Daily life with the ship girl

As for what kind of discomfort it was, Li Ran had never heard Lexington talk about it, but he could feel that a very cold, lost, and even disgusting aura was slowly surrounding Helena.

"Helena!" Li Ran exhaled and said loudly:

"Listen carefully. If you transform into the deep sea, I will be your first target. If you are ready, kill me! I know I am not worthy of being your admiral. If killing me can satisfy you, if it can satisfy the feelings they convey, then I will be here. No matter what you become, I will accompany you from now on!"

A trace of palpitation flashed in Helena's eyes. She suddenly looked up at Li Ran. Looking at Li Ran's familiar face, she remembered the time when she met Li Ran. At that time, the port area was still very weak. In order to make the port area grow rapidly, the admiral bought a lot of resources, expanded the repair dock, and built many powerful battleships and regular aircraft carriers. Later, the deep sea suddenly attacked, and everyone was preparing to do a big thing under the leadership of the admiral, but the admiral disappeared.

Helena's eyes were red, she looked at Li Ran, helpless like a child:

"Why, Admiral, why did you leave in the first place? For a whole year, we were constantly attacked by the deep sea, but we also defended the port for more than a year. Everyone believed that you would come back, but why? You didn't come back."

As Helena spoke, her eyes became somewhat empty, and she muttered to herself:

"You must not remember, this was the highest navigation lighthouse in the port area, this was the original dock, but now the sea has flooded the dock and the lighthouse has collapsed. What about your promise? Never leave me? You must be lying, all these are lies. If the admiral is a big liar, why did you come back? Why?"

Li Ran knew that no matter how he explained it, it was all Quitting's fault, but he couldn't say it was just a game, so he sighed and sat down next to Helena.

Helena immediately threw herself into Li Ran's arms, and the uncomfortable aura on her body gradually faded away.

Li Ran's body froze, and he didn't know where to put his hands. At this time, Helena said as if she was talking in a dream:

"Admiral, you are a big liar. You always say that destroyers are the best, but you don't even give me a ring. I saw Ayanami cry several times. She killed the deep-sea flagship Yamato for you..."

Li Ran sighed and gently placed his hand on Helena's back. He felt his chest was soaked with tears. As Helena's voice gradually became quieter, he gently called out:

"Helena?"

no respond.

Li Ran tried to break free from Helena's arms, but found that Helena said vaguely:

"Admiral, don't go any further, don't..."

Li Ran smiled bitterly and sighed. Was he asleep because he was tired of crying?

Li Ran did not move. He looked at Helena's profile. There were traces of tears on her face and her brows were tightly furrowed. She was holding his hand with increasing force, which made Li Ran feel a little painful. But seeing Helena's appearance, he knew that this ship girl must be in pain. The year he gave up the game, she should have died in battle with her sisters on this island, but she survived because of him. This feeling of living alone may be more terrible than death.

Li Ran whispered softly in her ear:

"Helena, I won't leave again, never again."

As if she heard Li Ran's words, Helena's frown slowly relaxed in her sleep.

Until the sun was about to set, Lexington and others had not waited for Li Ran to return to the garrison. They could only send out carrier-based aircraft to search before it was completely dark.

When they found Li Ran's location through carrier-based aircraft, they saw Li Ran sitting motionless on the abandoned tower base on the west coast, with Helena in his arms.

Saratoga was a little indignant. She was so anxious, but her own admiral was dating this woman?

There was also a flash of disappointment in Lexington's eyes, but she covered her sister's mouth, signaling her not to speak.

Richelieu looked at the sunset. Li Ran and Helena were like lovers. She thought it was very romantic and did not say anything to interrupt them.

Bismarck saw that no one was moving, so she took the lead to walk forward, stand in front of Li Ran, and was about to speak.

Li Ran made a gesture to keep quiet, and then he said softly to Bismarck:

"She is very tired, let her sleep for a while."

The Lexington sisters and Richelieu also came over.

As for Quincy, he had already set off for the Far East war zone with his sister, and Bai Nuoyan did not follow. Because Li Ran was absent as the admiral, Lexington could only serve as a secretary ship to send off the fleet of the First Ship Girls Academy.

Saratoga, who was beside Lexington, pouted and muttered:

"He is indeed a pervert."

"Don't talk nonsense." Lexington gently scolded her sister, then looked at Helena with some doubts. She could feel the traces of tears on Helena's face, so she asked tentatively:

"Did the Admiral and Helena have a fight?"

Li Ran shook his head. He did not answer, but asked irrelevant questions:

"This sunset is so beautiful. When the ocean is at peace and there is no more war with the deep sea, I will build the world's tallest navigation lighthouse here, and watch the sunset with you every day."

At the same time, Li Ran said to his ship girls who were no longer with him or had sunk in the ocean of this world because he had given up:

If this feeling can be conveyed, I don't ask for forgiveness. I can only promise that in the future, the Xiguang Garrison will become the most beautiful, prosperous and powerful garrison. I promise you!

As if sensing Li Ran's intentions, the fiery clouds in the sky turned into smiling faces. This scene made Bismarck, Richelieu, Lexington and Saratoga feel incredible!

Li Ran looked at this scene, he didn't know whether his feelings had been conveyed, but these beautiful clouds in the sky might be just like their smiling faces.

……

Chapter 77: Operation Dawn begins!

The next day, there was heavy fog in the port area. Li Ran and Helena knew each other tacitly what they had discussed yesterday. They found an excuse and chose not to confess the past to other people in the port area.

It was a little after six in the morning. Li Ran was standing in the foggy Eastern Deepwater Harbor. Last night, Li Ran had called this dock Xiguang Dock.

At this time, due to sea fog, the visibility at Xiguang Wharf was extremely low, less than 50 meters.

Li Ran looked at the ship girls who were lining up on the sea, their figures were shrouded in fog. Their slender figures and the steel ship equipment they carried

It forms a unique beauty of iron and softness.

Li Ran's eyes swept across their faces, and he didn't know what to say at this moment.

However, as the admiral, he still had to make some pre-war mobilization speeches. After all, Bai Nuoyan, an outsider, was present, and he had to bring out the spirit and energy of the Xiguang Garrison.

Li Ran sorted out the messy thoughts in his mind, straightened his white admiral uniform, straightened his collar, and said solemnly:

"This battle must be won!"

Bai Nuoyan thought Li Ran would be very passionate, but when she heard such a simple sentence from Li Ran, she couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

"We must win this battle!" It has to be said that the ship girls really like Li Ran's brief pre-war speech. After all, no one likes to listen to a long speech early in the morning.

Bai Nuoyan listened to Li Ran's ship girls shouting in unison with Li Ran. She looked at the figures in the sea fog and felt that the aura on them was different from before. It was a feeling that was difficult to describe.

Bai Nuoyan didn't know what prompted Li Ran's ship girls to be reborn from the ashes after just one night, but as women, they felt that these ship girls might really bring glory that would attract the world's attention.

This feeling made Bai Nuoyan a little envious and even a little jealous.

While Bai Nuoyan was in a daze, Li Ran and Lexington had already said goodbye. All the people on Xiguang Island, except Gillin, had set out to attack, because someone had to stay in the port to look after Li Ran's safety. This was a unanimous decision made by the ship girls.

And because Jilin drew the lottery to stay in Hong Kong, she could only stand beside Li Ran and watch enviously as her sisters disappeared in the sea fog.

For this operation, Xiguang Island was divided into two fleets.

The First Fleet is fully staffed, with the flagship Lexington, and members Richelieu, Firefly, Pinghai, Vauquelin, and Daring.

The Second Fleet is not yet fully staffed, with the flagship Helena, and members Saratoga, Bismarck, and Sigsbee.

The two fleets have different divisions of labor, but Li Ran only knows that the First Fleet is responsible for attacking and the Second Fleet is responsible for mobile support, because he has already made it clear that he will not interfere in the combat arrangements this time, and it will be entirely decided by the ship girls themselves.

Li Ran touched Jilin's head and watched them disappear completely in the sea mist. He said with a lost tone:

"Let's go back."

"Yes." Jilin nodded obediently. She swore secretly in her heart, sisters, don't worry, I will definitely protect the admiral.

Bai Nuoyan looked at Li Ran, feeling somewhat distraught. Although she couldn't empathize with him for the time being, she vaguely understood that perhaps after becoming an admiral, she would also say goodbye to her own ship girls at the dock in this way?

Bai Nuoyan watched as two figures, one large and one small, walked back to the Xiguang Garrison. She glanced at Hipper who had been standing silently behind her and said:

"Hipper."

"What's wrong, Admiral?"

"Nothing." Bai Nuoyan smiled back, took Hipper's arm, and thought to herself:

I just want to say that it's great to have your recognition and to be your admiral.

Hipper felt that there was something strange about her admiral and she was a little confused, but she looked at the abnormal sea fog in the early morning and felt a little worried.

……

Li Ran returned to the garrison accompanied by Jilin. He did not seem as panicked as at the beginning. Although he was a little worried, after what happened yesterday, he had truly put himself in the position of admiral.

"Admiral, is there anything on your mind?"

"No, I'm just a little worried."

"Are you worried about everyone? Admiral, actually we are all very powerful, don't worry, ow, I bit my tongue." Keeling said anxiously and bit his tongue again.

Li Ran couldn't help but laugh at Jilin's cute look. He sat on the sofa, feeling a little bored. There was no TV, computer or mobile phone. Although this world had tools for external communication, they were only used for emergency external assistance. Moreover, he had not met the admirals of other garrisons. He pondered for a while and thought that after this Dawn Event was over, it would be time for him to go on a long journey.

Jilin watched Li Ran fall into deep thought. She did not interrupt him, but felt a little bored. She took out a can of rainbow-colored hard candy from the drawer under the tea table, then took out a piece and handed it to Li Ran's mouth:

"Admiral, here's some candy."

Li Ran was interrupted by Jilin's words, thinking that he was distracted again. He smiled, took the candy, and then held Jilin on his lap. He kissed Jilin on the forehead and said softly:

"Thank you, Keelin, the candy is sweet."

Jilin's face was red with smile, and it was unclear whether she was shy or happy. She shook her head and said:

"Admiral, stop looking so sad, let's go out and play."

"Hmm? Where do you want to go?" Li Ran put Jilin down, then took her hand and walked out of the garrison.

"I don't know, but Gillin just wants to walk around with the admiral. It's too boring to stay in the garrison."

"Okay, let's walk around."

……

At the same time, the two fleets of Xiguang Island had left Xiguang Wharf far behind. Since both fleets had light cruise radars to explore and search for the enemy, they basically maintained a relatively high speed.

Lexington had already received the third batch of carrier-based aircraft at this time. As the flagship of the First Fleet, she had to pay attention to the situation in the sky at all times. After all, there was sea fog at the moment. Although the fog had obviously faded after leaving the port, the closer she got to Island C, the more she had to be careful.

Finally, an hour later, Lexington discovered the first deep-sea fleet through carrier-based aircraft reconnaissance. She immediately said to all members of the fleet:

"15 nautical miles southwest, a deep-sea fleet has been spotted. The fleet is composed of the following: the flagship is a deep-sea heavy cruiser, there are three deep-sea light cruisers, and two deep-sea destroyers. Prepare for battle!"

"Got it!" The ship girls of the First Fleet responded in unison.

Lexington nodded, then controlled a carrier-based aircraft to fly behind her. She wanted to inform the Second Fleet behind her that they had now entered the waters where the deep-sea fleet was active.

As for how to notify, this is a carrier-based aircraft operation skill in which the ship girls on the aircraft carrier transmit information to each other through carrier-based aircraft. That is, according to the number of enemy teams encountered, a corresponding number of carrier-based aircraft will be dispatched to notify.

As Lexington's younger sister, Saratoga naturally understood this method of communication under her elder sister's instruction. When she saw her elder sister's carrier-based aircraft appear, she immediately said to Helena, the flagship of the Second Fleet:

"My sister and the others encountered a deep-sea fleet."

"Got it. Everyone, prepare for the mobile response."

"Understood!" All members of the Second Fleet responded in unison.

In the sea area near Island C shrouded in sea fog, the attack operation called Dawn has finally begun!

Chapter 78: Danger comes from beneath the sea...

At Xiguang Garrison, on Island C, more than 600 nautical miles away in the northwest waters, the sea fog has now dissipated.

Lexington's brows were furrowed at this moment. She was looking at the deep-sea warships that were sunk by her own side not far away, which were slowly sinking to the bottom of the sea.

Smelling the smell of gunpowder in the air, she felt a faint sense of uneasiness in her heart.

"The last deep-sea light cruiser was sunk!" Pinghai's report brought her back to reality.

As a regular aircraft carrier, Lexington was deep in the center of her own wheel formation. She looked at the light cruiser girl Pinghai in front of the formation and turned around to report to her, and nodded to indicate that she understood.

Lexington didn't know what was going on with that uneasy feeling, but now was not the time to think about it. She quickly shook her head, suppressed her messy thoughts, and recalled the sixteen carrier-based aircraft that had completed their mission.

Lexington laid flat the armor plate that was lying across her left side, and then her carrier-based aircraft returned one after another, circled around her, and then began to land on the armor plate in an orderly manner.

She looked at these blue carrier-based aircraft. These were the [SBD-3 Dauntless] carrier-based bombers she had released. They had excellent bombing capabilities, as well as certain air defense and search capabilities. These children played an indispensable role in the smooth progress of the fight for air supremacy.

Lexington watched as the sixteen carrier-based aircraft remained intact, and became more and more certain that the main fleet of Island C had indeed been completely destroyed in the previous battle. As for the threat, it was that Island C did not know how many deep-sea light aircraft carriers there were. If there were too many deep-sea light aircraft carriers, it might take more effort to gain air superiority.

However, Lexington was not afraid. She subconsciously looked behind her, where her sister was located in the Second Fleet. She could safely leave the rear to her sister because she knew Gaga's talent in carrier-based aircraft operation better than anyone else.

Lexington put the carrier-based aircraft into the ship's hangar, and then twenty [F2A Buffalo] fighters began to take off.

Although these children do not have the bombing combat capability of the [SBD-3 Dreadnought] carrier-based bomber, they are purely air defense combat units.

Lexington also knew that these children were the weakest among her fighters, but they had been with her the longest. She had used these children in the First Ship Girl Academy to defeat many aircraft carrier ship girls equipped with golden [Sea Fang] fighters. At that time, she won the reputation of a pioneer in aviation tactics.

She trusted her children, so she said confidently:

"Children, fight in the refreshing sea breeze!"