Daily life with the ship girl

As a free ship girl, Nuremberg had been traveling around the world with Hindenburg before she met Tirpitz. She was lucky enough to have been to Warm Harbor once. Seeing that everyone was puzzled, she explained:

"This is the North Sea Maritime Corridor. Both theaters of war enter the North Sea through this corridor. Because the north of the Arctic Ocean is full of floating ice and icebergs, it is basically impossible to conduct naval operations. There are also large uninhabited areas there, and there are always force 12 gales blowing all year round. Therefore, the Arctic Ocean theater has always been an insurmountable deep-sea barrier to the northern routes of the known sea areas.

Because the North Sea Corridor has warm sea currents flowing through it all year round, there is the only ice-free port in the far north [Warm Port], which is also the northernmost ice-free port in the known sea area. It is jointly guarded and funded by the garrisons of the two major war zones. After reaching the Warm Port, you can follow the ocean currents of this sea corridor to enter the mysterious North Sea. "

"Although this route is ice-free all year round, I can't think of the point of entering the North Sea?" Li Ran frowned and expressed his doubts.

"Indeed, the north is barren. Apart from some valuable mink wool, bear skin, snow lotus, etc., basically no one would travel thousands of miles to such a bitter and cold place to suffer. But, don't you wonder why the two major war zones deployed so many garrisons near this warm harbor?"

Nuremberg also knew that people often thought that the north was bitterly cold, especially among the seven war zones. It was not an exaggeration to say that the Arctic Ocean War Zone was the weakest. However, if you really underestimated the Arctic Ocean War Zone, you would be wrong. She saw that except for Hindenburg, who had no reaction to what she said, everyone else seemed to agree with Li Ran's point of view. After she asked, she continued:

"Also, the North Sea is a major attack area for the northern deep-sea habitats. Did you see that after the North Sea Maritime Corridor goes out, that area is the deep-sea habitat?"

"You mean, this sea corridor is the entrance and exit for the invasion of the northern deep sea?" Li Ran understood a little, but he thought about it and wondered what this had to do with the North Sea that Bei Zhai went to. There was no word "North Sea" on the map at all. He asked in confusion:

"But you said so much, but there is no sign of the North Sea on the map?"

Nuremberg also knew that Li Ran would definitely ask this question. She thought about it and then said:

“Because the North Sea is north of the northern deep sea habitat, that is, north of the Arctic Ocean, in the far north. And don’t be fooled by the fact that there are so many northern habitats. In fact, I have been there once. It’s just that the development and exploration efforts there are insufficient, which has led to an exaggerated area of ​​the northern deep sea habitat.

In fact, there are many dangerous passages in this deep sea habitat that even the deep sea fleet rarely sets foot on. The way to enter the real North Sea is through these dangerous passages. I think Tirpitz ventured into the depths of the North Sea through these dangerous passages. "

"But, if the North Sea is so dangerous, why would Tirpitz want to go there?" Li Ran found it unbelievable. He heard Nuremberg inadvertently reveal that the Black Cross Mercenary Group was stationed in the Atlantic theater. Looking at the map, to go to the North Sea, not to mention spanning two theaters, the journey alone was nearly ten thousand miles. It was hard for him to imagine why Tirpitz, a stay-at-home girl, was determined to go to the North Sea.

"Do you think it's incredible?" Nuremberg smiled bitterly, sighed, looked at Bismarck deeply, and then talked about the past in Nuangang:

"You all should know that Tilbitz dropped out of the First Ship Girl Academy a few months ago. At that time, I happened to be traveling to Warm Harbor, and a few days later I met her in the Ship Girl Tavern..."

……

The time goes back to more than three months ago.

"Are you really leaving?" In the First Ship Girl Academy, Hood was holding two gingers and fish cakes, her two beloved cats. She looked at Tirpitz, Bismarck's sister, in full military uniform. She sighed:

"Is your sister's whereabouts really that important? Maybe she hasn't woken up yet?"

"Hood, don't ask anymore. I'll leave Oscar in your care. My sister must not be dead. I'm going to the North Sea to look for the lost ice drill."

"You want to use a memory contract?" Hood looked shocked.

"Well, only through the memory contract can I confirm whether my sister has died. Although I have never been to my sister's port, my sister hasn't written to me for a year since she wrote to me that time. I am worried."

Ever since Tirpitz learned that her sister's port area was captured by the Deep Sea, her temperament has changed drastically. She is no longer the lazy homegirl, but has slowly become the strongest battleship girl in the First Ship Girl Academy. Even Missouri, the Governor-General of the Pacific, praised her as the well-deserved "Lonely Queen of the North".

"Well, even though I don't like your sister, I will take good care of Oscar." Hood bluntly expressed his likes and dislikes.

"I'm leaving."

Tirpitz handed Oscar to Hood, then waved his windbreaker and disappeared into the night.

"Walking at night, you are worthy of being the lonely queen of the north. Is the North Sea really a place of destiny?" Hood watched the door slowly close, blocking her gaze from seeing Tirpitz off. Seeing that Oscar seemed to be in a bad mood, she couldn't help but sigh:

"My old enemy, life is so boring without you."

……

Tirpitz left the Star Path Islands alone, taking advantage of the night, and headed towards the warm harbor in the north.

Finally, half a month later, she arrived at the warm harbor, and here, she met Nuremberg, the nanny who took care of her growing up in her memory, in the special tavern of the ship girl.

"Tirpitz?" Nuremberg was drinking high-strength gasoline, which was a special drink for the ship girls. Ordinary fuel in this place was frozen, and only this high-strength gasoline could replenish their fuel supply. Everything else was easy, except that the fuel was too expensive. However, this place could guarantee sufficient fuel, so the ship girls could fight as usual.

"Sister Nuremberg?" Tirpitz was stunned. Her memory would not go wrong. She could never have imagined that she and her sister had been exchanging letters over the years and had always said how nice it would be if Nuremberg was also there. It was at that time that she rejected her sister's invitation to be the admiral and had never been to her sister's port area. Now that she saw Nuremberg, she remembered the earnest mood in her sister's letters when she exchanged letters with her sister. She could not help but clench her fists and regretted in her heart:

If only I had listened to my sister, if only I hadn't been so willful. Sister, please don't leave! I'm strong now, no matter where you are, I will find you, even if I have to break through the ice of the North Sea, I will find the lost ice drill.

"Tirpitz, what's wrong with you? Why do you look so bad?" Nuremberg had been traveling around the world. She actually knew that Tirpitz was looking for her, but she knew that Tirpitz had grown up and was being taken care of by her sister, so she didn't go to look for her. However, seeing that she was worried, she still asked with concern:

"Did you run out of gas? It's not easy to get here. By the way, guess who I found in the past few years?"

"Nuremberg, today I taught those deep-sea fleets a lesson. Here's my commission. I'll treat you to a nice meal tonight!"

Hindenburg was in a good mood today. She escorted a group of sea merchants who were going back to the Arctic Ocean war zone from the warm harbor. She met some deep-sea fleets in the North Sea Corridor and made a lot of money. When she opened the door, she saw the military uniform similar to Bismarck. She was stunned for a moment:

"Bismarck?"

Tirpitz felt the ship girl's voice was unfamiliar, but she recognized her as her sister. She turned around and said expressionlessly:

"I am the second Bismarck-class battleship, Tirpitz. Do you know my sister?"

"What? I thought it was Bismarck. Wait, you said you were Tirpitz?"

"That's right." Tirpitz frowned, then sat aside and ordered a glass of wine. Only shipgirls could enter this tavern. The bartender was an unknown shipgirl, codenamed 265D, a heavy cruiser shipgirl. When she heard about these shipgirls who possessed the souls and names of warships, she said enviously:

"You are the Lonely Queen of the North. What an honor."

"Don't call me that, just call me Bei Zhai. Give me a cup of high-strength fuel." Tirpitz is a natural nameless ship girl, but she didn't mean to look down on these sisters. She just nodded and put several hundred-dollar ocean bills on the table.

"Please wait a moment." The 265D heavy cruiser took the money and went to pour the wine.

Hindenburg had been active in Warm Harbor. This time, she unexpectedly met Nuremberg and learned about her plan to travel around the world, so she wanted to go back to the Pacific theater with Nuremberg. Now that she saw that Tirpitz was not what Nuremberg had said, she questioned in a low voice:

"Nuremberg, is she the Tirpitz you take care of?"

"Yes, she has grown up and is now the [Lonely Queen of the North]." Nuremberg looked at the slightly thin back, looking a little lonely at this moment. She had traveled around the world for so long and had heard that the port where Bismarck was located had fallen into decline due to the disappearance of the admiral. Since then, there had been no news of the flagship killer. When she heard the title of [Lonely Queen of the North], she roughly understood that Bismarck might have sunk in the battle, and sighed and said:

"But what is she doing here?"

"I don't know. By the way, why didn't I see Bismarck? Isn't that guy a sister-con?" Hindenburg has been living in Nuan Harbor since he woke up, and he hasn't heard much about those stories about the South.

"Stop talking." Nuremberg clearly noticed that Tirpitz's body was shaking slightly. She sighed:

"You go back first. I have something to say to Tirpitz."

"Okay." Hindenburg drank the high-strength gasoline on the table, then tightened his cloak, turned around and left the KanColle Tavern.

Nurem thought for a moment, then walked over to Tirpitz and said to the 265D heavy cruiser:

"Don't serve her that cheap wine. Serve her the best. I'll pay for the extra money."

"Nuremberg..." The 265D heavy cruiser girl almost blurted out. When she saw that Nuremberg was not angry, she nodded quickly and went to pour the wine.

"Thank you." Tirpitz was obviously not in a good mood. Even though the nanny she remembered from her childhood was next to her, Bei Zhai's mind was no longer able to hold anything else except the whereabouts of her sister.

Chapter 02: Past Events in Warm Harbor

If we talk about the person who knows Tirpitz best, Bismarck is only the second one. Nuremberg took care of her and brought her up. Maybe these things are hard to explain to humans, but in reality, the memories of the ship girls are deeply rooted. Therefore, things like Nuremberg being Tirpitz's nanny will be remembered.

Even if there are situations where a ship with the same name appears on a ship girl, this situation still exists. It's just that some ship girls have inherited too powerful a warship soul, which means that unless a certain ship girl dies in battle, there will be no situation where a ship with the same name appears on the ship girl.

This is the case with Tirpitz. She awakened and became the [Lonely Queen of the North]. There is only one Tirpitz in this world, and a ship with the same name will not appear again in the short term. Of course, Xiao Zhai is quite special.

Back to the point, Nuremberg watched Tirpitz grow up, she knew it all:

"Don't look so sad. By the way, I recently collected some comics that you like, but I didn't bring them with me on this trip. I'll give them to you when I have the chance."

"Oh." Tirpitz was in such a state of mind that even the notebook could not attract her attention.

Nuremberg sighed, then said:

"You've really grown up a lot. You're as strong as your sister now."

"Sister Nuremberg, I'm so scared." Tirpitz said coldly, her body trembling:

“I’m scared if…”

"There are no ifs. Since you have made up your mind to look for it, you cannot waver until you find it. You must be rigorous in everything you do. Don't forget the dogma of Prussian soldiers!"

"Don't forget the Prussian military doctrine!" Tirpitz murmured to herself. Her sister had also mentioned this in her letter. She felt a sharp pain in her heart and said in some pain:

"But I can't feel my sister's breath anymore, as if she has disappeared from this world."

"Have you been to her port area?" Nuremberg's voice came, Tirpitz's body trembled violently, and then she regained her composure.

All I heard was Tirpitz saying faintly:

"I didn't go because I was afraid that if I went, all I would see would be ruins."

Nuremberg was silent, and the atmosphere was somewhat sad. Fortunately, 265D's voice sounded at the right time:

"This is the special flaming fuel produced in the Arctic Ocean. Please use it slowly."

"Try a drink. This fuel is a special fuel that does not freeze in this place. You can only taste it in this place." Nuremberg pushed the cup in front of Tirpitz.

"Thank you." Tirpitz took the glass.

"Can you tell me why you came here this time?" Nuremberg waited until Tirpitz finished drinking before asking slowly.

"Sister Nuremberg, do you know about the missing ice drill?"

"Yes, I know. These are the materials of the contract ring. They have the effect of the contract and are also one of the few magical diamonds that can allow sister ships to sense each other. However, these things are very rare in the Arctic Ocean war zone. I heard that they can only be found in the depths of the North Sea. Wait, do you want to go to the North Sea?"

"Yes, Beihai, the Beihai in my memory. I didn't expect that I would be associated with this name after I woke up."

"But that place..."

"It's dangerous, isn't it? You don't even dare to set foot in the deep sea easily, right? I know all this, but for my sister, I must go."

Nuremberg knew that Tirpitz had made up his mind, and she also understood the significance of Bismarck to Tirpitz, so she didn't say much.

"Thank you, Sister Nuremberg. I will come to see you when I get back."

Nuremberg and Tirpitz finished drinking the fuel and left the Kanmusu Tavern. She watched Tirpitz from the door as he disappeared alone at the end of the street. She did not try to keep him, and she knew she could not keep him.

A week later, Nuremberg waited for Tirpitz who returned from the North Sea. At this time, she was covered with wounds, and it was Hindenburg who rescued her.

Nuremberg stood outside the dock gate at the Warm Harbor Pier and said to the engineering goblin at the dock repair shop:

“Be sure to use the best restoration barrels. Money is not an issue.”

"Don't worry, our damage control team is one of the best in Warm Harbor. As long as the ship girl is still alive, we can save her."

The engineering goblin said this and went into the dock.

"Where did you see her?" Nuremberg said to Hindenburg after the goblins had gone far away.

"Didn't I receive an escort commission this morning? It just so happened that a garrison asked me to escort a batch of resources to the Ice Spirit Garrison, which is closest to the northernmost part of the North Sea Corridor. I happened to see a bunch of Deep Seas besieging a Fleet Girl, and I thought it was the Ice Spirit Garrison Fleet. I worked with a few unknown Fleet Girls to eliminate the Deep Seas, and then I found out it was Tirpitz."

"I'm glad we can save it. By the way, how have you found out about the lost ice drill?"

"No, I went to several garrisons, but no one knew the whereabouts of the lost ice drill. However, the sisters seemed to say that someone did find a vein of ice drill deep in the North Sea, but that place is too dangerous, so it's probably just a legend."

"Forget it, let's wait until she enters the canal and see if she will come with us."

"Are you finally leaving?"

"Well, you are happy now, pack up, maybe we will leave Warm Harbor tomorrow."

"Okay, then I'll go and repair the ship's equipment. I forgot to tell you that the ones besieging Tirpitz this time are the elite deep sea with golden patterns. This is very rare. The elite deep sea generally don't easily invade the sea corridor. I don't know how Tirpitz can make the elite deep sea leave the range of the deep sea habitat, but I'm afraid Warm Harbor is in trouble."

"I know what you mean. Go and notify those people. I can wait for you. Besides, it may take quite late for Tirpitz to enter the channel. We have to mobilize the damage control team. The damage is serious this time. Looking at the weather at sea, I'm afraid we won't be able to leave in a few days. We can't delay too long."

"OK, it's up to you to decide." Hindenburg shrugged indifferently, then hurried off to do his work.

Nuremberg watched Hindenburg walk away before she withdrew her gaze. She took out her notebook and wrote down some things that happened in the past few days. This was a habit she developed while traveling around the world.

After Tirpitz entered the canal, it left the dock and met Nuremberg waiting outside.

"How are you? Are you feeling better? The damage control team of the fairies in the Arctic Ocean is world-class. You look like you should be fine. Is there any problem with the ship's equipment? Do you need to check it? Oh, the consumed equipment has not been replenished yet. Come on, I will take you to replenish it."

"Thank you." Tirpitz felt a little tired. It was the first time she was injured so badly and escaped so miserably. At this moment, she had no idea that she had saved her life.

"I raised you. You don't need to thank me. If you really want to thank me, promise me that you will come back with me. It won't be too late to come back after you have fully recovered in a few months. And your ship equipment must also need to be updated. Such a harsh environment will cause too much damage to the ship equipment. Although you don't say it, I can see it."

"Sister Nuremberg, I..."

"Stop talking, Hindenburg should have opened the box. Come on, I'll treat you to a good meal."

Nuremberg never asked about Tirpitz's experience in the North Sea. This was a kind of understanding and also a tacit agreement.

Tirpitz looked at the ship girl in front of her who was much smaller than herself. She slowly walked forward, gently hugged her, and cried silently.

This was a feeling Nuremberg hadn't experienced in a long time. She sighed:

"Don't cry, I will be with you from now on."

……

Nuremberg finally convinced Tirpitz, and the next morning they packed their bags and prepared to set off via Warm Harbor, heading south into the Pacific theater.

On the way, they also accepted some escort commissions, and the ship girls who accompanied them were the lost sisters Z24 and Z28.

After meeting the two little ones, I found out that they, like Hindenburg, were free ship girls who didn't want to find an admiral.

After seeing the two little ones, Nuremberg looked at Tirpitz, who had been silent all the way, and a plan was brewing in his mind.