Revisiting Azur Lane

It's fine for the others, but what about Hipper? Does he want to salvage the ship girls he met in the Mirror Sea and bring them home? Does he need to contact them and let them join as limited-time girls? Then, like in the game, let them attack in the team to boost their favorability so that they can change from temporary to permanent? And then, use the power of the system to pull them out of the Mirror Sea?

It was very much like a game, but how could he raise her favorability to the maximum in such a short time? In an area like the Mirror Sea where battles were taking place everywhere, he couldn't even go there in person, unless he met a ship girl like Yudachi who was famous for being easy to seduce, and he could just seduce her back through video chat.

"So far, the system has not given any useless functions. Since there is a limited-time option, there must be a possibility of permanent joining. Things that cannot be completed in a short time - is it possible that the released ship girls will return to the game?"

Zhou He's thoughts became more and more distracted. In order to save energy, he even sat down, crossed his arms and closed his eyes.

"…commander?"

Changdao watched Zhou He frown from standing up to sitting down with his arms crossed to think without saying a word, which made her unconsciously nervous. She stood up and walked around to Hood and asked in a low voice: "Will the battle over there have a serious impact on us?"

"It's hard to say. If the war spreads to our side, it will be very difficult to deal with."

Hood was already used to Zhou He suddenly entering deep thinking mode. Seeing that Changdao seemed to be frightened, he borrowed Zhou He's performance to urge her to investigate seriously: "The main reason is that we can't judge whether those ship girls who appear will be hostile to us. In addition to dealing with the Sirens, we also need to make second-hand and third-hand plans."

"Huhu, so that's how it is."

After hearing Hood's theoretical analysis, Nagashima realized that now was not the time to slack off, and she quenched her thirst, jumped into the water, deployed her ship equipment, and released all her carrier-based aircraft while running - she tried very hard, but she only had 21 carrier-based aircraft in total, including reconnaissance aircraft, fighters and bombers, which was far less than Zuikaku's full load of 72 aircraft.

This is the huge gap between regular aircraft carriers and light escort aircraft, but if used well, light aircraft can also defeat regular aircraft carriers.

……

"An unidentified mixed group of aircraft has appeared again. They are indeed our aircraft. Is there any of our island bases nearby?"

In the ongoing battlefield, a blonde woman with two tentacle-like hairs on her head and wearing a black jacket looked up at the sky that was impossible to see. The plane she launched captured the Long Island fleet circling from the west, and asked the others around her.

"What are you thinking about? How could the Siren allow our base to exist in the Mirror Sea? Maybe another team that was out on a mission accidentally ran in."

The person who answered her was a petite girl with long pink hair tied up with a black bow. In her hand was a scepter-like ship armor with a runway extending from the top of the scepter, making it look like a fluttering flag.

"I didn't expect that those two guys from Sakura Empire would actually join Siren. After I go back this time, I will definitely talk to those guys from Sakura Empire and I will never let them go unless they show some sincerity!"

Saratoga was very angry. Today, her superiors sent her information saying that a group of Sirens were escorting important documents and asked them to intercept them. Because everyone else was fighting in other places, she formed a team with Lexington, Hu Feng and others to intercept them. They never expected that they were pulled into the mirror sea as soon as they came into contact with the Sirens.

That would have been fine, she had never thought that the manager of this mirror sea was actually the Sakura Empire's First Carrier. She had wanted to trick the other side into letting her leave, but instead she was led by Akagi into a deeper area of ​​the mirror sea, and then the Sirens were directly released to attack them, obviously not intending to let them leave safely.

"Let's talk about this after we get back."

The shells whizzed down past several people, making whistling and exploding sounds. A serious-looking ship girl with silver shoulder-length hair ran past Saratoga. Because her aura was strong enough, even though she was wearing a revealing belly-baring outfit, she still looked heroic.

"Yes, Hu Feng, what is that strange carrier-based aircraft group doing?"

Because they were at the rear of the fleet, several battleships tried their best to analyze the battlefield situation while fighting. Lexington did not complain. While fighting against the enemy's carrier-based aircraft, he asked Hu Feng, who frowned and said, "They have infiltrated our team. Most of them went in the direction of those people from the Sakura Empire. A few are fighting with the Sirens. They are more like reconnaissance than helping."

"Are you judging the situation? It seems that they are not our main fleet. Please help to cover them. Once they know the situation here, they should run out of the Mirror Sea and communicate with the military for help."

Lexington made a judgment after a brief analysis - although there was news that the Sirens would place chess pieces similar to them in the Mirror Sea, those chess pieces had no brains and would not get out of such a complicated matter that would confuse the public.

"That's all it can do."

Hu Feng responded, completely unaware that in Changdao's eyes she was just a weird person wearing pajamas to the battlefield.

After finishing the brief discussion, several people fought while retreating. In addition to the four battleships, there were more than ten destroyers in the White Eagle team. The light and heavy cruisers were entangled with the Sirens and Executors respectively. The large number of mass-produced ships did not cause too much pressure on them, but the Executors were in a difficult situation because Akagi and the Sakura Empire's "people" were mixed in with them. Saratoga and others were focusing on fighting against that side.

At this moment, at the other end of the battlefield, two girls wearing Japanese light clothing, with fox ears on their heads and tails on their backs, similar to Tosa, were standing on the water.

"As expected of the White Eagle's elite fleet, they are so formidable."

Akagi, whose clothes were decorated with red tones, stared at the front of the battlefield. When she spoke, the corners of her mouth slightly raised to praise the other party, but her red eyes were full of laziness and indifference. She tilted her head to look at Kaga, who was dressed similarly to her but exuded a cool aura: "Have you found the reason why they ran in?"

"No, they appeared in the test area without any warning. It's most likely the observers' doing."

Kaga frowned slightly: "Do we really have to sink them here? Our experiments have not yet..."

"Are you worried about the reaction from the White Eagles? It's okay. Our 'seniors' may not have other specialties, but they are quite good at distancing themselves from the matter."

Akagi's eyes fell on Kaga. He half-closed his eyes and put his slender fingers to his lips to make a silent gesture. An unknown fire burned in his eyes: "The White Eagle fleet broke into the Siren's mirror sea and was completely destroyed. Isn't this quite interesting?"

"..."

Seeing this, Kaga knew that he could not persuade Akagi, so he remained silent and waited for her performance to end. After a moment, he spoke: "There were two times when a group of White Eagles flew over from outside our control range."

"what?"

Akagi's eyebrows twitched, and then he relaxed as his eyes moved: "It's okay, the observers will take care of it."

"Sister Akagi, are you trusting them too much?"

Kaga frowned. She would not stop Akagi from reaching a cooperative relationship with the Sirens, but it was too dangerous to leave such a matter to the Sirens to deal with.

"Then, go ahead."

Akagi shook his palm casually: "Handle it more cleanly."

"understood."

Kaga turned around and quickly disappeared, leaving Akagi alone to observe the battle situation, with the corners of his lips raised and his narrow eyes half-closed, wondering what he was thinking.

……

"Commander, I saw clearly that it was the Sakura Empire's people who led the Sirens to besiege the White Eagle fleet! The White Eagle's aircraft carrier even took the initiative to cover me and let me observe the battle situation."

All the crew members of the second round of carrier-based aircraft in Changdao were destroyed again. This loss rate would make any normal logistics manager angry, but for Zhou He, it was a very common thing. He even felt that he had gained a lot of intelligence.

Zhou He touched his chin after hearing Changdao's excited report: "So, at least the people in the White Eagle Fleet are normal ship girls."

"Not only that."

Hood took over the conversation: "These White Eagles' shipgirls are covering Changdao's reconnaissance planes, which means they have seriously considered that Changdao may bring reinforcements to support them. Having this kind of thinking mode shows that there is a huge force behind them, which can easily deal with these mass-produced and executor forces."

"Then there is only national power."

Zhou He understood, his eyes flickering: "These White Eagle ship girls are from the complete White Eagle camp, and the Sakura Empire's ship girls are mixed with the Sirens. They are most likely chess pieces produced in the Siren Mirror Sea."

In the game, some people from Sakura Empire and Iron Blood have reached a cooperative relationship with the Sirens, but even so, they will not blatantly join forces with the Sirens to attack and kill fleets of other camps. Considering the interests and international relations, this situation will definitely not happen in the real world.

Therefore, if he wanted to get the mission reward, the best option was to annihilate the Siren and Sakura Empire's pawns from the perspective of assisting the White Eagle.

As for how to allocate support personnel, he needs to think about it carefully.

In the game, the Royal Army and the White Eagles are in the same camp of Azur Lane, while the Iron Bloods and the Sakura Empire belong to the same Red Axis. In order to avoid accidental injuries to friendly forces, he decided to provide support with this camp.

"Although it's a bit hasty, Hood, Hermione, and Nagashima, you will set off for the Siren base we met yesterday to meet up with Bismarck and the others. I will give you the next instructions after Zuikaku explores the situation in the West Fourth District."

Although Zhou He did not trust the ship girls outside his own family, he would not allow a serious ship girl to be sunk by the Sirens in front of him. In addition, there were mission rewards and the possibility of obtaining intelligence about this world from the White Eagle Fleet.

This support operation is imperative.

However, after he finished speaking, he looked up at the sky and said, "Before we set off, let's go to the restaurant and ask Manju to prepare some lunch boxes. We have the conditions now, and we can't let everyone fight on an empty stomach again."

"It's not safe for you to be alone at home, Commander. How about we go together?"

Nagashima glanced at the deserted port area and suggested.

"Don't worry, I have other plans."

Zhou He smiled confidently.

He still has some reserve players who haven't appeared yet.

Chapter 68 Sister Ships

Under Zhou He's persuasion and arrangement, Hood, Changdao and Hermione set out from the port area carrying large and small lunch boxes.

After all the people in the port area were sent out, Akashi finally realized what was happening and found Zhou He at the beach. She remembered that Zhou He had arranged for a few people to stay at home.

"We encountered a little emergency, so we asked Hood and the others to go out and help."

Looking at Akashi who looked a little nervous, Zhou He smiled and reached out to ruffle her hair: "Don't worry, Kursk is still in the port area. If there are enemies approaching, you don't need to go out to meet them."

"Meow~"

Hearing Zhou He's words, Mingshi felt relieved instantly. He wagged his tail leisurely and then suddenly stood up straight. He hastily defended himself: "Even if the enemy attacks, I will not abandon the commander and run away by myself, meow!"

Although this statement sounded a bit like trying to cover up the truth, Zhou He was still very happy to hear it.

After briefly comforting Akashi, Zhou He took a walk along the beach of the bay, but his attention was on the system map. Following his instructions, Bismarck and others had arrived near the Siren Base, and the fast-running destroyers such as Yudachi had also arrived at the edge of West District 3 and were about to light up West District 4.

As for the White Eagle Fleet that was in the middle of a fierce battle, his map couldn't see that far. He could only see that the Siren fleets in East District 3 and North District 3 were constantly being attracted by the sound over there and gathering together. From the map, the Siren icons were like the zombies in the Resident Evil game, attracted by the sound and moving closer to try to surround the source of the sound.

From Changdao's reconnaissance report, we can learn that the White Eagle Fleet far away in the North Fourth and even North Fifth Districts was not surrounded by the Sirens. They were facing the Sirens from the North Third District and the east side. The number of Sirens was at least in three digits - with so many Sirens, it was impossible for the White Eagle Fleet with aircraft carriers to fail to discover them. So it is very likely that they were suddenly thrown into the mirror sea. Moreover, this group of White Eagle ship girls have superior combat power. They did not panic and lose in the face of Sirens that are nearly ten times their own number.

"The number of sirens here is really exaggerated, almost the same as in the game."

Zhou He curled his lips. In the game, one needs to fight 5 to 6 ships in a map to defeat the boss. It takes 6 to 7 battles in total to defeat nearly a hundred Sirens. It's similar here. There are at least fifty or sixty mass-produced Sirens in the area occupied by Sirens. When combined with the Executors, the number easily exceeds a hundred.

In the game, if a ship girl is sunk, it will only be in a state of serious damage, but in reality, if she is sunk, she is gone. It is much more difficult. Even if he has fifteen ship girls, he still has to act with caution. That White Eagle fleet is really unlucky.

While he was observing and thinking, the destroyer squadron had already run into West District 4. Then, under his gaze, Yudachi and others turned directly back to West District 3, and Zuikaku's carrier-based aircraft stopped without flying very far.

"Shot down?"

Zhou He knew it at a glance. The 3D man staring at Zuikaku started the video. The scene in front of him flashed, and the screen in front of him expanded to show Zuikaku with a frown. It was the second time he saw Zuikaku so serious. Before he could take a closer look, Zuikaku noticed him, and his frown relaxed, looking at him helplessly: "Could it be that you know this again, Commander?"

"I didn't see anything this time. Your carrier-based aircraft were shot down too quickly."

Zhou He shook his head: "What's there? A regular Siren base?"

“…You really didn’t see it?”

Zuikaku's face was full of suspicion, and Zhou He spread his hands innocently: "I'm really guessing this time. There is no mirror sea over there, and ordinary Sirens can't shoot down your reconnaissance plane so quickly. With such a strong defense force, it can only be a regular base."

"So simple?"

Zuikaku still couldn't accept it. Wasn't this reasoning formula too casual?

"Don't worry about these details. Take Yudachi and the others to our second base to meet up with Hood, Bismarck and the others. There is a new mission for you to carry out."

Zhou He dropped the topic. He did make a guess, but he didn't expect to guess it right at once. This gave him a headache. Hood's plan to go west to find land was directly overturned.

"Hmm? Are we going to go to war with the Sirens?"

When she heard about the new mission, Zuikaku's eyes instantly brightened up. At this stage, apart from the outdoor exploration mission, they only had the attack mission left. Although she didn't understand why Zhou He suddenly changed his mind, she just wanted to find Siren to vent her anger. This was a perfect opportunity.

"That's about right. You'll know the details when you come back."

Zhou He touched his chin. Although he said during the discussion with Hood that the Sakura Empire ship girls on the battlefield were pawns of the Sirens, knowing some secrets (the game plot), he couldn't be completely sure whether the Sakura Empire ship girls mixed with the Sirens were pawns or real ship girls.

"clear."

Zuikaku responded with a smile and glanced sideways and whispered a few words. Zhou He guessed that she was conveying a message to Yuudachi and the others. After she finished speaking, he waved to her before disconnecting the video. He put one hand on his waist and looked into the depths of the sea, thinking about whether to wake up new ship girls to join.

This is a question before a decision is made, but when it appears as a question, the answer is obvious.

"Build x4."

Zhou He switched to the construction interface and put the remaining four Rubik's Cubes into use - stored Rubik's Cubes ≈ reserve combat power. Now is the time when they are short of the combat power of the Ship Girls to fight against the Sirens. Why not wait any longer?

boom.

The heavy iron doors of the construction interface collided with each other, and Zhou He, who was already accustomed to the characteristics of the system, simply closed his eyes.

The oncoming sea breeze caressed his face gently, and the familiar salty and humid smell rushed into his nose. Faintly, Zhou He heard the clear and melodious sound of a flute coming from a distance, and the rustling sound of footsteps was close at hand.

He opened his eyes and saw the sun hanging high over the bay. He turned around and saw four different figures appearing on the beach of the bay, walking towards him from far away.

"Ah, ah~Comrade Commander!"

The girl walking in front is wearing a very strange outfit. It looks like full-body socks underneath, but if you look closely you will find that the colors of the upper and lower body are slightly different. The upper body is made of leather and there is no special welfare relaxation. What is more noteworthy is that she is wearing white shorts, the Northern League's unique white tall hat, and a loose windbreaker draped behind her.

"Speaking of the Northern Alliance's super genius mechanic, that's me. Let me test you, Commander. Do you know my name?"

A girl who was slightly shorter than Zhou He, about 165cm tall, with light yellow twin ponytails and looked as delicate and cute as a doll, stood three steps away from Zhou He, with one hand on her waist and the other hand raising the side of her windbreaker, with a proud and bright smile on her face.

“Sensitive.”

Zhou He pondered for a moment, and soon remembered the name of the girl in front of him. There were not many Northern Alliance ships installed in the game, but he didn't remember many of them either. This was a destroyer that appeared together with a colorful ship with a difficult name - Kiev also appeared at the same time.

He remembered very clearly that before this event started, the Northern League, whose world had already been torn apart, was in the midst of an internal dispute, and Kiev was one of the focal points of the dispute. All kinds of mocking words were flying around, and it was the Northern League event that left the deepest impression on him.

"correct!"

Lingmin raised his hand and snapped his fingers, then put his hand on his chest and proudly introduced himself: "I am Lingmin, the super genius mechanic from the Northern Alliance! If there are any problems with the machines in the port area, Commander, just come find me!"

"Well, you're welcome to join us."

Zhou He didn't dislike lively girls. After briefly introducing himself, he shook hands with Lingmin, then pointed to the dock platform and said, "Our port's resources are stored there. If you are interested, you can use them at will. In return, I'll take care of the mechanical maintenance of that area. How do you do that?"