Elder brother's garrison

Then, Xiaobai raised her head and looked at Wisconsin and the destroyers who were walking a few steps slower. "Hello... Um, Wisconsin, did you sleep well last night...?"

"Oh, you slept very well!"

Wisconsin nodded blankly, looked around at the massive crowd, and then looked at Xiaobai with a puzzled expression, "Um, Admiral, what's going on here...?"

"Uh... anyway, you guys see..."

Upon hearing Wisconsin's question, Xiaobai couldn't help but let out a deep breath.

Xiao Bai raised his hand and pointed to the seaside.

Wisconsin looked in the direction Little White was pointing.

On the edge of the sea in Chapter Six, near the horizon, two tiny black dots, no bigger than ants, were constantly crisscrossing each other, with occasional bright red sparks drifting in the sky.

Wisconsin narrowed his eyes.

The tiny, ant-like dots gradually magnified in Wisconsin's eyes. Gradually, they grew into the Iowa and Missouri, unleashing massive ship-mounted equipment.

Iowa and Missouri are fighting.

And it seems they didn't hold back at all.

Their positioning was superb, and their attacks were devastating. They were all determined to show the newbie the worst possible outcome.

His fighting style is incredibly fierce.

“…Uh…” Wisconsin, “Admiral… could this be…”

"I was wrong, I was really wrong. I shouldn't have said that in the first place. If I hadn't said that, Iowa and Missouri wouldn't have started arguing, and if they hadn't started arguing, they wouldn't have fought..." Xiaobai covered her face.

"...Admiral, you didn't mean to bring up the question of who's more capable between Missouri and Iowa, did you?" Wisconsin asked.

"Uh..." Little White shuddered, then nodded pitifully, "Mmm..."

"I have a feeling I know what happened..." Wisconsin rubbed her head and plopped down next to Xiaobai. "...Then, Admiral, what's with those people in the back?"

"Well, because Missouri and Iowa insisted on having a drill, I had no choice but to go to the Admiral's Guild and ask Mu Yu for a drill venue..."

"Uh, and then?"

"Then all the admirals found out. Before I even got to the beach, it was already packed with people..."

"Wow..." Wisconsin took a deep breath.

How badly does his mouth leak air?

"Are all these people admirals who know about the exercises in Iowa and Missouri?"

"No, it seems they only know about Missouri... all they know is that it was a performance exercise by rookie naval girls."

"...You call this a performance exercise?" Wisconsin shrank back and pointed to the two fierce-looking ship girls on the sea, who looked like they wanted to devour the other ship girl alive.

"..." Little White looked down, stroking Saratoga's head while pleadingly looking at Wisconsin, "Then, what should we do..."

"..." Wisconsin scratched his head and sighed, "Anyway, there shouldn't be any problems, right?"

"Is everything alright...?"

“That’s how we Iowa-class ships are, I fought with Missouri back then too…” Wisconsin whistled.

"...But this time it's entirely because of me..."

"I think I understand, Admiral. Don't panic. We Iowa-class soldiers become friends after a fight. Before a battle, we're like sisters, but after the battle, we become close friends. So this is a good thing." Wisconsin patted Xiaobai on the shoulder.

"Oh, is that so?"

"Then look."

"Ha...that puts my mind at ease...this is a good thing, right..."

"Yep."

"..."

"So, Admiral."

"Ok?"

"What's the answer?"

"Huh? What's the answer?"

"Iowa, Missouri, and me." Wisconsin pointed to herself, her bright eyes wide with curiosity. "Admiral, who do you think is stronger?"

"……"noob.

Xiao Bai now understood completely.

Don't be fooled by how easy-going the Iowa-class ship girls seem.

However, when it comes to the question of who is the top ship girl in the Iowa-class, these ship girls act incredibly aggressively.

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Surrounded by Xiaobai and the other admirals who had come after hearing the news.

The sun gradually sank into the sea.

The starry sky gradually replaced the sunset.

On the other side of the horizon.

Only the faint sounds of cannon fire and sparks remained unchanged.

The fighting between Missouri and Iowa is intensifying.

Missouri, as a 50-year-old ship, even without the instant ascension of newbies, has enough training level and combat experience to rival the top ship girls in the newbie naval base. She also has a set of top-tier equipment tailored for her by the newbie naval base. As a super ship girl, Missouri also possesses ship girl skills with extremely high potential and extremely domineering effects.

Logically speaking, a veteran ship girl like this should have no chance of losing when practicing against a rookie ship girl who has just stepped out of the construction facility, and should be able to finish the battle in just a few minutes.

However, Iowa was a ship girl who was born after absorbing a massive amount of combat experience. As Iowa herself said before, the moment she stepped out of the ship equipment, she was already a ship girl with top-level training and a massive amount of combat experience.

In terms of combat experience and ship equipment level alone, Iowa is currently in no way inferior to Missouri. The only thing Missouri has over Iowa is her set of equipment and the ship girl skills she mastered before Iowa.

However, Missouri has directly abandoned these two advantages, leading to a completely fair contest between Missouri and Iowa.

This is why, even as the battle between the two intensified, it also became increasingly deadlocked.

Initially, because of the newbie naval base and the reputation of the Missouri as an era-class battleship, even though the scene was only the size of an ant, many admirals on the beach were watching it with great interest, holding up their binoculars.

However, as time went on, the battle between Missouri and Iowa remained extremely intense, and the admirals, who were gradually accumulating wounds, slowly fought until nightfall. They began to doze off, and on the entire beach, only the battleship girls who could see some tricks and experience were still persisting, nodding incessantly with a pilgrimage-like expression as if they were watching a textbook-like artillery tutorial.

at last.

Just as Little White was on the beach, hugging Saratoga and resting his head on Saratoga's full chest, his head bobbing up and down like a chick pecking at rice, almost falling asleep.

A deafening roar came from the other side of the sea.

Little White jolted awake, sat up from Saratoga's arms, and looked out at the sea.

The other side of the horizon.

The burning ship equipment scattered across the water like a rain of fire.

Missouri and Iowa, both badly injured in the fight, lay silently on the water's surface, motionless.

—The exercise ended in a draw between Missouri and Iowa.

Chapter 1225 Iowa = Wisconsin + Missouri

"Admiral, I'm going to bring them back!" Wisconsin shouted to Little White, then took off running towards the sea off Missouri and Iowa.

"Admiral, let's go too!" A large group of destroyers quickly followed Wisconsin's lead.

Xiaobai nodded quickly and responded to the ship girls who had run onto the sea.

After the exercises in Missouri and Wisconsin ended, and the admirals on the beach learned of the mutually destructive outcome through various telescopes and the perspectives shared by the ship girls, the entire beach was in an uproar.

Mu Yu, a traitor, not only helped Xiaobai apply for a venue for naval exercises, but also used his governorship's authority to spread the news of the ship girl civil war in the newbie naval base to all the admirals in Chapter Six.

Actually, this is no big deal. After all, the sea area in the entire sixth chapter is only so big. No matter where the exercise is held, the fact that Xiaobai is a ship girl and the scale of the exercise will eventually attract the attention of passing admirals, and the news will spread very quickly.

So rather than letting the admirals catch them on the spot and speculate freely, it's better to release the news before the exercise starts, so that the admirals and ship girls can observe and learn from the combat style of top-tier ship girls.

While the battle between Missouri and Iowa was intense, the admirals watching were, after all, just humans, not ship girls. The exercises between Iowa and Missouri didn't include any fancy skills, tactics, or shiny equipment. From beginning to end, it was intense and compact artillery and positioning training. This kind of thing is extremely solid basic skills, not the kind of fancy tricks that can make the audience watch excitedly. So most admirals, even though they knew very well that these two were top-level ship girls with top-notch combat skills honed through countless trials, still felt somewhat drowsy watching their exercises.

Only the ship girls beside the admirals, their eyes still gleaming as they gazed at the sea, their bodies trembling slightly, their faces filled with amazement and emotion, their expressions of profound gratitude and a sense of having benefited greatly. They seemed poised to rush up and present flowers to Missouri and Iowa once they were carried ashore.

Fortunately, the staff of the Admiral's Guild are not to be trifled with.

Sensing the unusual emotions of the ship girls, even without Shiro's instructions, the staff of the Admiral's Guild immediately issued an evacuation order to the admirals and ship girls who were watching from behind the beach.

Admirals generally do not disobey the orders of the Admiral Guild. Under the evacuation of the Admiral Guild staff, even if the enthusiastic ship girls were unwilling and wanted to stay, they could only reluctantly follow their yawning admirals and slowly leave the beach.

—In this respect, Xiaobai still has to thank Muyu.

Although Mu Yu had summoned a large crowd of onlookers with his megaphone before the exercise, at least because of this, he now had a team of guards from the Admiral's Guild to help evacuate the crowd after the exercise.

After the Admiral's Guild staff dispersed the crowd, Wisconsin, who had gone to pick up Missouri and Iowa, also carried one person in each hand and ran back from the sea with the help of the destroyers.

Little White and Saratoga got up and took a few steps toward the sea.

"Admiral, we're back!" Wisconsin led Iowa and Missouri onto the beach.

Iowa and Missouri looked quite miserable at that moment.

Both of them originally seemed to be elegant and noble young ladies, rarely causing any embarrassment.

However, at this time, Missouri and Iowa's clothes were tattered and torn, and both the tattered clothes and the exposed skin underneath were covered with thick, black stains.

Judging from this situation, Missouri and Iowa probably fought their way from full strength to slightly damaged, then from slightly damaged to low on health, and finally died together to become heavily damaged.

Their perseverance and desire to win are truly remarkable.

"Ah..." With Wisconsin's help, Iowa staggered ashore. She seemed to have lost her footing and swayed unsteadily for a moment. She let out a soft cry, took a few steps toward Xiaobai, and finally fell into Xiaobai's arms as soft and boneless as cotton.

Iowa's figure is relatively tall and voluptuous. Logically speaking, when such a "big" girl pounces into Xiaobai's arms, Xiaobai should feel a sense of impact. However, when Iowa pounced in, Xiaobai not only did not feel any force, but even amidst the smell of gunpowder, he felt a comfortable feeling as if he were embracing soft cotton.

"Admiral—Iowa has lost." Iowa's voice sounded somewhat desolate, rather pitiful.

That's true, after all, it's the flagship.

Xiao Bai quickly wrapped her arms around Io Hua and cautiously spoke to her.

"No, no, weren't you and Missouri tied?"

"Admiral, Missouri voluntarily gave up her equipment and skill advantages to practice with me. If I didn't beat her, then I lost." Iowa rubbed Xiaobai's chest, looked up, and said pitifully.

"Uh..." Xiaobai was speechless.

“Sister, you’re mistaken. Missouri only practiced with you because she had the advantage of being born much earlier than you. And yet, Missouri still hasn’t beaten you. Doesn’t that mean that once you’re more skilled, you’ll definitely be stronger than Missouri?” Missouri walked unsteadily to Xiaobai’s side and smiled at Iowa in Xiaobai’s arms.

"Of all the people in the world, only you, my sister, are truly exceptional..."

"Stop!" Just before Iowa and Missouri were about to start arguing again, a fluffy golden light suddenly rose up beside Little White.

Saratoga raised her snow-white arm to stop Iowa from speaking. She pouted and reached out, pushing Iowa out of Little White's arms and into Wisconsin's arms behind Iowa.

"We can talk, but first get out of Little White's arms!" Saratoga, as if asserting her dominance, didn't mind that Little White's clothes, which had been stained by the blackened Iowa, were now covered in dirt. She hugged Little White tightly in a show of force, "This is my place!"

“…Oh dear…” Iowa looked at Saratoga with a smile for a moment, then looked up at Wisconsin behind her, “Little Wisconsin, who is this in front of you…”

"It's Saratoga from the naval base, and don't call me Little Wisconsin." Wisconsin looked annoyed.

“Saratoga is one of the seniors who has the best relationship with the naval base and the admiral,” Missouri said to Iowa.

“Is that so?” Iowa smiled happily at Saratoga. “Saratoga-senpai, I’m so sorry for the intrusion.”

"..." Saratoga pouted, quickly closed her eyes, and pressed her face back against Whitebeard's chest.

With the example of Missouri as a predecessor who rose to prominence, Saratoga is unlikely to be easily swayed by a few words about her predecessors and thus lower her guard against Iowa again.

I, Sa, will not lose to the second senior monster!

You Iowa-level people are all vixens!

Except for Wisconsin!

"Alright, alright... well..." Xiaobai hugged the soft Saratoga in his arms, his gaze lingering briefly on Iowa and Missouri's slightly exposed bodies. "Um, Missouri and Iowa, why don't you use the rapid repair device first..."

After saying that, Xiaobai patted Saratoga on the back.

Saratoga, being quite sensible, took out two quick-repair devices from her ship's equipment space and handed them to Missouri and Iowa behind her.

Iowa and Missouri took the quick-repair device and slammed it onto each other's heads.

Xiao Bai looked at Iowa and Missouri with smiles on their faces, slightly surprised.