Daily life with the ship girl

Chapter 123: The Problem of Wine

Because we returned victoriously, everyone was very happy when a barbecue was held on the beach.

Li Ran hadn't been so relaxed for a long time. He had been worried since he traveled through time. However, the experiences of these days allowed him to slowly put himself into the role of the admiral. Now, seeing the ship girls returning safely, in addition to peace of mind, there was also an indescribable sense of satisfaction.

"Admiral?" Lexington was thoughtful. She saw Li Ran busy in front of the grill and didn't seem to eat much. She came over with a towel and wiped the sweat off his forehead.

"Why don't you get someone else?"

"It's okay, don't worry about me. You are away at the battle, and as the admiral, I can make you some food without getting tired myself." Li Ran took Lexington's towel and said:

"This operation went smoothly."

Li Ran didn't stop working while talking, but his hands did feel a little sore. There was nothing he could do because he ate too fast and couldn't keep up with the roasting.

Having seen how much the ship girls eat, Li Ran now has no free time at all.

Lexington felt a little embarrassed when she saw Li Ran sweating profusely. She watched the destroyers eating happily. When she heard Li Ran's question, she thought for a moment and said:

"It went smoothly, but the biggest gain this time wasn't the three islands, okay?"

Li Ran sprinkled the seasoning on the skewers and said:

"what is that?"

"It's the Admiral's beach barbecue."

"I'm embarrassed when you say that. I thought you were going to say it was the newly discovered fairy tribe."

"You know nothing, Commander?"

"what?"

“It feels really good to be cared for.”

Li Ran paused, then raised his head and looked at Lexington's beautiful eyes staring at him without blinking. His heart beat faster. Sometimes the words said by the ship girls are always easy to be misunderstood.

However, Li Ran did not avoid Lexington's gaze.

"Commander, you have really changed."

Lexington was defeated first, she shifted her gaze, and then said:

"It's getting bolder and bolder."

Li Ran was about to explain when he saw Richelieu approaching:

"Admiral, what are you talking about?"

"Ah, nothing." A trace of panic flashed across Lexington's face.

Li Ran also felt that the feeling just now was really strange. He shook the skewers in his hand:

"Just chatting, how about it, did you enjoy your meal?"

"Well, but Admiral, aren't you too tired? I see that the sisters seem to eat too fast."

"It's okay. The meat won't last long in the summer. Besides, the little ones are exhausted. It's time to give them some rewards."

"Admiral, you should eat too." Vauquelin popped his head out from behind Richelieu, and handed the skewer of meat to Li Ran sensibly.

Li Ran was stunned for a moment, then smiled:

"Thank you, Walkerland."

Li Ran took the skewers handed over by Walkerlan and said:

"What are you all doing here? Just keep eating and ignore me. You're disturbing my work."

"Admiral, have a drink." Guo Kang came over with a can of iced vodka, and it seemed that he was a little drunk again.

The smile on Li Ran's face froze, and he shouted to Bismarck:

"Bismarck, didn't I tell you to lock the wine cellar?"

Bismarck was stunned for a moment. She was responsible for entertaining guests like Z24. Otherwise, Li Ran was busy and everyone else had something to do. Now she heard that the admiral was a little angry, so she hurried over:

"What's wrong, Admiral?"

Li Ran pointed at Guo Gan who was caught by Walkerlan and said unhappily:

"look."

Bismarck's face suddenly became a little embarrassed. She was wondering why the admiral said that alcohol was forbidden, and there was still some vodka on the table. She slapped her forehead:

"It was my negligence, Lexington. Please take care of Guokang while I go catch the accomplice."

"What's going on?" Richelieu was a little confused, and then she looked at Gilling's sneaky appearance and shouted:

"Killin, where are you going?"

Richelieu shouted, and Gilling's pace quickened.

Bismarck finally reacted, chased after him, and carried Keeling back to the grill:

"Tell me, where did all this wine come from?"

"Hey, that, that wasn't done by Keelin, ugh, I bit my tongue."

Keeling started to act cute again, but Li Ran was very serious about the ban on alcohol. He sighed, looked at Lexington and Richelieu looking at him strangely, explained about Guokang's drunkenness, and his intention to ban alcohol.

Lexington felt that the commander's idea was correct. After all, although the destroyers had stronger power than humans, they could not use the power of ship girls to relieve the effects of alcohol like other ship girls, not to mention submarine ship girls and supply ship girls.

Li Ran's idea was very simple. After all, the destroyers were elementary school students. If they couldn't resist alcohol, he would not let them touch alcohol. Unexpectedly, just a few days after the ban was implemented, Jilin started making trouble again.

Li Ran felt very angry. He was not angry about taking wine from the wine cellar, but that the first order he issued was treated as a joke. Moreover, he had said a few days ago that this was the first order of the garrison, but now...

Bismarck saw that the admiral's face was not very good. She thought about it and realized that this matter was not a big deal, but not a small one either. After all, the admiral had made up his mind to become an admiral, but now the order he issued was regarded as a joke. This made Bismarck realize the seriousness of the problem.

"Admiral, this matter is indeed my fault."

Before Lexington understood the situation, he saw Bismarck's serious face.

Richelieu glanced at Gilling who was lowering his head, Guogan who was hugged tightly by Walker, and Bismarck with a stern face. She vaguely realized that this matter might be related to the formulation of some military laws in the port area in the future. After all, drinking would cause trouble, and the ship girls were soldiers in a sense.

However, Richelieu didn't want everyone to be unhappy at the barbecue because of these things, so she walked over to Li Ran and said:

"Admiral, if you want to enact a ban on alcohol, now is not the right time. After all, there are outsiders here, and it's not appropriate to punish them at this celebration party."

Li Ran nodded. There is a saying that ignorance is not a crime. He was angry because he knew it was wrong. However, seeing that Jilin was about to cry, he couldn't help but feel soft-hearted. He wanted to say that there would be no next time, but then he thought again. He couldn't start this. He was a person who would follow through on a decision once he made up his mind. So he said firmly:

"Cancel all three months of training leave for Keeling and Kogan, and let them calm down. Let's put it this way, I'll leave the Bismarck matter to you, and you'll be responsible for training them both."

Bismarck looked at Li Ran seriously. She was stunned for a moment. Although she hoped that her admiral would be an iron-blooded and not so gentle person, after spending these few months together, she suddenly felt that perhaps a gentle admiral was what she wanted. But it was fine this way. She nodded:

"give it to me."

"Lexington?" Li Ran suddenly shouted.

"how?"

"Hold a military meeting tonight. I have something to announce." Li Ran wiped his greasy hands. He didn't think too much about it. The prohibition on alcohol was just the first decision he made after trying to become an admiral. However, he found that sometimes establishing discipline is indeed not an easy thing.

Although he really hoped to get along with the ship girls without any constraints, he thought about it carefully these few days and felt that he would have an easy life if he did that. But when he thought about how the ship girls came back from the battle that rainy night, and how Kogan and Gearing sometimes slacked off when they just started training three days ago, he realized the seriousness of the problem.

After all, this is not a game, and you can't strengthen your ship girls by just clicking like in the game. Now the ship girls can only rely on themselves to improve their strength, and most of the destroyer girls are more playful. It's okay if they fool around normally, but if they make jokes about the regulations, this trend cannot be tolerated.

However, Li Ran did not want militarized management. After all, his original intention was to allow the ship girls to concentrate on training to improve efficiency. As a former soldier, he knew the truth that more sweat in peacetime means less bleeding in war. If he allowed them to be lazy in peacetime, he would probably have to watch them return in tatters or serious damage when they encountered the deep sea.

Lexington didn't understand why Li Ran was so angry about this matter. She frowned and watched Bismarck being taken away. However, as a secretary ship, she still recorded Li Ran's words.

Gearing and Kogan were taken away by Bismarck. Firefly felt a little strange, but she did not ask much. Instead, she said to the G country's ship girl Z24:

"Hehe, my name is Firefly, nice to meet you.

You know, Firefly was the one that bravely rammed the G-country heavy cruiser, and Hipper, who was hit, happened to be sitting next to Z24. She looked a little strange:

"Hello, my name is Z24."

Hipper looked at Z24 with a strange look in her eyes. She knew what this fellow shipgirl was thinking. She reached out and ruffled her hair.

"Don't let your imagination run wild. Those are just memories from the old days. As shipgirls, our common enemy is the deep sea."

Z24 stuck out her tongue in embarrassment, but heard Z28 say:

"Sister, what do you think they are doing?"

Z24 was a little surprised. She followed her sister's gaze and saw Sister Miao walking away with Jilin and Guogan. However, she kept in mind what Nuremberg said and said to Z28:

"This is their private matter, let's not ask too much."

Prince Eugen was in charge of recommending Bismarck to entertain Hipper. She also saw Bismarck's back going away. Although she didn't understand what the admiral said, it was very polite to bother the guest. She changed the subject and said:

"Sister Hipper, Sister Blücher, is she okay in the gendarmerie?"

Hipper withdrew his gaze and said:

"Your second sister, she's doing well, but our admiral failed to rescue her. Last time your second sister came over."

"I see." Prince Eugen took a bite of the roast meat and said:

"What about you, sister? How did you get to know Miss Bai?"

Hipper looked at what Bai Nuoyan was saying at Helena's table. How could she not know that her admiral wanted to persuade Brooklyn and the Raiders? However, her sister Prince Eugen's words made her fall into memories, and then she began to tell the story of her meeting with Bai Nuoyan.

Chapter 124: Sudden Notice

Li Ran saw that the matter had come to a temporary end, and he said to Lexington:

"You should have a good talk with Jilin tonight. If you are brave, I will let Pinghai do it. Drinking is really a bad habit."

"Got it." Lexington nodded.

……

The beach barbecue lasted for more than an hour before it ended. After cleaning up the garbage on the beach, everyone returned to the garrison.

Li Ran also specially invited Brooklyn and the Raiders to cooperate in this operation, as well as Bai Nuoyan who helped him transport supplies.

On the way, Li Ran asked Bai Nuoyan about some of the battles in the past few days.

Bai Nuoyan thought about it and said:

"I didn't help much this time. After I transported the supplies, your ship girls left me on Island C, so I didn't actually see how they fought this time. But I went to Island A and Island B later and saw that the coast was severely bombed. I think the battle must have been extremely fierce at that time."

Li Ran was silent. He knew that if he asked Lexington and the others, they would definitely omit some processes, and the part that might be omitted might also be the part where they were injured. He knew that the ship girls were afraid that he would worry, otherwise they would not have specially asked Lexington and the others to go back to the port to bring supplies and repair barrels. They didn't want to make him worry.

Li Ran knew that the ship girls were like this. They regarded deep-sea warfare as their lifelong mission, and the admiral they followed was the flag they believed in when fulfilling this mission.

Only then did he think of asking Bai Nuoyan. After all, as both were human admirals, they might have similar perspectives on things.

However, when Li Ran heard Bai Nuoyan say this, he knew that it must be Hipper who was worried about Bai Nuoyan's safety and did not let Bai Nuoyan follow Lexington and the others. He could understand this.

"Forget it, as long as they come back safely, by the way, you have been to these three islands, how do you feel?"

"As for my opinion, I think these three islands are pretty good. If I hadn't signed up for the Dawn Exercise in the Far East Theater, I would have simply applied to build a garrison on your three islands."

"Is it really that good?"

"Well, let's take Island C for example. This island is rich in aluminum and is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The entire island is surrounded by reefs and can only be entered through a narrow V-shaped strait. It is very suitable as an aluminum resource base and an emergency shelter. There are rivers on it, plenty of fresh water, and many wild crops. As long as they are cultivated, they can also be used as food production areas. In addition, the area where your port is located has four distinct seasons, so it should be able to serve as your winter food warehouse. I guess your Xiguang Island doesn't have much arable land."

"Indeed, from what you said, my battle this time was still valuable."

"It's more than valuable." Bai Nuoyan's tone was full of seriousness. She thought for a moment and said:

"I found time to contact the outside world. You know our communication equipment can be used for ten minutes a day, so it won't put too much pressure on our brains. When your ship girls were attacking the A and B islands, I contacted the Sihai Trading Company branch in the Star Chart Islands and asked them to help me check the recent situation of the Golden Channel."

"Any new developments?"

"That's right. The Golden Channel has encountered many deep-sea attacks from different seas over the past half month. The merchant caravans suffered heavy losses. What's more serious is that the Hoof Territory located in the center of the Golden Channel was breached by the deep-sea attack. Just before I came back, I contacted them again. The latest news is that the Golden Channel has been cut off, and countless sea merchants are looking for other routes."

"what do you mean……"

"Before long, those merchants you drove away will come back. And this time, I'm afraid that not only merchants will come, but also the mysterious Governor of the Pacific will send people."

"The Governor is coming. You are kidding."

"I'm not kidding. You don't know that the Golden Channel is of great importance. This route connects the most important material distribution channels of the three major war zones, the Pacific Theater, the Atlantic Theater, and even the Far East Theater. Do you know why we can steadily expand into unknown waters despite the endless attacks from the deep sea?"

"do not know."

Bai Nuoyan's tone was a little heavy. She looked at herself and Li Ran and saw that there was no ship girl beside them. She breathed a sigh of relief, then sorted out her words and said:

"That's because the twelve most important golden waterways between the seven war zones are the throats that maintain the distribution of marine materials in the seven war zones. They are also the only remaining transportation arteries between land and sea. Because the amount of deep sea in large sea areas is too large, if it is not a large-scale battle, the various garrisons in many sea areas are usually only responsible for passive defense. But this time, contrary to the norm, the deep sea suddenly rioted on a large scale, resulting in the Pacific War Zone's golden waterway being cut in half, and a large number of garrisons were breached. The destruction of the Hoof Island Garrison made the governor furious."