Azur Lane: The Azure Life of the Tragic Admiral

"Don't go in yet."

At Yang Sikang's order, Sirius, who was about to rush forward, suddenly stopped.

Turning his gaze towards the direction where the Siren ships were surrounding him, Yang Sikang arranged:

"Essex, have your reconnaissance plane rush over to check on those people. The rest of you provide suppressive fire."

With the help of others, fire suppression became much easier.

The reconnaissance plane rose in altitude and flew over the battlefield. Although the Siren ships also had anti-aircraft firepower, as soon as they showed up they would be hit by a cross-fire from the counterattacks waiting nearby.

The reconnaissance plane successfully flew over the Siren's encirclement, and the images captured by Essex's reconnaissance plane were synchronized to the tablet terminal in Yang Sikang's hand.

However, the moment he saw the ship protected in the center of the encirclement, Yang Sikang's face suddenly turned gloomy.

The gorgeous hull and towering cabins, despite the protective firepower, the cannons mounted on both sides of the hull are more like decorations than weapons. The entire ship uses a lot of fragile materials such as glass, and there is even a swimming pool on the deck!

This is not a merchant ship at all, but a cruise ship!!

There were a few ships that looked like cargo vessels following behind the cruise ship, but rather than being merchant ships, they were more like... ships that provided supplies to the cruise ship.

"The young master of the royal family is here to travel to White Eagle, right?"

Yang Sikang sneered and looked in that direction with a gloomy look.

He is now considering whether he should just let these guys die here. These people are simply courting death by using a cruise ship to do this openly!

"Belfast, arrange a break-in to get them out."

Looking at the ship girls around the cruise ship struggling to resist the Sirens' attacks, Yang Sikang glanced at the javelin beside him and still chose not to let the cruise ship die.

Belfast quickly arranged the battle method, using the main gun salvos of Renown and Counterattack as a signal, and then used carrier-based aircraft to advance along the channel created by Renown and the two men, and Belfast then led the team to rush directly into it.

The risk of doing this is to pick up the other party, so the closer to the target, the fewer people will be around Belfast.

Otherwise, if the Siren's encirclement closes again, Belfast and the others will be surrounded as well.

In addition, other people on both sides are also under great pressure during this process.

Logically speaking, a luxury cruise ship is not much slower than a warship in terms of speed.

But the problem is that cruise ships are mainly for fun, so most of them are not designed and built with consideration for bombardment, etc. Therefore, the defense is weak and there are many fragile structures on board.

Especially the exaggerated cabin, the result of being bombarded was to be beaten to pieces.

He was too lazy to care about the evacuation of personnel on the ship. In order to ensure the safety of Belfast and the others as much as possible, Yang Sikang ordered Essex and Independence to carry out intensive saturation bombing on the area in front of them, directly blasting a gap before carrying out the breakthrough mission.

This process seems simple, but it is not easy. The bombing has a great impact on the sea surface, and the wreckage of the Siren may also hinder the cruise ship's escape route. Therefore, the bombing route must be properly controlled.

Fortunately, the training of Essex and Independence during this period was not in vain. They successfully blew a gap as Yang Sikang expected, and then Belfast and his men took the opportunity to break into the interior.

Cleveland naturally followed Belfast's lead and moved forward with it, which was why they were able to carry out such a risky operation.

The plan went smoothly, with artillery fire to clear the way and carrier-based aircraft to escort, Belfast and others led the team to the cruise ship with their firepower advantage.

However, the plan came to a standstill after this point.

Belfast seemed to be communicating with the cruise ship. The escorting ship girls, who were already exhausted, did not dare to put away their ship gear and were taking a breather. But Cleveland actually put away his ship gear and boarded the cruise ship!

When they put away their ship equipment and boarded the cruise ship during the battle, even a newcomer who knew nothing knew that something must have gone wrong.

"Essex, have the reconnaissance plane fly around the cruise ship twice."

After carefully observing the scene, Yang Sikang determined that the cruise ship had not been attacked by a torpedo.

"Cleveland, what happened?"

"It's a bit troublesome. One of the engines of the two ships carrying cargo behind us was damaged."

"Is there anyone up there?"

"The personnel have been evacuated, but the things up there cannot be taken away."

"Then abandon it and bring the person out."

"No, that guy insisted on taking the things away. He said they were all his personal belongings."

"Personal belongings?"

A hint of murderous intent flashed in Yang Sikang's eyes.

"What does he want to do?"

Cleveland on the other end was silent for a few seconds and sighed:

"He wants us to clear out the sirens and get a boat to haul his stuff away."

"Ah."

Yang Sikang sneered:

"Cleveland, please bring Craven and McCall back to the team."

"Wait, what are you going to do?"

"What?"

Yang Sikang's eyes were filled with murderous intent:

"Help him out. Reputation, counterattack, fire!"

"Wait a moment!"

Before Cleveland's shout had died down, the roar of naval guns had already sounded.

The battleship's main guns fired a full salvo, and a large number of shells fell directly around the cruise ship and cargo ship.

A large number of Siren destroyers were torn to pieces, and the turbulent waves on the sea caused the luxury cruise ships to sway wildly with the waves.

Cleveland's eyes widened. She fully understood what Yang Sikang meant by solving the problem.

"Wait! The man in the boat is a noble, we can't let him die here..."

"There is nothing that cannot die."

Yang Sikang decisively interrupted Cleveland and said:

"Go in and find him again, give him the communicator, and leave the rest to me."

"…it is good."

Cleveland immediately boarded the ship and entered the cabin. A minute later, an angry voice came from the communicator:

"What are you doing! Bastard, you almost killed me!"

"Shut up, bastard."

Yang Sikang's gloomy voice stopped the other party's roar abruptly. There was a strong murderous intent in his voice, which was something this pampered nobleman could not bear even if they had not met.

After confirming that the other party had shut up, Yang Sikang slowly said:

"You have two choices. Either you take your people and break out with my ship girls, or you sink to the bottom of the sea with your personal belongings. There is no third option. If I don't get a response in two minutes, I will retreat. Cleveland, prepare to return."

"receive."

Cleveland reluctantly took back the communicator and came to the cabin corridor before the man could react.

There were quite a few people on board, but most of them had already moved to the lower cabin, where the protection was relatively better and the probability of being directly blown up by artillery fire was also lower.

After waiting for more than a minute, Cleveland finally got a response:

"He agreed to evacuate! But..."

"No buts, take your men and leave immediately. Belfast, use torpedoes to sink the cargo ship that cannot escape."

More than ten minutes later, Yang Sikang and his ship girls finally brought out the cruise ship and the surviving merchant ship.

Chapter 101 Just to cause trouble

Only after leaving the Siren area did Yang Sikang finally breathe a sigh of relief and feel at ease.

"Commander, we will probably get into trouble with that guy if we do this, right?"

Javelin asked with some concern, but Yang Sikang shook his head calmly:

"It's not "should", it's "definitely". But I came here for this matter. I only care about saving his life. The rest is none of my business."

Javelin looked worried. Yang Sikang touched her head and said:

"Don't worry, it's actually a good thing for the company that these things happen. She will be happy to help us deal with the subsequent problems."

"Good news? But White Eagle and the Royal Family..."

"The two countries do have good relations, but they are not the same country after all."

Yang Sikang's eyes turned to the luxury cruise ship. On the deck, a well-dressed blond man could be seen standing on the deck and roaring at other people around him.

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and there was a cold look in his eyes as he looked at the man.

"A guy who came uninvited but is arrogant and rude, it is appropriate to use a show of force to welcome him."

From the moment he set out, Yang Sikang knew that the person he was going to meet this time was not a friendly person.

The company had just finalized the contact with the royal family. How many days had passed but such a strange caravan arrived outside the home port and was surrounded by sirens?

Luxury cruise ships do have the ability to sail long distances, but they are worthless in terms of combat. The distance from the Royal to here is not short. If there is no escort fleet, how could such a luxury cruise ship appear in this position during this period of time?

But the question is, where did their escort fleet go? And why did they appear here?

If it was a normal royal visitor, the home port would have sent out an escort fleet to take over the escort mission. But the fact is that this luxury cruise ship suddenly appeared inexplicably, and the home port had never organized an escort fleet. Even when the enterprise contacted Yang Sikang at that time, it seemed that he was in a bad mood.

Then the answer is simple: this team came uninvited.

Judging from the time, this luxury cruise ship probably came during the time when the company and the royal family finalized the visit time.

Coincidence? Probably not. The royal family pays special attention to etiquette. Although ordinary people are not like this, those who claim to be nobles are like this.

When the company received the notice, it did not directly dispatch the fleet from the home port, but asked Yang Sikang to lead the team.

Yang Sikang's eyes were always looking over there. The young man was obviously furious because of what happened before, but the followers around him knew how to read the situation.

Although we are out of the threat of the Sirens now, we haven't reached the home port yet, right? There are no other ships on the sea around us. If they really provoke him and kill him, there will be no reason for him.

On the deck of another cargo ship, four ship girls were resting.

The destroyer commander, Hunter, and the light cruiser commander, Southampton.

Four ship girls are protecting three ships, so you can imagine how difficult it is.

If Yang Sikang were to say, when one of the cargo ships was hit and lost power, any cargo on it should have been thrown off.

He didn't have the ability to fight, but he stubbornly fought. He was simply playing with his life.

Yang Sikang didn't want to say hello to the four ship girls, most of them had received commissions and had their own commanders. When he looked at the cruise ship again, he found that Cleveland had boarded the ship and seemed to be talking to that person, but the atmosphere between the two sides was obviously not very good.

"Javelin, give me the M16."

Cleveland helped handle the formalities for the previous M16, and it has since been stored on Javelin and Sirius respectively.

In order to facilitate use, Yang Sikang replaced some accessories of the M16 to make it more convenient to use.

Javelin took out the M16, Yang Sikang took it and quickly checked the bolt, magazine and other parts, then raised the gun and aimed.

As the young man was getting excited, he suddenly pulled out a pistol and pretended to pull the trigger at Cleveland while yelling.

However, before he could make any move, the pistol in his hand flew out along with one of his fingers.

Although the 5.56 NATO armor-piercing bullet is a small-caliber rifle bullet, it is not something that mere engineering plastics can resist.

The penetrating power of the bullet had not yet been fully exerted, and the pistol, which was hit in a critical position, had already exploded into a pile of parts.

The finger on the trigger was broken off, and gun parts flew out, leaving two bloody marks on his face.

This young man was obviously not prepared for such an incident.

He was stunned for two seconds, then he fell to the ground with a scream and crawled backwards, still shouting at the two bodyguards to fight back.

But his poor brain didn't mean his men were all fools. The two bodyguards were obviously very rational. Instead of fighting back, they immediately let go of their weapons and raised their hands above their heads to indicate that they had no weapons. Then they hurriedly grabbed their boss and dragged him back to the cabin.

Soon another person came out and found the severed finger on the deck and brought it into the cabin, while Cleveland also came to Yang Sikang with a complicated expression.

"You're being too harsh, aren't you?"

"Isn't that what you want me to do? Besides, the other party is probably up to no good. If I'm nice to him, will he not cause me trouble? We have to fight anyway, so let's teach him a lesson first, and he will at least behave himself."

"Tsk, it's a pity that you don't become a politician."