Revisiting Azur Lane

Zhou He was of course not seriously criticizing Zuikaku and Kaga, he just wanted to use such words to make Xuefeng rely more on the magical powers - after all, in his memory, Xuefeng and the magical powers had a close relationship, which was a point that could be exploited.

Let Zuikaku get out of the way, Zhou He looked at Shentong again: "That's it, Shentong, I'm counting on you."

"Yes, I understand."

Shentong had also thought about this development route, and was not surprised. He walked to Zhou He's side very naturally from a distance, looking down at Xuefeng with a smile on his face: "My guidance will not be easy, Xuefeng, can you keep up?"

"no problem."

Xuefeng stared at Shentong's face, and long-lost memories were awakened, but she soon realized that the Shentong in front of her was not the one she remembered, and she answered calmly with considerable confidence.

When she chose to come here, she was mentally prepared to start over.

This time, she won't fail again.

"Zuihe, come with me."

Zhou He casually made up an excuse to leave the Xuefeng meta to Shentong, and walked out of the command building with Zuikaku with a question mark on his head. After he was far away, he spoke: "If you have time, investigate the situation outside. Xuefeng sank a lot of Sirens yesterday, but there are still a lot of them."

"understood."

Zuikaku responded, and glanced sideways at Shokaku who was walking elegantly behind him. He turned on his toes and closed the distance between him and Zhou He, and whispered, "Commander, don't always use me as a negative example. Do you know that I am already a very strange guy in the eyes of others?"

"Is there such a thing?"

Zhou He was a little surprised. He really didn't know about this.

"Yes, Commander, if you have the leisure time, go and do more harm to others. Others think you are a legitimate leader."

Zuikaku sighed, and Zhou He felt a little disgusted when he heard her say, "What do you mean? Am I not orthodox enough? Wait, you are not going to say bad things about me in front of other people, are you?"

"No, no, no, Commander, do you think I am that kind of person?"

Ruihe broke out in a sweat upon hearing this. Why was Zhou He so sensitive? She was almost found out just because she complained.

So what are you nervous about?

Zhou He twitched the corner of his mouth. It seemed that he and Ruihe were running in the same direction. Then he didn't have to feel sorry for using Ruihe as a counterexample.

Of course, he did not expose Zuikaku, nor did he give an answer. He changed the subject directly: "Regarding Xuefeng, you can take more people to get in touch with her. The child was not like this originally."

"Huh? I think it's okay. So what do you think of Yukikaze, Commander?"

Zuikaku remembered that Yukikaze seemed to have escorted Shokaku once, and its record was impeccable. It was a true military honor ship. It was normal for such a ship to be personified and a little proud and aloof, right?

"Similar to Haman, but more cheerful, bolder, and prouder. He's also quite similar to Yuudachi."

Zhou He knew that Ruihe didn’t understand the value of tsundere, so he directly gave an example.

"what?"

Zuikaku frowned and tried to imagine it, his head was completely confused. Zhou He curled his lips when he saw this and said, "I know you can't think of it, so just do as I say. But you don't have to be too deliberate, just take Xuefeng with you whenever you want to do something."

"Order!"

Now Zuikaku understood.

"Did the commander give any orders?"

Shokaku, who was walking behind, came over when he heard the sound. Zhou He smiled, and Zuikaku repeated it to his sister.

"Where's the lively and cheerful Yukikaze~"

Shokaku pursed her lips and smiled slightly. To be honest, looking at Yukikaze's meta posture, she couldn't imagine what the cheerful Yukikaze would be like.

"Is this the way you think with your preconceived ideas?"

Zhou He was amazed, but there was nothing wrong with this. When a normal Snow Wind joins the port area, it will definitely attract everyone's attention because of the Snow Wind meta. By then, there will definitely be something interesting to watch.

During the conversation, Zhou He walked into the restaurant and began to order food and eat. The thought of entertainment in his mind gradually faded away, and he began to think about future arrangements.

We need to be vigilant against the Siren's counterattack, but with the combat effectiveness of the Xuefeng meta and the assistance of others, the three Siren cadres from yesterday will not pose much threat even if they attack together now.

"Should we take this opportunity to launch a fierce counterattack against the Siren?"

Zhou He tapped his fingers on the table and frowned.

Chapter 114 Hanging out

After thinking about it, Zhou He rejected the idea of ​​attacking. Now that he has the meta-ship girl Yukikaze, and with such a front-row girl with high attack and defense standing in the front, the output environment of the back row has improved sharply. Although it has not been tested, his team's combat effectiveness must have been greatly improved.

So, what we should do now is to let Xuefeng have a good rest. If we have time, we can test her strength. There is no need to attack in a hurry.

"..."

Sitting by the floor-to-ceiling window in the restaurant, Zhou He's eyes fell on the system map. It was obvious that the Siren cadres did not know about his "Eye of the Sky" and were not lurking near his house, but had returned to the Siren base in the West Fourth District.

"Maybe before Xuefeng showed up, these guys didn't take me seriously at all."

Thinking of this possibility, Zhou He felt it was a pity. His development bonus period had ended. Including the mind cube he got for completing the attack mission yesterday, he had a total of seven cubes in his hands, plus Yukikaze had twenty-nine ship girls under his command.

It seems that there are a lot of ship girls, but when a real battle breaks out, they are not worth mentioning at all. However, to say that there are few, there are so many that it is a bit overwhelming for him to keep up with them. There are even many ship girls that he has never had a good contact with except for chatting with them when he first joined.

Zhou He had a headache in this regard. He was just a presentior and could say a few words in formal situations, but when it came to managing and caring for individuals, he had no idea how to do it.

"Anyway, let's just maintain the status quo for now."

If you can't do it, you can't do it. Zhou Heru went over this problem in his mind as usual, and then he started to eat the breakfast brought by the waiter Manchu. It was probably because he left with Zuikaku, and Hermione did not follow, so the service experience was reduced.

However, I wonder if there are other buildings that are equipped with such a useful Manju. If we put some of them in the port area, all kinds of life equipment can be "fully automated".

After breakfast, the sun rose high in the sky after not seeing it for several days, easing the temperature drop. Zhou He stroked his chin and ran to the warehouse in the command building to replenish 6 sets of bedding. He used 29 of the 6 Homeland Coins he received today. When he turned around and came out, he met Yudachi who came in from the back door in pajamas. He was surprised: "Yudachi, why did you get up just now?"

"Ow?"

Yudachi stood by the wall with his ears erect, rubbing his hands together, as if he had been caught doing something bad. "After the commander got up, I slept for a while."

"Hmph~ It's good to stay in bed occasionally. Eat more and sleep more so your body will grow faster."

Zhou He didn't mind his own ship girl sleeping in at all, because he loved sleeping that much. He smiled and rubbed Yuudachi's hair, urging her to change clothes quickly. While she was going upstairs, he gave her another reminder, telling her not to run around in her pajamas so late at night next time, so as not to catch a cold. Yuudachi's voice of "I know" came across the floor.

"Did Yudachi go to see the commander again yesterday?"

When the sun came out, most people went out for a walk, but there were still a few people here doing their own things, such as Miss Hermione, who was sweeping the floor. After hearing the conversation between the two, she paused and came over to ask.

"Yeah, I didn't even notice when she came."

Zhou He pressed down his military cap. He believed that he was upright and had done nothing wrong, but he felt inexplicably guilty when talking about these things with Hermione, fearing that she would say something like "helping to warm the bed".

"Commander's defense... Commander, do you have any special plans today?"

Hermione instinctively wanted to lecture Zhou He for being too lax in letting people into the dormitory, but then she thought that Zhou He would never obey her, so she subtly avoided the topic and asked about other things.

"Just take a rest today, there are no special plans."

Zhou He hummed, pretended nothing had happened, found a seat to sit down and chatted with Hermione, mentioning the development arrangements of the port area's entertainment projects.

You can't buy an amusement park with twenty or so Home Coins, but you can buy some very common sports equipment and DIY it yourself. It is very easy to build one or two open-air sports and entertainment areas.

This was his idea, but Hermione gave the answer after thinking about it that he could try making "drinks and desserts" and a greenhouse garden, which made Zhou He feel the aging of his thinking - he felt happy as long as he could eat and drink, and he did exercise for the sake of his health. He did not have the vitality and pursuit of quality of life that a young man in his early twenties should have.

"I really need to consult you, Hermione, about this."

Zhou He touched his chest pocket with full of praise, but found it was empty, as he did not bring the notebook with him.

"You're too kind. These are just Hermione's own willful ideas. I feel honored to be adopted by the commander."

The simple compliment made Hermione's mood better. She put down the work in her hands, lifted her skirt and bowed to Zhou He with a faint smile on her lips.

"..."

It had been a long time since he had been flattered by Hermione, so Zhou He was a little uncomfortable with this happening all of a sudden. He coughed twice, said, "I'll think about it," and stood up and walked out of the command hall into the sunshine.

"As expected of a royal maid."

Yuguro, who was leaning on the sofa reading a illustrated mythological story book, moved the book away from her eyes and glanced at Hermione. She would never be able to learn this way of speaking even if she had a hundred years.

"Thank goodness the commander was able to keep his composure. If it were me, I would definitely itch all over."

Nagashima was sitting next to her, whispering in agreement - she and Yuguro hit it off yesterday, their eyes confirmed that they both had 'shameful' interests and hobbies, and became good friends.

"Huh huh huh~"

Hermione could hear the conversation between the two but didn't pay much attention to it. She continued to clean the first floor while humming a little tune in a good mood.

On the other side, Zhou He walked out of the command building and strolled along the road. He looked up and saw the crowd gathered on the dock platform. It was a sparse and normal thing, but there were many people mixed in it, such as Jean Bart, Ayanami, Hutten and others whom Zhou He had little contact with. Bismarck was mixed in among them. If nothing unexpected happened, this was the rhythm of training.

Although he had "commanded" several battles, big and small, since coming to this world, Zhou He had almost never seen a real battlefield. The reason for the "almost" was because he had come into close contact with the battlefield from Xuefeng's perspective in his dream yesterday.

Perhaps because of this, Zhou He began to care about the real experience and performance of his own ship girl after setting sail.

Although training exchanges are not as good as actual combat, we can still get a glimpse of something from it.

Having made up his mind, Zhou He followed the road directly to the dock area. Bismarck had already reached an agreement, and many people had gone into the water, including Hutten and Jean Bart. Judging from their positions, they seemed to be standing diagonally opposite each other?

"this?"

Zhou He raised his eyebrows.

He never arranged for competitions between his own ship girls because he always treated business as business, and it would be difficult for either the winner or the loser to step down.

There is no problem with this kind of sparring competition. After all, no one will use their full strength, so winning or losing doesn't matter.

This made him curious. Would the construction team created by Hu Teng, a barbarian with no historical record, be any different from ordinary battleships in a fight?

Chapter 115: Generalities and Details

"commander."

Most of the people gathered at the dock were members of the Iron Blood Group, with people from other camps in the minority. When they saw Zhou He approaching, they greeted him.

"I thought about developing a training ground for you a long time ago, but the Siren was too much of a nuisance."

Zhou He nodded in response, and while speaking he naturally blended into the crowd and looked at Ayanami, Javelin, Cleveland, Montpellier, Jean Bart, and Hutten who were going into the water. They first advanced in groups of two, front and back, side by side, to the center of the bay, and then separated to the left and right. What Zhou He did not expect was that Montpellier and Cleveland stood on opposite sides.

"The Siren controls the sea, and there is nothing we can do about it. Commander, don't worry."

Ms. Hood and her new maid Jinqu stood here and watched, taking over the words thrown out by Zhou He. Also present were Bismarck with Z23, Count Spee who remained silent, and the two sisters Kaga and Tosa.

In the presence of Bismarck, Zhou He believed that U556 was also present. If it was not on the ground, it must have been lurking in the sea. It was not known whether it was affected by the wolf pack tactics, but it liked to dive under the water. Zhou He reasonably suspected that during the battle, except for him and Bismarck, no one else knew the location of U556.

"only…"

Hood changed his tone and his expression became a little more serious. "Yesterday, the Siren clearly intended to drive away the snow wind to find the location of the port, and our appearance also confirmed their speculation. It will be more difficult to seize control of the sea next time."

"Right now, several of their officers are staying at the base in West District 4, probably discussing how to deal with us."

Zhou He hummed, but didn't take it too seriously. This was bound to happen sooner or later, but it was brought forward by Xuefeng's arrival. However, after yesterday's bizarre 'door-to-door delivery' incident, he thought about the responsibilities of several cadres in the Siren Experimental Agency:

The Observer is elusive in the game, and his main role is to lurk and cause trouble. The Tester is a frequent visitor in various activities, and the usual ending is that he and the Purification Lady are beaten to death, so judging from the name, they are here to test the level of the KanColle. The Purification Lady, who also serves as a tester, has a more intriguing operation in the game.

In the plot, she deliberately portrayed herself as a villain, and then took advantage of the situation during the battle. What's even more exaggerated is that in a later world line, she actually mixed with the ship girls, which is enough to prove that this person is a traitor who doesn't look like a traitor.

Excluding the cleaners who have a bit of chuunibyou and whose abilities are unknown and the inhumane testers, it can almost be concluded that the reason why Yukikaze was delivered so smoothly yesterday must have been that Purification Own must have played a role.

However, these are all personal speculations and have no practical use. He continued: "I remember that the ship girls at this stage like Yukikaze have undergone irreplaceable changes in their ship equipment. The most obvious one is that ordinary radar equipment cannot detect and lock them. Did you notice it yesterday?"

"Ok?"

Everyone at the scene frowned and recalled. Z23 looked up at Bismarck and was the first to answer: "My radar detected Yukikaze. I locked her and fired a torpedo, which hit her."

It's okay to be hit head-on.

Zhou He secretly complained that his own ship girl was really cruel. He said she fought without mercy at all. It was a pity that when Yukikaze was carried back, her body only looked slightly injured.

He thought of Yukikaze's durability, which was several times greater than that of Bismarck and others even after being weakened, and the light armor type marked on it. If you say that Yukikaze is resistant to attacks, her light armor doesn't look like the type that is resistant to attacks. But if you say that she is not resistant to attacks, even if Yukikaze's durability is high, she will suffer overflowing penetrating damage when a shell penetrates the armor, and it will be useless even if it has a durability of tens of thousands.

He was able to be beaten by the Sirens for several hours without any serious injuries. There must be some mystery behind this. He needs to pay attention to it.

"I can lock onto her, too."

In just ten seconds or so, the others also gave their responses one after another, and everyone was able to lock on to Xuefeng's presence.

This made Zhou He feel troubled. If Xuefeng also had the passive ability to hide herself, then Siren's radar would definitely not be able to detect her. Invisibility on electronic equipment is real invisibility, which can be used to do many things.

Without this passive ability, a lot of tactical structure would be lost.

"Well, maybe Yukikaze's transformation is incomplete. That's a pity."

Zhou He paused in his speech and turned his attention to the three-person team standing on both sides of the bay, asking Bismarck about the content of this training.

“Nothing specific, just getting to know each other.”