Chapter 7 The decisive battle is imminent

The sky is clear, and in the deep sea where the sun can't reach, レ can't wait to enjoy the outcome of this protracted battle, and it can feel that it will be a tragic enough decisive battle. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThere is no possibility of backing down on either side, and after a direct battle, the sea is destined to be filled with the wreckage of the ship again.

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"The will of the deep didn't tell you anything else?" Kii took advantage of the effort to go out to breathe, and walked out of sight of the rest of the people with Sato Gonjun. She lowered her voice and asked Sato Gonjun, "My armor-piercing shells can't effectively damage the battleship Suhime." ”

"Your 'mother' isn't a god stupid enough to tell others about the weakness of her pawns, and she probably appreciates the official start of this battle now."

"Don't use the word 'mother,' it sounds weird." It's one thing for Kii to accept the truth, and it's another thing to be able to listen to others talk about it again and again. In her values, she is the unity of the triple identity of the ship's mother, human, and daughter of the deep sea, and human identity is dominant.

Although Kii hates his birth mother, it doesn't mean that he will approve of a god with a bad taste as his mother.

"But that's what happened." Sato's tone suddenly changed back to his previous state, but only for a moment. "Since Admiral Kii doesn't like it, I'll remember to change it."

Sato Gonjun's relocation can ignore other factors, as long as it is what Kii wants, he can do his best to meet it. He has always been within his power to accelerate Kii's growth, whether it is good or bad, right or wrong. But today, Sato Gonjun has witnessed the changes in Kii. "The Daughter of the Deep will not be attacked by the ships of the Deep Sea Fleet, and the will of the Deep Sea has set up protection for you and another Daughter of the Deep. You can fight the battleship Suhime with confidence. ”

"Even if I can fight with the battleship Suhime with peace of mind, others will still be attacked by her, and if I can't disarm the attack ability of the battleship Suhime as soon as possible, the ships that go out to fight will suffer huge losses."

In fact, what Kii was thinking about was that Sosuke Takayanagi and the others also thought that against a super battleship that easily damaged the Yamato, losses were inevitable, and the only thing he could do was to pray that he would not become one of the heroes. The triumphant return of everyone from the battlefield in one way only exists in fairy tales.

"ACCORDING TO CURRENT INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS, IT IS VERY LIKELY THAT THE YAMATO PENETRATED THE ARMORED AREA OF THE BATTLESHIP SUHIME WAS NOT ONLY BECAUSE HER MAIN GUN REACHED A HUGE CALIBER OF 46CM. From the feedback received by the pilots of many reconnaissance planes, it can be known that before the battleship Suhime retreated, there were not only two gun holes on one side of the hull that were pierced by Yamato, but also many cracks all over the hull. Most likely, her armor is thick, but that doesn't mean she can hit the same position with multiple rounds of hard top shelling. ”

Sato Gongun's ability to gather intelligence is not picky, and without Kii's reminder, he has already dug up all the valuable information. "So first use a normal cannonball to make enough cracks in her hull, and then use armor-piercing shells to carve a few holes in her hull. How about using this plan as your tactic for this battle? ”

"It sounds like it works, but my shelling is very accurate. As long as I close the distance to within 28,000 meters, I am sure that every shot will hit her. Recalling the previous battle, Kii somewhat understood why the battleship Suhime blocked the route and shot diagonally closer. She knew that except for Kii and Yamato, the other four battleships would not be able to reach that far range.

Judging from the ability of the battleship Suhime, she can surpass the over-the-horizon shooting of the Yamato-class, and the distance of 33,000 meters can not only cause a devastating blow to the target battleship, but it is unlikely that the distance will be further narrowed in front of Kii.

This is what Sato Gonjun needs to think about, and reserve enough strategies for Kii to think.

"This time I'm traveling with Admiral Nagato, and she's a well-known battleship powerhouse among you battleship carriers. Maybe she can use her experience to figure out a way to defeat the battleship Suhime on the battlefield. Don't be too forced, you're not a god, and striving for perfection in everything will only aggravate your fatigue and achieve nothing. Maybe you can try to give an order to drive away the deep-sea submarines, although it doesn't work well, according to what the will of the deep sea told me before, the deep-sea fleet relies on submarines to provide vision. Although they cannot attack, they are good at roaming the battlefield to gain our bearings. ”

Kii didn't know that he still had this ability, but it seemed to make sense. She had indeed seen deep-sea submarines roaming the battlefield, sneakily lurking in the sea. She didn't know it was getting the location of the target ship.

"How?"

"Just imagine it. The detailed way of the will of the deep sea has not been mentioned to me, she just said that the submarine is a special deep-sea ship, which needs permission or something, and obeys the orders of any deep-sea habitat. As you, you should be able to order them to leave, but I'm sure if you can easily drive them away, the enemy will definitely drive them back again. Whether it's useful or not is up to you. ”

Kii maintained a skeptical attitude, and if someone else told her, she would definitely not believe it. "Let me judge?"

"Well, I think you're perfectly capable of fighting on your own. My judgment is often not right for you. ”

"I'll go back first, in case Nagato contacts me, it would be rude that I wasn't there. After this battle, I really want to visit Nagato's Truk Porchi. Kii remembered the beautiful scenery of the beach and blue sky that Tenryu depicted, and Nagato also made an invitation to her. There is no longer the original estrangement between the two, after all, Nagato and Kii are no longer in the position they were back then.

Watching Kii return to the command room first, Gonjun Sato took out a cigarette and a match from his trouser pocket. In the six years he has worked with Kii, he has never smoked 20 cigarettes, and today is the day when he speaks of the gloom that has enveloped him for 15 years.

Gonjun Sato was particularly happy to reintroduce himself to Kii. Someone is willing to share the warm sunshine with an ugly cold-blooded animal like him, and although the moment he is blessed by the sunshine makes his desire to kill skyrocket, he still loses to Kii's kindness in the end.

Threatened by his life but still worried about hurting others, Kii's personality made Sato Gonjun powerless, so he had to make up a far-fetched reason, saying that he wanted to continue watching the show.

If Kii wasn't a ship girl, it would be very difficult for her to survive in this war-torn world without any self-protection power. He remembered that in Shanghai, China, Teru Sanjo was beating Kii at will, and only a very evil person like him would be hurt by kindness, and the rest of the people would not take Kii's kindness seriously.

So Kii is also a poor man struggling in the dark, born into a strong military family, with many excellent older brothers, it is normal that it will create a tragedy.

At this moment, he suddenly understood the puzzle that Kii had left him, and it was no wonder that he, who had always claimed to be a genius, could not answer it. In fact, calming down, Sato Gonjun can easily analyze the meaning of Kii's words. He begged to be redeemed for selfishness, so Kii's request was simple, requiring only a slight change in the sentence to reach a conclusion. really

[No matter how much the cat pretends to be the majesty of a tiger, it will be exposed under the wolf's keen sense of smell. 】

Snuffing out the half-burned cigarette in his hand, Sato Gonjun followed his own reasoning and continued to deduce Kii's thoughts, which was already known to him.

But this is a victory for himself in the past, and Gonjun Sato will not rely on inferences without emotion to answer Kii. He also wants to try a new experience and solve Kii's puzzles as a man of flesh and blood. Maybe this is an extra gift from the will of the deep sea, and if you want to guess the mind of the gods, it is really not something ordinary people can try.

"It's a god, and it's all counted."

Throwing half of the cigarette into the sea, Gonjun Sato also returned to the command room. Waves have already risen above the sea, and the sea is still her fickle as May approaches, and it may continue for a long time.

The time is 2 p.m. According to the original plan, the main fleet will officially engage the deep-sea fleet the next day, and the first target is the battleship Suhime. The previous Air Carrier Mobile Force, which served as a support force to provide aviation support to the main fleet, was essentially not much different from the previous tactics. The only difference this time is that the voyage is extended, and it is impossible to engage the enemy in the first place.

Kii did not need to send a reconnaissance plane this time, not only did he accompany the two Flying Eagle-class light air carriers, but the previous air carrier mobile units had also conducted reconnaissance on the enemy many times. Her mission is to fight the deep-sea fleet with all her might, and she is also the only two warships in the fleet.

"How did the Flying Eagle class start to take off carrier-based aircraft?"

Kii noticed a number of carrier-based aircraft flying by in his field of vision, and hurriedly picked up the microphone to contact Commander Nagato.

Nagato didn't inform Kii, and she only informed Kii of the latest situation when she heard Kii's anxious inquiry. "The Flying Eagle's reconnaissance plane has found a deep-sea ship cruising ahead, because there is no battleship-class enemy, I plan to let them use the carrier-based aircraft to clear the enemy first, even if they can't destroy all of them, they can drive them away."

"I understand, the battle after that will depend on Nagato's command."

Kii also felt that Nagato's handling method was very appropriate, and he completely relied on the aviation support of the 1st and 5th Air Battles, and the burden on them was also very great. The naval headquarters sent light air carriers to join the battle, further relieving the battleship of the combat pressure. PERHAPS THE BATTLESHIP WILL SLOWLY TAKE A BACK SEAT LATER, AND THE 46CM GUN AND VH ARMOR PLATE HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED, AND THERE IS LITTLE POINT IN CONTINUING TO DEVELOP IT.

"Gonjun Sato, inform the various departments on the ship for me. Be prepared for a night battle, I think the possibility of a night attack by the deep-sea fleet is not small. ”

Kii's uneasy night battle was also something that Sato Gonjun was worried about, and it was clear that the deep-sea fleet had discovered the advance of the main fleet. If you don't take advantage of the night to sneak attack, it's too much to say. After all, during the day they have aviation support, and at night, all the air carriers have become ornaments, and the deep-sea fleet has no reason to give up its superiority.