Revisiting Azur Lane

"Yes! I understand."

Z23 immediately realized his mistake and quietly apologized to Bismarck, who shook his head slightly: "It's okay, my remarks were misleading."

"..."

Hood looked at Bismarck, then at Zhou He: "Commander, what we have to do next is to defeat them and close the test site?"

Even if the pawns that appeared in the Siren Test Field were victims, even if there were colleagues from the royal family, she would not show mercy.

This is war. Those who do not have this awareness are not qualified to set foot in this field!

"Well, it's just that we can destroy them right here and shut down the test site."

Zhou He touched his chin, his eyes wandering between Hood and Bismarck: "The choice is in your hands, whether to destroy it directly, or... Don't rush to give an answer, we have enough time."

The rewards for exploring the Mirror Sea are pretty good, but there's no loss if you don't explore it. After closing the test site, the occupation mission should be completed anyway, so you won't lose anything.

Chapter 51: Civil War

The decision was postponed, and the atmosphere on the scene eased a little. The topic shifted from Siren to Zhou He.

It was because Zhou He just showed that he seemed to know a lot about Siren technology. He mainly asked questions about Hood and Bismarck. Tosa was very interested but did not ask any questions actively. The rest just listened to the story on the side.

"… That's all I know."

In fact, Zhou He didn’t know much about Siren—it’s not that he didn’t know much, but what was explained in the game was too general and simple, with various settings and techniques superficial, and not much could be expressed in words.

However, this was already a lot for his fellow ship girls. Hermione wrote down his speech and handed it to Hood after he finished. Hood took a quick look at it and then handed it to Bismarck.

"According to the intelligence the commander knows, the Siren seems to have mastered very special technology. They have invaded multiple worlds and conducted a large number of such experiments. They have also formed a multi-structured world from top to bottom to manage the experiments. Our place is one of them, right?"

Hood looked at Zhou He, who was rubbing his hands constantly in an attempt to make them clean, and briefly summarized the intelligence he provided.

The fact that there are multiple "worlds" is not surprising to the ship girls of Zhou He's family at all. This is thanks to the fact that Zhou He had occasionally let slip big words, saying that he knew the history of the active battleship form of Kaga and witnessed the progress of the war between ship girls and sirens in different worlds.

"correct."

Zhou He, who had been hollowed out, could only nod his head. He had just carefully integrated the information he had learned, and he also discovered a very subtle thing: he had played the Azure mobile game for several years, and the plot settings produced in it, in his current situation, were exactly like what he would learn from the novice tutorials of other games.

We know the background story of the Sirens and the direction of technological development, but we don't know the purpose of the Sirens doing these things, the level of their high-end combat power, or even whether they are the ultimate enemy. The rest of the things need to be understood as the plot progresses.

'How come I ended up playing such a game.'

Because your skin is astringent? That's fine.

Zhou He's expression gradually became peaceful. His sage-like expression made Hood realize that Zhou He had indeed tried his best. So he tilted his head and asked the silent Bismarck: "How is it? If you can't do it, let me deal with the Iron Blood Fleet inside."

"..."

Bismarck hesitated, sighed and said in a deep voice: "It is not necessary. Letting them fight as soldiers is the best respect I can give them."

As for the guilt of killing her companions, she will slowly pay it back after the real Tirpitz and others join the port.

"So, have you decided to defeat these guys in there?"

At this point, it was obvious whether they were going to fight or not. Zuikaku, who had been explaining to Cleveland the "principle of ship drop when fighting the Sirens," cast his eyes over, eager to give it a try.

Even defeating the Sirens will drop new ship girls, so the chance of dropping ship girls by sinking these human-shaped chess pieces should be even greater, right?

"That's what I mean, Commander."

Hood took over the conversation and looked at Zhou He with a steady gaze: "Please give the order."

"I see."

Zhou He, who had just been freed from the sage mode, gave the plan he had already thought of: "Cleveland, Hermione, you two should figure out where to enter the experimental world and make sure to find a safe teleportation point."

After a brief pause, he took two steps back and glanced at everyone who was watching him: "This battle is different from the usual ones. Facing a humanoid enemy, it is obviously not appropriate to fight at a very long distance. You need to shorten the combat distance to ensure your hit rate. You can handle the specific situation on your own."

The specific division of labor is no different from usual. Yudachi, Hermione and others are in the front row to attract firepower, Hood, Tosa, and Bismarck are the backbone, and Zuikaku is in the back row.

"Understood (yes)!"

After receiving the order, everyone started to act. Cleveland and Hermione checked the structure of the basement and looked for the portal, while the other looked for a way to enter the experimental world. The others also made preparations for the war. Yudachi, Tosa and Zuikaku were eager to try, while Hood, Bismarck and Z23 were relatively calm.

Soon, Hermione found a way to locate and enter the experimental world. Cleveland couldn't find the teleportation point because he could open the door anywhere through the console.

Hermione opened the portal at the entrance of the control room with a few operations. The portal was a huge blue aperture, and the center of the aperture led directly to the inside of the experimental field. The naked eye could see the same dim world as the one in the surveillance camera. The turbid air and the salty sea water smell hit her in the face. The constantly rolling waves brought noisy sounds, making the quiet control room lively.

"How do you do it? Teach me."

Zhou He went to the computer to ask Hermione for advice. After practicing closing and opening the door many times, he roughly mastered how to locate and open the door, and personally placed the teleportation point near a sea area where a battle was taking place.

After taking a deep breath, Zhou He turned around and looked at everyone, raised his hand and stepped forward: "Everyone attack!"

……

There is a light source in the testing ground. There is a full moon hanging in the sky, illuminating the world. However, because the light source is relatively cold, the overall tone of the world appears cold and dim.

The roar of explosions coming from afar even made the sea water tremble. Bismarck and others who crossed the portal into this world gathered together to unify the team's voice channel.

"Twenty miles away from you, the Iron-blooded Admiral Hipper and the trio of Scharnhorst and Gneisenau are fighting against the Royal Glorious, Nelson, and Rodney. In addition to them, there are multiple Siren fleets around them, with three aircraft carriers and five battleships. The other fleets... They are fighting fiercely and for a long time. Zuikaku, you will directly send a fleet to carry out a blanket bombing to determine the available combat power of both sides, and give priority to dealing with the aircraft carriers."

Zhou He came to the portal, looked at the scene displayed on the monitor, and reported it to his own ship girls on the other side of the portal.

"They are all familiar names."

Hood sighed when she heard this. She knew these ships, but didn't know what they would look like after being transformed into ship girls.

"Got it! Commander, please close the door quickly to avoid accidental injuries."

Zuikaku answered loudly, raised his hand and waved it on the deck beside him. An exquisite airplane model was pushed out and took off, circling in the sky for several circles before returning to its normal airplane form, creating a strong wind that made the hair of other people around fly in the wind.

"You should also pay attention to safety."

Zhou He poked his head inside to take a look and felt that it was uninteresting, so he stepped out, gave some instructions, and closed the portal beside the console. After he was done, he found a place to sit down and looked at the screen on the wall, while adjusting the system interface to the dock so that he would be ready for repairs at any time.

On the other side, Bismarck and others in the howling wind test field also began to act. In the sky, Zuikaku's fleet was discovered by the warring parties before it could form. She simply rushed directly towards the fighters of both sides, and relied on the advantage of aerial vision to inform the location of the "battleship-type" aircraft carrier to Tosa and the other two.

"An aircraft carrier actually sailed near the battlefield. What do these guys mean?"

Hood and Bismarck felt inexplicably complicated when they got their positions.

The aircraft carrier of the Iron Blood-Royal Fleet was less than 10 nautical miles away from the battlefield, almost face to face with the enemy's battleships. Will these guys be able to fight?

"After all, they are just fakes made by Siren. We can't expect too much from them..."

The two people who originally had some psychological barriers were relieved at this moment - the people who could fight in such an unreasonable way could never be the people they knew.

"Tosa, you go to the left and we'll go to the right."

Zhou He did not choose the teleportation point randomly. He deployed it in a position where Tosa, Bismarck and Hood could reach the opposing aircraft carrier if they ran a little forward. After knowing the locations of these aircraft carriers, the three of them decisively divided the work.

Faced with this sudden appearance of the fleet, the two fleets that were fighting each other found it difficult to adjust their formations for a while. Within ten minutes, under the roar of the main guns, the sky that was originally buzzing with so many planes suddenly became quiet. A large number of carrier-based aircraft swooped down vertically or obliquely, and exploded into pieces on the spot when they plunged into the sea. Those that crashed into the warships were even more heavyweight. The flames lit up this cold world for a moment.

Without the restraint of the aircraft carrier, Zuikaku in the rear waved his hand and gave orders, and all the carrier-based aircraft began to carry out targeted bombing on the many warships that had already suffered heavy damage and were at the end of their strength. Combined with the second round of salvos from Tosa and his three men, the two fleets, the Royal and Iron Blood, were directly reduced in number.

"Damn it, there's actually a third party joining in. Is this the reason why the Sirens haven't appeared for so long?"

On the battlefield, Admiral Hipper, who was somewhat embarrassed by the explosions of the surrounding frigates, wiped the scars and blood from her face with her hands, leaving a dark mark on her face. After complaining, she gritted her teeth and contacted the Scharnhorst sisters: "It's no good here, retreat first."

"Retreat? Why should we retreat? No matter how many enemies there are, our mission is to defeat them."

Scharnhorst's slightly crazy voice reached Admiral Hipper's ears, making her very annoyed: "Do you know why Tirpitz asked me to follow you? It's because you are always like this!"

"There's no point in talking any more! If you want to escape, escape on your own. I'll go fight the new enemy. Let's go."

Scharnhorst did not listen to Admiral Hipper's words at all, and rushed out of the battleship group with Gneisenau towards the artillery fire. However, after running a few steps, they were subjected to intensive artillery fire from the Royal camp. After they urgently avoided it, the two found that there were also figures rushing out of the Royal camp. The two sides once again engaged in a tense and exciting close-range artillery battle.

"Whatever you want!"

Admiral Hipper, who had followed them, saw that they were fighting with the opponent's pawns again, so he turned around and was about to leave.

Unlike these guys, she doesn't want to die so meaninglessly!

"..."

While thinking this, Admiral Hipper drew a circle on the sea and approached the direction of the "third fleet" from another direction - not because she changed her mind, but because she wanted to determine the composition of this newly appeared fleet, and she needed to bring this information back.

There were carrier-based aircraft flying over the sky, but they did not attack her, as if they did not notice her, so she moved forward silently. Finally, not long after, her radar captured several reactions. This specific one was discovered to be humanoid. She thought to herself: "Is it really a new chess piece?"

Although she didn't know why, she was still approaching the "enemy camp". During this time, she met Hermione, the vanguard escorting Hood. Strangely, the royal Hermione did not attack her, but just followed her at a certain distance. Then, she saw two figures appearing at the end of her sight, and her pupils shook suddenly.

……

"There's a chess piece approaching. It's Hipper. The commander said to let her get closer."

Bismarck held the iron and blood flag, changed the direction of the main gun that was originally prepared to attack, and passed the message to others.

"…Her reaction is different from the others. Is she more awakened?"

Hood was not far behind Bismarck. Unfortunately, the three royal "chess pieces" had no intention of approaching them and were still stuck in the quagmire of the battlefield. Even after they, a third party, intervened, they were still fighting to the death, like beasts without the ability to think.

"Not sure, let's see what she wants to do."

Bismarck's eyes moved slightly as he spoke: "The commander said that a new companion has joined."

"Hmm? Iron-blooded?"

Hood glanced sideways and informed Bismarck only that he was most likely a member of the Iron Blood.

"Under water, ask Hermione if you can spot her?"

Bismarck smiled, and the cheerful tone made Hood frown. He asked Hermione alone, but the answer he got was no response.

"He seems to be an excellent subordinate."

Hood understood that Bismarck was showing off to her, so she took advantage of the situation and praised the submarine she had never met.

"She's here, let's go."

Without responding directly to Hood, Bismarck drove the thrusters to meet Admiral Hipper. According to Zhou He, if Hipper had no intention of fighting them, they could take him back as a prisoner depending on the situation.

A moment later, with the fire in the distance, Bismarck appeared in front of Admiral Hipper with the Hood, and looked at Admiral Hipper who seemed to be trembling calmly: "Long time no see."

"Why...why are you here?"

Hipper looked at Bismarck, his voice not as confident as when he was shouting at Scharnhorst, and full of powerlessness.

"Because I came here as Bismarck, not as a pawn of the Siren."

Bismarck looked at Hipper and murmured for a moment: "I saw Tirpitz, but I didn't see Eugen. Do you understand your current situation?"

Hearing that Bismarck was not a pawn, Hipper's eyes lit up instantly. "Yes, I suddenly woke up recently. According to Tirpitz's speculation, it was the Sirens who created us and instilled some false memories into us to conduct endless war experiments. It's really shameful that we were played by those guys."

Bismarck was inexplicably relieved to hear that Tirpitz could make such a clear inference. Then she took a deep breath and said, "Go back and tell Tirpitz that we will terminate this experiment. She knows what to do."

"Yes!"

Admiral Hipper suddenly gained momentum and was about to turn around when shells fell around them. As the waves swayed, Hipper suddenly turned back and saw that the person who launched the attack was actually -

boom!

What she saw was a splash of water into the sky, and there was no other reaction from the other side.

"Well done, 556."

Bismarck looked calm, she heard the voice asking for credit.

Chapter 52: Three-way Fight

The two chess fleets were evenly matched in the fight, but after a third party intervened, they continued to fight passionately, so it was natural that they were wiped out.

"A submarine was lost, the Iron Blood U556, and... what the hell is Admiral Hipper (limited time)?"

In the control room, Zhou He watched the entire battle process through the surveillance camera. He saw Hipper leave the battlefield and run towards Bismarck. He let her get closer for the sake of trial. As a result, as soon as she met Bismarck, the computer screen started to creak and gave an awakening warning.

"So what this system means is that although these ship girls are pawns of the Sirens, if they are awakened to the point where they can be persuaded to surrender, they can also be considered as our own people?"

Looking at the extra temporary ships in his own dock, Zhou He placed his fingers on the cold equipment and tapped gently. Only children can tell right from wrong. An outstanding adult like him would naturally want them all. Since the system has assigned them to him, he will accept them with respect!

He moved his sights to replenish and repair all the members' ammunition and damage, and opened the attack map. Just like the game has an independent map for entering the hidden sea, his attack map was also refreshed after entering the test site. Perhaps it was because he saw the interior of the test site through the surveillance perspective, so this new map was opened in full from the beginning.

Zhou He took a quick look and found that the entire test site was very large, but the area where there was a firefight was very small. There were three places in total, all gathered in the right half of the map. Bismarck and others had solved one of them, and there were two more places moving up.

Looking at the map, the graphics of the KanColle and Sirens are densely packed together.

“I hope there won’t be any new changes.”