Shipgirls and Salted Fish Commander, Port Survival Guide

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Chapter 128 So Annoying

proving ground.

The most bustling place in the Royal Camp.

"Ding-dong, ding-dong~"

"The match is over. The winner is Miss Avant-garde!"

With the referee's shout, enthusiastic applause erupted from the audience.

"As expected of Miss Avant-garde, her strength is truly remarkable."

"I think Miss Warspite is pretty good too. Those moves she used just now were dazzling."

A round of applause erupted around them, while the two parties involved spoke face to face on the water.

"Hmph, Warweary, you've been slacking off lately. You wouldn't have been defeated so quickly before." Vanguard twirled his sword a few times in the air and teased.

"Perhaps, I have become a little complacent." Recalling what she had done in the past few days, Warspite planted her greatsword in the water, stood with her legs together, and blushed slightly.

As ship girls, with the power of their ship equipment, they and their ship equipment move as if on flat ground on the water.

"I'm free for the next few days, would you like to train together?" Vanguard suggested after putting away his ship equipment, unaware of Warspite's unusual behavior.

"We'll see. I might have some things to take care of," Warspite said with a smile, declining the offer.

Jing Su will be going to the front line in a few days. If we don't take advantage of this last time to get close to Jing Su, it will be much more difficult to do so after he leaves.

It must be said that there is an old saying in Donghuang, "Once you taste the marrow, you'll know the flavor." When I first saw this idiom, I was still confused and asked Yixian about it. Yixian just squinted her eyes and smiled, saying that she would know after she experienced it herself.

Now, although Warspite had only experienced it unconsciously, the feedback her body gave her afterwards still lingered for a long time. She hadn't slept well for several days in a row, and when she fought the avant-garde today, she was somewhat dazed and quickly lost.

However, war-weariness is not discouraged, which is a good thing.

"Oh, it's the Commander! The Commander's here!"

While the war-weary man was pondering, shouts came from the surroundings. Looking in the direction of the sound, he saw Jing Su, accompanied by Guang Hui, entering the test field chatting and laughing.

"The commander is here, Vanguard, shall we...?" Warspite was about to call Vanguard to go find Jing Su together when she looked up and saw that Vanguard had already left and was on his way to Jing Su's location.

'You bastard! You ran away! Wait for me!'

Without further hesitation, Warspite quickly retrieved the greatsword that had reached his neck and ran swiftly towards Jing Su's direction.

"Is this the testing ground? It's really huge." Turning her head to look around, Jing Su exclaimed sincerely.

“Of course, the test range is a place we use specifically to test ship equipment. It’s not very big, how could it be enough?” Glorious replied with a smile.

The ship equipment testing for each faction is highly confidential. Since the ship equipment consists of things like naval guns, the testing requires attacking targets. Therefore, the ship equipment testing grounds in the port area are basically located overseas.

The Royal Navy's testing ground is located on a remote island. The entire island has been hollowed out, with weapons testing taking place above the sea surface and various equipment testing grounds below the surface, which can also serve as a rest area.

Guanghui carried Jingsu to the rest area of ​​the test site. Overall, it looked more like a gym, complete with treadmills, dumbbells, and other decorations.

In the center of the rest area is a huge pool, which is where the ship girls train their close combat skills, although most of the battles with the Sirens can now be resolved by attacks beyond visual range.

However, both long-range artillery fire and carrier bombardment are too resource-intensive. Moreover, battleships have a low hit rate when firing long-range artillery, since the Sirens won't just stand there and let you bombard them. In addition, higher-level Sirens have considerable anti-missile capabilities.

Therefore, many ship girls are very keen on close combat, which saves resources, maximizes the power of ship equipment, and preserves as much of the Siren ship as possible.

The remains of the sirens can be studied, but if a cannon shot hits the bullseye and blasts the sirens to smithereens, then nothing will be salvaged.

"Commander, Commander, what brings you here? Did you come to see the fireflies?" The destroyer ran fast, and soon the fireflies were the first to reach Jing Su's side, waving excitedly at him.

"Yes, I'm really looking forward to seeing your heroic spirit on the battlefield. Normally, I can't go to the battlefield, so I can only come here to watch your simulated training. Firefly, have you been training hard?"

Jing Su originally intended to say that he came to this place to conduct some tests, but seeing the expectant eyes of the fireflies, he quickly changed his story. However, what he said was not entirely a lie, since he really wanted to see his girls' prowess on the battlefield.

"Hehe, of course I've tried! I, Firefly, am the bravest one~ As long as I, Firefly, use my headbutt, no matter what enemy I encounter, they will all be knocked down, haha." Firefly put her hands on her hips, held her head high, and looked very proud.

"Haha, really? Firefly is so amazing! I'm so proud of you. But, headbutting will make you stupid, you know." Jing Su smiled and patted Firefly's dark green hair, advising him.

His intention was to persuade the fireflies not to be so reckless, since no matter where they looked, it was too dangerous to charge headfirst into the sirens.

"Become stupid?" Firefly turned her head and laughed, "That kind of thing doesn't matter. As long as Commander still cares about me, it doesn't matter if I'm treated like an idiot, hehe, I'll bump into you!"

After saying that, the firefly headbutted Jing Su in the abdomen.

"Ugh~" Jing Su was startled by the sudden movement. His stomach was hit quite hard, and he was sent flying backward. The firefly stayed in his arms, rubbing against him.

"I love it, I love it, I love it so much~ I love the Commander so much, I've been dreaming about him every day lately, no, I can't let him know about this~"

The firefly trembled violently.

"Ah, I can't take it anymore, I really can't resist. Hehe, I like it, I really like it. Even if I'm treated like an idiot, I still like it."

"Commander, Firefly loves you the most~"

In a daze, Jing Su seemed to hear the fireflies say something to him. Feeling dizzy, Jing Su nodded. In Jing Su's opinion, no matter what the ship girls said, he should just nod. Anyway, the ship girls wouldn't hurt him.

"Whoosh, Commander, it's agreed, Commander~, hehe!"

Just as the firefly was about to do something, she suddenly flew up; it turned out that she had been lifted up by the radiant light.

"Commander, are you alright?" Guanghui asked worriedly, noticing that Jing Su's face was a little pale.

"Cough cough, it's nothing, just a little dizzy." Standing up again, Jing Su rubbed the bridge of her nose and comforted her.

"Firefly, you're being too reckless. What if you hurt the Commander?" Illustrious frowned and said seriously.

"It's alright, it's alright, I'm fine, aren't I? Kids are naturally playful, I don't mind." Seeing that the situation was getting a bit awkward, Jing Su quickly took the firefly, put it down, and at the same time hugged Guanghui, whispering in Guanghui's ear to comfort him.

"Well, you can't just do that! What if you get hurt?" Guanghui blushed instantly, her body went limp, and she almost collapsed to the ground. She really didn't expect Jing Su to hug her like that in front of so many people. It was so embarrassing.

However, Glorious still forced himself to stay upright and insisted.

"I'm fine, aren't I? Firefly knows her limits, right, Firefly?"

"Hehe, of course! I, Firefly, know strength best! Hehe, Commander, I'm going to play with Little Swan and the others~" Firefly left these words and ran off quickly. She wanted to share what had just happened with Little Swan and the others—the Commander accepted my confession! You're all so jealous, hehe~

"Let me go! So many people are watching!" Feeling that his body was about to give way, Guanghui quickly spoke up.

"Haha, Guanghui, you're so cute." Jing Su gently pinched Guanghui's nose, but did as she was told, since it was clear that quite a few people were walking towards them.

"Commander, and Miss Illustrious, it's been a long time!"

The first to arrive at the scene was Vanguard. There were originally other ship girls, but at this time, most of the ships at the test site were small. Vanguard had a sudden idea and thought of learning from Warspite how to win over Jing Su, so she called out Warspite under the pretext of training.

Unexpectedly, before they could even extract the secret to winning over the commander, they ran into Jing Su, the very person in question.

Upon realizing that Jing Su was about to arrive at the testing ground, the vanguard ordered the royal maids to clear the area. The reason was quite reasonable—the commander must be coming to the testing ground at this time to test something, and he must have something important to do. If the small boats had nothing else to do, they should not come and disturb the commander.

The small boats present were all very sensible. Upon hearing the secretary ship's speech, they all left the test site. Firefly, however, ran too fast and couldn't be stopped. Fortunately, nothing troublesome seemed to happen afterward, and before she could even publish her book, Firefly ran off on her own.

Seeing Jing Su holding Guang Hui in his arms, Qian Wei panicked. He didn't even bother to come up with a reason and hurriedly ran out. He hadn't even gotten on the bus yet, and doing such a thing in broad daylight was indecent.

The vanguard declared, "Let go of that commander, let me handle this—no, I mean, let's talk business!"

"Ah, it's Miss Avant-garde. What are you doing here? You're usually resting in your room at this time." After recognizing the person, Glorious quickly composed herself and asked in a voice devoid of emotion.

"Ahem, the summer offensive is just around the corner. If nothing unexpected happens, I should be going to the front lines to reinforce. I'll take this opportunity to get some experience. Hey, didn't the commander have a saying, 'Sharpen your spear before battle, even if it's not sharp, it'll still shine'? I'm sharpening my spear here." The vanguard chuckled.

"Hehe, is that so? But I feel like Miss Avant-garde's reason isn't that?" Radiant's voice still betrayed no emotion.

"Uh." Seeing the aura of the two women, Jing Su felt a sudden tightness in her heart. She originally wanted to explain to Qianwei that the word she shouted did not mean that, and that with Qianwei's strength, she did not need any training at all.

Seeing the atmosphere at the scene, Jing Su silently shut her mouth.

"Hoo hoo~ Commander, Vanguard, uh, and Illustrious~ What are you discussing?" Just as the atmosphere was getting more and more tense, the member who broke the awkward silence arrived. Warspite ran all the way and greeted them breathlessly.

To prevent any escapees, Vanguard used the authority of her secretary ship to temporarily shut down the elevators at the test site. She was currently fighting Warspite at the very bottom of the test site, while Jing Su had just arrived at the entrance to the basement. The two areas were about twenty floors apart.

In other words, in less than ten minutes, Warspite ran up more than twenty floors before finally arriving at the scene.

At this moment, Warspite felt his legs go weak, his face flushed, and he was panting heavily, but fortunately, judging from the situation on the ground, he did not seem to have missed anything.

"Warspite, you're here?" Upon seeing her savior, Jing Su immediately ran over and supported Warspite. It was easy to see that Warspite was indeed exhausted.

With an additional target, the Vanguard and the Glorious temporarily cease hostilities.

"So, Commander, you discovered that you could get Miss Glorious to launch aircraft into battle without injecting resources, and you came here to test the aircraft's combat capabilities under these circumstances?" On the way, Jing Su briefly described the purpose of his trip.

After hearing Jing Su's explanation, both Vanguard and Warspite widened their eyes in disbelief. Fighting without resources? That was too...

"Hehe, actually, back when the port was first established, when the commander led us on sorties, he often made us fight with no ammunition." Seeing the two's shock, Glorious added with a smile.

The implication is that you two joined the port relatively late and didn't experience the early stages of development; in other words, you're not as important to the commander as I am.

"Ahem, I know about that too." Warspite blushed and hurriedly said, "But that was a long time ago. We've been through so much in this period of time, it's normal to forget."

Warwear said, "I also went through that period. Although by the time I went to the battlefield, the port had already begun to develop and the requirements for combat power were not so high, I was still often assigned to the main force when I was leveling up. So, I also had experience with air-to-air bombing."

"Uh~"

Among them, Vanguard looked the most embarrassed. She joined the port relatively late. Not to mention Illusion and Warspite, even Firefly had joined the port earlier than her.

By the time the Vanguard entered the port, the port was not just developed, it was practically invincible. Leveling up ship girls was no longer as troublesome as before, as there were many video materials left by predecessors, which could also improve their level.

After all, training level is just experience in fighting enemies on the battlefield. With testing grounds and experience books, where can't you improve your training level?

Given her advanced abilities, she was mostly assigned to the main team, participating in attacks against various strong opponents, but this record wasn't exactly impressive.

"Ugh, so annoying!" Vanguard thought to himself as he watched Glorious and Warspite bickering over each other.

Chapter 129 Deep Affection

"Whoa, whoa, whoa~"

The roar of the aircraft engines echoed through the sky.

"Da da~ da da da!"

"Boom! Boom boom!"

The roar of machine guns and the explosions of torpedoes, followed by a blinding white flash and accompanied by bursts of seawater, crashed against the shore.

Wow, that's amazing!

In the audience, a group of children, holding binoculars, expressed their heartfelt admiration.

"Hoo hoo, of course! Glory's skills are amazing no matter how many times I watch them. I wish I could have skills like that too."

"Sister Hundred-Eyed Giant, you are also very powerful. You will definitely achieve great feats in battle."

"Haha, really? Well, thank you for your kind words~"

In the center of the platform.

"Guanghui, how are you feeling?" Seeing Guanghui come down from the training room, Jing Su hurriedly ran over to ask him.

"Phew~ It's alright. It's not much different from fighting under normal circumstances, but it is indeed more tiring." After organizing his thoughts, Glorious described his feelings about controlling the fighter jet.

"Are there really no adverse reactions?" Jing Su was still a little worried.

After all, Glorious had just used empty bombs to control the aircraft for a bombing mission, and not only empty bombs, but also empty fuel. At this moment, Glorious had no resources left at all.

Tonight, Jing Su and Guang Hui will be testing what the ship girls can do in an empty-missile state with Jing Su's blessing.

This includes combat effectiveness, duration, and subsequent reactions.

Based solely on the reactions in this round, no adverse effects have been observed so far, but the duration of the adverse effects will depend on subsequent testing.

"This is incredible, truly incredible!" While Jing Su and Guang Hui were talking, Qian Wei, carrying a stack of reports, walked up to the two of them with an expression full of disbelief.

"Has the data come out yet? What are the results?" Before Jing Su could speak, Guanghui spoke first.

"You can see for yourself. You're an aircraft carrier, so you know these data better than I do. But even in my personal opinion, it's exaggerated." As Vanguard said, she was a battleship, and the data from the test was for the aircraft carrier's combat capabilities. She couldn't really see the details.

After all, the data obtained from this round of testing, in the eyes of the Vanguard, is similar to the results obtained under normal conditions with full fuel and ammunition. Perhaps the details can only be seen by relying on the fully trained real aircraft carrier, Illustrious.

"Let me see." Taking the data, Glorious examined it carefully and quickly gave his initial assessment: "The machine gun's rate of fire is about 10 percent slower. As for the power, it's not clear yet. The target ship's hull is too fragile; it was over-penetrated. This needs to be retested."

As for the torpedo bomber, the ammunition capacity is no different from normal, but it has the same problem as the machine gun: its movement speed is about 15% slower.

In terms of power, it still directly destroyed the target ship, but from my intuitive feeling, the torpedo's power is weaker than when it has resources. I'll switch to some heavy armor units later and retest it.

Based on this single test, we only have this much data available; the sample size is insufficient. We need to conduct several more tests to ensure the data's accuracy.

"I understand, I'll go arrange it now." After receiving the data from Radiant, Vanguard turned and left to prepare for the next round of testing.