Elder brother's garrison

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"Your strength is not bad, but it is still too weak for the battle to come. Your presence can share some of the burden for us, but this burden may very well cost you your life."

"I know."

“Very good.” Veneto exchanged a glance with Xiaobai, then nodded. “Thank you for joining us.”

A relieved smile appeared on the unfamiliar ship girl's calm face.

"Oh, by the way, I haven't asked your name yet." Veneto admired this ship girl and asked her with a smile.

The unfamiliar ship girl took a deep breath and then quietly looked at Veneto.

Her expression became complicated at that moment.

"Hello, I am a battlecruiser, my name is Glorious."

Chapter 319 The Bells Ring Out

Veneto always believed that no other ship girls would join her team in the first chapter.

Firstly, the requirements for the upcoming battle are too high; there are likely no more than five ship girls in the entire sea chapter who meet these requirements. Furthermore, among the ship girls who meet the strength requirements, there probably aren't any who would dare to fight a seemingly invincible enemy to the death.

After all, they are just newcomers and lack experience in various aspects.

But this honor greatly surprised Veneto.

It's really great.

Veneto greatly admired the ship girl in front of him.

A person with such awareness has a limitless future.

“Your name is Glory, right?” Veneto extended his hand to her. “Hello, my name is Veneto. From now on, we will be comrades-in-arms.”

"Yes!" Glory couldn't help but get excited when she heard Veneto's words. She reached out and grasped Veneto's hand, excitedly agreeing.

“By the way, you look familiar. Have we met somewhere before?” Veneto asked.

“…Perhaps, we just missed each other many times.” Glory gave a wry smile, then said to Veneto, “After all, this place is very small.”

“Is that so?” Veneto smiled as well. “Then I won’t forget you this time, Glory.”

Veneto despised mediocrity, scorned petty people, and hated treacherous individuals, but she admired all those who worked hard.

A warrior who uses his life as a bargaining chip to gain power is a fool who could die at any moment. But a person who recognizes the preciousness of his life, has a strong desire to live, and still resolutely puts himself in danger is a noble fighter.

Veneto had no reason not to remember such a person.

Glory didn't reply, but his eyes inexplicably reddened.

"Please let me, let me rest for a bit, wait, I'll be right back." Glory bowed to Veneto and Little White while wiping his eyes, then turned and squeezed back into the crowd.

“Perhaps I should change my opinion on the ship girls in the first chapter,” Veneto said to Xiaobai. “Not all the ship girls here are ignorant fledglings; some of them are still young, but are already eagles with growing wings.”

Xiao Bai smiled.

"That person is the ship girl you saved during the Fourth Node Anomaly."

"Huh?" Veneto paused, taken aback. "Is that so?"

“I remember,” Xiaobai said.

Veneto crossed his arms and began to ponder deeply.

She was busy with this and that all day in the fourth node, seeing so many ship girls, she didn't have time to remember so many people.

“I have no recollection of it…” Veneto shook his head in bewilderment as he walked away.

Mr. Barbatos's speech ended. Although it did not excite the admirals, it at least prevented panic and doubt from spreading.

From this perspective, it's not bad.

Mr. Barbatos slowly climbed down from the roof of the car, and then walked up to Xiaobai and Ringo under the watchful eyes of the onlookers: "Miss Lu, Governor Ringo, we've finally got it under control. What do we do next?"

After his speech, Mr. Barbatos was the center of attention. His words at that moment surprised all the admirals who were watching him.

"Wait, what did he say?"

"Governor?"

"Governor?"

"Is that pretty young lady the governor?"

"It's actually the governor?"

The news spread like wildfire, from one person to ten, from ten to a hundred.

The governor-general is the governor-general among governors. Although he may not be as strong as any other governor, he is at least no less capable!

No matter what, he's a big shot with the ability to conquer top-tier sea areas!

Why would a governor-general end up here?

Never mind, it's a good thing anyway!

In an instant, all the admirals became excited, their eyes shining with joy like flashlights.

It seems that Mr. Barbatos's efforts, even to the point of hoarseness, were less effective than simply saying "The Governor is here."

"It's good that the crowd has been mobilized." Veneto returned after discussing the team formation with Cleveland, nodded, and took the opportunity to shout to the crowd, "Any ship girls with similar training levels who didn't suffer much damage to their ship equipment in the attack just now?"

Veneto's strength is deeply ingrained in people's hearts. Every ship saved in the fourth node sings praises of this exquisite ship girl's powerful combat ability, so her appeal is quite effective.

Even knowing that there were a large number of deep-sea amphibious ships on the high seas, quite a few ship girls still stepped forward.

Veneto nodded approvingly, then stepped forward and examined each one for a while.

Because of the glorious precedent, Veneto still shouted out, hoping he might be able to find the last teammate.

However, upon closer inspection, it's clear that there isn't another ship girl like Glorious.

Adequate training level and just the right amount of fearlessness are extremely rare.

Although they couldn't find the last teammate, these ship girls who stepped forward are still worthy of respect.

"Then the protection of the coastline is in your hands." Veneto waved her hand, took out the last remaining quick-repair device, and handed it to the ship girls in front of her. "You know what to do, right?"

The ship girls nodded.

Deep-sea amphibious ships are not content with the sea; although they are soldiers of the ocean, they still have a strong desire to invade the land.

So perhaps in just a few minutes, these deep-sea amphibious ships will no longer be content with the sea and will set foot on the beach to invade the land.

As the resentment in the deep sea increases, the ocean will expand, and the overflowing tides will cover the land, gradually reducing human homes.

When the deep-sea ships launch an invasion of the land, Veneto and her comrades will launch attacks into the sea. At that time, the responsibility of protecting the land will fall entirely on these land-based ship girls.

Veneto naturally wouldn't actively seek help from these ship girls, but they couldn't just stand by and do nothing. Although the mission of protecting the land was safe, it was very important. Veneto didn't want to return to land after sinking the Abyssal Commander only to find the wreckage trampled into ruins by the Abyssal forces that had taken advantage of the situation.

After briefly assigning responsibilities, Veneto abandoned the idea of ​​finding a sixth member. After gathering the Rome companies Cleveland and Glory, Veneto led a team towards the beach.

The four Fubuki sisters, along with the ship girls from the Empire and Nia, led the ship girls who had volunteered earlier, keeping a close eye on the beach.

The power of the admiral network played a crucial role at this time. Other admirals were of no help at all in this situation, and only Xiaobai could rely on the well-established admiral network to share Veneto's visual resources.

Xiaobai returned to Ringo and Pachina and sat down on the ground.

Pachina had never suffered such a serious injury since she became conscious. Feeling the burning sensation from her scalded arm, she could only grit her teeth and endure the pain.

That makes sense. After all, he's the director of the Deep Sea Command. In the past, any injuries he sustained were related to the ship's equipment, and had nothing to do with the human part that was being protected.

"Does it hurt?" Xiaobai asked.

pachina remained silent.

Unable to help with this, Xiaobai could only place his hand on Pachina's forehead in an attempt to calm her down.

Ringo watched Shiro and Pachina's actions from the side, and her expression softened somewhat.

Veneto and his four teammates had a high combined detection rate and quickly made their way into the sea.

Xiaobai also got a close look at the situation in the sea through the Admiral's Network.

Now, on that once azure sea, a few dull deep-sea ships drift sparsely, wisps of black mist emanating from their bodies, constantly polluting the waters beneath their feet.

This is a unique situation in the deep-sea territory. The intense deep-sea resentment grants its servants, namely the deep-sea ships, the ability to pollute the sea. If these deep-sea ships step out of the deep-sea territory, the deep-sea resentment in their bodies will quickly spread and permeate the waters beneath their feet, constantly polluting new waters, thus allowing the deep-sea territory to expand.

Therefore, driving away these deep-sea amphibious ships is a very important matter. One or two hours is fine, but if they are allowed to continue like this for a day or two, the safe sea area in the first node may disappear immediately.

Veneto finally stepped into the sea and faced the deep-sea amphibious ships with his team.

"Rome."

"exist!"

"If you really helped me this time, I'll pat you on the head after this is over."

"Huh?!" Rome was taken aback, then became incredibly excited. "Really?!"

"Go!" Veneto shouted, then led his team straight into the sea filled with deep-sea amphibious ships.

If you want to fight the Dean of the Deep Sea, then you can't avoid these small fry. Rather than wasting time dodging and giving the Dean of the Deep Sea a chance to continue accumulating power and becoming stronger, you might as well fight your way out.

Those scattered deep-sea vessels on the sea are still wandering aimlessly, releasing the deep-sea resentment within them.

Just then, a rapid splashing sound caught their attention.

The still-wandering deep-sea amphibious ship turned its head and looked toward the source of the sound.

Five ship girls lined up and were rushing towards them at high speed, the waves beneath their feet surging behind them like jets of steam.

The deep-sea amphibious ships instinctively raised their weapons.

"Boom boom boom boom——"

But it was too late. The five ship girls, led by Veneto, had already fired their shots at the deep-sea amphibious ships, sinking all the deep-sea amphibious ships that had noticed them.

"brush----"

After sinking the Abyssal Fleet, the five ship girls didn't even glance at the wreckage and charged straight into the deeper waters.

Just then, the Dean of the Deep Sea, deep in the ocean, seemed to have also discovered the news of the death of his subordinate.

The booming sound of cannons echoed across the sky like thunder.

The bells of war began to toll.

Chapter 320 On the Importance of Last Hitting

Just like the previous beach attack, an extremely dense barrage of artillery fire appeared in the sky, with red-hot iron pellets rushing towards Veneto and his group like shooting stars with long trails of flame.

One after another, one patch after another, it seemed as if the entire sky was ablaze.

Veneto can dodge the attacks of ten enemies, or forty enemies, but she cannot dodge the dense barrage of artillery fire from hundreds of enemies.

The density was so high that the enemy's attacks were like a net, making it impossible to dodge.

This is why Veneto tries to choose large ships. Destroyers, with their high evasion and fragile nature, are simply not suitable for this kind of battle. No matter how agile they are, they will inevitably suffer some scratches and lose most of their combat effectiveness.

"They're here!" Veneto shouted, then lifted the ship's rigging and searched for the least crowded spot in the hail of cannon fire, leading the group to take cover.

Paoyu made contact with Veneto and the others.

In an instant, a crackling sound echoed from Veneto's ship rigging.

Veneto could withstand this level of damage. While braving the barrage of bullets, she led the group in a desperate charge towards the starting point of the attack.

The so-called Dean of the Deep Sea kept a portion of the Deep Sea Abyssal Ships by his side so that he could unleash such a dense attack at any time to eliminate any enemy that dared to attack.

If Veneto wants to directly eliminate the Deep Sea Dean, she must withstand this round of shelling. Once she charges into the enemy's heartland and penetrates deep into their camp, this barrage of artillery fire will naturally become useless.

Xiao Bai, through the Admiral's network, also witnessed the barrage of cannon fire that Veneto was watching. This dazzling, firework-like attack made Xiao Bai worry for Veneto.

"A deep-sea creature is moving towards the shore!" Just then, the ship girls who had been observing the deep-sea operation around Xiaobai also shouted loudly.

Xiaobai temporarily disconnected from Veneto and shifted her attention to him.

Sure enough, even from a distance on the road, one could see red dots, like red stars, slowly moving toward the shore on that azure sea.

It seems that the Deep Sea Commander also timed Veneto's surprise attack perfectly, and sent a large number of Deep Sea Amphibious Ships to the shore.

Just as Veneto had predicted.

At this moment, the previously organized ship girls had already set up defensive lines along the roadside and coastline, released their ship equipment, raised their main guns, and began firing at the endless stream of deep-sea amphibious ships.

The sound of cannons thundered for a moment.

A massive barrage of artillery fire crisscrossed and raged in the air, as if even the air itself had been ignited.