Azur Lane: The Azure Life of the Tragic Admiral

"Commander, we have no special countermeasures prepared at all. Is this really okay?"

"Relax, Javelin."

Yang Sikang smiled and said:

"This exercise is so popular because everyone in the royal family will be participating. Everyone's expectations for the Prince of Wales and Glory are much higher than ours, so it doesn't matter even if we lose."

"Well, even though I said that, I still feel bad about losing. We've been training so much and haven't played much during normal times..."

"Haha, after this exercise, as long as we defeat the Purifiers one more time, we can go traveling."

"Commander, it's not a good idea to say something like this in advance!"

Javelin looked at him with dissatisfaction, and Yang Sikang just smiled and didn't say anything like that.

"But master, are you serious about that machine in the cabin?"

Belfast suddenly lowered his voice and asked. Yang Sikang nodded and said:

"Because of the royal family, this exercise has become the focus of everyone's attention. This is the most appropriate time, isn't it?"

Yang Sikang turned his head and glanced back. Qiye and others were also on one of the command ships watching the situation here.

"And I want to give them a surprise as a reward for their help all along."

"Well, we can't lose this exercise so easily."

"You're right."

Yang Sikang nodded, said a few words, and then turned and walked onto the bridge.

Despite being a highly anticipated exercise, neither the Prince of Wales nor Glory intended to engage in pre-war exchanges.

Treating this exercise as a battle rather than a show, meaningless things were naturally omitted.

The two sides had already agreed on the start time, and a large sea area was the exercise site, which also included several small islands and some reefs.

In such a place, it is very important to choose a place as a viewing point, but Yang Sikang and others had also said in advance that if an attack falls nearby, the ships watching the battle will have to defend themselves, and they will not hold back.

As time ticked by, the agreed time for the war soon arrived.

The first to take action were not Yang Sikang's side, but the people on the other side.

Because of the large number of people involved and the huge size of the fleet, the command is divided into levels.

Unsurprisingly, the Royal Fleet became the backbone of the entire command system. However, the Royal Fleet, knowing the combat effectiveness of Yang Sikang's fleet, did not disperse all of its combat power. In that case, it would not be impossible to attack the central army directly in the style of Yang Sikang before.

With the two SG radars modified by Yang Sikang and the reconnaissance planes of Shangri-La and others, it is almost impossible to completely hide their whereabouts. They are very clear about this.

Therefore, the size and number of the fleet are the biggest advantages. It is very valuable to deploy them at the first possible moment and occupy the few shelters in the training ground with the highest efficiency before Yang Sikang's team.

Yang Sikang did not make any unusual moves until five minutes after the battle had begun. Then Yang Sikang spoke:

"They should be near the target location. It's time for us to take action."

As soon as he finished speaking, two huge ships suddenly appeared on both sides of Yang Sikang's command ship, both facing sideways towards the enemy.

Reputation, counterattack the hulls of two battlecruisers!

"volley!"

In an instant, artillery fire roared!

Chapter 213 Deliberate Surprise Attack

On the other side, the team that was rushing forward to "seize the opportunity" was about to reach their designated location.

The process went so smoothly that everyone was delighted.

No matter how well Yang Sikang's fleet coordinated, they were in an advantageous position and had a large number of people, so they were bound to be at the upper hand.

They were not worried that Yang Sikang would assign people to compete with them for the space, as that would only be courting death.

So in their judgment, the most Yang Sikang would do is to seize a certain point, and they themselves did not encounter the other party, proving that Yang Sikang's team should be with other people.

However, when they were about to reach the target location...artillery fire suddenly fell on their heads.

Long-distance cross-fire requires an accurate muzzle angle, and Yang Sikang has not moved since the beginning of the exercise. He calculated the time to let the Reputation and Counterattack deploy their hulls and then fire again to make the bombardment more powerful.

Although there is essentially no difference between the ship's own artillery fire and the artillery fire after the ship is deployed, the ship's artillery fire will be more visually impactful.

Under the premise of long-distance cross-fire, the sense of oppression brought by the shells whistling overhead is very strong.

Now, this team is going through this experience.

By the time they noticed the artillery fire from Yang Sikang's side, it was too late. The shells had already flown over their heads and were whistling down.

The water column accompanied by the explosion caused a brief chaos in the fleet. The unexpected sudden attack caught them off guard. Although these cross-fire did not cause much damage to them, the entire fleet immediately became alert.

The speed was slowed down, the radar was turned on, and the news of being attacked at the same time was reported.

These are all processes that have been determined in advance, so they are extremely efficient to execute.

However, at this time, Yang Sikang's command ship took the lead and led the rest of the fleet to quickly rush towards another small island.

The ship girls put away their ship equipment and went on deck. Apart from the protection of the command ship itself, they had no other means of defense.

The price gained is an extremely high speed. Moving straight towards the predetermined target allows Santiago to fully utilize its speed, so the forward speed is also extremely fast.

The target island and the enemy fleet nearby could already be spotted on the radar, but Yang Sikang still did not prepare the ship girls for battle. Instead, he slowly placed the Mind Cube into the energy supply device.

The command ship was directly powered by the Mind Cube, and then Sirius, Sheffield, Wichita, and Minneapolis deployed their ship equipment directly on the deck and were ready to go.

The command ship rushed over at a speed of 30 knots, which was obviously completely beyond the opponent's expectations.

But no matter what preparations the other party is making, the current situation is that although the other party is on guard, they have not taken the initiative to attack.

During this period, his command ship had come to a dangerous distance from the enemy.

"Do it."

A brief command was given, and the four people who had been prepared jumped down from both sides.

Minneapolis and Sheffield detached from the command ship from the right, while Wichita and Sirius sped directly along the coastline from the left.

The other party finally reacted at this time, but their first reaction was also expected.

The carrier-based aircraft launched an attack on Yang Sikang's side at the first opportunity. In order to seize an advantageous position, they indeed arranged the aircraft carrier ship girl in a relatively forward team to ensure the advantage against Yang Sikang's fleet.

But they seemed to have forgotten one thing... Yang Sikang's command ship was based on the USS San Diego.

The USS San Diego was already very good at air defense, and Yang Sikang had made some modifications to his command ship.

Since Yang Sikang was already researching transformation technology, how could he forget to make some attempts in the direction of transformation in San Diego?

With anti-aircraft firepower fully opened, the carrier-based aircraft was quickly "shot down", and Yang Sikang finally slowed down the speed when the first round of air strikes was about to end.

At this time, Sirius and Wichita had advanced along the left coastline to a position slightly ahead of the command ship, while Minneapolis and Sheffield took advantage of the opponent on the right side to temporarily retreat while they did not react.

In other words, during this short period of time, coupled with the opponent's own air strikes, the area around Yang Sikang's command ship became a "safe" sea area.

The other ship girls immediately jumped off the command ship, and the entire fleet suddenly appeared on the enemy's radar.

When Yang Sikang's command ship appeared for the first time, only one ship's radar response made the opponent mistakenly believe that he was coming to interfere.

Although the sudden appearance of the four ship girls made the opponent a little panicked, it was still within the controllable range after all.

Not surprisingly, the news was reported immediately.

However, Yang Sikang rushed in without any hesitation and suddenly showed his cards: his entire fleet was actually here!

Changing the content of the previous report several times in a few minutes will cause temporary confusion in communication, but more importantly, it will have a psychological impact on the opponent in front of them.

They would be relieved if one enemy came over, and the sudden appearance of four more would make them nervous, but also relieved at the same time.

But suddenly he found that he was not facing an interfering team but the entire combat power of Yang Sikang, and tension was inevitable.

At this time, Yang Sikang was almost close to them, and there was not much room for tactics to work in this situation.

Yang Sikang's team had already occupied the coastline on one side, and on the other side they had temporarily pushed their defense line out and created a space.

After the three Essex crew members deployed their ship equipment, they did not immediately release their attack aircraft to fight. Instead, they quietly released a reconnaissance aircraft, which flew close to the sea surface under the cover of the command ship.

Reputation and Counterattack directly broke into the opponent's fleet, with London taking the lead, the maids escorting on both sides, and the three J-class destroyers interspersed among them.

Yang Sikang's side temporarily had a huge advantage in firepower, and the surrounding light cruisers and destroyers could not withstand the unreasonable firepower of reputation and counterattack.

Even if the armor strength of a battlecruiser is reduced, it is still not comparable to a destroyer or a light cruiser. What's more, even the secondary guns of a battlecruiser use weapons of the same caliber as their main guns.

The three J-class players were moving all the way through the battlefield, and taking advantage of the chaos in the battle, the Javelin bypassed the enemy's ships and went straight to the enemy's aircraft carrier.

"Watch the javelin's activity carefully!"

The torpedoes were launched, followed by the main guns firing in succession.

The javelin that suddenly emerged from the middle of their own ship caught the enemy off guard. While they were responding in a hurry, Jarvis and Janus also emerged from the other side.

The three destroyers simply turned around, and after a round of artillery fire and a round of torpedoes, they immediately rejoined the other ships.

However, with this commotion, the situation of the battle suddenly changed dramatically.

Watching the carrier-based aircraft in the sky turn, Yang Sikang smiled:

"Essex, it's your turn to perform."

"Understood! It's carrier time now, everyone, spread your wings and fly high!"

The attack aircraft of the three Essex-class shipgirls plus Independence and the four aircraft carrier girls were finally released at this time.

This is not about pouring out all the firepower at once, but a regular combination of carrier-based aircraft.

Simply put, this set is the practical application of White Eagle's classic carrier-based aircraft combination: "Sunday Punch".

Combine three main ships and one light ship to carry out rotational attacks in this way within a short period of time.

There is no need to say much about the attack suppression power of this kind, and the firepower on the sea is extremely reliable.

And because it is completed by the cooperation of multiple aircraft carriers and ship girls, the pressure on a single person is very small.

Although it requires extremely high coordination, this tactic has already been mastered by Essex and his team.

Chapter 214: Strange Moves

On the Royal Fleet side, Prince of Wales and Guanghui, who had received continuous news reports, had already guessed Yang Sikang's intentions early on.

However, even by the time they guessed it, it was too late.

The time they thought of Yang Sikang's tactics was when they received the news that four ship girls suddenly appeared on the "lonely" ship.

The first thing they thought of was what Yang Sikang had done before and had mentioned repeatedly during previous discussions:

By directly powering the mass-produced model with the Mind Cube, the ship girl can carry out normal activities on the ship.

If four ship girls suddenly appeared on Yang Sikang’s ship, why couldn’t there be a few more?

Ship girls whose ship uniforms are not deployed will not appear on the radar. Since there are four hidden on Yang Sikang’s ship, it is normal to have a few more.

Most importantly, it felt like something he would do.

However, it takes time to convey the order. Before they gave the order, new reports came in.

The situation was just as they expected, but Yang Sikang obviously did not intend to give them time to react.

The battle has already broken out, but there is no need to worry about the outcome of this localized battle.

What they did immediately was not to provide assistance to that team, but to let other surrounding fleets encircle and defend that sea area.

The melee has already begun, and joining in is exactly what Yang Sikang wants.

Their advantage lies in numbers, and their disadvantage lies in the difference in firepower between individuals. Small-scale battles are in Yang Sikang's interest, while large-scale conflicts are in line with their tactics.

At the same time, several ship girls of the Royal Fleet have also rushed to the front line, intending to stabilize the situation of the fleet after determining the location of Yang Sikang's fleet and keep him there.

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While the battle was going on, Yang Sikang's aircraft carrier suddenly burst out with powerful combat power, which caused extremely obvious destructive power when the opponent hurriedly turned around its carrier-based aircraft.

Fighter planes shot down the enemy's carrier-based aircraft, and the maids themselves had air defense capabilities as light cruisers.

The opponent's aircraft carrier was hesitant to carry out bombing, but Essex and others could attack at will.

As one gains, the other loses, coupled with the gap in tactics and coordination between the ship girls.

Under the command of Belfast and his men, Yang Sikang launched a very strong offensive after seizing the right to attack, and soon basically completely eliminated this part of the opponent's fleet.