Revisiting Azur Lane

Zhou He, who got up early, was not very active in thinking. After thinking about it, he decided to keep his troops in place so as not to alert the enemy. The light cruiser that was suspected to be the flagship of the patrol team was his target.

After all, this is the real world, and the Sirens will definitely not stay in here according to the divisions on the map and wait for him to deal with them. If there are Sirens approaching in the next area and he doesn't notice them, it will be a big trouble.

"I think you were given three or two ships at the beginning of the game? Now there is only one initial ship. Isn't it too difficult?"

Zhou He, who felt that his own fighting power was seriously insufficient, took a breath, turned around and left Yuli's room, went straight out the door and walked to the bay to watch Yuli running. There is a difference between observing from a close distance at eye level and from a long distance at a high position. Standing on the beach, you can feel how fast Yuli runs. He runs from this side to the other side in a flash, with the waves splashing on his feet. It is estimated that he can run more than one kilometer in a minute.

If he was hit by Yudachi, who was traveling at a speed of over 60 kilometers per hour, Zhou He suspected that he would fly out and turn into Yamcha on the spot, so he honestly stepped back ten meters, lowered his head, found a convenient stone on the ground, and started drawing on the beach.

"Hmmmm~ What is the Commander doing?"

After strolling around the bay for more than ten laps, Yuuri returned to the shore and happily approached Zhou He, watching him draw circles on the ground.

“Drawing a map.”

Zhou He drew a rough outline according to the map in the system, then threw the stone in the middle and pointed at it, saying, "This is our headquarters. Yesterday, you, Xili, scouted a small area, and the rest of the area around it is unknown. In order to prevent any accidents in our operations, you, Xili, will need to go out and explore these places as well."

"Well."

Yudachi looked at the map and thought for a while: "I see, I will visit all these places today!"

"Well, be careful when you go out, and run away if you encounter trouble. We don't fight a battle we are not sure of, okay?"

Zhou He took a breath and continued to instill his prudent ideas into Xili.

The port area has just been established, so there is nothing wrong with being a little slow.

"Yes~"

Yuli had no objection. After listening to Zhou He's speech, she raised her head and smiled excitedly: "Then Commander, what are we having for breakfast today?"

"Let's eat noodles."

Zhou He answered subconsciously, but after being stared at by Xi Li for a while, he changed his words: "It's ok to cook some porridge, uh, and steam some egg custard? Okay, okay, I'll add some meat to the noodles."

Hearing about meat, Yuli nodded with satisfaction, while Zhou He was grumbling in his heart. Yuli had eaten nearly ten kilograms of meat yesterday. At this rate, Yuli would have to go out to sea on an empty stomach the day after tomorrow at the latest.

"Remember that Homeland Coins can be exchanged for meat?"

He recalled that there was meat in the home store. The system's products should contain more energy or be more suitable for the needs of the ship girls? Otherwise, if everyone is so greedy, he will have to go fishing every day to make a living.

Zhou He was worried, but Xili was obviously not aware of this. He was very happy when he knew there was meat to eat, and followed Zhou He happily.

……

After a simple breakfast, Zhou He watched Yuli leave the port, looked up at the bright sun, turned around and went into the command center to move out all the daily necessities of him and Yuli in the warehouse and hang them out to dry.

There was only one ship girl, Yuudachi, and there was not much to do in terms of logistics. After a while, Zhou He sat on the grass next to the headquarters and checked the Home Mall - one good thing about this mall was that daily necessities were very cheap when sold individually. The telescope I bought yesterday only cost 1 yuan, an ordinary bed also only costs 1 yuan, and 30kg of rice also only costs 1 yuan.

There was also a piece of the meat that Yuli had been longing for, and everyone was treated equally, one dollar could buy ten kilograms.

More expensive items are those that require technological content. For example, 5 Garden Coins can be directly exchanged for an acre of vegetable field, 10 Garden Coins can be exchanged for a large game console, 20 to 50 coins can be used to buy professional medical and laboratory equipment, and even a sports car. The cheapest speedboat costs 70 coins.

This price-performance ratio is not to say that it is fair, but at least it is the conscience of the industry.

But Zhou He is poor enough. If he can't find a way to increase the number of ship girls in his family, he will have to spend all his home coins just to maintain his daily life with Yuudachi.

“Is this the pressure from family?”

Zhou He closed the mall and rested his eyes. Before crossing over, he only needed to support himself, but now he has to support a whole family...

No, think about it carefully, the home coins are given according to the number of ship girls. Rounding it off, the ship girls work, and then the system gives him money to spend. The more ship girls he has, the more pocket money he has.

Shocked, he is actually the one being raised?

"..."

Zhou He was silent for a moment, and then he decided to check on Yuudachi's work progress.

Chapter 9: The Battle Faster Than Expected

Yudachi is very active. In the past two hours, he has left footprints in the four blocks around the headquarters. What is relaxing is that two areas are blank, without the Siren's power icons. Only the area behind the headquarters island has Siren.

From the overall picture, the Sirens are sandwiching the island from the north and south. The attack will be very powerful, but on the other hand, the Sirens on both sides may belong to two teams. When the south is attacked, the north may not be notified...

"Forget it. I will definitely be discovered if I fight the Siren like this. The Siren family is big and powerful. Killing these small teams will not attract the attention of the Observers in the short term. I just need to develop as quickly as possible while I have time."

Zhou He had the answer in his heart.

Surviving in the short term is to find a better route for the future, but if you can't find a better route, then it will be useless no matter how long you survive. Instead, it will wear down your fighting spirit, and you will be hesitant when you really want to do something.

So he stared at the operational instructions for the outbound fleet and selected "Update Instructions", asking Yuli to give up exploring the back of the island, that is, the area in the north with sirens, and first explore the maps of the other two areas without sirens.

"Don't tell me, it feels a bit like playing a game."

Looking at the 3D Xiao Xili on the map who paused for a moment and turned around after hearing the command, Zhou He supported himself with his elbow and touched his chin, then switched the view to the area in the south where the Siren were located. The Siren division inside was different. A total of four Sirens appeared in the bright area, wandering around like idle street urchins.

"Oh?"

Originally he just planned to take a look at the situation, but this glance made Zhou He see something different: the two destroyers were smaller in size and ran faster than the light cruiser. After turning at sea, they left the light cruiser behind for a distance, which was not far. Judging from the scale of the game map, it was only about three or four nautical miles. The two destroyers were at right angles to the light cruiser. If there was no external force, the gap would soon return to its original state when the light cruiser turned and caught up.

"A chance? A try?"

These words suddenly popped up in Zhou He's mind. After a brief thought, he unilaterally connected to the video with Yudachi: "Yudachi, can you hear me? The light cruiser we targeted yesterday appeared at an angle of 60-70 degrees southwest of you. The distance is about nautical miles. Do you have a way to attract it?"

"Huh? I see. I'll try."

Xi Li was running and felt bored and wanted to yawn, but Zhou He's words suddenly came to her ears and cheered her up. She recognized the direction Zhou He gave and started to speed up. She raised her right hand while running and paused to remind Zhou He: "Commander, cut off the communication. I'm going to fire. It's very noisy."

"fire?"

Zhou He understood immediately and said quickly: "That light cruiser is closest to you. The two destroyers behind it are not far away, but they need time to turn around. If you attract the light cruiser to get close, try to penetrate its ship in a short time, that is, the power and ammunition compartments and other key positions, so that it will die slowly. Remember?"

"understand!"

Yudachi licked his lips with his tongue, his eyes shining and his teeth bared in a warlike smile.

To be honest, she didn't care whether the opponent was one or three or four. She retreated yesterday because of Zhou He's order, but this group of guys were not so lucky today.

"Don't forget to pay attention to safety. If you succeed or find something is wrong, retreat immediately. Remember not to be outnumbered."

Before cutting off the video, Zhou He still gave some serious instructions - from yesterday to today, Yuuri had listened to him very much, so he felt a lot more at ease after he said that.

"Commander really loves to worry."

After hearing this instruction, Yudachi muttered something quietly, raised his right hand to adjust the cannon on the back of his hand, and after supporting his right wrist with his left hand, he chose the direction that could fly the farthest and fired.

'boom! ’

A sound like thunder rang out from the muzzle of the small ship's gun, and white smoke appeared in the sky. The birds passing by in the sky flew away in panic, and the shells whizzed towards the distance. Under the huge recoil, Yudachi's speed was not affected at all, and he rushed through the flying smoke and continued to move forward.

Following the shells flying in the air, one can see from afar a dark and hideous light cruiser flowing with red magma-like substance sailing steadily on the sea. A few seconds after the shells hit the water and exploded, the cruiser stopped turning as if it had completed the search for the enemy and headed straight for the area where the shells landed.

The three destroyers further away also changed course at the same time, just like dogs that smelled danger.

……

"Yudachi did fire, but what about these sirens? Can they hear the sound? Or do they feel the vibration?"

Zhou He looked at the Sirens moving in sync on the map and couldn't help but take a breath.

He was still thinking that by standing in a very marginal position, he might be able to attract the hatred of the light cruiser, but he didn't expect that his hopes would be dashed after one shot.

"Can Yudachi do it?"

Looking at Xili who was running straight towards him with the Siren Light Cruiser, Zhou He's eyes were solemn and his fingers were clenched together.

He felt that he was a bit reckless, but when he saw the Sirens' formation, he had a clear sense in his heart that he could take action. The so-called opportunity was fleeting, and if it really didn't work out, he could let Yuudachi escape and get rid of the Sirens and come back.

After all, there is a large area of ​​sea where no Sirens roam, so there is space to retreat. There is no need to worry about being blocked by Sirens during the retreat, and the danger is also reduced.

Running in both directions is the shortest distance. The distance of twenty nautical miles was shortened to ten nautical miles in just five minutes, or even closer. On Zhou He's map, Yulichi almost touched Siren.

The real situation is that Yudachi and Siren met each other:

A giant sea creature nearly 200 meters long was roaming the sea, and it was facing Yudachi, whose shipbuilding equipment was less than 1.7 meters long. After entering a distance of ten nautical miles, the two began to exchange artillery fire. A large number of shells landed on the sea surface and exploded into waves that shot up into the sky.

The Siren light cruiser has a longer range than Yudachi, and the number of its naval guns is nearly twice that of Yudachi. Looking down from the sky, the light cruiser is facing Yudachi, and its turret is madly spewing white smoke and emitting a dense barrage of shells, while Yudachi is tottering in the waves. Only occasionally can you see her counterattacking, but each of her counterattacks accurately falls on the Siren's hull. The destroyer's firepower is weak and depends on the target. If it is a heavy cruiser, it will naturally be a tickle, but if the opponent is a light cruiser, every explosion will see some flames on the deck, which continue to accumulate.

"You can't hit it! Baka~"

In the rain of shells, Yudachi gritted his teeth and raised his head to fire another shot. After observing the position of three destroyers appearing on the edge through radar, his eyes changed. The torpedo launchers on both sides of his body adjusted their positions with a click and aimed at the light cruiser. Eight oxygen torpedoes fell into the water one after another, and Yudachi himself made an extreme right-angle turn to avoid the shells and reloaded the torpedoes. In less than half a minute, he launched another torpedo and launched all 16 torpedoes on his body.

The fight was still going on. Three destroyers were approaching from both sides and were about to encircle them. Remembering Zhou He's instructions, Yuuri looked around, curled his lips, made a "tsk" sound, and turned and ran.

At the moment she turned around, there were dense explosions at the bottom of the light cruiser. After counting carefully, there were actually ten!

The light cruiser's armor simply could not withstand the direct hit of such a large number of torpedoes and was torn into horrible cracks on the spot. The surging sea water rushed into it unscrupulously, destroying the weakest part of the battleship. The entire ship lost its power on the spot and almost tilted.

Originally, Sakura Empire's torpedoes were famous for their low hit rate and explosion during World War II. However, when the battleships were personified, the torpedo launch coverage area became controllable and tight, and the opposing battleships were incredibly large. Within the limit of five nautical miles, the hit rate was miraculously increased countless times!

The destroyer should have been at a disadvantage against the light cruiser, but after the ships were personified, because each ship became petite and agile, the opponent's artillery hit rate dropped sharply, and it actually gained a certain advantage!

"Commander, you are too cautious when facing an opponent of this level. How are we going to deal with these guys next?"

Although he was running away, Yuudachi was thinking about how to fight back.

She wants to return with a great victory and win Zhou He's praise!

Chapter 10 Buy One Get One Free

"How's the battle going?"

At the bay of the headquarters, Zhou He paced back and forth, worried about Yuli. He could see the map of the explored sea area from a bird's eye view, but he couldn't tell the battle process by looking at the 3D human icon. After a long battle, in his sight, not a single Siren was missing, and the destroyers that caught up from behind even surrounded Yuli on both sides, with a vague tendency to cover up her human figure pattern.

He frowned, but he couldn't give Yuudachi instructions or make a video call during the battle, so he could only keep his eyes on those icons.

Finally, before the Sirens formed a siege, Yuli's little man began to evacuate. Zhou He also breathed a sigh of relief. When he was about to convey instructions to Yuli, the Siren icon suddenly appeared on the map when Yuli had just explored half of an area where there should have been no Sirens.

This meant that the area that was originally Yudachi's safe retreat was no longer safe, and the suddenly appearing Siren did not appear on the map, but was outside the fog that he could not observe.

"hiss--"

Zhou He looked at the three blocks in the east, south and north that were close to the headquarters and all covered by the Siren icon. He took a deep breath, stared at them for a few seconds, and then came to his senses and began to think about countermeasures:

The Sirens outside the fog were most likely attracted by the sound of artillery fire, and the Sirens in the north did not move at this time, which means that the Sirens' mobile search range is not particularly large, and Yudachi has attracted the attention of another or several Siren fleets. The most important thing to do now is to stay away from the north to prevent the Sirens from surrounding them from three directions, and it would be best to pull the new Siren team out of the fog so that they can observe and analyze countermeasures.

Without hesitation, he immediately passed the situation to Yudachi through the 'change command' function and gave the order to 'go west', pulling the Siren to the relatively safe west for processing.

……

"Well, what an annoying bunch of guys."

Yudachi, who had just pulled the three pursuing destroyers out of the light cruiser's artillery support range, received the message from Zhou He before she found a chance to counterattack. She muttered impatiently, temporarily gave up the idea of ​​counterattacking, drove the ship's equipment under her feet to full speed forward, and after putting some distance between herself and the destroyer behind her, she made a U-turn, exerting the flexibility of her human form to the limit, and ran out of the radar's pursuit range in front of the destroyer closest to her, and the flying shells could not even reach her exhaust.

But Yudachi was thinking that he had just thrown all the torpedoes, otherwise he would have to torpedoed the ship as well.

From a distance, Yudachi passed by the area where the paralyzed light cruiser was located. There was already black smoke over there. It had almost no chance of survival after being hit by ten thunders. In just the ten-minute chase, it had completely tilted, and it was only a matter of time before it sank to the bottom of the sea.

A sudden encounter ended with the capsizing of the Siren light cruiser - this is also a possibility, however, the Sirens do not have a human captain, nor do they have the thinking ability of a ship girl. They are executing death orders. After losing sight of Yudachi, the three destroyers did not stop the pursuit, but followed in the direction where Yudachi disappeared.

The battle took place in the southeast of the headquarters. Yudachi ran to the west and the Sirens chased him to the west. So Zhou He, who was standing at the entrance of the headquarters, first saw Yudachi running towards him with his hands making a "V" sign through the telescope, and then saw three large black and red, disgusting-looking Siren destroyers crossing the sky. Fortunately, these guys were not interested in the suspicious island on his side.

"This time I'm really blocked at the door."

Zhou He put down the telescope and wiped the sweat from his forehead. He didn't expect that his first attack would result in such a tragic situation. He must be cautious in future attacks and at least be prepared for the worst-case scenario of being besieged on three sides by the Sirens.

Yuli is safe for the time being. Zhou He set his sights on the Siren Light Cruiser which had not moved for a long time on the map. He was surprised at Yuli's explosive power, but also a little happy. As long as the ship sank, he could immediately get the Mind Cube for construction. Yuli was very passive in 1v3, and was at a disadvantage in 2v3.

"Uncle Dahai, kill it quickly."

Zhou He prayed in his heart, while constantly switching the system's sea map to determine the distance between Yuli and the Siren, and to observe whether any Siren appeared outside the fog.

Time passed by minute by minute, Zhou He was thirsty waiting outside, so he went back to the headquarters to pour himself a glass of water. At this moment, he heard a faint sound in his ears, and inexplicable excitement surged from the bottom of his heart, causing him to choke on the water. He covered his mouth, bent over and coughed for a long time before he recovered. He sat on the chair and switched to the task interface:

① Fleet attacks, defeats the Siren flagship from the sea, reward: Mind Cube x1 - can be collected

②Healthy life Every day, for every ship in the port area, you can receive the corresponding number of home coins on the mission day - you can receive

③ Explore this mysterious ocean, discover and occupy a Siren base, rewards: T1~T3 ship blueprints, T1~T3 ship parts

There were two out of three tasks available. Zhou He took the reward for task ① without a second thought. Task ① disappeared instantly, and was replaced by a new task:

① Fleet attack, defeat the Siren Fleet with a heavy cruiser or light cruiser as the flagship, reward: Mind Cube x1

"The difficulty increases but the rewards don't?"

Zhou He slammed the table next to him angrily. In the last mission, Yuuri was almost surrounded by the Sirens, and he was still being hunted. This mission actually asked him to go and cause trouble with the Siren heavy cruisers and aircraft carriers. Wasn't this asking him to die?

"Tsk."