Azur Lane: The Azure Life of the Tragic Admiral

Another thing is reading books, all kinds of books.

At the beginning, he read most historical books, because at that time he had to apply for permission to read books, and then he could only get one or two books after approval.

History books are generally thicker, so they take longer to read and allow you to learn a lot from them.

Later, he became a commander and no longer had to write reports when reading books, and the content of the books he read gradually expanded.

In his previous life, all the books he read and the skills he learned were for the purpose of war and combat.

He will learn anything that can potentially improve his chances of winning a battle, and he will learn any technique that is beneficial to combat.

But many equally important things have to be abandoned in pursuit of more direct and clear immediate benefits.

Nowadays, due to the large number of ship girls and commanders, there is a wealth of relevant information about the history of ships.

Yang Sikang learned a lot from it, and this feasibility analysis plan was just one of the many plans he had planned.

The Essex-class ships are equipped with special equipment, and they themselves are also very special.

From a historical perspective, both the technology and design concepts used in the Essex-class ship equipment are worthy of reference.

Judging from the current situation, the Essex class can basically be said to be the first-class level of ship equipment on the White Eagle side.

The work on the Essex-class ships had already begun long before Yang Sikang decided to build the Essex.

Because there are basically no people engaged in special construction in the home port, the carrier-based aircraft, hydraulics and other related ship equipment have not been replenished for several years.

These things in the warehouse had already been covered with dust, so when Yang Sikang asked for some inferior ship equipment to do some small experiments, this matter was not even sent to the company, and Cleveland just took out a few for him.

But the data obtained from the research on general ship equipment are limited. Being in White Eagle, how could he not have thought about the "sea legends" of White Eagle in the game?

But both the garden and the city of York are overly sensitive in their identities.

His choice of the Royal Camp was the result of weighing the pros and cons. Of course, he would not rashly try to build a ship girl like Garden and make his efforts go to waste.

But things are different now. He has gained a certain degree of initiative in all aspects and has no worries about protecting himself.

So how to increase our own strength next becomes an important issue.

The fact that Yorktown and Hornet were sunk instead of being seriously injured and recovering like the beta test site in the game was both bad news and good news for him.

The bad news is that this means he doesn't have to count on building the Yorktown-class in the short term, and there is basically no need to consider the Lexington-class, as the status of Lexington and Saratoga in Azur Lane is too high.

The reason for the good news is that if he can solve the problem of ship equipment and make Type II ship equipment a reality, then he will have the opportunity to get two genuine "original" ship girls at once.

And they are the Essex-class Yorktown II and Hornet II. Not only that, he can even try to build Northampton II and Harman II.

But how to solve the problem of Type II ship equipment is the most troublesome part.

"Master, Miss Essex and Miss Independent's rooms have been tidied."

Belfast's voice drew Yang Sikang's attention away from the documents.

It was late, and doing two builds was a bit mentally taxing on him.

There is a reason why special construction machines need to be applied for before they can be used. It is true that submarines and aircraft carriers have strategic value on the one hand, but on the other hand there must also be the mental burden of using this type of construction machine.

Yang Sikang rubbed his eyebrows, and Belfast came over, gently pressed his hands on his temples and started massaging him.

"Master, are you looking at the plan again?"

"It's been a while since I wrote the Essex-class plan. I don't remember the contents very clearly, so I thought I'd take a look at it tonight."

"It's getting late."

"Yes, I have read it a little deeper. I was a little crazy when I wrote this plan, and now it seems that the content is really rich."

"The Essex class was a cutting-edge model at the time. The prototype of Miss Essex had a combat record second only to Miss Enterprise among aircraft carriers. Even the Royal Family had heard of the title of the most combat-capable ship."

“But powerful also means complex.”

Yang Sikang let out a long sigh. Belfast's massage was indeed very relaxing. But after just a few moments, he was already feeling sleepy.

"Belfast, if I want to go to the Royal Family, what preparations do you think I need to make?"

"Master, do you have to go?"

Yang Sikang heard the worry in Belfast's words. He opened his eyes, but unfortunately his view was blocked by the mountain.

Letting the chair stand upright again, he turned around and looked Belfast in the eye:

"You don't want me to go to the Royal Family?"

"As of now, yes."

Belfast's words made Yang Sikang raise his eyebrows. He expected that Belfast would not stop him from going to the royal family.

They are originally the ship girls of the Royal Family. Even though the ship girls will give priority to their commanders, they will undoubtedly get more and better help in the Royal Family than in the White Eagle.

Moreover, although the ship equipment in this world can be mixed, the ship equipment used by the camps they belong to and their historical prototype ships should be more appropriate.

"The royal system is an aristocratic system headed by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. If you go there in your current situation, I'm afraid your status will be a little delicate."

This made Yang Sikang frown. The royal structure was headed by Queen Elizabeth, followed by the aristocracy, then the service class, and finally the common people.

The Queen Elizabeth class is unique, and below it is the aristocracy. But the aristocracy itself is quite subtle, because George V is obviously a noble, but in fact he is the core of the Cavaliers, and even the captain of the Cavaliers is George V. But not all members of the Cavaliers are nobles.

The service class refers more to the members of the maid team, but people like Belfast and Newcastle are the Queen's confidants, and they are more like a group between the nobility and the service class.

Then comes the civilian level.

One of the biggest drawbacks of the aristocracy is its clear hierarchy. When one's own status is not high, it is difficult to cross the class and have a direct conversation with people in the upper class.

The relationship between the Royal Government and the Ship Girls is somewhat different from that of the White Eagle. Although it cannot be said to be harmonious, the feeling of power being ceded between the Royal Government and ordinary people is more like that of ceding power.

In other words, the government doesn't care what the Royal Navy's ship girls do in Azur Lane unless it affects the interests of the government.

But this doesn't mean they don't have ideas, they're just simply... lazy.

"So if you want to join the royal family, you have to solve the class problem first?"

Yang Sikang sighed helplessly and shook his head.

"The aristocracy is such a hassle."

"However, if you just want to get in touch with the royal family, it is not impossible."

"Oh? How do we solve this?"

"Miss Enterprise."

Yang Sikang immediately understood what Belfast meant: settle for the second best.

With his current status, if he goes to the Royal Family, the amount of attention he will receive will be greater than the amount of respect he will receive, which is difficult for his fellow ship girls to accept, but they have no choice.

Except for Essex and Independence, the others are royal ship girls, and it is against etiquette to openly violate royal rules.

The royal family pays special attention to these aspects, so you can't mess around.

But, if we have to settle for the next best thing, it will be much easier.

It is not convenient for Yang Sikang to go, but they can come.

As for how to get the Royal Navy's ship girls to come, that's a task that still falls on Enterprise.

"It's indeed a good idea."

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PS: The reason for the chapter being cut off is that there are too many words in one chapter, but did anyone really think of who I was describing in the foreshadowing? When I was writing it, I was worried that it might be too obvious... By the way, please urge for more, comment, and give me gifts, balls!!

Chapter 87 Enterprise Recommendations

The next day, Yang Sikang got up early.

On the first day of the new year, even though he was busy until after two o'clock last night, it couldn't stop him from getting up at seven o'clock.

But when he went downstairs yawning, he was surprised to find Essex and Independence sitting upright on the sofa.

"Why did you come here so early? Didn't you have enough time to rest?"

"commander!"

Essex stood up suddenly, which scared Yang Sikang.

Belfast just happened to bring coffee and said to Yang Sikang with a smile:

"Master, Miss Essex and Miss Independent came over half an hour ago."

"Half an hour, that's fine. But you don't really need to get up so early. We won't be out until about two hours later."

Yang Sikang smiled and pointed at the coffee in front of Essex.

"Let's give Essex some milk instead. She looked like she didn't get any rest last night."

"Ok."

Belfast took the cup of coffee away. Yang Sikang asked Essex to sit down, then looked at the two of them helplessly.

Whether it is Essex or Independence, these two people have serious personalities and are usually quite methodical.

Seeing Essex's appearance, Yang Sikang had actually guessed why she hadn't slept all night.

"Essex, drink your milk and have a good sleep. You're not in a good condition right now. I don't blame you. I called Enterprise last night just to let you say hello first."

"But, but you just left the commander aside and went to greet the senior enterprise. No matter what, it's too late..."

"Essex."

Yang Sikang looked into Essex's eyes and said seriously:

"Get some rest, understand?"

"……OK."

Yang Sikang turned to look at Duli and asked:

"Independent you?"

"After I woke up, I thought I should come and talk to you, Commander. Since you were busy last night, we didn't get to talk much."

Duli hesitated for a moment, looked into Yang Sikang's eyes and said resolutely:

"I'm not very good at guessing what other people are thinking...so no matter what, I hope the commander can tell me directly."

Yang Sikang nodded and responded with a smile:

"Of course. We don't have those roundabout ways here. We are all companions, so just speak directly. As for outsiders, I will handle the troubles, so you don't need to worry about these problems."

"No, if you need me anywhere, please assign the task to me, Commander."

"of course."

Yang Sikang nodded. These words were both a response to Independence's words and also addressed to Essex.

He could see that Essex was very concerned about what happened last night, but this kind of thing could only be figured out by Essex himself.

The most urgent thing is to let her have a good rest and relax her tense nerves.

Two hours later, the purchasing staff was ready to go out.

Because the number of people on Yang Sikang's side has reached double digits, but he has not yet purchased a second car.

It was somewhat difficult for everyone to go out shopping together, so it was finally decided that Newcastle, Sheffield and Counterattack would go out shopping independently.

After the arrival of new members, going out to purchase has become a regular routine for Yang Sikang.

On the one hand, it can also be used to introduce the port area where they currently live, as well as places such as convenience stores where they often go to purchase goods.

On the other hand, it can also be used to build good relationships and alleviate the sense of unfamiliarity of new members.

Since Essex was still catching up on sleep, she would have to wait until later before going out with the others.

Jarvis and Janus received contact from the Vesta, and after getting consent, Javelin followed them to the Vesta.

It seems that I was too high last night and something went wrong this morning.

However, these were not things he considered, because when he was originally planning to go out with Newcastle and the others, Enterprise contacted him.

His port ownership transfer documents arrived earlier than expected.

Reputation went with Belfast, while Sirius stayed behind to prevent Essex from suddenly waking up and finding no one at home.

When he arrived at the office building, many staff members looked at him differently than usual.

Obviously, many people already knew that he was about to become a real commander.