Azur Lane, I really didn’t lose my memory!

"If I have to choose one, I hope to meet the Emperor and his team, right?"

"Huh? Why?" Akane Shinjo had also looked at the configuration list of the exercise teams. Most of the ship girls in Frederick the Great's team were sea legends, and they were considered one of the favorites to win the championship.

Why doesn't the commander pick a weaker team to fight, but has to pick the sea legends?

Confusing.

Lu Xiuyuan explained: "I have seen their team list, including the substitutes, they are Frederick the Great, Bismarck, Prince Rupprecht, Odin, Egil, Hindenburg, Mainz, and the only air force is Parseval, which clearly shows that they are going to play the secondary artillery style."

"What's wrong with the secondary gun flow? Is it easy to fight?" asked Xin Tiao Qian.

Lu Xiuyuan smiled.

If you dare to play the secondary gun flow, I dare you to doubt whether Huang Ji painted your deck with gasoline today.

Of course, this does not mean that Lu Xiuyuan is sure to win against the secondary gun flow. After all, if the strength of the ship girls is very different, he will still lose.

But if you play the secondary gun flow, I at least have some countermeasures, so that the battle will not be one-sided and I will not lose too badly.

And losing to the emperor...is not shameful.

Soon after, the draw began.

As each team sent out representatives to draw lots, it was finally Beifa's turn.

Lu Xiuyuan prayed silently in the audience, hoping that it would be okay to draw anyone, but he must not draw the fearsome team.

If you were to say who Lu Xiuyuan least wants to meet among so many exercise teams, it would have to be Ke Wei.

Kewei may not be the strongest, but he is definitely the best in the Claffey team.

The back row of her team is full of aircraft carriers, and the main strategy is "breaking legs and slowing down the flow". The core of her team is the terrible mechanical prohibition.

That is an ability that can cause the ship's power boiler to temporarily malfunction for a second or two.

Lu Xiuyuan's team focused on mobility and evading artillery shells by rubbing against each other forward and backward.

However, once the ship is "immobilized" by the formidable weapon and cannot maneuver, it will be difficult for the ship girl to avoid the mines of carrier-based aircraft.

The torpedo planes of the other two aircraft carriers in the formidable team, Centaur and Ark Royal, have the ability to slow down, which can easily put the vanguard ship girl into a vicious cycle of deceleration. Then, because the vanguard ship girl has weak armor and low durability, she can be easily taken away in one wave.

So...Xiao Beifa, you must not draw the scary one!

176-Let Si Er

Little Beifa is lucky.

The first opponent of the Lafite team is the Sardinia team led by Veneto, and the exercise time is the second game in the morning.

Lu Xiuyuan was quite satisfied with the result. As long as he didn't get drawn into the Formidable Team, everything would be fine. However, he was a little dissatisfied with the time of the exercise.

The second session in the morning is from 10 to 11 o'clock.

I can only hope that my team of night owls can be a little more energetic because the sun is shining on their butts.

There was still more than an hour before the Laffite team went on stage. Lu Xiuyuan simply arranged for the sleepy team members to rest in the rest area while he went to watch the first exercise live.

The first exercise was between Frederick the Great's Iron Bloods and Richelieu's Free Iris.

Soon, the specific lists of contestants from both sides came out.

On the Iron Blood side, the back row is Frederick the Great, Odin, and Prince Rupprecht, and the front row is Hindenburg, Egil, and Mainz.

Lu Xiuyuan thought, this is bullying Liberty Iris because their aircraft carrier is not very good, and they are determined to use secondary guns, right?

As for Richelieu's side, the front row is Brest, Vicious, and Louis IX, and the back row is Richelieu, Jean Bart, and North Carolina.

Hmm? Lu Xiuyuan frowned, and noticed something.

North Carolina?

Why is there an extra foreign player? Sister Li, are you not going to play for the national team anymore?

But is North Carolina so close to Richelieu? Why are they coming here as foreign aid for the exercise? Lu Xiuyuan thought.

The first exercise started at nine o'clock sharp. Instead of playing a best-of-three format, the winner would be decided in one game.

Tall LCD screens were erected on both sides of the abandoned dock. Inside the training ground, there was a special aircraft carrier girl responsible for aerial photography and broadcasting the battle situation inside the training ground.

At the same time, Gridley served as the referee inside the training ground, and Aoba, the editor-in-chief of the news agency, served as the commentator outside the training ground.

Lu Xiuyuan stood at the edge of the crowd and could see through the display screen that the ship girls on both sides had completed entering the channel and were standing at the two ends of the designated exercise area.

However, Lu Xiuyuan did not go to watch the broadcast on the display screen. He used his privileges to get himself a spot as a field reporter.

So, Lu Xiuyuan took out his F2A Buffalo, painted the carrier-based aircraft white to indicate a neutral unit, and then released the carrier-based aircraft into the exercise site for close observation.

Soon, it was nine o'clock.

The drill began with a whistle from referee Gridley.

Both sides quickly took action.

A white-painted F2A Buffalo slowly flew over the Richelieu fleet.

That was Lu Xiuyuan's carrier-based aircraft. He was still a novice in aircraft carrier operations and could not control multiple carrier-based aircraft at the same time. He could only take a look at the battle situation on Richelieu's side.

"Look, that's the commander's carrier-based aircraft." Brest was the first to notice the white F2A Buffalo.

Everyone looked up.

The commander's carrier-based aircraft is very unique. After all, the commander is the only one in the port who is still using the F2A Buffalo.

Richelieu gave a gentle smile, which was addressed to the commander.

Then his smile faded, and Cardinal Richelieu waved the flag in his hand, and ordered majestically like a Valkyrie on the battlefield:

"Disperse the single vertical formation!"

"The Iron Blood Faction's secondary artillery is very powerful. Don't engage in close combat with them unless absolutely necessary."

"Hold the position and wait for them to rush over and consume them!"

"Let Barr, you take up the position with your malice and wait on the right side."

Richelieu issued the battle order.

The venue for this exercise is not the empty high seas, but an area with many underwater mountains.

In the middle of the site, two submarine mountains that are much larger than normal rise high, forming a narrow and long strait in the middle.

The points of both sides are distributed at both ends of the strait.

According to Lu Xiuyuan's experience, such a mountainous area is actually helpful for the Iron Blooded Ship Girl to charge.

Moreover, both sides in this exercise fought very gentlemanly, and no ship girls were on aircraft carriers. Under such circumstances, the advantage of the Iron Blood ship girls in being good at secondary guns was further magnified.

From Lu Xiuyuan's perspective, Richelieu's style of play was a bit passive.

Although Louis IX and Brest have sufficient firepower, any Iron-Blooded Ship Girl who dares to rush over will most likely be burned to death by the concentrated fire.

But the core problem of this style of play is that the Iron-Blooded Ship Girl has to charge.

If they don't charge, Richelieu's team will have to charge. Otherwise, if no one charges, the game will end in a tie and everyone will be eliminated.

Of course, from Richelieu's perspective, it is basically impossible for their fleet to win by charging the Iron Blood Team head-on.

If you don't take advantage of the casualties, you will basically lose if you charge, so Richelieu's team will definitely not charge.

In short, the two sides just kept wasting time, waiting to see who would lose patience and charge first.

As the exercise begins, let Bal and Vicious rush to their own positions as soon as possible. They need to occupy the points as soon as possible.

The vicious boiler was running at full power, and it rushed towards its own position at full speed as soon as the game started.

The point has the function of increasing the team's score over time after it is occupied.

Seeing this, Lu Xiuyuan suddenly understood why Richelieu brought the destroyer Vicious to the training ground.

As long as we occupy the point before the opponent, as long as it is one second earlier, our score will definitely increase before the opponent.

The outcome of the game is determined by which side gets 1,000 points first or which side is completely wiped out.

In other words, as long as you occupy your own point first and let the score jump earlier, then even if both sides do not rush and choose to fight hard, in the end the side that occupies the point first will win with a slight advantage.

If you want to occupy a point before the enemy, speed is crucial!

And the Vicious' speed is undoubtedly the fastest among everyone present!

Just as Lu Xiuyuan thought, Evil was the first to arrive at the location.

Afterwards, Huang Ji, who served as the point observer, held up an hourglass, and the sand in the hourglass slowly seeped down.

After a minute, the sand in the hourglass had finished seeping down, and the yellow chicken waved the green flag, which meant that the evil had completed the occupation of the point.

Almost a few seconds after the vicious occupation of the point, the yellow chicken who served as the point observer of the Iron Blood Fleet also waved the green flag.

Evil subconsciously raised his head and looked at the long strait in front of him.

She knew that on the other side of the strait, there was an iron-blooded ship girl who was occupying a point just like her.

Or... should I charge over now with full speed, and then launch a wave of torpedoes to kill her instantly before she can react?

However, this method is too risky. After all, if you go deep into the enemy's territory, you may end up losing more than you gain.

"Vicious! Once you have occupied the point, come back and defend it. Richelieu is already in a fight with Frederick and his men."

Jeanbart, who was standing by, spoke up, not knowing whether he had noticed the dangerous thoughts that the little girl was about to stir.

"understood."

He stuck out his tongue viciously and quickly left the spot.

She thought to herself, why is she so active?

Is it because I want to go camping on an uninhabited island with the Commander?

Emm...it seems to be true.

But camping on an uninhabited island seems very tiring. Why can't we camp at home instead?

On the other side, Richelieu's squad was conducting fierce bombardment.

"Louis IX, you've been breached. Retreat a little and wait for the repair team to repair the damage before exchanging with Brest."

Richelieu sailed in front of Louis IX and used his body to block the artillery fire from Mainz for her.

She is a heavily armored battleship and can withstand shells of this caliber for some time.

"Yes, flagship!"

After Louis IX responded, he left the battlefield under the cover of his teammates.

The battle turned out like this was a little unexpected.

The four members of the Iron Blood team were standing opposite them, making it a perfect match of four against four.

Fortunately, the Iron-Blooded Ship's concealment was poor, and Richelieu's team discovered the enemy's position first, and then launched a fierce artillery battle.

"Everyone, load up high-explosive bombs, maintain a 15-kilometer engagement distance, fight and retreat at the same time, and don't get into the engagement range of their secondary guns, that's their advantage!"

Richelieu waved the flag again and gave the order.

Her battle strategy was quite clear. Even though the Iron-Blooded Ship Girls used island-hopping to try to shorten the distance between each other, they fought and retreated, making full use of space to buy time.

Every step forward that Frederick and his crew took would result in a huge loss of ship equipment durability.

As long as they continue to consume their troops like this and ensure that there is no loss of personnel, they will be sure to win the exercise.

"Flagship, I have to remind you that the opponent's Hindenburg and Prince Rupprecht have not shown up yet." Brest reminded.

From the beginning to now, only four enemies have shown up, and the remaining Hindenburg and Prince Rupprecht have never been seen.

"I understand. Let Jean Bart and Vicious be careful. The two iron-blooded ship girls who have not shown up may be planning to take over." Richelieu said.

"learn!"

"But then again, their cruiser's high-explosive shells are a little tricky!" said North Carolina, a foreign aid. "According to the exercise, my ship's equipment durability has been reduced by one-third."

"The Iron-Blooded Shipgirl's shells have a high penetration depth. Our deck and superstructure armor are difficult to resist. Always pay attention to your durability. North Carolina, your high-throw ballistic trajectory has caused them a lot of trouble. Be careful that they will focus their fire on you."

The MK6 naval gun equipped by North Carolina has disadvantages such as low penetration and slow bullet speed, but it also has a very significant advantage, that is, high trajectory.

The high trajectory means that sometimes you can lob the ball at enemies hiding behind hills at some strange angles.

The MK6 is a large-caliber main gun of a battleship. Even a battleship with heavy armor will feel uncomfortable if hit by such a main gun.

"I see." North Carolina said, "But I think Mainz on the other side should be more ruthless than me. They fired so many high-explosive shells at me, but they didn't even light a fire for me. My damage control has not been used yet."