she can use the Type 3 Executors. Based on the aerial confrontation just now, it can be judged that the strength of these ship girls is equivalent to the Type 3.

In addition, the agent is about to arrive: the first goal is to clear the singularity, and the second goal is to take back the out-of-control mirror sea. Now that Zhou He and his group have entered the mirror sea, it is equivalent to walking into a trap. When the agent arrives, they will be able to catch them all in one fell swoop.

"After all, it is just a new force. Do you think that the Type 3 executors are our full strength?"

The tester, who had been gloomy for more than half a month, finally stood up and began to order the executors outside the base to return to the base for transformation.

Even if the experiments in this test field cannot handle them, when Agent XIV arrives later, this group of people will only have the possibility of being buried in the sea.

……

Two transport boats and a speedboat, three ships were speeding on the sea. The sun in the middle of the sky slowly set in the west as time passed, and Zhou He and his party finally arrived at their destination.