genius war girl

Chapter 358 Merchant Ship
Two weeks seems to be a long time, but in fact, it passed in a blink of an eye, and the time soon came to the day when the game was about to start.

After a simple resupply at the port, the Tianlong where Otowa was located started up and sailed to the sea area where the competition was held.

Like the previous competition, this time the competition was also held by the War Game Alliance branch of G1 in the sea city, and the venue of the competition was naturally also around the sea city.

After leaving the port, Arisa made the turbines run at full speed on the spot, and the ship quickly accelerated to more than 30 knots.

Since the speed was more than half faster than that of Zhanshu, the time for Otowa and his party to reach the competition venue was also much shorter than last time.

"There are not many ships around."

Under the bridge, Otowa slowly observed the surroundings with a telescope.

The difference from the last game is that there are basically no torpedo boats in this game, and the smallest ship is a thousand-ton destroyer.

"That's because we came early. The number of participants in this competition is actually more than last time."

Not long after, Arisa's voice came from Otowa's earphones.

"Is it more than last time?" Otowa asked curiously.

"Well, the last match was 15 vs 15, but this time it's a 20 vs 20 battle." Arisa paused for a while, and then continued: "And there will be a merchant ship coming to escort you later. Now, those ships are really big."

"Then I'll wait and see." Otowa said with a smile.

……

Not long after, five ships that were much larger than the Tianlong came over.

What Arisa said was correct. These ships were indeed not small. If Otowa guessed correctly, each merchant ship had a displacement of at least 5000 tons.

The merchant ships have all arrived at the birth point where Otowa's side is, so her team is naturally the defensive side.

"The protagonist is here, it seems that the game will start soon." Arisa said with some expectation.

"These merchant ships seem to be armed?"

After Otowa finished speaking, he slowly put down the telescope in his hand.

There are quite a few anti-aircraft guns installed on the decks of these ships, and there seem to be a few single-mounted guns that don't know whether they are 120mm or 127mm. The self-defense firepower can be said to be quite powerful.

"Well, after all, it is too easy to be destroyed without self-defense firepower."

"Is anyone operating these artillery?" Otowa continued to ask.

"No." Arisa shook his head, and then continued: "There is no one on the entire ship, and it is all controlled by computers."

"Hey, isn't that invincible?"

The computer's ability to calculate ballistics is not at the same level as that of humans, and the accuracy is naturally very different.

"These computers are all set with a bias value, so they won't hit every shot." Arisa smiled, and then continued: "The hit rate is about... about [-] MMR?"

"Is it only two thousand?"

Otowa's surprise is not unreasonable, students who just graduated from school have at least 2500 MMR, 2000 is completely amateur level, okay?

"Well, last time it was said that a merchant ship slaughtered the attacking team, and the War Game Alliance cut down the merchant ship's AI level." Arisa said helplessly.

"..."

A team was slaughtered by a merchant ship... Isn't this attacker too embarrassing?
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I am the dividing line——
"Game start!"

About 10 minutes later, the ship's radio station received the referee's signal.

Afterwards, the chimneys of the 20 ships spewed out smoke one after another, and all the ships moved at the same time. The scene was quite spectacular.

"Suzuna, inform your teammates that we will take the initiative."

Not long after the game started, Arisa spoke on the ship's radio.

The rules of the war game alliance are quite confusing. Ships of different alliances cannot communicate by radio, and can only transmit information through lights and semaphores.

Therefore, if you want to fight well in the wild team, you must deploy a signalman who is not pitted.

After receiving Arisa's order, the girl she called "Suzuna" quickly came to the top of the bridge, and then operated the searchlight placed there.

Soon, several ships around also sent back information with their searchlights.

"Suzuna, what did they say?" Arisa asked.

"They said 'good luck and smooth sailing'."

"Very well, let's answer them as well~"

"learn."

No matter when, reciprocity is always indispensable.

The ships in the team can be roughly divided into two categories, one is light cruisers and destroyers like Tianlong, and the other is old-fashioned cruisers before World War I or even before World War I.

Although these old-fashioned cruisers look old, their artillery and tonnage are not for decoration. They are much better in firepower and protection than the Tianlong class where Otowa is.

But the disadvantages are not without, that is, their speed is very impressive, generally only in the early 20s, relatively weak in offensive combat, and better at defensive combat.

Shizuku's temperament seems to be similar to Otowa's, and he doesn't like to guard (zuo) Zhu (yi) and wait for rabbit (bi) very much, so he chose Tianlong, which has a stronger offensive ability.

Although they are the defensive side, the defensive side doesn't have to be completely defensive. It is also good to send a few Clippers out to the jungle for scouting.

"Full power! Keep the boiler running at maximum power!"

"learn."

As usual, it was Arisa who directed these small matters.

In the case of advancing at full speed, the Tianlong quickly left the teammates behind and went deep into the sea ahead alone.

……

After a period of sailing, a small island appeared in the observer's field of vision.

According to common sense, it is impossible for such an archipelago to suddenly appear in this sea area.However, in order to make the game more interesting, the War Game Alliance deliberately added many such floating islands to the competition venue.

The Tianlong observers were still very conscientious, and informed Arisa of the news as soon as possible.

"If the enemy wants to reach the escort fleet immediately, the islands in front are the only way to go." Arisa paused, and then continued: "Just wait here and see if we can collect some." Travel expenses or something."

Before the battle, Shizuku told Arisa most of the tactics, and what Arisa said now was actually what Shizuku told her before.

"Otowa, get ready to fire, the enemy may appear at any time."

"It has been prepared for a long time, and you can fire at any time." Otowa smiled, and then said on the radio: "Arisa, don't be too nervous."

"How could I be nervous!" Arisa said with some displeasure.

"Yes, yes, I understand~"

(End of this chapter)