Azur Lane: The Azure Life of the Tragic Admiral

Even when everything accumulates to a climax, death is still not an instant thing.

What kind of experience would it be like to go on for two hours, slowly moving towards death?

Admittedly, Taiho's image in the game is a kind of morbid possessiveness and love for the commander, but in his opinion, Taiho is not so much a yandere as... she just doesn't want to be abandoned or ignored.

Yang Sikang had no intention of taking advantage of Dafeng's 'sickly' nature from the beginning. He wanted to cure her mental illness...

Even if I don’t know how long it will take.

Chapter 263 Siren becomes cautious after suffering a loss

At the same time, an extremely strange scene appeared on the battlefield.

Akagi and Siren's original arrangement was very good, but Yang Sikang's fleet suddenly lowered the intensity of its attack and narrowed the scope of its defense when it had just gained an advantage.

Objectively speaking, this seems to be beneficial to them.

After all, the enemies we are facing now are mass-produced Sirens. Although they are ship girls, they do not have unlimited ammunition.

Excessive consumption in a short period of time will result in a lack of ammunition later, so it seems reasonable to reduce the defense range and preserve strength.

But what Akagi couldn't understand was that after taking a defensive stance over there, the Siren's attack on that side not only did not become stronger, but suddenly became much weaker.

The testers who were supposed to appear have not shown up yet. Although the mass-produced types of Siren seem to appear endlessly, it seems that they will be of no use other than wasting the physical strength of the Sakura Empire fleet.

Akagi and Kaga were obviously unhappy with this, but due to the current situation, they could not contact the testers openly.

After all, the current Sakura Empire is not yet at the stage when the Python Plan was being promoted in the game plot. Although it has some dealings with the Sirens, both the Sakura Empire and the Iron Blood are still in a very restrained and cautious state.

Furthermore, there is no consensus within the camp on the matter of contacting the Sirens, and any rash and extreme actions might cause internal trouble.

The Sakura Empire camp is completely different from most other camps in one aspect, and that is the issue of the Sakura Empire's voice.

In other camps, generally speaking, the higher the status of a person, the more say he has and the higher his position.

But this is not the case with Sakura Empire.

For example, the Yamato class and Nagato Mutsu, although they have noble status and are highly respected internally, and even their residences are luxurious beyond the imagination of others, they do not care much about things.

The one standing in the forefront now is the First Carrier, and in the game's plot, even after the birth of the new Sakura Empire, it is still the First Carrier that stands in the forefront.

Akagi can even give direct orders to the Yamato-class Musashi and Shinano, which is basically impossible in other camps.

Of course, this does not mean that the Yamato class has no status. Both Musashi and Shinano still have a lot of say.

It's just that they will hardly use their right to speak to interfere with Akagi's arrangements.

Back to the topic, Akagi and Kaga were very dissatisfied with Siren's sudden behavior which was completely different from what was arranged, but there was no way to change it.

The two of them tried their best to maintain the battle situation here, at least not to detect any clues.

Fortunately, because Yang Sikang's fleet reduced the intensity of the attack and focused on defense, the overall advancement speed was reduced.

The Second Carrier Group noticed something was amiss early on. They had fought alongside the First Carrier Group many times, so of course they were able to notice that the First Carrier Group was not focusing on the battle at all.

Although they were unclear about Akagi Kaga's intentions, they cooperated well and reduced the intensity of the attack.

In addition, the Siren side increased the intensity of their counterattacks, and the battle became stalemate and fell into a protracted war.

"Befa, the Sakura Empire has also reduced its attack strength. Isn't the pressure a bit too great?"

Newcastle asked in a brisk tone in the private communication channel.

They were quite familiar with this kind of battle, and the most important thing was that the Sirens did not dare to launch a fierce attack on them.

So for them, dealing with the Sirens is quite easy, and everyone is actually quite relaxed.

For example, the Javelin and Janus are not actually on the sea at all, but on the command ship.

It's just that there were fights going on all around and their defense range was very small, so few people paid attention to these details at all.

"They probably have doubts about why the Sirens didn't attack us. Haha, it seems that the Sakura Empire doesn't know how Miss Yorktown returned to this world."

Belfast's answer was also very relaxed. She was in the command room and didn't even unfold her ship's equipment. She only needed to do some basic detection and observation here.

The reason the testers didn't attack them was simple: they didn't dare.

The last time Yang Sikang's fleet suddenly showed weakness, the Siren tried to break Yang Sikang's defense with a fierce attack, and even had the opportunity to directly attack the command ship.

However, when the Purifiers were provoked by that guy and attacked with all their might... they found out that they had been fooled.

Not only was the man not killed, he even used the Purifier's attack to successfully restore the sunken Yorktown to its Essex-class form, and even became stronger in strength and ship equipment than before it sank.

This kind of thing has happened once, and now Yang Sikang's fleet has suddenly reduced its defenses, so they naturally don't want to launch another fierce attack at the first time.

But no matter how they test with mass-produced models, our response plan to mass-produced Sirens is already very mature and cannot cause much pressure at all.

Yang Sikang's fleet is very experienced in how to make use of Siren ships that have not yet completely sunk.

Therefore, the Sirens are now facing a problem: if they want to launch a fierce attack on Yang Sikang's team, it will not be possible to rely solely on mass-produced units. At least a large number of humanoid sirens must participate in the battle, or even testers must be sent out to have a chance.

But once high-level Sirens of the tester's level join the battle, that man might have something bad in mind waiting for them!

This isn't the first time that guy's command ship has pulled out something unexpected and weird!

First, the tester suffered a great loss and was hit by the main gun of his command ship. Then, that guy who didn't care about his life or money used the Mind Cube as a bomb and blew up one of his bodies. Later, the Purifier suffered a loss again. His full-strength attack was helped by someone. That guy actually dragged out a construction machine from the command ship!

Moreover, there was the abnormally high-strength energy barrier, and his behavior of using the Mind Cube to directly power the command ship without considering the cost, which made it difficult for the Siren to figure out what this guy's intentions were.

If the natural algorithm system was effective, there would be no problem, but Yang Sikang was an outlier, and the natural algorithm system found it difficult to infer the possibility of his specific actions.

But the Sirens do not rely solely on the natural algorithm system, and Belfast does not expect the Sirens to remain indifferent based on previous events.

After continuous attacks without any response, the humanoid Siren appeared as expected.

This brought some pressure to Sakura Empire, but it did not have a big impact.

Because most of the humanoid sirens were heading towards Yang Sikang's fleet, Yang Sikang's fleet, which had been keeping a safe distance from the Sakura Empire's fleet, was soon surrounded by the highly maneuverable humanoid sirens.

Even with just a few humanoid sirens, they were still unable to seize air superiority from Yang Sikang's team, but there was no doubt that the pressure they caused was far greater than that of ordinary mass-produced ones.

More agile and smaller, less susceptible to debris.

The light and heavy cruiser types of humanoid sirens could easily bypass the wreckage and rush in, and because these humanoid sirens were mass-produced after all, their numbers were quite large.

Not only that, the depth charges dropped by destroyers and some light cruisers also posed a great threat to the bluefin tuna.

The situation is rapidly developing in a bad direction.

Chapter 264 Testers Going into Battle

"almost."

Belfast muttered to himself, exhaled, and then said on the communication channel:

"Everyone, the break time is over. Please fight to your heart's content for the master's plan!"

"Ha! I can't wait any longer!"

Wichita said excitedly, and then her guns began to roar.

London and Minneapolis naturally did not want to be left behind, and Javelin, Jarvis and Janus immediately followed.

At the same time, several carrier-based aircraft from the Essex class formed a formation and went into battle. With just one encounter, they easily suppressed the carrier-based aircraft of the humanoid sirens.

York City did not rush into action as planned, but waited.

It was not until a few minutes later that Helena began to report coordinates one by one on the communication channel, and Yorktown suddenly began to act.

At the same time, the ship girls in the direction of the target point began to concentrate their firepower on the target point, followed by the carrier-based aircraft from the Dreadnought and Essex.

Simply and quickly tear open a path, and the reputation and counterattack cross-fire will fall near the target point, making it impossible to transfer effectively.

Immediately afterwards, Yorktown's Skyraider carrier-based aircraft roared in and tore those humanoid sirens into pieces in the blink of an eye.

The powerful counterattack was exactly the same as the initial round of attack. Even with the addition of humanoid sirens, they still managed to create a fire vacuum around the fleet's defense circle after a few minutes.

But this time they did not narrow their defense line again, but divided into several groups and quickly bypassed the wreckage that had not completely sunk.

The reputation counterattack was coordinated with the carrier-based aircraft to directly fire a round of artillery fire on the ground, and then light and heavy cruisers quickly pressed forward.

Javelin and Jarvis Janus stayed around the command ship, and even the command ship moved forward under Belfast's control.

The entire fleet formed a spear in a very short time and stabbed inward in the direction of Siren.

Although the humanoid siren is much stronger than the ordinary mass-produced type, it is also limited.

Even with the close cooperation of Yang Sikang's fleet, these mass-produced models are still not good enough.

At this time, the Sakura Empire also changed its previous defensive posture and launched a fierce attack again. After all, most people did not know about the arrangement between Akagi Kaga and the Sirens. Seeing that Yang Sikang had opened a breakthrough, naturally no one was willing to fall behind.

This is the territory of Sakura Empire, and the action was initiated by Sakura Empire. How can we let the guests steal the limelight?

So the whole battle situation changed dramatically again, and soon... the tester appeared.

Several shells were fired faster than the testers themselves, and the Sakura Empire's mass-produced battleships that were hit expanded and exploded into a fireball in the blink of an eye, then quickly sank.

Several ship girls were affected by the explosion. Although they were not injured, the overall advancement of the Sakura Empire was suddenly disrupted.

The humanoid sirens took the lead, and the mass-produced type rushed in directly, and the situation quickly began to develop into a melee.

In addition, the First and Second Carrier Fleets seemed to be standing by and watching, so the momentum of the charge was immediately curbed.

But the situation on the other side was not so simple. Although the tester's artillery fire fell into the sea and caused an explosion, none of the ship girls paid any attention to her artillery fire.

Wichita even recklessly walked past the rising water column. It would not be surprising at all if he was affected by the explosion if he made the slightest mistake.

Minneapolis even fired directly at the tester who had just come over from the sky, instantly destroying the smile on the tester's face.

These ship girls don't take her seriously at all!

"It's going very well."

Belfast smiled slightly and gave his instructions slowly and calmly.

Thanks to Helena's SG radar, the testers were spotted before they opened fire, and they were prepared and arranged to counterattack.

Belfast knew how difficult high-level Sirens were to deal with, but they were not emotionless machines, so there was some room for maneuver.

There is a huge gap in combat power between high-level sirens and ordinary sirens. As soon as the tester appeared, he immediately blocked Yang Sikang's entire fleet.

The attack was contained, but there were no surprises in Belfast.

How could Akagi make such an arrangement without high-level sirens?

"Miss Essex, please restrain yourself a little. If the Purifier appears, you and Miss Shangri-La will have to fight it."

"learn."

Essex, who was concentrating on controlling the carrier-based aircraft, was called by Belfast and his face suddenly turned red.

The main plans had been arranged in advance and they were all aware of them, but once the momentum started, Essex became a little selfless.

Before I knew it, I was using too much force.

Essex sighed, thinking that he seemed to have practiced fighting with Fearless a little too much...

But the Fearless beside her had no idea what she was thinking. This warlike Essex-class had focused entirely on the battle from the moment she could start fighting. Now, apart from the orders in the communication channel, she was afraid that she would not care about anything else.

"Miss Yorktown, please give some help to the Sakura Fleet."

Belfast gave orders softly, Yorktown had a smile on his face, and a blue rose materialized in his hand, which he threw lightly towards the Sakura Empire fleet.

The blue rose floated across the sea as if weightless, petals flew out from the flower, and when it collided with the Siren's ship, it caused a violent explosion.

This wonderful blue rose flew out like this, and a series of explosions continued to sound. Although it was unable to completely defeat the humanoid sirens over there, it caused a great impact and damage to the mass-produced type.

The pressure on the Sakura Empire fleet suddenly decreased, and several impatient ship girls immediately seized the opportunity to break the deadlock.

The tester frowned slightly as she watched Yorktown's actions but she did not show any surprise. What she did not know was that this change in expression was clearly seen and recorded by Belfast in the command room.

"You guys are really relaxed."

The tester suddenly smiled and started a conversation.

Belfast frowned slightly and said seriously in the communication channel:

"Be prepared to attack, the other party is going to use all his strength."

The next second, the tester's speed suddenly increased, and he rushed straight towards them facing the gunfire from the three heavy cruisers.

A large number of attacks were concentrated on the tester, but those attacks only caused explosions around her but failed to stop her progress, let alone hurt her.

She rushed towards the gunfire as if she would not be hurt at all, but the astonishment and surprise she hoped to see did not appear. Instead, she was greeted not by her opponent who was temporarily distracted, but by an unexpected ship girl.