Elder brother's garrison

Wow!

The land-based ship was in a complete mess.

Chapter 3636 The Story of Henry

As Henry and the tentacles disappeared, the chaotic land-based ship gradually returned to tranquility.

The surrounding waves calmed down at this moment, the dark sea surface was as quiet as a mirror, the air was clear, the black fog dissipated, and the moon that was about to disappear in the sky was exceptionally round and full, like a ray of light about to fade away.

Xiaobai stood there, staring blankly at the pursuer lying silently with the scattered energy bars. Then, her gaze shifted to the distant water, where she found Fubuki floating on the surface.

That shockwave just now... it was really powerful.

Fubuki tried to grab the tentacles with both hands to free Henry from their control. This action was purely well-intentioned, but it seemed to greatly anger the "rules" on the tentacles. As a result, the mental energy fluctuation that just erupted from the tentacles seemed to be the strongest ever. Although even so, the shockwave did not affect Shiro's side, Fubuki and the pursuer suffered. Even though the pursuer was within a safe distance, he was blasted away by the sudden shockwave and collided with the energy bar in the box, fainting on the spot. Fubuki, who was next to Henry, fared even worse. She was directly slapped dozens of meters away by the mental energy fluctuation.

Xiaobai quickly steered the land-based ship towards the waters where Fubuki was.

The land-based ship cut through the water and quickly reached Fubuki's side. Shiro pulled Fubuki out of the water.

"Fubuki? How are you? Are you alright?"

Xiaobai gently laid Fubuki flat on the floor of the land-based ship and patted her cheek.

"Ah... ah... admiral..."

Fubuki's eyes swirled, her mouth was slightly open, her consciousness was blurred, and she muttered to herself.

Xiaobai released her mental energy to check on Fubuki's condition. After confirming that she was at least physically unharmed, she breathed a sigh of relief.

"This is really a mess."

Xiao Bai murmured softly, looking at Fubuki and the pursuers lying haphazardly beside her, her feelings complicated.

Today's expedition has ended, and Xiaobai has returned to the Admiral's Guild with the two ship girls who suffered from the mental shock.

Having not returned home all night, Iowa was preparing documents for the next day's work in the Admiral's Guild office when she heard footsteps at the office door. She stopped what she was doing and turned to look at the door.

"Admiral, you're back... Hmm?" Iowa's welcoming words were only halfway through when she was stunned by the scene before her. "Admiral, what's this?"

In Iowa's view, all he could see was Xiaobai carrying the unconscious pursuer on his left arm and holding the equally unconscious Fubuki in his right arm, standing at the door with a wry smile, looking like some kind of porter.

"Iowa... Good morning..." Little White waved to Iowa with her free hand, "We're back."

"This is truly... a heavy casualty situation." Iowa gently covered her mouth with one hand, her gaze drifting over the pursuers and Fubuki. "Hmm... did the Admiral encounter a fierce battle last night?"

"It's a long story..." Xiaobai walked into the office, first settling Fubuki and the Chaser on the sofa, then said to Iowa, "Actually... Fubuki and the Chaser were put in this state by Henry..."

Xiao Bai closed the office door and briefly told Iahua about her experiences that night.

Upon hearing that Fubuki had grabbed the tentacle that was trying to take Henry away, thus triggering the most intense mental shock in history, Iowa immediately understood and revealed a knowing smile.

"Sister Fubuki is as straightforward as ever," Iowa said with a smile.

“Who says otherwise?” Xiaobai scratched his head and said with a wry smile, “In short, the two of them are going to be lying in bed all day again today.”

“So, Miss Henry was a ship girl imprisoned in area 8-2?” Iowa said to Xiaobai. “In that case, some mysteries are solved.”

"A mystery?" Xiaobai asked, puzzled.

"Admiral, let me take Sister Fubuki and Sister Chaser to rest first." Iowa smiled. "I bought you breakfast. You can rest at your desk for a while."

"Oh……"

Xiao Bai shifted his gaze to his desk.

On the president's desk, there was a basket of steaming hot buns and a cup of soy milk.

Xiaobai rubbed her stomach. Although she wasn't hungry, she had spent the whole night on the cold sea and was indeed a little hungry.

"Thank you so much, Iowa."

Xiao Bai walked to her desk and gently sat down in the chair.

Iowa smiled, bent down, and picked up the unconscious Chaser and Fubuki, carrying them out of the office. The crisp sound of their footsteps faded into the distance.

Xiao Bai picked up the soy milk cup and took a few sips, then reached for the steaming hot bun, put it to his mouth and took a bite.

It's filled with beef, juicy and steaming hot.

Xiao Bai finished the whole steamer of buns in a few bites, then patted his belly with relief and gently exhaled a breath of warm air.

Iowa returned from outside after Xiaobai finished eating.

When Iowa returned to his office, he smiled as he looked at the empty steamer basket.

"The Admiral has a good appetite today, would you like some more?"

"No need, this is enough." Xiaobai blushed slightly and shook her head a little embarrassedly. "Have the pursuers and Fubuki been settled?"

“Both Fubuki and Chaser have fallen asleep. I checked them over and found they weren’t seriously injured.” Iowa came to Shiro’s side and gently placed her hand on Shiro’s shoulder. “However, just in case, I used a rapid repair device on both of them, but it had little effect. They didn’t seem to wake up immediately.”

"After all, quick repair can only fix physical injuries and has no effect on conditions like mental exhaustion," Xiaobai said with a smile. "It's okay, I checked their condition, it's nothing serious, they just need to sleep for another day."

“In that case, I feel much more at ease.” Iowa pulled out a chair and sat down next to Little White. “Admiral, I have something to say about Miss Henry.”

"Hmm?" Xiaobai looked up at Iowa.

"According to the Admiral's introduction, Miss Henry seems to be bound by a strange rule and forced to stay in the 8-2 sea area, is that right?" Iowa asked Xiaobai, placing her hands flat on her thighs.

“I did say that.” Xiaobai nodded, then added after a moment’s thought, “The rules that bind her… are very powerful.”

"Does the Admiral have any scientific basis to support these so-called rules?"

"No..." Xiaobai shook her head.

The mysterious force binding Henry is completely inexplicable with current human technology.

"If that's the case, why does the Admiral think that the power that binds Miss Henry is some kind of rule?" Iowa continued to ask.

“Well…” Xiaobai nodded, “Actually, regarding the rules… I think this isn’t the first time I’ve encountered them. Just like the special ship girls we encountered in Chapter 8, they all appeared according to the rules, right? Even with the salvage ship girl Montana, even if she’s willing to come with us after she appears, we still have to defeat her fair and square once according to her rules of action before we can bring her back to our naval base.”

"Does the Admiral mean that Miss Henry is the fourth special ship girl?"

“After all, no one has ever said that there can only be three special ship girls.” Xiaobai nodded and held up four fingers to Iowa. “Just because there were three before doesn’t mean there will be three this time. I think that’s the case.”

“Hmm, it seems that Chapter Eight is indeed a place full of surprises.” Iowa nodded with a smile upon hearing this.

"Iowa, you seem to suddenly be particularly interested in Henry... Is it just my imagination?" Little White asked Iowa curiously.

Faced with Xiaobai's question, Iowa smiled without saying a word and tilted his head slightly.

"Does the Admiral remember that before you left last night, I promised you that while you were away searching for Miss Henry, I would go to the Admiral's headquarters database to find some information related to Miss Henry?" After a while, Iowa put one hand to his chest and said to Xiaobai, "Of course, the Admiral's headquarters has such high access privileges that I, a mere mistress, could not obtain them. I was able to access the information mainly thanks to the Admiral's credentials and the guild leader's access account that the Admiral gave me."

“Hmm… I remember I left it for you.” Xiaobai said, then suddenly a thought struck her, and her eyes widened immediately. “Ah… could it be… Iowa, you found it?”

“After all, electronic documents are much easier to read than paper documents.” Iowa smiled at Xiaobai. “Looking up relevant terms will be much more efficient.”

"What have you discovered?" Xiaobai immediately sat up straight and looked at Iohua with a look of earnest inquiry.

“I did find out about Miss Henry…” Iowa looked at Xiaobai listening attentively, then suddenly pursed her lips, tilted her head slightly, and smiled mysteriously at Xiaobai, “But before I speak, I want to ask the Admiral… what do you think the Admiral considers the historical significance of the ship name that Miss Henry carries?”

"...Henry's status?" Xiaobai looked at Iowa with a puzzled expression. Although she didn't understand why Iowa suddenly asked her this question, she still scratched her head and answered honestly, "Well... if it's a ship of great importance, then admirals in our industry should have heard of it at least a few times... but Henry's name is very unfamiliar to me, which means I have never seen her name in relevant documents. So, judging from this trend, she probably didn't play a very important role in human history, right?"

Chapter 3637 Submarine Star

The more important a ship girl is, the more famous she becomes.

This is a perfectly reasonable situation.

Just as the Missouri was once a famous victorious warship in human history, deciding the outcome of a world war, her importance in history is self-evident. Therefore, her existence and her reputation have spread throughout the entire ship girl community. Everyone knows her legend on this sea, and her fame has even surpassed that of her sister, Iowa.

So, if we reason in the opposite direction...

Since Henry is such an obscure ship girl, her role in history should be quite small.

This was Xiaobai's guess about Henry before he knew the answer.

Of course... while there is some logic to this reasoning, there are still some inconsistencies based on Xiaobai's interactions with Henry over the past few days.

The most obvious point of conflict is that... since Henry's ship is not so important in history, and can even be said to be just an ordinary ship, where does her powerful strength come from?

Henry is a super submarine with 999 evasion and 999 armor!

Logically speaking, an unknown submarine could not possibly possess such exaggerated combat capabilities.

“As expected, the Admiral also thinks Miss Henry’s reputation is rather weak.” After listening to Xiaobai’s explanation, Iowa nodded and pinched her lower lip. “Actually, before I used the Admiral’s account to search for stories about Miss Henry, I thought so too.”

"Judging from what you're saying... could there be something fishy about this?" Xiaobai suddenly asked curiously.

"..." Upon hearing this, Iowa slowly lowered his hand, smiled and nodded at Xiaobai, "Yes, Admiral, Miss Henry's reputation may be quite different from what we two guessed before."

"……oh?"

“Miss Henry… cannot be described as unknown.” Iowa shook her head and explained to Xiaobai, “On the contrary, Miss Henry’s weight in history is no less than that of Missouri.”

"Huh? Is that so?" Xiaobai was so shocked when she heard this that her mouth dropped open.

Is Henry's historical status comparable to that of Missouri?

These two are incredibly famous warships.

Wait a minute... if Henry is so famous, why have I never heard of him?

While surprised, Xiaobai's eyes remained filled with doubt.

Under Xiaobai's gaze, Iowa bent down, took a printed document from the office cabinet, and handed it to Xiaobai.

“Logically speaking, some of the more private information in the Admiral’s Headquarters’ confidential documents is not allowed to be copied or printed. But fortunately, this part is only historical material, and you can even find it in some specialized history museums, even if you’re not at the Admiral’s Headquarters.” Iowa said to Xiaobai. “Admiral, take a look. This is the legend about Miss Henry… Although it’s not long, it’s crucial enough.”

Xiao Bai subconsciously reached out and took the document.

At Iowa's prompting, Xiaobai opened the document and began to read it.

The document was indeed short, but it was impactful enough, because as Xiaobai tried to read it, the first line clearly stated, "According to existing literature, the HMS Henry was the first submarine in human naval history to sink an enemy ship."

When Xiaobai saw this line of text, he was stunned.

Xiao Bai looked up and met Iahua's gaze.

Iowa smiled at Little White.

"Henry was... the world's first submarine to achieve combat success?" Xiaobai asked to confirm.

“Admiral, that is indeed the case.” Iowa nodded.

"..." Xiaobai's heart suddenly started pounding faster.

Good guy.

So... the Henry's ship is this amazing!

Oh no... perhaps "powerful" isn't quite accurate, but at least Henry's place in human history is enough to establish a heavyweight level for a new type of naval vessel!

Xiao Bai quickly lowered his head and continued reading the document in his hand.

As Xiaobai continued reading the documents, his understanding of Henry's legend deepened.

The HMS Henry was not actually the first submarine ever built. In fact, while submarines were developed much earlier in the era in which the HMS Henry was built, the related technologies were still in their infancy and lagged far behind the more mature technologies of the following decade. At that time, submarines were more of a research project, a new type of ship that was being considered and tested by the world.

In those days, colossal beasts ravaged the oceans.

The ships deployed were all designed to be large, sturdy, powerful, heavily armored, and carry a large number of personnel. Submarines, which are small, stealthy, and capable of independent operations, were created precisely to break through this established pattern.

To put it bluntly, this was just an experiment by humankind.

In order to overcome the giant beasts on the sea, humans devised a clever method: avoid their sharpest attacks and strike at their vital points.

However, in such an environment, the dazzling behemoths on the sea are so invincible and powerful that trickery is usually regarded as "heretical" and "unorthodox" by the combatants. Therefore, the submarine, a small and fragile type of ship, is facing a great dilemma... that is, if it makes no further contributions in the war, the submarine will be denied by history, abandoned and forgotten, becoming a fleeting trace that will disappear in a few hundred years, and even future generations will not record it.

However, even in such a harsh environment, while submarine-related technologies and warfare methods were still being explored, a submarine ship that was only twelve meters long, cigar-shaped, and had a speed of only four knots appeared in the world. With its small, fragile, and slow body, it personally sank a huge and dazzling sea vessel.

It was an astonishing victory, a victory that the world will remember.

Unfortunately, after sinking the dazzling warships, the tiny submarine seemed to be caught in the ocean's whirlpool, unable to return safely to enjoy the triumph and cheers, and disappeared from then on.

After that, the methods of submarine warfare were established, the research direction of submarines was supported, and the behemoths that ravaged the oceans finally lowered their arrogant eyes and regarded those small but dangerous beings lurking in the seabed as their greatest enemies in this life.

Submarines subsequently became an integral part of naval warfare, and learning how to evade them became the first lesson for these sea monsters when they set sail.

Shinano, Daifeng, Royal Oak...

One by one, famous ships in history were captured by submarines after Henry the Navigator, proving the feasibility of submarines and acknowledging their existence.

From a certain perspective, the existence of the HMS Henry spurred the advancement of submarine technology. It demonstrated the feasibility of underwater warfare and the dangers of fighting submarines on land, thus securing a space for survival for hundreds of subsequent submarines, which was of great significance.

She is a big star in the submarine world.

She loudly proclaimed the existence of submarines to the world.