Azur Lane: The Azure Life of the Tragic Admiral

Yang Sikang had no idea how this situation came about, but the reality was that after Wichita learned to restrain his aggressive style, he showed an astonishing ability to accept combat and cooperate with others.

Coupled with the command of Belfast and others and Helena's powerful radar search capability, the normal combat of the fleet now no longer requires Yang Sikang to collect information and plan routes like before.

Simply put, he doesn't even need to participate in the battle now.

It was during these few days that Yang Sikang felt that his fleet was already quite good, so he conducted exercises with teams composed of other commanders.

The result was ten wins in ten games, and the advantage was quite obvious.

Such combat effectiveness made others envious and also motivated other commanders to work harder.

But more people envied Yang Sikang because he no longer had to go to the battlefield. However, when the Donghuang fleet was about to arrive, he began to prepare gifts again, just like before the arrival of the royal fleet.

"Master, these gifts don't seem to be for construction?"

Belfast asked with some confusion as he prepared.

This time, Yang Sikang prepared a large number of gifts, but he did not prepare gift bags, and the gifts were not very targeted.

This doesn't seem like preparations to build a new ship girl to give as a gift, but more like preparations for some event.

And Yang Sikang did not let anyone else get involved at all. Only he, Javelin and Belfast were preparing these things.

"Well... I'm not planning on building anything. These gifts are for other things."

Yang Sikang smiled and then said:

"These gifts are prepared for the people of Donghuang."

"For Donghuang?"

The two looked at each other, Belfast frowned and asked:

"But Master, before Donghuang..."

"That's right. Donghuang did a terrible job before, and I helped them this time, so... I have to prepare a generous gift."

Yang Sikang chuckled, shook a small box he had just packed and said:

"Donghuang is particularly particular about certain aspects. The gifts we prepared are much more useful than other things."

Belfast and Javelin couldn't understand, but Yang Sikang didn't explain too much.

Simply put, all of these things can ultimately be attributed to two words: affection.

As upper-level personnel, whether it was Zhenhai or Yixian, Yang Sikang had never thought of impressing them with a little deal or something.

The first requirement for being a superior is to distinguish between public and private affairs, which is definitely not difficult for Zhenhai and Yixian to do.

But in personal matters, affection is something Donghuang cares about very much.

He didn't owe Donghuang anything, but it was Donghuang that owed him. And the Donghuang fleet coming this time, it was impossible for Zhenhai to be the only member.

He prepared these gifts for other members of the fleet.

As the saying goes, people are not plants or trees, so who can be heartless? Especially in the current situation?

The reason why he made such preparations was not because he wanted to curry favor with others, but because he wanted to get more from Donghuang.

Other things might be handled better by other ship girls, but he still hoped that there would be something different in his fleet.

Moreover, there are some things that he can only hope to obtain from Donghuang.

Considering what happened before, there is absolutely no problem in preparing this gift.

A few days passed, but Yang Sikang showed no sign of starting construction.

Those who have been paying attention to this aspect were inevitably disappointed, while some people secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

But in the laboratory, although he hadn't done any serious research for a while, Yang Sikang's progress today was unexpectedly fast.

An unexpected result was completed much earlier than expected. The moment he got that thing, Yang Sikang burst into laughter.

On July 7, Yang Sikang received a call from Cleveland early in the morning.

Donghuang's fleet will arrive at the port this afternoon. Cleveland's special contact means that he hopes Yang Sikang can bring his fleet to greet them.

The reason given by the enterprise for this matter was that they did not want to relax patrols of the surrounding waters in order to welcome Donghuang's fleet, but at the same time they could not be too disrespectful to Donghuang's fleet.

But Yang Sikang understood after a little thought that they wanted to take this opportunity to show that they were receiving a lot of attention from the White Eagle side.

White Eagle would never let go of outstanding talents easily, let alone an outlier like him?

Yang Sikang was quite helpless about this, but he had no objection.

However, he was very much looking forward to the fleet members from Donghuang's visit.

“I wonder if I’ll have the chance to meet Yixian.”

Yang Sikang smiled and handed the last sketch he had just drawn to Belfast:

"Let me show you guys, let's get to know our guest first."

Chapter 171 The Lost Donghuang Fleet

There was information about the Donghuang ship girls. Yang Sikang picked out some of the more important content and gave it to the ship girls to check first.

Because it is not necessarily possible to find reliable information about these things on the Internet, Yang Sikang used this method.

However, time passed minute by minute, until it had exceeded the original arrival time of the Donghuang fleet, and there was still no movement at the port.

Donghuang's fleet did not arrive on time.

This is not just an ordinary visit, but a real diplomatic activity.

All the itineraries were confirmed in advance, but the Donghuang fleet did not show up on time.

The port area immediately made relevant contacts, and watching the ship girls and staff traveling between various areas, Yang Sikang had a bad feeling in his heart.

"Shangri-La, check the situation. Belfast, get everyone together, I think something is wrong."

After the order was given, Yang Sikang asked Jarvis to invite the Kitchen Goddess and Mavis over.

I told Mavis my concerns, and she nodded.

"Indeed, it is somewhat unreasonable for this situation to occur in this matter."

A few minutes later, Shangri-La came over with Cleveland.

The two men walked aside separately, and Cleveland saw that the other commanders were not nearby, so he said:

"There is a problem with our communication with the Donghuang Fleet. The communication seems normal, but in fact the communication has been interrupted. The signals and messages we sent out have not received any response. After confirmation, we are unable to determine the location of the Donghuang Fleet at present."

Yang Sikang frowned.

"The Donghuang Fleet should have been located after entering the White Eagle's waters, but you can't find them now?"

"Yes, and this situation has been happening for more than half an hour."

"More than half an hour."

Yang Sikang's mouth twitched slightly.

Generally speaking, it is impossible for a large fleet to move at full speed, but there is basically no problem in maintaining a speed of around 15 knots.

At a speed of 15 knots and in more than half an hour, the coverage area is really large.

"Can you tell me the last confirmed coordinates?"

"Okay, I'll send you the exact location now."

The terminal received the coordinates sent by Cleveland, and then Cleveland left in a hurry.

The current situation is already very urgent. If the situation of the Donghuang fleet cannot be confirmed, it will be a big problem for the White Eagle.

But while others were busy, Yang Sikang's uneasiness was rapidly growing.

The location where Donghuang's fleet lost contact was mapped on the map, and the corresponding area happened to be near the place where he first encountered the thing that was suspected to be an observer, and that was where the strange sea covered by the red spider web had appeared.

"Suddenly lost contact, unable to confirm location, plus this missing location."

Although he didn't want to think so, the current situation forced him to consider something very bad: the mirror sea.

The Sirens have the ability to create an area of ​​sea with special rules, and often have the ability to isolate the inside and the outside.

Affecting communications is just a minor problem. If you are in the mirror sea, it will be very difficult to escape.

The strength of the Purifier, who was not a real body consciousness, had already made him judge the danger of the Sirens more highly. If the mirror sea was added to the mix, this would not be a trivial matter.

And that location is exactly where the red sea was encountered at the beginning. Although it does not seem to be a mirror sea, the danger is equally great.

Large fleets are slower, larger, and have targets to protect.

Compared with Yang Sikang's fleet last time, the danger is naturally higher.

"Belfast, get everyone ready to attack, and prepare as much ammunition as possible."

"Yes, Master."

Yang Sikang’s preparations were not in vain after all. After more than ten minutes, the company began to mobilize its combat forces.

From welcoming Donghuang's fleet to suddenly preparing for battle, the changes were so great that it was difficult to concentrate the fighting force for a while.

Seeing this, Yang Sikang came directly to Qiye and the others. Guanghui and Prince of Wales were naturally here as well.

"I think the Donghuang Fleet may have encountered a situation similar to the special sea area I encountered before."

There was no time to keep him in suspense, so he went straight to the point and said to the three of them:

"The Siren may have some technology that can create a special sea area, isolating the inside and outside, changing the sea conditions in the area, or even creating some special rules. If this is the case, it is normal for the Donghuang fleet to lose contact."

"Special sea area?"

Guanghui asked:

"Although I'd like to know what this is, Commander Yang, you have experience in this area, right?"

"Yes, but I can't guarantee that my experience will be useful. There are many things about the Sirens that we don't know. Maybe the mirror sea they create is different every time."

"Mirror Sea? That's a good name, but since Commander Yang has experience, what do you think?"

"First, reduce the overall size of the fleet."

Yang Sikang's first words made the three of them frown, but he immediately explained:

"No matter how many people go in, they can't gain a numerical advantage over the Sirens. The last time I encountered that situation, the sea hadn't completely turned into a mirror sea, but the mass-produced Sirens in it seemed to appear out of thin air.

There is no way to determine the exact number. There is only one word to describe it: infinite."

"If that's the case, why should we scale it down?"

"There is no hope of gaining an advantage in terms of numbers, and if the fleet's size slows us down, there will be no advantage at all. Moreover, the larger the fleet, the more commanders will be involved..."

At this point, he sighed helplessly:

"Having more people is helpful when the battle is advantageous, but when the battle is disadvantageous or even desperate, it is just a hindrance."

"It seems that Commander Yang is not very optimistic about our combat effectiveness?"

"After entering the mirror sea, we may not be able to maintain a complete formation."

Yang Sikang responded calmly:

"If the Sirens have a way of dividing us, who will command the parts where you are not here?"

After a brief silence, the three of them adopted Yang Sikang's opinion.

In addition, Yang Sikang also mentioned some preparations that may be needed.

But he himself could not be sure of the details. After all, even in the game, the mirror sea was not so regular.

As for how to leave the Mirror Sea, there was no need for him to mention it, as these people could think of it themselves.

Yang Sikang's preparations were completed the fastest, and before setting off, he also explained the general situation he knew to the ship girls in his fleet.

Taking into account the possibility of being separated, he also specifically arranged who would take command in different situations.

On the port side, a large number of commanders and their ship girls who were originally going to be brought on board were classified as non-combat personnel because of Yang Sikang's proposal, but Enterprise still made multiple preparations.

In the end, the attacking team was determined to be the core fleet of the home port itself, the core fleet of the Royal Family, and a small number of commanders and ship girls including Yang Sikang and Mavis.

The mass-produced type carries a larger number of them to make up for the problem of the number of ships, and can serve as cannon fodder for the ship girls.

Yang Sikang has already made all the preparations, and when everyone is ready... let's go!