Daily life with the ship girl

The fleet of ship girls on the northwest front of Qiyun Port collapsed faster than expected. Many of the ship girls were severely damaged. They finally returned to Qinyun Reef, only to find that those carrier-based aircraft were like leeches.

Yubari felt something was wrong. She heard from her admiral Chen Yao, the current governor of the Far East, that the large fleet of aircraft carriers launched by the deep sea attacked Qiyun Port from three directions. The northwest front should have been the most defensive, but it was unexpected that it was also the fastest to collapse. She felt a little uneasy. After thinking about it, she said to her assistant Ooyodo:

"What did the Admiral say? Who led the Deep Sea attack on the Northwest Front?"

Oyodo is the pride of the Governor-General of the Far East. After all, no other Governor-General is as good as Oyodo. This is European evidence. However, Oyodo is not just a vase. Her ability to handle documents and organize intelligence should not be underestimated. She heard what Yubari said and said:

"The Governor said that the northwest front may have encountered the elite deep-sea aircraft carrier formation of the Deep Sea First Carrier Battle, which led to such a quick defeat. In addition, the reinforcement team was also slowed down by the surprise attack of deep-sea carrier-based aircraft. In addition, Qiyunmu Port was also attacked by deep-sea carrier-based aircraft, but someone detected the intention of the deep-sea carrier-based aircraft to surprise attack in advance, so the loss of Qiyunmu Port was not great. The Admiral said that if this place can't hold on, then give up Qinyun Reef."

"Can't bear it?" Yu Zhang looked at the deep-sea carrier-based aircraft in the sky, with the logo of the Deep Sea First Carrier on the black fuselage. It seemed that her guess was right. The ones leading all these attacks could only be the Deep Sea Akagi and Deep Sea Kaga. She knew that the northwest front might have been breached. However, if Qinyun Reef was lost, the Deep Sea Fleet would open a shortcut to Qiyun Port, which was the gateway to Qiyun Port. She said coldly:

“If you can’t make up for the quality, make up for it with quantity!”

"But if we use shore-based support now, there might be accidental casualties..."

"No matter what, Qinyun Reef cannot be lost. We must defend it to the death..." Yubari was about to make a heroic move when he heard someone exclaim:

"Look, what are these colorful carrier-based aircraft?"

When Ooyodo and Yubari heard the exclamations of the ship girls, they subconsciously looked up at the sky, only to see dozens of colorful carrier-based aircraft shooting down the arrogant deep-sea carrier-based aircraft one by one with ease.

After all, Yubari was the shipgirl of the Governor-General of the Far East. More importantly, she was in charge of the ship equipment maintenance and upkeep of the Governor-General's North Star Naval Base. She was very familiar with the ship equipment. She said to Ooyodo:

"It seems that the Ark Royal has taken action. However, it would not be a waste if there were no fighter escorts for so many B25 (Doolittle Team) bombers."

"No, you see." Ooyodo shook his head and said:

"There are some targets around these B25s that even my radar can't detect. You know that the detection limit range of [Advanced Air Defense Radar: Air Defense Correction 40%] is 200 kilometers high, but those carrier-based aircraft are right next to the low-flying B25s, but my radar can't receive any signals at all. Do you know what this means?"

"Hero machine?" Yubari gasped. As expected, she was a legendary ship girl who had gone through thirty years of ups and downs. As far as she knew, the Royal Ark could not be transformed. In other words, she had surpassed those transformed ship girls with her own abilities. She thought for a moment and then said:

"Can you guess what kind of hero machine it is?"

"You know the 'Sachi Scissors' tactic, right? I think the reason why the Royal Ark let the B25 appear in front of the deep-sea carrier-based aircraft team just now was to act as bait. The real combat is done by those elusive hero aircraft. I'm sure you are familiar with its name, and you also know that the admiral has been looking for this kind of hero aircraft."

"Are you talking about the [F2A (Sachi Team)]?" Yubari took a breath. There are only a handful of aircraft carriers in the world that can own a hero aircraft. She knew that her admiral only had one [Yak-1B (Lillia)], and it should be on that person at this time. She collected her thoughts and asked:

"What about those reinforcements on the Northwest Passage?"

"They're here." Ooyodo looked through the radar and saw the dense green dots of light. She said with great joy:

"The Royal Ark must have been angered by the Deep Sea's surprise attack on the home port, so she launched an attack ahead of time. However, it seems that these carrier-based aircraft have no intention of staying. They seem to be heading towards the northwest front line, and their target seems to be the northwest side of the Starshatter Reef area."

"Where's the chart?" Yubari walked back into the room, swept the clutter on the table aside, and said to Ooyodo:

"Take the nautical chart. I think there should be some light cruisers escorting the Royal Ark. They may have discovered the hiding place of the deep-sea aircraft carrier force."

"Here you go." Ooyodo took the nautical chart down from the wall and spread it out for Yubari.

"Look, Qinyun Reef is here. Forty miles ahead is the frontline of the Star-Broken Reef. I was wondering why the frontline troops fled. Ooyo, you just said that the carrier-based aircraft unit of our side that annihilated the deep-sea carrier-based aircraft flew to the northwest of the Star-Broken Reef area, right? Look, I roughly know that the deep-sea aircraft carrier force may be hiding in this place."

Yubari pointed to a spot on the nautical chart. Oyodo looked at it and his expression changed unpredictably. Then he said:

"But that area is not..."

"Yes, the Thundercloud Islands are dangerous, but it is precisely because of the danger that we ignored it. Besides, it rained heavily yesterday. No one would have thought that the Deep Sea would hide in such a dangerous place."

The Thundercloud Islands are an area that is shrouded in thunderclouds all year round. It is not far from Qiyun Port, but few people have ever seen their true appearance because the islands sometimes disappear for no reason. That is to say, sometimes when sailors reach the Thundercloud Islands, there is nothing there. The "elusive Thundercloud Islands" are one of the world's top ten unsolved mysteries.

Oyodo is a little bit incredible:

"But doesn't this archipelago appear and disappear from time to time? It's unlikely that a deep-sea aircraft carrier would be hidden here by coincidence."

"It's not a coincidence. It just happened to rain so heavily yesterday. I found historical data about Qiyun Port in the admiral's office, which mentioned the key to entering the Thundercloud Islands. That is, after a heavy rain, the Thundercloud Islands will appear at night. I think the reason why the admiral asked the people to evacuate in advance last night was because he considered that such a complicated situation might arise today."

"Sister Yubari, Sister Ooyodo, there is a telegram from Admiral Dad." The voice of the destroyer Arashi came from outside.

"Don't call the admiral dad." Ooyodo scolded with a smile, then took the telegram.

"What did the admiral say?" Yubari didn't even raise her head, her eyes continued to linger on the nautical chart.

"The admiral said that the ship escorting the Royal Ark was not us. She changed the escort personnel midway. The admiral said he couldn't do anything about it."

"What?" Yubari's face turned pale. She took the telegram and looked at what the admiral said:

"Dear Yubari, I originally agreed to let you form a formation with the Royal Ark, but there is a very special ship girl next to the Royal Ark, and some reasons that I am not convenient to explain for the time being, which led to the Royal Ark choosing the reinforcements with Bismarck as the escort formation. I am very sorry. I hope Yubari can put the overall situation first and do his best to ensure the logistical supply guarantee for the Royal Ark and others. The northwest front cannot afford to lose! That's all."

Yubari sighed, put down the telegram in his hand, and said:

"Please ask the Admiral who is the special ship girl next to the Royal Ark?"

Ooyodo was also a little disappointed. Fighting with the legendary shipgirls gave them the opportunity to learn higher combat skills, but now it was suddenly snatched away by someone else. She was not angry, but she was still a little dissatisfied in her heart. She nodded and dialed the communication with Chen Yao. Then she said dryly:

"Admiral, can I ask who is the special ship girl you mentioned?"

Chen Yao was sitting in the office at this time. He had a headache. The port was attacked by a deep-sea surprise attack. Although it was safe, the General Staff Headquarters said that it was Li Ran who reported the news. He could only smile bitterly. The Royal Ark was also in the General Staff Headquarters at that time and should have known the news first.

Chen Yao sighed. It seemed that Royal Ark’s favor towards Li Ran would rise again. What an enviable boy.

He had heard not long ago that Royal Ark had defeated the fleet that attacked the port by surprise. Before he could be happy, he heard that Royal Ark had changed its mind and actually asked Li Ran's fleet to provide escort.

Chen Yao had no choice but to agree. After all, she was a legendary ship girl, and even the governor had to give her some face when he met her.

After seeing off the Royal Ark with mixed feelings, he sent a telegram to Yubari. Not long after, he heard Ooyodo's communication request, and the first thing he said was a question. He was extremely depressed at this moment.

Chapter 187: Defense of Qiyun Port [VI]

Let’s not worry about the troubles of Chen Yao, the Governor of the Far East, for now, and let’s hear what Bismarck said about the situation he encountered at that time.

The deep-sea carrier-based aircraft were obviously not just intended to slow down the pace of reinforcements to the Northwest Front, they seemed to be assessing the situation in the sea where Bismarck and others were located.

Bismarck did not dare to be careless. Although she had fought with the Deep Sea Fleet when rescuing Prince Eugen, that was because they had Lexington and other aircraft carriers to ensure air supremacy, so they did not need to worry about threats from the air.

And now, Bismarck looked around the sea where his team was. Some of his own aircraft were mostly reconnaissance planes of heavy cruisers and battleships, but these reconnaissance planes were all torn into pieces by deep-sea carrier-based aircraft as soon as they took off.

Leipzig watched the flagship Bismarck hurrying on in silence. She had been on high alert, and inevitably felt exhausted. After all, air defense was the responsibility of the light cruiser. Now they had undoubtedly lost air superiority. In this situation, the flagship Bismarck was urgently needed to come up with a solution. She couldn't help but ask:

"Can't we hurry up?"

Bismarck frowned, she shook her head, and then said:

"No, if we fly too fast now, the formation will easily be broken. Maintaining the wheel formation is the safest way to deal with air strikes. Our mission is to reinforce the front line. Don't waste ammunition on the way."

"But these annoying planes are so annoying." Leipzig shook the main gun in her hand angrily. Every time her anti-aircraft gun locked onto a deep-sea carrier-based aircraft, the opponent immediately pulled it up again and stopped just outside the range of the anti-aircraft gun. It seemed that the deep-sea ship girls who operated these carrier-based aircraft also knew the power of light cruiser air defense.

"Yeah, these planes are too annoying." Bismarck's mouth curled up coldly. She was also very angry in her heart, but any rash actions now would easily lead to variables. She had always implemented Li Ran's combat orders thoroughly. Since this trip was to reinforce the front-line troops, the first factor she considered was to preserve the most complete combat power to reach the front line, so that she could face the war in a state of complete victory.

However, waiting like this was not Bismarck's style. She hesitated for a moment, then said:

"I think the operators behind the deep-sea carrier-based aircraft are almost unable to hold back. These carrier-based aircraft have limited fuel and cannot be replenished in the air. I believe the attack will come soon."

Emden pushed up his glasses and said:

"Yes, those deep-sea carrier-based aircraft have begun to assemble into attack formations, divided into sixteen formations, each with twelve fighters and eight bombers. If my guess is correct, these sixteen formations will carry out four echelons of bombing."

Bismarck heard Emden's analysis and whispered softly:

Be prepared, don't get stuck in this place!

"Here they come!" Nuremberg raised her head. In her pupils, those deep-sea carrier-based aircraft that were originally like poisonous snakes finally bared their fangs. They no longer cared whether they entered the range of anti-aircraft guns. They dived directly, and then a series of bombs began to fall.

All the ship girls' teams of the reinforcement force were on full alert, and when the deep-sea carrier-based aircraft's air strike came, all the teams opened fire.

Only Bismarck and Nuremberg said:

"I'll leave the air defense to you. I have to go do some reconnaissance."

As he spoke, Bismarck released his ship-mounted [AR-196s seaplane reconnaissance aircraft]. After the green reconnaissance aircraft glided on the sea for a while, Bismarck pulled the reconnaissance aircraft to the airspace with fewer deep-sea carrier-based aircraft, and then took advantage of the thick cloud city and flew towards the direction of the Starshattering Reef area.

"How is it?" Nuremberg looked at Bismarck and applied for concentration. After all, she knew that Bismarck was a battleship girl. Although her technology of operating reconnaissance planes was very basic compared to the skills of aircraft carrier girls operating carrier-based aircraft, reconnaissance planes were only responsible for reconnaissance work after all, which required more delicate techniques. As soon as she saw Bismarck release the reconnaissance plane, she immediately turned the anti-aircraft guns and opened a gap in the airspace above the blockade of the reconnaissance plane.

Bismarck didn't know that she and Nuremberg would reach such a tacit understanding in their first joint operation. She nodded and said:

"Everything is going well, but I want to know roughly where the deep-sea carrier-based aircraft came from. Emden, can you guess it?"

Emden dodged a shell with a beautiful sideways move. The splash of water inevitably fell on her, wetting her glasses. She took off her glasses, heard Bismarck's question, wiped her glasses with the glasses cloth she carried with her, and then said:

"It's roughly northwest of the northwest front. There's a famous reef area there. I think the main body of the deep-sea carrier-based aircraft carrier should be on the northwest side of the reef area, but..."

Bismarck frowned. She was trying to do two things at once. While controlling the reconnaissance plane, she asked:

"But what?"

Leipzig wiped her wet face, which was soaked by the blinks thrown nearby by the deep-sea carrier-based aircraft. She heard Bismarck ask this and answered for Emden:

"But that place is the [Thundercloud Islands], and few people usually set foot in that sea area. I heard that many ship girls wanted to conduct reconnaissance with reconnaissance planes or carrier-based aircraft, but all the planes were shot down in the sea area without exception. Emden, if you say that those carrier-based aircraft came from there, it's not scientific."

"Thunder Cloud Islands?" Bismarck frowned even more, but she didn't have time to ask more questions at this time. She just asked:

"Is it really impossible for a plane to take off from that place?"

Emden put on her glasses and listened to the sound of ship girls being hit and broken by cannons from time to time. The water columns stirred up by the explosions were also higher and higher. She thought for a while and then said:

"Not only is it impossible, but it's because that sea area is empty. The so-called Thundercloud Islands are generally just legends. The deep sea will not choose that sea area."

Bismarck was stunned for a moment. This distraction caused the attention of the carrier-based aircraft she was operating to drift away. Then she smiled bitterly:

"It was discovered. My reconnaissance plane was shot down."

"Damn it!" Leipzig cursed angrily, and she fired a burst of anti-aircraft guns fiercely, shooting down a deep-sea propeller carrier-based aircraft. However, before she could vent her anger, a deep-sea delta-wing torpedo plane suddenly appeared from the clouds and aimed at Leipzig's back, and there was no other ship girl behind her.

Just as this ghost-like deep-sea delta-wing torpedo plane was about to drop a torpedo, suddenly, a formation of carrier-based aircraft flashing golden and colorful lights roared past Bismarck's squadron.

The deep-sea carrier-based aircraft unit suffered a devastating blow at once, and Leipzig was saved. She only heard a violent explosion behind her, and then watched several white lines passing by both sides of her body.

Leipzig looked at the crashed deep-sea delta-wing torpedo plane and broke out in a cold sweat. Then she looked at the carrier-based aircraft flashing with golden light, which seemed to confirm that she was fine, and then returned to the formation.

At this time, Leipzig, who was still in shock, heard Nuremberg shouting with relief:

"It seems that the carrier-based aircraft team sent by the aircraft carrier reinforcements in the rear has arrived."

Leipzig looked at the wreckage of the burning deep-sea delta-wing torpedo plane that had fallen into the sea with lingering fear. She wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and said:

"Yes, thank goodness we arrived in time."

Bismarck believed in Nuremberg's judgment and immediately ordered:

"Contract the fleet and try to provide anti-aircraft fire support for our carrier-based aircraft. Now is the time to counterattack!"

As soon as Bismarck finished speaking, Emden, who was at the back of the team, saw their reinforcements through the radar and shouted:

"The reinforcements are less than ten nautical miles away. What should we do now?"

Bismarck heard Emden's question. After a brief pause, she immediately issued a combat order:

"Let's go and join them. Since it's an aircraft carrier fleet, we must take on the responsibility of escorting them."

As he was heading towards his own aircraft carrier formation, Bismarck heard Nuremberg say:

"Did you notice the way this carrier girl manipulated her carrier-based aircraft? She used a famous set of tactics."

"What tactics?" Bismarck was stunned. As for tactics, she only knew that Lexington was very skilled, but she still didn't understand the tricks involved.

Nuremberg said softly with a tone of admiration:

"The famous 'Sachi Scissors' tactic! I never thought that I would be able to witness it thirty years later."

Chapter 188: Defense of Qiyun Port [VII]

"The Scissors? What is that?"

Bismarck frowned, what a strange name, she looked at the airspace where her own carrier-based aircraft team seemed to have driven away the deep-sea carrier-based aircraft, and then flew towards Qinyun Reef without stopping. She saw that there was no danger for the time being, so she simply learned some common sense about aircraft carriers. After all, she inherited the soul of the battleship Bismarck, and she still remembered the incident of being hit on the rudder by a carrier-based aircraft during her lifetime. She still had an instinctive disgust for aircraft carriers. Perhaps it was not accurate to say disgust, but it was an indescribable feeling in her bones, perhaps it was more like vigilance.

She suddenly thought of the ship girl named Royal Ark, who actually asked to be her admiral in front of her. Although the admiral immediately made an excuse to leave, he did not obviously refuse. It was really worrying. She happened to hear Nuremberg say this at this time, so she asked casually.

"Yes, what is the 'Sachi Scissors' tactic?" In the past, when Leipzig accepted escort commissions, he was able to act together with the aircraft carrier girl only a few times. And when there was an aircraft carrier girl to form a team with him, he often would not encounter large-scale deep sea on the way. Usually, after seeing the aircraft carrier girl release the carrier-based aircraft, by the time the carrier-based aircraft came back, the enemy had been eliminated.

She was both happy and depressed at that time. She was depressed because when there was an aircraft carrier girl, escort commissions were almost not difficult but she still got paid, except for that black-hearted guy of course, and sometimes she felt that she was getting paid in vain; but when there was no aircraft carrier girl to assist, the battle would often be much more difficult, which made Leipzig very depressed.

Based on this, Leipzig also wants to know what kind of fighting skills the aircraft carrier girls have that earn them several times more than her. She is determined to fight for the future, no, for the salary.

Nuremberg heard Bismarck and Leipzig asking questions. She sorted out her thoughts, then turned her eyes away from the carrier-based aircraft formations flying towards Qinyun Reef. She sorted out her thoughts, then talked about the general content of the "Sachi Scissors" tactics, and also popularized some of the combat styles of the aircraft carrier girls:

"The so-called 'Sachi Scissors' tactic is one of the top-level manipulation skills of carrier-based aircraft. In simple terms, the bombers are responsible for acting as bait, and the fighters are responsible for cross-fire. Because the performance of the two aircraft is different, when using this tactic, the carrier-based aircraft must focus on two things at the same time.

Although this tactic sounds simple, the more aircraft a carrier-girl can operate and launch at the same time, and the more complex the types, the greater the mental consumption. This results in carrier-girls often only being able to provide support operations in the rear. Of course, if a garrison fleet is too weak, the carrier-girl can only go to the front line, but that is actually very dangerous. "

After listening to it, Bismarck seemed to understand, after all, the combat style of aircraft carrier girls was more inclined to rear support operations. She thought of Lexington, who was almost always fighting on the front line at that time. She was silent. Presumably, Lexington also knew that it would be very dangerous if she fought on the front line, but she still abandoned the so-called aircraft carrier combat rules for the sake of the port. She sighed deeply in her heart. No wonder the admiral made her a secretary ship.

After Nuremberg's introduction, their formation unknowingly arrived at the location of their own aircraft carrier formation. Bismarck watched as many friendly fleets marched in a complex vertical formation, forming a series of defense lines around their own aircraft carrier formation, and she also gave orders to change the formation.

Just as everyone gathered together, several destroyers responsible for air defense came out from the aircraft carrier fleet and shuttled between the various fleet teams.

Bismarck looked at the destroyers, who seemed to stop at every team and ask something. She felt a little strange: