I, Laffey, am a good ship girl!

Sheffield also put down the book in his hand and looked at the two people fighting on the sea.

Omaha was not very motivated and thought that it was useless for a light cruiser to watch the aircraft carrier exercise. He said coldly, "No hope, no hope. The performance of the carrier-based aircraft is too poor. If the Ark Royal wants to avoid the attack of the Hornet, it must spend more energy to evade. In this way, can it still attack the Hornet?"

While Omaha was speaking, the situation on the field took a sharp turn for the worse. In a moment of carelessness, two carrier-based aircraft of the Royal Ark were shot down by the Hornet.

Seeing this, Javelin and Bailey immediately glared at Omaha. Noticing Rafi's cold gaze, Omaha shrank his head and said with a wry smile, "Of course, Royal Ark still has a chance. After all, their training level is there, isn't it?"

"That's right, equipment is not the key to victory or defeat."

A gentle voice came from behind, followed by the cry of an eagle, and a heroic white eagle landed on her slender fingers, and the gentle lady came from behind.

She smiled gently and said, "In addition to equipment, there is also the experience and beliefs of the ship girls. We must never forget that the power of our ship girls is the power of our hearts."

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Chapter 19 Swordfish Attacks!

"Well, it still doesn't work?"

Ark Royal was annoyed when he saw his two bombers being sunk.

It was more difficult than she had imagined for the bombers to avoid the fighter jets' fire blockade and attack the Hornet in the distance.

"You guy!"

It took a full five minutes to shoot down the two carrier-based aircraft of the Royal Ark. Bumblebee looked a little ugly. This was a situation she had never encountered before.

At this time in the past, she had sunk more than a dozen carrier-based aircraft of the Royal Ark, and some carrier-based aircraft had even broken through the blockade of the Royal Ark and flew over her head.

But now, all her carrier-based aircraft were entangled, and not all of her carrier-based aircraft were fighters.

Although she was just a white-skinned girl, the Royal Ark's torpedo planes and bombers were actually a little faster than her torpedo planes and bombers that had been strengthened six times.

Bumblebee figured it out in an instant.

"Are there no ammunition loaded on the carrier-based aircraft?"

There is only one way for the Ark Royal's carrier-based aircraft to overcome its performance disadvantage and catch up with her carrier-based aircraft - that is to not equip the carrier-based aircraft with ammunition and sacrifice attack power in exchange for speed.

Therefore, the Ark Royal's carrier-based aircraft will be more flexible than usual. In air combat anyway, torpedo planes and bombers can't play any role.

As long as they cannot break through the blockade of her carrier-based aircraft, no matter how much ammunition the torpedo planes and bombers are equipped with, they will be useless.

If she guessed correctly, the next thing the Royal Ark would do was -

There was a loud "bang" and two carrier-based aircraft collided in the sky and then sank into the sea at the same time.

Seeing this scene, Bumblebee showed an expression of "as expected" on his face.

This is a tactic that modern warship girls with abundant resources will never use. It only existed in the old days, when warship girls who had run out of ammunition and could not get enough resource supplies used this desperate means.

In that era, some ship girls would even choose to engage in close combat with the Sirens in order to save resources.

Those were the worst of times and the cruelest of times.

Compared to that time, the ship girls living nowadays are so much happier.

Bumblebee had only heard of this history from her sister. She was born in the last decade. After her birth, the ship girls and human commanders had regained control of the near seas. Even though she had been to the front lines to fight, she knew very well that everything she had experienced could not be compared with the ship girls who had truly come out of the dark ages.

Even if her equipment was inferior, as long as the Ark Royal's carrier-based aircraft rammed and sank all of her carrier-based aircraft, the worst that could happen was a draw.

And don't forget that the Royal Ark's training level is higher than that of Bumblebee. If it is a one-to-one exchange, Bumblebee will definitely suffer.

"How could I let you succeed!"

Bumblebee shouted, his eyes full of fighting spirit and a raging flame of war.

Although she is not a battle maniac, it is a happy thing to be able to fight with the senior ship girls who have come through that era.

Even Bumblebee herself did not notice that her mentality had quietly changed. She no longer looked down on Royal Ark, but regarded her as a senior worthy of her respect.

Just let half of the torpedo planes and bombers drop bombs. The Hornet also emptied the engine room like the Ark Royal, and let the fighters chase the Ark Royal's carrier-based aircraft, using the carrier-based aircraft that had emptied their ammunition to cover the carrier-based aircraft that were still equipped with ammunition.

Even if the Ark Royal emptied the engine rooms of its carrier-based aircraft, in terms of performance, the torpedo planes and bombers could not compare with the purple fighter planes that had been strengthened six times.

Even if this battle turns into a protracted one, it doesn't matter. With the hydraulic catapult and aviation auxiliary fuel tank borrowed from her sister, time is on her side.

......

One carrier-based aircraft after another collided and crashed, not because they were shot down by artillery shells, but because one carrier-based aircraft crashed into another carrier-based aircraft and shot it down.

Living in a peaceful era, ordinary ship girls have never seen such a scene. Just looking at it is frightening.

"Let's not laugh at the Royal Ark from now on, shall we?"

The ship girls watching the battle on the shore swallowed their saliva. They never expected that the ship girl whom they regarded as a pervert was actually so strong that she could fight the Hornet to this extent with just her white carrier-based aircraft.

Royal Ark's fighting style is like that of a desperate lone wolf. No wonder she has been using white carrier-based aircraft. If she were to use golden and purple carrier-based aircraft to collide with Siren's mass-produced aircraft, it would be heartbreaking just to watch.

Looking at the Ark Royal, which had lost more than a dozen carrier-based aircraft, Yorktown's eyes were filled with sadness. Perhaps only the ship girls who have gone through that era can understand the sadness in the heart of the Ark Royal.

Being betrayed by the humans you have always protected and watching the most important person to you die, this is a blow that no ship girl can bear.

But the Royal Ark did not give up on itself. It carried everything on its back and licked its wounds like a wounded beast. It refused to accept help from anyone, but still protected mankind.

Because they are ship girls born in iron battleships, even if they are betrayed, slandered, and abandoned, they will not forget the meaning of their existence.

she was

We should not be born for war, but for protection.

And today, seeing the Royal Ark fighting the Bumblebee, York City seemed to see her former self.

Although she has some flaws in her character, she is worthy of her identity as a Royal Ship Girl in battle.

What changed the Ark Royal? Was it the Lafite that looked a little different?

Yorktown looked quietly towards Lafite.

......

Two bombs used in the exercise fell on them, and even if they tried their best, they were still unable to stop all of the Hornet's carrier-based aircraft.

The degree of damage suddenly became minor. Royal Ark knew very well that if it weren't for the equipment lent to it by Sister Raffi, with Bumblebee's aviation value, the bombs from the two bombers would definitely damage her.

It's not like now. Even after being hit by two bombs, the Royal Ark is still in its prime and can accurately control its carrier-based aircraft to sink the two carrier-based aircraft that had just dropped the bombs.

The repair tools began to work. Bumblebee was wrong about one thing. Time was not on her side. As long as she could sink enough carrier-based aircraft, the Ark Royal would have the capital to continue fighting.

A torpedo exploded under the Ark Royal, causing it to stagger. Even if it was a shell used in an exercise, the ship girl would not be unable to feel anything when it hit her.

It will hurt when it should hurt, and it will bleed when it should bleed.

But, just this time, Royal Ark doesn't want to lose.

It's not just because I want the lovely sister Rafi to call me Sister Ark, there is another point, a very important point.

Being with Rafi, Royal Ark felt a long-lost feeling of being cared for.

From the beginning when Laffite pulled her out of the sea when she was almost sunk, and when facing the captain of the ship, he came out to protect her and the Javelin, and just now, when facing herself being laughed at by the ship girls of the branch, he was the first to stand up and cheer her on.

All of this made the Royal Ark seem to have returned to the past, to the time when it had just been born.

At that time, there was also a young girl standing beside her, caring for her and taking care of her.

Because it was too long, so long ago that the Royal Ark had even forgotten the girl's name and appearance.

However, this familiar feeling is the only thing that Ark Royal will never forget.

She will never lose!

With flames burning in his eyes, looking at his carrier-based aircraft flying in the sky, Royal Ark shouted and waved forward.

"Now is the time, Swordfish strikes!"

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Please advise me after Chapter 20!

Yorktown was not wrong. The power of a ship girl is the power of the mind. Equipment and performance determine the lower limit of a ship girl, not the upper limit.

The power of the Mind Cube sublimates the legend and transforms virtuality into reality, presenting this miraculous scene.

The white carrier-based aircraft was shining with golden light, and it was the messenger carrying many ideals and dreams.

In the old history, it was the Swordfish (818 Squadron) T0 on the Ark Royal that participated in the capture of the iron-blooded Bismarck battleship and destroyed its rudder, bringing the legend to an end.

It is precisely because of people's beliefs that decay can be turned into magic. Even an ordinary torpedo plane can shine brightly as long as it is controlled by people with faith.

At this moment, equipment is no longer a factor restricting the Royal Ark. When the golden light blooms in the sky, those flying torpedo planes are not ordinary Swordfish T1, but super rare golden equipment, the legendary Swordfish (818 Squadron) T0.

"what is this?"

Looking at the light blooming from the Royal Ark, Bumblebee felt incredible. The carrier-based aircraft in the sky under the flashing golden light underwent a complete transformation.

The most intuitive manifestation is its terrifying maneuverability, which even leaves her fighter jets far behind.

No, it wasn't that the Royal Ark's carrier-based aircraft became faster, but that her carrier-based aircraft became slower, as if there was an invisible force that was suppressing the flight speed of her carrier-based aircraft.

One after another, the carrier-based aircraft emitting golden light collided with her fighter planes. In just a blink of an eye, there were less than twenty carrier-based aircraft left that she could control.

On the sea surface covered with the wreckage of carrier-based aircraft and filled with smoke, Bumblebee could see the determined eyes of Ark Royal, which were completely different from usual ones.

At this time, Bumblebee's heart calmed down.

Win or lose, she has tried her best.

"As expected, you are a ship girl with a higher level of training than Sister York City. I, Bumblebee, recognize you. Although you are a hopeless lolita control, you are also an outstanding ship girl."

Holding down his hat to prevent it from being blown away by the sea breeze, Bumblebee said seriously.

"So, I won't admit defeat. If I win, you will stay in the gendarmerie's prison and reform yourself! The charge is that you attacked a public official and bullied Kisaragi from our branch."

"finally

, let us have another magnificent battle!"

Manipulating the last twenty carrier-based aircraft, Hornet completely gave up defense and flew towards the Royal Ark.

The Royal Ark's carrier-based aircraft had suffered heavy losses in the previous battle. Even if such a miracle was performed, it could not change the fact that she only had less than ten carrier-based aircraft left.

Less than ten carrier-based aircraft flew towards the remaining Hornet aircraft like moths to a flame.

Machine guns spewed flames in the sky. The Ark Royal tried to use its low maneuverability to avoid attacks from torpedo planes and bombers, and it approached the Hornet little by little.

Just as his carrier-based aircraft were about to destroy the Royal Ark, a bomb fell next to the Royal Ark, but miraculously it did not explode.

"How could it be a dud?"

Bumblebee widened her eyes. How could such a mistake caused by a malfunction in the explosion department happen to one of them, the ship girls?

She gritted her teeth and said, "It's not over yet."

At this time, the Ark Royal was on the verge of being destroyed, but Bumblebee used his carrier-based aircraft to block all of the attacks from the Ark Royal, but remained unscathed.

Although all of Bumblebee's carrier-based aircraft had crashed, she was not injured and would definitely not lose to the Royal Ark in close combat.

"I won't lose in close combat!"

Bumblebee set up her own ship equipment. When this thought popped up in her mind, the Royal Ark appeared less than a hundred meters away from her, and the two of them looked at each other from afar on the sea.

Then, the Royal Ark raised the ship equipment in its hand that looked like an anti-material sniper rifle.

"No way?"

Bumblebee showed a look of surprise on her face, golden light shot out from the Royal Ark's ship equipment, and an intact carrier-based aircraft roared into the sky. Without all her means of protection, she had no chance of blocking this carrier-based aircraft.

I was tricked!

Clearly, eighty-six carrier-based aircraft had already been launched. It should not be possible to launch the eighty-seventh one before replenishing the resources.

However, the 87th carrier-based aircraft appeared right in front of her.

Then the answer is obvious. It has been less than half a month since the last exercise. During this period of time, the Royal Ark has broken through its own limits and reached new heights.

“Ahhh, I’m so unwilling!!!”

After yelling out in vent, Bumblebee sighed and raised his hands: "I surrender!"

Beep～～～～～

After all, it was just an exercise, and there was no deep hatred. With the whistle that marked the end of the exercise, this battle that opened the eyes of most of the ship girls in the ship girl division came to an end.