June 20, 1941. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Navy officers gathered at the Combined Fleet Headquarters at Yokosuka Military Port, and as soon as the brand-new plaque was hung up, the "big man" sitting inside quickly came up with a fanciful idea.

Kiyi, as the commander of the ninth team, was also invited, and she led her subordinates to the conference building, and the officers around her, large and small, were all in awe when they saw this female admiral. Since Nagato is no longer the flagship of the Combined Fleet, this honor will soon fall into Kii's hands. In the future, she will be the number one among the ship's mothers.

Shentong saw the representative of the ninth team in the crowd at a glance, and she didn't call her sister who signed autographs for fans on the side, and walked to Kii alone. "Admiral Takayanagi often mentions you to us, and he wants to talk to you alone before the meeting begins."

Kii didn't refuse the invitation, and she also wanted to know what plan the newly appointed Navy commander had in mind.

Go back 4 months, February 16th.

Yamagata Prefecture, a cemetery.

In the cold early spring, the raindrops that fall on people are also very biting.

Exactly 3 years have passed since the death of Keiko Nagumo, and Nagumo Chung deliberately returned to his hometown to sweep the grave of his wife, as in previous years. However, it happened that last year Kaga returned to the castle after his mission in China, and this year the three of them were able to go together.

All three of them changed into black regular clothes, and they were not conspicuous in the crowd, and when they walked into the cemetery, they could not see a few worshippers.

"Zhongyi, you seem to have something on your mind." Akagi asked the question anyway, though she vaguely knew the answer.

As soon as Nan Yunzhong saw that his wife's tomb was at the end of the road, he also sighed. "Nobuo didn't go to Tokyo University of the Arts."

Just a few days ago, Soryu saw the name of Nagumo Nobuo in the new list of candidates for the Naval Aviation Reserve, and of course she immediately repaid Yamaguchi Tawen. Yamaguchi Tashi was also taken aback, and while contacting the aviation training base, he called Nagumo Tadaichi. After several twists and turns, Nagumo Tadaichi received a clear answer from the training base, and his son volunteered to join the naval air force, and also handed in a letter of recommendation, and was already a reserve.

Akagi comforted, "It's also a good thing that Nobuo has a heart to serve the country, and training in the military camp for a few years will also help him in the future." Only one out of ten newcomers who can be selected for the aviation reserve will actually become an aviation unit. Even if he really became an air force, as long as we say a word, he can be incorporated into the first air battle. Nothing can happen. ”

"Don't mention him anymore. Kaga is my first time here. ”

Kaga's return from a combat mission in China has always made Nagumo Tadaichi feel strange. Kaga becomes even more aloof, even more incomprehensible. The Konoe family sent a lot of people to welcome Kaga's triumphant return, but Kaga didn't say a word during the entire welcome ceremony, even if the head of the Konoe family, Kaga's adoptive father, hugged him from the front, Kaga's eyes were only cold.

"Yes," replied simply, and Kaga's tone was colder than the spring rain.

Keiko Nagumo's tombstone is very particular about workmanship, and even if Nagumo Zhong doesn't come to clean it, there will be a manager to take care of it every month. Akagi also specially transported an evergreen tree from Kure Port and planted it next to the tomb.

The icy rain was still falling, and the three of them were holding umbrellas, and they could feel the biting cold. The three of them each put offerings on the offering table, because they didn't expect it to be a rainy day, Nan Yunzhong lit the match in his hand several times and didn't light it, and when he looked closely, he was wet from the rain.

Kaga and Akagi neither smoked, nor did they bring matches with them, so the simple burning of incense made it difficult for the three of them.

"I'll go around and borrow matches." Kaga handed the food box to Akagi, and it contained soup dumplings that she had made herself. Keiko's favorite food before her death was the small snacks made by Kaga, and Kaga made some before she set off, which was considered an offering for worship.

"Slippery, be careful." Akagi didn't forget to remind him that it seemed that every time the two separated, even if it was just to go to the street to buy some snacks, Akagi would ask for it.

Kaga walked very fast, and she remembered that the last few worshippers were also at the exit of the cemetery, and it was raining during the season, and no one would choose this time to worship except for special reasons.

Just as Kaga was walking towards the cemetery exit, a group of worshippers dressed in black appeared around the corner, led by Nagato and Mutsu.

What are they doing here? 】

Due to the weather and the fact that they didn't pay attention to the surroundings, the two battleship wives didn't notice that Kaga was standing a hundred meters away. Behind them were the subordinates of the first team, each with gloomy faces, and they could faintly hear a curse or two.

Suspicious, Kaga quietly followed. Nagato and his entourage walked all the way to the innermost part of the cemetery, which is also a newly opened area, and the people who have just passed away are sleeping.

"Hirakawa Aizawa?"

Nagato and his entourage gathered around a newly built tomb with names clearly engraved on its tombstones. Kaga immediately remembered the news one month ago about the unfortunate assassination of Mr. Aizawa, Minister of Personnel of the Ministry of the Navy. Although the attacker was arrested, after interrogation, he insisted that it was a personal vendetta, and the whole incident was closed with the death sentence of the attacker.

[Someone approaching? Kaga turned around vigilantly and saw King Kong in black walking by.

"Kaga?" King Kong was very surprised to see Kaga here. "A representative was also sent to the First Air Battle? No, you're not a faction. ”

For colleagues like King Kong, who can't think about complex issues, Kaga has always regarded her as the mascot of Team 2. "I'm just passing by to borrow matches."

Ninety-nine out of a hundred people don't believe it, but Kaga says it to one percent. She had a hunch that King Kong was carrying a large bag, which must have matches.

"It just so happens that I have, coincidentally." King Kong stupidly took out a pack of matches from his big bag and stuffed it into Kaga's hand. "No thanks, I still have something to do, so I won't talk about it."

"Minister Aizawa is your friend?"

The rain became heavier unconsciously, and the wet and cold wind blew on the faces of the two people, and the body of the ship mother couldn't help but tremble.

"Mr. Hirakawa Aizawa was a classmate of Nagato Mutsu, and he was a very good young politician."

King Kong struggled up the steps and ran to the officers of the First Sentai who were standing solemnly. "Sorry, I'm a step late. On a rainy day, there is not even a person to ask for directions. ”

It's obviously a funny scene, but in the cold rain, even Kaga can't laugh. King Kong's joke was a bit of a failure, but fortunately Nagato was not a calculating person, and accepted the condolences of the second team with a little gratitude.

"People will eventually die, so why shed tears and show anger?" Kaga muttered to herself as she walked, and she could feel Nagato's pent-up anger, not just for a dead classmate, perhaps for too long. Dying a person is just a fuse, just a reason for people to explode.

Just like Nagumo Tadaichi can now finally accept Akagi's silent efforts by his side, what people need is a reason. Knowing how to do it and actually doing it are always two different things.

"Matches borrowed."

Kaga handed the unopened match to Nagumo Tadashi, and the simple tomb sweeping worship continued. The rain was heavy, and it didn't stop Nanyun Zhongyi from squatting in front of the offering table and lighting the paper himself

"Keiko, Kaga also came to see you today, and brought your favorite snacks."

As soon as Nanyun Zhongyi spoke, he put the soup dumplings in the food box one by one on the offering table, and he looked at the last photo of his deceased wife, and tears couldn't help dripping. He couldn't stop Nobuo from joining the army, and even if everyone forgave him for his helplessness, he couldn't get through his own level.

After only a few moments on the cold offering table, the soup dumplings were drenched by the rain and lost the temperature in the original food box. Can the dead taste the food of the world? Kaga never believed in ghosts and gods, and that the so-called death of a person is nothing more than the cessation of physiological functions, and that there is no such thing as a spiritualist called a soul, and that death is the end of life.

However, thinking of Keiko's gobbling up dim sum in the past, Kaga doesn't mind wasting time making some soup dumplings. Spring comes and goes, summer and winter are cold, Kaga doesn't feel that he has spent a long time in China, but he didn't expect Keiko to have died of illness for three years.

Perhaps Kaga really has no human values and looks down on the passage of time. The ship's mother will never age, and time is just a yellowed calendar for her and all ship's mothers for a long time.

Kaga's hull is undergoing a major renovation at Kure Port, and with Akagi's experience, Kaga's renovation is progressing quickly, and it won't take months to train at the port. The new generation of carrier-based aircraft, the Tianshan, Comet, and Zero fighters, has also completely replaced the old aircraft. The strength of the Imperial Navy has been revealed, and the shipwives of the first and second voyages in the past have been ridiculed by the older generation of naval soldiers for being a light aircraft carrier that has been increased and lengthened, and it is better to directly use large merchant ships to build it instead of spending a lot of money to build it. The emergence of a new generation of carrier-based aircraft has also strengthened the construction plan of regular aircraft carriers, because the number of light aircraft carriers carrying new carrier-based aircraft will drop sharply, and the decks of light aircraft carriers in the past cannot bear the take-off and landing of new aircraft.

After the simple worship, the three of them walked towards the exit of the cemetery with their umbrellas as they had done when they entered. From Nagumo Tadaichi's emaciated back, Kaga can also see that the other party's physical condition has changed a lot from the past. Fortunately, Akagi is still the same as in the past, supporting Nagumo Tadaichi rain or shine. For her, Akagi is the whole of life, and she re-abandons her humanity to become Shura for Akagi's sake.

"There is a new shop around Wu Gang, and there is a noodle restaurant owned by a Yizhou person." Kaga loves to collect little information about this.

When Akagi heard the news, he also moved his index finger, and her foodie attributes were known to the whole navy. "Then let's take some time when we go back to Kure Harbor."

Nagumo Zhongyi has always met all of Akagi's requirements in terms of food, and the town guards of the First Air War do not have to stay every day, and according to the war, they will not have a mission in a short period of time. There is still a long time to prepare for the declaration of war on the American Federation.

"Yes, the food of Yizhou, the last time I was on an inspection in Yizhou. Probably ......" Nagumo Tadaichi didn't notice that the matchbox in his pocket smelled of black tea, and he would definitely be shocked if he knew that Nagato was also in the cemetery.

The rain was light, and the cold raindrops still slipped from the tip of the umbrella and slowly rolled onto the bluestone slab. When I looked back, I could only see a lot of tombstones that I didn't recognize. They are all dead human beings, the final destination of human beings......