Elder brother's garrison

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"Admirals are surprisingly capricious, and there are those who suddenly don't want to be admirals anymore, resign, abandon their ship girls, and disappear from the world," Lexington said.

Xiao Bai lowered his head.

Lexington reached out and patted White's head: "Speaking of which, it seems like not many of the top ten came this time. Hmm, but if we stay on this beach for a while, we should be able to meet the other top ten admirals."

Are they all good people?

"That's hard to say. Humans aren't simply creatures that can be categorized as good or bad." Lexington withdrew his hand and said, "Little White, have you memorized the battle plan?"

"Yes, I've written it down." Xiaobai nodded.

Lexington's meticulously crafted battle plan detailed various battle situations on the main battlefield, so Xiaobai didn't need to improvise; he could simply rely on theoretical knowledge.

Almost an hour had passed since the alarm sounded, and after Xiaobai arrived at the beach, more and more admirals followed.

Gradually, colorful ship girls began to fill the entire beach.

However, although everyone was there to fight against the deep sea, the ship girls and admirals on the beach rarely showed any signs of tension.

After all, these are all veteran admirals who have a deep understanding of the Abyss's strength and know that the Abyss event is just a welfare event to reap a lot of merit points. Once they have this mindset, it's hard for them to be as nervous as novice admirals.

Xiao Bai wasn't nervous at all. Her reason for not being nervous was even simpler: she already had three Deep Sea Deans at home, so a mere Deep Sea Occupation Ship couldn't possibly affect Xiao Bai's mindset.

"It's here!" Just as more and more ship girls were appearing on the beach and starting to enter the water one after another, a black line finally appeared on the horizon where the sea met the sky. The sharp-eyed ship girls shouted to their admirals as soon as they saw the black line.

In an instant, shouts and cheers echoed across the entire beach.

That black line is the symbol that the deep-sea amphibious fleet is approaching safe waters, and it is also the final symbol that the deep-sea activity period has officially begun.

"The battle has begun!" It was unclear which admiral shouted this, but it was like lighting a fuse. With this shout, the ship girls on the beach and those wandering along the shore all received their admiral's command and rushed into the sea like dumplings being dropped into boiling water, dashing towards the distant black line.

"Little White, it's starting." Lexington watched as the ship girls rushed into the sea, then turned to Little White and smiled. "Shall we go down now?"

"Okay, be careful." Xiaobai waved to Lexington.

Lexington turned around and looked at the ship girls around her: "Sisters, let's go."

Hearing Lexington's soft words, the ship girls at the naval base felt as if they were hearing the drums of war, and their fighting spirit was unstoppable.

"set off!"

"You little bitches! Your grandma's back!"

"Ah...so tired..."

"Enemy target locked!"

The various shouts and cries were like a bustling market. As the ship girls, divided into several teams according to the battle plan, rushed into the sea like a torrent.

Suddenly, Little White was all alone on the beach.

On the open sea, Lexington led the garrison army at full speed, charging toward the enemy lines on the horizon.

Lexington and her group weren't the first to set off, but with the sustained acceleration, they had jumped from the very back of the beach to the very front.

The ship girls, watching the retreating figures of the troops led by Lexington, looked at their fearless demeanor with a mixture of surprise and uncertainty in their eyes.

Why are you in such a hurry?

Although ship girls are generally stronger than abyssal ships now, battles against abyssal ships are not something you can win by simply rushing in.

Without even looking at the enemy's formation, they rush in and cause trouble without caring about anything. What if they accidentally fall into a trap?

However, Lexington and her group did not slow down; on the contrary, they became faster as they got closer to the enemy lines. In just a few blinks, Lexington and her group had already put a considerable distance between themselves and the other ship girls from the naval base.

At this speed, there was absolutely no room for any on-the-spot adjustments. It's estimated that the moment they recognized the enemy, they had already entered each other's attack range.

In the blink of an eye, the rookie naval girls, like a sharp knife, pierced through the safe zone and rushed towards the dark mass of deep-sea amphibious ships beyond.

The Abyssal Fleet stared wide-eyed at the rookie naval girls, and a series of piercing howls ripped from its nascent vocal cords.

"A submarine!" Fubuki's search range detected the enemy first. As expected of a top-tier destroyer, Fubuki quickly reported the enemy's coordinates to Lexington.

"Anti-submarine!" Lexington waved her hand, and the light cruisers and destroyers behind the main force received the order, quickly breaking away from the main force, their bombardment devices spraying large amounts of ammunition into the sea in front of them.

The rookie naval base reacted quite quickly, but unfortunately, time was still too short. Their reckless advance was like that of a madman. Before the enemy submarine was even destroyed by the shells, Lexington and her team were already about to set foot in the waters where the deep-sea submarine was located.

However, Lexington, having already devised a detailed battle plan, had also prepared corresponding countermeasures.

At that moment, a strange aura, like a halo, spread out from the rookie naval base's team. The colorless halo quickly seeped into the sea, and as if pressing the pause button on a remote control, all the deep-sea submarines beneath the ocean came to a standstill.

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Lexington and the ship girls swept across the sea full of deep-sea submarines as if no one else was there.

Then, several bursting sounds could be faintly heard from the calm sea.

"The deep-sea submarine's reaction has disappeared." Fubuki promptly relayed the results to Lexington.

“Okay.” Lexington smiled at Fubuki.

Behind the main force of the newbie naval base, the pursuer, dressed in a tank top, shorts, and slippers, breathed a sigh of relief and lowered his hand.

"Well done, Sister Hua Q!"

"Sister Hua Q is amazing!"

"Go, Sister Hua Q!"

The ship girls nearby could naturally tell that the mysterious light wave that had previously brought all the submarines underwater to a standstill was a skill used by the pursuers.

This is one of the reasons why the naval base wanted to bring back the Chaser. The Chaser is one of the few ship girls in the naval base who has the skill to attack submarines, and at certain times she can be a magical existence that can play a surprising role.

"Who is Sister Flower Q?! Go away! Would it kill you to call me Sister Chase properly?!" Chase shouted at the ship girls beside her with tears in her eyes and a look of grief and indignation.

The pursuer felt his reputation was ruined.

"It's alright, isn't it fine?" Tirpitz, standing next to the pursuer, gently patted the pursuer's small shoulder.

"Uh... um..." The pursuers could only swallow their anger.

"You've been here for several days now, why haven't you changed your clothes yet?" Tirpitz was unusually talkative.

The pursuers could only sigh helplessly.

Actually, you can tell from the way the Chaser lives in her home in human society that she is not a diligent person, otherwise the living room wouldn't have been left in that state.

After staying here for a few days, the pursuer gradually got used to the cool clothes. He lay in the house every day and didn't want to move. Anyway, he was surrounded by sisters from the naval base, so he wasn't afraid of being seen by any stinky men dressed like this. So every day he was thinking about buying clothes, or maybe he could buy them tomorrow. Anyway, the deep-sea activity period hadn't started yet. Day after day, he accidentally put it off until now.

It wasn't until the alarm bells rang that the pursuers truly understood what it meant to be too late.

The pursuer didn't speak, but Tirpitz seemed to see her reason in her eyes.

Tirpitz could only give his pursuer a thumbs-up and give him a knowing look.

"Teacher Beizhai, why are you standing with us? As a battleship, shouldn't you be at the front of the formation?" the pursuer asked.

"I'm pretty weak. I'll just stay in the back and slack off." Tirpitz yawned, completely certain of it.

"..." The pursuer looked at Tirpitz, unsure of what to say for a moment.

Tirpitz's ship equipment level is indeed very high, and it's long been maxed out. However, as a ship girl, she's just too lazy, so her combat experience is far inferior to her sister's. In terms of strength, she is indeed a bit weaker.

But even if she's weak, she's still the Queen of the North Sea; once her aura is activated, she's invincible.

"You still have skills, don't you..."

"Ah, that skill can't be used. That's how it is when you're not at home," Tirpitz said, yawning.

"Is that so?" The pursuer looked at Tirpitz in surprise.

"Didn't Senior Tirpitz use it back in Yuxiu?" Just then, another ship girl interrupted the conversation between the pursuer and Tirpitz.

It was Missouri.

Missouri, with a humble smile, slowly approached the other side of Tirpitz.

Missouri nodded to the pursuer: "Hello, pursuer, I am Missouri."

"Oh, hello, hello." The pursuer smiled sheepishly at Missouri.

"Did you use it when you were pregnant?" Tirpitz looked at Missouri, asking knowingly.

“Yes, I’ve used it,” Missouri said. “The place where this kid lives is my home or something.”

“…I didn’t say that.” Tirpitz closed his eyes.

It seems Tirpitz is determined to slack off, and no one can stop her.

"Missouri, what are you doing at the back of the line?" At this moment, the pursuer turned his curious gaze to Missouri.

Missouri is an incredibly strong ship girl, and one of the few in the naval base who can hold her own against Bismarck.

Such a powerful ship girl is actually slacking off at the back of the formation, that's a bit much.

"Missouri is far from being a true soldier; she needs to learn more from her predecessors." Missouri maintained her confident yet humble expression, leaving her pursuers unsure whether she was telling the truth or not.

The three ship girls, each with distinct personalities, were chatting happily at the back of the column, while those at the front appeared much more serious.

The team broke through the deep-sea submarine's defenses, and their momentum showed no signs of slowing down.

Then, a large number of deep-sea carrier-based aircraft took to the sky and swept towards Lexington and her group.

A glint flashed in Akagi's eyes as she stood beside Lexington. Her ship rig opened wide, and a swarm of carrier-based aircraft took to the sky. Following Akagi's actions, all the carrier girls at the front of the formation also launched their own carrier-based aircraft, which merged with Akagi's aircraft into a vast expanse of white clouds.

Akagi is the flagship of the newbie naval carriers and the strongest carrier in the naval base. Her strength lies in the miracle of her ship equipment, that is, her skills.

When Akagi is the flagship, the launched aircraft will be amplified by her skills, giving them tremendous combat power and thus a great advantage in air superiority.

As expected, the carrier-based aircraft led by Akagi turned into a tornado as soon as they came into contact with the Abyssal carrier-based aircraft, tearing at the Abyssal carrier-based aircraft without any mercy.

In an instant, almost all of the deep-sea carrier-based aircraft were reduced to fragments, scattered into scrap metal, and helplessly fell from the sky as black rain.

Akagi's carrier-based aircraft dominated the entire sky. For a moment, lightning flashed and thunder roared. The B-25 carrier-based aircraft transformed into thunderous flashes, constantly brewing in the sky. Finally, under Akagi's command, they charged towards the battle line of the Abyssal Fleet.

Amidst the divine white flash, the cracking of black iron and the powerless howls of the deep-sea amphibious ships became the accompaniment.

This is a fierce fighting style that doesn't care about the cost, and it's also the most suitable attack method for novice naval bases.

While the B25 carrier-based aircraft is quite powerful, it also puts a lot of strain on the ship girls. Even Lexington and the others cannot recklessly launch the B25 for too long.

After bombing for a short period of time, Akagi took its carrier-based aircraft into the air.

In that brief encounter, the deep-sea amphibious ships' battle line had already been shattered by bombing.

At this moment, Hood, Bismarck, Repulse, and all sorts of artillery ship girls from the naval base finally set out, showcasing the powerful single-target destructive force of these cannon ship girls. These ship girls, wielding their turrets, relentlessly bombarded the enemy, each shot accurately taking down an Abyssal Fleet ship and completely tearing apart their steel rigging.

For all admirals, the Deep Sea event is a rewarding opportunity to accumulate merits, and the same goes for new naval commanders.

The other ship girls, who were still far from the newbie naval base, could only watch in disbelief as the newbie naval base launched its attacks in a counter-strategy manner, as if it had already planned out all the countermeasures. From the moment they met, it suppressed the enemy from all sides, grinding the deep-sea ships to the ground.

"What's going on with them?" Some ship girls stared blankly at Lexington and the others' valiant and invincible backs, and couldn't help but start to doubt their own combat power.

They're both ship girls, but why do I feel like they're several levels stronger than me?

"You're new here, aren't you? You don't recognize them?" A veteran ship girl interrupted the ship girl's imagination in time. "They are ship girls from the world's number one naval base."

"The world's number one?!" The ship girl looked at her companion in shock.

"Yes, number one in the world." The veteran ship girl shook her head and sighed, "I haven't seen them for years and they're still so amazing... no, they're even more amazing than before."

"Have you seen them before, senior?"

"Everyone knew them before, they were all like monsters." The veteran ship girl sighed, then patted the ship girl next to her on the back, "Cheer up, we're going to go."

The rookie naval base charged into the enemy ranks, tearing apart their well-organized formation without a word, and unleashing a rampage amidst the enemy's main force. This also presented a good opportunity for the ship girls of other naval bases.

The saying goes, "One generation plants the trees so that another can enjoy the shade." Since there's a safe path already laid out for us, it would be foolish not to use it.

So the large group of ship girls behind them rushed toward the tear in the deep-sea amphibious forces that Lexington and her group had made, almost without thinking.

The battle—no, the harvest—officially began.

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On the beach, Xiaobai opened its eyes and smiled somewhat awkwardly.

The battle was much easier than I had imagined... There were several times when I didn't react when I was supposed to give instructions, but thankfully Lexington made the decisions for me at the last minute, otherwise I would have really held everyone back.

Xiao Bai felt that as an admiral, there was still a lot he needed to learn.

Just as Xiaobai was reflecting on her actions alone on the beach, another group of ship girls followed the admiral onto the beach.

"Admiral, the battle has begun!" a ship girl said, tugging at the admiral's clothes.

"It's already started?" The admiral of this fleet of ship girls was a blonde girl with large, intelligent blue eyes. She looked at the red cannon fire coming from the distance by the sea, and listened to the explosions and the roar of planes. She couldn't help but smile. "It's quite intense."

"Admiral, Admiral, let's get started!" The ship girl beside the admiral pleaded impatiently.