Daily life with the ship girl

As he was speaking, Li Ran heard a rapid beeping sound from the Bluetooth-like device he had been carrying with him.

Bai Nuoyan also heard the beeping sound from the device on her body.

The two men looked at each other, and then each put on the Soul Admiral network external communication equipment.

Li Ran's brainwave access device then received an access request from the highest will of the collective admiral network. The request came from the highest military commander of the Pacific theater, the Pacific Governor, Marshal Xiao.

"Admirals of the Pacific, I deeply regret the destruction of the Hoof Island Garrison, but rest assured, most of the deep-sea fleet has been annihilated. The mission to retake the Golden Channel has been issued. Admirals who are interested can contact the exclusive combat channel of Xingtu Island and submit the frequency band of the admiral network. At that time, the registered admirals will be notified of the combat mission directly through soul communication. That's all."

The Pacific Marshal only notified everyone once, but this communication caused an earthquake-like effect. All the garrisons in the entire Pacific theater received the news at the first time. Even many admirals who were temporarily staying in the Pacific theater received the news. The operation to retake the Golden Route was a large-scale battle.

And every large-scale battle is the main means for admirals to increase their military ranks. Although military ranks are of little use, in the admiral circle, how much merit you have achieved in combat is fully reflected in your military rank, and the higher your military rank means the stronger your ship girl is.

Although the admirals were not allowed to fight privately, exercises and exchanges were common. If one's rank was high, many people would come forward to exchange ideas. On the contrary, if one's rank was low, other admirals would generally not come to visit.

Li Ran didn't know this. After the announcement, he took down the equipment and asked:

"Is this what you are talking about?"

"Yes, it's faster than I thought. It seems that the Governor of the Pacific, that lazy marshal, is really angry this time."

"What does that have to do with me?"

"How can it be okay?" Bai Nuoyan was anxious. This Li Ran was good in every way except that he was even more ignorant than herself about many common sense about admirals. She explained the advantages of such large-scale operations and the possible benefits of military rank.

Li Ran's eyes became brighter and brighter, but the matter was of great importance, so he decided to wait until the military meeting in the evening.

"Let's not talk about this for now. Come into my house and have a cup of tea."

"Hey, you're not in a hurry at all. Forget it, I won't say anything more."

Chapter 125: The Strange Military Meeting (Part 1)

Time always passes quickly during casual conversation. After the Mishima incident came to an end, Li Ran felt relieved. He drank some tea with Bai Nuoyan, and then invited them to dinner in the evening. Before he knew it, it was already past nine o'clock in the evening.

However, when sending Bai Nuoyan away, Li Ran was a little embarrassed about whether Brooklyn and the Raiders should stay or go. Although he could keep Z24 in the garrison, it was because of Bismarck. Brooklyn and the Raiders were not children after all. They had their own opinions, and Li Ran didn't know how to arrange them.

Helena, however, was troubled by the look on her admiral's face. She saw Brooklyn and the Raiders were about to leave with Bai Nuoyan and Hipper, and she quickly called out to her sister:

"Sister, wait a minute."

Brooklyn paused. To be honest, she had a good impression of Li Ran, whether it was the way this man got along with the ship girls or the feeling this port gave her. However, she and the Striker were free ship girls after all. Although they participated in the combat operation on Xiguang Island as friendly forces, it would be inconvenient for them to stay after the operation.

But after hearing her sister's shout, she said to the attacker:

"Wait a minute, I'll talk to my sister."

Bai Nuoyan felt something was wrong. She had persuaded Brooklyn and the Raiders to spend the night on her boat before Li Ran could react. But after hearing what Helena said, she felt a sense of crisis.

After all, she and Li Ran are both new admirals, and they attach great importance to the matter of salvaging ships. Besides, free ship girls usually don't get too close to the admirals. Now is a golden opportunity. In addition, she has done a lot of work in the process of conquering Mishima. She is very confident that she can turn Brooklyn and Striker into her own ship girls. After all, she had won their recognition in Mishima.

Of course, this is just Bai Nuoyan's wishful thinking, the reality is often cruel.

The attacker didn't know why the female admiral looked so anxious, but when she heard her friend say this, she nodded:

"Well, I'll wait for you outside."

Brooklyn made an OK sign and walked over to Helena.

Li Ran was drinking the tea poured by Ping Hai. He looked at Helena with some doubt, and then found that Helena blinked at him.

He felt something strange because Helena said something in Brooklyn's ear and then the two of them came over.

Li Ran put down his teacup and was about to speak when he heard Helena say:

"Admiral, can my sister stay at your house tonight? She can sleep with me."

Li Ran nodded hurriedly, and then said:

"Of course, Miss Brooklyn is happy to stay. I'm certainly welcome to do so."

"Sister, the admiral has agreed. You can stay for one night. There are still some vacancies in the garrison. You don't want to rest in the cabin for another night. Can you stand the noise of those sailors?"

"Well, thank you very much, Admiral. But can I let the Raider stay as well? I'm afraid she'll be kidnapped by that female Admiral."

"Huh? Kidnapped?" Li Ran was stunned for a moment, then glanced at the door, feeling a little strange:

"Are you talking about Bai Nuoyan?"

"Yes, she has been trying to encourage the Raiders to go to the Far Eastern war zone with her."

"Then what counts as cheating?" Li Ran didn't know what the KanColles defined cheating as, and was a little surprised, then said:

"Besides, she's a wealthy woman. If you approve her to be the admiral, she won't be short of resources."

"But the dream of a raider cannot be realized by having resources. I am worried about a rookie admiral who doesn't even have a tutelary fort."

"The Raider's dream?" Li Ran frowned and fell into deep thought, while Brooklyn turned around and walked outside and told the Raider about his plan.

Then Li Ran heard Bai Nuoyan's voice getting louder:

"Li Dan, come out!"

"What's wrong?" Li Ran looked confused. He glanced at Helena, then walked to the outside of the garrison with her and found Bai Nuoyan furious.

"What's wrong? You're so angry."

"You are so unkind."

"what?"

"how could you do this!"

"what?"

"you you you……"

"What's wrong with me?" Li Ran said that he was really innocent.

Brooklyn was getting more and more disappointed. In fact, Bai Nuoyan gave her a good impression during the past few days. However, she had some business habits and was a very unstable little girl, not an adult woman. This was contrary to what she wanted in her mind as an admiral. Seeing Bai Nuoyan like this, she said with some disappointment:

"Hipper, I think your admiral has misunderstood. The decision to stay was made by me. Li Ran did not invite me. I just wanted to spend more time with my sister. The Assaulter is my friend. I only came to ask for her opinion and did not interfere with her decision. All of this was done voluntarily. Please do not blame Admiral Li Ran."

Hipper felt a little embarrassed. After all, this was Li Ran's territory, and her own admiral seemed to be a little restless these days. She said apologetically:

"The Admiral may have been too tired these days, so she spoke a little angrily. Since Brooklyn and the Raiders already have a place to stay overnight, we won't force them to stay."

"Li Ran, I'm so sick of you..."

Li Ran felt something was wrong, because Bai Nuoyan looked at him with extremely resentful eyes when she left, and he also saw that her eyes were red and tears covered her cheeks.

"Hey, what's wrong with me? I am more wronged than Dou E."

Hipper watched his admiral run away and said quickly:

"I'm sorry for causing trouble to you all. I apologize to Brooklyn and the Raiders on behalf of the Admiral. I'll go over first to prevent the Admiral from getting into danger."

"Yeah, it's okay." Brooklyn was quite satisfied with this heavy cruiser girl. She had seen the power of the other party's ship-slashing sword. When she was returning, she encountered a small team of deep-sea destroyers. Hipper solved them cleanly and neatly by herself. This left a deep impression on her. Moreover, Hipper gave her a very reliable feeling. She thought for a while and said:

"It's okay, just go ahead."

Hipper nodded and hurried in the direction where Bai Nuoyan was running.

Li Ran sighed and smiled bitterly:

"Forget it. I'll talk to her tomorrow. It's getting late. Miss Brooklyn and Miss Raider, if you're tired, you can go upstairs with Helena and rest. I have to hold a military meeting later, so I may not be able to entertain you two until later."

"Military meeting?" Brooklyn hesitated, then thought for a moment and said:

"Can I join?"

Li Ran was stunned for a moment, frowned, and saw Helena's expression of "please agree to it quickly", he nodded:

"Of course, after all, our meeting is at the dining table,"

Lexington had just finished compiling the post-war summary report of Operation Dawn. She was a little surprised to see Li Ran and Helena with Brooklyn and the Raiders. But she looked at the time and it was almost half past nine, so she handed the report to Li Ran and said:

"Commander, this is the report of this operation. The military meeting can begin at any time."

"Well, let's start at 9:30. Please notify everyone. I'm going upstairs to change my clothes. I've been dealing with fumes all day, and I feel greasy and uncomfortable."

"Well, Helena, you entertain Miss Brooklyn and Miss Raider. I'll go to the warehouse to call Gaga and Richelieu. Oh, and Admiral, please notify Bismarck. She may still be in the training ground."

Lexington is a secretary ship after all, and Li Ran never really cares about things. Apart from expressing his own ideas for major operations, everything else is actually left to Lexington.

"No problem." Helena nodded.

Li Ran also waved his hand and went upstairs:

"I see. Let's split up and do it separately. This way it will be more efficient."

The gathering time at the Xiguang Island Naval Base was quite fast. Five minutes before the military meeting, all the ship girls returned to the Naval Base.

Li Ran also took a shower, changed into a refreshing and convenient short-sleeved shirt and shorts and went downstairs. Looking at the ship girls who were already sitting around the dining table, she nodded to Lexington and said:

"It's time to start."

Chapter 126: The Strange Military Meeting (Part 2)

"The second garrison military meeting begins now. Please be quiet." Lexington took on the aura of a secretary ship. After all, this was a formal meeting, and she had to make sure the destroyers behaved well.

"Ahem, I'm calling this military meeting today to have everyone talk about their experience with Operation Dawn, and to announce a few important notices."

Li Ran sat down in the main seat, and then felt a little uncomfortable. Brooklyn and Raider were sitting at the last seat. At this time, these two free ship girls were also focusing on him like his own ship girls, which made him feel a little stressed.

However, Li Ran had also been a soldier, so he quickly adapted to the situation. He paused, then said:

"Pinghai, bring the sea chart over."

Pinghai nodded, then walked behind Li Ran, took the sea chart that Li Ran brought down specially, spread it out on the dining table, and then took a baton:

"Here you go, Admiral."

"Yes, thank you." Li Ran took up his baton and pointed to the location of Xiguang Island and the three islands of ABC on the nautical chart, then said:

"Everyone has returned victorious from this battle. I am here to congratulate you all, but we cannot relax yet. Due to the extreme shortage of manpower in the port area, the management and garrison of the three islands has become the biggest problem at the moment. Well, the content of today's military meeting is to let everyone put forward some suggestions. Regarding the allocation of management and garrison work on these three islands, everyone can speak freely."

Silence, a somewhat awkward silence. After Li Ran finished speaking, he found that the atmosphere had become a little weird, and said with some doubt:

"Don't you have any suggestions?"

Brooklyn secretly held her forehead, she couldn't help but raised her hand, and then said:

"My Lord Admiral, in military meetings, the Admiral has always given orders to the Ship Girls. We Ship Girls do not have the right to express our own opinions."

Li Ran was stunned for a moment, then he said disdainfully:

"You don't have to worry about my military meeting. If you have any suggestions, just tell me. I don't have the final say here."

Bismarck and Richelieu looked at each other, and then Richelieu spoke first:

"Admiral, I have an idea."

Li Ran nodded:

"You can always speak up. Let's brainstorm and put forward any suggestions we have. After all, my ideas are inevitably limited."

"Well, it's like this. I think that although we have erected sovereignty monuments on these three islands, the admiral has not officially landed on them yet, and there are no members of the military police to testify. Therefore, it may take time to clearly assign the three islands to the garrison. Shouldn't this matter be put at the top of the list?"

"You are right. Does anyone else have anything to add?" Li Ran nodded. Indeed, the three islands cannot be taken down and a monument can be erected. After all, the three islands are only cleared of the deep sea. However, he has no time to take care of these three islands for the time being. So he will go through the procedure to transfer the three islands to his name first. This will avoid unnecessary disputes in the future. Although the admirals cannot confront each other openly, they must always be on guard against each other.

"There is also the issue of naming the three islands. I hope the commander can determine the names of the three islands as soon as possible. This way, it will be easier to report to the military police." Lexington pondered for a while and said:

"Also, when we were coming back this time, we found several supply reefs in the nearby waters, so regular deep-sea annihilation operations against these supply reefs near the three islands will become our daily work in the future."

Li Ran nodded, then looked at the three islands, handed the baton to Lexington, and said:

"Point out the location of the newly discovered supply reef."

Lexington marked the three newly discovered supply reefs that were not between the two islands A and B. They were not far from the already discovered Baili Reef. Last time, it might be because Bismarck chose to detour when carrying out the escort commission, so he didn't find it. This time, it should be after the three islands were conquered that the existence of the three supply reefs was discovered. He pondered for a moment and said:

"Everyone knows the importance of supply reefs, and also knows that the existence of supply reefs will attract deep sea, so it is necessary to form an expedition team to carry out long-distance operations regularly. In addition, the resources of the two islands of BC also require an expedition team to carry out expedition operations regularly. I will put the purchase of supply ships on the agenda as soon as possible. Lexington, please write down these tasks first, and I will think about them carefully in the evening."

"Don't worry, Commander. I have written down the contents of the military meeting." Lexington, as Li Ran's secretary ship, has been taking notes.

"Let's move on to the next topic. I will deal with everyone's suggestions tonight, and then give you a reply at breakfast tomorrow."

"Commander, some summaries of Operation Dawn are in the report. As for the topic you mentioned, isn't it time to talk about the prohibition of alcohol?" Lexington had always remembered the incident when the commander got angry at noon. She even took the time to ask Bismarck about it. Only then did she understand Li Ran's intention and reminded him.

"If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten. Now I am announcing the first official ban of the garrison, a ban on alcohol. Unless it is a special period, drinking is prohibited. Destroyers are especially prohibited from drinking. In view of the fact that Gilling and Kogan knowingly violated the ban, Xianza will announce the punishment for violating the ban. Two vacations within three months will be cancelled, and the daily training hours will be extended. If the performance is good, the punishment can be cancelled in advance. Bismarck, you will be responsible for the execution."

Bismarck sighed. She thought Li Ran would really do something ruthless. But after hearing what the admiral said later, she realized that the admiral was just trying to scare Jilin and Guokang. She said seriously:

"Understood, Admiral."