Elder brother's garrison

Fortunately, Xiaobai was not an unfamiliar admiral to Ticonderoga.

Xiaobai is a proper admiral of Ticonderoga, so there's really no problem showing him the ship's equipment.

After Ticonderoga unfolded her ship equipment, under Shiro's watchful gaze, she reached into her ship equipment and rummaged around for a while before pulling out four ship girl carrier-based aircraft and placing them on the table.

"Admiral, this is my equipment." After putting down the carrier-based aircraft, Ticonderoga took a step back shyly, clasped his hands in front of him, and replied.

"Oh, let me see." Xiaobai reached out and picked up the carrier-based aircraft on the table.

The carrier-based aircraft are not large; if you were to pick one up, Xiaobai could lift it with the palm of his hand.

The carrier-based aircraft of aircraft carrier girls are a rather peculiar existence.

Don't be fooled by the fact that when the aircraft carrier girls are fighting, each of them can summon hundreds of carrier-based aircraft from their ship equipment with a simple gesture. These aircraft can be made to vary in size as if by magic. In reality, these aircraft are temporary replicas made by the aircraft carrier girls using "aluminum resources" stored in their ship equipment.

The operational principle of aircraft carrier ship girls is that their ship rigs can only contain a maximum of four true carrier-based aircraft. When combat is needed, their ship rigs will use these four "original carrier-based aircraft" as a template to process and refine a large amount of aluminum resources stored within the rigs, and then replicate these resources into the appearance of the four carrier-based aircraft for deployment in battle. Of course, if the replicated fighters remain intact after the battle, they can be returned to the ship rigs, thus saving some aluminum resource consumption.

Four carrier-based aircraft are the most suitable for aircraft carrier girls to fight, allowing them to produce the fastest and most stable number of carrier-based aircraft.

Most aircraft carrier girls in this world fight with four of their own carrier-based aircraft.

The four carrier-based aircraft that Ticonderoga has placed on the table are four high-quality gold-grade ship girl carrier-based aircraft. This is the equipment that Ticonderoga obtained when she was still a member of the "Seventh Patrol Team". From the perspective of the Admiral's Guild, this is already a pretty good treatment.

Xiao Bai held the carrier-based aircraft for a while, then put the four aircraft back on the table.

“Hmm, these four carrier-based aircraft…” Xiaobai began.

“Not bad, right?” Ticonderoga said.

“…Uh, um.” Little White nodded, thought for a moment, and said to Ticonderoga, “Have you always used this?”

“Yes,” Ticonderoga said. “This is the equipment I received when I joined the Seventh Patrol Squad. I’ve been using it ever since, and it’s very handy.”

“…I see, so it’s the configuration of the Seventh Patrol Squad.” Xiaobai seemed to understand something, and she sighed, “This is also my fault. I didn’t pay much attention to equipment configuration when I was at the naval base. When you were promoted from the Seventh Patrol Squad to the captain of the personal guard, although your treatment improved, your equipment was still neglected…”

"Huh? Admiral, what do you mean by this?" Ticonderoga tilted his head, somewhat confused.

"Ticonderoga, let me ask you something." Seeing Ticonderoga's confused expression, Xiaobai suddenly laughed, resting her chin on her hands, "What do you think is the reason why our rookie naval base is the best in the world?"

"Uh...the ship girls are really strong?"

"Yeah, do you know why ship girls are so strong?"

"...battle-hardened?"

“That’s not entirely wrong, but not entirely correct.” Xiaobai nodded. “As the saying goes, even a skilled cook can’t cook without rice. In fact, no matter how powerful a ship girl is, in addition to having enough strength herself, she also needs a suitable weapon.”

"A suitable weapon..." Ticonderoga was still confused.

"This equipment might be good for an ordinary naval base, but it's definitely not enough for you right now." In front of Ticonderoga, Xiaobai pulled the four golden carrier-based aircraft she was holding into her arms and placed them aside. Then she said to Ticonderoga, "Wait here for a bit, I'll have someone bring you some equipment. Right now... well... since there aren't many opportunities for you to practice, how about I just give you four B-25s for now?"

"Huh?" Ticonderoga was stunned.

b25?

How many?

How many?

Chapter 4020 Color

Ticonderoga isn't the kind of ship girl who's never seen the world; after all, she's a combat ship girl who was built and carefully trained by the Admiral's Headquarters.

B25 and such... As a relatively mature aircraft carrier ship girl, Ticonderoga said that she had seen it with her own eyes.

She had once seen the B25 bomber during a training course at the Admiral's Headquarters, where she was also a carrier ship girl. She remembered that the ship girl instructor in charge of the course was showing all the ship girls various ship girl equipment in turn with a serious expression. When it came to showing the B25 carrier-based aircraft, a rare look of fluctuation and longing appeared on the instructor's usually calm face.

……

Ship girls' equipment is simply divided into five grades: white, green, blue, purple, gold, and rainbow.

The first five grades are already capable of being mass-produced on a certain scale with the current level of technology in human society.

All of you here today will be the core force serving the various admiral guilds in the future, so the equipment you will use in the future will basically start at gold level. The admiral guilds you will work for in the future will not treat you unfairly in the slightest.

color?

Very good question.

As the highest grade of ship girl equipment, colored equipment is so rare that even with today's technological level, it is difficult to mass-produce it due to its magical structure and unique properties. Therefore, each piece of colored equipment is a strategic resource that is hard to come by.

Although there are rumors that some ship girls with special physical characteristics can use their bodies to nurture colored equipment, these are, after all, unconfirmed rumors.

Let's get back to the main topic.

Even in the Admiral Headquarters, a supreme organization that is equivalent to the Admiral's headquarters, only the most core batch of ship girls can access and use equipment of the highest quality.

Including the B25 carrier-based aircraft in front of you—this is the most representative colored quality equipment stored in the Admiral's Guild's equipment warehouse. Even your teacher, me, is only approved to be equipped with this level of weaponry when carrying out important missions.

Colored equipment is of this level.

Of course, corresponding to its extreme rarity is its overwhelming equipment performance.

The performance advantage of colored equipment over gold equipment is already beyond description in human language, not to mention the purple, blue, green, and even white equipment.

A battle between a ship girl fully equipped with colorful gear and a ship girl fully equipped with white gear is tantamount to a well-trained soldier beating up an unarmed underage child.

Dear ship girls, please remember one thing.

If you ever have the chance to come into contact with colored equipment in the future, please cherish it, because that will be the most memorable day of your life as a ship girl.

……

Ticonderoga still vividly remembers the sunlight streaming through the window onto her face as her instructor introduced the B-25 carrier-based aircraft, making her eyes sparkle.

That was the closest Ticonderoga ever came to acquiring the colored gear.

From then on, Ticonderoga "successfully" completed his studies at the Admiral's Headquarters and became a member of the Chapter 8 Guild.

Chapter 4021: Guilds also have colored equipment.

However, even in the eighth chapter guild, the amount of colored equipment stored is only a handful. After arriving in the eighth chapter, Ticonderoga was assigned to the seventh patrol squad. There were six patrol squads ahead of her. With such a hierarchy, even if colored equipment were distributed, it would not be Ticonderoga's turn.

Furthermore, even Ticonderoga, the captain of the first patrol squad, had never seen her use any equipment of the colored quality. After all, colored equipment was a strategic resource that could be considered a family heirloom, and each piece was extremely precious. Moreover, colored equipment, especially the colored equipment of aircraft carriers, consumed a huge amount of resources on a daily basis. Most of the time, these colored equipment were carefully stored in the equipment warehouse of the Admiral's Guild for maintenance, and they would not be taken out for the ship girls to use unless there was a major mission.

and so……

The admiral just said she wanted to get herself a few B-25s?

After hearing what Xiaobai said, Ticonderoga froze on the spot for a moment. Looking at Xiaobai's smiling expression, her eyes became confused.

b25……

Four...?

This……

Isn't the distribution of these colored equipment supposed to be so random?

Logically speaking, shouldn't this involve submitting a lot of complicated paperwork, going through layers of review, and finally having a dedicated staff member talk to you, investigate your training data, and conduct a psychological survey?

How come, in the admiral's words, allocating colored equipment is as simple as throwing radishes and cabbages...

Ticonderoga looked at Little White, his confused gaze becoming even more confused.

I... I should be a worldly ship girl... right?

"Hmm? Ticonderoga, what's wrong?" Little White was a little curious because Ticonderoga hadn't said anything and was just making faces at her.

"Admiral...you mean...you're going to equip me with colored carrier-based aircraft...is that right?"

“Yes.” Xiaobai nodded.

"...Four?"

"Isn't this the best way to improve your combat power in a short period of time?" Xiaobai asked with a smile.

"..." Ticonderoga was silent for a while, unsure of how to react.

Should I act like I'm...happy?

Ticonderoga felt she should be happy, but for some reason, she felt a sense of emptiness and absurdity, as if a strange voice was whispering in her ear, telling her that none of this was real, that it was just a dream, or a prank reality TV show.

When faced with a huge shock to one's worldview, people probably subconsciously develop an escapist mentality to protect their brain from crashing.

Xiaobai had no idea what Ticonderoga was thinking. She looked at Ticonderoga with his head down, his expression calm and composed, and raised an eyebrow with some admiration.

Ok.

Ticonderoga truly deserves to be called the most outstanding among this batch of ship girls. She remains so calm and composed even when faced with colorful equipment. She has a bright future ahead of her.

Thinking of this, Xiaobai spoke to Chaoda beside her.

"Super Yamato, could you please go to Lexington and fetch four B-25 bombers for me?" Xiaobai said with a smile.

“Okay.” Super Big nodded knowingly, glanced at the dumbfounded Ticonderoga, then walked past him and left the office.

About ten minutes later.

Super Big and back.

"Admiral, I'm back." Super Yamato stood outside the office, poked his head in, and looked at Shiro.

"Oh, welcome back, Yamato. Did you get the B-25?" Xiaobai asked with a smile.

"Hmm..." Super Yamato gave a somewhat strange look, seemingly unsure how to explain for a moment. She pursed her red lips slightly and said, "Admiral, I went to see Lexington. She said I could bring four B-25s back for you..."

"Huh? Then?"

"And then... I don't know if this counts as bringing this back..." Chao Dahe glanced back at the outside of the office, and then walked into the office.

Da da da.

A series of crisp footsteps sounded behind him.

A ship girl dressed in a white naval uniform with golden twin tails followed closely behind Yamato, gritting her teeth as she hurried in.

"Admiral! Admiral!" The ship girl shouted loudly towards Xiaobai as soon as she entered.

"Hey, isn't that Bumblebee?" Xiaobai was pleasantly surprised when she saw the ship girl, and then she immediately realized that something seemed to have happened.

"Admiral, you, you, you! Why are you persecuting my B-25s again?!" Bumblebee gritted her teeth, and the moment she saw Whitebeard, she began to complain with an impatient, anxious, and angry expression. Her innocent look was like that of a young mother whose child had been snatched away. "You gave the girl who just arrived at the naval base four B-25s without saying a word! Why didn't anyone ask my opinion? Those are my precious babies that I've raised with so much care! This is too much! This is really too much!"

Ticonderoga was drawn by the sound of Bumblebee and turned her head to look.

Little White then understood what had happened. She immediately stood up and smiled apologetically at Bumblebee.

"Oh! Bumblebee, come sit down, come sit down!" Little White walked forward, came to the angry Bumblebee, and reached out to take her hand.

"Admiral, I won't forgive you no matter what you say today, I'm really angry!"

"Okay, okay, would you like something to drink? I have coffee, juice, cola, and soy milk."

"Cola."

"Then you can sit down first." Little White pulled Bumblebee along, smiling as he pressed her down onto the sofa.

Bumblebee, sitting on the sofa, remained sullen and not cheerful. She crossed her arms, pouted, and sulked, her long legs crossed in a daze.

Little White poured Bumblebee a glass of iced cola and placed it on the table in front of her.

Bumblebee grabbed the Coke cup and started gulping it down.

The bumblebee, poisoned by the chilled cola, visibly calmed down.

"Hiccup..." Bumblebee burped, put down the cup, and his breathing gradually calmed down.

"How are you feeling? Would you like another one?" Xiaobai asked with a smile, holding a Coke bottle like a little maid.

"Need not……"

Bumblebee looked at Little White, especially at Little White's smiling face. She hesitated, then frowned and then relaxed, finally looking at Ticonderoga, who was standing there dumbfounded, with a scrutinizing gaze.

Chapter 4022 Am I Invincible?

Actually, no one needs to explain this situation; Xiaobai knows that Bumblebee must have come back with Megatron.

The B25 carrier-based aircraft in the newbie naval base, which were "requisitioned" from Hornet, have basically been given to the ship girls that can be given them. The four B25s that Shiro assigned to Ticonderoga certainly wouldn't be asked for from other carrier ship girls, so they can only continue to "requisition" them from Hornet.

Ok……

After all, Bumblebee's bedroom is the real B25 warehouse...

Xiao Bai still remembers the last time she went with Lexington to find Bumblebee. When her bedroom door opened, colorful B25 paint "flowed" out of the bedroom door as if it were free, and the scene was absolutely spectacular.

Hornet cherishes her B-25s very much. It takes a lot of effort to "requisition" any of them from her. At least every time Lexington tries to "requisition" one, she has to negotiate with Hornet for quite a while.

"Is she the new aircraft carrier ship girl?" Hornet stared at Ticonderoga for a long time before asking Shiro.