Elder brother's garrison

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Oh wow.

It seems like it's just the usual bickering between the Deans of the Deep Sea Academy...

I absolutely mustn't be so tactless as to disturb them...

Thinking of this, Xiaobai smiled with relief at the Deans of the Deep Sea in the distance, then turned around with peace of mind and headed towards Missouri and Prince Eugen.

During the time that Xiaobai was away, Missouri and Prince Eugen had already made up Xiaobai's bedding. They were now kneeling face to face on Xiaobai's bedding, like a pair of close sisters, smiling at each other and chatting intimately.

“Eugen-senpai’s experiences are truly fascinating. If I have the chance in the future, Missouri would like to have one like that too… Ah, Admiral?” Missouri, who was facing away from Xiaobai, was chatting with Prince Eugen when, just as Xiaobai approached, Missouri turned around as if she had eyes in the back of her head and smiled at Xiaobai, “Admiral, welcome back.”

"Missouri, Eugen, I'm back." Little White nodded, walked over to Missouri and Prince Eugen, and looked at them curiously, "What were you talking about just now?"

“Senior Eugen was just sharing with Missouri some of the people and things she encountered during her expeditions,” Missouri said with a smile. “Senior Eugen’s experiences are truly more colorful than Missouri imagined.”

"Um... what kind of experiences did you have?"

"For example... Senior Eugen once encountered a traveling merchant who would take a chestnut-haired young girl on a carriage around the world, and also a little boy who asked her about the whereabouts of an orange glass ball marked with seven stars. Then, as she was asking, an uncle suddenly ran out from the roadside shouting 'Dongdongbo,' and started fighting with the little boy in front of her without warning."

"Wow...that's amazing..." Xiaobai listened in surprise, then slowly sat down between Prince Eugen and Missouri, and smiled at Prince Eugen, "I didn't expect that you, Prince Eugen, had encountered so many strange people when you went to war. Those experiences could probably fill a book, right?"

"Overall, they are all very friendly and kind people," Prince Eugen said with a smile to Little White.

"Be careful of bad people when you're out and about," Xiaobai advised Prince Eugen.

"I'll be careful, thank you, Admiral!" Prince Eugen rolled up his sleeves, hooked his arm upwards, struck a powerful pose for Little White, and said with a charming smile, "I'll protect myself well and beat all the bad guys to a pulp!"

Beat all the bad guys away.

It is an exaggeration.

Xiao Bai wouldn't have cared.

But looking at Prince Eugen's innocent smiling face, Xiaobai couldn't help but ponder for a while.

In a sense, Princess Eugen was Bismarck's little sister.

These two sisters probably see things from a different perspective than normal people... Maybe they're German ship girls who mean what they say, and if they say they'll beat someone up, they really will? A normal human's body simply can't withstand that kind of damage.

"Let's not beat him up... What if someone dies? I think it's better to just hand him over to the police..." Xiaobai said to Prince Eugen.

"Yes, sir!" Prince Eugen nodded, his eyes shining brightly, as if he had taken Xiaobai's words to heart.

Xiao Bai finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Admiral, what did you get from Yamato-senpai's visit just now?" Missouri asked Shiro with a smile.

"Ah... um, I've had some good finds..." Xiaobai nodded quickly. She looked around and said to Missouri and Prince Eugen, "I just went to ask Yamato-neechan if anyone had been to Chapter 8 before... Sure enough, Pachina told me that she had been here once before and also told me some information about the Deep Sea Dean in this area."

As Xiaobai spoke, seeing the inquisitive looks in the eyes of the two ship girls in front of her, she directly told them the information that Pachina had given her.

The information pachina gave to Xiaobai was not long.

It can be summed up in one sentence.

—The master of this sea area is a deep-sea dean named Shenhai Xianghe, whose ship equipment resembles a large orange scythe.

At first glance.

The information pachina provided to Xiaobai only briefly mentioned the name and form of the Deep Sea Lord. Apart from that, it did not mention the ship equipment data of this Deep Sea Lord, nor the scope and strength of the Deep Sea territory she resided in, nor the specific coordinates of the area where she was located. Judging from these points alone, the information provided by pachina does not seem to be of much use for conquering the ocean.

but.

For Xiaobai now, receiving this level of information is already quite satisfying.

Compared to the Haoding Garrison, which had been here for months and knew nothing about the deep sea, it was quite a breakthrough that he learned the name and type of the Deep Sea Academy's ship on his very first day here.

Deep-sea crane.

Aircraft carrier-type deep-sea dean.

The aircraft carrier-shaped Deep Sea Deans are quite rare in the entire Deep Sea Deans' food chain. However, corresponding to their rarity, each aircraft carrier-shaped Deep Sea Dean is a very threatening existence.

Carrier-based commanders often possess overwhelming air superiority capabilities and excel at fighting against overwhelming odds, especially when surrounded by deep-sea frigates. They can perfectly leverage the advantages of long attack range and high destructive power of carriers to compensate for their weak defenses. A deep-sea commander in carrier form can inflict a terrifying first-shot kill effect on formations lacking air superiority capabilities...

Xiao Bai was quite glad that she knew this information.

After all, once they knew the type of enemy ship...

The newbie can strategically plan the development of the naval base in Chapter 8, and also gain an informational advantage when encountering the Deep Sea Commander in Chapter 8, so as not to be suddenly overwhelmed by the overwhelming number of planes...

In general.

Having information about Pachina is better than exploring Chapter 8 in complete darkness.

"So the Deepsea Commander occupying the eighth chapter's sea area is an aircraft carrier-type Deepsea..." After hearing Xiaobai's words, Missouri and Prinz Eugen were silent for a while, then the two breathed a sigh of relief and looked up at Xiaobai with some relief, "Admiral, how many aircraft carrier companions did we bring with us this time?"

"Hmm... not many, only six." Xiaobai replied honestly.

The aircraft carrier ship girls are extremely powerful.

With an extremely long attack range, strong suppression power, and overwhelming firepower, it can defeat enemies from afar with ease. In a sense, it is the strongest ship type and the most suitable ship type for clearing new areas and pushing through maps.

However, aircraft carriers have one small disadvantage.

That is, the resource consumption is quite unique.

Compared to other ship types, aircraft carrier girls consume additional resources beyond the basic fuel, ammunition, and steel when going on expeditions: aluminum. Aluminum is a resource specifically used to construct the carrier-based aircraft within the ship girl's engine room. Its rarity far exceeds that of basic fuel, ammunition, and steel. Since aircraft carriers are stronger the more aircraft they carry, the abundance of aluminum directly determines the combat power of the aircraft carrier girl.

New players' naval bases don't lack resources.

If this were in the territory of a newbie naval base, let alone six aircraft carriers, you could raise six hundred aircraft carriers to be fattened up, and you could casually scatter thousands or tens of thousands of B-25 carrier-based aircraft like candy to newbies without even blinking an eye.

However, in this eighth chapter of the expedition, the amount of resources that can be carried is limited. The space that is usually used to store oil, ammunition, and steel is already stretched thin. I wish I could conjure up a magic bag to store resources, so where would I find more space to store excess aluminum...

therefore.

In order to balance combat power and activity time, Xiaobai took most of the ship girls with her this time with her, and very few aircraft carrier ship girls. Only these six could barely form an escort team. Even so, Xiaobai had to keep them by her side despite the resource shortage, considering that there might be special circumstances in Chapter 8 where air superiority was needed.

Xiaobai was right about what happened in Chapter 1818.

Furthermore, the situation in Chapter 8 was even more exaggerated than Xiaobai had guessed.

Chapter 1819 This requires more than just air superiority.

Their deep-sea research institute is even an aircraft carrier...

Chapter 1820 In short, let's set a small goal first.

If Chapter 8 simply means there are a slightly larger number of deep-sea aircraft carriers on the surface, leading to occasional situations requiring a certain level of air superiority, then the squadron of carrier girls that Shiro brought out from the naval base is more than capable of handling that.

but.

Now that the opponent has changed from a group of deep-sea aircraft carriers to a deep-sea dean of aircraft carrier type, the situation is completely different.

The air superiority capability of the aircraft carrier-type deep-sea deity is not just for show. The only consequence for an ordinary aircraft carrier girl to release its carrier-based aircraft in front of this aircraft carrier deity is that the carrier-based aircraft will be shot down by the overwhelming enemy aircraft in minutes, and the cabin will be emptied instantly.

Even if the novice naval base's carrier girls are well-trained and highly skilled, and are not completely powerless against the deep-sea carrier commander, the pressure on air superiority is still enormous with only six carrier girls.

"Only six veteran carriers..." Missouri's eyes flickered slightly. She lowered her head and thought seriously for a moment, then looked up at Xiaobai with concern and asked, "Admiral, what about our air superiority..."

“If the Deep Sea Dean of Chapter 8 doesn’t intervene, our air superiority should be more than enough. However, if she does intervene… after all, I don’t know the exact stats of this Deep Sea Shoukaku yet, but she is, after all, a senior Deep Sea Dean. If we fight her with our current air superiority, we might be at a disadvantage.” Xiaobai sighed and said to Missouri with some frustration.

"If it's a low probability... then that means we actually still have an advantage, right?" Prince Eugen cautiously interjected as he listened to the conversation between Little White and Missouri.

"This time, our expedition is in unfamiliar waters. There's no room for error in fighting here. If something goes wrong, no one will be there to support us. So even if there's only a small chance we'll suffer a loss... no, even if there's only a one in ten chance, it's still an outcome I can't accept." Xiaobai looked at Prince Eugen very seriously, crossed his arms, and said to Prince Eugen and Missouri.

“The Admiral is right…” Prince Eugen understood Xiaobai’s thoughts and nodded slightly. “Then… in that case, regarding the plan to reclaim this sea area… Admiral, what do you think we should do next?”

“Good question, Eugen! Actually, I already have an idea.” Little White seemed to have been waiting for this question for a long time. After Prince Eugen asked the question, Little White nodded quickly, and with a swift movement, pulled out his hand and held up one index finger to Prince Eugen.

Prince Eugen and Missouri looked intently at Little White, waiting for him to say something next.

"So... what is your plan, Admiral?"

“My plan… is actually very simple.” Little White nodded and said to Missouri and Prince Eugen seriously, word by word, “—that is, to do nothing.”

"?" Prince Eugen was taken aback. "Huh? Do nothing? What does that mean?"

"It means exactly what it says, do nothing."

"..."

Princess Eugen looked puzzled, staring at the little white boy's face for a while before her gaze unconsciously shifted to Missouri beside her.

then.

Prince Eugen noticed that Missouri, after pondering for a few seconds, had a slight flicker in her eyes, as if she had understood what Xiaobai had said. She looked up and exchanged a thoughtful glance with Xiaobai. After their eyes met for a few seconds, the two smiled at each other in perfect unison.

"As expected of the Admiral, this is truly a solution in the Admiral's style." Missouri smiled slightly at Xiaobai.

"It's alright..." Xiaobai scratched his head and smiled sheepishly, "After all, I don't have any talent in this area... so I could only come up with this kind of clumsy method..."

"No, no, the Admiral's method is probably the most effective and safest one." Missouri lowered her head slightly and said sincerely, "As expected of the Admiral, to be able to come up with such a good method so quickly, Missouri is ashamed of herself."

"Where, where is it..."

"..."

The atmosphere between Missouri and Xiaobai gradually became more social.

It was as if the two of them had built a small house in the air that belonged only to them...

Prince Eugen, watching from the side, couldn't help but pout.

what happened.

This atmosphere is one where only you are inadequate.

“Admiral, Missouri… I… I’m so stupid, I don’t understand what your plan means… Um, could you explain it to me a little?” Prince Eugen moved closer to Missouri and Little White, asking cautiously, “About the details of your plan…”

“Senior Eugen, it’s like this.” Missouri explained to Prince Eugen with a smile, “The Admiral’s plan is actually to have us stay on land and not go on any expeditions for the time being.”

"Huh?" Prince Eugen was taken aback.

“After all, if we go out to sea, there’s a chance we’ll encounter the enemy, and we might even face the Deep Sea Master from Chapter Eight. Our air superiority is quite limited right now, and we can’t guarantee a victory against the carrier-type Deep Sea Master… there will be some uncertainties.” Missouri mimicked Little White’s gesture, raising a finger and smiling at Prinz Eugen. “So, the best way to avoid casualties is to avoid fighting altogether. If we just stay on land, the Deep Sea Master in the ocean won’t be able to do anything to us.”

"Uh……"

Princess Eugen listened to Missouri's words in a daze, then turned to look at Xiaobai, wanting to verify the correctness of the explanation.

Xiaobai smiled and nodded, indicating that what Missouri said was exactly what she thought.

Not fighting is the best way to avoid casualties!

therefore!

For the new ship girls in the naval base, just stay as you are and do nothing!

This...this really is...

What an incomprehensible plan...

Princess Eugen watched as Little White and Missouri reached a consensus. Her mouth opened and closed, wanting to offer some advice or dissuasion, but for a moment, she didn't know how to begin...

"Judging from Eugen's expression, it seems you have something to say to the Admiral?" Missouri asked Prince Eugen with a smile.

“Um… um… I’m sorry…” Princess Eugen nodded quickly. She held her hands in her palms and thought for a while before speaking to Xiaobai and Missouri, “Um… may I ask, what is the point of this plan…? If we do nothing… even if we are not threatened for the time being, wouldn’t that mean we can’t continue our exploration and the mission of Chapter 8 is stuck in a stalemate?”

"Yes...it's undeniable that this is the case in the short term." Xiaobai nodded, deeply agreeing.

"A short time?" Prince Eugen noticed the key words in the simpleton's words, and a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes.

“Yes, for a short time.” Missouri said to Prince Eugen with a smile, “If we choose to remain inactive… indeed, the Admiral’s hard-won mission to explore Chapter 8 will be stuck in a stalemate for a while, but this situation should not last too long.”

"Huh? Why?"

“Because it’s only us who are holding back,” Missouri said to Prince Eugen with a smile, patting his chest.

“We…” Prince Eugen looked at Missouri’s smiling face, his gaze slowly moving downwards until it stopped on Missouri’s chest. Then, he shifted his gaze to the little white dog sitting on the other side. Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind, and he took a deep breath. “Ah… could it be that the Admiral means…”

“Yes, that’s right.” Missouri snapped her fingers and smiled at Prinz Eugen. “When the admiral said that we ship girls were just staying on land and doing nothing, he was only referring to us ship girls… but he never meant himself.”

"Admiral, you're going to sail alone?!" Prince Eugen asked Whitey, covering his mouth.

“Hmm.” Little White nodded. “But Eugen, don’t worry. This time, my voyage is not to explore the eighth chapter’s sea area, but to find something I want as soon as possible.”

"What is it?" Prince Eugen asked.

“…A leveling spot,” Xiaobai said to Prince Eugen.

“Leveling up…points?” Prince Eugen asked, puzzled.

"Mm." Xiaobai nodded seriously.

"Admiral, our ship girls shouldn't need any further leveling up..."

“Of course… I know, but I’m not looking for this leveling spot for you guys to train at—at least not for now.” Little White said, patting his chest confidently at Prince Eugen. “I’m looking for a valuable discovery that will convince the Admiral Headquarters to officially grant us the authority to explore Chapter 8.”