The gray-white cement reef and the brown-black reef formed by the natural relief of the terrain divide the entire sea area, forming a special body of water attached to the island. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

This is the surface test ground set up by the Georgetown Town Wardguard for the training and exercises of the shipwives. Although it is much worse than the academy in terms of auxiliary facilities such as electronic instruments, the wide water area gives the ship girls a more free and complete training mode.

The two sides of this battle exercise had a tacit understanding to distance themselves from each other and communicate with their companions before the war.

As the admirals of the girls, Aritus and Trix did not participate in the discussion of the shipwives under their command, but silently listened to the communication between the girls in the spiritual network.

If this time it was only their own cruiser or destroyer girls who were fighting this time, they would inevitably go out to command them personally. But this time, both sides have their own capital ship mothers, so naturally they don't need to worry about it anymore.

The girl, who also had blue eyes like Des Moines, was curling her slightly brownish blonde hair with her fingers, as if she was thinking about her plan for this battle.

After being promoted to the energy level, Anne is no longer only responsible for escort and sea-to-air protection tasks, she has become the only one in the fleet with aviation strike capabilities, and she must think about more things.

How do you destroy an enemy or complete a mission with as little cost as possible? How can we avoid strategic disadvantages and make the most of our aviation capabilities? All this needs to be thought about by Anne, who has become a capital ship.

The reason why a capital ship is called a capital ship is not only because of its powerful strike capability, but also because it shoulders the task of commanding the fleet. In the absence of a flagship, the capital ships are naturally responsible for commanding and transmitting the commander's orders, and of course it is also their prerogative to decide their own tactics and actions.

The girl unleashed and adjusted her ship's outfit, consciously or unconsciously turning her gaze to Des Moines' face nearby.

According to her own calculations, if she only relied on her own aviation strike capabilities, it would not be troublesome to solve the battleship lady on the other side, but after that, she could ......

After a moment's deliberation, the girl revealed her battle plan to her companion.

"Sister Des Moines? After some calculations, I realized that it was not a hassle to rely only on the carrier-based aircraft to solve the opposite one...... But after that, it is estimated that only the support capacity is ......", mental power is always the bottleneck that restricts the aircraft carrier girls, and the limited mental power determines that they can only plan reasonably to strike, rather than unscrupulously releasing their carrier-based aircraft to the point of mental exhaustion.

"After that, please leave it to me, if it's just a cruiser battle, I'm still very confident." , Des Moine said very seriously with those clear eyes. Of course, she knew that she couldn't sink the opponent's battleship with her own abilities alone, and even if she claimed to be the strongest cruiser, she wouldn't be reckless enough to challenge a capital ship with a higher energy level and more firepower than herself.

After Anne negotiated with her again about the specific tactical arrangements, she did not say anything more and concentrated on adjusting her state.

Through her studies in the academy, although Anne is still a little immature and shy in her personality, she has begun to gradually get used to the identity of being a ship's mother, and she is not as unable to let go of many things as before.

"Sister Demoin, please escort me first." After reaching the designated position, this slightly shy girl also took out her tempered courage and belief and said to her comrades-in-arms beside her.

The girl with dazzling blonde hair nodded silently, giving full play to the capabilities of the radar system, cooperating with Anne to release the carrier-based aircraft and detect the enemy's radiation reaction.

Des Moine was unhappy that he had no such simple task as having to do it first. Different types of ships have different abilities and different tasks to perform. Escorting the capital ships is a very important part of the battle formation.

Anne, who showed the flight deck and began to prepare for the carrier-based aircraft, felt the familiar radiation reaction beside her, and a slight sense of security inexplicably rose in her heart. It is precisely with the protection of the capital ships by the frigates that the capital ships can unscrupulously show their strong combat capabilities.

If there is no escort, even a high-energy aircraft carrier will not dare to easily release too many carrier-based aircraft formations; Without the protection of cruisers and destroyers, battleships without support are also very vulnerable to attacks from the air and underwater.

No ship girl can perform all combat missions at the same time, and the cooperation between ship girls is an important part of giving full play to the strength of the formation.

The girl with slightly brown hair calmly adjusts the distribution of mental power. There are many things she needs to do, such as connecting with the carrier-based aircraft with mental power and adjusting the deck to make it fly, and she needs to focus part of her energy on the main engine in order to maintain the top speed.

Her own protection is relatively fragile, and she will never dare to enter the range of the main guns of the rest of the ship. Long-range strikes are the best choice to play to their strengths and avoid weaknesses, so it is natural to carefully grasp the distance from other ships.

The five F6F fighter-bombers, painted in dark blue, conducted a fan-shaped search, and with the help of Des Moines' powerful radar system, it did not take long to confirm the location of the enemy reconnaissance aircraft.

Intelligence is also an inseparable element in the deep-sea battle, and it is difficult to intercept or choose to avoid the opponent if you can't know the opponent's location. Yamashiro and Ashigara, who have experienced several battles, naturally do not make low-level mistakes, and releasing them is not a wrong choice.

However, when it was discovered by Anne's fighters, it inevitably fell into the fate of being quickly strangled. Even the water reconnaissance with certain combat performance is still powerless in the face of full-time fighters. Of course, this behavior is not completely wrong, and it can only be said that there are pros and cons.

Among the admirals who were watching the battle from a distance, a young man's voice suddenly came:

"Normally, releasing a water scout is quite helpful for combat, but this can be problematic when encountering an aircraft carrier."

After a slight pause, the young man with dark blue eyes felt the gaze of everyone, and then said:

"One is that the unleashed water scouts can easily be shot down by fighter jets released by aircraft carriers, causing unnecessary attrition...... The second is that the straighter route will allow the aircraft carrier to calculate the location of the other party. As the boy said this, the reconnaissance aircraft group of Yamashiro and Ashigara had been completely wiped out.

Hearing this, Trix and the other young admiral seemed to jot down the experience. But Talia, who was wearing black-rimmed glasses on the side, seemed as indifferent as if she hadn't heard what the boy had said.

"But it doesn't seem to be completely without benefits, at least the two of my family have known that the air raid is coming, and they are ready." , Trix, who was standing at the forefront, said.

"Well, that's true." Aritus agrees with his statement.

On the surface battlefield in the distance

Ashigara and Yamashiro, who had lost their naval reconnaissance and air supremacy, were naturally aware of the arrival of the enemy aircraft group, not to mention that the No. 13 air and electric reconnaissance carried by the two ships had already determined the location of the aircraft group.

In the face of those carrier-based aircraft with extremely high speeds, Yamashiro and Ashigara began to allocate their mental power with serious faces. Due to the lack of air supremacy, the two could only inject most of their mental power into the anti-aircraft artillery crew and the secondary artillery crew, and were always ready to overload the main engine to avoid subsequent air strikes.

And they didn't have to wait long. After Anne had eliminated all the scouts, two more groups of fighter-bombers were released from the hangar, and a total of three flying detachments were speeding towards the predetermined positions in two directions.

Yamashiro and Ashigari did not hesitate to start overloading the main engine, but due to Yamashiro's drag, the average speed of the two was only about 27 knots. Although the two had never experienced this kind of actual combat, they did learn the method of shooting from the air barrage, and the combination of large-caliber anti-aircraft guns also caused some trouble to Anne.

But she wasn't too anxious, her carrier-based aircraft had been shot down over Demoine's long-range air defense network more than once during previous training with Des Moines, and the sparse barrage of Yamashiro and Footbara was already very easy to dodge.

After simply spreading the swarm and controlling it a little more, Anne's carrier-based aircraft had already passed the outer air defense circle and began to rapidly reduce their altitude and rush into the airspace where the barrage was even more sparse.

Similar to Suzuya's air defense system, Ashigara and Yamashiro lacked sufficient strike capability in the medium-range air defense zone, and naturally could not hinder Anne's air attack.

Anne, who soon entered the lowest bomb delivery range, has already begun to drop the powerful aerial bomb.

The bombs that fell from the sky fell in a zigzag pattern and approached the direction of the mountain castle and the ashijo, and there were continuous explosions and fireworks.

After more than half a year of hard practice, Anne has gradually mastered many skills in controlling carrier-based aircraft. Constantly correcting parameters instead of dropping bombs in one go is also one of the ways she gradually figured out how to improve her hit rate.

The blazing fire illuminates the turquoise and deep seabed, and its roar and spectacular sight naturally fall into the eyes of everyone in the stands.

Unlike the effects of shells fired from a battleship's main gun, the shock wave and radiation damage released by a projectile falling to the surface at a lower altitude is often more difficult to resist.

After a round of bomb dropping, Anne raised the carrier aircraft slightly, as if taking a break. At the same time, the careful control of a large number of carrier-based aircraft will quickly consume mental power, and even Anne at this time needs to use every ounce of strength carefully.

Due to the use of only horizontal bombing fighter-bombers, the three carrier-based aircraft detachments did not achieve decent results. The best thing was just a near-miss bomb detonated close to the mountain castle, but it didn't make it get out of the field.

Due to the characteristics and purpose of carrier-based aircraft, Anne prefers a fighter-bomber like the F6F in the hangar rather than a full-time SB2C dive bomber.

Witnessing the rise of the carrier-based aircraft, the mountain castle felt the slightly damaged anti-aircraft artillery crew on the ship, and also had a rough assessment of its power.

The mere near-miss of the bomb has already caused a certain degree of damage to the ship's armament, and if it falls into its main killing range, if it hits two or three rounds, it may enter a state of small destruction and withdraw from the exercise.

Soon after, Yamashiro relied on the No. 13 air-to-air electric reconnaissance to discover two groups of carrier-based aircraft flying slowly again.

At this time, the fighter-bombers under the command of Anne began to drop bombs again, covering each other with the aerial torpedoes dropped by torpedo planes flying from the other direction.

Ashigara and Yamashiro had to adjust their main engine output and quickly turn their course to avoid being hit by a torpedo.

Boom boom!

The continuous explosion of fire and the water curtain of Okita raised by the torpedo explosion obscured everyone's vision, and by half a minute later, Yamashiro had withdrawn from the exercise, which had been hit by the torpedo plane.

Looking at the carrier-based aircraft still hovering overhead, Yamashiro's assessment of its destructive power rose again.

If it was just the initial horizontal bombing, the threat would not be high, because there was only one near-miss bomb under the projection of more than a dozen aircraft. But then the carrier-based aircraft that threw aerial torpedoes were a greater threat to battleships like Yamashiro.

Yamashiro, who thought about the content of this battle for a while, reluctantly left the field.

The next battle was already one-sided, and Yamashiro actually felt that he could end the exercise at this time, but perhaps it was the Admiral's request, and the battle was not over until this moment.

Ashigara, however, does not see the current situation in this way. The instincts she had cultivated through many battles estimated that the opposing carrier-based aircraft should have lost the ability to project again.

The foothandle, which had slightly increased its speed and headed into the distance, did not continue to be attacked by bombs or torpedoes. This also confirmed her speculation.

And just as she thought, after the release of two waves of aerial bomb projections and a round of aviation lightning strikes, Anne's carrier-based aircraft had lost all armament and needed to be prepared again before it could be combat-capable.

This is precisely the flaw in the tactics of aviation strikes that a single aircraft carrier has. Although carrier-based aircraft can carry powerful weapons, they still need to return to the hangar to prepare, so that the sustained strike capability of aircraft carriers with small formations is greatly reduced.

The blonde girl, who was standing on the water to maintain the same speed as Anne, noticed Anne's slightly pale face, and naturally knew that her mental power was greatly consumed.

Through Annie's confirmation, she naturally knew that the opponent's battleship had already withdrawn, and Annie, whose combat effectiveness had been greatly reduced at the moment, did not seem to have any intention of immediately carrying out the next round of strikes.

"Annie, how much time do you need to prepare for your next attack?"

"Sorry...... Sister Des Moines...... I can only provide reconnaissance capabilities now, and if I release two more carrier-based aircraft to attack, I guess I won't be able to continue the fight. Looking at the slightly trembling palm, Anne didn't force herself too much.

"Okay, just provide me with a team for aviation support and reconnaissance", for the time being, assessing Anne's remaining combat power at this time, Des Moines felt that it was better to solve it by himself.

After all, she can't wait to have a fight.

Anne, of course, was very aware of her situation, nodded and began to recover some of the carrier-based aircraft, eventually leaving a team to keep track of Ashigaku.

Without escorting Anne, Des Moines also overloaded his main engine to reach a top speed of 36 knots, and quickly went to the direction where the foot handle was.

It had been noticed that the carrier-based aircraft was tracking and revealing their position, but they did not immediately request their commander to end the exercise. After all, she is also very interested in this self-proclaimed strongest cruiser, the rumored six-star shipwive.

The water area of the training ground was not too wide, and the two of them could quickly see each other as they moved head-to-head at top speed.

"Hopefully you're a good opponent." , The girl who put some messy long hair back in a bunch, looked at the dazzling blonde girl in front of her, and her words naturally revealed her fierce battle intent.

"Mutual friend, I also hope that you can put a certain amount of pressure on me." , after Des Moines has raised his mental state to the best, he has also loaded his mental power into his main engine and main gun crew.

De Moines accurately obtained the opponent's position data through the complex radar fire control system, and the three huge naval guns quickly adjusted the angle on the ship's position behind him, and sprayed fierce tongues of fire.

After being promoted to the second energy level, Demoine's ability to control his own ship equipment was perfectly reflected. Previously, due to the lack of energy level, it was impossible to use too many ship equipment at the same time, and naturally it could not show the powerful effect of its radar fire control system when firing naval guns.

Due to the lack of water reconnaissance for ballistic observation and azimuth determination, Ashigami only relied on the 22 pairs of water electric reconnaissance and other fire control systems with slightly inferior performance to measure them, and naturally their shooting accuracy was far inferior to that of Des Moines, which was using radar parameters for continuous firing.

Relying on the capabilities of a high-performance radar fire control system, Des Moines can fire continuously without observing the drop without sacrificing accuracy.

The nine main guns spewed out scorching fire in turn, bursting apart beside Ashigara, and given the dual advantages of shooting and accuracy, Ashigami quickly fell to the upper hand in the artillery battle.

But it wasn't long before Des Moines quickly distanced himself from Ashigara. Through the radiation response of the radar, she had detected the fan-shaped torpedo nets released by the enemy. Given the powerful threat of torpedoes, Des Moines had to back off slightly.

But it was also at this time that Ashigaku, who relied on the power of the torpedo to coerce Des Moines into a ceasefire, began to counterattack.

The distance between the two men is much smaller than when they shot at each other before, and it doesn't take much accuracy and calculation to be able to project artillery fire on each other.

And at this moment, Demoin's extremely high rate of fire once again showed its formidable threat. Even though Ashigara has an advantage in energy level, the nearly twice the ultimate rate of fire slows down Ashigara's offensive significantly.

"You've lost." Just as Ashigami was braving heavy artillery fire and was about to fire the reloaded torpedo again, Des Moines suddenly ceased fire and these words were heard.

Ashiga, who had wanted to continue shooting, was stunned, and felt the damaged armor slightly, as if he couldn't believe such a rapid defeat.

Anne, who was observing the battle in the distance with a carrier-based aircraft, also seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. Although she can hurt the foot handle alone as long as she is willing to pay a certain price, the more convenient things that can be solved in a simple way, the better.

"Very interesting...... indeed," said the older-looking girl, who had already lost the exercise but did not look frustrated, but stared at Des Moines with interest.

With the end of this exercise, the four admirals' planned itinerary for today was basically completed, and soon the group returned to the Georgetown Town Guard's Mansion.