Although Maya was only quietly standing by Kagawa's side, Kagawa knew that Maya's battle had begun.

Although the ship's mother far surpasses ordinary people in terms of physical fitness and learning ability, for the ship's mother, the fusion of consciousness with the battleship is the way to maximize her strength. The word "Consciousness Fusion" is a description of the battle style of the ship Niang on the documents inside Shengyang, if you want to give a simple and easy-to-understand example, the "Consciousness Fusion" of the ship Niang and the battleship is similar to the synchronization in EVA, it can be said that in this case, the consciousness of the ship Niang has covered the entire battleship, and the battleship itself is a part of the ship Niang's body.

Maya is in this state now, although her human body is standing next to Kagawa, but in fact, the entire ship of Maya is already under her control, and the detectors on board are her eyes, the paddles of the ship are her legs and feet, and the cannons on the hull are her arms. The crew members all watched the moving battleship silently, and no one was surprised. For the vast majority of people, they were told that someone had operated the entire ship using a high-tech control device located in the captain's room, and for a small number of high-ranking officials, they were aware of the existence of the ship's mother, so they only watched with interest the movements of the battleship under their feet.

Of course, there was nothing wrong with Maya operating both the battleship and the humanoid body at the same time, and she could operate the ship to move and fire while chatting with Kagawa as long as she wanted to. But Maya didn't like this, and during the battle, Maya liked to concentrate 100% of his attention in response to enemy attacks, and Kagawa, who knew Maya's temperament, didn't try to talk to Maya, but paid attention to the battle situation around him.

In Maya's view, she was observing her surroundings through the observatory's telescope, and although the stunned observer behind the telescope had an amusing expression, she still focused her gaze on the surrounding sea, and after a while, she spotted two white splashes of water in the distance.

Those were two destroyers of the deep sea perch. Although the Shengyang side divided the creation of the deep-sea perch-hime into categories such as destroyers, cruisers, battleships, etc., this is mainly through the distinction of the combat effectiveness of these deep-sea suihime, and in terms of appearance, Maya can't see what the two "destroyers" in front of him have in common with the destroyers.

Unlike any ship built by humans at any time, the expulsion of the deep sea suki gives people a sense of "how the hell this thing floats on the sea" at first glance. This "expulsion" resembles a cylinder in appearance, about the same height as two adults combined, and roughly three times the length of the body. Most of its body is covered in a type of armor that resembles a metal structure, with two glowing parts at the front of its body that look like eyes. What's even more incredible is that the lower body of this "destroyer" actually has a structure similar to that of a living organism, with a pair of large teeth in the front, and it is puzzling that its "mouth" does not have any food intake function, because its mouth space is completely occupied by a cannon. Since scientists at the Rising Sun have not been able to capture a single sample of the deep-sea dwelling queen so far, the structure of this half-biotic creature remains a mystery.

But these things didn't mean anything to Maya. Her mission is to annihilate the deep sea inhabitants, and that's it. After observing the position of the two deep-sea expulsions, there was no need for Kagawa to personally command, Maya and Xiaoxiang had already arranged a single column formation very tacitly, and turned the ship to the enemy.

Once the array was set up, Maya began to calculate the horizontal and vertical angles needed to hit the enemy. Since the shipwives of the Shengyang Navy have undergone the baptism of war, the shipwives themselves can be regarded as the best naval soldiers. Whether it is the movement of the ship, or the observation and aiming, the ship mother is a first-class master. Although Maya would hardly be damaged by two shells in terms of the attack power of the Deep Sea Expulsion, it was unforgivable for Maya to be injured in a battle with such a low-level enemy as the Deep Sea Expulsion. Therefore, she carefully calculated the angle at which the shells were fired, trying to kill the enemy from a distance of the enemy's firefight.

The Maya was equipped with four two-gun turrets of 20.3 cm, which was too wasteful for a deep-sea expulsion of an enemy of this level. Therefore, after thinking about it, Maya decided to attack with the most basic single shots. After aiming at the target, Maya operated the No. 1 turret and fired a shell. The cannonball flew through the air, drawing a parabola, and the enemy did not make any dodge moves, so the cannonball hit the enemy without suspense.

While the exterior of the Deep Sea Exorcism may seem cyberpunk-esque, the enemy is actually surprisingly crispy. After being hit by a 20.3 cm caliber shell, the body of the deep-sea expulsion directly caused a big wound, and the speed of the voyage suddenly slowed down a lot. Without hesitation, Maya threw the shells from turrets 1 and 2 at the expulsion in turn, and in a few moments, the expulsion sank to the surface.

Until now, the distance of the exchange of fire was still beyond the maximum range of the cannon in the mouth of the deep sea expulsion, and while the No. 1 and No. 2 turrets were reloading, Maya had already operated the No. 3 and No. 4 turrets to aim at the other deep-sea expulsion, although the salvo of the main gun was quite handsome, but Maya decided to use a relatively safe round attack. In less than half a minute, another deep-sea expulsion also sank to the surface.

Looking at the figure of the deep-sea expulsion that had gradually disappeared from the sea in the distance, Maya let out a long breath, she knew that her two-day journey was finally coming to an end. It would take more than a day to get back to the Naval Academy from where it is now, but it's nice to be able to do it in a relaxed way. Just as she was about to unintegrate her consciousness with the boat, she suddenly felt that there seemed to be something unusual in the sea on the other side of the boat.

This feeling is not a sixth sense, but something that Maya does feel through changes in the external environment. Although there was nothing resembling a tactile nerve on the hull of the ship, Maya could feel that there was a small part of the water pressure that seemed to change somewhat beneath the surface. Through a telescope on the deck of the ship, Maya observed the sea on the other side. Although the sea was still calm, Maya keenly noticed that not too far away from him, there was a splash moving towards him. Seeing this, Maya was shocked and hurriedly manipulated his body to alert his companions through the radio.

"Dawn, sound, there's a torpedo approaching on the right, quickly dodge!"

The three shipwresses immediately operated their warships to evade the action. Due to the timely evasion, the torpedo swept not far from the stern of Maya's ship and did not hit any targets.

"Where did the torpedo come from?!" Maya looked at the torpedo passing by in surprise and took a sharp breath. She looked around, but saw that there was nothing on the surface of the sea. "Could it be a submarine?"

"Hello, Hibiki, did you find anything?" Kagawa was also a little frightened, and after calming down a little, she began to ask about the destroyers equipped with anti-submarine facilities.

"Yes, the detector is looking for a ...... The target has been discovered. Commander, request for sortie. Xiao was the first to spot the target and decided to attack the submarine.

"Spot the target, ask for an attack." Hibiki also made a request to Kagawa to attack.

"Xiao, you go and attack the enemy submarine and pay attention to the enemy's possible counterattack." Kagawa indicated the target by radio, "Ring, stay in place for escort, there may be more than one submarine in the deep sea." ”

After receiving Kagawa's instructions, the destroyer Akatsuki began to pursue the submarine through active sonar. Due to the very slow movement of the submarine in the water, it didn't take long for Xiao to approach the position of the submarine. Through visual observation, Xiao even found a "periscope" of the submarine.

The so-called "periscope" is actually a long-haired female head, unlike the previous deep-sea expulsions. The appearance of the deep-sea submarine this time really explains why this enemy from the deep sea is called "deep-sea dwelling hime", precisely because most of the enemies will have a female body on their shells for unknown reasons. According to the classification of the rising sun, the deep-sea habitat can be classified into three categories: humanoid, half-human, and non-human, and a deep-sea habitat

If the appearance becomes more and more human-like, then its combat effectiveness will be higher. Even the most advanced of the most advanced types of enemies such as deep-sea destroyers are still inhuman, light cruisers and light carriers are half-human, and battleships and aircraft carriers have full humanoid bodies, so both are very high in combat. At this time, the deep-sea submarine that Xiao saw was officially a half-human deep-sea perch.

Although the submarine of the deep-sea suki is classified as a half-human, because Akatsuki is equipped with sonar and depth charges, it is completely restrained against the submarine in the deep sea. After visually observing the position of the submarine, Akatsuki sailed directly above the submarine with the hull of the ship.

"So, let's attack." Although she has always wanted to be a mature lady, Xiao's every move is like a child, "Type 94 Thunder Projector, launch!" ”

At the stern of the ship, numerous depth charges are dropped below the surface of the sea, and these depth charges are detonated at a specific ocean depth under the action of a water pressure fuse, whether or not they touch the surface of the submarine. Akatsuki directly dropped a series of depth charges, causing countless explosions beneath the surface of the ocean. Regardless of the bombs that blow directly onto the surface of the submarine, even if it is a depth charge that is not in direct contact, the water pressure caused by its explosion is enough to damage the surface of the submarine.

By the time Akatsuki dropped the depth charges, the submarine had turned into a strange mixture of metal and organism-like tissue.

"No matter how you look at it, Xiao is the first!" Seeing that he had completed his goal, Xiao couldn't help but jump up with joy. "Then it's time to return to the fleet."

Due to the discovery of the submarine during the battle, the plan to return directly after blocking the attack of the deep sea suki was also cancelled, and after the patrol units in the vicinity were informed of the situation by telegram, all patrol fleets had to increase their patrol time by one-third. As a result, Maya's already occupied vacation was further discounted, which made Maya quite irritable.

Of course, it's not fair to always let the ship's mother do the most tiring work, after confirming that there is no trace of the submarine around, Maya and Xiaoxiang both released their consciousness fusion with the hull, and then unless they encounter the enemy again, all the tasks are completed by the ship's crew, which makes the three of them feel a little relieved. Kagawa offered to reward Maya and Akira, who had sunk the enemy ship, but Maya declined the offer, after all, Maya had defeated an enemy far more dangerous than two expulsions, both against humans and against the deep-sea Suhime, and she was completely undainful of this small achievement. However, for Xiao, sinking a submarine in the stomach is a very good record, so she readily accepts the offer. As for the reward, Xiao's request was simple: a "luxurious meal that only a lady can enjoy", or to be precise, a luxurious children's meal filled with fried shrimp, hamburger meat, and pasta, with a small flag planted by the way.

When Xiao said the above request to the chef on the ship, the chef became excited for no reason, staring at Xiao and shouting, "I'm so excited!" I'm so excited! Later, Xiao consulted Kagawa about this time, and Kagawa turned his head painfully and explained to Xiao that he was very excited because the chef had been cooking a large pot of rice for too long, and he was finally able to make a more delicate dish. In short, the result of the chef's excitement was that the luxurious meal that was originally just made for Xiao alone was made too much, and it could be eaten by several people. Therefore, the reward originally scheduled for Akatsuki has also become a dinner party enjoyed by the trio of ship girls and Commander Kagawa.

And now, the four of them were eating around a table in the captain's room on the Maya. Xiao naturally ate very happily, and ate in a big gulp without a sound, only Maya stared at his own meal and shook his head speechlessly.

"Forget about those two little guys, why do I have to put a small flag on this one!"

In response to Maya's complaints, Kagawa responded with a smile.

"What's so bad? I also have a small flag on this one. ”

"Two, please don't talk at mealtime!" Xiao pointed her finger at the two of them a little angrily, "Both of you are already mature women, please eat obediently like a lady who is in charge alone!" ”

“хорошо。”

After the two little girls finished speaking, they continued to eat in large gulps, and Kagawa glanced at Maya, shrugged his shoulders, and ate obediently like them. Seeing this, Maya could only stop complaining and concentrate on eating.

After all, it's a children's meal, but it tastes good.