Revisiting Azur Lane

Zhou He rubbed his nose and explained. Nagashima behind him opened his eyes wide, 3 seconds, 4 seconds... Hey, she found that Yuudachi seemed to take it seriously. She changed the subject and talked about carrier-based aircraft with great interest. She asked Zhou He if she could also bring a few seaplanes. She also wanted to play with small planes like Zuikaku and the others.

"As for a destroyer, that's a bit of a stretch."

Zhou He thought about it and realized that in the game, after Yudachi was modified, it seemed that he was not equipped with a seaplane.

"No way."

Yuli gave up quickly, and did not feel disappointed. He leaned on Zhou He's arms with a smile: "It's better to run like this now. I can run faster and get to the commander faster than others."

"Well, luckily the first person to come to my side was Yudachi, that was a big help."

Zhou He smiled and spoke with emotion.

"?"

Nagashima looked left and right from behind, curious about the relationship between the two.

Chapter 83 Research Objectives

Hood Bismarck and his group fought against the Sirens, blocking the Sirens from the northeast from approaching the port area, while Zhou He and the rest were waiting for the Sirens from the west to approach.

However, the speed at which the Sirens approached the port area was beyond Zhou He's expectations. It was too slow. According to his idea, the Sirens would be able to reach his doorstep and land in three hours. Bismarck and Hood had already started fighting. The group of Sirens in the west were still advancing slowly and cautiously. Some of them were even attracted by the battle in the north and turned directly to the north.

"These guys really don't play by the rules. Should we say that they are prudent or are they afraid of something?"

Zhou He played with Yuli for a while on the beach, then ran back to the headquarters to take care of the environment. Hermione usually took care of it, so he had nothing to do after a while. After conveying the information of preparing to meet the enemy to Kursk, he sat under the eaves at the gate of the headquarters to bask in the sun.

At the same time, observe Bismarck and others' battle situation.

He still remembered that at the beginning, when Yudachi attacked alone, he had to take a detour and wait for opportunities when facing three or five Siren teams. Now when he watched his own fleet attack, the Siren icons on the map almost disappeared as soon as they met. But from this very déjà vu and relaxing picture, it can be seen that in addition to the increase in number, the combat effectiveness of his fleet's ship girls has also grown terrifyingly.

The mass-produced model is almost cannon fodder in front of them.

"Well... in the future, we should try to avoid having new shipgirls fight against veteran members."

After checking the numerical changes of his own ship girl in the dock, Zhou He came to a conclusion.

"So free~"

Zhou He was basking in the sun here, and there was nothing for others to do. Jean Bart was already reading a book on the origin of religion in the hall, her eyebrows were furrowed so much that they were about to stand up, but she still wanted to read even though she was so unhappy.

"Hmm? It's been unusually quiet today. Could it be that I missed the attack?"

Suddenly, a very energetic voice came from the stairs. Zhou He glanced and saw Jingmin, who was holding a stack of white paper design drawings with loose clothes. He also saw Jean Bart, who was rubbing his temple with one hand, throwing the book aside, lying on the sofa with one hand covering his eyes.

Zhou He remembered that Jean Bart seemed to be the same model as Richelieu of Liberty Iris. Liberty Iris had a stronger religious belief. He felt that Jean Bart was trying to find a common language with Richelieu when they met in the future.

I hope she succeeds.

Thinking of this, Zhou He stood up and walked into the command center and spread his hands to Lingmin: "I thought you were busy designing and drawing, so I didn't notify you."

"Humph."

Lingmin didn't tell Zhou He whether it was good or bad. Instead, he leaned over and handed the design book in his hand to him. "I made modifications to these designs based on the tanks and armored vehicles on the ground. There are no major problems in terms of structure and strength. It's just that the specific range and firepower need to be tested after completion. If they are not suitable, we will continue to modify them."

"That's enough. Thank you for your hard work. Leave the follow-up work to me."

Zhou He smiled and nodded. He listened to his words sensitively, raised his hand and stretched, yawned and walked out of the command center: "Then please, I'll go eat something first, I'm starving."

"That's awesome."

After watching Lingmin leave, Zhou He sat on the side and looked through the design drawings drawn by Lingmin. The first page almost discouraged him. Compared with the simple lines when he drew maps, Lingmin's obviously expert-level drawing method was simply a mystery to someone like Zhou He who had no hard-core military knowledge.

Now he was in the same state as Jean Bart just now, with his brows tightly furrowed, looking at things he couldn't understand, but wanting to understand them, and his brain was almost overloaded from the cycle.

"Tank and armored vehicle design drawings? Commander, why don't you just build warships instead of these land-based weapons? It's not like there are no shipyards."

Jean Bart listened to the conversation and glanced at Zhou He's expression of doubt about his life. He immediately felt very happy. He stood up and moved over to look at the drawings and dimensions, the details of the parts, and the text was still in the Northern League language.

"As for the warship, I plan to start construction once I have more resources."

Zhou He hummed, pinched his brow with his fingers and didn't think much about it: "Besides, we don't have that much labor to help with the work in our port area at the moment."

"That's what happened."

Let Bal sit down again, cross his legs and lean on the backrest with his hands, "Commander, have you ever considered that these coastal defense armored vehicles are useless even if they are built without people to drive them?"

"I've considered it. I want to make a vehicle that can execute commands on its own after replenishing energy, so there will be no need for a driver."

Zhou He remembered that the cruise boat modified by the system had a very practical and convenient function called "autopilot", so other armed equipment should also have the same function.

"Hey, there is something so convenient? Can it really be made?"

This surprised Bal, as she had never paid attention to such a thing and there was no inheritance of it in her memory.

"perhaps."

Zhou He flipped through a few more pages of the design drawings, but found nothing related to the autonomous driving system.

"Probably? Such vague words are not convincing."

Jeanbal glanced at Zhou He. Just from the look on his face when he looked at the design drawings, she could tell that Zhou He was not cut out for military equipment design. But even though she knew so little about him, Zhou He could still talk about functional designs that she had never even heard of.

Where does this confidence come from?

"Hahaha, this is indeed unconvincing, but there is more than one scientist in our family."

Zhou He closed the design, smiled, stood up and walked out of the command building, turned around and came to Mingshi who was basking in the sun on the lawn, squatted down and rubbed Mingshi's cheek with his fingers. Mingshi closed his eyes and looked peaceful: "Kitty, you have your work assignment."

"Meow?"

Mingshi reluctantly opened his eyes a little with a bit of disgust on his face, but closed his eyes again when he saw it was Zhou He. As a result, Zhou He pinched his face with both hands to help him wake up. He sat up and took the design drawing handed to him by Zhou He with both hands in a daze.

"This is the design of the tank and armored vehicle that Lingmin drew. I hope to add the functions of automatic cruising and enemy detection. Akashi, do you think we can modify and add it directly from the design, or should I give you the whole thing and you can modify it?"

Zhou He explained the whole story, and Mingshi roughly came to his senses. He lowered his head and flipped through the design drawings. Unlike Zhou He who was reading a book of heaven, Mingshi's flipping speed was quite amazing. He finished one page in 2 to 3 seconds on average, and he finished flipping through a book of more than ten pages in less than a minute.

"I need something real."

Akashi's ears twitched, and he began to explain in a very natural tone and expression: "Modifications based on drawings are only theoretical modifications after all. Only by disassembling the actual object and then reassembling it can we get something truly useful, meow."

"I think so too. Akashi, please teach me how to read these pictures."

Zhou He pondered for a moment, then sat next to Mingshi and opened the scientific research system. There were no design templates other than the navy, but there was a separate '+' option that could consume general R&D drawings and general R&D parts for designs other than warships.

In terms of such details, the system is very comprehensive and has no obvious shortcomings.

"The commander can't understand meow?"

Akashi's reaction was somewhat similar to Jean Bart's. Although it was a research and development project initiated by Zhou He, he couldn't even understand the drawings and needed to learn on the spot. However, he spoke with full confidence, as if he could complete the research and development as long as he opened his mouth.

“I really don’t understand.”

Zhou He smiled and stroked Mingshi's hair: "But it doesn't matter if I don't understand. As long as you can understand it, it means I understand it too."

“…Strange statement, meow.”

Akashi didn't know what was going on, but his tail was wagging and he felt subtly happy.

Not far away, Jeanbal stood by the wall of the headquarters and looked at Zhou He who was in a learning state. He raised his hand and scratched his hair. He seemed to be a simple-minded guy after getting along with him, but she couldn't understand how he did things.

"?"

Suddenly, her gaze shifted to the back of the restaurant across the lawn. A white figure flashed by, causing her to raise an eyebrow.

There are so many weirdos in this port area.

……

With the help of Akashi and Lingmin who came over after dinner, Zhou He, who had been absent several times, finally understood the internal structure of the tank and the anti-aircraft armored vehicle. He built models of the two basic models in the + interface of the scientific research interface, put in two general research and development drawings and two general parts, and after the "rationalization adjustment" of the system, he stood up and stretched his hand towards the paved concrete road.

' OK to build. '

After following simple steps, a blue light lit up in front of Zhou He, and two tanks and anti-aircraft armored vehicles of considerable specifications suddenly appeared in front of them.

Zhou Hemin told Lingmin that the tank in front seemed to be modeled after the T-54 medium tank on land. It weighs about 35 tons, is over three meters wide, two meters four high, and six meters twenty-three long. Including the gun barrel, it is more than nine meters long. In addition to the 100mm main gun muzzle, there are also several machine guns. It is truly a land beast.

The armored vehicle behind replaced the tank's main gun with an anti-aircraft gun. The body of the vehicle was much slimmer, and there were four 37mm gun muzzles. The specific model was a bit difficult to pronounce and Zhou He couldn't remember it, but it looked very handsome when it was facing up. Both vehicles were painted navy blue, which looked quite suitable for being parked between the trees.

Because it was too wide, the one-meter-long concrete road was directly ignored, and deep depressions were pressed into the grass on both sides.

"Very handsome."

Zhou He clapped his hands after finishing the job, and ran forward excitedly to touch the shell and tracks. He jumped again and tried to reach the tank's main gun, but failed because of his poor bounce. He could only pretend to be handsome and turned to face Mingshi and Lingmin. Then, they surrounded him like they were looking at a treasure. He couldn't help but take two steps back: "What, what's wrong?"

"I really want to study the Commander, meow."

Akashi's eyes were gleaming with a light of curiosity, and he was just as agile. He reached out and grabbed Zhou He's hand, turning it over and over to look at it: "How did you do that? It's so weird, it doesn't conform to the law of conservation of mass at all. Commander, are you really a human?"

"Ahem, of course I am a human being, and besides, it's not me you should be studying right now."

Zhou He was a little panicked. The combat-oriented ship girls would not delve into the abnormality on his body, but the two from the scientific research department were different. Compared with the two big guys behind him, it seemed that his research value was higher.

To be honest, it's scary.

"What a shame, meow."

Mingshi wiped the non-existent saliva from the corner of his mouth, stared at Zhou He with regret for a long time before walking away. He climbed onto the tank, seemingly short but quite agile, crawled left and right on it to observe, and then got into the cabin. Lingmin pinched Zhou He's arm without giving up, and touched his waist, abdomen and back. After confirming that Zhou He was indeed a human being and not a robot, he went to check the anti-aircraft vehicle with the same regret.

"call."

Zhou He, who was almost sweating profusely, breathed a sigh of relief and hurried away from the two. However, he hadn't taken two steps when Jean Bart approached and hooked his shoulder with one hand. His face was slightly gloomy: "Commander, will the transformation you mentioned earlier also take effect on us?"

"what?"

Zhou He was stunned for a while before he understood. He said, "Rangbal, your ship equipment should be in the best ideal condition now. Moreover, after the blessing of the Mind Cube, your ship equipment is even as capable as the ship equipment fifty years later. There is no need to update or transform it."

"Huh? I forgot."

After hearing what he said, Jeanbal thought about it and realized that it was indeed the case, so he let go of Zhou He's shoulders and patted his arm with a smile: "Sorry, I was dizzy from reading that book just now, and I couldn't react for a while."

"it's okay no problem."

Zhou He twitched the corner of his mouth. Fortunately, Jean Bal was an old player in the game and he could barely remember some things. If it was a new player that he didn't understand, he wouldn't have known how to respond just now.

While the two were interacting, Akashi and Lingmin had already gotten into the tanks and anti-aircraft vehicles. The engines started making quite a loud noise, covering up the two people's voices and diverting their attention. They watched the two vehicles running towards the dock one after the other, leaving wheel marks on the lawn.

As the car drove away, Zhou He also saw Changdao and Yudachi walking back from the bay. Changdao was also looking at the car, while Yudachi ran back to Zhou He and said, "Commander, Changdao's reconnaissance plane has spotted us. The Siren in the west is finally approaching!"

"Oh?"

Zhou He focused his eyes and switched the system interface to the map. He found that some sirens in the west had entered the sea area marked by the headquarters pattern, but he could not open the detailed map around the headquarters. He could only wait for Changdao to approach. Then he made arrangements: "Changdao, continue to use the reconnaissance aircraft for reconnaissance, and actively attract the sirens to the port area. Yuli, let Bal leave the port area and wait on the coast east of the island."

"If my guess is correct, the Sirens will take the initiative to bypass our island and go to the eastern area. Then you can attack and deal with them."

Zhou He had already thought of a way to deal with it: "If they find the port area and attack, Nagashima, you attack them to attract their attention. Then I will contact Zuikaku and the others to provide some support here."

He still has six Rubik's Cubes, six reserve combat forces, and five combatants except Akashi. He is not afraid of the mass-produced Sirens at all.

Chapter 84: Do as you please

Zhou He expected to count Lingmin as a combatant as well, but after he arranged to send out Nagashima, Jeanbar, Yudachi and Kursk one after another, he came to the industrial area at the dock and saw Lingmin and Akashi operating the machines in the production workshop to dismantle tanks and anti-aircraft vehicles. He silently turned around and removed Lingmin from the regular combatants.

"Four people, and there seem to be only two Siren teams sneaking into the vicinity of the port. It feels a bit excessive, but it may be unexpectedly manageable."

Zhou He came to the dock and looked at the rolling waves. He wondered whether he should directly recruit a few new people to help hold the scene. But to be honest, the pressure of managing the twenty-one ship girls in the port was already a bit too much for him.

It can't be called management. His current status is almost equivalent to letting things run wild, because he can no longer arrange everything. He can only let Bismarck, Hood and Cleveland, who are more famous in the camp, help share the responsibility of guiding the ship girls of the opposite camp.

"Let's check the situation first."

In the end, Zhou He suppressed the idea of ​​recruiting new members. After all, the number of Siren fleets dispatched this time was not small, and he might drop a few new members. More importantly, there were two Siren teams approaching the port area instead of one. If the two Sirens did not act together but had different directions, then Kursk and others could defeat them one by one and end the battle cleanly.

"..."

In silence, Zhou He walked to the beach in front of the bay, took out the long-lost telescope in the warehouse and looked at the sea view in the distance.

At this moment, raising your eyes from Zhou He's position to the sky, you can see many fleets that are completely black and surrounded by scarlet blood-like lines slowly approaching the direction of the port island from the west.

The two fleets that Zhou He had noticed before had obviously merged together, with a total of 25 warships, including a battleship, three heavy cruisers and a light cruiser. The battleship and the light cruiser were the flagships of the two fleets respectively, surrounded by other frigates in the center.

As time went by, this huge fleet approached the port island. When it entered the 10-nautical-mile dividing line and approached 5 nautical miles, an incredible scene appeared - the merged fleet could already "observe" the location of the island in the distance, but they did not react to it at all, and even inadvertently split into two fleets again, bypassing the island from the south and north, and continued to advance at an unreduced speed.

So much so that Zhou He, who was holding a telescope, saw more than ten Siren warships passing by right in front of the entrance of the bay. He was sweating in his heart, and watched them run from the west to the east and disappear without a trace.

"Sure enough, this port area is affected by the system, and the Siren can't observe it at all... No, it should be said that the low-level Sirens can't observe it. It's possible that the experimental agency and the arbitration agency with higher functions can observe this place through extraordinary black technology."

Zhou He put down the telescope. He felt a sense of satisfaction as his guess was confirmed, and then he felt a sense of security brought by the system.

He had worried a long time ago whether his home would be attacked by Sirens at night. Now he can rest assured. His port is most likely in a different space superimposed with this world. As long as no ship girls enter or leave this bay, mass-produced ships and even executors will not be able to observe here.

Suppressing his thoughts, he turned his eyes and conveyed the new instructions to Changdao and Kursk through the dock, asking them to come over to deal with the Siren fleet in the south first. As for the reason, it was because he saw the Siren light cruiser in the center of the fleet. Unlike the ship girl, some of the mass-produced aircraft carriers would stay on the deck. Even if not, the obvious long deck would tell at a glance what kind of ship it was.