Elder brother's garrison

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"Senior Bismarck, your technique is as sharp as ever." Missouri smiled and put down the hand chop, saying to Missouri with a smile.

Where did you learn it?

Bismarck didn't respond to Missouri's words. She looked at the ship girl lying at Missouri's feet, her gaze falling on Missouri's palm, and a faint doubt appeared on her face.

"I saw Bismarck use it last time and found it quite interesting, so I secretly looked up some guides and practiced a bit," Missouri said nonchalantly. "Compared to Bismarck's sharp techniques, it's just some amateurish, mediocre skill. I really made a fool of myself."

“Very good.” Bismarck responded to Missouri’s words expressionlessly. She squatted down, picked up the fallen Haoding Naval Base ship girls with both hands, and then said to Xiaobai, “The roadblock has been cleared, we can proceed.”

"Thank you, Bismarck. Thank you, Missouri." Xiaobai thanked Missouri and Bismarck, then headed towards Admiral Haoding's direction.

At this moment, only Elizabeth remained by Admiral Haoding's side. Admiral Haoding's face was slightly pale, and beads of sweat slid down his forehead, but this did not hinder his speed and efficiency in conveying orders.

"Eighth platoon, twelfth platoon, artillery support is needed at the three o'clock position. Ninth platoon, cease fire and move towards the eight o'clock position..."

Admiral Haoding stared at the distant sea, his eyes not blinking for a long time, his lips never stopping.

Beside Admiral Haoding, Elizabeth quickly noticed Xiaobai approaching. Seeing Xiaobai leading the ship girls over, Elizabeth shifted her body. She opened her mouth as if to say something, but after a few seconds of hesitation, she closed her mouth, lowered her head, and pretended not to see Xiaobai.

"Admiral Haoding!" Xiaobai came to Admiral Haoding's side, symbolically waited for a moment while Admiral Haoding issued an order, and then spoke to Admiral Haoding.

"Haha! As expected, Admiral Lu Lin has come!" Admiral Hao Ding didn't seem very surprised by Xiao Bai's arrival. His gaze remained fixed on the sea, and he continued issuing commands. However, he did manage to take a break and ask Xiao Bai frankly, "Admiral Lu Lin, how was it? Did you gather any valuable intelligence while observing the enemy on the beach?"

"We don't know the enemy's situation yet... but I can see your situation, Admiral Haoding." Xiaobai sighed and said to Admiral Haoding, "Admiral Haoding... you know your own body best. You should know what the consequences will be if you stay on the beach any longer, right?"

"Hahaha! Admiral Lu Lin truly has a discerning eye!" Admiral Hao Ding laughed heartily twice.

"...This is not something to be happy about...Admiral Haoding, why did you send your ship girls to stop me from coming over?" Xiaobai asked Admiral Haoding, her brows furrowing slightly as she spoke. "Based on your answer, Admiral Haoding, I may have my ship girls forcibly take you away from the beach, depending on the situation."

"...Please, Admiral Lu Lin, do not take me away from the beach." Admiral Hao Ding's expression finally calmed down, his face darkened slightly, and he gave a bitter smile.

"This is for your health. The effects of deep-sea energy are extremely harmful to the human body. If you develop any health problems..."

"Everyone who goes out into the army develops some health problems over time. It's just a matter of having one more or one less. It's not a big deal."

"That can't be..." Xiaobai quickly said, making a gesture to call the ship girls behind her to come forward.

"Admiral Lu Lin." Just then, Admiral Hao Ding paused in his action of issuing the order. He took a deep breath, turned his head, and looked at Xiao Bai with a very sincere gaze, pointing to the sea where the ship girls were fighting. "Please take a look at the sea in front of you."

"……What's wrong?"

"This is the eighth chapter of the sea area," Admiral Haoding said to Xiaobai in an unusually gentle tone. "The sea is a vast and fierce battlefield. If it were just a small squad of a few ship girls, I wouldn't need to go to such lengths. But if it's to perfectly mobilize the ship girls of an entire naval base, as the admiral, I must stay in a place where I can see them with my own eyes, and then use my admiral network to obtain information about the sea and mobilize these ship girls. The eighth chapter of the sea area is extremely dangerous. Once a ship girl is in trouble, it's all over. So, to protect them, staying on the beach is my most basic responsibility to my ship girls."

"That doesn't have to be the case... Our naval base can provide support..."

"Admiral Lu Lin, your naval base's fighting strength shouldn't be wasted here. Although the abyssal ships on the surface are powerful, in terms of life level, they are still just ordinary abyssal units. The truly powerful enemy has yet to appear. We still don't know whether this abyssal counterattack is a test or a calculated act of attrition with a backup plan. Therefore, as the strongest force, you must conserve your strength and strike when it's most necessary." Admiral Hao Ding said to Xiao Bai, giving him a thumbs up and revealing a hearty smile. "—I'm begging you, don't take me away from the beach. Please leave these abyssal minions to us, Admiral Lu Lin."

Chapter 1848 Deep-Sea Radar, Activated

Admiral Haoding gazed at Xiaobai with utmost sincerity.

The novice was speechless for a moment.

On the distant sea.

Because they temporarily lost the command of Admiral Haoding, the ship girls of Haoding Naval Base had problems with their coordination. A large number of Abyssal Fleet ships overwhelmed them with sheer numbers. The ship girls of Haoding Naval Base hurriedly countered, but without their commander, the dozen or so ship girls in formation lost their ability to support each other. The advantageous situation began to waver. On the high seas, the Abyssal Fleet ships pressed towards the ship girls, and their roars unconsciously took on a hint of arrogance.

"What do you think, Admiral Lu Lin?" Admiral Hao Ding didn't glance at the sea at all, but looked directly at Xiao Bai and asked him.

"If that's the case, why didn't you say that to me when you saw me over in the valley, Admiral Haoding..." Xiaobai asked Admiral Haoding.

"Hahaha!" Admiral Haoding grinned three times. "Although it was just a feeling, I think if I had told you, Admiral Lu Lin, back then, I might not have had the chance to come to the beach. That's why I kept it from you for the time being and came to the beach before you could react."

"...So, Admiral Haoding, you asked me to come to the beach to watch the battle...that makes sense..." Xiaobai frowned.

"After all, even I don't know when I will fall..." Hao Ding nodded slightly and sighed in a low voice, "I can only do my best to reduce the number of enemies on the sea and create an environment for your naval base to appear, Admiral Lu Lin. If I really can't hold on any longer... then I will really need Admiral Lu Lin to take over."

"……"noob.

"How is it, Admiral Lu Lin?" Admiral Hao Ding asked.

"..." Xiaobai looked at Admiral Haoding with a complicated expression. She turned her head to look at the somewhat chaotic sea, and finally took a deep breath and sighed helplessly, "...Alright, but Admiral Haoding, even so, if your physical condition reaches the most critical moment, I will still order my ship girls to take you away."

"Then I'm relieved." Admiral Haoding smiled broadly. He turned to the Haoding garrison on the sea and issued orders again, "All personnel, regroup! First column, fire all your ammunition at once to cover the other columns! Second and third columns..."

A long string of orders was issued from the mouth of Admiral Haoding. Soon, the Haoding garrison ship girls, having received the orders, regrouped and regained their footing amidst the dense invasion of deep-sea creatures. Supporting and assisting each other, they quickly regained the upper hand.

Beside Admiral Haoding, Elizabeth slightly raised her head, looked at Xiaobai gratefully, and silently mouthed a thank you to Xiaobai.

Little White smiled at Elizabeth, then quickly turned around, pulled Bismarck, Missouri and the others behind her to a short distance away.

“Missouri, Bismarck, Akagi, Hood, listen to me…” Xiaobai said earnestly to the ship girls in front of her, “Please keep an eye on Admiral Haoding’s condition. If Admiral Haoding shows any signs of fainting, please take him away from the beach immediately. If Admiral Haoding resists, Bismarck, don’t be polite, just chop him unconscious with a single blow.”

"Really?" Bismarck tilted her head.

"Well, really."

"Then I'll be careful."

"careful?"

“If a hand strike is used against a human, without the protection of ship equipment, it could easily be fatal if the force is too great,” Bismarck said expressionlessly.

"..." Xiaobai looked at Missouri, "Then... Missouri, I'll trouble you to chop him up when the time comes."

“Yes, sir.” Missouri nodded. “But Admiral, what if Senior Elizabeth also tries to stop us?”

“She shouldn’t stop us…” Xiaobai replied, pausing slightly, “Well… but if she really does stop you, just knock her out with a slash while you’re at it, then I’ll have to trouble Bismarck.”

“Okay.” Bismarck nodded.

"Judging from what the Admiral said... it seems you have other plans later?" Missouri looked at Xiaobai and asked him.

"Hmm." Xiaobai nodded, looking around, her gaze especially fixed on the battle scene on the sea. "The number of deep-sea creatures on the surface is terrifying. Right now, Haoding Naval Base is only gaining the upper hand because of Haoding Admiral's command. If Haoding Admiral can't hold on any longer, the ship girls will definitely be at a disadvantage without command. At that time, I'll have to trouble you to go out to sea and support them."

"Admiral, aren't you staying here?"

"I... I won't stay for now." Xiaobai shook her head, took Deepsea Yamato's hand, and spoke to the ship girls, "Yamato and I can't help you with the battle... so later, Yamato and I will sneak off to the nearby beach. Maybe Yamato can use her special status to secretly help in the later battles..."

"Huh? Just the two of us?" Yamato Akagi looked at Shiro in surprise.

"Yes, the two of us." Shiro grabbed Yamato's arm and nodded seriously.

"I see..." Missouri looked at Shiro's expression and nodded knowingly. She then said to Yamato, "Yamato-senpai, I'll leave the Admiral in your care then."

"Uh……"

Boom————

A tremendous roar echoed across the sea. Several deep-sea battleships were blasted in two by the combined efforts of the ship girls from Haoding Naval Base. Along with the smaller deep-sea amphibious ships around them, they exploded in a spectacular burst and sank to the bottom of the sea.

A tremendous roar swept across the beach.

Xiaobai breathed a sigh of relief, took Abyssal Yamato's hand, and spoke to the ship girls.

"That's settled then. Yamato and I will take our leave now. Akagi, Hood, the ship girls here are in your care."

"Admiral, rest assured."

"Commander, leave it to me."

Akagi and Hood patted their chests and gave Xiaobai a confident look.

Shiro, pulling Abyss Yamato along, hurried towards the deserted beach they had visited before.

"Admiral Lu Lin? The beach is dangerous, please don't..." Elizabeth had been secretly watching Xiaobai, and when she saw Xiaobai leading Shenhai and Yamato away, Elizabeth was startled. She abandoned her composure and quickly raised her hand to call out to Xiaobai.

However, as soon as Elizabeth spoke, Missouri stepped forward and took Elizabeth's hands in his.

"Senior Elizabeth, please rest assured, the Admiral is fine."

"Huh? But, but..."

"Please rest assured, senior, no one can harm the admiral." Missouri gave Elizabeth a mysterious smile.

"..." Elizabeth.

-

In just half a day, the watchtower of Haoding Garrison, which they had seen on the beach yesterday, had increased by one. Correspondingly, the area of ​​the deserted beach that had previously been a blind spot had shrunk. After leaving the Haoding Admiral's place, Xiaobai and Shenhai Yamato traveled for a full ten minutes before returning to the deserted beach area.

Although it was described as a deserted beach with a blind spot, the sea surface was still connected to Chapter 8. It was just a bit more remote compared to the main battlefield of the deep sea. Moreover, the sea surface was full of ship girls from the Haoding Garrison, so the deep-sea ships could not sneak past them to reach the deserted beach.

Upon arriving at the deserted beach, the roaring sounds from the battlefield were still present, but the intensity of the sounds had diminished considerably, and they were no longer deafening.

"The construction speed of Haoding Garrison is terrifying... They built a watchtower in just one night. If they continue to build at this speed, I estimate that in a few days, there will be no more deserted beaches with blind spots." Xiaobai pulled Shenhai Yamato along, watching the battle on the sea, and muttered with great emotion.

"Phew... Is this our destination?" Deep Sea Yamato looked around. "Shiro, why did you drag me here in such a hurry?"

"Yamato-neechan, this is a beach outside the observation range of the watchtower. Although Admiral Haoding's ship girls have been almost all sent out to fight, I think it's better to do what we need to do here to avoid any unforeseen circumstances," Shiro said to Abyssal Yamato.

"Oh? Oh... I see." Deep Sea Yamato nodded, a hint of doubt suddenly appearing in her eyes. "Uh... But speaking of which, Shiro, how do you plan to get my help? You're not going to have me deploy my ship equipment to provide support, are you...?"

"Well... at least in this scenario, it won't work..." Xiaobai smiled wryly. "Yamato-neechan, you are, after all, the Dean of the Deep Sea. Right now, the sea is full of ship girls from the Haoding Naval Base. If you run up there, the ship girls from the Haoding Naval Base might mistake you for the Dean of the Deep Sea from Chapter 8 and gang up on you. That would be very dangerous..."

"I'm not afraid of them." Yamato Akagi pouted, unconvinced.

"The danger I'm referring to is the danger to Admiral Haoding's ship girls."

"..." Deep Sea Yamato scratched her cheek with her slender fingers, "So, Shiro, what do you want me to do then?"

"Hmm... that's right. If we're going to sea... we'll have to go out to sea when necessary." Xiaobai thought for a moment, then said seriously, "But that's a special case. We'll talk about it later. Actually, the reason I brought you here, Yamato-neechan, is that I want you to use your deep-sea dean-level sensory abilities to help me find someone."

"Find someone?"

“Normally, if you use your deep-sea abilities, Admiral Haoding’s ship girls will definitely notice. But right now, the sea is full of deep-sea creatures, and Admiral Haoding’s ship girls are busy fighting them. If you use your deep-sea abilities now, you can hide very well.”

"No...no, what I mean is...who do you want me to find?" Yamato Akagi asked, looking puzzled. "I don't think I know anyone in Chapter Eight..."

"Ah...that's the question..." Xiaobai nodded and said to Shenhai Yamato, "Yamato-neechan, didn't we just come to the conclusion that the Deep Sea Dean in Chapter 8 sent so many Deep Sea minions to their deaths in order to waste Haoding Admiral's time?"

"Hmm...is that so?"

"Yamato-neechan, actually, the characteristics of the ship girls' resource replenishment and the fact that the human body cannot tolerate the deep-sea atmosphere are things that ordinary deep-sea creatures shouldn't know. But at this moment, Admiral Haoding's physical condition is being targeted so much by the Deep-Sea Dean of Chapter 8... Don't you find that strange, Yamato-neechan?" Shiro said to Deep-Sea Yamato.

“Oh… now that you mention it, it does seem so…” Yamato Fukami nodded.

“I don’t think Admiral Haoding’s ship girls would expose their lack of resource replenishment so directly on the beach. On the contrary, it was because Admiral Haoding came to the beach almost every day for a period of time that he gradually became infected with the aura of the deep sea and developed various health problems…” Xiaobai explained to Deep Sea Yamato. “In other words, Admiral Haoding exposed this weakness to the Dean of the Deep Sea himself.”

"Eh?"

"Of course... compared to the resource problem, the exposure of this shortcoming is unavoidable, and even Admiral Haoding can't hide it. But the problem lies in the fact that humans cannot tolerate the aura of the deep sea... how exactly did it reach the Deep Sea Dean?" Xiaobai paused slightly as she spoke to Deep Sea Yamato. "Yamato-neechan, generally speaking, unless the Deep Sea Dean has special abilities, he doesn't possess powers like clairvoyance, right?"

"yes……"

“So, in other words…” Xiaobai paused slightly, “the Dean of the Deep Sea in Chapter Eight should be somewhere in the nearby seas right now, observing the state of Admiral Haoding in a way that we haven’t been able to detect.”

"!"

"Yamato-neechan, please help me find her!"

In the very center of the beach in Chapter 1849.

After Shiro and Abyss Yamato left together, the ship girls of the newbie naval base retreated more than ten meters and took up their posts on an inconspicuous beach so as not to disturb Admiral Haoding. Admiral Haoding, who remained in place, continued to command the ship girls at the front line.

Amidst the intense gunfire, Admiral Haoding kept his eyes fixed on the sea. He continuously activated the admiral network, sending out precise commands one after another, which were constantly transmitted to the distant sea through the network.

"First column, maintain fire! Second column, retreat towards the two o'clock position! A large number of deep-sea battleships have appeared at the six o'clock position! Third and ninth columns, shift your fire!"

Faced with the densely packed deep-sea amphibious ships on the sea and the ever-changing battlefield situation, Admiral Haoding issued orders without any hesitation. In fact, as he issued each order, his voice and aura became increasingly loud and powerful.

Seemingly sensing the fighting spirit emanating from their admiral, the ship girls fighting on the sea became even more ferocious with their cannon fire. In an instant, the overwhelming firepower pushed back the deep-sea army that was approaching the land for a considerable distance.

It seems the battle is developing in a direction favorable to Haoding Garrison.

However, the ship girls who were fighting on the sea did not notice that although Admiral Haoding's orders were becoming faster and more precise, and his momentum was becoming more and more magnificent, the expression on Admiral Haoding's face on the beach was becoming serious at an alarming speed.

Large beads of sweat streamed down Admiral Haoding's forehead, and a thick black aura began to swirl around his face. His lips gradually turned pale, and his brows furrowed more and more tightly as the black aura gathered.

—The aura of the deep sea was eroding Admiral Haoding's body and mind. Under such circumstances, if it were an ordinary human, the pain of being inhaled by a large amount of deep-sea aura would be enough to make him immediately collapse to the ground, lose his mind and judgment, and struggle in agony. But Admiral Haoding was different. He relied on his extraordinary willpower and a ferocity that ordinary people could not understand to forcibly suppress his body's reaction, so that he could continue to stand at the command post and issue every command to his ship girls.

The increasingly powerful and majestic aura and volume of Admiral Haoding were certainly partly due to his growing strength in battle, but another reason was also to subconsciously release the painful sensations of his body being eroded by the aura of the deep sea.

"..."

Elizabeth stood not far from Admiral Haoding, gazing at him from a distance.

Watching her admiral's face grow increasingly ferocious under the ravages of the deep-sea aura, Elizabeth looked heartbroken. Her brows furrowed, her face drooped slightly, her eyelashes trembled slightly in the sea breeze, and her hands were tightly clasped together in front of her chest, her wrists turning slightly white.

Just then, a pair of warm hands patted Elizabeth's shoulder.

Elizabeth turned her head.

The person who came up behind Elizabeth was Missouri. Missouri had secretly slipped away from the ship girls at the newbie naval base at some point. She walked up behind Elizabeth, patted Elizabeth's shoulder, and gave her a comforting look.

“Senior Elizabeth, would you like to rest for a bit?” Missouri said, bringing out a steaming cup of tea from behind her and handing it to Elizabeth.

“This tea…” Elizabeth looked at the teacup in Missouri’s hand and the steam rising from it, a hint of doubt crossing her brow.