Shipgirls and Salted Fish Commander, Port Survival Guide

Standing on an airplane? That's even more outrageous than leaning against a window!

"Boom~ Boom boom~"

Just as Jing Su was about to say something, a loud bang was heard, followed by billowing smoke and dust.

"Commander, Plymouth is here~ Commander, I can feel your love!"

If we're talking about who did the most outrageous thing, it has to be Plymouth. While Jing Su and Warspite were busy, Warspite, fearing Plymouth would cause trouble, assigned her to watch the captain's cabin. But after receiving Jing Su's message, she simply smashed through the ceiling and ran all the way from the captain's cabin to the bedroom!

This sudden action startled not only Jing Su, but everyone present, including Yan Zhan, who was still groggy from just waking up.

Because Plymouth's actions completely paralyzed the entire ship.

'Warning, warning, fire in the cabin!'

Warning, warning, fire in the cabin!

A sharp alarm sounded, followed by the frantic whistling of a javelin.

"It's terrible, Commander! The captain's cabin has exploded! Wait, what's going on?"

Not long after, Javelin came running over in a hurry, carrying a harpoon.

Today's work assignments are as follows: Javelin will provide escort nearby, Perseus will launch aircraft for surveillance, Plymouth will be assigned to the captain's cabin, and Vanguard, having been sent on escort duty for several days, was called back because she was causing a ruckus and was sent fishing.

As for Sirius, Warspite had given up. No matter what task she was assigned, she was clumsy and couldn't do it well. So, she was simply asked to prepare the ingredients for tonight. The kitchen wasn't far away, which was why Sirius was able to get to the scene the fastest.

"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and put out the fire!"

Although it was unclear what exactly had happened, the alarm had already sounded. If they didn't put out the fire soon, it would spread to the ammunition depot, and that would be the end of them!

Although the explosion might not necessarily have any impact on the ship girls, there is still Jing Su on the ship right now. Let alone the explosion, even if he gets a little rain and catches a cold, leaving him in the port area would be a huge offense. It wouldn't be too much to take him out and bombard him for ten minutes.

Finally, with the help of the various ship girls and a bunch of little yellow chickens, the fire was almost extinguished. It was also thanks to Plymouth that after deploying her ship equipment, she didn't fire any cannons, but instead punched the fire one by one. The fire was mostly caused by a short circuit in the electrical wiring. Once the power was cut off and the source of the fire was found, it was quickly extinguished.

"I'm sorry, Commander, I... I've done something wrong again."

Afterwards, Plymouth looked utterly despairing as she stood before Jing Su, who was covered in dust and dirt, tears streaming down her face.

This time, even the War-War Vanguard and others were somewhat angry. After all, this time they had indeed gone too far. Seriously, if they weren't careful, Jing Su might really die here.

You should know that when Plymouth broke through the ceiling, a falling plank almost hit Jing Su, but luckily Jing Su reacted quickly and dodged it.

At the time, there was a lot of smoke and dust, and Plymouth's appearance was somewhat frightening, so no one noticed it until later when they reviewed the surveillance footage to investigate the cause.

Because of this, Plymouth is now in a state of utter despair.

It seems that, once again, I have escaped danger from perilous places.

It would have been better if I had just drowned myself.

In an instant, a thousand thoughts flashed through Plymouth's mind, and a feeling of despair spread through him, far more severe than before.

"Cough cough, it's alright, it's alright, you were just anxious." Seeing Plymouth like this, Jing Su felt helpless and quickly comforted her. Realistically speaking, Plymouth did make a mistake, but could she be blamed? It seemed that, strictly speaking, she also had to take some responsibility.

"Hey, Commander, I'll handle this." Seeing this scene, Warspite sighed, stepped forward, and said to Jing Su.

Actually, Plymouth has always been a very reliable partner to them. No matter what they ask her to do, Plymouth will always agree with a smile and then complete the task with high quality and quantity.

Unfortunately, everything changes once Jing Su is involved.

While other ship girls might experience a mental breakdown when they're with Jing Su, it's rare to find one as extreme as Plymouth.

At any other time, it would be one thing if something went wrong, but this time it was truly different; Plymouth almost dismantled the ship.

I only learned today that ship girls can control their strength so precisely when they deploy their ship equipment.

In fact, Plymouth was controlling her strength when she came down, and she consciously avoided core components such as the central control unit. But many things cannot be avoided just by intentionally avoiding them, and that's how the fire started.

However, taking action against Plymouth is not an option, so we must consider other solutions.

“Okay, I’ll leave it all to you, Warspite.” Jing Su nodded. She had originally planned to go outside for some fresh air, since she was a little dizzy from the smoke while putting out the fire. But as soon as she got up, Jing Su seemed to remember something. She quickly walked to Plymouth’s side, leaned close to her, and whispered.

"It's alright, Plymouth, I don't blame you. I've always known your feelings. Doing those things wasn't your intention. I love you, Plymouth."

After saying that, Jing Su gave Plymouth a quick kiss on the lips before leaving the room.

At this point, it was indeed not appropriate for me to stay in the room any longer. With me there, Plymouth's state would not be normal. In the past, it would have been fine, but now Plymouth was in a withdrawn state. If I didn't leave, and Plymouth suddenly had a fit of madness and didn't recover, it would be troublesome if it became metamorphosed.

"Hey, Plymouth, you... I don't even know what to say to you~" After Jing Su left, Warspite slapped his forehead and said speechlessly.

"I... I didn't want to either. I just... I just couldn't refuse Commander~" Warspite's words pulled Plymouth back to reality from Jing Su's kiss, and she stammered.

"You!" Seeing Plymouth's smug, self-satisfied expression, Warspite really wanted to go up and shoot her, but unfortunately, she absolutely couldn't do that.

"Whatever the reason, I did something wrong, and I deserve punishment. I'm willing to accept any punishment, especially since I almost hurt the Commander." Thinking this, Plymouth's face hardened. In her mind, just for what she had done, sinking herself would be the least of her worries.

"So, I'll punish you by sending you to the front lines for at least a month, and you can't get within 100 meters of the commander. Can you accept that?" Seeing Plymouth's expression, Warspite's eyes darted around, and he said softly.

"Eh, not allowed to get within 100 meters of the Commander!?" Plymouth was stunned upon hearing this punishment, and hurriedly said, "No, this is the only thing I can't do, Warspite, please, please change the punishment, I'll do anything~"

'What's the point of life if you can't even get within 100 meters of the Commander?!'

"That's fine then. You said it yourself, anything is fine. You can tidy up the room. I'll go check if the core is damaged. There's a banquet tonight, we can't be late~" Warspite ignored Plymouth's pity and even added insult to injury.

“Eek~” Plymouth muttered, feeling even more desperate.

......

"Commander, are you alright?" On the deck, Warspite saw Jing Su looking at the scenery.

"How's it going in Plymouth?" Jing Su asked worriedly.

"Don't worry, Commander, everything has been taken care of. She's fine. Plymouth is just a bit prone to extremes. She'll calm down after a while." Warspite was a little angry when Jing Su asked about Plymouth the first thing he did. He was the one who suffered the most. He had finally managed to get Jing Su into his room on the last day, but before he could even enjoy it, it was all ruined.

Keep in mind that we still have half an hour on the ground before reaching the reception area, enough time for several rounds. Warspite can even have Jing Su help her choose a dress; she's determined to make a grand entrance tonight and let the ship girls from other factions see that the Commander personally picked out this outfit for her—isn't it beautiful?

Don't be fooled by your great figures and beautiful clothes. Did the commander choose you for yourself?

Mine is~

Unfortunately, all of this has fallen through.

Thinking about this, Warspite felt extremely depressed.

'I should have kept the distance at 150 meters, huh!'

Seeing Warspite pouting and looking somewhat dejected, Jing Su secretly cursed herself for being foolish; she had actually spoken carelessly without realizing it.

"All of this has really been hard work for Warspite. Without Warspite, I really don't know what I would have done. It's so good to have Warspite around~" Jing Su didn't say anything to comfort her. For a girl like Warspite, comfort is the least valuable and most perfunctory thing to say. Praising her achievements and affirming her existence is more effective than anything else.

"Ahem, Commander, what are you saying? Hehe, am I that important?" Hearing Jing Su's words, Warspite was unusually coy, but she was still quite pleased with herself.

'Hehe, the commander's praise, the commander's compliments, so this is how I am in the commander's heart~ Happiness!'

"Honey, I'm here~ Did you miss me~"

Just as Warspite was about to say something, a clear voice rang out.

Chapter 205 Strong Reinforcements Arrive

A lively and cheerful voice rang out, and looking in the direction of the voice, a speedboat was seen speeding towards the cruise ship.

On the speedboat deck, a dashing, mature woman with light purple hair and flowing long hair stood facing the wind, hands on her hips, her gaze piercing as she stared intently at the cruise ship.

The moment Jing Su stepped onto the deck, the mature woman's face lit up with joy, as if she had seen some treasure. She squatted down slightly, her long legs suddenly straightened, and with a burst of force, she launched herself like a missile from the speedboat, heading straight for Jing Su.

"Honey! I'm here!" Jing Su, who was completely bewildered, vaguely heard these words and subconsciously opened her arms to prepare for the impact.

"Hey!"

Instead of the expected shock, a sound of 'thump' followed by pity.

"Waaaaah, the coordinates are wrong, the landing point is wrong!"

"No, the speedboat slowed down! Damn it, I couldn't give Honey a hug right away! What a shame!"

Just as Jing Su nervously peeked out to check the situation, she saw the mature woman floating on the water, with glistening droplets of water, whether tears or seawater, glistening near the corner of her eye.

"Are you alright?" Seeing this scene, Jing Su couldn't help but ask. After all, they were two or three hundred meters apart. Judging from the distance, the woman jumped at least fifty meters above the sea. If she landed on the sea from that height, the sea would be no different from a concrete surface.

Although he knew it was a ship girl, the impact of that blow was quite significant, and the splashes of water soaked his clothes. As a result, Jing Su couldn't help but feel worried.

"Wow, it's Honey's voice! Honey, I'm here!" Unexpectedly, as soon as Jing Su finished speaking, the mature woman suddenly perked up, stood up directly on the water, and leaped up again with all her might.

This time, everything went smoothly, and the mature woman stood firmly in front of Jing Su.

"Honey~ I'm here~" The mature woman landed, glanced around briefly, quickly found her target, opened her arms, and rushed towards Jing Su.

"Commander, be careful!"

"Protect Master!"

"Commander, do not approach the commander!"

In the blink of an eye, Vanguard, Sirius, and Javelin, seeing the other party's actions, all stood in front of Jing Su and assumed a defensive stance.

then.

"Wow~"

Chicken flies and eggs break~

Like bowling balls, all three women were knocked away by their opponents. The vanguard, in particular, was a colorful battleship. In terms of pure strength, she was the strongest of the three women and a knight. She trained her combat skills every day, so her lower body was exceptionally stable.

As a result, she was the first one to be hit and thrown into the air.

Sirius and the javelin were relatively easy targets, easily thrown aside by their opponent. But she took a solid hit to the stomach and was now lying face down, clutching her stomach, seeing stars.

Honey! I miss you so much~

Then, a bewildered Jing Su was tightly embraced by the mature woman.

In an instant, a wonderful aroma, a mixture of the fishy smell of seawater and the sweetness of oranges, filled Jing Su's nose.

Jing Su has a pretty good sense of smell, and the strange smell quickly snapped him out of his daze, causing him to blurt out, "Garden? New Jersey?"

"Hmph, yes~" Hearing Jing Su's words, the mature woman loosened her arms, jumped back, patted her chest, and proudly said: "White Eagle battleship, the largest and strongest Black Dragon, has arrived in New Jersey!"

Witness my power! Just kidding~ Commander, do you like this feeling?

The background seemed to be radiating light; even though it was broad daylight, one could vaguely see dazzling rays of light behind the garden.

"Ahem, Miss Garden, you're really being too reckless! Who just jumps over like that? I thought the Sirens had invaded." After this period of time, Sirius Vanguard and the others had recovered a bit. Vanguard got up from the ground, clutching his stomach, and said to Garden with a frustrated look on his face.

"Hehe, it's my fault, I'm sorry, I apologize~" Garden heard the avant-garde voice, quickly turned around, touched her wet hair, and her pretty face blushed slightly.

"Speaking of which, Miss Garden, what are you doing here? Isn't the rendezvous point still some distance away?" After stretching her body a bit, Vanguard returned to normal. As a colored battleship, her physical abilities were among the best in the entire port area. She had only acted that way because she hadn't expected Garden to actually make a move. Now, after resting for a bit, she was fine.

To some extent, Vanguard and Garden have a good relationship. As a top-tier gunnery support, Vanguard has cooperated with ship girls from other factions quite a bit. Garden, as a top-tier colored battleship in the Eagle Union faction and even the entire port, has teamed up with Vanguard in battles quite a few times.

Especially when the Sirens launched a massive invasion, back when Jing Su hadn't disappeared yet, she would organize them to go to other worlds every now and then to deal with the Sirens. Basically, no matter what team or lineup, the vanguard could always get a position.

It could even be said that, in terms of color battle formations, the Vanguard's sorties are absolutely the most frequent in the entire port area.

"Ahem, didn't I see Honey's words? Honey is calling me! This is the most romantic confession in the world. Of course, I, Garden, have to rush to Honey's side in the shortest possible time!" Garden answered seriously and matter-of-factly.

'really......'

Qianwei understood and gave Jing Su a resentful look.

They should have noticed it earlier. Even those of them who were right next to Jing Su wanted to run to her side immediately after seeing her words, not to mention the ship girls on the front lines who had been eagerly waiting.

The ship girls who can resist the urge to compete for a chance to get close to Jing Su at the evening banquet are basically those who have a lot of confidence in themselves, confident that they can successfully get close to the commander in such a short time on the road, or they miss Jing Su so much that they don't care and just come over.

What kind of reaction would they have upon seeing this sentence, even if it meant disobeying orders from the front lines, they would still rush over?

However, it seems that the orders from the frontline command are basically only obeyed when they are in a good mood, and ignored when they are in a bad mood.

After all, the frontline command post was just a temporary strategic command center originally set up by each faction. When the frontline positions were first established, the command post was set up there. Later, as time went on, the White Eagle moved its headquarters to that location.

In other words, the frontline command post was not a center of power.

Whether you listen or not, it doesn't seem to make much of a difference.

That's what the avant-garde thought.

In other circumstances, the ship girls would still respect the orders of the command. After all, while they may not be good at other things, their military skills are definitely world-class, and they naturally know the importance of unified command. At other times, it doesn't matter if they bicker or even fight. They are just minor squabbles.

Afterwards, they would simply apologize to each other, but when it came to actually fighting the Sirens, everyone was still willing to obey orders.

This is also why there has always been only one secretary ship, Enterprise, on the front lines. Other secretary ships basically don't go, or if they do, they don't participate in command activities, in order to ensure that the front lines can at least maintain a nominal unity.

With Jing Su absent, in an emergency, the secretary ship holds the most power. With only one secretary ship at the front line, the command system will not fall into chaos.

Even if everyone dislikes each other, they still acknowledge and are willing to carry out the orders from the command headquarters. However, if there are multiple secretary ships, or if the enterprise is not present, and everyone is of equal rank, they will each do their own thing when fighting. Even if nothing happens on the battlefield, they will still quarrel when distributing the spoils of war afterwards.