Daily life with the ship girl

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It was the first time that Li Ran heard the KanColles discuss how to fight. This was very different from the attacks he could complete by just moving his fingers when playing games, because many of the tactics they talked about were basically invented by the KanColles themselves and were only applicable to KanColles.

The meeting lasted for an hour, and even Li Ran was a little fed up. However, he saw that even the destroyers were very serious, so he did not complain, but listened to Helena's intelligence and tactical analysis:

"Based on this intelligence, we should be prepared for both situations. This was mentioned in the meeting last night. However, the destroyers can only be responsible for the alert. They have a fast speed and are small targets. I think the focus of this operation should be on the front of Island C, rather than attacking from the other side of the harbor of Island C, although a head-on confrontation may be risky.

However, our goal is to destroy the living forces in the deep sea, and then to seize the island. I think that we don’t have the spare power to occupy the island now. However, Island C is rich in aluminum ore resources and there are fairies. So although we don’t have the spare power to occupy the island for the time being, we must at least transfer the fairies out, so as not to let others get away with it.”

Li Ran frowned, interrupted Helena with some doubt and asked:

"What other people?"

Lexington heard Li Ran's question, then she thought for a moment and said:

"Helena is probably referring to the fleet of the Thunder Garrison. They are very close to the A and B islands. We fought together with them last time, so we can't rule out the possibility that they are also planning to attack the three islands. Although this possibility is not great, it is only because the other party is limited by the inability to guarantee air superiority. The last time the Deep Sea Fleet raided the Thunder Garrison, it must have angered the admiral named Thunder. His light carrier, the Hundred-eyed Giant, was sunk by the Deep Sea."

Li Ran felt that he seemed to have seized an opportunity, or that he had a strategy that could better ensure the success of Operation Dawn. He said:

"Then this hatred is indeed quite great. If that's the case, well, let me think about it. Under special circumstances, we can use the reinforcements from the Thunder Garrison to contain the two islands A and B. Yes, this must be feasible. Lexington, draft it. I want to ask the Thunder Garrison for help."

Lexington sighed, but still took out a pen and paper as she was told. She knew that Li Ran would definitely do the same thing as last time.

Li Ran knew that his methods might not be honorable, but he did not intend to go too far this time. Moreover, his plan this time was to give Islands AB to the Leiming Garrison. Although Island B had iron ore, he had enough iron ore on his Xiguang Island. What he lacked was a safe and secure sea environment. As long as he could take Island C, it would be fine to let go of the farther Islands AB. He did not have a deep obsession with territory, and he was not a landlord. In this kind of world, what was important were resources, especially aluminum resources, which were extremely expensive.

Li Ran saw a sentence in a book in this world:

"Mastering aluminum resources is equivalent to mastering the other three resources."

This statement is not an exaggeration, because aluminum is expensive, and the countries on land have always had sales restrictions on each garrison, which is also the reason why the price of aluminum in the international market remains high.

Li Ran thought of this, and he began to dictate a very pertinent diplomatic speech. However, he did not clearly state that he would use Islands AB as collateral. Instead, he changed his approach, which was to cooperate in combat. Leiming Garrison would help him contain Islands AB, and then he would solve Island C himself to form a pincer attack from the front and back, and eliminate the deep sea entrenched in the three islands in one fell swoop.

That's roughly what he meant. Li Ran watched Lexington writing furiously. He walked behind her and saw Lexington's beautiful Chinese characters. No matter how he thought about it, he felt uncomfortable. This strange world really couldn't be judged by common sense.

Lexington sorted out Li Ran's ideas and then handed the draft to Li Ran for review.

Li Ran found that Lexington spoke more directly. Yes, more directly. He watched Lexington magnify the threat level of the AB islands. He discovered for the first time that his wife also had a dark side?

Li Ran saw that while he was busy, other people were not idle either. He put together the diplomatic rhetoric and then thought about who to send.

Lexington looked at Li Ran with a frown on her face, and she asked softly:

"Is the Commander thinking of another candidate for the envoy?"

"That's right." Li Ran took Zan Xin's diplomatic speech and sat back at his previous table, lost in thought. After thinking about it, it seemed that no one would be suitable. After all, the personnel sent out might not be able to catch up with the battle. There was really no good solution. He could only ask:

"Do you have any good ideas?"

Lexington shook her head. She didn't want Li Ran to be too dependent on her. She just said:

"This is the commander's responsibility. Diplomats can only be appointed by the commander himself. I cannot interfere."

"Alright, alright. Let me think about it. It's getting late now. Let's go back to the garrison. I'll probably select the emissary this afternoon. As for the time of the battle, you should stick to your original arrangements."

"Okay, I understand." Lexington knew what Li Ran meant. She began to organize the documents scattered on the table, and then everyone returned to the garrison together.

As Li Ran walked, he contacted Quincy and asked her to bring Bai Nuoyan and others to the garrison to have lunch together.

As for those people who had been on the boat docked at the port, Li Ran didn't think about them at all, so he didn't take them into consideration.

Li Ran and Lexington walked in front of the team, followed by Bismarck and Richelieu, and then the destroyers were jumping around. Pinghai was learning some radar application knowledge with Helena.

The group arrived at the garrison in about ten minutes and began to prepare lunch. Since Li Ran wanted Quincy to cook, he refused Lexington and Pinghai's requests to help in the kitchen.

Lexington and Pinghai looked at their admiral acting mysteriously and could only let him go.

Quincy, Bai Nuoyan and his party followed Li Ran and others back to the garrison and arrived soon afterwards.

Li Ran thought to himself that he was lucky that Quincy didn't get lost this time. He heard Quincy talking outside, and then he came out of the kitchen wearing an apron and said:

"Quincy, come here."

"Sister~" Quincy's pleading look made New Orleans feel helpless. She stretched out her hand and pinched her sister's face, saying unhappily:

"Your admiral asked you to go, why ask me?"

"Okay, stop pinching my face, or you'll get fat." Quincy rubbed his cheeks and said:

"Sister, you are so kind."

After saying that, Quincy trotted over and followed Li Ran into the kitchen. With a "click", everyone saw the kitchen glass door being closed.

Lexington was about to go upstairs to put the documents away. Seeing this scene, she looked in the direction of the kitchen, then looked at New Orleans, who was wearing the white uniform of the military police, and fell into deep thought.

Chapter 72: The Transformation of New Orleans

In the kitchen of Xiguang Garrison, Quincy looked at Li Ran nervously and said timidly:

"Admiral, do you really want to do this?"

Li Ran looked excited. He nodded and said:

"By all means, use some force and rub it hard."

"Is that so?"

"Yes, that's right, go down a little bit, and use even force!"

Quincy's face flushed and sweaty. She snorted softly:

"You're very tired, Admiral. It's your turn to move."

……

Richelieu was about to go into the kitchen to get some iced soda when she heard such a terrible conversation. Her cheeks instantly turned red. With a "pop", the glass door of the kitchen was pulled open. She covered her eyes and said in a shameful and angry tone:

"Admiral, I didn't expect you to be this kind of person?"

Li Ran looked at Richelieu in a daze, then stopped kneading the dough. He was a little puzzled, pointed at Richelieu and asked:

"Richelieu, what are you talking about?"

Richelieu quickly loosened her hand that was covering her eyes, and then she saw Li Ran and Quincy, their hands were covered with flour, and then she saw the dough in the bowl. At this moment, Richelieu's face turned red, and she quickly said:

"I'm sorry, I was rude!"

Li Ran was confused and hadn't reacted yet when Richelieu closed the kitchen's glass door with a "click".

Quincy showed an OvO expression, then she was stunned and asked:

"What happened to Richelieu?"

"I don't know. Just keep going. Knead the dough carefully. I'll teach you how to make Chinese knife-cut noodles and chicken burgers at noon."

"Well, Admiral is the best, hehe~" Quincy's eyes sparkled, and then he continued to work.

On the other hand, Richelieu left the kitchen and wished she could find a hole to crawl into. She thought:

Richelieu, what kind of weird things are in your head? How could the admiral be that kind of person!

Vauquelin looked at her sister Richelieu, whose face was red beyond belief. She was a little worried, so she walked over to her, pulled the hem of her knight's skirt and asked:

"Sister Richelieu, what's wrong with you? Why is your face so red? Are you suffering from heatstroke?"

Fireflies were running around in the living room. She just happened to hear what Walker said, and then she said with a smile:

"Stupid Vauquelin, how could we be sick? Sister Richelieu must have been taken advantage of by the pervert admiral."

Vauquelin felt very strange. She tilted her head and looked at Richelieu, whose face was getting redder and redder. She asked:

"Take advantage of others? Why would you blush when someone takes advantage of you?"

Li Ran listened to the conversation outside the kitchen and felt embarrassed. He whispered to Firefly and scolded him:

"Firefly, stop talking nonsense. If you keep talking nonsense, I won't tell you a story."

"Lie, Admiral, you must be not cute at all." Firefly pouted and ran away again.

Richelieu felt extremely embarrassed. She looked at Vauquelin's nervous face, sighed, touched her head and said:

"I'm going upstairs to wash my face. This weather is really too hot."

After saying this, Richelieu quickly went upstairs, leaving behind a bewildered Vauquelin, who was a little confused.

However, the little girl's curiosity came and went quickly. Looking at everyone in the living room doing their own things, Walker felt a little bored, so he walked to the tea table and took out some hard candy to eat.

After Li Ran and Quincy worked hard, they finally kneaded the dough for the sliced ​​noodles. Then, Li Ran breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Quincy, who was like a little cat with flour all over her cheeks. He stretched out his hand, tapped her nose and said:

“Haha, Quincy, you look so good like this.

Quincy was a little surprised. She walked to the pool and looked at her reflection in the water. She said coquettishly:

"Admiral, you are such a bad guy!"

"Haha, don't move..."

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New Orleans listened to her sister's laughter in the kitchen. It was a genuine laughter that she had rarely heard in recent years. She looked up at the ceiling of the garrison, but saw Blücher's face and was startled:

"Blücher, what are you doing? Don't come so close all of a sudden."

"Why are you so strange?" Blucher moved away and continued:

"This is not like you normally. You seem absent-minded today."

"It's okay, I just feel a little irritated." New Orleans sighed, she stood up, walked to the bed, looked at the destroyers playing outside, she murmured to herself:

"Did I really do something wrong?"

Blucher also came over, she took a deep breath and said:

"Actually, I feel like living here isn't bad. At least it's a lot easier than running around everywhere. No wonder so many sisters have come to the admiral, even my sister."

Blücher said this, and then looked at his sister Hipper who was sitting under a tree and chatting and laughing with the female admiral named Bai Noyan. She had rarely been in contact with her sister since they were separated into two different places. She was originally very worried about her sister's condition, but now it seems that her sister is doing much better than she thought.

"Really? But aren't those admirals all lolita-loving perverts?" New Orleans didn't have a good impression of the admirals. Those guys went to the First Ship Girl Academy and had bad intentions towards her sister. She had been keeping a close eye on them, but who knew that the first time she agreed to her sister going on a long trip, she heard Juno talking about her sister's approval of the admiral. She said in a somewhat unhappy tone:

"I shouldn't have listened to you and let Quincy go on a long trip. He was kidnapped as soon as he left the house."

"I don't think I want to be kidnapped." Blucher spread her hands. She looked at New Orleans with a bad complexion and said quickly:

"You are just worried about Quincy, but she will eventually grow up. You should have heard her laughter today. She is such a lovely girl. Since you scolded her several times, she has been unhappy, right? This time when I went back, I heard her singing again."

"Sing?" New Orleans was silent. She looked at a few unknown birds circling above the woods. A breeze blew across her fine green bangs. She sighed in her heart:

Could it be that I really did something wrong all these years?

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Li Ran and Quincy quarreled for a while, making the kitchen full of flour. He sighed and said:

"Stop making trouble and cook, otherwise everyone will be hungry at noon."

"Omitted." Quincy stuck out his tongue, then watched Li Ran holding the knife and beginning to demonstrate his superb knife skills.

Knife-cut noodles Knife-cut noodles are made by cutting the kneaded dough into strips. Li Ran is a first-class knife worker, but he slowed down to let Quincy see more clearly. He didn't say anything while cutting:

"First, you need to know how to hold the knife. Then, don't use too much force. Hold the dough firmly and cut along the way. The movements must be clean and neat, otherwise the noodles will break."

As Li Ran spoke, he began to move faster. After a while, one third of the dough had turned into noodles. Then he stopped and said to Quincy:

"Come and try."

"Ah, Admiral, I'm afraid I can't do it well."

"It's okay. If you want to learn how to cook, learn knife skills first. Believe in yourself. It's like peeling an apple. It's not that difficult. I'll go make the soup base first. I'll leave this to you."

"Ah?" Quincy looked at Li Ran and handed him the kitchen knife without saying anything, then started to busy himself in front of the stove.

Quincy's hand holding the kitchen knife was shaking a little. She looked at the piece of dough and encouraged herself:

"Quincy, you can do this."

Li Ran was making the soup base for the sliced ​​noodles while preparing some ingredients for the hamburgers. Fortunately, the kitchen was big enough and the ingredients were sufficient, except for the lack of chicken thighs. He frowned and used wild boar meat instead. They should like the pork chop burgers.

However, when Li Ran was trying to do two things at once, looking at the soup base and frying the pork chops, he heard Quincy say excitedly:

"Admiral, I'm done."

Li Ran picked up the last piece of pork chop, turned off the fire, and saw that the soup base still had some time to boil, so he turned around and saw Quincy holding a bowl of noodles. He nodded and was about to praise him, but when he saw the noodles in the bowl that were barely shaped like strips, he sighed and thought to himself:

Sure enough, Quincy, are you really an idiot?

Li Ran looked at Quincy's nervous face, and he didn't want to dampen her enthusiasm. He picked the noodles again, and then quickly processed them with a knife, and then said: