"Lexington, I have a mission for you. ”

Lexington connected the communication, but this time he heard his admiral go straight to the point, without any greetings, but speaking to himself in a commanding tone, for the first time.

The sensitive Lexington, the smart Lexington, and the delicate-minded Lexington did not feel uncomfortable, on the contrary, she knew that this was probably a manifestation of Li Ran's emotionality, which was the truth that she wanted to see the most without being concealed.

The ship girls are all elves who can see through people's hearts at a glance, so Li Ran has been hiding her behavior all along, in fact, every ship girl in the Xiguang Town Guard Mansion can detect it.

However, as ship girls, although they will be curious, they will never ask, because Li Ran's admiral is the existence that they trust wholeheartedly after approval, and he is their commander.

Sometimes ship girls are very simple in nature, but because of this simplicity, they understand people's hearts better than anyone with high emotional intelligence.

So, hearing Li Ran's uncharacteristically tough tone, Lexington just replied softly:

"Admiral, please order. ”

"Inform the prestige, be sure to enlist the assistance of the four sisters of the Lin Immortal level, I have a request. ”

"Yes, I'll inform the prestige right away. ”

Lexington nodded, didn't ask about any tasks, but chose to carry out the order.

Because, she is not only Lexington, she is also the secretary ship of the Twilight Town.

As a secretary ship, her duty was to unconditionally carry out the Admiral's order and relay it to others, and she would not inquire about the motive for issuing it.

Li Ran also knew that his tone was a little too urgent, and he softened his tone:

"I was a bit tough just now, sorry. ”

Lexington sighed, and sure enough, the Admiral was still the same person who had been gentle and a little excessive, and every time she did so, she said softly:

"The Admiral doesn't have to apologize, sometimes he can be tough to have majesty, and the Admiral is good at anything, but he is too gentle. ”

Li Ran still wanted to speak, but heard Lexington continue:

"Admiral, I'll go and inform the prestige first, and I'll get back to you later. ”

Li Ran heard that the communicator was hung up, and he was a little helpless.

Gentle? I don't think so.

Li Ran shook his head, then remembered that he hadn't told U47 and U96 about the mission yet, he stood up and left the office.

As mentioned above, there is a limited range of soul communication between the Admiral's personal network and the Commander's mother, that is, with the Admiral's personal radius of 100 kilometers, the Captain and the Admiral can communicate directly through the Admiral's personal network without external equipment.

After Li Ran left the office, he went downstairs and tried to contact the submariners through the Admiral's personal network, but found that he did not get a response.

At this moment, the sea ears in Li Ran's ears suddenly rang, and he connected the communication request.

"Admiral, there are special circumstances. ”

"What?" Li Ran frowned when he heard the report of the fireflies.

"U47 and U96 have gone to investigate, and there is a strange merchant ship that left the port not long ago, and the direction they left was the eastern sea, and there seems to be no idea of changing course along the way. ”

"Are you sure?"

"Well, Walkland happened to be in charge of patrolling the eastern seas, and she said that the merchant ship's destination was uncharted waters. So I asked U47 and U96 to assist in the investigation at the first time, and it was confirmed that there was nothing wrong with Wackland's information. ”

"Got it, but don't act rashly just yet, and don't tell anyone about U47 and U96 tracking suspicious merchant ships out of port. ”

"So what do we do now? Or are we in charge of patrolling the waters near the port area? or are we going to the eastern seas?"

"No, you can just carry out your usual tasks, now is a critical time to hold the naming ceremony, continue to pay attention to the movement of ships entering and leaving the port, and report any suspicious ships immediately, but do not act without permission. ”

"Understood. The firefly nodded, and said yes.

Li Ran looked at the work and spoke, and his tone became soft:

"Firefly, tell everyone that the premise of the mission is to take self-preservation as the highest priority, not to be obsessed with victory, I don't want to see that experience repeated. ”

The fireflies heard Li Ran's concern, she remembered the scene when Li Ran waited for them to return to Hong Kong on a rainy night, and finally fell ill because of the cold, and that time, they were all more or less injured, and it was also that time that they heard Li Ran's oath of "not being ashamed", and the admiral said at that time that he wanted to protect them and bear all the faults for them.

Originally, Firefly didn't understand it very well, but in the past few months, she has become more and more aware that her admiral really cares about herself and everyone from the bottom of her heart.

So, the firefly just replied sensibly:

"I know the Admiral. ”

"Well, that's for now. Li Ran didn't want to experience that scene again last time, not to mention that Hindenburg's words just now made him feel that he still didn't have any capital to protect them.

This made Li Ran feel a sense of frustration.

However, he is not the kind of person who gives up easily, otherwise he would not be so active after the crossing.

Hearing the busy sound in the communicator, Li Ran continued to walk forward, walked out of the door of the office building, and walked to a shade not far from the office building, he sat down with his back to the trunk of the tree, thinking about the next plan.

Lexington's request for communication rang, and he answered it.

"Master, prestige is always at your disposal. ”

Li Ran heard the voice of prestige and suddenly felt relieved.

The prestige of the chief maid has always been said to be another help after Li Ran became the admiral, whether it is in life or in battle, as long as there is the prestige of the dashing chief maid, all problems can be solved.

Li Ran thought so, so he pondered for a while and then said:

"There's a mission for you to come in to help. ”

"It has been my pleasure to serve the Lord. ”

The tone of prestige is light, but full of tenderness and trust.

Like Lexington, she sensed Li Ran's strong emotions for the first time.

Li Ran took a deep breath, then briefly explained to them about Hindenburg's contact with himself, and then said:

"I don't know why Hindenburg said that he would leave the Unknown Sea tonight, but no matter what, your mission is to make sure that they meet with the Peace Sea, and at any cost, you must bring Hindenburg and Nuremberg back!"

"As you wish, my lord. The tone of prestige is humble but self-confident.

The dashing maid has always been like this.

Li Ran is still a little unaccustomed to the aristocratic etiquette of the maid chief, he is just an ordinary person, every time the prestige speaks like this, he always feels very embarrassed.

"Thank you, by the way, in order to prevent accidents, you are allowed to use Type 91 armor-piercing bullets, and if necessary, super heavy bullets. ”

"But ......"

"It's nothing, I have a bad premonition, I'm afraid that the trouble they are in Hindenburg is not as simple as the deep sea, in short, this time, prepare for a hard battle, I will try my best to drag the maritime merchants in the form of a dinner party, and buy time for you." ”

Li Ran was so cautious because of unknown fears, he didn't know why Hindenburg, a proud shipwreck whose strength was no less than Bismarck's, would say such words without any confidence.

The situation may be more dire than you think.

However, Li Ran also knew that he couldn't be willful now, because if he gave up holding the naming ceremony, it would be tantamount to offending Governor Chen Yao, although he didn't know what Chen Yao thought.

However, Li Ran still chose to believe Hindenburg's words, after all, the girls in his own family are always more reliable than outsiders.

As for the betrayal of the ship's mother? I'm sorry, the setting of this world, if a ship's mother recognizes a certain person as a commander, they will not betray in the real sense.

The simplest example is the battle thirty years ago, the accidental death of the former Atlantic Governor, and the six legendary ship girls also carried out the orders of the governor before his death, covering everyone to retreat from the collapsed route, and the final result was that all six legendary ship girls were lost.

This is the execution of the ship girls, and it is also their loyalty.

They will not think of revenge because of the death of the Admiral, because if they are blinded by hatred, then they will no longer be ship girls, but will be eroded by the deep sea, and eventually become a member of the deep sea.

Therefore, the six legendary shipwives chose a certain way to practice their loyalty and maintain their bond with the governor.

That's right, the battleship girls are this kind of life, the moment they are called ship girls, these girls are no longer deeply involved in the world, but after being recognized, they can die without regrets.

Maybe it's ridiculous, maybe it's pathetic, but it's undeniable that because of this, they're so great, and they're recognized by everyone as: the Valkyries of the seas.

Because, all their lives, they have been practicing loyalty and protection beyond the reach of human beings, until they die!

Li Ran also felt ridiculous at first, but later experience told him that this was the ship's mother, an existence that he could fully trust, and an existence like his family.

So, Hindenburg's words, he was skeptical for a moment at first, but then he thought about the experience of the past few months, and suddenly felt that it was ridiculous to question their behavior.

Because, the evaluation criteria of human beings sometimes do not apply to the ship's mother, not to say the concept of good and evil, but to judge loyalty.

Human beings will put betrayal on the opposite side of loyalty, and in the worldview of the ship girl, the opposite of loyalty is still loyalty, some of them may degenerate into the deep sea, but those are all caused by the distrust and unwarranted suspicion of the admirals, if the ship girls are given full trust, then, Li Ran believes that one day, they will become stronger than before.

In the past few months, the changes in Pinghai, the growth of fireflies, Bismarck's gentleness, Prinz's cheerfulness, etc., are all manifestations of this strength.

The strength of the soul is the source of strength for the ship girls, which Li Ran remembers in his heart.