Daily life with the ship girl

"It seems that the Admiral really didn't pay attention. Remember that geographical survey delegation? The geographical report should have been delivered at that time."

"I'm sorry, maybe I was in a complicated mood and didn't pay attention to it."

"Okay, let me briefly explain. The geography report actually records the hydrology, ocean currents and other aspects of the sea area under our port's jurisdiction, as well as the climate. The temperature here drops sharply after autumn, and the winter is very long."

“But summer is also long, right?”

"Well, this is also strange. It seems that something has affected the climate near Xiguang Island."

"Unknown?" Li Ran blurted out subconsciously, then looked at Lexington strangely and said:

"Admiral? What did you say?"

Li Ran didn't understand why he said that strange word. When he heard Lexington ask this, he quickly changed the subject:

"I mean, it's pretty cold."

"Oh." Lexington nodded.

Ping Hai turned on the ship's radar at this time, and she suddenly shouted:

"They are back, only about ten nautical miles away from the port."

Li Ran breathed a sigh of relief. He was always wondering why he had such a strange association just now. Could it be that he was really overthinking?

Chapter 243: Level 3 War Preparation

Ten minutes later, at Xiguang Island Pier, Emden and Leipzig were defeated and returned to port.

Seeing his ship girl like this, Li Ran was stunned. He quickly asked:

"How did you get into this state? Hurry up and get into the canal first."

Emden shook her head. Even though she was injured, she remained calm and pushed her glasses up. The pain of the torn suit made her frown. But thinking of the emergency she was facing, she walked over, took a deep breath and said:

"Admiral, we have encountered the Golden Pattern Deep Sea, but it seems that the enemy is not coming for Mu Gang. I am afraid there is something going on in the direction of Mishima."

"Ding ding ding..." Lexington always carried a sea ear with him, but there had been no unexpected situations on Mishima before, but at this moment it suddenly rang.

This sound made Li Ran feel something was wrong, and he immediately said:

"Lexington, pick it up!"

Lexington was a little panicked at this time. He had thought that with Leipzig and Emden's rich combat experience, they should not encounter any danger during the night patrol. But now it seems that the waters of the Three Islands may not be as peaceful as expected.

She immediately answered the call, and heard Richelieu's heavy voice:

"Lexington, the Golden Vein Deep Sea invaded the three islands, but they have been repelled for the time being. I request the admiral to decide whether to enter a state of combat readiness."

After listening to Richelieu's report, Lexington immediately asked Li Ran:

"Admiral, it's Richelieu. She said that the deep sea of ​​Mishima has been temporarily repelled. Should we enter a state of war now?"

Li Ran frowned. He knew what combat readiness meant. This was a resolution passed by the ship girls in a joint letter after the training month in response to the assassination attempt on them. It was generally not used easily, but Richelieu, who was always calm and collected, actually asked him whether to enter combat readiness. He realized the seriousness of the problem.

After thinking it over again and again, he gritted his teeth and said:

"We have temporarily entered the third level of combat readiness. The situation is unclear right now. It is night time now, so we should prioritize protecting the merchants on the three islands."

After that, Li Ran said to Emden and Lai Bixiao:

"You go into the canal first. Even if the situation is urgent, we still have to wait until you have made all the corrections before reporting anything. Jiajia, take them to the repair dock. Pinghai, you and Shengwang go inform the two goblin clan leaders separately that we are going to activate the two major coastal defense facilities. Lexington, you and Yixian follow me back to the garrison first."

The ship girls watched Li Ran assign all the tasks in an instant, and they immediately felt a lot calmer. After all, the admiral is their spiritual pillar, and the strength of the ship girls is generally based on whether the admiral who leads them is wise and calm enough.

Li Ran undoubtedly met the requirements very well. At least he was a major general and his title was not in vain. He was no longer as panic-stricken as before when encountering problems.

Li Ran saw that everyone knew what they were going to do, then nodded and said to Lexington:

"Contact Bismarck. She is on Island A now. That place is indefensible. I am quite worried."

"understood."

Lexington nodded, and she immediately stepped into the role of secretary ship.

Yixian was watching from the side. All the sisters were calm, which made her feel relieved, but also a little disappointed. After all, she was just the ship girl that the admiral had just built. However, Yixian was not the kind of woman who was self-pitying. She thought for a while, and then said to Li Ran:

"Admiral, do we often encounter deep sea near the port area?"

"No, it can be said that since the large-scale deep-sea invasion two months ago, the port area has been developing steadily for two months. Although our port area is adjacent to unknown waters, except for the eastern sea, other places are temporarily safe."

"Admiral, the most urgent thing now is to find out where Leipzig and Emden were attacked, and how far they are from the eastern sea. Can you let me do this?"

Yixian really wanted to help. Although she had just arrived at the port, her military literacy was still very high. She could see from Li Ran's attitude towards other ship girls that her admiral put ship girls first, which was undoubtedly what a good admiral did.

However, a good admiral often overlooks that ship girls themselves are not ordinary girls, they also have their own pride.

They were very pleased with the admiral's love and concern, but Li Ran's behavior just now was undoubtedly unqualified for an admiral in some aspects.

Yixian also hopes that Li Ran can show the courage of an officer when necessary.

"But they are injured, these things..."

Li Ran wanted to say more, but he found that there was a hint of disappointment in the eyes of Lexington and Yixian. He was stunned and did not continue.

Immediately changed his words:

"Then I'll trouble you, Yixian."

"Well, I'm going to go fix the dock first."

Yixian saw that Li Ran was not stubborn, which made her feel relieved. The fact that he could listen to the opinions of a new ship girl like her who had just joined the port proved that Li Ran was still open-minded.

Li Ran watched Yixian go away. He was somewhat concerned about the look between Lexington and Yixian just now, but he still had to go back to the garrison first. He said to Lexington:

"Let's go back too. It looks like things may not be peaceful these few days."

Lexington nodded, then glanced at Yixian's leaving back. This ship girl in a red cheongsam was also a sister with great military talent.

After returning to the port, Li Ran immediately went upstairs to get the nautical chart, while Lexington was responsible for contacting other ship girls on Mishima.

The attacks on Emden and Leipzig undoubtedly disrupted Li Ran's subsequent deployment. He originally thought that Xiguang Island was safe enough, but now it seems that as it approaches the marginal waters, has the level of the deep sea also increased?

If this is true, then his decision to cooperate with the seven governors now seems to have accidentally resolved the situation of Xiguang Island being isolated and helpless.

However, before that, he had to figure out one thing: how much golden veins were there in the deep sea and where they came from. If they did not come from the eastern waters, then it would prove that the so-called rear was not completely safe.

Li Ran was not clear about the pattern of the deep sea's appearance. He had been an admiral for so long, and his ship girl had experienced many battles, but the location of the deep sea was different each time. This seemed to prove what Lexington had said, that there was no pattern to the appearance of the deep sea.

"It seems that I have underestimated the ocean of this world. This sea area is more complicated than I imagined. In this case, the construction of the military base on Island C must be accelerated."

Talking to himself, Li Ran walked into the office and took out the nautical charts and the reports on the annihilation of the deep sea reported by the previous ship girls. Looking at the thick stack of reports, he felt a little incredible. He had traveled to this world with nothing, but now he owns four private islands, and there are so many ship girls around him to assist him. He always has the illusion that he is in another world.

However, this thought only lasted for a short while before Li Ran came to his senses and went downstairs carrying the thick materials.

At the same time, Richelieu gathered the members of his fleet together. Thanks to the unique geographical location of Island C, they defended the port. However, the appearance of those golden-patterned deep-sea monsters had caused unrest among the merchants anchored in the port area of ​​Island C.

Richelieu looked at everyone present, sorted out her thoughts, and then said in a serious tone:

"The next task for everyone is to cooperate with the other sisters on the two islands AB to take the merchants currently docked in the ports of the two islands AB to the Black Mist Wharf where we are. Although we don't know the intentions of the Deep Sea, we must be extremely alert. We cannot let the admiral's reputation be damaged. The most urgent task now is to calm people's hearts and pay close attention to the movements of the Deep Sea Fleet that has temporarily retreated."

"I understand." Walkerland looked at her elder sister giving orders, she was so cool, she felt at ease, and immediately responded in a sweet voice.

Walkerland's answer made everyone react and they all breathed a sigh of relief.

Since Walkerlan, the shyest member of the team, could remain so calm, they couldn't panic any more.

Richelieu was pleased to see the morale of her team members boosted. After all, at this moment, only by uniting everyone could they ensure that they would not be taken advantage of by the deep sea.

Chapter 244: Big Crisis on Island A!~

Like Richelieu, Rodney was the commander-in-chief of Island B. At this moment, she wiped the sweat from her forehead and said to her deputy, Guogan:

"Has the damage been tallied? Is there anyone injured?"

"No, but what happened to those deep sea creatures just now? They were covered with strange golden patterns, and they seemed to have appeared out of thin air."

"I don't know. Compared to this, I'm more worried about Bismarck. Island A is not defensible. I don't know if she can handle it." Although Rodney knew that Bismarck was very powerful, because they had to be in charge of the work of the three islands, the sisters in the port area were forced to split up into several teams. Bismarck only had U47, U96 and Prince Eugen. It was too dangerous.

Although she only has the Kogan, Sigsby and Firefly on her side, there are many reef areas near Island B, which are very suitable for destroyers to take advantage of the terrain and fight.

Moreover, Island B is very close to Island C. It is not like Island A which is isolated in the outpost area close to the port area. It is the closest place to the edge of the eastern sea area.

There are no reefs in the waters near Island A and the sea conditions are very calm, which can be said to be very suitable for sailing, but because of this, that area is also the most dangerous.

There are no defensible terrain, which means that if you encounter the deep sea, you can only choose to fight head-on, and there is little room for strategic maneuver.

Guogan was silent. It could be said that these destroyers had grown a lot after a month of training. She thought for a moment and then said:

"In that case, should we contact the Admiral?"

When Rodney heard Guo Kang say this, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes. Although she had heard from reputation that Guo Kang had the highest talent among the destroyers in the port area, she did not have much feeling about the fact that Guo Kang was assigned to the same group with her. Now when she heard Guo Kang say this, she felt that Guo Kang was more than just talented.

How to put it, the feeling that Guodan gave Rodney now was just like this little sister, exuding a very reliable aura.

"Jingle Bell……"

The Haierduo communicator rang at this time, and Rodney quickly picked it up. Looking at Guogan's curious face, she explained:

"It is Richelieu."

She nodded boldly, then greeted Sigsby and Firefly. After all, Richelieu was the Minister of Foreign Affairs. If she took the initiative to contact Rodney, she probably wanted to talk about the sudden attack by the Golden Pattern Deep Sea.

As expected, Rodney's serious expression made Guo Gan's heart skip a beat. After she put down the communicator, Guo Gan asked:

"Sister Rodney?"

"Everyone is here. It's just right. We just received an order to strengthen our security tonight. Tomorrow, we will be responsible for escorting the merchants from Island B to Island C for refuge. Richelieu said that the Golden Pattern Deep Sea's surprise attack on our island might just be a test."

"Understood." Guogan nodded, then glanced at Sigsby and Firefly. She could feel the fatigue on each other's faces. Although the deep-sea attack just now did not cause any casualties, it undoubtedly exposed their current weakness, that is, manpower.

As their admiral, Li Ran has always been considerate of them. Their training level has increased dramatically in the past two months, and resources have been used with maximum efficiency. However, because Li Ran has always put them first, no major construction has been carried out.

Now that they have encountered an emergency, the defect of insufficient manpower has been completely magnified. Even if they have a higher level of continuous reading, they are still faced with the unscientific number of deep-sea creatures and some terrifying deep-sea forces, so the construction of the three islands can only be slowed down.

……

Bismarck received Richelieu's message later, but she didn't say much. After all, there were submarines. The Deep Sea that had just attacked was completely annihilated. It seemed that the main target of the Deep Sea that raided the three islands this time was not Island A. There was only one light cruiser in the Golden Pattern Deep Sea. However, it was precisely because she did not encounter the opponent she had imagined that she felt strange.

There is no reason for Shen Hai not to know that Island A is indefensible. After all, Shen Hai's words with golden patterns imply a certain level of wisdom. If he attacks here, it may not be the best strategy compared to dispersing his forces to harass the three islands.

"Sister Meow, these guys are so weak." U47 popped his head out of the sea, making a "gurgling" sound from his mouth.

"U47 is right, these prey are too weak." U96 also surfaced. She immediately took out some bread and ate it while saying,

"Don't be careless. The timing and location of Deep Sea's attack are too strange. It's as if they appeared out of nowhere. How are your fuel and ammunition consumption?"

Bismarck looked at the two little ones. She could already see the sharpness of the German ace submarines from them. However, she also knew that contrary to their strong strength, the armor of the submarine girls was very weak, so she asked with concern:

"Have you checked the situation nearby?"

"Yeah, no problem." U47 looked at her backup U96 who was relaxed and sighed:

"U96, you can't eat right after a battle. I've told you so many times."

“Senior, do you want one too?” U96 selectively ignored U47’s words, swam to U47, and handed over a piece of toast.

"Hmm, delicious." U47 took it naturally and started eating.

When Bismarck saw this scene, he sighed, thinking that they were just children after all.

"Sister Bismarck, the losses of the merchants have been calculated." Prince Eugen came over from the dock at this time. She sailed to Bismarck's side through the water drive device and said:

"But I'm afraid Island A can't withstand another attack."

"Thank you for your hard work." Bismarck looked at Prince Eugen like this, her expression softened, and then she said softly:

"Eugen, it's really great to have you around."

"Sister Bismarck? Actually..." Prince Eugen raised his head, then looked at Bismarck's gaze towards the eastern waters. There was a trace of struggle in her eyes, and she looked like she wanted to say something but hesitated.

"Jingle Bell……"

The notification tone of the Haierduo communicator sounded at an inopportune moment. Bismarck quickly picked it up, smiled apologetically at Prince Eugen, and said calmly:

"Richelieu?"

"Yeah, it's me. How are things going over there?"

“They were all wiped out.”

"Destroyed? Didn't encounter the Golden Patterned Deep Sea? Or did the Deep Sea retreat?"

"There is only one light cruiser in the Golden Pattern Deep Sea, and the others are very ordinary deep-sea heavy cruisers. Did something unexpected happen on your side?"