Revisiting Azur Lane

In a war on land, the probability of a few defeating a larger force is very low, but it is indeed possible. In a battle at sea, especially against an enemy like the Sirens who simply use their resources to attack you, even if their current strength is enough to crush a Siren fleet that is twice their own number, it will not work.

But precisely because they are strong enough, there is a way to disperse the Sirens and defeat them one by one.

"I have this idea too."

Zhou He nodded. This was not a spur-of-the-moment idea. He had been thinking about this possibility since he learned from Shokaku that the number of Siren aircraft carriers could not crush them.

Tomorrow he plans to take advantage of the fact that the supplies from the Siren aircraft carrier have not arrived yet and attack again to try to teach these people from the experimental agency a lesson.

"Very good."

Hood was very satisfied. He got up and walked away with the plate of steak. Zhou He touched his chin, stood up and smiled as he swapped the two chairs opposite him. Then he stood behind the replaced chair and looked at Hermione, motioning her to take a seat.

"The commander is a little strange today."

Hermione said this and took a seat honestly - and Zhou He just smiled: "People always want to do strange things sometimes."

Sitting back in his seat, Zhou He looked at the somewhat bewildered Hermione very seriously: "Hermione, you have been helping me share the work since you joined the port, but I feel that this is not a good thing recently. I found that my understanding of you, Hermione, is only limited to work, so I want to get to know you better."

"!?"

Hermione sat up straight after hearing this, and her hands unconsciously touched her drooping hair. After her eyes wandered left and right, they finally landed on Zhou He and pursed her lips: "What does the commander want to know?"

"Well, everything except work."

Zhou He answered quickly, because he came to his senses about twenty minutes ago, when he was sitting in the living room with Hermione. When he wanted to find a topic to talk about, he suddenly realized that it seemed that Hermione always talked to him more, and he only looked for Hermione because of work.

After all, she was his personal maid and he had been with her for such a long time, but he couldn't even find a topic to chat with her. This made him very disappointed in his own communication skills.

"Well."

Hermione frowned slightly, thought for a long time and finally gave up: "Sorry, I'm only good at following the commander to help, I'm not very clear about other things."

However, she was not completely without gain. She raised a smile and winked at Zhou He playfully: "But if the commander is not so opposed to my personal service, maybe he will understand me better?"

"Please don't say such scary things."

Zhou He recalled the chaotic memory of being dragged into the bathhouse by Hermione, and instantly became upright.

"..."

Hermione didn't quite understand why Zhou He was so stubborn in this regard. He seemed to be enjoying the process so much, so what was he afraid of? She wasn't going to eat him.

This was a rare thing she couldn't figure out, so she sighed softly, "I understand that the commander hopes to communicate with us more naturally, but before that, there seems to be a wall in the commander's heart that I can't see through. Perhaps only Yudachi can get through this wall."

"?"

Zhou He touched his forehead. Why did the topic suddenly become so abstract? Was he some kind of idealist? There was a wall in his heart that only allowed Xi Li to come over. It was too classic.

However, he is most relaxed when he is with Yudachi, and they have many topics to talk about, because he knows what Yudachi likes, and Yudachi always gives him positive feedback... Wait, in other words, in the port area, he is only backward compatible with Yudachi, so he is relaxed, and when facing other people, he is the one who is compatible? Is that why it is so hard?

Damn it! Is this the truth?

Zhou He, who understood the truth, leaned on the table with his hand supporting his forehead, feeling hurt. Indeed, when facing people other than Yudachi, he had no idea what the other person was thinking. He didn't know what they were interested in and what he should do to make them happy.

"Really? After all, my ability is still insufficient."

After Zhou He understood the reason completely, he gave up thinking. Everyone has two kinds of talents, one is innate, the other is acquired. When it comes to women, Zhou has neither innate skills nor the opportunity to develop them.

As for building good relations with his own ship girls, he should do what he can. The most important thing is to drive away the Sirens first and develop the port area. It won't be too late for him to think about these things when other ship girls of the free-for-all series come to the port area in the future.

"What's wrong, Commander? Headache?"

Yuli's concerned voice came from behind. Zhou He sat up straight instantly, glanced at Yuli with a smile, and pulled off the tissue on the table to wipe her mouth: "No, I'm just considering the development direction of our port area."

"Well, although I don't quite understand, the commander is really amazing!"

Cooperating with Zhou He to wipe off the oil stains that made his lips look more rosy, Yuuri highly agreed with Zhou He's casual remarks.

"Yuudachi is the one, really amazing."

The more Zhou He looked at Xi Li, the more pleasing and adorable she seemed to him. He couldn't help but rub her smooth cheeks with both hands: "Can you still eat it?"

“Of course you can eat it!”

Yuli grabbed Zhou He's hand. She was serious about eating!

"really not bad."

Zhou He expressed his approval. Yuli didn't know why she was suddenly praised, but she liked being praised so she was very happy. She sat on the chair next to Zhou He, wagging her tail, and her chubby but not fat calves swung under the table.

"Hermione, thank you for making me understand a lot of things."

After Yuli calmed down, Zhou He thanked Hermione and said, "Winter should be here soon. The amusement park is not suitable for playing during this period. Next, I will prioritize building a greenhouse garden with climate regulation functions. It will probably be located near the house that Hood likes. I'll trouble you Hermione to help take care of it when the time comes."

"Ah, yes."

Hermione was quite fond of flowers and plants, but she thought that the location of the garden should not be based on the royal family: "It's just that, as for the location of the garden, I hope it can be placed in a relatively central area, so that the commander and everyone can relax in it."

"I will think about it."

Zhou He did not refuse, and Yuuri, who was standing next to him, did not make a fuss when he heard the word "amusement park". He just sat there and stared at Zhou He with shining eyes. Zhou He could not refuse her cute look at all, so he picked up the amusement park plan again and said that he would build it immediately in spring.

As for whether the amusement park can be started on time... Zhou He thought that the winter season would last for ninety days, and he would have so many Home Coins in his hand by then. A mere amusement park would not be worth mentioning, so he would just pay the full amount!

"..."

Hermione observed the interaction between Yuli and Zhou He, it seemed like they were getting closer?

Chapter 125 Scored twice

His consciousness gradually returned. Zhou He opened his eyes and saw the familiar ceiling. The light in the room was as dim as late at night.

"Are you up early?"

Zhou He was not very sure. The only thing he was sure of was that Yuli had not gotten up yet. He was lying beside his left hand, breathing evenly. He did not want to disturb Yuli's sleep, but he also had his own difficulties.

Although he had rarely slept with others, Zhou He was able to control his movements without any instruction. He got out of bed without making any big movements, walked sideways to the bathroom and balcony space separated by a glass sliding door, and saw the situation outside.

The sky outside was hazy and the fog was very heavy. Standing in the room, I could only barely see the lights on in the restaurant and could not see the entire restaurant building.

"It should be a nice day today, right?"

Thinking this in his mind, Zhou He went to the bathroom to wash his face, then turned back to wash and smoothed his bangs that were almost covering his eyebrows in the mirror, then pushed them upwards. Looking at himself in the mirror, who had fair skin, was not particularly handsome but quite pleasing to the eye, and smiled to himself.

When I returned to the room, Yuudachi had already woken up and was sitting at the head of the bed rubbing her eyes. Her pajamas were full of wrinkles because she liked to move around at night. Several buttons on her chest were undone, revealing her round northern hemisphere that was hard to imagine appearing on a young girl.

Even Zhou He's heartbeat quickened when faced with this instinctively stimulating scene. He raised his hand and tapped his head, then walked to the side, turned on the light, sat down beside the bed, and helped her button up her clothes: "Sorry for waking you up."

"It's not the commander's fault."

Yudachi didn't resist, but just shook his head: "It's time to get up."

"Want to go for morning exercise with Jean Bart?"

After covering his northern hemisphere, Zhou He reached out and rubbed Yudachi's hair. After dinner last night, he came back here to start thinking about rubbing the aircraft carrier with his hands and how to fight the Sirens today. On the way, he wanted to see the night view and came to the window, and saw Yudachi sneaking around outside, so he called her over to use her as a pillow for the whole night.

He would not comment on whether he had any ill intentions or not, but it was a real pleasure to have a sweet and soft sister next to him when he went to bed. Besides, he had complete dominance over Yuudachi, so he had no objection to Yuudachi sleeping on his bed.

"Yes!"

Yudachi smiled and counted on his fingers: "Jeanbard, Hutten, Cleveland and Montpellier, everyone likes to run in the morning."

"come on."

Zhou He also smiled. He knew that morning jogging was a very efficient way of exercising. In the first few days of the port area, he ran two laps in such an atmosphere. However, he has been getting less and less motivated recently. There are obviously many things that should be done, but none of them meet the conditions for starting immediately. He wants to do it but can't, yet he wants to do it.

He clearly felt that he was being pulled by himself. He often fell into this state before he traveled through time. In layman's terms, it was unreasonable mental exhaustion.

However, he knew how to get out of this situation, which was to set a small goal of killing several Siren cadres surrounding the port area and complete it. By that time, the resources at hand would be almost accumulated, and work could begin on all aspects.

Inspiring Yuli, and also inspiring himself, Zhou He put on his clothes and opened the door of the room. He saw a white figure standing not far away in the dim light. The corner of his mouth twitched: "Xuefeng, you can turn on the light."

"I'm sorry, this kind of environment makes me feel more at ease."

Xuefeng also squatted at the door yesterday. It was obvious that she had scared him. She tilted her head and hooked her hair on her cheek with her hand, looking behind Zhou He: "Is Xili in there?"

"Inside, she's getting ready to go for a morning run with the others. Xuefeng, do you want to go and warm up as well?"

Zhou He took two steps forward. Yudachi, who was changing clothes inside, made Xuefeng's eyes slightly widen. She did not respond to Zhou He's invitation. Zhou had to make a statement: "Yudachi has liked sleeping with me since she first joined the port area. It seems that she can feel more at ease by my side."

"Is this so?"

Xuefeng then retracted her gaze. She also knew that Yuudachi was Zhou He's initial ship and the two had spent the longest time together. She was just simply curious. Was a relationship like that between Zhou He and Yuudachi normal?

All she had been exposed to since she was born was fighting and fighting. Many of her fellow ship girls would mention the so-called "normal life", but she had lived for so many years and still could not understand what normal life was like.

In her opinion, Yudachi, who was always very happy, best met the conditions of a 'normal life', so when she saw Yudachi, she would feel inexplicably annoyed, and she couldn't tell whether this emotion was envy or jealousy.

"Good morning, Xuefeng, are you here to see the commander as well?"

Yuudachi, who was in the room, heard the conversation and quickly put on the formal clothes he had brought with him, then came over to greet them with a smile.

Xuefeng stared at her and shook his head: "I came to find you."

"Would you like to go jogging together in the morning?"

Yudachi blinked, jumped to Xuefeng and spread her hands to invite her, but Xuefeng just glanced at her palm and turned away.

"Ow?"

Yuli looked at Zhou He in confusion, and the latter patted her on the back with a smile: "If you don't refuse, it means you agree by default. Go ahead."

"Understood!"

A smile appeared on Yuli's face, and he followed Xuefeng with light steps, leaving Zhou He to look back at the room and turn around to tidy it up.

……

The fog lasted until 8:30 in the morning before it gradually dissipated. During this period, Zhou He simulated the design of the "aircraft carrier" in the scientific research system and obtained the results.

The materials he obtained from dismantling the Siren yesterday are enough to build two aircraft carriers that are 370 meters long, 32 meters wide, have a draft of nine meters, and are fully loaded with 32 tons. The maximum speed is 95 knots, and there are a total of 23 carrier-based aircraft, including 26 fighters, 36 dive bombers, 10 torpedo attack aircraft, and specialized reconnaissance aircraft.

Since the design of the system is based on the naval design of the World War II period, there are no aircraft that can make Zhou He particularly excited. However, the system has strengthened the structure of these old-fashioned carrier-based aircraft, which is at least acceptable in terms of numerical value.

In addition to the consumption of nearly 15 tons of materials, he also consumed two aircraft carrier blueprints, 84 main gun parts, 24 anti-aircraft parts and carrier-based aircraft parts. All the optional parts and common parts collected in previous missions were used to complete the carrier-based aircraft parts, so that he only had main gun parts, torpedo parts and anti-aircraft gun parts left.

Similar to patrol boats with automatic navigation, these two aircraft carriers have the ability to receive commands and act autonomously, similar to the Siren mass-produced model. The aircraft are also unmanned. Overall, Zhou He is quite satisfied.

So at this moment, he was discussing the matters concerning this attack with his family:

"So far, there are four Siren officers close to our port area."

Zhou He held a pen and sat around the coffee table in the middle of the living room with Bismarck and others. On the coffee table was a blueprint. The red dot in the center represented the location of the port area, and there was a Siren cadre guarding each of the four directions of southeast, northwest, and northeast. They were currently in the area of ​​​​the first zone that was about to enter the port area.

"The Siren guarding our south is the Purifier, the one to the west is the Clearer, the one to the east is the Clearer, and the Builder to the north is erratic, so she is not in this battle plan."

After marking the names of several Sirens on the blueprint, Zhou He pointed at the Purifier and said, "She is the one closest to us and the target of this feint attack. You first pretend to break through the Siren fleet in this direction, and I will observe and determine which of the testers and clearers in the east and west directions will come faster. At that time, I will convey this information to you, and you will start to move closer to that side. The purpose is to give the Siren cadres who are approaching a head-on blow and take them down directly."

As he spoke, Zhou He glanced at the shipgirls on the scene, paused for a moment and continued, "I don't think the threat level of the Purifier Siren is high, and its priority is not as high as that of the Clearer and the Tester. When your large force approaches one of them, I will send Xuefeng to meet the other one. When the two sides come into contact, I will send the new aircraft carrier to support Xuefeng and speed up her mission execution."

"After both sides are finished, you will reunite to deal with the Purifiers. I will make arrangements for the follow-up matters as appropriate."

Zhou He explained his rough plan, then took two steps back and sat on a chair, waiting for others to make proposals and speak.

"The commander's arrangement this time is a bit risky. If it were a normal fleet, it would most likely be attacked from both sides and defeated."

Hood was the first to speak. She pointed out the most critical point of this operation, but with a hint of smile on her lips, she placed her finger on the blueprint: "However, if we refer to the remaining issues after our battle with the Siren yesterday, some of the Siren ships on the front line will not have sufficient ammunition. This is a plan worth trying."

"One thing, Commander, is it too risky to let Xuefeng go alone to stop another Siren?"

Bismarck wanted to press on with her victory yesterday, but was worried about a sneak attack from the testers and others. Today, for unknown reasons, they separated, and each of them was separated by nearly two hours of travel, which was enough time for them to defeat any one of them.

"The power of the snow wind is beyond your imagination. Don't worry, I have other plans."

Zhou He smiled, he knew very well how powerful the meta-ship girls were. Even if Yukikaze's strength was cut in half, it was still not something that a few experimenter Sirens could handle. To put it in an outrageous way, with his long-range repair support, Yukikaze could fight against these five sirens alone and then break through the Siren base in the West Fourth District.

It’s just that individual strength does not equal collective strength. What he wants is to be the boss of all the big guys in his own port area, so Xuefeng will have to be inconvenienced here.

"Commander...will there be more Siren fleets coming?"

York City, who was standing in the line, observed for a long time and made sure that no one would interrupt him before asking weakly. Zhou He frowned slightly at this question: "I also find this very strange. We have sunk a large number of Sirens several times, but there is no large-scale ship supply. There must be a conspiracy of the Sirens."

"No follow-up support?"

As soon as these words came out, the people present and watching at the scene all showed subtle expressions. Under the influence of Zhou He's system, unless there were an overwhelming number of Sirens, no one could beat Zhou He in terms of logistical supply capabilities alone.

"Of course, the number of Sirens is still several times or even ten times ours, but now that they have divided their forces, the difference in numbers is not that prominent."

Zhou He added that he could underestimate the Siren because his family was now capable of fighting, but he could not let his family members underestimate the Siren as that would bring fatal danger.