Chapter Twenty-Seven: Pain
"Sink a secondary target to expel the Water Spirit. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"
At first, Yamato was a little scared when he saw the conspicuous large deep-sea expulsion rushing over, and judging from the reconnaissance information obtained, the lightning strike ability to expel water ghosts was second only to the thunder patrol of heavy thunder equipment. Previously, during the battle to defend Palau Bodi, Tianjin Feng was torpedoed and buried by his approach.
Then ...... "Yamato once again turned his gaze to the roadbed-type Suhime, who was unique in that he did not have powerful equipment and was used as a center for supplies." I've probably seen her. ”
Yamato's whispered words were heard by Sosuke Takayanagi, who didn't think about this kind of question, no matter who that Suhime used to be, he could only sink her now. It was impossible for Sousuke Takayanagi to spend time mourning for a dead shipwive, who had already seen through the telescope that half of the other party's body was on fire.
"Sink her!"
"But ......"
"Don't spend your time on things that don't make sense! Yamato! ”
Under Sousuke Takayanagi's rebuke, Yamato used only one salvo of the main cannon to smash the head of the Jiji Jiji. But the perch was not immediately dead, still wrestling in pain between water and fire, wailing through her already bare throat.
"Kill her! That's an order. ”
"Understood." Yamato fine-tunes the barrel and reloads the shells. As Sousuke Takayanagi said, the enemy's main battleship was not far from them, and it was not ruled out that the enemy's regular air carrier would kill them. No second can be wasted.
The Ise also hit Suhime, a hole in the latter's abdomen, causing a massive fuel leak and the entire Suhime in an unquenchable fire.
"Sleep in peace, Monkey Sleeper."
Yamato's cannon shot through the core of the Jiji Jiji ship, and the wails of the other party stopped abruptly, as if the other party was not wailing because he was injured, but begging to kill her.
The scattered huge hull continues to explode in the flames, and the monster created with Owari's heart retains a few memories of Owari, and it may be that at the moment when the core is shattered, she will be truly relieved to see Yamato. Not only Yamato, but also the former admiral - Sosuke Takayanagi must have been on board the Yamato.
When the explosion ended, the accumulation of land Qihime had shattered into countless metal fragments, and many of the deep-sea banishers and PT imps failed to escape from her, burning to death.
There was no suspense about the big victory, and the side of the deep-sea fleet was dealt a devastating blow. Such a battle only took place in the early days, and today Sosuke Takayanagi relied on luck and prediction to achieve the best scenario in the plan.
The remaining deep-sea light air carriers can't escape, and the rest of the ships can sink them without Yamato continuing to attack. Unilateral slaughter of the deep-sea fleet.
Until noon, after sinking all the enemy ships, Sousuke Takayanagi immediately gave the order to return. There was only one option to return, it was riskier to go back the way they came, to take another route, and they didn't carry enough fuel to make a long detour.
Although he exceeded the task, it did not mean that Sosuke Takayanagi could rest assured, on the contrary, he knew that another big war was about to come. The central sushers will not spare them.
Shortly after they returned, the guerrilla fleet led by Haruna was suddenly attacked by the Deep Sea Fleet, and they were forced to evacuate the reconnaissance area. Haruna also sent the situation to Sousuke Takayanagi by telegram as soon as possible.
After reading the information, Sosuke Takayanagi, who had always been calm, changed his face. "It's over, the central perch is not over there."
"Isn't that a good thing? It is likely that the central Suhime is in the air carrier fleet, preparing to face Akagi and the others head-on. ”
"It's impossible, the central shime won't take the risk of fighting Akagi head-on. The mobile fleet of 6 armored air carriers is our most forceful air force at the moment, and the central Suhime, who has experienced a new jet air attack, will only avoid being bombed by aviation alone. Sousuke Takayanagi's face became more and more ugly, completely lost the sassiness of the daytime total destruction of the deep-sea supply fleet.
It was dark outside, and the destroyers had not found a deep-sea submarine when they heard the water, so there was still a good chance of returning home safely.
"Even if it's a night fight...... We're more experienced. If the enemy's air carrier fleet is transferred, the pressure on us will be much lighter. ”
Before Yamato could finish speaking, Sousuke Takayanagi turned around and left the command room, and it was the first time he had left the command room when he was about to fight.
"Even a first-class gambler is not willing to gamble...... You can let your subordinates die in battle, but you are afraid of defeat. "Yamato believes in all the judgments of Sosuke Takayanagi, after all, he is all of Yamato.
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Kii, who was asleep, suddenly woke up, and in a nightmare, she dreamed again of a bloody battle between herself and Sato Gonjun against the central Suhime. It took her a month to suppress her heightened mental state, her eyes would not return to their previous color, and her hair remained pale, and she was much more haggard than Kii, the flagship of the Combined Fleet, who was once seen by everyone.
Oi was also killed in battle, and Kitakami was so injured that the hull needed major repairs, and he is currently recuperating in Sasebo.
She couldn't forget when she was huddled in the captain's room and crying bitterly, Kitakami, who was covered in bandages, was supported by Mayrain's shoulders. He staggered open the door, just for a report of the results: "...... The deep-sea heavy cruiser Ibuki has been sunk. Complete. ”
At that time, Kitakami's eyes were not only tired, but also a kind of chaos that had lost the wisdom of the past, and wandered away from Kii's face.
Excessive grief deprives not only loved ones, but also human weeping. Kii understands that Kitakami doesn't want to fight anymore, and she can accept it happily if she dies of serious injuries or is sunk by the deep sea after repairing. Kii also wanted to give up like this, but she couldn't, she was the daughter of the deep sea who represented miracles, and it was the will of the deep sea that left the key to unlock the miracle on the human side.
The large mirror on the dresser reflects Kii's current appearance, except for the human factor and skin color remaining in his face, Kii can no longer be regarded as a ship girl. "This is what I really am...... Ugly deep-sea perch. Bringing death, resentment, misfortune, and pain...... A beautiful work by my mother. ”
Tears dripped from her bright red eyes, Kii dragged her futon and hair and silently cursed her misfortune, losing Sato Quan Jun, she hated herself even more for holding a miraculous ability, if she could master the power of Kaga, not to mention the super first-class mind, only the "assimilation" ability that a daughter of the deep sea should have can compete with the central sukhime, and there will be no need for Sato Quan Jun to join the battle desperately.
If there is still someone who guards Kii's side as before, he will definitely let out a disgusting laugh and laugh at Kii's weakness. [If something goes wrong, how can I find the reason from myself first? First count the idiot-like subordinates around you in turn to vent the resentment of failure. You've done well enough, and you're going to succeed next time, next time. 】
There will be no next time, and there will be no one to comfort Kii. Human life is so fragile, even if it is an "excellent" individual among the human race, it is still not qualified to fight head-on with the deep sea perch.
"Liar! Big liar! Obviously a selfish bastard, obviously with a much smarter mind than me. How could you be stupid enough to join me in the battle with the central shime, and promise to witness the moment of the miracle together. Gonjun Sato, don't you want to witness the power of miracles more than I do? Kii frantically grabbed the photo of the two on the table and complained to the secretary who had only the image left.
Tears fell on the golden frame, and Kii suddenly recalled the life of the town guard before the start of the Pacific War, when everyone was happy, everyone was full of hope, everyone looked forward to the war, and the task of escorting supply ships to Shanghai, China, could not be exchanged for military merit.
As a navy soldier of the Empire, as a shrine maiden of the gods praised by all the peoples, the shipwives who have given up their human names hope that the war will be without fault. But it seems that it was really wrong, it was wrong from the beginning, and Kii really felt the pain that life was worse than death.
"I can't live without you! Who will tell me what to do without you by my side? With me alone, how can I defeat the central shime and end this war? I don't know. Marvel...... I don't know how to do it! ”
Heart-rending cries can't summon people who have died, at least Kii doesn't have such abilities, and she doesn't really want such a terrible thing to happen.
In a trance, Kii heard the singing of the night wind, and she understood the unique language in it, the language of the deep sea.
They also seem to be in a state of grief, singing about the dead sleeping and the living continuing to fight for the will of the deep sea, destroying human civilization with the ultimate in war.
A beautiful soul song, but extremely cruel. The Deep Sea Fleet will sing at this time, not only to prove that they have lost many ships, but also to prove that they will achieve a great victory.
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"It's foggy." Fuso yawned sleepily, but the fading visibility in front of her alerted her. "What's going on?" Cheering up, Fuso busily commanded the crew to maintain light communication with the surrounding ships.
"The fog isn't very thick." Yamashiro also saw the slightly blurred sea fog, and she leaned out of the window to try to get a closer look. "Visibility is still acceptable ......"
The fog was still spreading, but it wasn't thickening until the entire fleet was in the fog, and everyone who was sleepy was puzzled by the changes in front of them. In the case of dense fog from the deep-sea fleet, it is always directly reduced to a minimum visibility, and communication equipment is often blocked. But now all ships have good communication capabilities.
The fleet, which was anxious to return in the night, did not wait too long, and when the fog began to fade and everyone was about to leave the fog range in the future, the battleship guns with a 22-degree elevation angle on a door appeared neatly behind the fog.
The nearest Fuso and Yamashiro are only 14,000 meters away from the enemy ships, and the two of them can clearly see the タ and ル-class battleships that reveal golden light in the dark night, especially some of them have a more dangerous cyan light.
A land-based suhime sat behind two columns of battleships, using her powerful 20-inch gun to face the IJN ships emerging from the fog.
"That's the central perch!" Yamato saw clearly, the iconic skeletal bow, and the terrifying deterrent power that only the top suhime can have.
Silent flares rose into the air, illuminating ships that had not yet emerged from the fog. The hearts of all the shipwives trembled, and the time of judgment had come......