Azur Lane: The Azure Life of the Tragic Admiral

"But we have something urgent to ask for your opinion, please forgive me."

"Don't ask me anything. If you want to know anything, just ask."

Yang Sikang said as he sat down. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, he sat next to Mavis.

Mavis pushed the document in front of her over to him. Yang Sikang only took a quick glance and basically understood what was going on.

"Mr. Yang seems to know more about the newly appeared Siren than we do. According to the reports from others, Mr. Yang immediately issued an order to retreat when the Siren appeared, and arranged a retreat that mainly delayed the enemy's retreat."

Guanghui paused for a moment before asking:

"So Mr. Yang, you knew from the beginning that the Siren individual was very strong, right?"

Others also looked over, and Yang Sikang nodded, without any reservations:

"That's right. The name of that Siren was the Purifier, and I knew from the beginning that she was very strong. So, when I found out that it was her, I knew that we couldn't defeat her with our current strength."

"Then how do you know her name?"

The Prince of Wales asked this question, and this is what companies want to know most.

Yang Sikang thought for a while and replied:

“I can’t tell you the reason for this, but it’s just like I have a certain understanding of KanColle. I just got some fragmented information from other places, which doesn’t mean I have enough understanding of them.

For example, the Purifier, her appearance was something I had never expected."

"So, based on what you know, how powerful is the Siren called the Purifier?"

Speaking of this issue, Yang Sikang couldn't help but hesitate.

He first looked at the nearby businesses and Cleveland, who said to him:

“We want to know that, too.”

He sighed and replied:

"If the Purifiers go all out, then I think there is absolutely no chance of survival for those of us present here."

Everyone's eyes suddenly changed, and Yang Sikang explained:

“The biggest difference between the Purifier and previous Sirens is that she has independent and complete rationality and wisdom.

However, in the two battles so far, she did not show any intention of communicating, and her fighting style did not bring out the full capabilities of her ship equipment.

Furthermore, I suspect that the Purifiers nowadays are not the Purifiers themselves at all."

"Not the Purifier itself, what does that mean?"

"That Purifier is completely different from the Purifier I've heard of. She doesn't show any intelligence. She's just a more powerful Siren."

Guanghui frowned:

"Do you mean to say that the Purifier can communicate?"

"Yes, so I think the Purifier that has appeared so far is not himself, so how strong the real Purifier is, I can only judge it at a higher level."

"This is really... bad information."

Guanghui sighed, but did not question Yang Sikang's source of information at all.

Yang Sikang suspected that the Prince of Wales had told her something in advance, otherwise, based on his understanding of Guanghui, he should not have trusted him so easily.

"Well then, Commander Yang."

When Yang Sikang heard Guanghui change his address, he knew that he was going to say something important.

Sure enough, Guanghui continued:

"If the Royal Family is willing to provide the data and technical support you need and cooperate on an equal footing, how long do you think it will take to develop the transformation technology?"

"It must be before I take up my post."

Yang Sikang didn't dare to say too much, but he also couldn't say too much pessimism.

"I still have about two years to stay here. I am confident that I will complete my research before taking up my new post."

"Two years, but if the Purifier is as strong as you said, how can we resist it?"

When Yang Sikang heard this, he knew that Guanghui had already decided to cooperate.

How to deal with the threat of the Purifiers is naturally the most important issue at this moment.

A time bomb with extremely strong combat power can cause big problems if not handled properly.

"I'll take care of the Purifier."

Yang Sikang made a shocking statement:

"In the previous battle, the Purifier showed great hostility towards me. I have reason to suspect that she appeared just for me, so it is only natural for me to deal with her."

Guanghui and Prince of Wales' expressions became serious. They looked at Yang Sikang, and Guanghui asked slowly:

“Do you have confidence?”

"Since I can put forward this proposal, it means I have my own method."

Yang Sikang smiled confidently and met the bright gaze.

Chapter 143 A fruitful exercise

The discussion took a long time, and only later did Yang Sikang understand why Mavis and the Kitchen Goddess appeared here.

Because of the story of Mavis's parents mentioned earlier, her family is a rare family where both parents are commanders. Therefore, the overall combat power of her family is much stronger than that of other port areas.

The appearance of the Purifiers made Azur Lane completely alert all of a sudden. Those who used to not care about the strength of the Sirens now all kept their mouths shut. The tangible results in the two battles forced them to take the Purifiers seriously.

Mavis's parents are experienced, and according to previous arrangements, when Mavis becomes Yang Sikang's adjutant two years later, her father will bring people to take over her job.

In this regard, the royal side hopes to invite Mavis's father to provide training to the royal commanders in the next two years.

Both parents are commanders and are well-known. Such a family is not easy to find.

Because there are two commanders in the same port area, one of Mavis's father and mother can be temporarily away from the port area.

There are many other port areas guarded by multiple people, but those are basically commanders who are not strong enough. Multiple people are gathered together to enhance the overall combat effectiveness. To withdraw any one of them means that the defense of the port area will be reduced.

And Mavis's father has an advantage that other commanders basically do not have - he really knows how to treat ship girls.

Mavis's answer to this matter was that she needed to ask her father's opinion. As for other matters, those were not things that could be finalized immediately during the discussion.

But overall, the conversation went pretty well.

Guanghui promised to get a reply from the Royal Headquarters as soon as possible, and all matters would not be finalized until then.

Yang Sikang didn't care much about this. Unless it was an emergency, it was basically impossible to finalize such cooperation between camps all at once.

The Royal Fleet was scheduled to stay for two months. It was originally intended to stay for one month, but due to the appearance of the Purifiers, the time was extended.

After returning to the villa, Yang Sikang's first thing was to arrange Hermione's affairs.

The joining of Shangri-La, Fearless and Hermione has greatly alleviated the troublesome affairs on Yang Sikang's side.

Hermione was more inclined towards housekeeping specialization in terms of maid duties, and she did a good job in this regard.

This would free Sheffield up and allow Hermione and Newcastle to take care of the household affairs.

Fearless shared part of Sirius's tasks. Because of the Purifier, Sirius's only task now was to protect Yang Sikang.

Shangri-La took over the tasks on the corporate side, so Belfast was able to stay with Yang Sikang to help him handle daily affairs.

Essex still had to help Fearless, and in their free time, all three of them had to participate in exercises.

The arrival of Glory and Unicorn increased their opponents for exercises, and Reputation and Counterattack naturally had no reason to give up the opportunity to receive guidance from the Prince of Wales and other members of the Knights.

Jarvis and Janus were not so busy for the time being, and with the javelin included, the three J-level players were now free, so they were assigned training tasks.

During this period, Yang Sikang's team also conducted large-scale exercises with the royal side.

In terms of results, because Yang Sikang had more aircraft carriers, air superiority brought a considerable advantage. However, in direct combat, the Cavaliers led by the Prince of Wales showed an almost unstoppable momentum on Yang Sikang's side.

After confirming these, it would be difficult for Yang Sikang to gain any advantage in subsequent exercises.

Yang Sikang's original idea was to combine the three Essex-class soldiers with Independence and the maids to form a combat team similar to TF58.

However, during the exercise, the Prince of Wales solved the tactical problem in the simplest and crudest way:

The main guns fired across to clear the way, and the light cruisers and destroyers pressed forward directly, abandoning the slower mass-produced models. The Unicorn and Glorious carrier-based aircraft also gave up on trying to seize air supremacy, and instead seized any opportunity to interfere with the route of Yang Sikang's fleet.

Give up defense and focus on offense.

Under this kind of fighting style, Yang Sikang had almost no chance to engage in a direct fight.

It is very difficult for carrier-based aircraft to cause serious damage to experienced people like the Prince of Wales. Although the number of carrier-based aircraft of the Tejas and Unicorns is far from enough, the air defense of the Dido-class is no joke.

The result of the three Dido-class soldiers following the charge was that the Prince of Wales and his men came forward like a sharp blade, and no one could stop them.

The Tejas and Unicorn, which have the advantages of carrier-based aircraft launch frequency and armor, are not opponents that can be easily defeated.

Moreover, if carrier-based aircraft wanted to attack the Tejas and Unicorns in the rear, they would need to cross the air defense zone of the assault team at the front while the fighters were fighting each other.

But the enemy was charging towards him, and the closer the air defense zone was, the harder it would be for his carrier-based aircraft to bypass it!

The importance of heavy cruisers was fully demonstrated in these exercises. Once Yang Sikang's fleet, which lacked heavy cruisers, was out of the two situations of large-scale combat and hit-and-run, there was almost no possibility of prolonging the battle in a regular battle.

The firepower of multiple aircraft carriers is indeed enough to deal with many situations, but when it comes to firepower... the opponent is the Prince of Wales and two BIG SEVENs as the core!

"I'm very curious now, why do you build so many ship girls but not a single heavy cruiser?"

The Prince of Wales asked:

"Both the Royal Company and the White Eagle Company have excellent shipgirls in the field of heavy cruisers. There's no reason for you not to understand this, right?"

Yang Sikang was silent for a moment, then sighed helplessly:

"In previous battles, speed was my top priority. And... as for the heavy cruiser, it's my own selfish desire. I have a choice for the first heavy cruiser girl in my fleet."

"That's it..."

The Prince of Wales did not ask any more questions, but Yang Sikang still smiled and said:

"And if it's a heavy cruiser, I want to prepare a good gift for Kent from the Royal Family."

"There are many people who prepare gifts for the shipgirls they built, but you are probably the only one who can prepare a specific gift for a shipgirl like this."

The Prince of Wales smiled, paused and asked:

"If it were me, what gift would you choose?"

Yang Sikang's eyes flickered slightly, and he turned around with a smile and took out an insulated box from his backpack:

"This is a gift to thank you for your honesty. Although I can't give you a welcome gift, this will do, right?"

The Prince of Wales took the incubator, opened it, and was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but smile:

"Taiyaki, this is a wonderful gift."

*Note: The Prince of Wales's love for Taiyaki comes from the description of Slow Motion. I read it on Wiki.

Chapter 144 Unexpected Material Discovery

Early in the morning, Belfast visited the villa where the royal family was staying.

Although there are many royal guests, not everyone can live in the villa at the front of this street.

It was basic courtesy for Belfast's representative Yang Sikang to come and greet everyone in the royal family. After all, he was now in Villa No. 2, and it would be a bit unreasonable not to say hello.

The alcohol he drank the night before had some effect on his stomach, but fortunately the maids and Jarvis had prepared soup at home, so he didn't have a very uncomfortable night.

Looking at the slightly red eyeballs in the mirror, Yang Sikang couldn't help but sigh.

"I haven't been drunk in a while, but I still feel bad."

"So why are you up so early again?"

Hermione handed Yang Sikang a hot towel and straightened the wrinkles on his shirt while he was wiping his face.

Yang Sikang smiled and put the towel in the basin. Sheffield next to him immediately took the towel, rubbed it clean and hung it up.

"The preparations for the exercise have been completed. Do you want to start preparing for departure now?"

"Don't worry. The data we got from the Royal Family last night should have been processed. I'll go check there first."

"Ok."