Elder brother's garrison

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"Nelson, good afternoon." Everyone waved to Nelson.

“…Good afternoon.” Nelson remained silent, subtly removing his hat and holding it in his arms as he responded to the crowd.

"Nelson, you...like this hat too?"

"this one?"

"Hmm, you were wearing it so carefully just now, could it be that you also..."

“It’s alright, Rodney made me wear this,” Nelson said calmly, a serious look flashing in his eyes.

It has a kind of righteous and awe-inspiring spirit, like a sister who has no choice but to die if her brother wants her to.

"..." Everyone.

"Is it beautiful?" Nelson asked.

"Uh... well... it's alright, um, it suits you quite well."

"I wasn't asking about myself, I was asking if Rodney looks good in that hat?"

“…It’s kind of cute,” Xiaobai replied instinctively.

“…” Nelson’s eyes flickered, and he nodded slightly to Xiaobai.

Nelson's favorability rating increased.

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Chapter 1771 Aircraft Carrier Exercises

After further conversation with Rodney Nelson, Xiaobai learned the truth.

Rodney was bored at home today, and since no one wanted to play with her, she dragged her sister to the training ground to see the sea breeze. However, after seeing a lot of quick-repair debris and other disposable training equipment piled up on the beach, Rodney suddenly had the idea to try what it was like to be a volunteer cleaning the beach.

—The training grounds of the newbie naval base generate a considerable amount of debris every day due to the intensity of the daily exercises. This debris includes large items such as the remains of used quick-repair devices, empty fuel barrels, and hollowed-out ammunition boxes, as well as smaller items such as stacks of beverage bottles and cans, and wrappers of desserts to improve the mood of the ship girls.

The newbie naval base regularly organizes ship girls to clean the beach. On days other than cleaning days, some ship girls occasionally volunteer to help clean the beach. However, most of these volunteers are destroyers with so much firepower that they don't know where to vent it.

It's quite rare to see a flagship like Rodney, instead of staying home to rest and recuperate and take care of its delicate physique, going out to volunteer on the beach.

but.

The truth is this.

Even though this is a rare occurrence, if Nelson, as the older sister, doesn't accept her younger sister's invitation when she's feeling lonely and isolated, then she wouldn't be a proper sister-complex sister.

what?

Someone asked Nelson, since her sister Rodney is so lonely, why not let her go to the training ground to stretch her muscles and find someone to practice with?

forget it.

Despite her seemingly harmless appearance, Rodney is a historically renowned and ferocious warship. When she gets into a fight, she's incredibly ruthless. The ship girls in the naval base who could beat Rodney have refused to practice with her a second time since their first encounter with her, not to mention the large number of others who are no match for her.

“Simply put, that’s it.” Nelson, holding his little yellow hat in one hand and glancing at Rodney who was holding the hat up to her head, explained to Whitey, “Please rest assured, Admiral, I will keep a close eye on Rodney and prevent her from inviting the sisters from the naval base to practice without permission.”

"Uh... well, thank you for your hard work, Nelson." As the admiral, Xiaobai naturally knew about Rodney's situation. She smiled awkwardly and said to Nelson with some understanding.

"Admiral, Admiral." Rodney leaned over with her hands behind her back, smiling at Little White, "Admiral, what exactly is the method of testing the modified ship equipment you mentioned for the Imperial sister?"

“Lexington said he would guide her step by step.” Xiaobai confidently pointed to Lexington behind him.

"Huh? Mrs. Lexington is going to personally tutor the Imperial Sister?" Rodney looked at Lexington in surprise. "That's quite a big deal!"

“After all, we’re the same type of ship.” Lexington smiled slightly at Rodney. “But to say I’m teaching… that’s not quite right. I don’t have the experience to confidently teach others. I’m just an aircraft carrier ship girl with a little bit of battlefield experience.”

“If Lexington says she has little battlefield experience, then there aren’t many people in this naval base who would dare to say they have a lot,” Veneto said from the side. “You are the first ship girl in this naval base to accompany the former admiral. All of us ship girls of this generation have to call you senior.”

"The Yangtze River's back waves push the front waves, and each generation of new people is the next wave." Lexington chuckled lightly. She turned to the Empire and asked, "Empire, I heard from Veneto that you haven't participated in a single combat training exercise at the naval base since you returned. As a ship girl, you should be quite proficient in the most basic skill of walking on water, right?"

"Yes." The Empire nodded.

"Then, let's go to the water together."

Lexington waved gently, and with a golden light, her ship equipment was summoned behind her.

The Empire and Lexington set foot on the waters of the training ground, slowly sailing to a relatively open area of ​​water far from the beach, where they faced each other from a distance.

Because of the distance, Xiaobai on the beach could only see two tiny figures and could not hear their conversation.

Lexington, who was facing the Empire across the distance, raised his hand first and smiled at the Empire, saying a long speech.

"Lexington is probably explaining to the Empire how to have aircraft carriers compete," Veneto, standing beside Xiaobai, said, looking at Lexington in the distance.

"The way aircraft carriers spar?" Xiaobai looked at Veneto. "Isn't it normal for ship girls to just start fighting right away during exercises?"

“That’s not wrong… However, aircraft carriers are a special type of ship. As you know, Admiral, aircraft carrier girls not only have an extremely long attack range, but they can also launch hundreds of carrier-based aircraft at once. If an aircraft carrier girl were to engage in a one-on-one duel with another of the same type in an exercise, and just blindly bombard the opponent, the scene would be rather unsightly.” Veneto held up a finger to Xiaobai. “Therefore, in order to have a more elegant and sophisticated duel, and to more directly demonstrate the difference in the two sides’ ability to control carrier-based aircraft, there are some unwritten rules for one-on-one duels between aircraft carrier girls.”

"Huh? There are rules? I never knew that!"

“Admiral, you don’t practice with the ship girls often, so it’s normal that you don’t know these things,” Veneto said, raising her head slightly.

"What are the rules for exercises between aircraft carrier ship girls?"

"It's a fighter jet, right?" Rodney interjected with a smile. "It's when the carrier girls don't target the enemy, but instead release as many of their own fighter jets as possible, controlling their carrier-based aircraft to fight the enemy's carrier-based aircraft in the sky. The side that can destroy all of the enemy's carrier-based aircraft in the end wins."

“Oh… I see. Thanks for the explanation, Rodney.” Xiaobai exclaimed to Rodney, nodding slightly and raising an eyebrow. “Ah, if you put it that way… I remember watching the exercise between Akagi and Lexington before. Although it wasn’t very formal, it seemed like they were using the rules of fighter jet combat.”

"The aircraft carrier girls are all elegant archers. Although I think this kind of exercise will be boring and different from the kind of exercise I imagine, maybe they feel that this is more suitable for them," Rodney said to Xiaobai with a smile.

Xiao Bai was just about to reply.

A thunderous roar suddenly echoed across the sea.

Lexington and the Empire, facing each other from afar, seemed to have reached a consensus during the conversation between Little White and Rodney, and the exercise officially began.

A colorful streak of light appeared behind Lexington and the Empire, and a large number of colorful carrier-based aircraft roared into the sky from behind them, instantly dividing the distant sky into two distinct halves.

Soon, the carrier-based aircraft above Lexington swooped down on the carrier-based aircraft above the Empire. The sky was filled with countless carrier-based aircraft, and they began to circle around like a boiling pot, with a constant buzzing sound.

really.

Although this exercise looked much more subdued and sophisticated, it was definitely less exciting than the way the cannon-wielding ship girls raced through the water, firing at each other in a chaotic display. At least, Xiaobai, watching Lexington and Empire remain motionless on the beach from the very beginning, couldn't understand what was going on with their exercise.

"Oh...it seems the battle is quite intense." Rodney stroked his chin, his eyes sparkling as he looked at the two aircraft carrier ship girls on the sea.

"Can Rodney understand the intricacies of carrier battles?" Little White asked Rodney curiously.

"Hmm?" Rodney looked at Little White, then shook his head and gave Little White a simple smile. "Well... actually, I don't understand it at all."

"Huh? I don't understand at all..."

"After all, I'm just a battleship."

"Uh... but weren't you just explaining things to me..."

"I've told you everything I know, Admiral," Rodney said earnestly.

"..." Xiaobai was speechless.

Xiaobai silently shifted her gaze from Rodney and looked at the other ship girls around her.

Veneto, Roma, and Nelson were also intently observing the battle situation on the sea.

"Veneto, Roma, Nelson, can you understand the fighter jets on an aircraft carrier?" Xiaobai asked the three ship girls.

"Hmm? I don't understand." The three answered almost simultaneously. "After all, we're just battleships."

"What about Yubari? You specialize in ship equipment, you should be able to understand this, right?"

“Admiral, I’m just a light cruiser. Even as a researcher, I only know about ship equipment data… Your question is really beyond my scope,” Yubari replied.

"……"noob.

Absolutely.

It turned out that, including himself, there were six laymen on this entire beach watching the Lexington and Empire's exercises.

Xiao Bai covered his head.

However, this result was not too unexpected for Xiaobai.

Compared to the thousands of destroyer ship girls, aircraft carrier ship girls are a rarer and more specialized type of ship. Their attack methods and training methods are quite different from those of ordinary ship girl types. As Abyssal Will has told Xiaobai, piloting an aircraft is a skill that relies heavily on talent. Even if a layman tries to learn it, he will not be able to understand it. Considering this, it is normal for non-aircraft carrier ship girls to have only a superficial understanding of aircraft carrier combat and exercise scenarios.

Chapter 1772 I just want to quietly suck up to Little White.

However, people may not understand it.

Although watching the battle between the Empire and Lexington, no one could pinpoint the specific tactics involved, but they could at least guess who had the advantage and who was at a disadvantage.

Xiao Bai glanced at the dense formation of carrier-based aircraft in the sky.

The number of carrier-based aircraft shot down over Lexington was far less than the number shot down over the skies above the Empire.

...Lexington seems to have a significant advantage, right?

really.

It's as if this is confirming Xiaobai's idea.

About five or six minutes later, the two carrier-based aircraft groups that had been evenly matched in the sky, the Imperial group, began to show signs of exhaustion. Under the relentless onslaught of the Lexington carrier-based aircraft group, the number of Imperial carrier-based aircraft falling every second began to increase uncontrollably. The sky was slowly being stained the color of Lexington, and the Imperial carrier-based aircraft group was struggling to move forward.

then.

Just as the Empire's defeat became apparent, and the Empire on the sea showed signs of struggling to continue, the Lexington's carrier-based aircraft group did not continue to devour the Empire's carrier-based aircraft. Instead, they returned to the sky above Lexington in droves, returning to Lexington's rigs in groups.

Suddenly freed from the suppression of Lexington, the Empire's carrier-based aircraft lost their confrontational gaze and scattered in the sky like wild bees.

The Empire stared wide-eyed at Lexington.

Lexington, having retrieved his carrier-based aircraft, clasped his hands together, placed them next to his cheeks, and smiled as he spoke to the Empire.

The Empire stared blankly at Lexington, and after a short while, nodded slightly and retrieved the somewhat scattered carrier-based aircraft into their own rigs.

The exercise has ended.

Lexington and the Empire returned from the sea to the beach.

"Empire, welcome back!!" The moment Empire stepped onto the beach, Rome jumped out from beside him, raised her arms and hugged him tightly, looking deeply moved. "Your fighting style just now was absolutely amazing! I used to think you were a shut-in who couldn't do anything but slack off, but I never expected you to be able to fight Lexington like that. I'm so touched!"

The result of the exercise just now clearly shows that Lexington won.

However, none of the ship girls present felt sorry for the Empire's defeat.

After all, the Empire's opponent is Lexington, a supercarrier with one of the top combat strengths in the naval base. Whether it is the grade of ship equipment, combat experience, or even the skill of piloting aircraft, she is the most outstanding among the carrier ship girls. If a ship girl like her were to go all out in an exercise against the Empire, which has no combat experience, she would not have any chance of losing.

Rather.

The fact that they could fight so fiercely with Lexington surprised everyone with the Empire's strength.

"..." The empire, having just stepped onto the beach, swayed slightly. Feeling Rome clinging to her like an ornament, she frowned slightly, revealing a hint of weariness and exhaustion. "Heavy..."

“Rome, the Empire, she said she wanted to rest.” Veneto grabbed Rome’s ear.

"Ah! Ahhh! I know, boss, I know! No, no, don't pinch there, it hurts, it hurts..." Rome quickly released the Empire and shouted.

……

"Sisters have such a good relationship." Xiaobai couldn't help but smile as she looked at the situation in the Roman Empire.

"Yes, they have a very good relationship." Lexington chuckled and came to Little White's side.

"Lexington, welcome back." Little White smiled at Lexington. "Um... Lexington, how was the exercise with the Empire?"

"Hmm... Just as I expected, the Empire has great potential." Lexington raised her head slightly and said to Xiaobai, "It's almost as if she has been modified into the shape of an aircraft carrier. She may be the ship girl with the best potential as an aircraft carrier ship girl that I have seen in recent years."

“Uh…” Xiaobai scratched his cheek.

“However, the Empire also has some minor issues as a novice ship girl. Although her training level has been maxed out, she still lacks a lot of combat experience. In particular, aircraft carrier ship girls have a unique mechanism for controlling aircraft. Perhaps because of the lack of training, her skills are still rather rudimentary…” Lexington said to Xiaobai, cupping her cheeks. “Well… I already told the Empire what I was saying during the exercise.”

"Oh... after all, the Empire doesn't have many opportunities to find an aircraft carrier instructor... Veneto and Rome are both battleships, so they can't teach her either. In other words, although the Empire is stronger than you in terms of hardware, did you crush the Empire in Lexington by relying on your carrier-based aircraft piloting skills?" Xiaobai asked.

“Crushing... I deliberately held back, you know.” Lexington chuckled upon hearing the word “crushing,” and shook her head as she said, “Well... although the technical gap played a major role in the outcome of this exercise, there was actually another significant reason.”

"What's the reason?" Xiaobai asked, intrigued.