The Naval Base of the Unnamed Ship Girls

After checking the contents of the safe and finding no important documents missing, General Xia Yuantang stuffed everything back into the safe. Then, he gripped both sides of the safe and pulled hard, pulling out the safe that was used to store various important documents.

This revealed another safe hidden beneath this one.

"So, when it comes to hiding things, the old fox is still the best." Seeing that the mechanisms he had set up didn't seem to be activated, he nodded with slight satisfaction and used the key he had just found to open the hidden safe door.

Inside the safe with its doors facing upwards were rows of medals, dozens of rings that gleamed faintly, a folding military knife, a worn-out admiral's hat, and a photo frame that had long since yellowed.

Xia Yuantang's gaze swept over the medals, glanced at the rings, smiled at the folded military knife and the worn-out admiral's hat, and then pulled the yellowed photo frame out of it.

Holding the photo frame as if it were a precious treasure, Xia Yuantang sat back in his admiral's chair, gently stroking the old frame as if caressing a beloved person.

The photo in the frame has become very messy in color due to the passage of time.

In the photo, a young admiral who looks a lot like Charlotte is surrounded by a bunch of different aircraft carrier ship girls with a wry smile on his face.

While the aircraft carrier ship girls were taking photos with their young admiral, they didn't forget to stuff various flavored aluminum bars into their mouths.

At the very bottom of this photo, in handwriting that clearly indicates the writer was in a good mood, it reads: "A warm (crossed out) grand (crossed out) in short, a family photo commemorating the successful killing of 5-5 at Naval Base No. 233 (crossed out)."

In the photo, the Essex ship girl, squeezed into a corner, is using a welding torch to engrave the fifth tally mark on her ship's rigging.

With his gaze fixed on Essex, who always wanted others to see his efforts, scenes from the past echoed in Xia Yuantang's mind.

"Essex is ready and awaits your command, Commander. Let us reclaim the glory lost by the Union!"

"Huh, are they all aircraft carriers? What if we run out of aluminum?"

"I admit that other people have a big appetite, but my fighting power is also very high."

"Although my record is not as good as my predecessors, Essex will always strive to surpass them."

"Admiral, I've sunk a hundred deep-sea ships! Shouldn't you award me a big medal?"

"Compared to medals, let's just give out aluminum bars. Admiral, you're amazing!"

"Um, Admiral, can I marry you?"

"Ah, I didn't mean anything by it. I just think it's the best thing to meet an admiral with such a great physique. If you don't seize the opportunity, you'll regret it for the rest of your life."

"Really? Just sinking 250 ships is enough? Wait, why 250? That number is weird. Never mind, I need to find a way to record my achievements."

"Admiral! We only need one more ship to reach 250! Don't forget your promise!"

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"Darling, are you reminiscing about those children again?" Helena, who had appeared beside Xia Yuantang at some point, gently placed her hand on her husband's hand, who was holding a photo frame.

"I thought I had Charlotte... but I didn't expect that I still can't let go." Xia Yuantang sighed, seemingly unconcerned about Helena's appearance.

“In those war-torn years, whatever the outcome, we should have been prepared. To have your recognition is the happiest thing in our lives,” Helena comforted her.

"I hope they can forgive me." For Xia Yuantang, that incident was a mistake he would remember for the rest of his life.

"To die for the Admiral is our destiny, and I don't think they will blame you."

“Even if they turned into the deep sea?” Xia Yuantang suddenly asked.

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Chapter 152 Adun Picks Up Another Ship Girl

"Wait, if you take Wo-chan away, what will happen to the naval base?" Tidu asked, suddenly remembering something very important.

"What about the garrison?" Adon pretended not to understand what Ti was talking about.

"What about the defense of this naval base? Since there's a Deep Sea Princess nearby, we're not thinking about expanding our territory, but we should at least do a good job of defense."

Tidus said very seriously what made Yaton want to burst out laughing: "With you here, I'm naturally at ease. Even if you're not here, there's Wo-chan, and with my support, Wo-chan, who used to be a deep-sea colonel, should be able to hold on. But what if you two leave?"

“Isn’t there Hyperion?” Adun said, pointing to Hyperion who was clutching his stomach.

"Hey, I'm your blood test ship girl. Are you going to register as an admiral without me?" Hyperion said hurriedly.

"Why do I have to bring you along?" Adun asked, glancing at Hyperion.

"Commander, if you're applying to become an admiral, it would be best to bring your initial ship girl with you to minimize trouble," the head maid of Naval Base No. 233 said to Adun.

"Am I right? Hehe." Hyperion, clearly having stumbled upon the truth by sheer luck, wore a satisfied smile.

"Even so, why do I still want to beat you up?" Somewhat annoyed by Hyperion's smug look, Adun looked his old comrade up and down.

"Hey! Don't hit the ship in the face, it hurts your pride!" Hyperion said, covering his face when he saw Adun's little trick.

"I have no interest in hitting armor plates that are more than ten meters thick." Adun flashed in front of the Hyperion and delivered a decisive right hook to the old battlecruiser's stomach.

"Pfft... My ammunition magazine is going to explode!" The Hyperion, who could still shout like that, was obviously not in any danger.

"Could this be the legendary invincible Buddha?" Charlotte exclaimed, noticing Adun's actions.

"Young master, please don't read those comics. No girl likes a shut-in," the head maid immediately added.

"Who said that? North Carolina clearly likes it. Wait, how do you know the contents of Reputation?" Charlotte immediately retorted, thinking of something horrifying.

"Cough cough..." Charlotte's words made Reputation cough out instantly, unable to keep a straight face.

"Sis, what do you mean by 'super invincible Buddha'?" Rodney asked his sister Nelson in a low voice.

“I don’t know either, it’s probably some kind of powerful technique,” ​​Nelson said, equally puzzled. However, she clearly sensed more than Rodney, and continued in a subtle tone to her sister:

"Although I don't know what it is, I think if you keep bringing up things that are hard to talk about, even I can't protect you."

Because the head maid, Renown, had already cast an undisguised threatening glance at the group of ship girls behind her.

Except for the somewhat slow-witted Rodney, almost all the ship girls shrank back, indicating that they hadn't heard anything.

Unfortunately, among the ship girls of Naval Base No. 233 present, there was one ship girl who was not too afraid of Renown, or perhaps because she had only been born for a short time and had not yet had time to experience the terror of the second-in-command of the dark forces in Naval Base No. 233.

"Admiral, what is your super invincible Buddha technique? Is it very powerful?" Omega Yuriko, who had remained kneeling... or as the IJN ship girls would say, sitting upright without moving an inch, asked.

"Um, well... this... just pretend you didn't hear me, Omega," Charlotte said, her forehead beaded with sweat.

"If it is Your Excellency's decree," Omega Yuriko said, her gaze revealing undisguised curiosity.

"...I'm asking you guys, are any of you even listening to me?!" Tidu shouted as she noticed the plot was getting out of hand.

“I’m listening, I’m listening,” said Adon, who had punched Hyperion onto the table.

"Then listen carefully! You're gone, Wo-chan is gone, and even your new ship girl is gone. How am I supposed to defend against the attacks from the nearby deep sea?" Tidu shouted.

"What do you mean we're all gone? Even without us, there's still Little North and the Nautilus, isn't there?" Adun said, somewhat dissatisfied with Tidu's way of speaking.

"Xiao Bei? I'm worried she'll become a guide for Shen Hai." The relationship between Xiao Bei and Ya Dun is strained; anyone with eyes can see that.

"As for the Nautilus, are you sure you want to entrust the defense of the naval base to her?" Tidu held a firm skepticism about the Nautilus's combat capabilities, even though the other party was the Deep Sea Princess.

"It wouldn't be good if the Nautilus heard you say that. She's a Deepsea Princess, after all. Yes, she is." Adun tried to defend the Deepsea Princess, although it was obvious from his tone that he was saying something against his conscience.

"Are there any Deep Sea Princesses like her?" Ti had learned something new about the Nautilus, that cowardly Deep Sea Princess who specialized in stealing.

When discussing how to solve the defense problem, Tidu and Yadun at least shared one common understanding: they hadn't included Kokang in their actual combat strength.

For a destroyer, it's somewhat manageable to go on expeditions and snipe fish, but to have it head-on confront a deep-sea fleet with the physique of a primary school student is simply asking the impossible for a powerful ship.

(Adon: Actually, I think there's no need to consider it at all. Those deep-sea creatures won't come over.)

“Even if you don’t trust them, aren’t there still Charlotte and the others?” Adun said, pointing to the ship girls of Naval Base No. 233 in the hall.

"Hey, don't you think it's too embarrassing?" Tidu looked determined not to ask for help.

“If you need me, Boss, I can have the Prince and the others stay here,” Charlotte said, maintaining her attitude of promptly building up her goodwill.

"Get lost!" Unfortunately, the favorability rating wasn't raised to the right level.

"I see..." Despite his admiral's unyielding attitude, Ayton adopted an aura of complete control and said, "Actually, I've already made arrangements for the naval base's defenses."

"Huh? All arranged? Don't even mention those small cannons and the brave railway guns. Those things might be okay for defending ordinary deep-sea points, but they're definitely no match for a proper deep-sea fleet." Ti didn't know where Adun got his confidence from.

"Hmm..." After thinking for a moment, Adun said, "I just found a really powerful ship girl."

"Huh?" Tidu looked at him with an expression that said, "How come you've picked up another ship girl?"

Chapter 153: The Wandering Ship Girl South Dakota

Currently, Admiral Yaton, who became an admiral through a fake Kara admiral network, has four ship girls under his command.

The deep-sea captain Wo-chan, formerly an Essex ship girl, was found while taking a walk on the beach. The deep-sea heavy cruiser Xiao Bei, whose origins almost caused a misunderstanding, was a gift from Wo-chan.

From some perspectives, the Nautilus should be considered a prisoner of Adun, but to save face for this "legendary deep-sea princess" who has already joined Adun's ranks, it can also be described as something Adun picked up.

Aside from the Hyperion that just came out of the construction machine, three out of Adun's four ship girls were actually found by chance.

Could it be that Admiral Adon is the legendary figure who, to some extent, surpasses even the luckiest players, a character of love and justice who only exists in stories, and is said to have a bunch of ship girls coming to his door even if he does nothing but stay at home?

Just as Adon mentioned that he had just found a very powerful ship girl, a ship girl who was not very tall but whose aura instantly overwhelmed everyone walked into the hall at a steady pace.

"I emerge from the shadows, advancing against the hurricane. The wandering ship girl South Dakota has met the two admirals."

"Thud..." Hyperion lost his balance and fell to the ground.

"What, is there something you're not happy about?" Adun, who was quite satisfied with his entrance line, asked Hyperion, who was expressing his opinion through actions, via psionic whisper.

"How come I never noticed you had this kind of wicked sense of humor before?" Hyperion, who wasn't very familiar with psionic communication, could only whisper.

"Is this what you call a perverse sense of humor? I think it's fine..." Ardon didn't think his behavior was perverse.

“Humans and Protoss have different worldviews after all.” Hyperion was speechless at Adun, who didn’t think there was anything wrong with doing this.

As South Dakota, disguised as a wandering ship girl from South Dakota, entered the hall, plunging the entire hall into an eerie silence, Adun recalled what had happened not long ago.

"Commander, although with your help I no longer need to suppress my hostility towards the deep-sea ship girls, I am still, in the end, a member of the ship girl camp."

Seeing the genuine Deep Sea Princess brought before him by Adun, and adopting a fighting stance, Reputation said with some helplessness, "So please don't do things that put me in a difficult position anymore."

"I don't object to your native ship girls fighting amongst themselves, but at least don't start fighting now. I only called you here to conduct an experiment." Adun waved her hand and said in response to Renown's reaction.

"Little girl, if you want to fire, I don't mind." The Deep Sea Princess South Dako showed no pressure whatsoever at the threat posed by Cricket, a battlecruiser girl whose class was questionable.

Then the head maid of Naval Base 233 immediately demonstrated to Adun and South Dakota what decisiveness meant.

“Interesting…” Looking at the ship equipment that had been directly annihilated by the antimatter barrage of the Reputation’s phase interference cannon, the Deep Sea Princess South Dako’s expression became somewhat serious.

With a serious expression on her face, South Dakota sat on a massive deep-sea hull, with more than a dozen gun ports of standard caliber or larger all aimed at the Reputation.

"It's actually a Harbor-class Deep Sea Princess," Reigns said solemnly, having summoned the Immortal Ship Armor alongside South Dakota.