Azur Lane: The Azure Life of the Tragic Admiral

On the sea at night, fires would occasionally explode in the distance. Because of the distance, the fires looked like stars, and only the constantly reciprocating carrier-based aircraft could prove their source.

The battle between Essex and Independence is developing in a good direction. As the battle lasts longer, the two men's control over carrier-based aircraft is growing rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

At the beginning, there were still many fish that slipped through the net, and the hit rate of bombers and torpedo planes was somewhat poor.

Some Sirens that came too close were sunk by Sirius and Sheffield, and then the unstoppable Counterattack and Javelin joined in.

Probably stimulated by this, Essex and Independence carrier-based aircraft began to slow down in order to achieve a better hit rate, which resulted in a round of criticism from the enterprise.

But by now, there are very few Siren ships that can get close.

"The number of ships sunk is approaching one hundred."

Yang Sikang suddenly spoke, Belfast was stunned at first, then he understood what Yang Sikang meant:

"It is indeed unreasonable that the Siren ships have so many but there are only two explorers in human form."

"Yes, there are too many, but the quality is too poor. It is difficult for such a number to appear around the home port, but it is unreasonable for such poor quality to pass through the front line. Similar to the situation last time, these sirens simply appeared out of thin air."

At this point, Yang Sikang sighed:

"Javelin, Jarvis, Janus, can you hear me?"

"No problem, Commander, any orders?"

"Yes, you go to Essex and the others now, and conduct patrol and protection with them as the center."

"But Commander, Essex and the others are doing well in the battle right now, right?"

"But they don't have depth charges, and I'm worried about the underwater threat."

"learn!"

After sending the three J-level people out, Yang Sikang felt more at ease.

With companies around, threats on the sea will not cause any big problems in the end, but threats from underwater need to be guarded against.

More and more Siren ships sank, but they were still not killed, so it would not be surprising if there were submarines underwater.

"Master, do you want Sirius and Sheffield to come over as well?"

"No, let them come back and rest for a while."

Three destroyers are basically enough for anti-submarine warfare. Sirius and Sheffield don't have much to do now. Instead of following Javelin, they might as well come back and rest in case of emergency.

Soon, Counterattack returned with Sirius and Sheffield.

Fortunately, his preparations did not come in handy this time.

With the efforts of Essex and Independence, the Siren ships, although numerous, gradually disappeared. After the last Siren ship sank, nothing was found underwater.

The company did not take any action throughout the entire process, but only sent out some reconnaissance aircraft to observe the battle situation.

As for the specific results and whether the company is satisfied, that is their own problem.

When returning, Yang Sikang couldn't help but look back. The frequency of humanoid sirens appearing around the home port was a bit too high, and several times before and after, these large numbers of sirens appeared out of nowhere, which made him very concerned.

But he just felt it was strange. After all, there was no solid and reliable evidence, so he couldn't make any inferences.

However, when everyone left, in the same sea area where they had fought before, on the dark seabed, a large number of Siren submarine wreckages whose energy had not yet completely dissipated were quietly scattered here.

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The next few days were still peaceful.

It's just that Essex and Independence seem to be particularly busy. They both study at the company and then follow the patrol team to accumulate practical experience.

For the sake of convenience, Yang Sikang simply asked the other ship girls on his side to join in temporarily, and only Belfast and Newcastle took turns following him.

The data about Essex and the independent battles were collected and confirmed by Sheffield, and as for Yang Sikang himself... he spent his time on research.

Previously, with the help of the computer group at the military base on the island, Yang Sikang completed the production process of his own program.

However, he still does not have the right hardware to run these programs, and has no way to confirm whether there are any bugs in the programs that he has not solved.

This problem should have been solved after the machine from Donghuang was delivered, but he has not put the machine down until now.

Admittedly, the key to Villa No. 2 given by Cleveland is very good, and there should be no problem leaving it there.

It’s not that he didn’t trust the Enterprise or Mavis, it’s just that those machines were a little... too big.

"If we solve the power generation structure in the laboratory first, we can put the machine there temporarily."

Yang Sikang muttered, thinking about putting the machine in the laboratory outside first.

It was originally a laboratory prepared for him, but he had used it on those three people last time and obtained some research results. Since further research could not be carried out, it seemed okay to use it for another purpose temporarily.

However, that place was built underground in a poor area after all. Although those living on the ground didn't need to worry about it, the abnormally large amount of power consumption would still cause problems.

The last time I used it, I reported it to the company when I took the opportunity of an action, but I can't report it every time, right?

So, after finishing the research there, he arranged for people to go in and lay out a separate power supply line.

Calculating the time, it’s almost time to finish the arrangement.

After all, it is not a renovation to bury the wires, but the temporary use of the exposed wires.

Soon, Herman called:

"Yang, everything you want is ready."

"Okay, thanks Hermann."

After hanging up the phone, Yang Sikang smiled slightly:

“It can finally be done.”

After notifying Belfast on the communication channel to bring the things back, Yang Sikang called Enterprise to inform her that he would not be at home for the next few days.

The company agreed readily without asking any questions.

Javelin has a good relationship with Jarvis and Janus, so Yang Sikang did not call Javelin away, and there would be no problem with the maids being taken care of by Newcastle.

After arriving at the laboratory, Yang Sikang's first thing was to check the condition of the power room.

The power room was originally an empty small warehouse, originally planned to be used to store some unimportant disposable equipment. Now it houses a diesel generator set, which can provide stable power to the entire laboratory when started. The only problem is that the noise is a bit loud, so the room has multiple layers of sound-absorbing treatment.

Although the lines are exposed, they have been covered up so that they do not look ugly.

However, compared with the apparent effect, the strength and safety of the line are more important.

After spending two hours checking all the lines, Yang Sikang asked Belfast to take out the machine and start installing it.

But even with the assistance of the head maid, the entire installation process lasted several hours.

It was already evening when the work was completed. After a simple inspection to ensure that there were no problems with the machine hardware, Yang Sikang went straight to bed.

Early the next morning, Yang Sikang had already started debugging the machine.

The materials needed for processing had already been prepared. After everything was ready, Yang Sikang set up the program and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Okay, now it's just a matter of time."

Chapter 98 Enterprise Troubles

Yang Sikang is busy with his research and hardware production in the laboratory.

On the other hand, businesses in the port office also breathed a sigh of relief.

Yang Sikang had previously mentioned about inviting the royal ship girls, and after these days of communication, she finally confirmed it.

The royal family has long been interested in Yang Sikang, so it is not difficult to invite them.

However, the Azur Lane headquarters had previously declined the Royal Family's idea of ​​coming here, so before inviting the Royal Family's ship girls, Enterprise had to communicate with the headquarters first.

Fortunately, the communication was not difficult, and the invitation to the royal family was sent smoothly. But just when Enterprise felt that everything was certain, an unexpected incident occurred that made her uneasy: the main ship girl of the Royal Headquarters, Glory, and the Prince of Wales were coming.

It was expected that the person coming from the Royal Family was a main ship girl. As one of the faces of foreign exchanges, Glory often conducts diplomatic activities between the various camps in Azur Lane, so her coming was not surprising.

However, the Prince of Wales was not originally on the list and asked to come on his own initiative.

The Prince of Wales often comes to White Eagle, but it is very rare for him to go to the home port other than the White Eagle headquarters.

As the second ship of the King George V class, the Prince of Wales is not only a member of the Cavaliers, but also a true aristocrat. Her personality is not as kind as George V, and sometimes her excessive severity even discourages many commanders.

If glory is gentle water, then the Prince of Wales is a sharp sword.

Such a ship girl actually took the initiative to propose to come here, which really made Enterprise think more.

Fortunately, the royal family has a lot of etiquette to pay attention to, so they have accepted the invitation, but the time has been set for early April.

There are still about two months to prepare.

"Essex and Independence are growing in strength so fast."

Enterprise looked at the data records of Essex and Independence with great satisfaction. The growth rate of these two White Eagle aircraft carriers was visibly fast in recent days, and the cooperation between the two was gradually becoming familiar.

The biggest problem between aircraft carriers in the same fleet is the coordination between them. The greater the number of carrier-based aircraft, the more obvious this problem becomes.

It is not just a matter of repeating the same work, but also about how carrier-based aircraft plan their flight routes relative to each other.

Because there is a fundamental difference between aircraft carrier girls and ordinary ships: the carrier-based aircraft of ordinary ships are piloted by pilots, while the carrier-based aircraft of aircraft carrier girls are all controlled by the girls themselves.

Therefore, once the aircraft carrier's ship girls lack control capabilities or fail to coordinate with each other, it is not surprising that the carrier-based aircraft will directly crash into fireballs in the sky.

Therefore, in tactics centered around aircraft carriers, a certain safety distance will basically be maintained so that there will be no collisions when carrier-based aircraft are recovered. However, a better solution is of course to solve the problem fundamentally: improve mutual coordination.

If your control is not strong enough, then practice your control ability until you can control it well. If your coordination is not good, then attack together more often and discuss the coordination method.

Once these problems are solved, we will be able to break free from constraints at the tactical level and have more optional combat methods.

And they are familiar with each other's fighting styles, so when unexpected events occur during the battle, they can better fill the gaps and avoid further losses.

In these aspects, Essex and Independence have natural advantages.

The prototype ships of the Essex and Independence had a long history of operating together, and both of them had been training with her from the beginning, so the process of Essex and Independence running in with each other went extremely smoothly.

After a few days of patrolling, their cooperation has become quite good.

I originally thought that there might be problems with coordination with other types of ships, but I didn't expect that under Belfast's instructions, coordination with multiple types of ships became particularly easy.

"The head royal maid is indeed very powerful."

In addition to expressing their feelings, companies cannot help but think more.

Belfast's battlefield command ability is outstanding. Although it is very difficult for White Eagle to let other commanders build Belfast, there are also some commanders with good will and strength.

It would be nice to have Belfast as a teacher, right?

But then she shook her head again. Belfast was the head maid, so if she was asked to be a teacher, she would probably be rejected, and the reason would definitely be Yang Sikang. For her, teaching other commanders was not as good as serving her own commander.

"Why not just try to persuade Yang Sikang... No, that guy will definitely ask for too much again."

Enterprise smiled and put the document aside, planning to take a closer look later, but when he saw the next document, he couldn't help but frown.

"Another application for the use of a special construction machine."

Enterprise sighed.

Ever since Yang Sikang's Essex and Independence appeared in the port area, many commanders have begun to apply for special construction.

At first she was very happy about this, because only those who are willing to try can succeed.

But after a few days, she realized that something was wrong.

Those people are desperate to build Essex and independence!

In other words, those people did not intend to follow Yang Sikang's example after seeing his success in building an aircraft carrier, but were simply attracted by Essex and Independence, who had good temperament and looks.

In addition, the clothing and ship uniforms of these two ship girls are very similar to those of White Eagle, so many people followed suit for a while.

But the problem is... they can't build it!

The side effects of special construction machines are serious, and many people can't even withstand them.

They ran away crying as soon as construction started, without even completing the construction process. There's no way they could succeed!

Each special construction consumes two Rubik's Cubes. After failure, the newcomers who don't even have a ship girl will have to do clerical work to accumulate Rubik's Cubes.

The probability that people who apply for special construction will regret it in the end is extremely high!

After thinking for a while, the company rejected the application.

The reason was simple. She had just seen the applicant's name on the list of new commanders the day before yesterday, and his name was at the front because of the alphabetical sorting.

"Tsk, why are there so many applications?"