Azur Lane: I Traveled Through Graduation Port

You know, the main guns of his ships are all graduated equipment, and the speed of the shells fired is difficult to capture with the naked eye.

What's more, unlike them, the Prince of Wales can see the counterattack and fire.

In the short moment he sensed the incoming artillery bombardment, Wales calculated the path of the artillery shells and aimed and fired.

If Lin Lan hadn't known that the two royal knights on both sides of the battle wanted to win, even if this scene was shown on a special effects movie screen, the audience would think the script was too outrageous.

"Miss Wales is showing off her skills, haha~"

Seeing Wales, who was not affected by the recoil of the fire at all and rushed straight into the black smoke of the explosion, Rodney smiled and said to Lin Lan:

"With her reaction speed, she can completely avoid the counterattack artillery fire hitting the central area, and there is no need to waste limited ammunition.

"She knew that the commander was observing the exercise, so she deliberately chose this interception tactic, which was the most entertaining to watch."

After Rodney finished speaking, Nelson frowned and took over her sister's words with a soft hum:

“The counterattack swordsmanship is at the mid-range level among the Knights, and Wales is like this because he knows this.

"If the opponent were replaced by her sisters of the same class, Wales would definitely not choose to play this way."

After listening to the battle analysis given to him by the Nelson sisters, Lin Lan also realized this.

Yes, the Prince of Wales is indeed showing off his skills.

If both warring parties have equal swordsmanship and the same number of cannonballs, whoever can guarantee the hit rate of the cannonballs will have a better chance of winning in close combat.

As for counterattacks, the hit rate of firing artillery fire from a long distance at the beginning of the battle is definitely not as high as that of firing when both sides are close.

But Lin Lan could also understand why he still chose to fight back despite knowing this.

The reason is as Nelson said.

There is a certain gap between the swordsmanship of counterattack and that of the Prince of Wales.

As close friends, Counterattack certainly knew that it would be difficult for him to win against Wales in a sword fight.

Therefore, Lin Lan believed that the royal veteran chose to shoot across the distance in order to inflict shelling damage on the Prince of Wales as much as possible before the close combat, thereby increasing his chances of winning a little bit.

At present, although this counterattack tactic has not been successful, it is not without success.

Compared to causing negligible artillery damage to the Prince of Wales who had enough time to evade, successfully consuming the Welsh artillery shells, perhaps...

More cost-effective?

"Wait a minute, could it be that Counterattack guessed that Wales would show off his skills in this way, so he deliberately deceived the Prince of Wales from a cannon attack?"

When Lin Lan thought of this, an idea suddenly came to his mind.

You know, as a battlecruiser's counterattack, there is a big gap between the ship's equipment effectiveness and that of the Prince of Wales, which is a battleship.

The counterattack deceived the Prince of Wales from this round of artillery fire. The main guns of both sides could not reload ammunition in a short time, which directly erased the gap!

“Two evils… choose the lesser of two evils.

"Counterattack really knows Wales too well."

The more Lin Lan thought about it, the more he felt that this might be the real purpose of the counterattack, so he spoke softly.

Hood, who had never expressed his opinion, smiled with satisfaction and relief after hearing these two sentences.

This lively royal knight with a playful personality, who is at a disadvantage in terms of ship efficiency and swordsmanship, has indeed made the optimal solution.

If the two sides really wait for the two sides to enter a distance where there is no time to avoid and intercept the main gun bombardment, by then, the pressure of counterattack will definitely be greater than that of entering a close battle.

In this case, it is better to put all the chips in close combat, and maybe there is a possibility of creating a miracle.

"Now, the reloading time of the counterattack's main gun is earlier than that of Wales. It depends on whether she can persist in the close combat until the second round of main gun reloading is completed.

"Perhaps as the commander said, a miracle can happen in anything."

Hood gently picked up the still-steaming black tea cup, took a sip, and then smiled and said the only key to victory in counterattack.

"Wow, as expected, everyone in the Knights today is serious about it. Miss Counterattack actually has a chance to defeat Miss Wales!"

When the cute cat maid Cheshire heard what Hood said, she sounded surprised and looked at the projection screen.

Even Edinburgh and Neptune had expressions of surprise and anticipation on their faces.

This was only the first sparring exercise of the Knights, and there was already such great suspense.

If the counterattack can really defeat the Prince of Wales, even if they don't win the championship in the end, this battle will be remembered by many Royal Ship girls.

But at this time, Lin Lan sighed softly.

As someone who had made an oath to the Prince of Wales a long time ago, he really knew the royal lady whom he ridiculed as the "White Eagle Flagship" very well.

He admitted that the tactical choice of counterattack had been optimal and had created enough foreshadowing for a miracle to happen.

But if you want to counterattack and defeat the Prince of Wales with this main gun reloading time difference...

"Ding!!!"

On the projection screen, the weapons in the hands of the two royal knights who had penetrated the smoke collided together, and the crisp sound attracted Lin Lan's attention.

At this time, the counterattack and the Prince of Wales had already used the power of the charge, and their weapons collided together.

In just a few breaths, the weapons in the hands of the two royal battleship girls had been dangerously clashing back and forth several times.

Lin Lan had filled up the cold weapon specialization passive skills in his brave skill column a long time ago.

In addition, when he was on Xueyingjima, under the guidance of Kaohsiung, his swordsmanship level also improved to a higher level.

In Liaozhou and Oran, Lin Lan already felt that his swordsmanship was at the top level of mortals.

But even if his swordsmanship level is up to standard, Lin Lan still knows it very well.

Even if he uses all the hero power, he will never be able to defeat any ship girl on whom he uses the power of the ship in a 1v1.

At this moment, the large swaths of bright metal sparks flying around the Prince of Wales and Counterattack, as well as the weapons that almost turned into afterimages in their hands, and the huge waves stirred up by the impact of the air waves under their feet, proved this point for him.

Ship girls will only show their true strength after using the power of the ship.

Put aside the terrifyingly powerful ship-mounted equipment.

Even a single blow from their weapons is enough to easily cut the sirens' mass-produced battleships made of special alloys in half.

What's more, the royal knights are ship girls who hone their sword skills day after day.

Almost in an instant, the confrontation between Wales and the counterattack reached a fever pitch.

Chapter 939 "White Eagle Flagship" Wales

But in front of Lin Lan's eyes, a highly visually pleasing hand-to-hand combat between knights, the situation quickly changed.

After an evenly matched confrontation at the beginning, Wales gradually seized on the flaws in the counterattack and had to be forced to retreat step by step.

And through the expression on the brown-haired battle patrol knight's gritted teeth, Lin Lan and everyone watching around him could clearly see that the counterattack would not last long.

"Come, is it too late? My dear, Miss Counterattack's main gun reloading time should be almost over, right?"

Cheshire was completely involved in the exercise at this time, looking at the screen intently, and asked Lin Lan worriedly.

But before Lin Lan could answer, the counterattack on the screen answered Cheshire's question with action.

"Let this blow determine the outcome!"

He counterattacked with the help of the sword in his hand. After another collision with the sword in Wales's hand, he used the force to retreat and widen the distance.

At the same time as she retreated violently, the ship's main guns on both sides of her body were also aimed at the pursuing Prince of Wales, who was very close at hand!

Including Lin Lan, all the royal ship girls who were watching the battle knew it.

Just like the words shouted in the counterattack.

The next moment, the winner of this exercise will be officially announced.

It seemed that everything was just as Hood had just predicted. Relying on this fleeting main gun reloading time, the counterattack was about to create a miracle of defeating the strong by the weak.

But Lin Lan closed her eyes with regret.

"The Prince of Wales wins."

"Boom!!!"

In the moment before the counterattack main gun fired, the ship-mounted main gun next to Wales seemed to have been loaded long ago and fired first.

The counterattacking body was also swallowed up by the flames of the explosion at the moment when the Welsh main gun fired.

As the smoke cleared, the screen showed an apologetic smile on the Prince of Wales's face, taking off his weapon and helping him up in ragged clothes.

The first competition exercise is over, and the winner is just as Lin Lan said, the Prince of Wales.

"Ah, what a pity. Miss Counterattack was just a hair away from winning!"

Cheshire made a cute sound of regret, then looked at Lin Lan and asked curiously:

"Dear, how do you know that Miss Wales's main gun can be loaded in advance?"

Facing the cute look in the royal cat maid's eyes, Lin Lan smiled. For a moment, she didn't know if Cheshire really asked him or if she was deliberately pretending not to know.

But since Cheshire asked this, he still smiled and explained the reason:

"The Prince of Wales has a skill called [Royal Alliance], which can provide positive buffs to White Eagle teammates when there are White Eagle teammates in the formation, and significantly reduce his own main damage when there are three White Eagle teammates. Gun reload time.

"And if I remember correctly, after Wales obtained her exclusive special equipment, this skill was also upgraded.

“Not only the teammates in the White Eagle camp, but also herself and members of the Royal camp can finally enjoy the benefits of this buff.

"It is precisely because of the existence of this skill that even if Wales has no other teammates at this time, he can still finish the reloading before the counterattack main gun salvo fires."

After Lin Lan finished speaking, he also secretly complained about the skill of the Prince of Wales.

Obviously Wales is a ship girl from the royal camp, but this skill was designed to only provide buff bonuses to herself and the White Eagle ship girl in the early stages of the game.

It’s no wonder that at that time, all players, including him, would jokingly call the Prince of Wales the “White Eagle Flagship” or the “Royal Son.”

If Huang Ji had not later discovered that the skill design was inappropriate and changed the skill effect by installing exclusive special weapons, I am afraid that the Prince of Wales would have really confirmed his identity as a "Royal Traitor".

"The commander is right. The sword in Wales's hand - the Royal Knight's Courage - is the special weapon the commander gave her.

"The counterattack certainly knows about Wales's ship-mounted skills, but this is her only chance to win, so she has to gamble on this time difference."

Hood finished his summary with a smile, and then added to Lin Lan:

"The knights for the next sparring exercise will be drawn by Miss George. The commander only needs to wait here for the exercise to begin."

Lin Lan nodded and looked at the screen, where the two royal knights were chatting and laughing as they returned from the exercise area.

I have to admit that this Royal veteran who has been with him since he entered the pit did give him a wonderful battle with Wales.

But after noticing the torn clothes on Counterattack and some deformed parts of the ship's suit, Lin Lan suddenly remembered something that he had almost forgotten.

"Huh? Haven't Unicorn and Perseus arrived yet?"

However, as soon as he finished speaking, a voice with a flat tone, like a speechless girl, sounded from below him:

"We've been here a long time ago, why are you like a bird flapping its wings without any awareness of being targeted by an old hunter's gun, Commander?"

As soon as the mouthless girl's voice with a wonderful metaphor ended, another shy voice of a girl who spoke softly but defended him followed:

"Ying, Perseus... my brother was watching the game with some sisters just now. You can't be distracted."

Lin Lan stood up in surprise, walked to the edge of the deck of the mass-produced light cruiser in two steps, and looked down.

The two Royal Light Cruiser girls who had already unfolded their aircraft carrier outfits had already quietly sailed around the mass-produced light cruiser while he was watching the battle.

In the sky in front of him, the gradually increasing roar of engines from the returning carrier-based aircraft was faintly heard.

He understood in an instant why the two royal light sailing girls did not greet him when they arrived.

This was to avoid affecting the viewing of the game by him, Hood and others.

On their way here from the dock, Unicorn and Perseus had thoughtfully taken off their carrier-based aircraft and rushed to the exercise sea area, waiting to heal the Royal Knights after the exercise.

As soon as she saw him appearing on the edge of the deck, wearing a pure white backless dress and white pantyhose, the petite and cute girl with long purple hair blushed and looked away.

The shy Qinghang girl tightly hugged Yu-chan, who had white wings and was as cute as a puppet.

It seemed that Yu-chan wanted to avoid his smiling gaze.

"Brother, brother, good morning..."

Compared to the unicorn who was so shy that he became incoherent when he looked at her, Perseus's expression was much calmer.

This light sailing girl with dark pink flowing long hair is wearing a white tulle dress with a low shoulder and a pair of white wings on the waist like a holy angel.