Daily life with the ship girl

Saratoga listened to Helena's serious tone, she nodded solemnly, and released her last 25 bombers that were still fully loaded with ammunition from the ship's armor plate one by one. Following Helena's instructions, she controlled the 25 [BTD-1 Destroyer] blue bombers and arrogantly flew through the deep-sea light cruisers' anti-aircraft firepower network.

Saratoga finally demonstrated the superb carrier-based aircraft operating skills she learned from her sister. The 25 blue destroyers seemed to be mocking the deep sea for losing air superiority. They kept making difficult tactical evasions in the artillery network woven by the anti-aircraft machine guns of the deep sea light cruisers, and then rushed directly to the deep sea's most elite fleet composed of two deep sea aircraft carriers and four deep sea battle cruisers at the rear.

Then, without any hesitation, these destroyers began to drop 25 anti-sea bombs directly on the head of this deep-sea fleet that seemed powerful but actually had weak air defense capabilities.

"Boom!"

A loud explosion sounded from behind the deep sea destroyers which had been quiet, followed by flames shooting up into the sky. Bismarck and others looked up and saw flames shooting up into the sky behind the deep sea destroyers, and then saw blue carrier-based aircraft like the Lexington, firing at those thinly armored deep sea destroyers.

Lexington glanced behind her, in the direction of her sister, and smiled with relief:

Gaga, you've finally grown up!

As the most elite fleet in the rear of the deep sea was completely sunk by Saratoga, the balance of victory finally tilted towards the ship girls of Xiguang Island.

By the time the dark clouds had dispersed, it was already approaching evening, and the many ship girls had finally sunk the last deep-sea battleship. However, all of them were basically in a state of being damaged, except for Firefly. This little guy was the only one that was unscathed. It had to be said that it was a miracle.

Moreover, after the victory, the ship girls of Xiguang Island gathered together.

Not far away, two small figures emerged from the sea. Pinghai arrived later and had been resupplied once, so she still had some resources left after this battle, so she was able to operate the radar. She immediately spotted the figure that appeared on her radar and said to the sisters who were resting on an island reef:

"It seems that there is a ship girl who has awakened from the wreckage in the deep sea, about 10 nautical miles northeast of us."

Ping Hai's words made everyone look at each other in bewilderment. They didn't have much fuel left and could barely make it back to the port. Ping Hai also knew that they had not refueled once like she had, so she said:

"I'll go and bring them over."

Lexington covered her painful wound. Her left shoulder was hit by a shell from a deep-sea heavy cruiser. The ship girls would not bleed, but they would be injured, which was reflected in their ship equipment. The port side of Lexington's ship equipment was in a damaged state.

Moreover, since they were in the middle damage state, the ship girls could not put away their ship equipment. Lexington knew that it was getting late and she had to return to the port early, otherwise her original fuel might not be able to support her retreat to the port area. She thought about it and asked Pinghai:

"Then leave it to Pinghai. We must set off and return home immediately, otherwise the remaining fuel will not be enough to support us to deploy the ship and return to the port. This job is left to you. Can you keep up?"

Although Ping Hai was also hit, as a light cruiser girl, she consumed less energy, so she nodded affirmatively:

"If she can keep up, I'll go get her and catch up with you guys in no time."

"Then we'll go back to port. Be careful." Lexington warned.

"Don't worry." Pinghai said with full energy, and then headed towards the northeast at full speed.

Lexington watched Pinghai's figure walk away. She took a deep breath and stood up. Because the movement affected her wound, she frowned, but she still spoke in a gentle tone and gave the order to retreat and return.

Except for Pinghai, the other ship girls on Xiguang Island began to return in an orderly manner facing the sunset.

Chapter 57: Sleepless Night [Sixth update, please subscribe~]

Li Ran watched the sky clear up after the rain. He and Sigsby stood on the shore of the harbor, looking at the setting sun in the west, but they were extremely worried.

Sigsby seemed to sense Li Ran's nervousness. She gently held his hand and said:

"Commander, they will definitely come back safely."

Li Ran's palms were full of sweat. He was drenched by the rain and his clothes were soaked, but he did not go back to the garrison to change clothes. He just stood on the dock of the port waiting. Even with Sigsby's small hand holding his, the worry in his heart did not diminish at all. He did not speak, but stared at the sea level in the distance, which was the direction where the ship girls were returning.

However, until the rain stopped for a long time, Li Ran still did not see the figures of the ship girls. He became more and more uneasy and subconsciously held Sigsby's hand tightly.

Sigsby looked up at Li Ran. Li Ran looked extremely embarrassed at the moment, but he exuded an aura that made her feel at ease. She said softly:

"commander."

"what's wrong?"

"You'll catch a cold if you keep going like this."

"Maybe. I'll wait. They'll be back soon."

Sigsby felt a little distressed. She had been waiting with Li Ran at the port pier for more than an hour. If she wasn't a ship girl, she probably wouldn't be able to stand being in the rain for an hour. But Li Ran had been standing quietly at the port pier, standing motionless for more than an hour. She pursed her lips and said:

"Commander, why don't you go back to the garrison first? Your body won't be able to bear it if you continue like this."

"It's okay, I'll wait." Li Ran said, feeling a little dizzy, but he still shook his head firmly, still looking in the direction of the sea in the port area.

Finally, after more than ten minutes, a group of figures appeared at the end of Li Ran's vision, facing the afterglow of the setting sun that had sunk into the sea level in the distance. He finally breathed a sigh of relief:

"I'm finally back. It's good to be back."

Lexington and the others looked a little embarrassed. After the fierce battle, they had almost used up all their resource reserves when they returned to the port. However, looking at the port dock so close at hand, they still gritted their teeth and did not want to give up halfway.

Helena immediately spotted the two figures, one large and one small, standing at the dock in the harbor. A hint of surprise flashed in her eyes, and she said:

"Look, it's the Admiral and Sigsby."

Helena's words made the tired Xiguang Island ship girls look towards the port dock in unison, and they saw Li Ran waving at them. Then, the figure they swore to defend to the death suddenly fell down.

"Admiral!" Firefly exclaimed suddenly. All the ship girls didn't care about anything else. They used up all the remaining fuel and rushed to the port as quickly as possible and went ashore. All the ship girls were unable to put away their ship equipment because of the damage. After running out of resources, they could only drag their heavy steps and move towards Li Ran.

Sigsby was taking care of Li Ran. She was startled by her own admiral's sudden fainting. At this time, looking at the sisters in the port area who were all injured, her eyes were red and she said:

"You are finally back."

Lexington's face was a little pale. As a secretary ship, she seemed to have done something wrong this time. She walked to Li Ran with difficulty, looked at Li Ran's pale face, and asked Sigsby:

"What's the matter? Sigsby, what's the matter with the commander?"

"Sister Lexington, the commander has been refusing to return to the garrison to wait for you. He has been waiting in the rain at the port for over an hour. Will he be in trouble?"

Lexington breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing the sisters' nervous faces, she said bitterly:

"I think he caught a cold."

Seeing that everyone was still nervous, but more tired, Lexington remembered that she was the secretary ship of the garrison and had to handle various tasks properly while the admiral was unconscious. She said quickly:

"Sigsby, please inform the fairies that everyone has exhausted their resources and must be replenished immediately. The canal repair must be carried out immediately. Please be sure to come and help."

"I understand." Sigsby nodded hurriedly, as if she had found her backbone. She gently placed Li Ran on the ground of the port dock, quickly unfolded her ship suit, and ran towards the secret cave where the goblins lived.

Everyone was a little tired and didn't worry about whether Zhongpo would be exposed. Anyway, apart from the admiral, there was only one man in the garrison, and they never cared about the fairies.

Bismarck and Richelieu sat down. The German cat kept his eyes on Li Ran. Richelieu looked at the nervous German cat and said jokingly:

"Bismarck, are you worried about the admiral?"

Bismarck did not speak. She gently fiddled with her slightly messy hair. Richelieu did not pay much attention. She looked at Vauquelin and Firefly, who had already gathered around Li Ran. The two little guys were crying loudly. She could not help but say:

"You two, stop crying. The admiral just fainted. You deployed your ship suits and lay on top of him. Do you want to crush him?"

Firefly and Walkeran reacted and quickly got up from Li Ran. Seeing Li Ran's face flushed red, the two kids stopped crying and tried hard to help Li Ran up.

Saratoga looked at this scene and felt a little distressed. She didn't know why Li Ran was so stupid. What admiral would wait for the ship girl? Among the admirals she had met, every admiral would let the ship girl attack and then leave her alone. She had never heard of any admiral who would specifically wait for a certain ship girl to return to the port. Li Ran was the only one she had seen.

Saratoga couldn't help but feel confused. Was such an admiral a fool? Obviously not. She looked at her sister, who was tired and injured, but still dragged her tired body to take care of Li Ran. There were also Richelieu, Bismarck, and Helena. Everyone's eyes showed genuine concern.

Saratoga understood why her sister would approve such a guy with unknown appearance and family background to be the admiral. She pouted and thought:

It seems that it is not a wrong choice to approve you as the admiral.

A few minutes later, more and more fairies arrived, and the port dock became lively again. With the help of the resources brought by the engineering fairies, the ship girls all carried a certain amount of supplies. However, considering that there were not many resources in the port, each person only received half of the resources.

Even so, the resources in the port area have shrunk by more than half. The resource reserves that had finally improved have immediately fallen back to the minimum living allowance of less than 500 per unit. Lexington sighed and said to the sisters who were able to move around:

"Everyone, go to the newly built dock and enter the canal."

Everyone nodded, and Li Ran was sent back to the garrison by Sigsby and the fairies to rest. They followed the fairy leader of the Rhodo, Rhodo, and entered the port dock that had just been built. Because the construction had just begun, only two ship girls could be arranged to enter the channel at the same time.

Lexington and Saratoga were prioritized for canal entry, followed by Firefly, Walkerland, and Helena.

Thanks to the efforts of many fairies over the past half month and the influence of Li Ran's idea of ​​being prepared for danger in times of peace, there were fifteen barrels of quick-acting repair fluid in reserve. The canal repair work was completed by the ship girls around 7:30 in the evening.

The last one to enter the canal was Pinghai. At half past seven, she dragged two petite figures back to the dock with difficulty. Helena, who had been waiting for a long time, hurriedly helped Pinghai enter the port dock for repairs. The two new ship girls salvaged in this battle were sent back to the naval base by Firefly and Walkeran.

The crisis on Xiguang Island has finally been overcome, but everyone is destined to suffer from sleeplessness that night.

Chapter 58: Richelieu's Tenderness [Seventh update, please subscribe~! ]

The lights were on in the Xiguang Island garrison. Lexington was cooking and Richelieu was taking care of Li Ran. When the F country ship girl received this task, her cheeks blushed, but she did not shirk it.

Although taking care of the admiral meant helping him change his clothes and wipe his body, Lexington could only give this job to Richelieu. She knew that her sister was clumsy and Bismarck had a military style, so she was not confident in taking care of people. As for Helena, she was responsible for picking up Pinghai who came back late, Firefly and Walkerin also went out, and Sigsby had to help her cook, so Richelieu was the only one left in the garrison who could do this job.

Lexington saw that although Richelieu's cheeks were blushing, she still nodded in agreement. Seeing her helping Li Ran upstairs, she breathed a sigh of relief and walked into the kitchen. Although the ship girls can feed on resources, their normal diet is actually more like that of humans. After all, eating steel and chewing aluminum requires sufficient resources in the garrison. Therefore, in fact, most of the ship girls in the garrison have the same three meals a day as humans.

Because for a ship girl, resources are only used for attacking and maintaining the deployment of ship equipment. Not every ship girl eats steel and aluminum for three meals a day. No matter how wealthy the naval base is, it cannot afford it.

Therefore, more often than not, the ship girls still rely on three meals a day to maintain their own consumption. Although this leads to an astonishingly large appetite of the ship girls, the loss of food is a small matter compared to the consumption of resources.

Lexington and Sigsby went into the kitchen, while Saratoga went to the warehouse to complete the resource statistics work that she needed to complete every day. Bismarck said hello to Lexington and was about to go out to help the goblins at the port docks with the night guard work. After all, there were still many wild beasts and poisonous snakes on Dawn Island that would pose a threat to the safety of the goblins.

However, Bismarck's plan to go out was disrupted by the arrival of Firefly and Walkerland.

"Sister Bismarck, you came at the right time. This is the new ship girl brought back by Sister Pinghai, but I don't know why she is in a coma." Firefly looked at her own eldest sister and asked with some confusion.

Bismarck sighed and gave up the idea of ​​going out. She helped Firefly and Walkerlan send the two new ship girls to the second floor.

Bismarck placed the two ship girls next to Firefly's room. She watched Firefly playfully glance at the nose of one of the ship girls, and she said softly:

"firefly."

The firefly stuck out its tongue and quickly withdrew its hand.

Walkerland looked up at the older sister and asked:

"Sister Bismarck, is the general okay?"

"The admiral is in Richelieu's care, leave this to me, you guys prepare to eat later."

"I want to go see the admiral." Firefly blinked and acted coquettishly to Bismarck.

"Don't make trouble. Just rest well now. The admiral will wake up tomorrow, so you can go and see him. Don't disturb his rest now." Bismarck covered the two new ship girls with quilts, then took the two little ones' hands and went downstairs.

When passing by Li Ran's room, Bismarck paused for a moment, but had no intention of going in.

At the same time, Richelieu heard footsteps in the corridor outside the admiral's room. She became nervous and her cheeks flushed red as she looked at Li Ran, who was naked and only wearing a pair of shorts. Even though the F country ship girl was born bold and romantic, this was her first time seeing the naked body of the opposite sex.

However, Richelieu was not the kind of shy girl. Looking at Li Ran's frown, she wiped Li Ran's body with a towel, then helped Li Ran change into pajamas and covered him with a quilt.

Richelieu touched Li Ran's burning forehead, frowned, and thought for a while. If he continued like this, he would get burned. She went out and went downstairs to prepare ice packs.

Lexington was cooking when she heard Bismarck and Firefly Walkeran talking. They were summarizing their combat experience. She chuckled, what a combat maniac.

"Sister Lexington." Sigsby was washing vegetables. She also heard Bismarck's words. She was a little disappointed that she couldn't fight in this battle, so she asked:

"Can you tell me about your battle this time?"

"Sure, but I'll tell you when we go to bed at night."

"Uh-huh."

With a "clatter", the glass door of the kitchen opened and Richelieu walked in. Lexington looked at Richelieu with a frown and asked:

"How is the commander?"

"It's a high fever. I need to get an ice pack to cool it down. By the way, are there any ice packs in the garrison?"

"Yes, Sister Richelieu, it's in the big freezer." Sigsby nodded hurriedly. When she heard that Li Ran had a high fever, she was very worried and said with red eyes:

"Is the commander seriously ill? It's all my fault."

Richelieu stroked Sigsby's hair and said:

"It's just a high fever, nothing serious. By the way, Lexington, where is the fever-reducing medicine?"

Lexington paused while cutting vegetables, then she thought for a moment and said:

"It's in the redwood cabinet in the living room on the second floor. It's in the third drawer from the left."

"Okay, leave the admiral to me. Don't worry, I'll go up first." Richelieu opened the large freezer in the kitchen, found the ice packs, said to Lexington, then looked at Sigsby with red eyes and said:

"It's not your fault that the Admiral is ill. Don't blame yourself."

Sigsby lowered his head, feeling a little bit unable to let it go, but Lexington gave him a look that said "Don't worry, leave it to me". Richelieu nodded, closed the glass door of the kitchen, and went out.

Vauquelin saw Richelieu coming out, she ran over and asked in a worried tone:

"Sister Richelieu, is the general okay?"

"The admiral is fine, he just has a high fever. Walkerlan, you have to be good, okay?"

"Yes, I will be obedient." Walkerland nodded hurriedly, and then said sensibly:

"Sister Richelieu, you have to take care of yourself too. The explosion of the cannon..."

"It's okay. I will try to use that gun as little as possible in the future." Richelieu gently touched Vauquelin's head, and then saw Bismarck leading the firefly over, and she said softly:

"Wauquelin didn't give you any trouble, did he?"