Azur Lane: The Azure Life of the Tragic Admiral

The most important thing is that once the message is sent to Belfast, it will be up to Commander Yang to decide whether to help or not.

"But no matter how good the plan is, you have to survive first."

The black and white chess pieces took action and transformed into seaplanes that roared out. Ninghai and Pinghai didn't have much time to rest, but they still deployed their ship equipment and returned to the battle.

A head-on fight is naturally impossible, but with their speed it should be no problem to dodge for a while.

It’s just that we are short of supplies here, and if time drags on for too long there will still be problems.

Zhenhai looked towards Ninghai and Pinghai worriedly, because they were always moving and the Sirens were unable to form an effective encirclement.

Moreover, most of the Sirens seemed to have other purposes and did not join in the pursuit of them, otherwise the situation would not have been so good.

"I hope in time."

Chapter 73 Emergency Rescue (1)

“Were they separated?”

On the sea, Yang Sikang stood on the bow and stretched his hand towards the visible but intangible red spider web in front of him, his eyes complicated.

It was unknown how large an area this thing covered, but almost everything in front of him that was visible to the naked eye was covered by this ghost thing.

There is no isolation between the inside and outside of the red light, but the coordinates in Zhenhai's message point to the area inside.

If Zhenhai and his team had not taken the initiative to enter the area and discovered something was wrong before sending a message to Belfast, then there would be only one answer: the sea area covered by this ghost thing expanded outward within half an hour of their arrival.

"Master, this looks like a mirror sea?"

Belfast's words were a little uncertain. Yang Sikang thought for a moment and shook his head:

"Probably not. This place is quite far from the home port, and there are no home port patrols passing by. This layer of red net cannot be seen from a distance, so what's the point of creating a mirror-like sea area here?"

"Owner."

On the bow side, Sheffield and Sirius jumped from the sea to the deck.

Two maids came to Yang Sikang, and Sheffield said:

"A large area around here is covered by this thing, and it's difficult to find its boundaries. In addition, we found that existing mass-produced sirens emerged from it while walking along the edge, and their target seems to be our home port."

"a lot of?"

"Yes, there are quite a few. But the strange thing is that most of the mass-produced Sirens that appeared here were damaged, and they didn't look like they were just destroyed."

Yang Sikang looked sternly and reached out his hand to reach for the spider web.

"Owner!"

Belfast and Newcastle spoke almost at the same time. Yang Sikang looked back at the two of them, shook his head, and continued to stretch his hand over... but there was no feeling of touch.

After waiting for a few seconds, I put my hand in without feeling any discomfort.

"At least we can get in... If the mass-produced Siren comes out, that's good!"

Yang Sikang turned his head and looked at everyone:

"Let's go in!"

The javelin slowly moved into the spider web.

There was no feeling at all, as if the spider web visible to the naked eye did not exist in reality at all.

However, the moment you cross that line, the entire sea surface within your field of vision undergoes a dramatic change.

This should be a deep sea area, but now there are a lot of reefs as far as the eye can see.

These reefs are not very deep. Looking down from the water surface, based on experience, it is estimated that they are only about ten meters deep.

Moreover, the heights of these reefs are not consistent, and they lurk underwater like miniature mountains.

This depth is quite delicate, because as a light battlecruiser, Renown's draft is about 10 meters if her hull is unfolded and fully loaded.

In other words, in this damn place, if a battleship or a battlecruiser comes in, it may run aground at any time.

However, these reefs did not affect the normal navigation of the ship at all, and the hull of the Javelin was not affected at all.

"Fight back. Try firing at that reef over here."

Yang Sikang casually pointed to a reef about a hundred meters away and immediately fired a shot in that direction in counterattack.

A shot from the battleship's main gun! However, when the shell exploded and the sea returned to calm... the reef did not change at all.

Reputation and Counterattack turned their heads from the front and looked at Yang Sikang on the deck, and his eyes narrowed.

"Let's prepare for battle first."

As soon as these words were spoken, the ship girls who had been waiting for a long time jumped off the deck one by one.

Led by Belfast, Sirius and Sheffield followed on her left and right, then Reputation and Counterattack, with Jarvis and Janus following on both sides.

Newcastle stayed on the deck to protect Yang Sikang, and Javelin stood on his other side, looking around vigilantly.

The speed was maintained at 30 knots and the team quickly rushed to the previously marked location.

Along the way, Yang Sikang was carefully observing the surrounding waters. The reefs seemed to be evenly distributed everywhere.

Fortunately, the ship girls don't have to worry about running aground without deploying the hull, and the draft of the Javelin's hull is shallow enough, otherwise it may not be able to maintain a speed of 30 knots.

But the closer you get to the target area, the more different things you can see around you.

First there were pieces of metal sunk on the rocks, and then there appeared the wreckage of a destroyed ship.

Judging from the appearance and other aspects, these wreckages are obviously mass-produced models of Siren, but the extent of their damage is quite strange.

"It was like being bombarded by a battleship."

Yang Sikang looked at the wreckage of which half of the ship had disappeared with a gloomy look.

According to his expectations, the Donghuang side should be led by Zhenhai's fleet, accompanied by either Ninghai and Pinghai, or Ying Ruizhaohe.

But this is White Eagle's territory after all. There is no logic or reason for them to bring battleships here.

However, light cruisers and light aircraft cannot achieve this effect.

"Keep going, always ready to fight."

Not long after Yang Sikang finished saying this, a mass-produced Siren appeared in front of him.

Just as Sheffield and the others had said before, these mass-produced Sirens were all moving in the same direction, as if they were heading somewhere.

But their condition is strange, some of them are intact, but most of them are damaged.

Some decks were missing a piece, and some bridges had even been blown away.

What's worse, the car capsized and sank into the water while moving forward.

But what is even more strange is that once these mass-produced Siren ships sink into the water, they will quickly disappear.

It was as if they had disappeared out of thin air, without any warning, and then other ships passed by the place where they had sunk.

"Commander, the number of these Sirens... isn't it a bit too much?"

Javelin asked with some fear, Yang Sikang nodded solemnly and replied:

"It's not just a little bit, it's really too much."

They were still thousands of meters away from the Sirens, but from this distance, almost all the sea area within sight was covered by these Sirens.

A densely packed group.

The result of such intensive driving is disorderly collisions. From time to time, Siren ships can be seen capsizing, colliding and then sinking.

"This is so strange. These mass-produced models are like headless flies, but they seem to have a clear direction and goal."

Yang Sikang frowned and looked at the mass-produced models through a telescope, but he couldn't make out anything.

The disadvantage of the single type of ships in the fleet was greatly magnified at this moment. If there was an aircraft carrier in his fleet at this time, she could easily detect the general movements of these mass-produced ships with the help of carrier-based aircraft.

For search and rescue, the existence of aircraft carriers and ship girls is much better than their current situation where they have no clue where to start.

"Waiting like this is not a solution."

Yang Sikang sighed helplessly, put away the telescope, took out his personal terminal and began to confirm the communication channel.

"Can you hear?"

After getting everyone's confirmation, Yang Sikang breathed a sigh of relief. At least if they could communicate with each other, they wouldn't be in danger now.

"Belfast, try to contact Zhenhai and the others first to see if there is a chance to get in touch. Sheffield, I want you to go behind the group of sirens at 11 o'clock and see which direction they came from."

"learn."

"Don't go too deep into it, just check the edge. If you have a chance, you can test the strength of those Sirens. Sirius and Belfast will be in charge."

The three maids left the Javelin and went to the designated location. Yang Sikang left the deck with a telescope and came to the bridge of the Javelin.

Chapter 74 Emergency Rescue (2)

When Yang Sikang boarded the bridge, Belfast received a call:

"Master, Sheffield's investigation is already halfway through. The response speed and intensity of the Siren are very slow. Sheffield is asking if we should go deeper into it?"

"It's up to you to decide how to implement it."

"As ordered."

Although Yang Sikang is somewhat confident in his abilities, he is not good at performing any fancy operations such as micro-manipulation on the battlefield.

No matter how familiar he is with the battlefield, he is still far behind the ship girls in terms of information collection and processing.

What's more, he can hardly guarantee basic communication efficiency now, and the speed of movement between the ship girls is extremely fast. The Sheffield, with a maximum speed of 32 knots, is much higher than the average speed of her prototype ship.

Simply put, that was not something he could handle with his current efficiency.

That was why he sent Belfast out instead of letting her stay with him and try to contact Zhenhai.

As expected, a few minutes later Belfast reported that there was no way to contact Zhenhai at all.

But good news soon came back:

The reaction speed and armor strength of these sirens are generally lower than normal values, and although their movements have a general trend, they do not seem to be under command at all.

"At least we can be sure that there are no high-level sirens left."

Yang Sikang breathed a sigh of relief.

"Commander, Commander, the high-level Sirens you mentioned are those humanoid Sirens?"

"Among the Sirens' humanoid units, a small number of them are extremely intelligent. They can think and communicate just like KanColle, and have their own emotions, judgment, and preferences.

This small group of Sirens has the power to command and manage other Sirens, and can do many things that ordinary Sirens cannot do. "

Javelin's eyes widened with surprise, his hand holding the javelin tightly, and the radar on the ship was running frantically.

"Relax, Javelin."

Yang Sikang smiled and touched the head of the javelin, and said gently:

"High-level Sirens don't appear so easily, and if there were any, they wouldn't stay in such an empty place. Most importantly, if there were high-level Sirens, these Sirens' ships wouldn't be in such a mess."

"Okay, okay."

The javelin didn’t let up at all.

Yang Sikang did not try to persuade her too much. In this kind of situation, Javelin could only gradually relax once she had figured it out herself. There was no need to rush.

Soon, Belfast and his team came back from the front and reported the situation:

"Master, we have determined the general direction from which the Sirens appeared, but we cannot determine their exact location. The deeper these Sirens go into the area where they appeared, the stronger they become. They seem to be rapidly weakening as they sail outward."

"Understood. Reduce speed to 10 knots and collect some wreckage for materials. Belfast, come to the bridge of the Javelin."

After confirming that there was no major danger around, Javelin left the bridge and joined the others to deal with the Siren that was chasing Belfast and the others.

Inside the bridge, Yang Sikang looked at the approximate direction marked by Belfast on the map, as well as the direction in which the Sirens were heading, and began to think.

Before he came in, he had never considered going directly to Zhenhai to send the message.

Since there are sirens here, Zhenhai and the others can't just stay where they are.

Rather than being besieged by the Sirens, the correct choice is to keep sailing and constantly control the direction of the Siren ships.

Moreover, Yang Sikang believed that Zhenhai could definitely do this.