Chapter 66: The Maiden's Prayer
Several people in complicated moods were holding the black tea carefully concocted by the prestige, but they didn't have the mood of tasting it normally, they subconsciously touched their dry lips, Moende picked up the black tea on the side and drank it all, looking at Somerville with an indifferent expression, he couldn't help but be a little puzzled, and subconsciously asked, "Your Excellency Commander, aren't you in a hurry at all?" ”
Somerville shrugged helplessly, put down the pastry made by Prestige in his hand, and asked with some doubts, "Of course I'm anxious, to be honest, the sinking of Hood and the Prince of Wales has had too much impact on us, not to mention sacrificing an excellent mature ship spirit, the thousands of dead naval officers and men alone are not something we can bear." But what's the use of us being anxious? ”
Somerville, who talked about the Danish naval battle, couldn't help sighing, and said seriously, "The only thing we can do at present is to completely sink the Bismarck, only in this way can we give the best explanation to those dead officers and soldiers, so you and Miss Royal Ark must recuperate, in the next few days, we will carry out a large-scale reconnaissance of the nearby seas, in our fleet, only you and Miss Royal Ark can do it." ”
Moende nodded, he understood that he and the Ark Royal were not only burdened with such a simple order, but also with the trust of their colleagues, after all, there was only one aircraft carrier in the fleet near Saint-Nazaire.
Looking at Moend, who was a little nervous, Somerville had to comfort softly, "But you don't have to be too nervous, according to the information we have so far, the position of the German fleet is closer to John. Admiral Tovey led some of the home fleet, of course, we cannot rule out the existence of detachments in the German fleet, and perhaps we will encounter a German fleet consisting of an awakened battleship and a heavy cruiser and a variable number of U-boats, and possibly one of these ships. ”
"However, after Bismarck received that level of damage, returning to the Normandy dockyard in Saint-Nazaire is the only way to solve it, even if it is soul steel, it can only be repaired temporarily, and without repair liquid, even martial spirits cannot completely repair those wounds."
"Therefore, it is only a matter of time before we encounter the Bismarck, as long as we can slow down the Bismarck before it enters the combat radius of the German shore-based aircraft, as long as we can hold out until the arrival of Admiral Tovey, even if Bismarck is a legendary martial spirit in theory, he will end up hating in the attack of several ship spirits."
Looking at Somerville with a gloomy face, Moende still hid his doubts in his heart, "You know, the legendary-level martial spirit only exists in theory, and at that level, the martial spirit can even completely soul steel its own body, as long as that martial spirit can withstand the increase brought by the soul steel, with a strong enough soul network, the martial spirit can even manifest its own body anywhere, or even just a part of the body, at this moment, the martial spirit has surpassed the constraints of the martial spirit level and reached the realm of more than one hundred levels." , that's why it's called a legend! ”
But this is just a theory, in the current recorded history of mankind, the closest to the concept of legend is probably only the war-weary lady who experienced the last war and awakened the ship spirit, after experiencing several battles, the war-weariness at that time was even considered by the whole of Britain to be the most promising to reach the legendary level of the ship spirit, but after the last war, this legendary ship spirit is like a soldier with post-war psychological syndrome, severe depression, anxiety, just like her name, she has been tired of all wars.
However, under the pressure of the war situation, war-weary after modernization, she rejoined the battle sequence of the Royal Navy without hesitation, and as the flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet, she even hit the Italian Navy Giulio in the Battle of Calabria in 1940. The battleship Caesar and forced it out of battle, which is the longest distance recorded for a confirmed battleship to hit an enemy battleship by shelling.
The power of the High Martial Spirit was further proven, but it was a pity that such a legendary heroic ship spirit was far away in Crete, because there was a large number of German airborne troops trying to occupy Crete and try to control the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea lanes.
"It would have been easy if, at this moment, Miss War-Weary had also participated in the encirclement and suppression of Bismarck, but history has no ifs." Moende couldn't help but mutter.
Looking at the silent Somerville, Moende suddenly stood up, saluted Somerville, and said solemnly, "Your Excellency Commander, I request that a reconnaissance plane be sent immediately to find the direction of the German ship." ”
Moend's sudden action made the pensive Somerville stunned for a moment, and then immediately returned the salute and asked, "If you carry out the mission now, will it bring too much burden to you and Miss Royal Ark?" ”
Moende smiled confidently, looked at the girl who had been silent on the side and nodded, and then said with certainty, "No problem, after such a long rest, Ark Royal and I have reached our best." ”
Somerville was not an indecisive person either, and he immediately decided to carry out the reconnaissance mission now.
As Somerville and his party reached the flight deck, the rain was getting heavier. Mixed with the sea breeze on the Atlantic Ocean, the rain kept slapping on the faces of several people, and at this time, the prestige on the side suddenly took out an umbrella from the subspace and propped it up on the top of several people's heads.
Looking at Somerville with a surprised face, Prestige subconsciously stuck out his tongue mischievously, Summerville smiled slightly, gently stretched out his hand, and together with Prestige held up this umbrella that meant a lot to the two of them, everything was silent......
Looking at the two of them who were silent on the side, Somerville coughed lightly and pretended to be serious, "Then let's get started." ”
Moende nodded, taking a deep breath, he was cooperating with the girl at the moment to complete the embodiment of the ship's outfit.
With a burst of golden particles, the girl's ship uniform also began to appear slowly, the most obvious change, perhaps the right island string structure and mini deck behind the girl, holding the longbow that appeared again in his hand, the royal ark held its breath, and the particles in his hand continued to change, gradually forming a long arrow glowing with golden light.
The girl took a deep breath, put the arrow on the string, and with the girl's arrogant reprimand, the bow in her hand that was pulled into a full moon suddenly shot the long arrow into the sky, when the shining long arrow was released from the girl's hand, it suddenly turned into a full-size Swordfish torpedo bomber, flying into the distance, if you look closely, you can even see the cute figure of the goblin piloting this plane.
The girl rubbed her somewhat dry eyes, drew her bow again, and continued to release her carrier-based aircraft towards this sea area.
It wasn't until she watched the hordes of planes gradually leave her sight that the girl put down the longbow in her hand, sighed, and prayed, "You must find something, please everyone......"