Elder brother's garrison

Between the lightning and flint.

A figure suddenly appeared in front of the Empire.

Boom! ! !

The shells struck the figure, kicking up a thick cloud of smoke.

A pale green protective shield appeared in an instant, followed by the sound of an eggshell shattering, and then it broke in an instant.

The smoke cleared.

Veneto dusted himself off.

"Big Sister!" Rome shouted from the side.

"Stop yelling, I'm fine." Veneto patted his undamaged clothes and stared seriously at the Iowa-class ship girls in the distance, especially Iowa herself. "The shell that suddenly appeared was Iowa's ship equipment skill. She can release two shells in a row. The first shell was used to block my shelling, and it also created fireworks to obscure the path of the second shell. Her second shell was angled trickily and was well concealed. She almost took down the Empire just now. You have to be careful of her double attack."

Chapter 3491 A More Cost-Effective Choice

"So it was Sister Iowa's skill! I was wondering why that cannonball..." Rome exclaimed in realization, but quickly added worriedly, "Ah, but Big Sister, was your Holy Shield skill... used to help the Empire withstand the cannon fire damage just now?"

Rome is like that; she's the kind of person who always knows what happens but not why. With Veneto's help in explaining, she immediately understands what just happened.

Upon hearing Rome's words, the Empire, standing nearby, also looked at Veneto.

“It’s nothing, just one instance of immunity.” Veneto shook her head, continuing to stare at the Iowa-class ship girls in the distance. “The Empire is an important force for us. If we want to win against the Iowa-class ships, the Empire’s presence is essential. We need to be more careful next time.”

"A two-stage attack... what a troublesome bombardment..." Rome sighed.

"It's alright. Although Iowa's double attack is troublesome, after she uses it, like the other me in Nia's Naval Base, her skills will have a cooldown period of about a few minutes. During this time, we can press our advantage."

"Oh! I understand!"

Upon hearing this, Rome's morale soared.

The Empire continued to control the bombs falling from the sky, bombarding the Iowa-class destroyers.

On the Iowa-class ship girl's side, after Iowa activated her second-stage attack skill, she watched as Veneto shielded the Empire from a fatal shelling, and she smiled helplessly.

"Wow... Sister Veneto's reaction is really quick."

"Haha, even Sister Lianyi, your plans can fall through!" Wisconsin said with a laugh as she fired off the comment.

“That’s right, I need to rest for a while,” Iowa said to Wisconsin with a smile. “Veneto’s shield has been shattered, so it’s your turn next time.”

"Wow... such a big problem right off the bat!" Wisconsin clicked her tongue in surprise, but her face still radiated fighting spirit. "Ha! But since Sister Iowa said so, I'll leave it to her! The main course is about to begin!"

Wisconsin's eyes lit up as she spoke.

As Wisconsin's eyes lit up, a faint energy fluctuation instantly spread out from her body, enveloping the entire training ground.

The moment the training ground was enveloped by a strange aura, the Veneto-class ship girls in the distance noticeably slowed down, and even the carrier-based aircraft in the sky seemed much heavier.

Wisconsin's ship equipment skills are extremely rare flagship abilities, even among skill-based ship girls.

Ship girls who possess flagship skills generally have excellent leadership potential, and flagship skills are often more powerful than ordinary ship girl skills.

Wisconsin's flagship skill is to create a field that slows down fast-moving enemies within it, significantly reducing their evasion and accuracy. As the master of the field, her firepower is also greatly enhanced.

Wisconsin's weakening ability is ineffective against slow enemies.

Unfortunately, the Veneto-class enemies, probably due to their small size and agile movements, are the type of high-speed enemies covered by Wisconsin.

As Wisconsin's territory expanded, the Iowa-class ship girls found it much easier to dodge the aerial shells.

"With such a useful skill, why didn't you use it sooner?" Iowa asked with a smile from behind.

"Ha! What are you saying!" Wisconsin's eyes brightened, her voice filled with an air of self-righteousness. "Sister Iowa, have you ever seen an animated film where the protagonist unleashes a powerful attack right from the start!"

“OK~” Iowa nodded with a smile.

The New Jersey ship raised its cannons behind it and fired a shot in the direction of Veneto.

A shell streaked across the sky like a meteor, hurtling towards Veneto.

Perhaps due to the weakening of Wisconsin's domain skills, Veneto still had a few seconds to adapt to her increasingly heavy body. In those few seconds, her movements appeared particularly stiff as she dodged the artillery fire.

boom! !

The shells from New Jersey were very powerful, almost grazing Veneto's body as they struck the water behind her, creating a wave.

Veneto quickly adjusted his body and fired a shell in the direction of New Jersey.

Clearly, before Veneto adapted to her heavy body, her aim was no longer as sharp and accurate as before; it was merely at the level of a typical ship girl's artillery fire in the eighth chapter of a high-ranking naval base.

This level of shelling posed no threat to the Iowa-class ship girls. They simply dodged the shells and easily avoided them. Then, a few more shells thundered as they pursued Veneto.

……

bang bang bang! ! !

The roar of engines continued to ring out around Veneto, who, in order not to affect his teammates, distanced himself from Roma.

"Tsk... Wisconsin's ability... the most troublesome thing is that she keeps activating or deactivating this skill at crucial moments. Besides the changes in her weight, it creates a strong sense of disharmony in the body." Veneto muttered to herself. After a few awkward seconds, she gradually adapted to her slightly heavier body, and her dodging movements slowly returned to a level only slightly worse than usual. The accuracy and power of the interfered artillery fire also began to recover noticeably. "What a nuisance, I should log off."

Boom!

Veneto fired a shell at Wisconsin.

Rome, not far away, immediately launched fire support, and the empire followed suit by dropping a wave of bombs.

With a deafening roar, the sea surface exploded into a chaotic mess.

The identities of the two groups of ship girls emerged from the smoke.

After firing a salvo at Veneto to no avail, the Iowa-class ship girls suddenly turned their fire without any warning.

In that instant, Veneto, who had been observing the Iowa-class ship girls, suddenly realized something was wrong.

She glanced at the Empire instinctively.

Oh no... Their salvo just now was to force me away from the remaining Veneto-class ship girls!

Veneto reached out to the Empire, but at that moment, four Iowa-class cannons were already gathering around the Empire.

As an aircraft carrier ship girl, Empire was suddenly targeted by four top-tier battleships. In order to evade, she had no choice but to temporarily abandon control of the carrier-based aircraft in the sky and begin to dodge.

However, with Wisconsin's skill reduction, the Empire's evasion ability was greatly reduced. She did not have the same good adaptability as Veneto. Even though she had made advance warnings and tried her best to dodge two of the shells, one of the shells still came straight at the Empire's face.

The remaining shell was from Wisconsin.

The Empire has been hit; it is now a fait accompli!

A hint of self-reproach flashed in Veneto's eyes.

However, at this critical moment, a green figure suddenly appeared in front of the empire.

Boom! ! !

Next, the shells struck the ship's rigging hard, followed by the sound of the rigging shattering.

A powerful blast of air swept out in all directions.

"Oh----"

Rome's body was thrown into the air almost instantly, and she and her ship equipment were blasted into the air and flew towards the water at the edge of the training ground.

It's Rome!

Rome shielded the empire from harm!

The ship girls watching the Roman ship fly away like a kite began to sigh.

Ugh……

The Veneto-class ship girls have ultimately suffered losses.

In a battle of this intensity, casualties mean the beginning of collapse... It seems this battle is coming to an end.

The ship girls did not turn their gaze to the distant Rome. No ship girl could survive such intense bombardment without being severely damaged. The ship girls had no doubts about Rome's situation and continued to look towards the center of the battlefield.

In the center of the battlefield, Veneto had returned to the remaining Roma and Littorio.

The three of them sped away, dodging the ensuing swarm of Iowa-class ship girls.

"Sister..." The Empire looked in the direction Rome had flown away, his expression somewhat dazed.

"Empire, continue to control the carrier-based aircraft." Veneto called out to the Empire. She adjusted her mood slightly, looked in the direction of Rome in the distance where its fate was unknown, and continued to look at the Iowa-class ship girls. "It seems that I have indeed been lazy lately, and my vigilance has dropped significantly. As expected of the Iowa-class opponents, they are not on the same level as those I have fought before."

"Do you want to admit defeat?"

Just then, Littorio, who had remained silent since the start of the battle, spoke up and asked Veneto a question.

Veneto turned to look at Littorio.

Littorio's expression remained the same as always, calm and serene. Not a single drop of water was on her, and the cat plush toy in her arms covered her entire chest.

“No, it won’t,” Veneto said.

"Why?" Littorio tilted his head and asked curiously.

“…This battle must be won.” Veneto began, then paused, turning to Littorio, “Littorio, do you know why Rome didn’t push you forward when they were taking the hit for the Empire, but instead chose to go up and take the damage themselves?”

"Because of...sisterly affection?"

“Rome’s mind probably doesn’t work at that level,” Veneto said, his gaze lingering on Littorio. “But Rome’s intuition is very accurate. She instinctively feels that it’s more cost-effective for her to take the hit herself than to push you in as a shield.”

"..." Littorio didn't speak, she just blinked.

Just then, Veneto suddenly felt a lightness in his body.

Veneto looked away and gazed toward the Iowa-class ships.

Wisconsin has disabled area skills.

then.

Wisconsin grinned mischievously and reactivated his domain skill.

Buzz————

His body suddenly felt lighter and then instantly became heavier, undergoing two rapid changes that caused Veneto to lose his balance instantly.

Immediately afterwards, artillery fire rained down from the sky.

Boom, boom! ! !

Several shells struck Veneto's unbalanced body in an instant, creating a violent burst of fireworks on the water's surface.

Chapter 3492 Two-Stage Reversal

With the booming sound of the shell hitting the target, a crimson flower instantly rose on the water surface of the exercise area.

Flames surged up, engulfing the rising waves.

Seeing the flames on the exercise field, the ship girls watching instinctively looked up, gazing at the fire and debris scattering across the sky, and their hearts were filled with certainty.

What a powerful artillery barrage!

Is this the firepower of an Iowa-class destroyer?

It seems Veneto is in grave danger this time.

The ship girls' emotions surged at the thought, and they all looked at the remaining ship girls on the water.

Veneto's ship equipment skills became widely known during her time as an instructor at the temporary naval base. Her skills were permanent buff skills. During the skill's active period, in addition to significantly increasing her ship equipment firepower at the cost of sacrificing a small amount of accuracy, the most overpowered aspect was that she could also become immune to the damage she received the first time after each battle.

Even disregarding the free firepower, the importance of a single Aegis ability for a battleship is self-evident.

This not only represents more room for survival, greater stability, and a higher margin for error, but also means that Veneto can take advantage of this invincible opportunity to launch a near-rogue-like battle of attrition against the target enemy, thereby securing his advantage in the fight.

This is undoubtedly an overpowered ship equipment skill, almost to the point of being bugged. It is because of this skill that Veneto has almost established her status as the queen of battleship duels.

but……

Ugh……

pity……

The ship girls gazed at the only remaining two figures on the sea: Empire and Littorio, and couldn't help but sigh.

Veneto's Aegis ability was tricked out by Iowa at the very beginning of the battle.

At this moment, Veneto was not protected by the Aegis. She was hit by such a raging and terrifying barrage of cannonballs, and there was no other possible outcome but severe damage.

Rome was just blown away by a single cannon shot.

The remaining combat force on the sea now consists of only Littorio, a mere accessory used to complete the four-dimensional Neto-class bond system, with extremely low ship equipment levels, and the Empire, which has no escort ships to protect it. These two are simply lambs to the slaughter in front of the Iowa-class opponents...