Daily life with the ship girl

Li Ran sighed and sorted out his clothes. He only brought a set of admiral uniform this time and had no desire to wear it. After all, it was hot in midsummer, and because it rained yesterday, it was not very hot to wear the admiral uniform. After Li Ran straightened his collar, he walked to the window and looked at the smoke rising faintly in the distance and the roar of those carrier-based aircraft. He looked at the sky that was still not clear, and a trace of solemnity flashed in his eyes:

Perhaps, this is the war with the deep sea!

Chapter 181: Salvage the Boat

Li Ran had put his clothes in order and was surprised to enter the lobby of the Sihai Trading Company's Qiyun branch. He found that except for Bismarck and the other four ship girls who were waiting, the entire store was empty. Li Ran thought that drinking had ruined things.

"What's the situation now?" Li Ran walked to Bismarck and asked.

"Ordinary people were evacuated yesterday. Admiral, what should we do now?"

This was the first time that Bismarck participated in such a battle. She had always regarded obeying orders as her duty. This was in her bones. Since Li Ran was her admiral, he was also her superior in another sense. Naturally, the combat orders would be decided by Li Ran.

Although this was Li Ran's first time participating in a battle as an admiral, he had been a member of the Marine Corps before traveling through time, so he had some common sense about military matters. He thought about it and then said:

"First, we need to find the person in charge. After all, after the admirals accept the mission, someone has to be responsible for coordinating and arranging the deployment. Oh, and the mission letter should have a contact address."

Li Ran thought to himself that he was a little stupid. Generally speaking, if it was a combat order, the contact information would be written at the end. He slapped his forehead, and then he saw the contact address for the front-line support mission written on the last few pages of the mission book:

No. 666, Qiyungang South Street.

Bismarck and Li Ran were looking at the assignment book at the same time. She felt that this number was unlucky and said:

"This number is really unlucky."

"Yes, in the Western world, the number 666 represents the devil Satan. But don't think about it. We should hurry over there as soon as possible. It seems that the fighting is very intense now."

Seeing that Li Ran and Bismarck had discussed it, Nuremberg asked:

"How's it going? Did you find the contact address?"

"Yes, it's at 666 South Street. Oh, and you should know how to get to Nuremberg."

"It only takes a few minutes by car. Time is precious. Emden has the vehicle ready."

Nuremberg said, and then formally introduced Li Ran:

"This is my good friend Emden. She and Leipzig are good friends I met while traveling around the world."

Li Ran looked at the ship girl Emden who was wearing glasses. It seemed that in the game character illustration, Emden was a weak wife.

Upon closer inspection, Emden had beautiful long golden hair that fell to her shoulders. She looked a little weak with her black-framed glasses. She was wearing a pink top that was very decent. Her chest was quite big, and she was wearing black stockings. She was someone who could arouse a man's desire to protect her.

Li Ran's eyes were slightly aggressive, but he knew he was being rude, so he quickly smiled and said:

"Hello Emden, my name is Li Ran. It's our first meeting. Thank you for your guidance."

Emden just looks sickly. In essence, she still has the style of a Prussian soldier. She is just not used to talking to men. Moreover, as a free ship girl, she also has to take care of Xiao Zhai. She seldom has contact with the admiral. This led to her being a little surprised to see that her friend had found the admiral when she came to Leipzig's house as a guest last night. At this time, she saw that Li Ran was not bad looking and the admiral's uniform on his body was also very neat. The first impression was pretty good.

Emden pushed up her glasses. This series of comments seemed long, but in fact it only took a few seconds. She said weakly:

"Hello, Admiral Li Ran, the car is ready."

"Thank you, let's go." Li Ran nodded, feeling a little weird, but after all, it was their first meeting, so this was inevitable. He said to Nuremberg:

"Thank you very much for bothering you again this time."

"It's alright, Admiral. We'll be joining the port area anyway, so this can be considered as a way to get to know Bismarck in advance."

As a ship girl, Nuremberg would not speak in a roundabout way like humans. Moreover, she had already talked with Bismarck in advance, and now she was just expressing her position again in front of Li Ran.

Li Ran did not refuse this time. After going through so much, he saw everything Nuremberg had done for him. He took off his admiral's hat and performed a gentleman's courtesy:

"From now on, you are welcome to join my port."

Nuremberg was also stunned for a while. She obviously didn't expect Li Ran to give her a response in person. She originally thought that Li Ran would wait until he returned to Hong Kong, but it was fine this way. She stretched out her hand and let Li Ran kiss the back of her hand lightly, and then said the lines in the game:

"Order is the precursor of peace. You have the flame of order in your body. Light cruiser Nuremberg. I will help you grow that flame into the light of hope that can illuminate the whole world."

When Li Ran saw Nuremberg saying this, he still felt a little strange. After all, the lines of the ship girls in the game were all different, but they were spoken by real people, so it was inevitable that they were a little strange. He nodded and said:

"Then let's set off."

Leipzig sighed and muttered:

"That's it. Another fool who has lost his freedom."

"Keep your voice down and don't talk nonsense." Emden smiled apologetically, then touched Leipzig's head and said:

"Let's go. Don't you want your salary? This time you can fight on the front line with Bismarck. Didn't you say yesterday... um..."

Leipzig didn't expect that the usually gentle Emden would actually joke. She quickly covered her friend's mouth, and then looked at Li Ran with some curiosity. She pulled her friend away and said:

"Nuremberg, you drive."

After Em got in the car, she looked at Li Ran sitting in the front passenger seat and Bismarck sitting next to her. She whispered softly in Leipzig's ear:

"Why, afraid that she would know."

"No, I just want to see how powerful Sister Meow is, who Xiao Zhai always mentions."

"You."

Emden sighed, and then felt that Bismarck sitting next to her was quite stressful. She thought for a moment and said:

"Um, Bismarck, it's our first meeting. Please give me your guidance."

To Emden's surprise, Bismarck was not as difficult to get along with as he had imagined. When she saw him asking a question, she immediately responded:

"Hello, Emden. Your contribution to the German Navy is admirable."

These are some polite words that the G-country shipgirls sometimes say when they meet. These are the memories they inherited after inheriting the soul of the warship. Emden also responded:

"It was all for the glory of Germany, but that's all in the past."

"Yes, historical memory is always the past. Bismarck is now fighting only for the admiral."

"Bismarck, let me ask you a question." Leipzig saw the car slowly moving, and because it was a military vehicle, the front and back seats were separated by only an iron-barred window. She looked at the window, which was now closed, and then lowered her voice and said:

"You became Li Ran's ship girl, did he pay you a salary?"

Emden found it a little funny when she heard her friend say this. She patted her friend on the head.

"You, Bismarck was built by Li Ran, not by itself like us. How could she ask for a salary from her admiral?"

“Then pay the salary too.”

Bismarck hadn't thought about this question, but she felt that Leipzig was indeed similar to the image in her memory, a ship girl who fought for a salary. She smiled and said:

"The admiral gave me my salary."

Bismarck added silently in his heart, The admiral has given me everything, and that is enough.

"I don't understand. So, if I join your port, how much can I get paid?"

Emden was dumbfounded. She quickly explained to Bismarck:

"Leipzig she was just joking."

"It's okay, but I really can't answer this question. Do you want me to ask the admiral?" Bismarck was not angry. After all, Leipzig had no ill intentions. She thought about it and was about to open the grille window in front.

"No, I'm just asking casually." Leipzig also knew that she had spoken without thinking. She was just confused. After all, Nuremberg was her friend for many years. He just recognized that man as the admiral without mentioning any reward. She couldn't help but feel a little indignant. However, when she saw Bismarck was serious, she became a little panicked.

"Yeah, by the way, did you guys just talk about the small house?"

Although Bismarck was not the kind of person who eavesdropped on other people's conversations, there was only so much space in the car, and the hearing of the ship girl was also different from that of ordinary people. Of course, she heard the whispers of Emden and Leipzig. She looked a little embarrassed, and then said:

"I didn't mean to eavesdrop, please forgive me if I was offended."

"It's okay." Emden thought to herself. She should have thought of it earlier. There was a risk of leakage when the ship girls talked in such a narrow space. She sighed and said:

"Xiao Zhai is very good, she just wants to see you. We came out this time without telling her. Fortunately, U96 was at home with her, so she didn't make a fuss. After this operation is over, can you go see Xiao Zhai?"

"Sure, the Admiral will probably agree. And since Nuremberg has become a member of our port area, I will ask U96 if she wants to follow us. If she disagrees, I will trouble you two to take care of her in the future. As for the salary, I will talk to the Admiral. Don't worry, Leipzig."

"That's not what I meant." Leipzig felt a little embarrassed.

"Haha, stop talking about this, Bismarck. What do you think about fighting against a deep-sea aircraft carrier this time?"

Emden smiled, but after all, they were not here to relax, but to go to the front line to support the battle. She got to the point and said:

"If possible, we can form a wheel formation. You, the driver, will seek opportunities to attack, and we will be responsible for helping you with air defense."

"Well, we'll talk about it when we get to the battlefield." Bismarck nodded, then stopped joking and spoke in a serious tone.

Leipzig also had a serious expression. She nodded, then looked out the car window at the smoke columns rising from time to time not far away. Her palms were full of cold sweat.

Chapter 182: Defense of Qiyun Port [I]

Li Ran was riding in a military vehicle that was marked as being reserved for admirals. When he arrived at No. 666, Li Ran found that the place was full of admirals in a hurry, and some injured ship girls were escorted to the dock by some medical ship girls without combat effectiveness to enter the channel.

"This battle situation doesn't look very smooth."

Li Ran watched the car pass through the gate of Registration Office No. 666 and was stopped in front of a guard post. Li Ran thought, maybe they want to check the ID, but it seemed that his admiral's ID was left in the port area.

"Please, Admiral, park your car here. Vehicles are not allowed inside."

That sentry should also be an unknown ship girl. Li Ran was very curious about these unknown ship girls because they looked no different from ordinary people from the outside, except that they were carrying some ship uniforms on their bodies, which undoubtedly highlighted that they should also be ship girls. However, this was different from the feeling Li Ran had when he was with Bismarck.

To put it bluntly, Li Ran felt the aura around Bismarck. Although she would be more restrained around her, she had seen Bismarck's aura unfold, and that was when U47 got lost. But it was not the case with the nameless ship girl in front of her. Li Ran could not feel the existence of aura from her, or it could be said that they lacked spiritual energy.

The spiritual energy here is not the spiritual energy mentioned in fantasy novels, but the feeling that the soul is too weak to be easily ignored.

However, Li Ran did not think much about it. Since it was a rule, he did as he was told. He got off the car with Nuremberg and the others. Then Li Ran heard the nameless ship girl say in a public announcement tone:

"Admiral, please follow me to register the soul frequency band. Everyone please stay."

When the nameless ship girl saw Bismarck trying to catch up, she quickly stopped him.

Li Ran waved his hand:

"It's okay, it's just registration. The security here is so tight, there shouldn't be any danger."

Bismarck had no choice but to comply.

"Then please lead the way."

When Li Ran saw that Bismarck agreed, he said to the unknown ship girl.

"Please follow me this way."

When the nameless ship girl saw that Li Ran's ship girls were so cooperative, she was relieved. After all, they were originally incompletely awakened beings, and they would instinctively be a little afraid of those ship girls who inherited the soul of the warship. However, Bismarck was unexpectedly cooperative.

Li Ran did not ask her name. After all, it might take a long time for him to come to Qiyun Port again. So he just followed the nameless ship girl in silence and walked through the tall circular arch.

It was then that Li Ran discovered that deep in the alleys of Qiyun South Street, there was such a large fortress. He said in amazement:

"Why is there such a big fortress here?"

When the nameless ship girl heard Li Ran's question, she thought for a moment and said:

"This was originally a military fortress in ancient Qiyun Port. Later, because the commercial streets of Qiyun City were moved to South Street and North Street, not many people knew about this fortress in the southwest. It is said that this fortress was built to resist pirate attacks on the port."

"pirate?"

Li Ran was a little confused. He was unfamiliar with Qiyun Port, no, everything in this world was unfamiliar to him. However, as a time traveler, he found the customs, history and culture that were different from those on Earth quite interesting. So he looked at the flag flying on the tallest guard tower in the fortress and asked:

"Is that the flag of Xia Country? It's very beautiful."

Hearing this, the nameless ship girl looked up and saw the flag fluttering in the wind, and then said:

"That's the Black Dragon Flag of Xia Country, but it's not the national flag. It's the flag of the most powerful navy in the Far East. It's a pity that the human navy is now useless on the ocean and unable to fight against the deep sea. The Black Dragon Fleet that was famous in the Far East is also on the decline. So this flag should be regarded as a memorial. Humans are a very strange species."

"Yes, I am obsessed with the lost glory."

Li Ran looked at the flag thoughtfully. The sight of it fluttering in the wind did not give him a very majestic feeling. On the contrary, he felt that perhaps the navy of this world could only cherish the memory of these flags that symbolized glory, which seemed a little desolate.

Li Ran thought about it and wondered why he felt a little compassionate. He thought for a while and said:

"Not here yet?"

The nameless shipgirl was a little strange. This admiral looked very unfamiliar, and his accent didn't sound like that of a Xia countryman, but his fluent Mandarin was more authentic than some of the so-called admirals from the Xia Empire that she had seen before. This surprised her very much. When she heard Li Ran's question, she said without turning her head:

"The registration office is in the west section of the fortress. We're almost there."

Li Ran nodded. As he walked, he looked at the ruins around him that had been demolished and replaced by modern-style barbed wire and iron fences. From time to time, he could see admirals dressed in various admiral uniforms hurrying past him.

Li Ran looked at the shoulder badges of those admirals, all of which were colonel-level or even general-level ones. Then he looked at his own shoulder badge. The trainee admiral only had one bar, which was really miserable.

However, Li Ran immediately became excited. Perhaps this time, Qiyun Port would be a good opportunity for me to be promoted in military rank.

Although the ranks of the admirals do not seem to have much power, after all, even the governor does not have the right to bypass an admiral to give orders to his ship girls, because every ship girl only obeys the admiral they recognize.

This is also the biggest difference between the admirals and the army.