Shipgirls and Salted Fish Commander, Port Survival Guide

"Marco Polo! What are you doing? Let go of the commander!"

"Boom~ Boom boom~"

A violent whooshing sound and a roar followed.

"Tch~ Those guys, they couldn't even buy themselves a little time? Hehehe, as expected of the ambitious people I admire. Commander, I saw your ambition, and I saw your mockery. I will make you pay the price!" After saying this, which left Jing Su completely bewildered, Marco Polo launched a smoke bomb and quickly fled the scene.

"Ouch, that bastard left a box here, it hurts so much!"

Not long after, Marco Polo's screams came, as if he had hit something, but they quickly disappeared.

"Commander, are you alright!" As the smoke cleared, Lexington and Saratoga, the two sisters, rushed to Jing Su's side.

"Cough cough, I, I'm fine~" Jing Su coughed twice, trying to reassure others, after being choked by the smoke.

"Marco Polo went too far. How could he do something so outrageous?" Belfast, who was following behind, quickly untied Jing Su and said resentfully.

"Relax, relax, I'm fine. Marco Polo, well, she's just a bit eccentric, it's nothing serious." Jing Su tried to smooth things over for Marco Polo. It wasn't that he was being magnanimous, but rather that what had just happened, aside from giving him a fright, wasn't anything too serious.

Jing Su initially thought that Marco Polo simply wanted to help him relax and had deliberately staged this scene.

But then I thought, this isn't something Marco Polo would do. It's not that she wouldn't do it, but something so meticulously planned is beyond her capabilities.

"Commander, I'm sorry to have startled you. I really didn't expect Marco Polo to do something like this!" It was Vittorio Veneto who spoke. After rushing to the scene, he breathed a sigh of relief when he found that Jing Su was alright. He then briefly explained to Jing Su what had just happened.

It turned out that after announcing the end of the meeting, Jing Su wanted to go to the dock to see off the first and second teams who were about to set off, hoping to boost their morale.

Since the battle had just begun and there were many things to deal with, Jing Su refused Lexington and Belfast's request to accompany him, explaining that this was the Eagle Union camp, and the surrounding area was full of ship girls. What force could possibly pose a threat to him in this place?

Lexington thought it made sense and agreed.

Then, as soon as Jing Su stepped out the door, everything went black, and she was stuffed into a sack.

When I opened my eyes again, I was in the room, and then the thing that just happened happened.

When they discovered Jing Su was missing, Lexington and Belfast were terrified. How could a perfectly healthy person just disappear like that?

In an instant, the fear of Jing Su's disappearance once again enveloped all the ship girls in the conference room. Just when all the ship girls were about to despair, Vittorio Veneto rushed over and asked if any ship girls in the conference room had seen Marco Polo.

Upon asking, it was discovered that just moments before, Marco Polo had suddenly told Vittorio Veneto to stall the ship girls in the conference room for a while, as she was about to carry out her own plan.

Before Vittorio Veneto could figure out what Marco Polo meant, Marco Polo disappeared. Not long after, Jing Su also disappeared. The timing and interval between the two events were too coincidental, making it impossible for her not to connect the dots. She rushed to ask for help.

The ship girls decided to go find Marco Polo, but then another problem arose: where should they look for him?

Through the surveillance footage, the ship girls indeed discovered that Marco Polo had abducted Jing Su. While everyone breathed a sigh of relief, they were also furious. "You, Marco Polo, you wanted to steal her, didn't you? And you're too arrogant, doing this right in front of the surveillance cameras!"

Just as everyone was about to go out and search for Jing Su separately, Vittorio Veneto stopped them, saying that since Marco Polo had appeared on the surveillance footage, they should just follow the footage.

At this point, a ship girl commented that since Marco Polo did this, she must have had a perfect plan, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to abduct Jing Su in front of the surveillance cameras.

Then Vittorio Veneto casually remarked, "You don't understand Marco Polo. Others may have meticulous plans, but this is Marco Polo! What meticulous plans can you expect from a ship girl who can't even organize a picnic?"

This powerful argument instantly convinced everyone present, so while their faces darkened, they searched for Marco Polo, and sure enough, they found him.

It was even in a storage room upstairs from the conference room!

The door wasn't even locked!

The door was the kind that would open with a slight push, but the ship girls were in such a hurry that they just broke it open.

"Um, how come this kind of outrageous and bizarre thing suddenly makes so much sense when it happens to Marco Polo?" Upon hearing that Marco Polo had tricked Jing Su just so he could get rid of the four secretary ships and make her the only secretary ship, the ship girls present were speechless for a moment.

If you say she has no ambition, she wants to abolish the four secretary ships and then gain power for herself. If you say she has ambition, the secretary ship she wants to be is granted by Jing Su, and she even said that although Jing Su can take back the power, it is a damn supreme power.

"Ahem, Commander, Marco Polo might have hit her head recently, and her mind hasn't been quite right lately, you..." Upon hearing Marco Polo's 'great achievements,' Vittorio Veneto's pretty face darkened, and she didn't know what to say for a moment. But after realizing what she had done, she still had to bite the bullet and defend Marco Polo. After all, he was one of the leaders of the Sardinian camp, and on matters not involving power, Marco Polo had done a pretty good job.

For example, Marco Polo had strong scientific research abilities and could often come up with some strange and wonderful things, such as a knife that could make wounds heal quickly when cut, or a machine gun that could accurately shoot candy into people's mouths, and so on.

"Haha, it's okay, it's okay. Anyway, I wasn't hurt. In a way, I should thank her. Her antics made me less nervous." Jing Su waved her hand, indicating that she quite liked Marco Polo's personality.

Of course, when describing what happened in the room, Jing Su consciously concealed the fact that Marco Polo had forcibly kissed her and that she wanted revenge. This was actually to protect Marco Polo. After all, given the current anger of the ship girls towards Marco Polo, Jing Su estimated that if she really told them these things, the ship girls present would probably immediately run to tear Marco Polo apart.

Moreover, what Jing Su said was indeed the truth. After all, Marco Polo's antics did make him less nervous. If Marco Polo hadn't always been portrayed this way, Jing Su would have really thought that she was deliberately trying to make him relax.

After confirming that Jing Su was alright, the ship girls present all ran back to their posts, grumbling and cursing, to do their own things. Luckily, the battle had just begun and the first and second squadrons hadn't set off yet. If Marco Polo had done this after Garden and the others had set off, even if Jing Su had tried to appease him, Marco Polo would have been in for a good 'torture'.

However, it must be said that there are a lot of things to deal with after the battle officially begins. As mentioned before, after the port area was dispersed, there was no backbone, and many things were constantly being argued over. Now that Jing Su has returned, along with efficiency, Jing Su has a lot of things to deal with.

Even if many things only require her to nod or sign, Jing Su's hands would ache from signing so many documents by the end of the day.

Later, he simply stayed in the lounge near the office area.

"Phew~ What a fulfilling day!" Jing Su stretched and yawned, recalling the events of the day with a sigh.

'Is this what the ship girls' daily work is like? How strange~'

"Heh heh, Commander, I've come to pay the price~"

Just then, a cold voice suddenly rang out behind Jing Su.

"Who?"

"Heh, you've forgotten me so quickly? As expected of someone I value, your political maneuvering has reached a level of perfection. Not bad, not bad. But, you still have to pay the price~"

"Marco Polo? Hiss, you're actually in this room?"

"Hehe, that's right. I spent the whole day squatting in the closet for this moment. My legs are numb from squatting so much, ouch~"

After saying this, Marco Polo fell to the ground, and as it turned out, she wasn't lying; her legs really did go numb from squatting.

"Um, so what exactly do you want to do here?"

Jing Su helped Marco Polo up and asked helplessly.

"Of course, it's a price to pay for humiliating me!" Jing Su's words reminded Marco Polo.

"What price?"

"You'll pay the same price as me~" Marco Polo stuck out his tongue and licked the gleaming dagger in his hand. "Don't worry, Commander, it won't take long~"

"???"

Chapter 282 Beat them to death!

"Ugh~" came a cry of pain.

"Commander, are you alright? Are you feeling unwell anywhere?"

"Thank goodness, I bit something, it hurts a little."

"Hey, but we're drinking porridge, how could we have bitten something? And Commander, are you feeling a bit feverish? You're slurring your words."

“I think it’s because of this,” Jing Su stuck out her tongue and showed it to Changchun.

"Eh? What's going on, Commander? What happened?"

"You'll have to ask Marco Polo about that." Jing Su was speechless as she recalled what happened last night.

"Sister Marco Polo? How could she do this!" Changchun was furious and had the idea of ​​going to confront Marco Polo.

"Alright, alright, it's nothing serious anyway. We're about to go to war, and she'll be in charge of the battle on Sardin's side." Jing Su waved her hand, reassuring Chang Chun.

"Okay~"

"Oh, right, don't tell anyone about this, at least not until the quarterly offensive is over."

"what."

"Good~"

"Ok."

......

After a quick breakfast, Jing Su followed Chang Chun to the Donghuang defense zone. After assigning all the tasks yesterday, there wasn't much he could do, so he followed Belfast's ship girls and patrolled the front lines, hoping to boost the girls' morale.

"That thing, put it in Zone C, move it all over there before noon. The supply of materials must be guaranteed. What about the transport ships? What about the thirty transport ships I requested? Why haven't we heard anything yet?"

What? Ships are stuck in a traffic jam? How did you manage to get ships stuck in the vast ocean?

"Okay, okay, I'll go check it out in a bit."

In the conference room, a woman with long, straight black hair was holding four or five phones at the same time, communicating with each other. As soon as she hung up one call, the next one came in immediately. She was extremely busy.

"Sister Zhenhai, the Commander and I have come to see you~" Upon seeing this scene, Changchun didn't care whether Zhenhai was busy or not, and rushed forward, leaning against the table excitedly.

"Changchun...and Commander, what brings you here?" Zhenhai looked helpless when he saw Changchun, but when he saw Jing Su and Zhenzhen beside him, he lowered his head and seemed to be thinking about something.

"Yes, yes, we've come to see you~" Changchun drew a semicircle in the air with both hands, looking very happy.

"I came over to see if there's anything I can do to help." Jing Su nodded to Zhenhai. Actually, before coming in, he had held Changchun back to prevent her from running straight in and disturbing Zhenhai. Firstly, he wanted to see how the ship girls worked on a daily basis, and secondly, he wanted to observe and learn. During this process, the little yellow chicks in the conference room went in and out several times, carrying documents in and out with stamps on them.

"Hmm, can you help me? There are indeed some things that require the Commander's help. I can't get away from here. The thirty transport ships that were supposed to arrive yesterday still haven't entered the port. The dock says there's a blockage. Could the Commander go and take a look?" After thinking for a moment, Zhenhai pulled out a handover form from the mountain of documents and handed it to Jing Su. He said he was asking a question, but his meaning was already quite clear.

"Stuck, stuck ship? You still hear this kind of word these days?" Jing Su raised an eyebrow, making sure she heard it correctly before taking the handover form. She glanced at it briefly and realized that Zhenhai was wrong about one thing: the time indicated that the ship should have arrived the night before last, but there was still no news.

However, this also reflects just how busy Zhenhai is, that even such a shrewd girl like her would get the time wrong.

"Although I'm also surprised, this is indeed the information I received." Zhenhai shrugged, then, as if remembering something, said calmly, "Commander, I think this matter really needs you to handle it."

"I?"

"Yeah, some silly girl threw a swimsuit party, and the rear command urgently requisitioned almost every transport ship they could find to deliver materials to you, Commander!"

"Cough cough cough, I'm going, I'm going right now!" Jing Su coughed twice, quickly stopping Zhen Hai from continuing. As soon as the swimsuit party was announced, Jing Su roughly guessed what had happened, but she never expected to get caught up in the gossip herself.

"Heh, go now? That's too easy~" Zhenhai suddenly stood up, quickly walked to Jing Su's side, and whispered, "Commander, do you know how much trouble your so-called party has caused the logistics department? The original plans are all messed up, and now we don't even know how to deal with it. The party-related supplies that were piling up the day before yesterday still haven't been unloaded~"

"If we're talking about the biggest surprise attack on the front lines, it was definitely the one you orchestrated, Commander."

"Ah, this, I... I'm sorry." After hesitating for a few moments, Jing Su decisively admitted defeat and apologized. She had no choice but to apologize, since although it wasn't her intention, she was the one who had started the whole thing. She was able to sleep peacefully, but Marco Polo's night raid had put the supplies department, led by Zhenhai, in a desperate effort.

"Hehe, if apologies were useful, what would be the point of having a military police force? But what's done is done, there's no point in dwelling on it. Of course, I still have to collect some interest~" In the process of Jing Su's self-isolation, she didn't notice that Zhen Hai was getting closer and closer to her until she realized it.

'Smack~'

"Wow, Sister Zhenhai ambushed the Commander~" Changchun, who had witnessed the whole process, spread her fingers wide, covered her eyes, and stared at the entire event.

"Huh!??" Jing Su's eyes widened. Good heavens, really good heavens! Who would have thought that this imposing, seemingly calm guy would pull off such a sneak attack?

"Hehe, a so-called surprise attack doesn't necessarily mean attacking from behind. For example, like this, suddenly getting close to your face—were you startled? Hehe~ Zhenhai put her fair fingers to her lips, looked at Jing Su with a dreamy gaze, and whispered."

"Hiss~" Jing Su, who had regained her freedom, recalled her little madness just now. Her face turned red, and she turned around to take Chang Chun's little hand, preparing to leave the scene as quickly as possible.

"Commander, what's wrong with your mouth? What happened? How did it get like this?" Zhenhai suddenly shouted as they were about to leave the conference room.

"..." Jing Su did not answer, and left with Changchun.

"Hehe, you're not going to tell me? I can guess even if you don't~" Zhenhai's eyes narrowed, and then he made a phone call.

"Hey, Zhenhai, what's up? I'm on patrol here."

"Go and beat up Marco Polo."

"what?"

"I said, go and beat up Marco Polo."

"..." A deathly silence fell on the other end of the phone. After a long while, a voice came through again, "How badly did it get?"

"Fight to death!"

"...good..."

Chapter 283 Meeting Them

"Commander, Sister Zhenhai seems angry." Changchun, who was being led by Jing Su, suddenly spoke up on the way.

"Uh, suddenly having so many things to deal with, anyone would be angry." Jing Su was a little embarrassed, thinking that Zhenhai's appearance earlier had frightened Changchun, and tried to excuse Zhenhai.

“I feel that Sister Zhenhai isn’t angry because of this,” Changchun said softly after a moment’s hesitation.

However, recalling Zhenhai's admonishing look when he left the room, Changchun resisted the urge to tell the truth.

"?"

"Commander, I think you might need to inform the sisters in Sardinia to go and meet up with Sister Marco Polo." Finally, Changchun spoke his mind.

"What's wrong?" Jing Su was a little confused. How did things suddenly turn to Marco Polo? Did something happen to her?

If Jing Su wasn't mistaken, Marco Polo should still be lying in bed right now. She had called her several times when she woke up, but there was no response. It was highly likely that she would be sleeping for a long time.

"...I'm worried that if no one comes to meet me, Sister Marco Polo will be beaten to death~"