Revisiting Azur Lane

Soon, this impromptu meeting ended, and those who participated in the meeting began to contact others who were not interested in the meeting. Within a few minutes, except for the one who was slacking off, the other 28 ship girls gathered here to obey Zhou He's dispatch.

"Xuefeng, can you do this over here?"

Zhou He quickly found the silent Xuefeng in the crowd, explained the mission she was responsible for this time, and asked some questions.

"What do you think, Your Highness Zhou He?"

Xuefeng raised her eyebrows. She remembered that Zhou He praised her last night. Why did he ask this stupid question again today?

"It's just a mass-produced unit for the experimenter. For you, Yukikaze, it should be just a matter of time before you meet me."

Zhou He didn't need to think about this question too much. The ship girls who went crazy during the meta process might be recycled by the Sirens and become thugs, but there were no meta ship girls who went berserk. As long as they completed the transformation, their strength would at least be at the level of the Arbitration Agency, which was not something that the Experimental Agency could resist at all.

"That's it."

Xuefeng stood on the lawn with her arms folded across her chest, her slightly raised chin revealing her mood at the moment.

"Ah."

Seeing this, Zhou He smiled slightly, raised his head and squinted to observe the sun that peeked out from the fog and clouds and was quickly covered. At least today was a suitable time to attack.

"OK OK."

As the chatter gradually died down, Zhou He clapped his hands and drew everyone's attention. "This operation is an encounter-annihilation battle. Bismarck, F-Hood, Shokaku, and Yorktown, the four of you will serve as the flagships of your respective camps to command the operation. I will let Bal temporarily join the White Eagle Group, and Kursk and Lingmin will temporarily follow Bismarck. Does anyone have any questions? If not, we will set off soon!"

"I me me!"

Yuli raised her hand quickly. After Zhou He nodded at her, Yuli pointed at Xuefeng and said, "Commander, isn't it too pitiful for Xuefeng to be alone?"

"..."xN

There was a moment of silence, and Zhou He couldn't help but grin: "Don't worry, I'll find a good helper for Xuefeng in a moment."

"understood!"

Yuli nodded, and her serious look made Xuefeng a little suffocated, but she was still very unhappy because she proved her strength to Zhou He yesterday.

Today she would let other people in the port area know that the years she had spent were not wasted!

Chapter 126 Efficiency

As usual, Zhou He watched the girls' backs as they walked away. He narrowed his eyes and shifted his gaze to the scientific research interface projected by the system. He directly called up the aircraft carrier plan that he had simulated last night. After repeatedly confirming that he had enough resources, he chose "Construct".

Even for a weapon of the aircraft carrier level, the system did not pause at all during its construction. During the construction process, it also corrected some structural problems left by Zhou He himself during the manual selection process. It only took a one-second reading time, and Zhou He's first "aircraft carrier" in the true sense was completed. He only needed to launch it to materialize.

'Delivery'

Zhou He took two steps forward to the edge of the tide and placed the huge warship that blocked his view as far as possible in the depths of the bay. After silently reciting in his heart, huge blue light particles appeared in the sky above the bay and gathered together. From bottom to top, the complex aircraft carrier was printed out like a 3D printer. Zhou He opened his eyes wide and looked at the behemoth that came into being from nothing in front of him.

Although being able to command the ship girls made him feel very satisfied, what man doesn't want to own a huge battleship of his own? The ship that entered the water was brown, and looking up, the deck was painted pure white, with an anchor on the bow, and a red number 01 on the wall further back. As for anything above, Zhou He could only walk sideways to see the many devices such as the lifting gear next to it and the radar on the island.

"There's another one, but we have to get 01 out first."

Zhou He licked his lips, switched to the dock and clicked on the extra 01. Apart from it, the dock was full of beautiful girl icons. It would not be wrong to describe it as out of place.

The warships that have been corrected by the system have an AI-like control center inside, which stores combat plans and authorization codes to obey Zhou He's commands. Because of the system's unique friend-or-foe identification capabilities, there is no need to worry about accidental injuries. At the same time, these warships can be controlled by simple commands or manually operated.

As for the manual operation method, entering the dock and long pressing the icon will display the two options of "input command" and "control". With the new toy in hand, Zhou He chose manual operation without a doubt. The system interface instantly turned into a rectangular high-altitude bird's-eye view, and there was a switch option between the first-person perspective and the high-altitude bird's-eye view in the upper right corner. When he first started, Zhou He honestly used the God's perspective to control it. He first locked 01, then drew a moving trajectory for it, letting it sail out of the bay and anchored 1 nautical mile to the left of the bay entrance.

After designing and confirming the action, Zhou He released the control. Aircraft Carrier No. 01, which was hundreds of meters away, started up instantly. The huge propulsion force directly disturbed the sea water around it. Under Zhou He's gaze, it retreated very beautifully to create distance, then turned a corner and drove straight out of the bay. Because it was too large, Zhou He could still see its existence even if it stayed outside the bay.

"Huh, my heart is beating a little fast."

Rubbing his hot cheeks with his hands, Zhou He felt his heartbeat was faster than when he was taking a bath with Yudachi. However, he quickly adjusted his mentality and calmed down. He placed the No. 02 aircraft carrier in the bay and followed the same method to park it 1 nautical mile to the right of the bay entrance. The two ships were about 2 to 3 nautical miles apart. According to Zhou He's judgment, this distance should not affect the takeoff and landing of the carrier-based aircraft of the two ships.

Just as Zhou He completed the deployment of the two aircraft carriers, the sounds of shelling and explosions were heard in the distance, which made Zhou He's eyes focus and he switched the interface to the attack map.

"Purification dear, let me check your composition."

Zhou He immediately locked onto the Purifier partition in the South Second District, muttering to himself that he saw the bright 3D image of the Purifier in the partition. However, after spending several minutes, he only saw the Purifier moving left and right, with no intention of retreating or joining the battle.

"A wait-and-see attitude. What about the others?"

Squinting his eyes, Zhou He switched to the east and west. The area where the testers and the cleaners were located was obviously moving towards the South Zone 1, which was the area where the battle was going on. After spending some time comparing them, it was obvious that the testers were moving slower than the cleaners, and much slower. The cleaners had already run to the edge of the area, while the testers were still in the central area.

"The Clearer... a guy with some chuunibyou traits. Could it be that he got mad after being beaten?"

Because the Clearer wasn't very active in the plot, Zhou He didn't have a very deep impression of her. He only knew that she spoke a little stupidly. Now it seemed that this guy was probably just a fool.

"It's just you."

After locking the target, Zhou He immediately passed the message to the four flagships, Shokaku, Bismarck, Yorktown, and Hood. At the same time, he let Xuefeng move west naturally and told her to lock the Eliminator and kill her as quickly as possible to avoid being surrounded by multiple Siren cadres.

"The chess pieces are in place, so I will create some variables during this encounter."

After determining the goal, Zhou He decisively switched the interface to the construction column: "Build three times."

At this stage, he does not want to increase the number of ship girls too much. This construction is just to distract the opposing Siren cadres and cooperate with Yukikaze to behead. The firepower of three ship girls plus two aircraft carriers is enough to be called a surprise force.

boom!

The sound of the metal door colliding seemed to ring in his ears. Zhou He turned around and saw three figures on the originally empty beach and the lawn in the distance.

The first one was a girl with purple hair and animal ears, wearing a blue sailor suit and a katana on her waist. Her legs covered in black stockings under her skirt were full of ideal aura, which made Zhou He couldn't help but take a few more glances.

The second one was a black-haired girl with a ponytail wearing a blue navy T-shirt and a metal nameplate around her neck. Her bangs covered her left eye. Because she appeared too many times when playing games, Zhou He also took a few more glances at her.

The third one is even more heavyweight. She is labeled as a lolita control in the game, but in fact she seems to be just an expulsion control. She is obviously very handsome but often performs poorly. In the official history, she gave Bismarck an important finishing touch, the famous Royal Ark!

"Ashigara, Cassin, Ark Royal."

Zhou He silently recited the names of the three in his mind. In this world where Hu Tengdu performed unsatisfactorily, he had abandoned the simple idea that rarity = strength. Even the white-skinned ship girls in the game had impressive combat power in reality!

Facing the three people, he raised his hand and said, "This way!"

The three who were still a little confused came back to their senses when they heard his voice, and came over with calm faces. Royal Ark was the most active among them. She first glanced at Kasim, and at that moment an inexplicable sense of responsibility emerged in her heart. She walked quickly to the front and waved to Zhou He, "You must be our commander, I am from the royal aircraft carrier, Royal Ark, nice to meet you."

"Hello."

Zhou He nodded at her, pointed at the command building behind them, and then spoke: "My name is Zhou He, and I'm temporarily serving as the commander of this port area. The reason why I summoned you all here this time... I think you all know it without me saying it."

The sound of explosions in the distance gradually became more frequent. Zhou He, as an ordinary person, could hear it, and the three ship girls could naturally hear it more clearly.

"Is it the Sirens that are attacking? I am Ashigara of Myoho-kō. Your Highness, Commander, please give me the order."

Ashihara reacted quickly. She looked up at the sky behind Zhou He, and then quickly gathered her attention on Zhou He. Her face was calm and her eyes were firm, making her look very reliable.

Kasim, who was also standing next to the Royal Ark, didn't seem to be interested in these things, but still spoke: "I am Kasim, the destroyer of the White Eagle. I hope the commander can tell me the situation."

"Ah."

Zhou He smiled. This time the draw was really good. He spread his hands and called out the names of the three people one by one: "Ashigara, Kasin, Royal Ark, as the commander, I am happy that you are here. The battle we are currently conducting is a battle to break through the Siren's encirclement. The ultimate goal is to destroy the Siren base hundreds of miles away. And now, we are fighting against several Siren cadres."

"You appeared on the battlefield as a surprise force this time to interfere with their judgment of the battle situation."

Zhou He's initial idea was to just send a few random people to capture the Sirens around the port area, but he didn't expect to be targeted by the Royal Ark. With an additional aircraft carrier, the target could naturally be raised, so he turned his attention to the Royal Ark: "Royal Ark, you will be the temporary flagship next. Take Kasim and Ashigara to attack in the southwest. The goal is to catch up with the advance team. On the way, you will meet other members of the aircraft carrier. Ashigara and Kasim, you two will be on guard as escorts, and Royal Ark, I need you to launch carrier-based aircraft to attack all humanoid sirens in the southeast direction up to 100 nautical miles away. Do you need me to repeat it?"

"Well... we will join the advance troops to provide escort, and then I will launch an air strike on the Siren in the southeast, right?"

Royal Ark thought for a moment, and after Zhou He nodded, he looked at Ashigara and Kasin, who also nodded: "Remember (got it)."

"Come on, I'll prepare a celebration party for you when you get back."

After explaining everything, Zhou He watched the three people leave with encouragement. After calming down, he switched the interface to convey the message to others, and paid close attention to the location and distance of Xuefeng and the Clearer.

As we all know, running in both directions is the shortest distance in the world. It would take more than an hour or even two hours to travel more than 60 nautical miles. But in this two-way run, Xuefeng will meet the Clearer in less than half an hour.

At this time in the battlefield, the testers were in the farthest East Zone 2, the Purifiers were slacking off in the nearby South Zone 2, Bismarck and other large forces had just entered the South Zone 1, on the western edge, the Clearers had also entered the South Zone 1, and Xuefeng was in the middle of the large forces and the Clearers, with a distance of less than fifteen nautical miles.

"Isn't the Clearer afraid of the snow wind?"

Zhou He was puzzled when looking at the map, but this did not affect his battle plan. He directly gave orders to the two aircraft carriers 01 and 02, locking onto the Clearers and launching an attack!

……

"These ship girls are really powerful. The mixed forces of mass-produced and executors are vulnerable to them."

Purification, who was hiding in the South Second District, was observing the battle in the distance, feeling the speed at which the subordinate fleet was losing contact. The corners of her mouth were raised exaggeratedly, and she looked so proud, as if the team of ship girls that were killing everyone was trained by her.

"However, it is possible to restore a mad meta ship to normal, and even has hidden powers. This singularity should not be underestimated. Fortunately, the Clearer is an idiot."

After the joy, the Purifier began to make plans in her mind. She was naturally unwilling to fight with normal meta ship girls, as that would be asking for trouble. However, the Observer deliberately let them stand like this to attract these ship girls out. But if these people really attacked her, would she run away or not?

I don't know how long it will take for the builder.

Suddenly, she got feedback that the Clearer and that meta Snow Wind were already facing each other, and there were inexplicably nearly dozens of enemy fighters in the sky. This was originally a fleet that had not been resupplied, and the opponent kept increasing the pressure. Air superiority was about to be lost!

"Are there any masters?"

Purification was very surprised and began to connect to the observer far away in the base, asking her whether her plan had failed this time.

On the other side, the buff remover who seemed to be in blood rage faced Yukikaze - she was not afraid at all. Ordinary meta ship girls were elusive, but Yukikaze was very honest. She was beaten badly by them a few nights ago, so in her opinion, Yukikaze's strength was not that strong.

"It's so stupid to finally escape and then deliver yourself to me."

Even though she looked down on the snow wind, the Clearer played it safe and began to accumulate shark cannons outside the destroyer's shooting range. However, just as she began to accumulate energy, black and white planes swooped down from the sky and directly covered the sky. These planes did not even glance at the frigates around the Clearer, but directly locked onto the Clearer and dropped a large number of explosive packs.

"What!?"

The Clearer had never expected that an airplane would break through the air defense line and come to her side at this time. This sudden crisis forced her to release her energy to evade. However, the number of bombs dropped was too large. The sea water that was blown up and down, coupled with the eruption of water mist, shook her so much that she couldn't tell east, south, west, or north for a while.

The bombing lasted for nearly a minute. The cleaner, who had been hit by several bombs, finally recovered and was about to retreat, but when she looked up, she saw a giant white wolf running towards her from a distance. Xuefeng on the white wolf raised his hand and aimed at her, shooting like a child playing.

Bang bang bang!

The plain destroyer fired a salvo of main guns, and one of the shells hit the Clearer who raised his hand to try to block it.

boom!

A huge ball of flame shot up into the sky, and the figure of the Cleaner flew backwards like a broken rag doll. The ship's equipment kept disintegrating in the air, and the parts fell into the sea with a thump.

"Is this the limit of the mass-produced units of the experimental institute?"

Xuefeng ignored the shells coming from all directions and sat steadily on the wolf's back approaching the Clearer. Amid the explosions, countless carrier-based aircraft swooped down from the sky, and the Siren warships that were originally showing off their might fell into the sea of ​​fire one after another.

The most popular cleaner was also hit by the finishing blow, and the figure who had just barely stood up fell down completely.

"The Clearer is dead, and air superiority is lost. We can't stop them!"

Jinghuaqin, who was farther away, could no longer sit still. If she didn't run away, the plane in the sky would bomb her!

"No, it's done."

The observer's slightly frivolous voice sounded.

In an instant, a large amount of gray fog emerged within a hundred miles around the battlefield, covering everything.

Chapter 127 Overlapping Worlds

"What happened?"

The fog was everywhere, and the two sides that were originally fighting suddenly stopped fighting. The forward team led by Jintou, Haguro and others, the midfield where battleships such as Bismarck were located, and the backcourt where Yorktown, Shokaku and others were located were divided into three parts by the fog, and the head and the tail could not connect.

The one who asked the question was Hood. They slowed down and stopped at the sea surface, getting closer to Bismarck and the others, and carefully observed the fog that was still emerging around them. It was too fast, and in just a few breaths they were surrounded by the fog, and they could not react at all.

"The situation is unclear - Spey, Z23, you guys return."

Bismarck also frowned and contacted the two iron-blooded members of the vanguard, but the constant hissing sound in the communication made her feel uneasy. Fortunately, the communication seemed to be interfered with, and the information was still transmitted. Count Spee responded with "understood", and Z23 also made a sound.

"These bastards are just trying to be clever!"

Kaga BB, who was also in the midfield but standing in the front, joined Tosa and Bismarck and others, and scolded Siren with gritted teeth. Then he and Tosa divided the work to contact Shokaku and Jinto. The goal was to let the Vanguard retreat to the midfield and then return to the port together, while Shokaku and other aircraft carriers retreated to the port area first.

Just as they were acting vigilantly, Zhou He, who was far away in the port headquarters, was also frightened. The originally normal attack map changed from the normal blue and white tones to the terrifying black and red in a breath. After flashing a few times, the map merged from the original partitions into a new large map, with the port island as the center. Only the area within a radius of five miles was bright, and the rest outward, including the locations of Shokaku, Bismarck, Shentong and others, was dark. He could only see the green survival mark of his own ship girl in the dark, and even the Siren could not be seen.

"What's going on? Did they change the map? Mirror Sea?"

After the new map was formed, Zhou He was stunned for a moment, then quickly came back to his senses and thought that the only possibility for such a change was that the Siren had tampered with it. There seemed to be a plot in the game where the builder released the fog and divided the battlefield.

After reaching the conclusion, Zhou He immediately switched to the dock to resupply ammunition and carry out repairs for everyone. Then he took a look at the layers of fog outside the island and connected with Shokaku, Bismarck, Yudachi and Yukikaze further away through video one by one. He comforted them briefly to prevent them from getting lost in the fog and provided additional instructions for the return route.

Soon, the forward retreated and joined the midfielders, and then followed the backcourt players to retreat to the vicinity of the island, to an area that had not yet been shrouded in fog, and during this time no Sirens attacked them.

"So smooth?"

Looking at the crowd appearing outside the bay through a telescope, Zhou He felt a little worried.

According to the setting, the fog released by the Builder has many functions such as isolating information transmission, disrupting the magnetic field and making people lose their direction. The ship girls themselves can communicate with each other, have no problems with their sense of direction, and even returned without being attacked. So what are they trying to achieve by doing this?

Send him a box of self-selected furniture?