Revisit Azur Lane

After lunch break, Anchorage was taken out for a walk by Jarvis. Standing on the lawn in front of the command post, she saw Zhou He sitting on a bench at the dock. He had been sitting there for most of the time since morning.

"Yes, that's part of the commander's job too."

Jarvis wasn't as tall as Anchorage and couldn't see Zhou He, but that didn't stop her from giving an explanation, because she knew Zhou He was indeed at work.

"The teacher is amazing! Anchorage should also work hard to help the teacher with her workload!"

Anchorage clenched his fists, his beautiful eyes sparkling with anticipation and seriousness. Jarvis hummed in agreement, but had some doubts about whether Anchorage could be deployed to the battlefield, and planned to discuss it with Zhou He later.

……

"Arbitration bodies are indeed different from experimental bodies."

Looking at the map of the test site that had already been explored, Zhou He couldn't help but praise it. 99% of the entire map had been explored by Shoukaku and the others. The remaining 1% was right in the center of the map. No matter which direction Shoukaku and the others approached from, they would be shot down when they got close to that fog.

The Purifier's claim that "destroying the Black Spire will weaken Towa's power" was something Zhou He couldn't sense since he had never been in contact with Towa. However, it was clear that even if the Black Spire was destroyed, Towa would still possess formidable combat power.

However, what he needs to deal with now is not Tova, but the group of agents whose situation has already been figured out by Zuikaku through a suicide infiltration method.

There are five ship girl bases in the entire test site world. Four of them, including the Royal Navy base, have been destroyed by Tova. The remaining Eagle Union base, when viewed from above, also looks like a huge, dilapidated place with black smoke billowing out. However, there are indeed many ship girls remaining inside, which can be seen from the system map. However, since they are all huddled inside the base, he cannot determine the number of them, whether it is ten, five, twenty, or even more.

Meanwhile, the Agent fleet was lingering near the White Eagle base.

There are seven agents in total. Among them, VIII and XV, who were seriously injured, along with the battleship IX that rescued them and another light cruiser IX, are located outside the entrance port of the White Eagle base, on the east side of the base, directly opposite his fleet.

Then the remaining two, carrier XIV and battleship VI, were in the south of the base. For some reason, the last carrier, VI, was not with the other two, but was moored alone in the northeast of the base.

The original seven-person team was split into three smaller teams. The executors, totaling nearly a hundred people, mostly followed the four-person teams, a few followed the two-person teams, and the remaining one-person team was all alone without teammates.

To be honest, Zhou He almost lost his composure when he saw the distribution of these agents. He wondered if there were factions among the Sirens? Otherwise, why would they use such a stupid formation? He knew that even if two of the seven agents were seriously injured, the remaining five agents could push forward together, and he might not be able to withstand it.

However, to prevent any intelligence errors, he inquired again about the situation of the Purifiers' agents. Unexpectedly, he found something strange: the solo agent VI was actually a submarine mothership! An underwater mothership! This arrangement seemed to be a plan to launch a surprise attack while his fleet was engaged in fierce fighting with the other agents.

"It is indeed a good layout. If we are suddenly attacked during the battle, the front line will lack fire support, and we will probably suffer serious losses."

New Jersey and the others were slightly shocked when they learned of this. In the history they knew, submarine motherships were so rare that they had only heard of them. If it weren't for Zhou He's ability to see into the heavens, they would definitely have been ambushed by this unknown ship type.

"But now that we've discovered her, this is our breakthrough point."

Bismarck looked at Zhou He: "I've already moved 556 and 96 closer to that side."

"Very well, since these agents have given us the opportunity, then we won't be polite!"

Zhou He's spirits lifted, and after uttering some harsh words, he immediately began to select his generals.

The vanguard was naturally Yukikaze, while he named eight members of the elite fleet: Javelin, Z23, Hermione, Cleveland, Kursk, Tosa, Bismarck, and Hood.

"Yukikaze, your target acquisition radar should be able to detect the submarine carrier VI. First, check its lurking waterline. If you can attack it from the surface, then make the first move. If not, pretend to attack the White Eagle base passage. Hood, you and Yukikaze will go ahead first. Jintsuu, you stay behind with Yuudachi and Tosa to cooperate with 556 and 96 to counter-attack the submarine carrier VI. Yorktown, don't attack yet. Wait for the submarine carrier to surface and then seize the initiative."

Zhou He didn't know the extent of the agent's ability to submerge, but she would definitely surface and launch the aircraft. As long as his own people seized the opportunity, they could overwhelm her by attacking from underwater, on the surface, and in the air.

After a brief pause, he continued, "Zuikaku and Shoukaku, you two will assist Hood and the others in attacking the Proxy. Long Island, Elbe, and Royal Ark, you and the others will be responsible for containing the Executors..."

"The focus of this trip is those two IX agents. After you charge into the enemy lines, go and take care of them. No matter the cost, get rid of them. The remaining two defeated generals can be dealt with slowly."

Zhou He said a lot, but he didn't mention the two agents in the south. This time, their intention was to launch a surprise attack, first reduce the number of agents, and then deal with the remaining ones slowly. If they succeeded, then the two agents would not be a problem. If they failed, then they could only rely on the power of the system and use the repeatedly barring health bars to tough it out.

"it is good!"

Entrusted with an important task, Yukikaze recalled Zhou He's praise, which immediately boosted her motivation and anticipation. Coupled with the fact that she had been snatched from the jaws of death twice (?), her killing intent towards the two IX agents was almost overflowing. The destroyers and light cruisers around her felt a chill and instinctively distanced themselves.

After a few brief words, the reorganized team set off towards the Agent Fleet!

Chapter 197 Five Out of Seven (2)

Each Meta ship girl has her own unique skills. For example, Black Sea Mom can hack into the Siren network at will, a skill even more advanced than black technology. Zhou He's Yukikaze Meta's target detection radar is also at this level. Not to mention being able to lock onto hidden Arbitrators, locking onto lower-level Agents is still a piece of cake.

After the fleet set off, Yukikaze led an elite squad including Javelin Z23 and others to approach the Eagle Union base in a very 'cautious' manner. Their real purpose was to probe the diving depth of the Agent mothership VI.

However, their approach also attracted the attention of the four agents of IX who were guarding the entrance to the passage. The sky was soon engulfed in a fierce battle for air supremacy, with planes crashing into the sea and exploding into fireballs from time to time.

"Did you observe it?"

The battle raged fiercely in the sky, and even those as composed as Bismarck and others couldn't pretend they didn't see it, frequently asking Yukikaze questions.

Zhou He was in the same boat. From his map perspective, Xuefeng and his group had gradually entered within 30 nautical miles of Agent VI, which was already within the range where they could accurately locate the enemy.

Indeed, that was the case. Sitting atop the white wolf, Xuefeng's eyes flashed with data points. After a moment, his gaze shifted, and he said, "That submersible is currently 800 meters deep, but it is rising. At its current speed, it will surface within ten minutes. It seems to be ready to ambush us."

"What a clever combination of depth and timing. In that case, we'll have to leave this place to Jintsuu and the others."

Hu De frowned slightly. 800 meters was not particularly deep, but at this depth, their anti-submarine mines would not be able to cause fatal damage, so they were essentially helpless.

"No rush, Yukikaze, you guys go first. The three of us will use this area as our base and slowly advance to lure her up to the surface. We'll deal with the threat from behind first."

After thinking it over, Bismarck asked about the positions of 556 and 96. They were slower, and even though he went ahead, he couldn't catch up with them. However, they could arrive after the submarine carrier VI surfaced and complete the combined attack.

"can."

Xuefeng didn't think much of it. Unlike the others, she wasn't afraid of facing multiple agents. So she patted the white wolf and started charging forward. Hermione and the others beside her also sped up to keep up, but kept a certain distance.

From a high altitude, the overall battle line was that the Sirens occupied the western row, while the Zhou He family occupied the eastern row. Yukikaze and others were on the upper part of the battle line, while the remaining Ashigara, Count Spee, London and others were in the lower position. Yukikaze was at the forefront, and the fleet gradually connected behind him.

The so-called elite teams are not suicide squads that charge forward, but rather teams that are specifically tasked with focusing their firepower on the agents during combat, drawing their attention and firepower. Therefore, although the elite and ordinary squads are separated, they can be considered as a single unit in the eyes of the enemy.

The battle was about to break out. Compared to the vast ocean, the hundreds of 'warships' were like ants, splitting up to fire at each other, creating terrifying cannon fire that was incomparable to their size.

On the battlefield, the silver-white Yukikaze charged forward relentlessly, acting as a spearhead to pierce the Sirens' position. The Agents who had already engaged her had formed their battle formation. VIII, whose ship rigging had been shattered earlier, had miraculously recovered, and XV, who was on the verge of death, had regained her combat capability. These two heavy cruisers, along with the light cruiser IX, whose ship rigging resembled a crab, formed a golden triangle that rushed towards her. IX, as a battleship, was stationed at the rear, and it was she who would release the fog of war!

"Let's deal with IX first. Will this new crab also emit mist?"

Yukikaze could see very far, and the attack range on the other side was equally far. They began attacking her from dozens of miles away. Now that they were close, they used a barrage of bullets as cover for their vision, but actually launched attacks with scorching beams of light. The continuous beams of light swept and evaporated the seawater they touched, and even detonated the barrage of bullets they had thrown, which exploded in the air to form a wall of dust that blocked the line of sight between the two.

"trouble."

Xuefeng's gaze shifted, and the white wolf she sat on also stared intently ahead, ignoring the oncoming barrage of comments and charging straight through the dusty wall.

'boom! ’

As soon as she appeared, she was hit by a black energy blast in the shape of a thread. The impact sent her and the wolf sprinting dozens of meters to the side. To her even greater surprise, the three agents also broke away from the group and approached her.

shhhhh--

Suddenly, a shrill sound rang out from the sky. It turned out that the Shoukaku sisters' bombers had broken through the Sirens' air defenses and dropped bombs on the Proxy Agents. However, the three Proxy Agents did not dodge at all, and tried to surround Yukikaze while facing the bombs. When they fired in unison, the colorful barrage was so dense that it even obscured Yukikaze's tracks. When they hit the water, they blasted a hole in the sky. Then, multiple beams cut through and evaporated the water column. If it were any other member of the Zhou He family, they would probably have died on the spot.

But Yukikaze won't.

"It hurts so much."

With a light lick of her tongue at the bleeding black burn mark on her right forearm, Xuefeng's voice lowered as she looked at the three agents who had come before her, and she grinned and chuckled: "You've finally gotten close."

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"Get into position, the mother ship is about to emerge!"

On the northern battlefield, Bismarck received a report from underwater 556 and immediately contacted Jintsu Yorktown and others, who had been handpicked by Zhou He to deal with the submarine carrier. He instructed Hood and Tosa to maintain their current advance while he himself used the tactic of feigning a northward detour to attack the flank of the executor team to bring the submarine carrier VI into the artillery range.

At the VI lurking point, something suddenly emerged from the turbulent sea caused by the distant battle. It was a girl with blue vertical pupils and white hair, a trait common to sirens. What was noteworthy was that her clothes and headdress were translucent blue, and in the sunlight, one could even see through the color of her underwear at a glance, which was quite a treat.

Her ship equipment was simple, consisting of black main guns on both sides and a weapon in her hand that looked like a magic wand.

Upon surfacing, her first action was to wave her wand, but before she could finish her spell, a distant cannonball, pressing against the air with a shrill sound, descended upon the area. The cannonball was faster than the sound itself, striking Agent VI directly. VI didn't even have time to assume a defensive stance before being blasted away.

As an old member of the Zhou He family, Bismarck's shelling was already four times the initial state (82-368). Even the most shameless Agent couldn't completely ignore such a number. When VI stopped, the corners of her mouth, which had been slightly upturned, had fallen down. Her headdress was blown apart, and there were small gaps in the armor and gun barrels of her ship equipment. Her left half of her body was completely black, and her fair skin looked scorched.

Enraged by the sudden attack, Submarine VI, having regained her footing, opened her mouth and waved her wand. Fragments of ice crystals shimmered around her, then scattered in all directions, magically transforming into small blue floating jellyfish that flew towards Bismarck. Unfortunately for her, Bismarck was not the only one aiming at her; Jean Bart, as well as beings from underwater and in the air, were also targeting her.

Jean Bart joined the port a few days later than Bismarck, but her shelling value was also 342, not much weaker than Bismarck's. They couldn't achieve the terrifying barrage of the Sirens, but their main guns firing in unison was equally terrifying. Shells raining down from the sky directly engulfed VI. Yorktown's carrier-based aircraft also reached high altitude, using high-altitude attacks to shoot down the small jellyfish released by VI, and underwater, 556 and 96 also seized the opportunity to launch a wave of torpedoes before moving to a different position.

Bismarck did not stop firing. After the shells were reloaded, she continued to fire. While the group suppressed VI's counterattack with the first move, Jintsuu and Yuudachi were rapidly approaching. After Zhou He gave her the ring, Yuudachi's torpedo attack had exceeded 500, which was 1/5 the power of Yukikaze's torpedo, and she had also entered the level of black technology.

Even so, Agent VI launched a counterattack. This time, she abandoned the small jellyfish and switched to artillery fire, launching more than a hundred bullets in one go. Her range was not far, so her target was the approaching Jintsu and Yuudachi, with a semi-circular barrage.

"I alone am enough."

Yuudachi cried out, then accelerated and charged straight into the barrage of bullets. Jintsu reached out to stop her, but there was no time. The bullets had already arrived, and the overwhelming explosions and towering water spray severed her connection with Yuudachi.

boom!

Yuudachi, who was within the shelling zone, had no way to avoid it and could only use her hands to shield herself. Her armor was over 1500 points, which was an absurd number for a destroyer, but it was still no match for the Executor's shelling. She was blown away and, in terms of health bars, half of her health was taken away by one shell. Most of the ship equipment that resonated with her was also damaged.

Surprisingly, after landing, her damaged ship equipment and the wounds on her body healed naturally. Yuudachi, as if it were normal, landed and then charged in a different direction. VI saw Yuudachi breaking through and immediately launched a second attack. However, she was also hit by incoming shells. After being hit repeatedly, her body and ship equipment showed signs of damage.

Yuudachi's team had a feeling of the front line drawing the BOSS's aggro while the back line dealt heavy damage. After several rounds of firefights, VI seemed to sense something was wrong and immediately began to dive. What awaited her was a joint sneak attack from 556 and 96. Being hit by a torpedo underwater is much more dangerous than being hit by a shell on the surface. VI's ship equipment began to leak water, and her speed was much lower than before. In the end, she was caught by Yuudachi, who had been repaired after being damaged several times.

"It's my turn."

Yuudachi wiped the strands of hair that were wet with seawater and stuck to her face with one hand, and with a bright smile, she dropped all the depth charges.

With over 500 lightning strikes, her output far surpassed that of the two submarines. The impact of the depth charge explosion even traveled hundreds of meters to the sea surface, creating an upward force that pushed Yuudachi far away.

As if praising Yuudachi and the others for their achievement of defeating a strong enemy with a weak one, a tall girl appeared amidst the waves rippled by the aftershocks of the mine.

"Greetings... Hmm, the timing of my appearances is always so inopportune."

The girl, who had styled her silver-gray hair into twin ponytails, opened her eyes to see Yuudachi, who was disheveled but smiling brightly. The greeting she was about to say was replaced with something else, but the gentle smile on her lips remained the same. She raised her right hand and tossed her emerald green cloak with star patterns: "But this time is different. The former Sardinian Empire's aircraft carrier, the Skyhawk, is now joining the battle!"

……

War is cruel; when two sides clash, there will always be winners and losers, and all sorts of unexpected events will occur.

On the front lines, Yukikaze was besieged by three agents, with one agent even providing cover fire from the rear. In terms of firepower alone, Yukikaze was unable to raise his head and was completely unable to fight back. However, theory is just theory. Having received Zhou He's order to "destroy Agent IX at all costs," Yukikaze used his traditional skill—strong luck.

Having already possessed the strongest combat power, Yukikaze decided to 'fight to the death' and abandoned all so-called tactics. Ignoring the two defeated heavy cruisers, she miraculously avoided a large number of attacks and arrived in front of the light cruiser IX.

The girl sitting on the crab-shaped ship's rigging remained completely calm, expressionlessly maneuvering the rigging to fire. Black beams of light were released from the rigging on either side of her, sweeping towards Yukikaze. Yukikaze's response was simple: she bent her legs to lower her altitude, causing the torpedoes strapped to her legs to fall into the water with a series of "plop plop plop" sounds. When the beam swept down, she jumped up directly. The black beam swept past the right side of the white wolf and retreated, emitting a captivatingly burnt aroma. The torpedo launchers on it exploded directly, but Yukikaze was well protected.

At close range, the White Wolf was hit by the beam, and the light cruiser IX inevitably took the hit by her torpedo—the moment the crab's tentacles touched the torpedo, the light cruiser IX seemed to realize something, showing a surprised expression, and then, nothing more.

As a battlecruiser, the III was blown to smithereens by a volley of torpedoes from the Yukikaze. Even if the light cruiser IX had any tricks up its sleeve, it could not match the strength of a battlecruiser as a light cruiser, and it was also lost in the dense explosions.

"?!"

VIII and XV were both stunned. They had only ever been hit by Yukikaze's artillery fire, not her torpedoes, and neither of them had ever imagined that the light cruiser IX, which had self-repair capabilities, would be instantly killed.

"A fool who can't see the difference between himself and the enemy."

Yukikaze glanced back coldly at the two of them, then headed straight for Battleship IX, which was further away; this agent was her ultimate goal.

Battleship IX in the Executor formation also noticed the anomaly and began to release mist to conceal its form, but it was useless. Even though VIII and XV were chasing Yukikaze from behind, and even though she used mist to obscure Yukikaze's vision, it was all in vain this time. After Yukikaze's radar locked onto her, she followed relentlessly, and the white wolf bared its fangs, revealing its beautiful yet ferocious white sharp teeth.

From within the mist came chilling, tearing sounds.