Daily life with the ship girl

Chapter 35: Night Battle

Pinghai was patrolling and investigating on the sea not far from the deepwater harbor. Her main area of ​​investigation was the southwest side of the island where the three ABC islands were located, while the northwest side of the deepwater harbor was the direction of the Leiming Garrison. There were no islands there for the time being, so the possibility of a deep-sea attack could be ruled out first.

Pinghai looked at several vague outlines in the southwest, which looked like dormant ferocious beasts in the night. She did not dare to be careless at all, because that was the place where the deep sea was lurking.

She slowed down the speed. The light cruisers were good at night combat, which was the main reason why she was sent by Lexington to be responsible for night reconnaissance. However, Pinghai's ship equipment was not very good, and many of the equipment were relatively poor. She had to expand her reconnaissance direction outward. Unknowingly, she had circled the southwest side.

Pinghai breathed a sigh of relief. No suspicious targets were found on the sea for the time being. She prepared to return and roughly located her position. Unknowingly, she had arrived at the north of the island and had patrolled counterclockwise.

After calculating the time, she thought the barbecue on the beach should be about to start, and was about to return at full speed, but she heard artillery fire coming from the northeast area.

"What is this?" Ping Hai's face suddenly changed. She immediately contacted Li Ran through the exclusive channel, her tone somewhat anxious:

"Admiral, there are shelling sounds in the waters northeast of the island!"

Li Ran was adding seasoning to the barbecue. When he heard Ping Hai's report, his face changed and he said to Ping Hai in the exclusive channel:

"The northern part of the island? Could it be Juno and the others? Pinghai, don't worry, go over and take a look first. I'll ask Bismarck and Firefly to come over and help immediately."

As Li Ran's ship girl, Bismarck could naturally hear this channel. She wanted to rush over immediately, but Li Ran pulled her back:

"I'm going to go take a look this time."

"No, it's too dangerous, Admiral, you have to be here, otherwise it will cause a riot."

When Li Ran heard Bismarck's words, he realized that he had unconsciously spoken a little loudly, making some sailors feel a little uneasy. He quickly regained his composure, thought again and again, nodded and said:

"Okay, then you better be careful. Deep-sea destroyer torpedoes are very powerful at night."

Bismarck nodded, turned and walked to the deep-water harbor, opened the ship's equipment, and rushed out.

Li Sanyan watched Li Ran talking to the ship girl, and then saw the ship girl rushing out in a hurry. The old man, who had experienced many vicissitudes of life, immediately reacted that something had happened. He walked to Li Ran and asked tentatively:

"Admiral Li, has something happened?"

Li Ran had just finished contacting Firefly, his face was a little stiff, and then he found that Li Sanyan had walked up to him and asked such a question. He looked at the worry in the old man's eyes, knowing that his thoughts might not be hidden from this wise old man, so he lowered his voice:

"It's just a minor inconvenience. I'll let the ship girls handle it."

Li Sanyan was not nervous at all when he heard Li Ran's words. He was skeptical, but still a little worried. After all, his lady was on the shore. He asked worriedly:

"If there's anything you need help with, please let us know."

Li Ran forced a smile. He thought to himself that even if I told you, you probably wouldn't be able to help, right?

However, this was also the other party's good intention. Li Ran thought about it:

"Butler Li, you just need to calm everyone down. My ship girls will be back soon."

"Okay." Li Sanyan knew that Li Ran must have something inconvenient to tell him, so he didn't ask any further questions. Since it was work related to the admiral, it would not be easy for him as an ordinary person to ask too much. So he turned around and went back to the camp by the sea to preside over the preparations for the bonfire dinner.

Li Ran looked at Li Sanyan who was presiding over the meeting, and he felt a little relieved, as an old person in the family is like a treasure.

Li Ran contacted Ping Hai and others through the admiral's personal network. Since the ship girls had left the island, the signal began to weaken.

To put it simply, the admiral's personal network is an architectural system of soul thoughts. The coverage range of this architectural system can reach 300 nautical miles, but this only applies to land. When it comes to the sea, this range will be reduced.

The reason why the admiral was able to create such a magical soul and thought architecture system is that he was recognized by the overall consciousness of this world. Because in this world, whether it is a ship girl or a deep-sea ship girl, they are all lives born from thoughts in steel, and they also represent certain consciousnesses of this world. The existence among humans who can communicate with the consciousness represented by the ship girl is the admiral.

Pinghai was telling the navigation, so the signal was a little unstable, but Li Ran heard her say:

"Admiral, it's a deep-sea transport fleet. They must have lost their way. I think it's Juno and the others who are engaging in a firefight with the deep-sea fleet."

Li Ran nodded and paced back and forth. He wished he could grow wings and fly over to command once, to see how the ship girls fight in reality. However, he knew that if he really went over, he might not be able to command them. On the contrary, it would make his own ship girls uneasy. So he could only say:

"Be careful and avoid torpedoes at night. The Firefly has passed. If you encounter a deep-sea battlecruiser or battleship, leave it to Bismarck. I will wait for you to come back."

Pinghai responded with full energy:

"Don't worry, Admiral. Ping Hai will complete the mission!"

Li Ran gave a few more instructions before interrupting the communication. He also explained to Bismarck separately that the aircraft carrier could not attack at night, so Bismarck had to serve as the flagship.

Bismarck was not a high-speed battleship, so soon after she communicated with Li Ran, she was caught up by Firefly. The little guy was in high spirits at the moment, and she said to Bismarck:

"Sister Bismarck, here I come."

Bismarck nodded and said:

"Let's get there as soon as possible. Quincy and Juno need our help now."

"I understand." Firefly cried out in a tender voice.

……

Just as Bismarck and his men were rushing to the north of the island, Juno was caught in a tough battle. Quincy heard the sound of cannon fire and knew that her friend was in danger. She was no longer afraid. Although night battles were troublesome, she was also ignited with courage for the sake of friendship. She opened her ship's equipment and encouraged herself:

"Quincy, come on! Quincy, attack!"

The fairies watched Quincy's figure disappear on the sea. They were a little worried about these ship girls. The one in charge of the mineral search was a young fairy from the Rhodo fairy tribe. He made a prayer gesture and prayed for these ship girls.

When Quincy rushed over, Juno had already been hit. The proud Juno would not cry. She looked at the full-strength six-man deep-sea fleet, two destroyers, a light cruiser, a heavy cruiser, and a supply ship. The leading flagship was a battlecruiser with amazing combat power. Her injuries were caused by the battlecruiser.

However, Juno was no pushover. As a free ship girl, she had already reached level 20. The injury aroused her tsundere temper even more. She fired torpedoes at the deep-sea fleet without showing any weakness and sank a deep-sea destroyer.

At this time, another deep-sea destroyer torpedo streaked across the sea, a streak of white waves revealed an extremely dangerous trajectory, and was about to hit Juno.

At this time, another torpedo with a faster speed accurately hits the torpedo in the deep sea, detonating it prematurely.

"Sister Juno, don't worry, we are here to help you!" The voice of the firefly pulled Juno back from the edge of despair, and she hurriedly retreated. In order to protect the supply ship, the deep-sea ship girls did not chase after it, but formed a wheel formation to protect the supply ship in the center.

Bismarck praised Firefly, and then her eyes turned cold as she stared at the remaining five deep-sea ship girls, especially the deep-sea battlecruiser at the front of the formation. It was as if there was a black shark coiled behind her. At this moment, the single gun on the right shoulder of the deep-sea battlecruiser began to condense flames. Bismarck looked at her coldly, and the ship-mounted main gun behind her [G country twin 380mm gun] fired shells at a faster speed.

"call out!"

"boom!"

This shot destroyed the deep-sea battlecruiser's ship equipment with incredible accuracy, and even caused the deep-sea battlecruiser's artillery aiming to go astray, and one shot hit Bismarck's side. Bismarck's face was calm, and she didn't care at all. Instead, she immediately aimed her ship's secondary guns [G country's twin 150mm guns] at the deep-sea destroyer. At night, the destroyer's torpedo threat was the greatest. Although her secondary guns did not have strong firepower, this run was deadly enough for a destroyer with thin armor.

The only remaining deep-sea destroyer was severely damaged and sunk.

However, the light cruiser and heavy cruiser of the deep sea also opened fire, and two shots hit the Bismarck. However, the armor strength of the battleship was not something that the light cruiser and battle cruiser could shake. These two shots made the Bismarck's ship equipment a little charred, and some places were slightly bent and deformed. However, the hit Bismarck became even more terrifying. Her facial expression changed, and the main guns on both sides were calibrated and then locked. She was going to use the double-gun salvo that she learned from the Fuso not long ago to sink the deep sea battle cruiser in one fell swoop!

However, some people's artillery is faster than Bismarck. After all, it takes time to reload the artillery of the ship girls. Although the highly trained ship girls have a lot of time to reload the artillery, at this moment, Bismarck's training level is only level 4 after so many battles, so the reloading of artillery is slow.

The same is true for the deep sea. Only the advanced gold-patterned deep sea can reload artillery very quickly.

To get back to the point, the battles between the ship girls are not one shot after another. It has always been one side firing and the other side evading, and then they take turns. The reloading of artillery is the reason why the navy's combat method is slow. However, although the ship girls follow this rule, many of them are actually very good at close combat. With their special ship equipment, they can directly sink the deep-sea ship. This is what Blücher often does.

This is getting off topic again. So, when Deep Sea and Bismarck were busy calibrating their main guns and loading shells, who was firing?

Bismarck was a little confused. She looked at the direction where the shells came from, which was where Juno was. Then she heard Quincy's obviously frightened voice:

"Juno, I'm here to help you!"

"boom!"

Chapter 36: Vacuum? Loli!

Li Ran's alcohol tolerance was average, and the bonfire party lasted for a long time. Although the sailors were sorry that the ship girls did not participate, they were all very happy. They had a good impression of the young admiral named Li Ran.

However, seeing that it was getting late, Li Ran talked to Li Sanyan. He thought that there were empty rooms in the garrison and that some people should be able to squeeze in.

Li Sanyan refused. After all, the garrison was usually the place for the admiral and the ship girls. In the eyes of ordinary people, such a place could not be entered casually. However, Li Sanyan was very worried about his young lady. He hesitated for a while and said:

"Brother Li, to be honest, my young lady has been doing business for more than five years since she failed the assessment for the admiral. She has always been hanging out with these rough guys. This is the first time I have seen her so sad today. I hope you can counsel her tonight."

Li Ran frowned. The sailors drank too much. The original beer was not strong, but it was still a bit uncomfortable. Hearing Li Sanyan's words, he said:

"Well, my garrison happens to be full of ship girls, so it would be nice to let her chat with them."

Li Sanyan saw that Li Ran's face was a little flushed, obviously he was drunk, he laughed:

"To be honest, you can drink quite well."

Li Ran waved his hand:

"Okay, I'll leave the cleaning work to you. They must be waiting anxiously now. Go call your young lady. I'll wait for her and go back to the garrison together."

"Yeah." Li Sanyan smiled.

"Of course, let these little bastards do the cleaning work."

Li Ran nodded and watched the old man walk away. He took a deep breath. The wind blowing from the sea at night was a little salty, but very invigorating. He glanced in the direction of the garrison and felt dizzy. He thought that if he went back at night, he might not be able to cook.

Li Ran felt the sea breeze for a while and heard Bai Nuoyan say:

"Awaited."

"It's okay, let's go." Li Ran waved his hand, staggering a little. Bai Nuoyan, who was carrying him on his back, hurried forward to support him, but Li Ran waved his hand quickly:

"It's okay, you go on your way, I can still hold on."

Bai Nuoyan had no choice but to follow Li Ran, and the two of them walked back to the garrison.

The Deepwater Harbor was only a few minutes away from the garrison. When he arrived at the garrison, Li Ran heard some noise coming from inside.

Li Ran led Bai Nuoyan and pushed open the half-closed mahogany door of the garrison. He was still a little dazed, and then a soft body bumped into him. He thought it was a firefly, so he subconsciously picked up the little guy and kissed him on the cheek without saying anything:

"Firefly, you are naughty again."

"Admiral?" Firefly looked at Li Ran holding Sigsby in his arms strangely. She said strangely:

"The firefly is here, that's Sigsby."

"Who? We don't have Sigsby in the garrison, right?" Li Ran blinked and found that Firefly was really standing in front of him. He was a little surprised:

"Hey? Firefly, weren't you in my arms? When did you go down?"

Lexington was somewhat helpless and said to Bismarck:

"The commander is drunk. Take him up there. Look how scared Sigsby is."

There was no fear in Sigsby's blue eyes, but she was very concerned about Li Ran's stubble, which pricked her a little uncomfortable. She said in a tender voice:

"The destroyer Sigsbee. Hehe, thank you for the rescue, Commander. I will do my best."

Li Ran was stunned for a moment, then pinched the other's surprisingly soft little butt, thinking, is it really empty? No, what did I do?

Bismarck and others watched Li Ran's actions and heard Sigsby's moan. She took a few steps forward, picked Sigsby up, and then took Li Ran away directly.

"Bismarck, why are you pulling me? By the way, Bai Nuoyan, find a room by yourself." Li Ran was a little confused. He burped and pretended to fall backwards. Bismarck grabbed him. Lexington couldn't bear to watch. She said:

"Bismarck, please take care of the admiral. I will entertain the guests."

Bismarck had a blank expression on his face. He glanced at Li Ran who had fallen asleep and sighed inaudibly:

If you can't drink, then don't drink so much. You are such a worrying admiral.

Bismarck carried Li Ran upstairs. Lexington was somewhat helpless. She said to Bai Nuoyan angrily:

"How could you allow the Commandant to drink so much?"

Bai Nuoyan looked a little embarrassed. She felt a little helpless and apologized quickly:

"It's all because the sailors don't know how to behave. They've caused you so much trouble."

Lexington was not a stingy person after all, and he also knew that human drinking parties were always troublesome things. He waved his hand and said:

"Forget it, it's alright. You're going to stay at the garrison tonight, right? Pinghai, please help clean up the house. By the way, Miss Bai, our conditions here are a bit shabby, I hope you don't mind."

Bai Nuoyan shook her head slightly, and she followed Pinghai upstairs.

Pinghai pushed open the last room on the left side of the corridor on the second floor. She stepped aside and said:

"This is the room. The garrison has just been established and many furniture has not been purchased yet, so it is a bit shabby."

Bai Nuoyan looked at the room. There was nothing inside except a boat. This made her feel helpless. But then she thought of an idea and said nervously:

"I wonder if we can help you?"

"Help?" Ping Hai was a little surprised. She said, "No need. The supply fleets from the First Shipgirl Academy and the Admiral Academy Headquarters will be here in a few days. By then, the garrison will be completely renovated."

Bai Nuoyan smiled bitterly:

"That's right."

Pinghai nodded and closed the door.

Bai Nuoyan originally wanted to say something to Pinghai, but after thinking about it, she gave up. She walked on the empty bed. Fortunately, it was summer now.

Lexington saw Ping Hai coming downstairs. She comforted Sigsby. Juno was tempting the little guy. She couldn't let Juno take the little guy to the First Ship Girl Academy, otherwise such a cute destroyer would definitely cause chaos. She patted Juno's hand:

"Don't keep lifting Sigsby's skirt. She's wearing nothing underneath. What if she's exposed?"

Juno thought Sigsby was so cute, with white hair, a blue navy hat with a shiny golden spear on it, and a blue jumpsuit. She was so cute that she pouted: