In any world, accidents are never indispensable, especially when you don't want it to happen.

It had been less than an hour since the west coast and headed northerly when a warning from Z16 put an end to the voyage that was expected to take at least five hours.

"Admiral, message from Z16"

"I've seen it, what did she say" asked Ning Hai as Li Lan opened the water elemental world and climbed onto the bridge and looked into the distance.

Ning Hai's tone was filled with nervousness that could not be concealed: "A formation of more than 5 warships is moving towards our side, and it is expected that there will be a head-on contact in 20 minutes."

"20 minutes ......"

This kind of speed has definitely entered the high-speed queue, if it is Z16 and Xiang, it is fine, but Ninghai, who is worthy of entering the high-speed queue, will not be able to avoid this contact no matter what.

"Keep Z16 on the alert and change course-" If according to the original plan, Lilan wanted to search all the way to the patrol route of the northern deep-sea habitat ship, maybe he could find the traces of another town guard, and in a bad case, it could be closer to the northern continent, and the possibility of receiving support would increase somewhat.

But......

"We're going west!"

“…… Lord Admiral" didn't immediately convey Li Lan's order to Z16 and Hibiki on the other side, and Ning Hai's originally somewhat flustered expression slowly disappeared: "Ning Hai has a better plan." ”

Li Lan was stunned: "A better plan? ”

"If Ning Hai is used as bait to lure away the opposing fleet, relying on the speed of Z16-chan and Hibiki-chan, Lord Admiral can continue-"

"It's an order!" For the first time, Lilan showed such an indifferent expression in this world: "All you need to do is obey the order, and now - change the course!" ”

“…… Obey your orders, Lord Admiral."

The battleship under the control of the ship takes far less time to turn around than the conventional naval maneuver, and if it is at full speed, it can even perform incredible actions like "drifting".

In less than a minute, the fleet, which had easier shipping lanes, went from sailing north to heading west.

Looking back, in the water elemental vision, several faint shadows behind had slowly emerged.

"Turn on the top speed and get rid of them"

The next ten minutes were longer than ten hours in Richland's senses.

Almost at the same time as the Lane lane was easier, the northern fleet changed its course to the south almost at the same time, and the direction was ...... It's still against Lylan.

It can be determined that the other party has a more powerful means of enemy detection, at least it can completely crush the only long-range detection means that Lilan currently has, that is, the radar ship equipment in the hands of Z16.

"This is really ......" Li Lan rubbed his eyebrows vigorously, relieving the pressure caused by the water elemental vision.

As an old monster who doesn't know how long he has lived, even in this case, if Lilan is alone, there is still no less than a 50% chance of surviving to the end, but ...... He's not alone now.

With the last thought of luck, Li Lan asked Ning Hai with a wry smile, "Does the deep-sea habitat ship accept prisoners?" ”

“…… Lord Admiral, if it is cut off by Ninghai, Lord Admiral can still escape. ”

"It's all come to this time" Li Lan directly pressed on the top of Ning Hai's head, and said helplessly: "Don't say that kind of thing, with their detection ability and speed, even if they just maintain this speed and hang behind, they can sink them after the fuel consumption of Z16 and Hibiki"

"But—"

"Okay, don't show this kind of expression, we don't mean that this is the gameover" Showing a reassuring smile at Ning Hai, Li Lan said.

―――――― Split ――――――

Unlike the previous battle, the Blue side can carry out limited evasion operations based on the terrain advantage on the "base". It can be said that in this kind of accidental frontal encounter at sea, the only thing that can compete is the caliber of the ship's guns, the thickness of the armor and the evasion ability of the speed, and what else can be counted on...... Then there is only the favor of the ethereal goddess of luck.

Five minutes later, the three battleships that had been driven out by a light patrol took Ninghai as the flagship, lined up in a straight line in the most basic horizontal formation, and the naval guns pointed in the direction of due north.

In the water elemental horizon, the formation of battleships approaching at high speed also appeared in the blue field of vision in a roughly complete way.

"Six...... Standard battleship formation, is this what Hibiki called the wheel formation, no wonder the Z16 can't detect it"

According to Hibiki's description, this kind of cross-shaped wheel-shaped array can strengthen the fleet's air defense and air attack capabilities to the greatest extent, and if nothing else, in the center of the wheel-shaped array is the core of the fleet -- the aircraft carrier.

With the reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance capabilities of an aircraft carrier, it is strange that the Z16 can detect her with just one radar ship.

This discovery also completely eliminated Lilan's desire to let Z16 and Hibiki escape.

In a world dominated by inert energy, flying in the air is always faster than swimming in the water.

Taking a deep breath, Li Lan calmly gave an order to Ning Hai: "13.2 degrees due north and west, by projectile, the longest range-"

"Admiral, news from Z16"

The tone froze, and after a moment: "What else?" ”

“…… In the direction of 6 o'clock, two formations of battleships numbering 12 were found "

The bitter feeling spread from the bottom of his heart, and if it weren't for his strong psychological quality, Li Lan would almost collapse on the spot.

From nine deaths and one life, it has completely transformed into a situation of ten deaths and no life.

"Ning Hai, are you afraid of death?"

Back to Elilan's wordless silence.

"Well, I'm scared, although I've been so many times, but every time I get to this kind of time, it's always like this......"

"Lord Admiral......"

"Still, it's a little too unfair" Turning around, there was no fear or panic on Rilan's face at all, the only thing he had was the gentle smile he always had: "Although we are barely of the same kind, for you, death is the end of the whole thing, and for me, it is just another beginning"

"So ......"

Close your eyes and feel the fiery energy that belongs to the sky.

Border Armament -

"Wait, Admiral, that's—"

Stopping the order of the liberation forces, Li Lan looked in the direction Ning Hai was pointing.

Directly north, in a wheel-shaped formation of six warships, a flag was raised high.

"Admiral, that's a sign of a friendly army!"

ps: It is estimated that it will be updated later in the evening