Revisiting Azur Lane

The Purifier, which was leading its team aggressively, was now being chased and attacked by planes. Although it seemed to be very interested in this game of chase, the Executor team it brought with it had all died, and defeat was inevitable.

"This guy is doing something stupid again."

Akagi observed the laughing Purifiers below through the carrier-based aircraft in the clouds, waved to Kaga, and released the connected aircraft group hidden in the clouds in advance to directly meet the pursuit aircraft groups of Zuikaku and Shokaku. The pursuit battle instantly turned into an encounter battle, and carrier-based aircraft fell into the sea from time to time during the fierce confrontation.

Bang!

The wreckage of the plane fell beside the running Purifier. The huge impact force made her feel like she was flying. She swooped down on the sea, turned a few circles, and rushed to the feet of Akagi and the other man who were coming towards her.

"Purifier, with your combat ability, you shouldn't be beaten like this, right?"

Akagi stopped beside it and kicked its suit, telling it to stop pretending to be dead and get up quickly. When Purification saw that he was discovered pretending to be dead, he also used the shark suit to pull himself out of the water. His face was wet with sea water and his hair was stuck on it. He touched his chin with his hand and showed a very unusual smile: "It's really strange. I should have been the one to fight them off, but I didn't expect that they would defeat me instead. It's really unexpected."

"We are ready to retreat. Go find some more cannon fodder. I don't want to be followed."

Akagi glanced at it and had no intention of arguing with the Purifier. This guy has been playing tricks on for a long time and he has basically never seen him win.

"Oh? You don't have to die this time? Thank you so much. I'll be back soon."

Purification was surprised by Akagi's sudden kindness, but it was in a very good mood, so it didn't pursue what Akagi was up to. It looked at Kaga strangely, waved to the two sisters, and ran away happily.

"Although the Purifier's motives were not pure, the combat effectiveness of the Executors it brought with it was real. They were all annihilated in such a short time. The commander on the other side was not weak either."

Akagi narrowed his narrow eyes and took the opportunity of the entanglement with the opposite carrier-based aircraft to conduct enemy reconnaissance and determined the number and configuration of the opposite side. After his eyes passed over Bismarck and others, they locked onto Zuikaku, Shokaku and Battleship Kaga.

After two battles in a row, the two of the Fifth Air Force could still maintain such a high-quality fleet. Even she was surprised, but it didn't matter: "Kaga, do you have enough aircraft reserves?"

"It's no problem to get out of this unscathed."

Kaga looked up at the sky. With their extraordinary eyesight, they could vaguely see the planes fighting in the sky while standing on the water. Without the intervention of the executors and chess pieces, the sky seemed to have become purer.

"Really? Then follow me closely and teach these juniors how to respect their elders."

Akagi was very clear about Kaga's strength. He raised his hand and drew a path of light on the deck runway. Dense red light spots rose from it, interweaving with the blue light spots of Kaga beside him. As the altitude increased, they turned into huge fighter jets, roaring into the sky and joining the battlefield.

But soon, Akagi discovered something unusual - among the group of planes that Zuikaku and Shokaku were mixed in, some of the fighter jets had very advanced performance, and just a bullet exchange could penetrate the external armor of her carrier-based aircraft. After the number of hits increased, it directly affected the performance of the aircraft.

To put it simply, Akagi and Kaga were unilaterally crushed by Zuikaku's performance. Although the battle seemed evenly matched, the real situation was that the two predecessors of the First Carrier Fighter were retreating step by step, and the location of the battle gradually shifted from the central sea area of ​​​​the two sides to Akagi's side.

"Is this the power of the new era? It really should not be underestimated."

Akagi's expression changed slightly, his eyes were stern, while Kaga next to him shifted his gaze to one side: There are also Zuikaku and Shokaku in their world, but Akagi didn't say such words when they were sparring with those two.

There are so many people on the other side watching the show. If they had joined the fight, they should have fallen down long ago.

Despite his thoughts, Kaga still asked dutifully: "What should we do next? Should we retreat directly?"

"Not yet. Is there any way to talk to the other party?"

Akagi frowned slightly. It was true that she wanted to show her power to the Shokaku sisters, but her more important goal was to get the coordinates of the world where the other party's ship girls were located. Since the other party was able to cross the world and enter her test site, it meant that they had a device to anchor the world coordinates, which required in-depth understanding.

"Theoretically, you can, but I don't recommend you do that."

Kaga thought of Senrei Kaga's high-spirited attitude and outspoken character. She didn't care. Akagi would probably be ignited by a few words and then go up to fight with Senrei Kaga physically - although she had never seen such a scene, she could just feel this future.

Akagi thought about it silently for a while, but finally gave up. It would be very dangerous to approach the Sakura Empire fleet from other worlds rashly, especially without any help now.

She might not be as lucky as Kaga. Although her injuries looked serious and the amount of bleeding was huge, they were actually just minor scratches.

Minor scrapes?

Akagi suddenly reacted, moved sideways to Kaga's side, grabbed the torn clothes on her right arm, and ripped it open with a "hiss". The blood evenly dyed her fair skin red due to the rapid movement, but under the red light, there was no injury at all.

"What's going on? You should have been 'injured' when the Purifier took over from you."

Akagi threw away the rag in his hand and looked at Kaga in front of him.

"Ah."

Kaga nodded calmly, then looked in the direction of Battle Kaga: "I told you, there is a mysterious backer behind these people. During the battle with my past self, her injuries suddenly healed, and I was affected by that power."

"?"

Akagi's eyebrows were frivolous. If they were not on the battlefield, she really wanted to touch Kaga's forehead to see if she was confused due to the fever and why she kept saying things that she couldn't understand.

"In short, without overwhelming force, it is difficult to completely kill these guys in front of us."

Kaga pretended not to see Akagi's strange expression - what she said was half true, she was indeed affected by the mysterious power, but not when Senrei Kaga's wounds were healed, but when she was severely injured by Senrei Kaga and retreated, before she met Akagi.

She was curious about the power that Senrei Kaga possessed, and developed an expectation and ambition to possess that power.

Then, she appeared in Zhou He's shipyard and became his second wild ship girl for a limited time.

Zhou He attached great importance to the ship girl who might join his own port, and manually repaired and replenished Kaga's injuries and ammunition. He issued instructions tentatively. It was not a special order, just to let her fool Akagi and see if he could turn Akagi into his own limited-time ship girl.

"Are you telling the truth?"

After a brief silence, Akagi stared at Kaga with a serious expression, and the latter nodded calmly.

"Really? You did a great job."

A smile appeared on Akagi's face, and there was light in his narrow eyes: "If that's the case, I probably know why these guys were able to enter our test site."

Kaga has been with her since birth. She believes that Kaga will not betray her for any reason, so what Kaga said must be true.

Through Kaga's strange words, she thought of one thing. It seemed that the White Eagle fleets were chasing several mass-produced transport ships at the beginning. At that time, she used the authority given to her by the observer to give them orders but failed. At that time, she thought it was done by the observer and others, but now she thinks that there may be other hidden stories.

"Kaga, we should go."

Akagi's mind suddenly became active. He no longer hesitated to contact the people opposite him and turned around and left. Kaga didn't understand why, but still followed Akagi's pace.

"..."

"We were about to win, why did they leave? Should we give chase?"

Across the battlefield, Zuikaku, who was fighting hard, suddenly found that Akagi and Kaga turned around and left. She made a strange sound, which made Shokaku roll his eyes at her: "Didn't the commander tell me what to do?"

"Ah, yes."

Zuikaku suddenly remembered that when they were fighting the Purifiers, Zhou He gave orders saying that Akagi and Kaga would come back and asked them to entertain them: if Akagi and the others wanted to fight, then they could fight; if they got close to them, then they would see what the other side would say; if they left, then they would go north to meet up with Hood and the others.

"That's amazing, Commander, can you even give orders to the shipgirls we're fighting against?"

Zuikaku suddenly became smart, and then received a few looks of stupidity. She scratched her hair and felt that her idea was indeed a bit outrageous. If Zhou He could command the ship girls who were fighting with them, why would the other party attack them without any agreement?

Bismarck opened his eyes after a short rest. "The obstacles have been removed. We will continue to head north. Shokaku and Zuikaku, please stay alert. The Siren called 'Purifier' by the commander has not been sunk yet. Its strength is not as simple as it seems."

"It's your order~"

Zuikaku responded loudly, maneuvering the ship to release a new reconnaissance plane, and then recovered the fighter planes hovering in the sky one by one.

The team, which had been in a stalemate for a long time, finally started to move. However, there was a slightly abnormal atmosphere in the team. For example, the battleship Kaga, who had shown her power and beat up the aircraft carrier Kaga, was now circling around the indifferent Tosa, with visible expectation on her face: "Tosa, Tosa~Did you see it just now? Your powerful sister is here!"

"..."

The familiar personality of the battleship Kaga made Tosa's eyebrows twitch. When she saw that Zuikaku's sister was really gentle and virtuous, she felt something was wrong. She never thought that she would shoot out her real sister in name with one shot. She was indeed strong enough, and her personality was better than that of the aircraft carrier Kaga, but -

This guy seemed to have some inexplicable fantasy about her. After the battle, he came closer with the words "Call me sister" written all over his face. His tone also changed from pretending to be tough at the beginning to coaxing a child.

"Senior Kaga, I heard from the commander that you seemed to have lived with Senior Akagi and Senior Amagi in their battlecruiser form."

Zuikaku saw from afar that Tosa's hands were shaking, and he seemed to be about to draw his sword and chop someone, so he quickly ran over to help: "Can you tell us about your story in that era?"

"Hmm? Our era."

Kaga, the Senryu, glanced sideways and thought for a moment: "From today's perspective, it should be the last rays of the era of big ships and big guns. For the prosperity of the Sakura Empire, new companions were constantly born. Of course, the strongest one was me. At that time, Akagi was just a follower of Amagi and was not worth mentioning..."

Unlike Zuikaku and the others, the ship girl in the world of Battleship Kaga is a pure ship girl, without any extra memory. Even her battles are based on self-study and the teachings of her predecessors. The Kaga who joined the Shuga Port was born in the form of a battleship, grew up naturally, and witnessed the alternation of the old and new Sakura Empire, which was arguably the most distorted period. Her old battleship days thus came to an end, and when she appeared again, she had become another person.

However, the story told by Senrei Kaga herself is very subjective. For example, Akagi, who was once her rival, was described as a useless follower, while Akagi's sister, the respected Amagi, was her real rival. The two sides competed for the position of the flagship of the Sakura Empire.

As for the result of the fight, she did not say anything, but revealed a lonely look.

"I really want to see that wonderful era."

Zuikaku clenched his fist and swung it out. According to Kaga, there were many strong men in the Sakura Empire at that time. It was a golden age that Zuikaku and Shokaku, who were living in the impoverished Sakura Empire in later generations, could never have dreamed of.

But she quickly reacted. Zhou He even summoned Senlei Kaga. Then, wouldn't all the people mentioned by Senlei Kaga have the opportunity to join the port?

"Ugh."

She exclaimed in amazement, finding it hard to imagine what a behemoth her own port area would become in the future.

"Enough of the small talk. The Purifiers are here again. Prepare to meet them."

Bismarck's voice sounded at the right time, and everyone began to adjust their formations. Battleship Kaga followed Tosa's movement with a strange expression: "This one also looks like a battleship, why did it know about the enemy attack before the aircraft carrier?"

"It's a message from the commander."

This was the first sentence Tosa said to Battleship Kaga.

She is different from Zuikaku. Zuikaku, who always hopes to meet her sister, can naturally get along well with Shokaku, but she has never thought that she will have a sister, let alone get along well with her.

"Commander? Ah, I see."

Zhanlie Kaga had an impression of him. Zhou He had conveyed information to her before. She tilted her head and smiled: "What a powerful guy. If he can be paired with a smart brain like Tiancheng, no matter how many Sirens come, he won't be afraid."

"It sounds like you respect Amagi a lot. This doesn't sound like you're describing a strong enemy."

Tosa glanced at her and thought that his adopted sister seemed to have quite a few bad habits.

"This is not a conflict, I often beat her."

Senrei Kaga answered as a matter of course: "Physical strength."

"..."

Tosa hesitated to speak and remained silent.

Chapter 72: Short-term cooperation

Looking at the entire battlefield, the confrontation between the two sides was divided into three parts after Zhou He led his men into the battlefield.

The Iron Blood Sakura Squad, led by Bismarck, had an encounter with Kaga in the East Third District, and successfully advanced to the East Fourth District after repelling the Purifiers. After sparring with the Akagi and Kaga sisters, they continued to move north and competed with the second Executioner fleet brought by the Purifiers.

At the same time, the team led by Hood attracted a considerable amount of firepower from the Siren Fleet, so that the White Eagle Fleet, which had been on the defensive, reached a point in time when its combat power was relatively balanced. Under the leadership of several mature and experienced battleships, they began to counterattack and consciously converged towards Hood and others.

Standing in the middle of the two fleets was the tester sent by the observer: a woman with a bat-like black ship suit on her back, her whole body wrapped in thick armor, a gloomy face and long white hair.

"Lexington, Saratoga, Washington... The parameters of these White Eagles don't match the tactics I used in previous battles."

The tester was not a traditional battleship, but a special test ship model with two forms: battleship and aircraft carrier, which could be switched at will. Its carrier-based aircraft were now mixed in the contest with several White Eagle aircraft carriers, clearly observing their combat parameters. As for herself, she was facing Hood and his men whose air power was weak.

The battle line was very long, with the White Eagles and Hood still at least fifty nautical miles away. The tester looked up at the smoke from the explosion in the distance and could feel the intensity of the battle from the sea surface that was constantly shaking and forming waves.

"Hood...showed up at the wrong time."

The tester muttered to herself calmly. In their natural calculation system, Hood and Bismarck would complete the treatment of the cube's energy erosion at a much later point in time. Hood, who appeared here now, was obviously not a chess piece within her responsibility. The same was true for the White Eagles, who had different combat capabilities and performance parameters.

It is a very troublesome thing to deal with these ship girls who are not under their jurisdiction. Important anchors like Saratoga and Hood are very important components in the natural algorithm system, which means that these people have different scripts and roles in their respective experimental worlds.

Simply put, it can't sink them here.

"Damn Observer, you pushed this troublesome thing onto me again."

The tester was just a bit old-fashioned in his work, but his brain was quite flexible and he figured out in a short time why the observer had specifically asked him to come and handle the matter.

However, her host computer has recorded many similar cases of "handling experiments out of control". Now it only needs to tie up these two groups of people and wait for the observer to close this mirror sea.

The most effective way to delay time is to take the initiative to attack, severely damage one of the fleets and force them to flee, thus avoiding the possibility of the two teams joining together.

"pick one of two."

After comparing the combat capabilities of the two fleets, the tester did not hesitate and headed directly to the battlefield where Hood and others were.

……

"There are more and more sirens coming this way."

Shuttled through the rain of incoming artillery shells, Jean Bart frowned and contacted the nominal flagship Hood of the team: "The enemy's firepower is stronger than ours. It will be difficult for us to cope with it if the battle continues."

"Indeed, it's time. Hermione, Javelin, Cleveland, you retreat to protect Long Island first, and let Barr cooperate with me to provide fire cover."

Hood was also avoiding the opposite side's artillery shells at this time. From the damaged and slightly curled corners of her clothes, it can be seen that she has been hit. However, although her carefully combed hair was scattered and stuck to the side of her cheek due to being washed by the sea water, her posture on the battlefield was still elegant and her expression was calm. She did not take the Siren, who was several times more numerous than herself, seriously at all.

"..."

Others responded and began to execute the order. Jean Bart used radar sensing to speed up and rush out of the water column formed by the flying shells. He adjusted the main gun to fire at the densely packed enemy camp. There was no precise aiming, but he just used firepower casually to hinder the opponent's judgment.