The resource gathering process went fairly smoothly, more than half of what Rilan had expected, and the Sixth Destroyer Squadron, including the Z16 and Hibiki (the prototype ship), had already filled the entire cabin, and this was when Rilan stressed the need not to affect normal speed.

Even so, there is still close to a third of the resources left.

Leaning on the water elemental horizon, seeing a few pieces of aluminum ore and steel wrapped in chains under the surface of the water, Li Lan pondered for a moment.

“…… Break them to pieces with a ship's suit"

Unlike liquid fuel oil, these solid resources are not so easy to destroy, and can only increase the difficulty of collecting deep-sea habitat ships as much as possible.

If they find out that the resources required to collect are still on top of the resources that can be obtained by collecting, they will probably give up, right?

In addition to the sound around him, the four shipwives of the Sixth Destroyer Team, including Z16, immediately aimed their ship equipment at the suspended loads under each other's hulls for firepower output.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lilan also saw clearly the ship uniforms in the hands of the four "elementary school students" of the Sixth Destroyer Team.

It seems like...... Same?

"Lord Admiral" Just when Li Lan felt a little incredible, Hibiki beside him gently pulled down his sleeve: "That is developed and mass-produced through the Ship Armor Research Laboratory, not a real ship Armor"

"Ship Laboratory?" Lilan was stunned, he seemed to have heard this term somewhere......

"yes, the old fox said it last night......"

Whether it's a shipyard, a restoration pod, a research room, a conversion room, or even a builder - as long as it's on the Sixth Town Guard's Mansion, you can use it!

That research room is probably the shipstructure research room, and the loss of Lilan thought that the shipstructure was such a rare thing, and it turned out that it had reached the point of mass production...... Remnants.

Probably understood what Lilan was thinking, and emphasized in a serious tone: "It's not what Lord Admiral thinks...... The Admiral, you can take a closer look."

As he spoke, Hibiki pointed to the ship's suit on the electric hand.

Huh?! Why should you look at me......

A certain shipwreck who sensed the sight of the Admiral let out a sad cry in her heart, but she didn't dare to pause in the slightest movement of her hand-

If you make a mistake, you'll be forced to do the same thing as Z16-chan...... Whining.

Lilan, who didn't have the ability to read minds, had no way of knowing that Electricity's mental activity and brain replenishment ability would be so powerful, so he just looked in the direction that Xiang was pointing in.

"Like...... Something different? ”

After a closer look, Lilan found that the ship's equipment in the electric hand was not only inferior to the Z16's in terms of firepower, but most importantly - it needed to be cooled, and it would produce a reaction force when launched!

I believe in science again......

"Although the mass-produced ship equipment can also be stored by us, it is not usually used as a main battle weapon," Hibiki lowered his arm and gently explained to Lilan.

"It's not just these flaws that Lord Admiral has seen, we use this weapon no different from human use, and it will also have a large attack error, and the hit correction will not work on the production ship."

In other words, the exaggerated attack accuracy of the ship mother can only be reflected in the battleship as the "body" and the "exclusive ship", in this case, what is the point of inventing these things?

Now that he thought of it, Lilan naturally asked Xiang.

There was a moment of silence: "...... In the beginning, the name of the mass-produced ship was Build, and the main user of its development was not the ship's mother, but the human being."

“…… Huh? For a moment, Lilan was speechless by the news.

The caliber of this weapon and the reaction force generated when firing are not used by humans, right?

"The specific situation is not clear" Hibiki shook his head slightly: "But when I was still in the Federation, I heard that the scientists of the Federation were carrying out a plan through the research of the ship's exclusive ship.

"Construct the Battle Queen"

―――――― Split ――――――

After blasting the remaining unloadable resources into pieces and sinking to the bottom of the sea, the 6th Destroyer Team immediately returned.

According to the predetermined plan, the 6th Destroyer Group should meet the 2nd Expedition Fleet at a distance of 90km~100km from the town guard, and then meet with the 1st Fleet at 70km~80km, and jointly annihilate the possible deep-sea habitat ship pursuit force, and then return together, but now it seems that it is ......

I guess I can't go according to the predetermined plan.

"Admiral, at three o'clock, more than twelve warships are approaching our channel" Z16's serious voice came from the communicator, if nothing else, it should have entered a wartime state.

"At the current speed, contact is expected in 26 minutes"

"Signal flag" The water elemental horizon opened, and Li Lan ran to the rear deck of the ring, looking in the direction of the west and east: "Maintain the formation and maintain the current speed"

"Yes!"

It can't be a friendly force, even in the best case, a fleet of deep-sea habitat ships behind the defeated Second Expeditionary Fleet, and maybe a fleet of deep-sea habitat ships that have not yet entered the detection range of radar ships in the distance? Or is it hiding a large number of anti-reconnaissance warships? The worst-case scenario.

The Second Expeditionary Fleet was completely annihilated without being able to send any signal, and the deep-sea perchants that discovered the anomaly gathered two high-speed fleets and rushed directly over.

"Unfold the ship's equipment, the preheating of the preheating, all the naval guns are aimed at the east side for me, and you are not allowed to attack without my orders!"

If it is really the latter case, it can be said that there is more luck than luck......

“…… It's been less than two months, and it's been the first time that the world has had a lot of enmity with me."

Gritting his teeth, Li Lan wondered if he had offended a certain world will in another dimension in his previous travel, since he came to this world, this successive mutations had made him a little unbearable

It's okay if you're single, but you've just taken over a fleet, and you're immediately faced with this situation of choosing between life and death.

"Lord Admiral, the other party's speed has increased, and contact is expected in 19 minutes."

Li Lan was stunned when he heard this, and then hurriedly asked Z16 on the opposite side of the communicator, "Has their course been recalibrated?" ”

At their original speed, they would be able to make contact with Destroyer 6 on their way back after 26 minutes, and if they increased their speed but still maintained their original direction, they would most likely avoid this head-on contact.

"No, Admiral"

Before it was time to relax, Lilan lifted his spirits and quickly gave an order.

"Slow down the whole body, the formation will be transformed into a double vertical formation, report any abnormalities immediately, and don't attack without authorization."

"Yes!"

The speed of the ships under the feet slowed down, and the formation of the entire Sixth Destroyer Group slowly transformed into a double vertical formation that was conducive to reducing the hit area and improving the probability of evasion, with the powerful evasion ability brought by the destroyer's high speed, this can be said to be the best formation.

Holding on to the railing, Lilan observed any possible movement on the eastern side of the sea, and if it was enough to conceal the Z16 radar ship, it would only be able to reconnoiter through the water elemental horizon.

"Lord Admiral......" The voice from the communicator made Rylan stunned slightly—wasn't she scared of herself?

"We ...... Will it be sunk? ”

"It's electricity" pressed the communicator with his right hand, and Lilan changed to a mild tone that was different from when he gave the order: "After all, this is war, and no one knows who will die in the next moment."

“……”

Holding down the communicator in his ear, Lilan took a deep breath.

The tone changed from mild helplessness to unquestionable firmness: "Maybe in the future you will sink in the war against the deep-sea perch, but at least, you will definitely not sink in my hands now!" ”