Revisiting Azur Lane

After finishing her conversation with Zhou He, she walked out of the speedboat and looked at the metal figure with huge and wild equipment projected on the wall: "Prepare for combat."

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In a place Zhou He could not see, a huge aerospace mothership, which was floating a thousand meters high in the sky and looked like a war fortress, had a huge data link flashing beside it and gradually turned into a solid entity from the void.

Chapter 195 The decisive battle before the decisive battle (1)

Just as Zhou He expected, the agent was also unable to observe the space he was in, and even circled back and forth in front of his door many times because he couldn't find his position.

Taking this opportunity, he saw the face of this agent clearly. He had a common cute face, but looked very angry. His long white hair fell to his calves. His own ship girl said it was an octopus ship outfit, but Zhou He looked more like a squid, but they were almost the same. When she moved, the tentacles like guide sticks around her floated around in the air, giving her a very subtle feeling overall.

Agent XIV strolled around the port entrance for a full hour before leaving. The look of him biting his lips in anger when he left was really enjoyable.

"Does the Agent have an emotional system?"

Zhou He put down the telescope and thought in his mind while observing through the world map that Colorado's fleet had already circled to the Siren base in the west. It was a pity that this person was not assigned to his dock and could not transmit information through the system. However, their technology was so advanced that they would definitely not be easily discovered by the Sirens.

Walking back and forth along the pier and the coast, Zhou He waited until the direction of Agent XIV's movement appeared on the world map. After confirming that she was heading for the closed test site, he breathed a sigh of relief and sat on the bench, impatiently opening the map of the test site for observation.

Compared to the smooth progress on his side, the actions of everyone in the test field were greatly hindered. In just over two hours, they were attacked by two waves of agents in succession.

The first wave of attacks was a joint attack by Agent VIII and Agent IX. The former was a heavy cruiser with huge shield-like ship armor on both sides. On the surface, she looked like a good girl with long gray-blue hair, but she was very violent when she started to fight and could use gravity waves in a small range.

The latter is a battleship with a gloomy face that looks 50% like the tester. Her combat capability is extremely terrifying. Because she is a battleship, the range and scope of her barrage are terrifyingly large, similar to III that was killed by Yukikaze yesterday. Her shells are like meteors falling from the sky. Her firepower is so strong that a single person can destroy an entire team.

Zhou He’s fleet’s response plan was to focus on beheading Xuefeng, with the remaining personnel providing tactical cover, similar to yesterday.

During the battle, VIII resisted Yukikaze's advance, but was caught off guard and hit by her gravity wave, which greatly restricted her mobility. Fortunately, she was strong enough to withstand the barrage of attacks from the two agents and used torpedoes to directly damage VIII, who was confident in her defense. VIII was almost killed by her, but IX released a pitch-black fog that divided the battlefield and took the seriously injured VIII away.

In this battle, Yukikaze was slightly injured, but Yudachi, Ayanami, Hermione, and even Kursk, Bismarck and others suffered considerable damage.

Less than half an hour later, the Agents attacked again, two Agents XV with the same number but different code names. Just as the Purifier said, the two of them cooperated very skillfully. One of them was a destroyer and the other a heavy cruiser. They were not battleships, but had strong basic combat capabilities. They used barrages and light beams to cause great trouble to Yukikaze.

However, they did not interfere with Shokaku, Bismarck and other back row ships, resulting in an excellent output environment for the other members of the Zhou He family. After dealing with the executors who were traveling with them, they began to assist Yukikaze. Yukikaze seized the opportunity to fire at the destroyer XV. As for the heavy cruiser XV, it was protected by the IX that returned later and escaped, but was also severely damaged.

Generally speaking, Zhou He's side won a great victory in these two battles. With four people attacking, they seriously injured two and killed one, and destroyed a fleet of executors with more than sixty people, greatly reducing the combat effectiveness of Tova's side.

However, the powerful fighting capacity of the four agents also brought tremendous pressure to everyone present. After their damage was repaired by Zhou He and their ammunition was replenished, they began to move forward cautiously in formation, discussing how to deal with these agents.

"The strength of the agent is still too much for them now."

Zhou He pressed two fingers on his frowning brows. The intensity of these two battles was extremely high. At first, he wanted to observe the battle situation through Xuefeng, but later he found that his presence would distract Xuefeng. Later, he only judged the battle situation by the changes in the positions of people on the map.

He saw traces of the agent's two retreats, but Xuefeng and the others were physically blinded by their vision, so they couldn't follow even if he gave them directions.

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At this moment, in the testing ground.

Leaving the rising column of black smoke behind, the circular formation formed by more than 30 ship girls left dense white waves on the sea. The speed was not fast, but it ensured that no one was left behind.

"We managed to defeat another agent this time, but IX's ability was really difficult to deal with. Even though the radar and the commander's intelligence were consistent, we were unable to catch up and let two agents escape in vain."

In the inner part, several people in the center of the circle were summarizing their current situation. New Jersey's face no longer had the previous cheerfulness and sunshine, and her expression was very serious. The battle with Agent IX made her know what the ultimate battleship was. The dense barrage covered her full firepower, making her realize that she was no longer the strongest battleship of the era. She could not continue to rely on recklessness, but had to use her brain.

"Next we have to find a way to get rid of IX. Her ability is too troublesome. If the commander's intelligence wasn't accurate enough, we would probably be divided and attacked by her."

Hood took over the topic. She and Bismarck were guarding Yorktown and other aircraft carriers on the left and right of the formation. Her expression was no longer calm as before. She proposed a plan for the current situation: "Since we know her position accurately, we will take the initiative in the next battle and try to eliminate IX first when the Siren is caught off guard. We will provide cover, while Ms. Zuikaku and Ms. Yukikaze will be responsible for beheading her."

In the two battles, they found that the Agent's ship equipment was unusually sturdy. Apart from Yukikaze, only Zuikaku's attacks caused greater damage. Although Zhou He said that Yudachi would be fine, Yudachi's torpedoes were always used on the small fry Sirens, so she was excluded from the core decapitation team.

Her statement was too straightforward, but on the battlefield, it is often such straightforward and clearly divided tactics that can achieve success.

"What's the situation at the White Eagle Base?"

Bismarck agreed with Hood's statement, and then asked White Eagle's New Jersey and York City. The former had the contact information and coordinates of the White Eagle base, and the latter was conducting reconnaissance and exploration there.

"Not good. It seems that their communication network has been invaded by the Siren. A lot of the content in the communication has been obscured, and the authenticity is unclear. It is impossible to exchange intelligence in real time."

New Jersey shook his head. Even such an important place had been invaded by the Sirens. One could imagine how bad their situation was now. It would be extremely difficult to ask them to go out to provide support. If they came out, they would be ambushed and killed by the Sirens.

"Most of the reconnaissance planes heading over there were shot down. Someone is specifically guarding the sky over there."

The high-intensity combat and transfer made York City sweat on her forehead. She also shook her head. This test site was truly under the control of Watto. If the opponent got serious, they would have no way to take shortcuts.

"What a trouble, Purifier, who is causing trouble ahead of us?"

New Jersey curled her lips and found the Purifier looking around in the crowd. This guy seemed useless, but he did provide the traces of the previous four agents. Otherwise, they would not have been able to defeat and injure these agents with such rapid efficiency.

"The ones blocking the road are Battleship Agent VI and Light Cruiser IX, and the ones blocking the sky are Aircraft Carrier VI and Aircraft Carrier XIV."

Purification parent told the information very frankly, but with a very evasive smile on his face: "By the way, the IX, XV and VIII who withdrew are also moving over there. What you need to face next is the siege of seven agents. The door of the White Eagle base is blocked, and the people over there can't get out at all. Let alone cover, they can't even attract attention."

"Just tell us the exact location, and you don't have to worry about the rest."

New Jersey spoke so nicely, but in fact she was a little unsure. The simultaneous attack of two agents had already made them very busy. Now with seven people attacking together, what else could they do?

"If you can't come up with a plan to deal with it, why don't you just abandon the White Eagle's last base and head straight for the core where Towa is?"

Purification laughed.

"..."

New Jersey didn't say anything. She had such thoughts as well, but such impulse might bring destruction. They directly attacked Tova, the core. If they failed to defeat Tova directly, and the remaining agents gathered together, they would be completely dead end.

In this life-and-death situation, they must remain stable and cannot gamble on the slightest possibility of success.

"Hehe, don't even think about it. The remaining agents are all near the White Eagle Base, blocking their exit routes. As long as you move over there, you will definitely encounter them."

Although Purification was unreliable, at least she had never lied. New Jersey squinted and nodded: "Protect yourself."

After saying that, New Jersey turned around and explained the situation to the others - the agents had blocked the entrances and exits of the White Eagle Base. This was a mixed blessing, the good news was that when the fight got intense, the members of the White Eagle Base would come out in full force to give the agents a couple of hard hits, and winning might be easier than they thought. The bad news was that they had to fight their way through.

"In this case, we can only fight hard."

Hood narrowed his eyes, a gleam in his eyes.

"Let's find a place to rest before attacking."

Bismarck interjected, "We will discuss the feasibility once we get in touch with the commander."

Everyone at the scene had no objection. Only with Zhou He around could they exert 100% or even 1000% of their combat effectiveness. Zhou He was the source of their strength!

Chapter 196: Integrated Intelligence

"Is the Agent's aircraft carrier very powerful?"

Just as Bismarck proposed and led the team to find a place to rest, Zhou He had already contacted Zuikaku. When he learned that they were going to fight the seven agents guarding the White Eagle Base, he thought for a moment and asked a question: "They have blocked the sky to the White Eagle Base. Do they have defenses in other directions as well?"

“Ah, it seems that there is none.”

Zuikaku was right in the middle of the team. She turned her head to look at Shokaku and Yorktown, scratched her head and replied, "The performance of the Agent's aircraft carrier is relatively high, but not much higher than mine. It's just that Sister Shokaku and the others are not at my level yet. Moreover, the Agents usually bring a considerable number of Executor aircraft carriers. If a fight really breaks out, we will most likely be at a disadvantage in seizing air superiority."

"In that case, have Shokaku and the others scout other directions, especially the core area of ​​the test site where Towa is, and take care of the Black Spire along the way."

After she said that, Zhou He had an idea in his mind. He looked at the map of the test site and saw that there was still a large part of the black fog area. It was already the third day, and not even the map had escaped. It was obvious that Tova was trying very hard to interfere with the actions of his own fleet.

The area that was lit up at this time meant that there was no Siren to be seen in the area where his fleet passed by. According to the Purifier, the combat power in the test site was not that sufficient. It can be predicted that the remaining Siren fleets are all with the agent who blocked the White Eagle base and Tova, the arbitrator of the core base.

Recovering his thoughts, he looked... or he could say stared. He stared at Zuikaku and said in a serious tone, "Just now I observed from the Big World that an agent in a squid ship suit was leading a group of Type 3 executors from the Siren Base towards your side. I need you to explore the entire test site. Shokaku and the others will be responsible for other directions, while Zuikaku will be responsible for invading the White Eagle Base. In two hours at most, set out to deal with those agents."

"!?"

Zuikaku's eyes were stern. She had never seen Zhou He so serious since she joined the port. Moreover, there were almost no mistakes in the combat orders Zhou He gave. In other words, after they explored this test field, Zhou He would definitely be able to lead them to solve the troubles here!

She nodded seriously: "I understand."

Without waiting for Zhou He's order, she took a step forward and informed the other five carriers on the scene of Zhou He's order. The latter five also did not have too many questions and quickly took action - they came from the east, so there was no need for a lasso in the east. The two light carriers, Elbe and Changdao, were sent to the north of the edge of the test site, and the Royal Ark. Yorktown and Shokaku jointly explored the southwest, which was a direction they had not yet set foot in.

As for Zuikaku, he is solely responsible for the west, which is the area blocked by many agents.

Their unified actions made everyone else realize that it was Zhou He who was in command, and they gradually slowed down, alert for the possible attack from the Siren fleet.

"It's still too inefficient to let them team up on their own... maybe they don't have a built-in map like me."

After getting his own aircraft carriers moving, Zhou He took a deep breath as he looked at the speed at which the lights on the map were visible to the naked eye. He had been in the test site for three days, and he passed the first day without understanding anything. On the second day, he even slept for most of the day. It was only today, the third day, that he began to seriously analyze the battle situation.

Thinking about it carefully, his sudden idea of ​​using projection to attack together with the fleet actually missed the best practice of surprise attack and slowed down the speed of the attack.

He should use this approach appropriately in the future.

After the self-examination, Zhou He switched to take a look at the big world. It would take at least 4 to 5 hours for Agent XIV to officially enter the test field. Zuikaku and others would have to run the map for two hours, and he would have more than two hours to deal with the agents in the test field.

It wasn’t much time, but it was enough.

Switching the map back to the small map, he opened the video with Xuefeng, congratulated her for her efforts, and asked her how she felt after fighting with the Agent.

"To me, apart from the dangerous beam attack, the other methods of these guys are not even considered methods."

Xuefeng, who was sitting behind the White Wolf, hummed proudly twice, but when he stole a glance and saw Zhou He frowning, he immediately raised his voice and groaned, changing his tone: "However, from my observation, although the agents in this test field have powerful machines and special abilities, they are not very skilled in combat. I suspect that this is because the parameters that Tova knows do not include their combat data. The best example is when they were fighting XV, they were attacked by Shokaku and me at the same time, and they quickly lost their composure."

"Yes, this information is very valuable and can be of great use."

Zhou He smiled immediately, and Xuefeng also relaxed. He immediately changed into a little arrogant and hummed to take credit, which made Zhou He, who was a little relaxed, smile. Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind, but it was not convenient to say it now. He decided to comfort Xuefeng temporarily, so he said: "Recently, I feel more and more that you are very reliable, Xuefeng. If our port area is missing you, it will definitely not be so lively, and I will not be so relieved when everyone attacks. Thank you, Xuefeng."

"Hmph, it's just so-so (huhu~)."

Although it wasn't a particularly nice compliment, Xuefeng, who seldom received compliments, especially from her loved one, was so happy that she almost lost herself. Subjectively, she might have thought that she had held her expression in check, but in Zhou He's eyes, she couldn't suppress the corners of her mouth, and she even tilted her head and made a meaningless intoxicated sound.

"Oh no, have I become a scumbag who takes advantage of little girls' feelings?"

Zhou He gritted his teeth and took a deep breath. You know, he used to be a nerd who didn't dare to look girls in the face.

Living environment really has an immeasurable impact on people!

He took the time to look at his home coins. After using up all his supplies yesterday, he had received 38 from daily tasks. With today's 38, that was seventy-six, and the oath ring was 60 - at this point, he could only accept his current situation of having both a cat and a dog.

I don't know if his bed can accommodate three people...

Oh no, my consciousness has drifted too far away all of a sudden.

Zhou He subconsciously wiped his lips, and after making sure that he had no indecent reaction, he pretended to be serious and said, "I will make a temporary formation for the Agent Fleet in a while. I hope Xuefeng can tell the team members I have selected about how to guard against the Builders."

"Oh, leave it to me."

Xuefeng also suddenly came to his senses, wiping his mouth in a similar manner as Zhou He, and nodded seriously.

After reaching a consensus with Xuefeng, Zhou He cut off the video, and contacted Bismarck, Hood, and New Jersey in succession, explaining his idea: to focus on Xuefeng, select his elite members to help Xuefeng delay other agents, and the remaining members who have not been selected will give priority to dealing with the executor team following the agents.

As for the possible surviving test field ship girls, they are unplanned reinforcements. It is best to have them, but we cannot expect them to be of much help. Everything must be based on the power that we can control.

While he was commanding, communicating and planning, time passed by and the sun in the sky began to slowly set.

"Sister, why is the teacher looking outside? Is he waiting for the people who went out to attack to come back?"

After lunch break, Anchorage was taken out for a walk by Jarvis. Standing on the lawn in front of the command center, she saw Zhou He sitting on a bench on the dock. From morning till now, Zhou He had been sitting there most of the time.

"Yes, that's part of the commander's job."

Jarvis was not as tall as Anchorage and could not see Zhou He, but that did not prevent her from giving an explanation because she knew that Zhou He was indeed at work.

"The teacher is so awesome. Anchorage also needs to work hard to help the teacher share the work!"

Anchorage clenched his fists, with longing and seriousness flashing in his beautiful eyes. Jarvis nodded, but he was a little skeptical about whether Anchorage could be deployed to the battlefield, and he planned to talk to Zhou He later.

……

"The arbitration agency is indeed different from the experimental agency."

Zhou He looked at the map of the test site that had been explored and couldn't help but praise it. 99% of the map had been covered by Shokaku and his friends. The remaining 1% was right in the center of the entire map. No matter which direction Shokaku and his friends approached from, they would be shot down when they got close to the fog.

As for the Purifier's statement that 'destroying the black spire will weaken Tova's power', Zhou He couldn't feel whether there was any change because he had never come into contact with Tova. However, it was obvious that even if the black tower was destroyed, Tova still had strong combat power.

However, what he has to deal with now is not Towa, but the group of agents whose situation has been figured out by Zuikaku using the suicide infiltration method.

There are five ship girl bases in the entire test field world. Four of them, including the Royal Base, have been destroyed by Towa. The remaining White Eagle Base, looking down from the sky, is also a big mess with black smoke coming out. But there are indeed quite a few remaining ship girls inside, which can be seen from the display of the system map. However, because they are all huddled in the base, he has no way of confirming the number of people, whether it is ten, five, twenty or even more.

The Agent Fleet was hovering near the White Eagle Base.

There were seven agents in total, including the severely injured VIII and XV, the battleship IX that rescued them, and another light cruiser IX, a total of four people were located outside the entrance and exit port of the White Eagle Base, on the east side of the base, facing his fleet.

Then the remaining aircraft carrier XIV and battleship VI were in the south of the base. The last aircraft carrier VI was not with these two for some reason, but was anchored alone in the northeast of the base.

The seven-man team was split into three small teams. Most of the executors, with a total of nearly a hundred people, followed the four-man team, a few followed the two-man team, and the remaining one-man team was alone without teammates.

To be honest, when Zhou He saw the distribution of these agents, he almost couldn't hold back. He wondered if there were factions among the Siren? Otherwise, why would they make such a stupid formation? You know, even if two of the seven people were seriously injured, and the remaining five agents pushed forward together, he really might not be able to withstand it.

But to prevent any intelligence errors, he still asked the Purifiers about their agents again. Unexpectedly, he found out something strange. The single Agent VI was actually a submarine mothership! An underwater mothership! This layout seemed to be designed to launch a surprise attack when his fleet and other agents were fighting fiercely.

"It is indeed a good layout. If we are attacked unexpectedly during the battle, the front line will lack firepower cover and we will probably suffer serious losses."

New Jersey and the others were also slightly surprised when they learned about it. You know, in the history they knew, submarines were so rare that they were only heard of. If it weren't for Zhou He, a guy with a keen eye, they would definitely have been successfully ambushed by this type of ship that they didn't know about.

"But now that we have discovered her, this is a breakthrough point."