Elder brother's garrison

If an aircraft carrier is damaged... that's equivalent to losing its combat capability!

One small thing can have far-reaching consequences! (A series of seemingly random characters and symbols follow, likely a corrupted or incomplete message.)

The ship girls watching stared wide-eyed.

really.

With the fall of the only aircraft carrier on Nia's side, the Empire on the other side of the newbie naval base completely took control of the situation. In an instant, swarms of carrier-based aircraft dominated the sky, making it look like a swarm of insects blocking out the sun, buzzing incessantly. Countless bombs poured down from the shadows, instantly covering all possible escape routes for the ship girls of Nia's naval base.

Boom boom boom boom...

Having lost air superiority and with the enemy carrier girls dominating the skies, Nia's naval base, while not instantly defeated, was on the verge of collapse.

The remaining three ship girls fled in disarray under the firepower of the carrier-based aircraft.

With the Empire's firepower support, Veneto simply raised its ship-mounted cannons and casually fired a few ordinary shells at the level of a frigate at the Nia Naval Base. The ship girls of the Nia Naval Base, who were exhausted from dealing with the air pressure, were hit by the shells one after another and fell down in a burst of fire.

Bang bang bang!

"Damn it... Just a few seconds, just a few seconds away..."

Nia's Veneto finally failed a few seconds before her barrage skill was fully charged, and her ship equipment was badly damaged as she collapsed on the water.

With the four Veneto-class ship girls falling at Nia Naval Base, the Empire at the newbie naval base waved to the sky, halting the intense offensive of its carrier-based aircraft.

The carrier-based aircraft, which had been like a locust plague, gradually retreated, and the sky returned to its clear blue color.

There was no referee in the battle between the two naval bases, but the ship girls watching the Nia Naval Base lying on the water, heavily damaged, already knew who the winner of this battle was.

"The situation in this battle has really taken a sharp turn for the worse..."

The onlookers, who were watching the ship girls, were filled with mixed feelings of wonder and confusion.

"But speaking of which... what exactly happened just now?"

"That's right, just a second ago, Admiral Lu Lin's Rome was hit, how come the Empire on the other side was also injured the next second?"

"It's hard not to think that the Empire's suffering was related to Rome..."

The ship girls looked around and chattered amongst themselves.

Some of the ship girls who had recorded the battle started fiddling with their devices, trying to find some clues by replaying the footage.

Soon, the quick-moving ship girls had already switched the recording to the moment when Rome was hit.

The ship girls, fiddling with the machines, watched the scene of Rome being hit by cannon fire repeatedly and attentively.

"Hmm... I don't feel anything..."

"..."

"Ah! I saw it!!!"

Finally, a ship girl exclaimed in surprise.

"The video shows that just as Rome was hit by several cannonballs and swept into the sea, a cannonball stealthily emerged from the smoke rising around it, flying towards the Empire from a particularly tricky angle!!!"

"What? Rome opened fire on the Empire the instant it was being attacked??"

"Wait a minute, putting aside the issue of accuracy when being attacked, weren't the Roman ships heavily damaged by then? Even if that shot hit the Empire, it wouldn't do much damage, would it?"

"...That's right. So, this shell must have been fired by the Romagna using its intact ship equipment just before it was hit."

"The best hunting opportunity is the moment when the opponent thinks they have succeeded."

"My God... So, Rome running into the danger zone and getting attacked was also part of her launching this deadly shell?"

The ship girls outside the training ground discussed this, and their faces all showed expressions of shock.

Oh my god...

So that's what Rome was thinking when they charged right into their opponent's face?

This kind of deadly sneak attack requires extremely precise timing. If the shot is fired even a second too early, the enemy will be alerted, and if it is fired even a second too late, the ship's equipment will be severely damaged, and the shot will lose its original power. For Rome to choose to use this method to sneak attack the enemy, it not only needs a calm heart under the danger and the courage to go all out, but also a terrifying instinct like a beast, as well as tons of experience in taking hits!

Newbie ship girls at the naval base, how scary!

On the water, the smoke of gunpowder dissipated.

Veneto stowed her ship equipment and looked at the four heavily damaged ship girls of the Nia Naval Base lying on the water in the distance. She then glanced at Rome further away and smiled knowingly.

Blah blah blah...

The Veneto-class ship girls of Nia Naval Base struggled to their feet from the water. Their gray faces were covered in seawater and dust. After quickly shaking off the water, they helped each other to their feet. Somewhat disappointed, yet seemingly honest, they walked step by step toward Veneto.

"Instructor...we lost."

The ship girls of Nia's family lowered their heads and spoke like four children who had done something wrong.

"Oh? Tell me in detail, where did you lose?" Veneto crossed her arms and looked at the ship girls in front of her with great interest.

The ship girls from Nia's family looked embarrassed, scratching their heads with complicated expressions.

“Instructor…we were outmatched…” Veneto from Nia’s family said dejectedly, “This battle was a complete defeat for us…”

"Veneto, how long until your barrage skill is fully charged?" Little White's Veneto didn't answer immediately; she just looked at Nia's Veneto and suddenly asked.

"Huh?" Veneto from Nia's family paused for a moment, then subconsciously replied, "There are about five or six seconds left..."

"Your comment accumulation time is faster than before."

“Yes, yes… After recent training, I’ve gradually discovered that if I’m willing to fully build up my power, I can now unleash a barrage skill in about six and a half minutes instead of the previous ten minutes.” Veneto from Nia’s family answered honestly, her face filled with regret and dejection as she said this, “I thought this improvement would be a surprise weapon for the instructor, but I still lost…”

Chapter 3487 Fireworks?

“I see.” Veneto listened to what the other person was saying, stroked her chin and thought for a while before saying, “Roma has been trained by me for so long, and probably because she’s been beaten up a lot, she has a very strong instinct in combat. So even though you didn’t say it, you probably couldn’t hide the fact that your barrage buildup speed has increased from Rome.”

“Indeed…” Veneto of the Nia Garrison nodded in agreement.

If the opposing Roman forces hadn't sensed something was wrong and launched a desperate sneak attack before they could unleash their barrage, they wouldn't have lost so easily.

At this moment, Veneto of Nia's family truly felt a sense of helplessness, as if his painstaking efforts over the past hundred years had been wiped out in an instant.

"Hmm... In other words, if Rome hadn't launched a surprise attack, we would have been defeated in just five seconds." At this moment, Veneto from Xiaobai's family continued to speak.

"Huh?" Veneto from Nia's family was taken aback. She looked up at Veneto in front of her. "Instructor, what did you just say?"

“I said, we were only five seconds away from losing to you.” Veneto from the Little White Clan spoke up, nodding to the four ship girls in front of her, a rare look of agreement on her face. “As ship girls, victory is certainly the most important thing, but so-called exercises are not necessarily about the winner taking all—Veneto, five seconds. You were once only five seconds away from victory. This is the closest you have ever come to victory, the closest you have ever come to defeating me, in all the battles I have taught you since the beginning.”

The Veneto-class ship girls at Nia Naval Base all gaped in astonishment.

"Instructor... what do you mean by that..."

“Yes, what I mean is, you’ve done very well.” Veneto said to the ship girls of Nia’s Naval Base. “I can’t help but think back to when I first met you. You were so innocent and naive back then. Now you have already seen a higher level, a higher realm. You have been reborn and grown into people who can snatch victory from my hands if I’m not careful. Hmm, I’m very satisfied with your progress. From now on, you have graduated.”

The Veneto-class ship girls at Nia Naval Base stared wide-eyed.

After a brief exchange of glances, the ship girls at Nia's Naval Base seemed to understand something.

"Instructor, thank you for your guidance!!!"

"Thank you, instructor!!!"

"I will become a ship girl that makes the instructor stand tall and proud, just as he wishes!"

The ship girls bowed deeply to Veneto, expressing their heartfelt gratitude.

So this battle was actually the "graduation ceremony" for the ship girls of Nia Naval Base...

Upon realizing this, the Veneto-class ship girls of Nia Naval Base were deeply moved.

…Strange paint (eight) Leave O seven to Yi…

In the distance, on the lonely water.

Rome, the newbie garrison commander, lay on the water, his eyes wide open, gazing at the cloudless, azure sky.

In the distance, I could hear the enthusiastic applause of the ship girls.

Beneath her was the fabric of her body, soaked with seawater, and the sound of warm water bubbling and rolling beneath her.

So... your shot just now actually hit the target, right?

Rome felt much more at ease after thinking about it.

All those years of being beaten up by the boss were definitely worth it. If it weren't for that, I wouldn't have timed my sneak attack and firing so perfectly, so that so many people didn't even see it...

With this in mind, Rome felt relieved.

At least... I don't have to embarrass the Admiral and the Big Sister anymore...

"hiss……"

"So...why hasn't anyone come to carry me away yet..."

Rome spoke softly.

I just took so much damage in a single moment. Although I was a hero in the victory, I was probably the worst off person in this exercise...

My body is in so much pain right now that I can't move at all...

Ok?

wait?

As Rome was thinking, she suddenly raised her hand with a puzzled look and touched her shoulder.

"..." Rome pondered.

Wow!

Rome sat up from the sea, looking at her hands in confusion, then down at her body, pinching her exposed thighs.

"Eh?"

"what happened……"

Rome then realized something: he seemed to have suffered no harm at all.

Rome looked at his arms with a puzzled expression.

Could it be... that the ship girls at Nia's Naval Base just now were using simulated fireworks for a training exercise? Not live ammunition?

Rome sprang to her feet with a nimble leap, stretched her body, twisted her waist, and even glanced at the ship's rigging behind her.

Sure enough, neither he nor the ship's equipment suffered any damage.

Hi!

Oh, they were fireworks!

Rome smiled with relief at this thought, and skipped and hopped toward the direction of Veneto and his seven companions in the distance.

"Big Sister! I'm back!" Roma waved and greeted Veneto, who was talking to the ship girls at the Nia Naval Base.

"Hmm?" Veneto, who was speaking, heard Roma's voice. She turned her head and looked over. After seeing that Roma was soaking wet but not injured, she raised an eyebrow slightly. "Roma, have you already repaired your ship equipment using the rapid repair device?"

"Huh? Uh..." Roma was about to answer when Veneto interrupted him.

"Alright, hurry up and get ashore to dry yourself off and prepare for the upcoming battle. This exercise is just a warm-up; next, we'll be practicing against the Iowa-class battleships," Veneto said to Roma.

"Uh... Oh!" Rome responded.

Rome glanced over and cautiously fixed his gaze on the Veneto-class garrison at the Nia Garrison.

Rome saw the empire of Nia's Garrison, which it had previously destroyed with a single shot, rubbing its shoulders and pouting its oval face at the back of the column.

Rome felt embarrassed and ashamed when she realized that the other side was using training fireworks while she was using live ammunition.

"Um... I'm sorry..." Roma clasped her hands together in apology to the ship girls at Nia's Naval Base, looking embarrassed. "My shells hurt, didn't they... I'm sorry, you were using fireworks shells."

“Of course it hurts.” The empire at Nia’s Garrison raised his chin and said to Rome, “I’ll avoid it next time.”

Rome scratched his head and smiled sheepishly.

"Instructor, we'll head down now! We'll remember this battle as an important experience!" The Veneto-class soldiers of the Nia Garrison bowed in gratitude, then looked at Roma with admiration, "Roma, that shot you fired just now was truly beautiful!"

Rome blushed and waved his hand.

The ship girls of the Veneto-class from Nia Naval Base then left the training ground.

Rome breathed a sigh of relief as she watched the departing ship girls from the Nia Naval Base.

"Rome!" Just then, Veneto called out to Rome from the side.

"Hmm? Big Sister?" Roma looked at Veneto.

“Rome, even if you performed well just now, we should still show humility and propriety after the battle,” Veneto said to Rome with his arms crossed, quite seriously. “Post-war mockery is very wrong, especially since the target of your mockery is our friend.”