Elder brother's garrison

Stop.

Stop.

Stop.

Stop.

Stop.

For some reason, Saratoga burst into tears.

Stop it right now...

"Rumble"

Suddenly, a huge explosion came from the other side of the ship. For a moment, it felt as if the ship was about to capsize, and the calm waves surged.

Saratoga and Bismarck sat up in bed immediately.

Saratoga clutched her chest, gasping for breath.

On the bed next to him, Bismarck got off and quickly put on the coat that was placed beside the bed.

"Are you feeling unwell?" Bismarck asked, noticing that Saratoga's condition was somewhat abnormal.

“…Yes.” Saratoga could still feel her heart pounding in her chest. She looked up. “There are enemies.”

“Yes.” Bismarck nodded.

Saratoga raised his hand and shook the little white dog beside him.

"...Hmm...Hmm...Hmm?" Little White woke up groggily. "Ah...Don't eat me..."

“…” Saratoga ignored the little white boy’s first muttered words, which sounded like sleep talking, “There is a deep sea.”

"Huh?!" As if injected with a tranquilizer, Xiaobai immediately sat up in bed.

Little White just had a dream. In the dream, a large, humanoid cat pounced on him, licking him and shouting that he was delicious and wanted to eat him. Just as Little White was struggling helplessly in his dream, Saratoga shook him awake.

"Deep sea?!" Xiao Bai had never seen a creature from the deep sea before. Influenced by the previous generation, such creatures were still considered terrifying to him, so the shock had a refreshing effect.

Chapter 38 Saratoga, Attack

Xiao Bai and his two companions walked out of the room. Although it was the early hours of the morning, the ship's crew had already begun to evacuate the crowd in an orderly manner.

Many passengers were awakened by the unusual noises, and a considerable number of those who hadn't fallen asleep were wandering the corridors. Any disturbance that occurred would be a very bad situation for the passenger ship.

"Please return to your rooms." Xiaobai hadn't gone far when a waiter quickly approached. "Our ship is currently under attack from the deep sea. Our hired ship girls are fighting outside, and the ship is being affected. Therefore, please do not move around outside your rooms."

"Okay, sure," Xiaobai nodded in agreement.

The waiter, seeing that Xiaobai and her two companions didn't seem like the type to like joining in on the fun, and considering that there were quite a few people watching, quietly said "thank you for your cooperation" and left.

With a harmless smile, Little White moved aside, quietly opened the door to the deck, and slipped inside with Saratoga and Bismarck.

"Bismarck." As they walked onto the deck, Xiaobai asked Bismarck, "You just said that this wave of Abyssal Fleet ships was lured here by us, right?"

“Yes,” Bismarck replied, “the deep sea capable of capsizing a cargo ship of this size is generally not a destroyer fleet.”

"Do you have advanced deep-sea ships?" Xiaobai asked.

“Not sure yet.” Bismarck glanced at Saratoga. “Saratoga, do some scouting when you get to the deck.”

“Okay.” Saratoga nodded.

“The scent of ship girls occasionally attracts Abyssal ships.” Bismarck continued, “Usually, some less intelligent Abyssal ships are attracted by our scent. Passenger ships are active during the off-season for Abyssal activity. At this time, there will be some scattered destroyer fleets in this area. Established main Abyssal fleets will retreat to the seabed. Only newly formed, unplanned Abyssal fleets will appear at this time.”

As they spoke, Xiaobai and the other two had already walked onto the deck.

Saratoga released the deck armor behind her, and with a gentle wave of her hand, a small row of planes roared into the sky, carried by the sea breeze.

Saratoga is an aircraft carrier ship girl. The carrier's aircraft are like the ship girl's eyes, helping her detect enemy situations.

"One heavy cruiser." Saratoga quickly revealed the opposing Abyssal fleet's composition: "Eight destroyers and one light cruiser."

"The one that shook the passenger ship must be the heavy cruiser Abyssal." Bismarck looked into the distance.

If Xiaobai gains brainwave network after taking the potion, he can link Saratoga and Bismarck, sharing the visual information obtained by Saratoga's carrier-based aircraft, thus making it easier for Bismarck to determine the location of enemy ships.

Little White looked in the direction Bismarck was looking.

Occasionally, clusters of firelight would appear on the sea surface. Apart from that, she couldn't see anything at all with her eyesight.

"The passenger ship has hired two light cruiser ship girls." Xiaobai has a considerable amount of knowledge about admirals (which he has memorized), so he can judge the seriousness of the situation. "This configuration should not be able to win."

“Smaller deep-sea fleets will instinctively fear us when they smell our scent,” Bismarck explained from the side. “Therefore, any deep-sea fleet that dares to invade will have at least one or two advanced ships.”

"Does a heavy cruiser even dare to come?"

“After all, it lacks intelligence.” Bismarck said, then turned to Whitebeard and asked, “Admiral, please give the order.”

The Abyssal Fleet, drawn by Bismarck and Saratoga, is fighting against the ship girls hired by the fleet. Although Bismarck and Saratoga, as capital ships, have the ability to crush these Abyssal Fleet members, these ship girls from civilian organizations do not have that ability.

The one who tied the knot must untie it. Since it was Bismarck and her companions' scent that attracted the deep sea, then Bismarck and her companions need to deal with it themselves.

"Attack." Xiaobai looked at Saratoga. "Saratoga has a high-level target acquisition ability. You go and engage the Abyssal ships that are attacking the mercenary ship girls. Bismarck will stay on the ship to deal with the Abyssal ships that are approaching here."

As an admiral, Xiaobai cannot be as hesitant as usual when issuing orders. He must make decisions in the shortest possible time.

Saratoga nodded, ran to the railing at the edge of the deck, and gently jumped down.

As an aircraft carrier ship girl, Saratoga faces significant distance limitations when launching aircraft at night, so she must accompany the carrier-based aircraft.

Xiaobai also ran to the deck and watched Saratoga, with its fully deployed ship equipment, rapidly moving into the distance.

Her long, golden hair, as bright as the sun, shone like a lighthouse in the darkness.

Bismarck, standing beside Xiaobai, also unleashed her ship rigging, which was taller than Xiaobai herself, and coldly stared at the sea around the ship.

“...Bismarck.”

"exist."

"I'm so useless."

“…” Bismarck looked at the suddenly dejected Little White with some confusion.

"I don't have a brainwave network..." Xiaobai touched the bottle of neurotoxin he always carried with him through his clothes.

Sending aircraft carrier girls out on a solo mission in the early morning is extremely dangerous, but battleship girls who lose the support of teammates with high target acquisition capabilities will be even more vulnerable when facing multiple enemies.

Compared to aircraft carrier ship girls whose bombardments are area-of-effect attacks, battleships that can only kill one enemy with a single shot are in much greater danger in this situation.

Xiaobai had no choice but to risk letting Saratoga go.

“Lexington must have said that,” Bismarck said in a low voice, patting Little White’s head. “We’ve become powerful enough that we don’t need the brainwave network for the time being.”

"I am strong." Bismarck lowered his hands, half-kneeling before Little White, as if proving something, and said, "I will not lose. I am the crystallization of German technology, I am the hardest shield, and the sharpest sword and spear. I swear to you, before the dark seas return to the embrace of mankind, before all the deep seas are sunk and crushed, I will become the nightmare of the deep sea. I will forge ahead without hesitation, and I will spill the blood of the deep sea in every sea I pass through, bringing victory and glory to my master. The only one who can defeat me, my beloved admiral, is your weakness."

"There are ship girls who share the same resolve as me. And there's an entire naval base as well."

As if in time with the occasion, not far away, in the direction Saratoga had gone, the sea surface, which had been quiet just moments before except for the occasional burst of flame, was now filled with the roar of bombers. Violent, continuous explosions, accompanied by serpentine flames, shot into the sky like fireworks.

"Rumble rumble rumble rumble rumble rumble rumble rumble"

In an instant, it was as bright as day.

Chapter 39 Bruises

Each ship girl has her own unique fighting style: Lexington is calm and steady, while Bismarck is confident and assertive.

Saratoga, on the other hand, was willful and wild.

Groups of bombers relentlessly unleashed their maximum firepower upon the sea, and vast stretches of fire devoured everything like hungry beasts.

With the roar of carrier-based aircraft, the sea of ​​fire gradually spread across the ocean.

Xiaobai looked at Bismarck, who was kneeling in front of him.

The battleship girl's resolute expression made Xiaobai's hand holding the medicine bottle slowly lose its strength.

"...Thank you," Xiaobai said in a low voice.

Saratoga has given the best answer in place of Bismarck with this sea of ​​fire.

The massacre in Saratoga lasted for a short period of time.

As the sea, engulfed in flames, gradually returned to calm, Bismarck took out a bundle of ladders from her ship's equipment space, squatted down on the deck, and laid the ladders down.

After a while, Saratoga climbed up.

Saratoga still smelled faintly of gunpowder, and the hem of her white sailor uniform was blackened and torn, emitting a burnt smell.

"Are you hurt?" Xiaobai asked, leaning closer.

“...It was pitch black, I couldn’t see anything.” Saratoga bluntly stated his impression of the battle, “I didn’t notice I got hit by a torpedo.”

Saratoga is not wearing the outfit she wore when she boarded the ship. Instead, she is wearing a defensive-field-like garment formed from the ship girl's rigging, which provides considerable defensive capabilities. In most cases, it effectively protects the ship girl's most vulnerable human body.

Of course, due to the high compatibility with the ship's equipment, the pain will still be transmitted.

Saratoga sat on the ground and released the ship's rigging, which was already beginning to emit sparks.

The ship's equipment groaned and hissed, clearly indicating that it had been significantly affected.

This was the first time Xiaobai had ever seen a ship girl get injured.

Logically speaking, given Saratoga's extremely high training level, she could probably fight a hundred more times without getting hurt. However, fighting in the early morning when visibility was poor, the various restrictions on controlling carrier-based aircraft prevented Saratoga from paying attention to many things. Before she knew it, she was hit by a torpedo from a destroyer's last-ditch counterattack.

Fortunately, the damage wasn't too high.

Seeing the bewildered look on Xiaobai's face, Saratoga expressionlessly pointed to the sea behind him.

"Wipe out the enemy."

“Beautiful.” Bismarck reached into her ship's equipment space and pulled out a stack of small green bowls, placing them on Saratoga’s head.

"This is a quick repair kit." Seeing Xiaobai's confusion, Bismarck explained, "It's a very precious repair medium."

As she spoke, Bismarck pulled out colorful little capsules from her ship's equipment space.

“Almost all the damage a ship girl takes will be absorbed by her ship equipment. Before the ship equipment is damaged to the point that it can no longer support the defensive force field, the human part will not be truly injured. So, we just need to repair the ship equipment.” Bismarck said, placing the colorful capsules into the quick repair box on Saratoga’s head. “Normally, to restore a ship girl’s ship equipment, it needs to be soaked in an inorganic repair fluid pool for a considerable period of time.”

Bismarck gestured for the little white dog to observe Saratoga.

As the colorful capsules were placed into the green rapid repair box, a faint light emanated from Saratoga's body.

The damaged gaps in the Saratoga's equipment are being repaired at an extremely rapid pace.

It was so fast it felt like time was flowing backwards.

Saratoga's ship equipment was completely renewed.

"Crack!" With a crisp cracking sound, the quick repair kit on Saratoga's head split in two.

"Resurrected!" Saratoga jumped to his feet, striking a pose reminiscent of Superman Returns.

"Oh oh oh oh!" Little White stared at Saratoga with wide, sparkling eyes, his gaze filled with disbelief, admiration, and a desire to learn.

“The quick repair kit is a wonderful device that can compress this time,” Bismarck explained. “By simply compressing resources into capsules and putting them into the quick repair kit, you can repair ship equipment at lightning speed.”

"Is the quick repair kit such a powerful thing?" Xiaobai asked.

“It contains a facility that can activate metals, although it’s a one-time use device,” Bismarck explained.

Xiaobai wanted to ask (seven) Ersiqisi something, but Bismarck interrupted her, "We'll talk about it when we get back. We'll run into people here."

Xiaobai nodded.

Previously, due to the attack from the deep sea, everyone on the deck had taken refuge inside the ship, which is why Xiaobai and the others were able to openly launch carrier-based aircraft on the deck.

The deep sea has now been completely cleared, and people will soon be coming up to the deck.

Bismarck picked up the quick repair kit that had been broken in two, then skillfully rolled the ladder back together and put it back into the ship's equipment space.

"The mercenary ship girl is seriously injured," Saratoga said as if remembering something. "She probably can't provide escort anymore."

Saratoga encountered a mercenary ship girl being besieged by the Abyssal Fleet while she was annihilating them. Compared to Saratoga, who had only suffered minor injuries, the mercenary ship girl was in much worse condition.

Saratoga even thought that if she had arrived any later, the two ship girls would have met with a very bad outcome.

After helping to eliminate the Abyssal Fleet that was besieging the ship girls, Saratoga helped the two ship girls return to a safe area before turning back to continue her own battle.

“They should come back to us tomorrow,” Bismarck said. “Let’s go back first.”

“Yes.” Saratoga nodded.

When the three of them go out, they try to avoid any conspicuous behavior. After all, with two top-tier ship girls by their side, it wouldn't be pleasant to have word get out and be surrounded by reporters at the door.