Shipgirls and Salted Fish Commander, Port Survival Guide

When Yixian saw a shell graz the fuselage of an AD-1 Skyraider, almost shooting it down, he shouted to the spirited Binjiang.

"Hey, wait, you didn't react to my cool move just now, but you're telling me this instead? At such a high position and such an off-center angle, I almost shot down the plane! Not with the anti-aircraft gun, but with the main gun! I almost shot down a plane!"

Such a difficult move, doesn't it deserve a compliment? "Binjiang shout, you've ruined my good mood."

"I don't care. If Yorktown wants to pay compensation after shooting down the plane, you'll have to figure it out yourself." Yi Xian rolled her eyes at Bin Jiang. "Do you think I don't know how cool your move was? But this isn't an exercise, and we're not facing the enemy. Why are you taking it so seriously? What if you actually shoot down a friendly plane? What will you do when they start collecting the loot?"

"I'll pay for it myself, no problem~" Binjiang patted his chest and said cheerfully.

It's just a colorful airplane. I'm rich. If it weren't for the fact that these ship-mounted aircraft are rare and expensive, I would definitely collect a few for fun.

"Is this about money?!" Seeing that Binjiang didn't understand what she was saying, Yixian's face turned red with anger. She wanted to be direct, but she was afraid of being overheard by others. After learning about the Sirens' powerful surveillance capabilities, Yixian dared not say many things so directly.

"Huh!?" Binjiang was slightly taken aback by Yixian's exasperated appearance. Yixian was usually a mature and composed person, and it was rare to see her so anxious.

The last time I saw him was when Jing Su was in the Eastern Huang camp.

'Hiss, it seems that the last time Yixian broke down was because of me...' Thinking of this, Binjiang blushed and felt a little embarrassed, so she quickly focused her attention on the plane in the sky.

This time, however, Binjiang was more cautious, aiming primarily to drive them away rather than shoot them down.

'Hmph, you reacted pretty quickly~' Seeing that Binjiang had adjusted its strategy, Yixian breathed a sigh of relief. With Binjiang's air defense capabilities, if they were determined to shoot down the planes in the sky, it wouldn't be a difficult task at all.

Although the opponent is a legendary aircraft carrier, and the planes flying over are colorful fighter jets, no matter how powerful a bomber is, it is still a bomber. The basic rules must be followed. A bomber without fighter escort is very vulnerable.

Just now, the fact that Binjiang almost shot down an AD-1 Skyraider with his main gun after just one illumination shot speaks volumes.

However, this also demonstrates Yorktown's strength; they were flying bombers faster than fighter jets.

After all, so much time has passed and not a single fighter jet has been seen in the sky, which can only mean that Yorktown has left its escorting fighter jets behind.

The reason why the other party was in such a hurry to fly over is obvious: they must be checking on Jing Su's condition.

But here's the problem: Yorktown is sending bombers over, clearly prepared for battle. If they're here to fight, then who is their target?

The cruise ship was obviously out of the question. Yorktown would never bomb a cruise ship without knowing what had happened. And if they didn't bomb the cruise ship, the Sirens wouldn't either. After flying for so long, Yorktown would definitely have noticed that they hadn't seen a single Siren ship along the way, unless they were blind.

The fact that she was able to fly to the cruise ship so quickly shows that she hasn't encountered any significant obstacles.

If it's not a cruise ship and not a Siren warship, then Yorktown's target for bombing is obvious—the Siren Arsenal!

Half an hour earlier, if Yatsen had heard that Yorktown was going to bomb the arsenal, he would have absolutely agreed with it.

But things are different now. Not to mention that the arsenal has become Jing Su's property, it's shaped like Jing Su inside and out. It belongs to the port area, so we have to take good care of our own property.

Most importantly, a living, still-operating arsenal has immense research value for the port area. Just that simple conversation has already yielded so much information, including the possibility that the arsenal might be a branch of the Sirens, and the true nature of the Sirens' warship mimicry. These are all very important pieces of intelligence.

Knowing the intelligence allows for reverse engineering, which might lead to the discovery of a solution.

Therefore, both morally and logically, Yorktown should not be allowed to blow up the arsenal.

The problem is that the Sirens' powerful shielding ability is still in effect, and Yi Xian has no way to contact Yorktown. He can only stop Yorktown's planes by force.

'I hope this doesn't cause any unnecessary misunderstandings.'

Watching Binjiang having more and more fun, and AD-1 Skyraider whose output was forced to change course, Yixian sighed silently.

...

"No, still can't get in touch. The Sirens' jamming ability is too strong, there's no signal at all." Outside the cabin, Binjiang was having a fierce battle with Yorktown's planes. Inside the cabin, Z23 looked anxious. Ever since she learned that Yorktown's planes were coming, she had been trying to contact Yorktown, but she hadn't been able to.

"Damn it, there are clearly no Sirens nearby, what is blocking the signal?!" After failing again, Z23, in a fit of anger, slammed the tablet in her hand to the ground, smashing it to pieces.

"It's alright, Z23. Yorktown is smart. She'll definitely realize it when she finds her people stopping her," Jing Su reassured her from the side.

“Well, I don’t deny Yorktown’s intelligence, but now I’m worried that Yorktown is too smart and overthinks things…” Z23 sighed and said quietly.

"Huh?" Jing Su was taken aback. What was going on with her thinking too much?

“Commander, to put it simply, when we arrived near the cruise ship, we were still able to contact Sister Yorktown. However, we were in a hurry to find you, so we didn’t check the cruise ship’s condition carefully. We just did a quick scan with the equipment and sent the information to Sister Yorktown.” After hesitating for a moment, Z23 briefly recounted what had just happened to Jing Su.

"So, what was the last message Yorktown received?" Jing Su suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Cruise ship detected. All the ship girls of the Eastern Empire faction are asleep. No commander detected!" Z23 took out a cell phone from her pocket, opened the communication software, handed it to Jing Su, and said awkwardly.

"..." Jing Su had been watching the show from the sidelines, so she quickly realized that this information was clearly misleading Yorktown.

Thinking from Yorktown's perspective, I received this message: the commander is missing, Z23 is out of contact, and all the ship girls in the Eastern Empire faction have fallen into a deep sleep.

Then, their own planes rushed over, only to be attacked by ship girls from the Eastern Empire faction!

What did the previous intelligence say? All the ship girls in the Eastern Empire faction were asleep. How could ship girls who are asleep possibly attack their own people?!

Therefore, either the ship girls attacking them were not from the Eastern Empire faction, or the ship girls from the Eastern Empire faction were being controlled. Regardless of the reason, it was an extremely urgent situation for Yorktown, as the commander was previously only protected by ship girls from the Eastern Empire faction.

Now that Yi Xian and the others are all in trouble, what about Jing Su?

How anxious York City must be!

Therefore, the more fiercely the women in Binjiang resisted, the more anxious Yorktown became.

Q: What would happen if you angered a legendary aircraft carrier?

"Buzz~ Buzz!"

"Commander, look at the sky! It's terrifying!" Changchun jumped out at this moment, pointing her fair finger at the horizon in surprise.

"What's wrong?" Jing Su hurriedly went to the window and looked outside. Then, her pupils suddenly contracted. "What...what's going on?"

Suddenly, the sky darkened, dark clouds looming over the city, threatening to crush it. The once bright sky now held a chilling atmosphere.

“The Fighting Lady!” Z23 murmured solemnly as she gazed at the increasingly dim sky.

"what is that?"

"Yorktown's sister's skill allows a large number of planes to appear at the same time in a short period of time." Changchun gestured excitedly.

"Skills?" Jing Su raised an eyebrow.

Jing Su knew that each of the ship girls had their own skills. From the first day he learned that he was the commander, he had been curious about this: what were the skills in the game like in this world?

Later, I also heard the ship girls describe their skills. For example, Illustrious's skill is to give friendly forces a shield. If the shield doesn't break, the ship girls inside don't have to worry about any shell damage. Of course, if the shock is too intense, it will still have some impact.

Take Binjiang for example. Her skills are very straightforward: Unfailing Arrow and Torrent of Waterfall. You can tell what the effects are just from the names.

In a sense, Binjiang alone could be used as an entire army.

With all its skills activated, Binjiang can even rival the Sirens in terms of firepower density.

According to Yi Xian, due to historical constraints, the ship girls of the Eastern Empire were generally not particularly powerful, and pursuing high power might not be feasible, so they simply focused on increasing quantity. The so-called power was insufficient, so they made up for it with quantity.

A single shot might not be powerful enough, but if I unleash a barrage of shells, even the smallest one can still blast away quite a few Siren warships.

Because of this concept, the Donghuang group has the strongest cleaning capabilities in the entire Hong Kong area, from Binjiang to the Four King Kongs, all of which share this idea.

"The skill activated, is the effect really that exaggerated?" Jing Su murmured, looking at the suddenly changing sky.

I'd heard various descriptions of the ship girls' skills before, but this is the first time I've actually seen them in person.

“Normally, it wouldn’t be this exaggerated…” Z23 was also stunned. The Ironblood faction also had a decorated ship, but he had never seen that ship cause such an exaggerated commotion.

"I hope nothing bad happens..."

"Hehehe, Commander, don't worry. If Sister Yorktown came with a full fleet, it might be a bit troublesome, but if it's just bombers, it won't be a problem for Sister Binjiang at all~"

Chapter 341 Skills

The wind howls!

Thunder rumbled!

"This is...!?"

Looking at the dark clouds gathering in the distance, Jing Su's pupils suddenly contracted, and for a moment she thought the Sirens were attacking.

"Hehehe, Commander, it's not just the Sirens that can change the weather~" Changchun leaned on the railing and explained to Jing Su with a smile.

"This has gone beyond a complete upheaval, hasn't it?!" Jing Su blurted out instinctively.

A good person's downfall is caused by planting a whole bunch of torpedoes around their body.

Yes, at this moment, countless small objects emitting purple lightning were hovering in the air around Binjiang. Through the monitoring, Jing Su could see that those small objects were actually torpedoes, but Jing Su could not tell whether the lightning was caused by Binjiang's power or by the rapid rotation of the torpedoes.

Jing Su always tries to equip her ship girls with the best possible gear. Perhaps because of the limited number of gold accessories, she can't fully upgrade them, and many of her ship girls' equipment slots are even empty.

However, Jing Su always provides output equipment whenever possible. It may not be strong, but it will never be empty. For the main ship girls, it is at least +10.

If Binjiang Jingsu remembers correctly, the torpedoes he gave out were at least gold-plated four-magnetic torpedoes, that is, quadruple 533mm magnetic torpedoes. As we all know, magnetic objects can generate electricity when they spin wildly.

"Sister Binjiang's five-tube 533mm magnetic torpedo looks so cool! It sparks when it spins, it's super awesome, I really want one." At this moment, Changchun helped Jing Su understand.

"A rainbow torpedo?" Jing Su asked curiously. He remembered that there was only one rainbow torpedo in his port area.

"Hmm." Changchun nodded. "After you went missing, Commander, all factions began to conduct research in various aspects, from resources to ship equipment, and made great breakthroughs. Now, many colored equipment have been mass-produced in the port area."

"So powerful!?" Jing Su was surprised. He really hadn't misheard those words, "mass production of colored equipment!"

"Yes, that's fine." Changchun nodded. "As long as the materials can be supplied from above, we can make as many as we want."

"Materials?" Jing Su raised an eyebrow, looked Changchun over carefully, and asked softly, "Changchun, do you have a twin-mounted 138.6mm main gun, the Mle1934?"

"No, no..." Changchun said dejectedly, "The French ladies didn't release the blueprints for this cannon, so even if we have the materials, we can't build it."

"What about the twin-barreled 100mm Type 98 anti-aircraft gun?"

"No...no..."

"What, is this one also made without a publicly disclosed manufacturing process?" Jing Su turned to inquire about another research cannon. According to Chang Chun, the only ship equipment that could be built was the one whose manufacturing process had been made public, and the research ship equipment was obviously one of them, perhaps even something that he already knew how to build before he disappeared.

"It was revealed before the Commander disappeared~" Changchun said dejectedly, "But those materials are so hard to collect, and there are so many UR blueprints needed, sob sob, Commander, where did you get so many colorful blueprints before you disappeared? Please tell me, I also want colorful equipment!"

After saying that, Changchun took the opportunity to lie on Jingsu's body and rub her cute head against Jingsu's chest. She did this both to take advantage of him and to get the colored paper. What if Jingsu felt sorry for her and gave her the colored paper directly?

"Have you collected all the other materials?" Jing Su asked, patting Changchun's head.

"Hmm, we've collected them all, except for the color blueprints." Changchun looked up, as if he had just thought of something, and muttered, "Commander, although I know this might be classified, I still want to ask, why do we need blueprints to make colored equipment?"

"Aren't blueprints something that can be reused indefinitely just because you have them?"

When Changchun said these words, he looked furious. The other materials were easy to deal with, such as HBX explosives and fluororubber, which could be manufactured in the laboratory. Although they were expensive, for the Donghuang camp, anything that could be solved with money was not a problem.

The only thing that's really giving the ship girls a headache is these colored blueprints. It's safe to say that the ship girls in the port still don't understand what these colored blueprints are, and even with the most advanced detection equipment, they still can't analyze them.

Based on the analysis of past usage records, the so-called colored drawings are the research and development plans for a certain equipment. It can be understood that the port area wants to develop and manufacture a certain piece of equipment, so a project is initiated and resources are allocated for special research.

But that doesn't make sense logically. If it's a special program, how can it only be used once?

The port has no shortage of golden blueprints, because the blueprints for golden research ship equipment are blueprints in the literal sense, which can be used to direct production. Therefore, golden research ship equipment has truly achieved mass production in the port. For the port, having every ship girl with a golden research equipment is just a matter of whether they want to, not whether they can.

The reason why not everyone has a gold-tier item yet is simply because it's unnecessary. The items left over from the previous port are sufficient, so why spend that extra cost?

As a veteran player, Jing Su left behind assets that the ship girls squandered for more than half a year without any income. You can imagine how terrifying this fortune was.

Of course, the most crucial reason is the use of color blueprints. These things are actually consumable, which the ship girls simply cannot understand. Why is a blueprint consumable?

"Boom, boom boom~"

Just as Jing Su was about to ask for more details, a huge roar came.

Looking in the direction of the sound, Binjiang has quietly completed its preparations.

Suddenly, several sea tornadoes rose from the ground.

A fierce wind howled, and thunder roared.

Within the tornado, a beautiful young woman stood against the wind, her long, black hair flowing in the air. Her dragon-shaped earrings transformed into tassels, dancing with the waves. On her slender legs, a majestic golden dragon traversed her legs, radiating a golden light that was still conspicuous even through her black stockings.

"Hehehe, Sister Binjiang has finished charging up! It's been a long time since I've seen her make such a big fuss!" Changchun shouted excitedly, leaning on the railing.

"Huh? What do you mean by 'charging up'?" Jing Su pressed.

"Skills, Binjiang's skills~" Changchun drew a large circle in the air with his hand, "Binjiang has two skills: Torpedoes, never missing a shot! Artillery fire, pouring down like a waterfall!"

"I vaguely remember. Could you explain in more detail?" Jing Su recalled carefully. The two skills that Changchun mentioned earlier were Binjiang's skills. For ship girls, white-skinned ships generally only have general skills, such as all-out attack. Blue-skinned ships may have exclusive skills, but they are usually faction skills, where sister ships attack together and buff each other.

Only when a ship girl reaches the purple rank will she have a chance to acquire a unique personal skill.

As a research ship, Binjiang has two unique skills besides the general research ship skill "Enemy of the Sirens". Jing Su glanced at those two skills and found that in the game, they reduce the damage from lightning strikes and have a chance to trigger special barrages.

But that's the effect in the game, and Binjiang is actually a ship girl who has been buffed once. Now we're in the real world, so we definitely can't analyze the specific effects using the descriptions in the game.

After all, no matter which word or angle you analyze in the game, it's impossible for such a world-destroying scene to occur.

"Commander, you're so silly! You can tell the effect just from the name, right?" Changchun rolled her eyes at Jing Su and began to explain, "Sister Binjiang's skill is very simple: she can launch a lot of torpedoes, and the accuracy is very high—she never misses a shot!"

"That's a really simple and straightforward explanation, isn't it?" Jing Su felt a wave of dizziness. What kind of talk was that...?