Elder brother's garrison

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"Then, Admiral, what should we do now..."

“Even if Elizabeth’s advice is very insightful, answer me.” Admiral Haoding looked earnestly into the ship girl’s eyes, “Elizabeth, tell me with your judgment, are the deep-sea frigates that are currently fighting us on this sea a true enemy?”

The ship girl's gaze froze for a moment, then she nodded subconsciously.

"Hahaha! Thank you very much! I'm relieved to know that!" Admiral Haoding laughed loudly. He turned back to look at the war-torn sea and quickly issued an order to the battlefield, "Fifth Destroyer Squadron, Fifth Light Cruiser Squadron, the First War Zone is short-handed and urgently needs support!"

The ship girls stared blankly at Admiral Haoding's retreating figure.

"Admiral, why...?"

“Elizabeth, perhaps our being held up here is indeed an enemy tactic,” Admiral Haoding’s voice came through, “but! Those currently fighting us are undoubtedly the main force of the Abyssal Fleet. Every Abyssal frigate we sink here is a crucial weakening of the Abyssal Fleet’s overall strength! That’s why we must fight them even more! These are enemies delivered to our doorstep. As admirals and as ship girls, how can our naval base let them go!”

Admiral Haoding shouted loudly and issued more than a dozen orders in succession.

The booming sounds of artillery fire and carrier-based aircraft taking off enveloped the sea surface where Admiral Haoding was located. Shells and bombs fell into the distant sea like fireworks, blasting several deep-sea frigates, whose armor had been almost completely stripped off, into the sea, raising spectacular and brilliant flames and splashes.

The ship girl behind Admiral Haoding stared blankly at his back. After a few seconds, a hint of excitement welled up in her eyes.

"Yes, Admiral!" The ship girl stood at attention and shouted to Admiral Haoding, "I'm going to support the battleship squadron right away!"

"Alright, the situation at six o'clock is a bit volatile. Elizabeth, go and join the fourth battle squadron!"

"Yes, Admiral!"

The ship girl stood at attention, saluted, and then quickly ran off the ship, stepped onto the water, and in the blink of an eye, she blended into the ranks of ship girls below the ship and disappeared from sight.

Admiral Haoding's gaze remained fixed on the distant water.

Simple yet direct commands were issued from Admiral Haoding, and through the fully operational admiral network, the ship girls across the entire sea were united as one, powerfully bombarding the deep-sea fleet.

Admiral Haoding remained unfazed.

Is it an enemy's scheme?

An enemy trap?

so what!

Even if it was a scheme or a trap, the enemy's deep-sea forces were real and tangible!

Just sink them all!

Our battle is meaningful as long as we sink as many as possible! Since the enemy is willing to offer up their leg to lure us, we have no reason to refuse. We must now do everything in our power to embrace them and take a big bite out of them!

Admiral Haoding's gaze swept rapidly across the battlefield, issuing a series of battlefield orders.

However, just as Admiral Haoding issued the order, a strange feeling flashed through his mind like a shooting star.

Admiral Haoding paused, turning his gaze somewhat strangely toward the sea he had come from.

The sea behind Admiral Haoding was piled high with the wreckage of deep-sea amphibious ships. Because it had been swept clean, it was eerily quiet and frightening compared to the sea area where fierce fighting was taking place.

Admiral Haoding frowned.

Just now.

A feeling arose in Admiral Haoding's mind that someone was watching him from behind.

This feeling was without any reason; there were no warnings from the ship girls, nor any feedback from the admiral network. It was simply Admiral Haoding's strange intuition.

Admiral Haoding looked at the sea behind him with a puzzled expression for a while, then withdrew his gaze and focused his attention back on the battle area at the forefront.

"...It must be my imagination."

Admiral Haoding silently muttered a sentence to himself.

The main battlefield, having been separated from Admiral Haoding's command for a few seconds, began to appear somewhat chaotic. Admiral Haoding quickly shook off the jumbled thoughts in his mind and continued to focus all his attention on the battlefield before him.

"Second platoon, target at one o'clock, fire all-out volley!"

"..."

"..."

The battle between the ship girls and the deep-sea amphibious ships on the sea gradually returned to normal under the timely command of Admiral Haoding.

The ship girls are steadily eroding the combat power of the Abyssal Fleet.

The roar of the sea and the continuous red rain continued.

However, just as Admiral Haoding turned his attention away...

On the calm sea behind Admiral Haoding, in the distance, three tiny, almost imperceptible figures, no bigger than grains of rice, were stealthily skimming the horizon, bypassing the fierce battlefield, and swiftly slipping away towards the sea beyond.

"Yamato-neechan, hurry!"

While calling out to Yamato and Loki behind him, Xiaobai crept along the surface of the sea, stealthily making his way to the other side.

As Yamato and Loki watched the fierce battlefield in the distance, they jogged to keep up with Whitey's pace.

"Was it just my imagination...? I felt like the admiral over there glanced back for a second just now." Yamato Fukami muttered under her breath, frowning. "We...we haven't been discovered, have we?"

"...The distance between our side and the ship girls' side has exceeded the normal line of sight for humans," Loki reminded expressionlessly. "Therefore, the chances of being discovered by humans are very low."

"Mmm..."

"Yamato-neechan, it's okay. We're far enough away that they won't be able to spot us," Shiro called out to Abyssal Yamato. "And even if they do spot us, we can just pretend to be newbie ship girls from the naval base and fool them... At most, I'll just get a scolding from the admirals on Ella's side."

"...Now that you mention it, it actually seems like it doesn't really matter."

"Yes, so let's hurry over to the deep-sea base!"

"Oh!"

Yamato nodded quickly, and the three of them, braving the intense gunfire and flames, secretly bypassed the battlefield and dived into the deeper part of the sea.

Chapter 1572 Open Sesame

Perhaps because Admiral Haoding had focused all his attention on the battlefield, Xiaobai and his two companions' operation to bypass the battlefield went incredibly smoothly.

Avoid the battlefield.

Behind the battlefield lay a tranquil and empty expanse of dark water. The water was wide and shrouded in black mist. Although there were no more of the countless deep-sea wrecks that had accompanied them along the way, there was also no sign of any deep-sea amphibious ships on the surface.

The rumbling sounds from the battlefield behind them gradually faded and became fainter as Xiaobai and his companions advanced, eventually disappearing into the distance on the other side of the horizon.

“It seems we’ve left the main battlefield… There’s still a little road ahead before we reach the Deep Sea Base,” Xiaobai said to Deep Sea Yamato and Loki.

"There aren't any other Abyssal Fleet ships in this area," Yamato muttered softly, gazing at the calm, empty waters.

“The waters near the deep-sea base are not the usual location for deep-sea amphibious ships. They should be inhabited by deep-sea frigates,” Loki said. “The reason the waters here are so empty is probably because all the deep-sea frigates have been sent out to fight the enemy.”

"Eh... Miss Loki, you know so much about this?" Xiaobai was a little surprised. "This kind of ecological characteristic isn't even in the Admiral's database."

"Let's just consider it common sense from someone who was once the Dean of the Deep Sea," Loki said calmly.

After hearing Loki's words, Xiaobai turned to look at Deep Sea Yamato.

"I! Of course I know..." Yamato Fukami looked embarrassed and quickly said, "I... I just asked!"

“…Okay.” Shiro smiled at Yamato.

The fact that there were no Abyssal Fleet ships on the waters behind the battlefield was a bit strange to Xiaobai, but it was ultimately a good thing. After all, Xiaobai was in a hurry to find the Super Yamato, and it was naturally good that no one was blocking his way. Moreover, if an irreconcilable conflict broke out between his side and the Super Yamato, he wouldn't have to worry about the Abyssal Fleet ships around him becoming troublesome enemies.

Xiao Bai and his two companions continued their journey into the deeper part of the sea.

As Yamato walked along, she glanced back at Loki at the very back of the group.

Loki felt Yamato's gaze and looked up to meet her eyes.

Deep Sea Yamato stuck out her tongue at Loki, who was expressionless, and made a defiant face.

“…” Loki.

"Hmph." Yamato turned his head, quickened his pace, passed Shiro, and rushed forward. "Shiro, I'll go ahead and scout the way for us!"

"Huh? That's a bit dangerous." Shiro saw Yamato run out and subconsciously reached out to call out to him.

"It's alright, I'm Deep Sea Yamato!" Deep Sea Yamato put her hands on her hips, turned around and smiled at Shiro, "Hmph—the reason Akagi asked me to go out with you is to protect you as much as possible, after all, Shiro, although you have a high combat power, your resistance to conspiracy and traps is almost negative!"

"Uh……"

"Don't worry, I'm a 500-year-old deep-sea dean. The traps on the cricket's back are nothing to me with my sharp eyes. You can rest assured and leave the road ahead to me—oh dear!"

As Yamato was swinging her arms, she turned around to leave Shiro with a cool silhouette, but before she could take two more steps forward, there was a loud bang. Yamato's running body stopped abruptly, as if she had hit an invisible wall, making a loud impact sound.

"Oh my god—" Shenhai Daiwa was not paying attention and bumped his forehead into the invisible wall first. In pain, he couldn't help but squat down on the ground and rub his forehead.

"Yamato-neechan!" Shiro rushed over when she saw Yamato stop. She stood beside Yamato and asked her worriedly, "Are you alright?"

"Um... um, it's... it's okay, it doesn't hurt!" Yamato Akagi raised his head, looking utterly frustrated, then glared fiercely ahead. "I felt like I bumped into something..."

The deep sea and the great river gaze ahead.

Under the watchful eyes of Yamato and Shiro, the water ahead remained as dark and deep as the surroundings, stretching as far as the eye could see. Visually, it seemed that nothing was hindering their movements.

Xiao Bai tentatively reached out his hand and pressed it towards the empty space in front of him.

really.

Just as Shiro's hand moved forward past Yamato's body, Shiro clearly felt a hard texture on his palm.

"Ah...it's a wall."

Xiao Bai could see his hands pressed against the space in front of him, and the skin on his palms was slightly pressed, as if it were pressed against a transparent glass.

"Huh? An invisible wall?" Yamato, crouching on the surface of the water, covered his head, looked up, and stared ahead. Then, instinctively mimicking Shiro's action, he pressed down on it and indeed felt the solid texture of a wall. "Did I just bump into this thing...?"

“It seems so.” Little White nodded and looked at Loki at the back of the group. “Miss Loki, do all the Deep Sea Bases of your Deep Sea Dean have invisible walls like this?”

“No.” Loki shook his head.

"Oh..." Xiaobai withdrew his gaze thoughtfully.

Then, Yamato Aqua's pouty, jealous expression suddenly appeared in Shiro's sight.

"Eh? Yamato-neechan?"

"Little White, why...why didn't you...ask me..." Deep Sea Yamato said aggrievedly, "I'm also the Deep Sea Dean..."

"Uh... subconsciously..."

"I am the Dean of the Deep Sea, after all. If all the Deep Sea bases really have invisible walls, then I know the basic settings of the Deep Sea territory..." Deep Sea Yamato pouted, looking at Shiro with an expression that said, "Have I fallen out of favor? Why are you always looking at other people?"

"Uh... I'm sorry... Yamato-neechan." Shiro quickly put her hands together and smiled awkwardly at Deep Sea Yamato. "Because I asked Miss Loki before, I subconsciously asked her again this time... Of course I believe you definitely remember these things, Yamato-neechan..."

"Oh, all right."

Deep Sea Yamato unexpectedly and readily lowered his head.

Then, Yamato Shinkai stood up and gently patted the invisible wall in front of him.

"Boom, boom."

The invisible wall emitted a strange sound, as if it were striking steel, from Yamato's hand.

"...So, this wall must be something like the walls of a real deep-sea base..." Yamato muttered under his breath, his brow furrowing. "Honestly! Why are all the younger generation so fond of playing tricks these days... Open it!"

As Yamato Shinkai finished speaking, he raised his hand and punched the wall hard, as if taking his anger out on it.

Although Yamato's punches aren't as powerful as cannonballs, he is still the abyssal commander of a large ship. One rocket punch from him would be more than enough to kill a bull.

"Boom—thud!!!"

Deep Sea Yamato's fist slammed into the wall, making a loud noise.

Visible ripples spread from Deep Sea Yamato's fist, causing the water surface beneath the invisible wall to tremble and shake.

Taking advantage of this moment, Xiaobai looked to the left and right.

The wall covers a wide area, and as the distance increases, the wall tends to converge inwards.

—It seems this wall is similar to a fortress wall protecting the inside.

As Xiaobai pondered this, his gaze fell upon Shenhai Yamato.

The air wall in front of the deep-sea giant Yamato.

Unscathed.

"Ouch! That hurts!" Yamato Akagi pulled back his fist, shook his hand, and blew on his slightly reddened palm several times. "This thing is so hard!"

“Hmm…that’s true.” Xiaobai nodded. “But judging from the map, the deep-sea base should be just ahead. Since there are deceptive and protective walls here, Super and her should be inside.”

"That makes sense!" Yamato Akagi lowered his hand. "Then how do we get in?"

“If there’s a wall, there must be a door,” Loki said. “Although the walls are invisible, they should at least have a normal structure, so if you follow the walls and feel around, you should be able to find a door to go in… although the door may not be able to be opened.”