Elder brother's garrison

At this moment, the medical teams that had gradually formed spontaneously in the surrounding area also came together and carried away the still-shaken merchants and Ian's ship girls.

"Are you hurt?" Veneto asked as he walked up.

"No."

"That's good." Veneto was relieved.

After a short while, most of the admirals who could run across the beach had reached the concrete road, while those who couldn't were carried ashore by the ship girls.

The fiery rain of cannon fire continued to rage on the deserted beach for quite some time before slowly subsiding.

"What happened?" The admirals, who were finally rescued, were filled with questions as they were relieved.

So many deep-sea amphibious ships suddenly appeared in a first-node deep-sea territory.

There are probably several hundred.

This is hardly a normal first chapter of the ocean! And most importantly, it has actually crossed the deep-sea territory and is attacking the safe waters and even the beaches?

“Mr. Barbatos, could you please explain this to them?” Little White said to Mr. Barbatos on the ground.

The most important thing now is to clarify things before considering the deep-sea amphibious assault ship.

"Okay! Okay!" Barbatos quickly scrambled to his feet, his large belly protruding, and ran into the heart of the crowd, waving and shouting, "Stop! Stop, friends! Let me explain!"

Now, Xiaobai and the others can confirm that the Deep Sea Dean did indeed appear in the first chapter's sea area, but not in the fourth node, but in the first node.

The Dean of the Deep Sea truly lived up to his reputation as the most cunning and treacherous creature, managing to draw Xiaobai and the others' attention to the fourth node while he himself slowly recuperated in the first node.

Veneto's expression was also quite serious. This sudden attack was probably because a large number of ship girl auras appeared on the beach in the first chapter, which attracted this newly appointed abyssal dean and organized a sudden attack.

If Rome and the others hadn't discovered it early and sent the message in time, the ship girls on the beach might not have been able to react and protect them, resulting in a large number of admirals perishing in the fire.

While Barbatos was explaining to the admirals around him, Shiro looked at Pachina and Ringo who were receiving treatment.

Although Ringo's back injury covered a smaller area, it was much more serious than Pachina's, with the flesh burned and mangled, looking extremely painful.

However, Ringo didn't seem to care about this matter. She just looked at her hands with a sense of loss and a strange sadness in her eyes.

Xiaobai remembered how Ringo used to always be holding a folding fan.

"Ringo-neechan, did you lose your folding fan just now?" Shiro knelt down in front of Ringo and asked, holding her hand.

Ringo thought for a moment, then slowly nodded.

"I'm sorry... Thank you Ringo-neechan for saving my ship girl... I will... try my best to make up for the folding fan for you..." Shiro's voice grew softer and softer as she spoke.

That folding fan was obviously very important to Ringo; it must have been a gift from someone special, one of a kind in the world. Xiaobai really wasn't confident she could afford to lose something so important.

Ringo was very understanding. She nodded and then gently withdrew her hand from Shiro's: "Your ship girl."

Ringo-neechan is such a kind person!

Xiaobai nodded gratefully and then looked at Pachina lying to the side. At this moment, Pachina's entire arm and shoulder had been treated with burn ointment by Baixue and then wrapped with a layer of gauze.

Burns are extremely painful. The constant, burning pain, as if a layer of flames were burning inside her body, tormented the powerless Dean of the Deep Sea Academy, filling her beautiful face with an expression of agony.

Chapter 318 A Narrow Escape

Seeing Pachina's pitiful appearance, even knowing that she was Dean Shenhai, Xiaobai couldn't help but feel sorry for her.

"Admiral." Veneto walked over, picked up a pair of binoculars that he had snatched from someone, and handed them to Xiaobai.

Xiaobai took the binoculars.

“The deep-sea amphibious ships don’t have any intention of invading the land yet, but they have already stepped out of the deep-sea territory, and the safe waters of the first node have now been occupied by them,” Veneto said.

Xiao Bai picked up the binoculars, found a high spot, and looked towards the beach.

The beach is now scarred and ravaged. The once smooth and even sand is now pitted and uneven, like the surface of the moon, and it emits a faint red glow. The high temperature makes the view leading there somewhat distorted.

Xiao Bai shifted its gaze to the surface of the sea.

Sure enough, just as Veneto had said, the once safe, azure sea surface could now occasionally be seen with a deep-sea vessel glowing red slowly passing by.

In the distance, in the deep-sea territory shrouded in the resentment of the deep sea, large swaths of mist gradually spread outwards.

"Veneto, have you seen Dean Deepsea?" Xiaobai asked.

“I didn’t see it.” Veneto shook his head. “I guess it should be at the very back, probably hiding among a large number of deep-sea amphibious ships.”

Xiaobai put down the binoculars.

That level of artillery barrage could not have been accomplished by just a few dozen deep-sea amphibious ships; it would have been the result of at least several hundred deep-sea amphibious ships firing simultaneously. When Xiaobai was observing the sea surface with his binoculars earlier, he only saw a few scattered deep-sea amphibious ships, which means that the main force of deep-sea amphibious ships should have been mostly staying around the deep-sea dean who commanded them.

“Veneto, do you have any suggestions?” Xiaobai asked.

"Attack," Veneto said.

"Hmm... but we still don't know the enemy director's ship type. Isn't that a bit dangerous?"

“Letting them roam freely in that area is even more dangerous. If we don’t drive them back to the deep-sea territory soon, the deep-sea resentment within it will slowly erode the normal sea areas,” Veneto said.

Xiao Bai fell silent.

Indeed, Veneto had to come on at this point.

However, the number of enemies was simply too great.

Furthermore, since he didn't know the enemy's Deep Sea Commander's ship type, Xiaobai didn't even have a plan for teaming up with Veneto.

"Admiral, please rest assured." Veneto gave Xiaobai a confident smile. "They're just a bunch of small fry. They're not difficult to deal with. After all, this is only the sea area of ​​the first chapter."

Veneto's words gave Xiaobai a lot of confidence.

"Then let's notify everyone about the accident in Barbatos, and after that, we'll take action," Xiaobai finally agreed.

She glanced at the ship girls on the main road.

Many of the ship girls present suffered considerable injuries while protecting their admirals during their retreat, and at this point, very few of them were in a fighting spirit or ready to fight.

"Veneto, how many rapid repair devices are left?"

“We’ve used quite a few these past three days, and we only have twenty or thirty left.” Veneto sighed as he mentioned the rapid repair device. “I should have listened to Mrs. Leigh and brought more when we left.”

"There's nothing we can do about it. After all, nobody knew something like this would happen." Xiaobai smiled. "Give the quick repair device to Fubuki and the others first. Veneto, you can have one too."

“Hmm.” Veneto nodded, took the rapid repair device out of her ship equipment, and distributed it to the other ship girls whose ship equipment was damaged.

At this moment, Mr. Barbatos also stood on a vehicle, gesturing wildly as he described the current situation to the admirals around him.

Many admirals turned pale and were so frightened that they could hardly stand when they heard that the Deep Sea Commander had appeared in the First Sea Area.

As rookie admirals, they were far from being mentally and materially prepared to face a high-level Abyss like the Deep Sea Dean.

Even if you forcibly chase them and their ship girls onto the sea, the ship girls, who have lost their will to fight, will only be a hindrance.

Therefore, Veneto had no intention of seeking help from the ship girls who had already lost their will to win.

"Rome, come here." Veneto beckoned to Rome.

"Oh!" Rome ran over. "Sis, what's up?"

"Come down with me in a bit."

"Huh?" Rome didn't understand.

Veneto pointed to the vast ocean filled with deep-sea amphibious ships: "Wait for me to come there with you."

Veneto looked into Rome's eyes and spoke to Rome.

As an excellent ship girl, combat power is not the most important thing. The most important thing is to always maintain a fearless and proactive spirit of striving for victory.

If Rome showed even the slightest reluctance at this moment, she would be unable to provide any assistance to Veneto in this battle, and Veneto would have no choice but to leave her here.

"Huh?!" Rome exclaimed in surprise. "Me?"

"Ah."

"...Is there any danger?"

“Yes.” Veneto nodded. “If the Dean of the Deep Sea is stronger than me, then I won’t have the strength to protect you. Your life or death will depend entirely on yourself.”

Rome's eyes shone with a crystalline light.

She exclaimed excitedly, "So, sister, you really need my help this time?!"

"Ah."

"I'll go! I'll go!" Roma replied excitedly, jumping up and down with his fist clenched.

Veneto looked pleased.

Rome truly lives up to its name; even their thought processes are so unique.

Veneto knew that although his younger sister's talent might not be the most outstanding, when it came to hard work and perseverance, only Bismarck could probably compare to her in the entire naval base.

"Then you should rest for a while; the battle will begin soon." Veneto nodded to Roma, then looked at Little White, "Admiral, where is Enterprise?"

"The company is over there in the Empire." Xiaobai pointed to the company, which was holding a water jug ​​and pouring water for the wounded sitting on the ground.

The situation is different from what Veneto expected.

The appearance of the Deep Sea Dean here was too bizarre, and he was accompanied by hundreds of Deep Sea Abyssal Ships, which made Veneto pay close attention.

Veneto walked over to the company and the two talked for a while.

The company gave it a thumbs up.

Veneto came back: "Yes, that's all."

"Do we need to bring any other ship girls?" Xiaobai asked Veneto.

Since the goal is to defeat the Deep Sea Dean, Veneto must organize a sufficiently powerful team. A team that combines the best firepower and agility of its members is precisely the number of six ship girls. Therefore, Veneto prefers to form a six-person team.

“Among Nia’s ship girls, only Cleveland can keep up with our pace. I’ll ask her later. Fubuki and the others are destroyers after all, and they’re not suitable for fighting in this kind of situation full of gunfire. Empire won’t work either, as her training level isn’t high enough.” Veneto pondered, “If all else fails, then we’ll have four of them.”

If you're forcing two burdens on just to meet the minimum number, you might as well not bring them at all.

"I see." Xiaobai nodded.

For Veneto, the harm of bad teammates is more terrifying than that of formidable opponents. Although Veneto's requirements for teammates are now very low, just to the point of not dragging them down, most of the ship girls currently in production still fail to meet such a simple requirement.

The fact that one can face hundreds of enemies without fear and still perform consistently is enough to eliminate 99% of the competitors.

Mr. Barbatos is also giving a speech to the admirals over there.

In such a sudden situation, Mr. Barbatos's speech was very important. A cohesive and inspiring speech can timely capture everyone's attention and prevent panic from spreading.

As for what he was saying, Xiaobai couldn't quite hear it, but judging from Mr. Barbatos's expression as he patted his fat belly and solemnly swore to the heavens, he seemed to be quite serious. The admirals and ship girls around him, who were feeling fear because they had to face the Dean of the Deep Sea, gradually calmed down.

Perhaps Mr. Barbatos is not only an excellent businessman, but also a good orator.

Just as Veneto was about to approach Cleveland to ask if she wanted to join the team, an unfamiliar ship girl squeezed out from the crowd in the distance and walked towards Veneto.

"Hello." The ship girl walked up to Veneto and bowed to Veneto and Shiro.

"Hello, what can I do for you?" Veneto asked.

"I came from the guild manager. He said you're about to launch an attack and bring us the fruits of victory..." The ship girl glanced at Xiaobai somewhat nervously.

“If it’s a thank you, then let’s skip that; it’s just an obligation,” Veneto said.

"Not exactly thank you... well, no, there's also a bit of thank you." The unfamiliar ship girl looked at Veneto, a strange look in her eyes. "Um, may I ask if you can look at me?"

The ship girl's reply was so novel that it surprised Veneto.

"You want to fight alongside us?" Veneto asked.

"Ah."

Veneto became serious; she did indeed need help now.

So she looked the ship girl straight in the eye.

This ship girl's training level is indeed quite high, over level 50, and to Veneto's surprise, there wasn't a single impure thought in her eyes.

Those eyes were so clear and fearless.

Although these are not the eyes of a warrior, they are the eyes of someone who wants to become stronger.

"Did you tell your admiral about this?"

"I already told him, and he said it's no problem."

“Yes.” Veneto nodded. “This battle is dangerous.”

"I know."