Iron-blooded Sister-in-law

"...Heh, I didn't consume fuel at all, so why not talk about rest."

After hearing the broadcast, the blushing Eugen seemed to lose interest all of a sudden, and jumped off the turret.

She gently stroked Kremlin's slightly hot gun barrel, her eyes filled with strange desire.

In the end, she leaned over gently, covering a small piece of turret armor with her plump delicate body——

"This is the smell of power."

Fascinating.

"Om-"

The turret began to return, and I don’t know if Kremlin did it unintentionally, or because she felt disgusted to drive people away——

She smiled, stayed away from the No. [-] turret, and returned to the bottom of the bridge—

While pushing open the door of the command tower, she paused slightly and narrowed her eyes: "Has he been promoted to level 9... His military exploits for sinking can be counted on our heads—"

……

Looking at Eugen, who had crossed his legs and looked like "You can arrange the action plan as you like", Kremlin, who had already given up on her a little, looked quite strange at this moment.

Although I knew from the first meeting that this German woman must be a little sick...

But I didn't expect it to be so sick.

He was very proud of his gun barrel, but it was a bit scary for this woman to "get into shape" with his turret.

Of course, this may be related to the "species characteristics" of the ship's mother——

He knew every detail of his hull, and he could naturally feel that the place where Eugen sat on the No. [-] turret just now left a puddle of water for some reason... Now it has been completely dried by the sea breeze.

The Kremlin's turret also has "empathy" with his body. The hull is connected to nerves, which are generally used to determine the degree of damage and decide whether to use damage control or emergency repair devices, but I didn't expect——

He glanced at his left hand, then turned his head away a little stiffly, pretending that he was admiring the sunset over the sea.

The No. [-] turret is the right hand, and the No. [-] turret is the left hand. Eugen was sitting on his left hand just now.

He began to think seriously—whether he should tell Eugen that in fact, the restaurant has quite a variety of vegetables, all of which are rationed according to full capacity, and the food transformed by Zelo is not afraid of spoilage.

As for himself--

He silently glanced at the favorability of Prince Eugen on the combat panel—

62, which has already broken through and is even 23 point higher than before Z-1.

It's just watching him fire two shots...

He was also curious if this woman's attitude towards him would change if she broke through 70 or 80 favorability...

But sure enough, getting good relations with German ships other than Z-23... let's forget it first, it's troublesome to think about it.

After appreciating the Kremlin's art of war, Z-23 also accepted the status of a tool man who could not do anything for the time being, and worked hard in the position of the observer to save the Kremlin's energy.

Moving forward along the sunken white mark of the siren, Z-23's eyes suddenly lit up.

But this time instead of salvage rays surfacing:

"I seem to see the shadow of the island!" She shouted to Kremlin, who was taking a break—

"where is it?"

"To the northwest, the range finder is on the same line."

Following Z-23's instructions, Kremlin's eyes also caught the red and gray land figure.

The island is not the hull of a siren, so naturally it does not emit light, but it is flickering in the afterglow of the dying sun, it seems to be approaching, and it seems to be moving away from them.

"distance?"

"About eleven nautical miles."

Z-23 raised his head slightly: "It seems that we are lucky—"

"Only a dull idealist would attribute the result of careful planning to the gift of heaven."

Kremlin raised his eyebrows and said, "Captain, you have to understand that the discoveries at sea come from our hard work and persistence."

"Yes, it is……"

No, sailors are generally a little superstitious—it's really rare to see a "ship" like yours that doesn't believe in evil.

Z-23 complained in his heart, but his face was still very serious.

"It looks like a big island... wait, there's another one behind??"

As more silhouettes emerged, the strong man's tone became lighter:

"The more reference objects the better, Prince Eugen, the sea chart is with you, try to locate the landmarks according to the shape of the island—"

"...You didn't synchronize your vision with mine."

Eugen replied indifferently, then scooped up his twin ponytails, picked up the chart spread out on the information table, and handed it to Z-23——

"23, can you roughly recognize the shapes of those two islands?"

"The ring island, and the shoal..."

Because the Kremlin basically had no patrol experience in the South Pacific, he stared at the two landmarks for a long time without knowing them, but Z-23 recognized them first.

"That's Totoya Island, it should be right, I saw its inner bay—"

Z-23 hits the fist:

"We're approaching Fiji - sure! This is Fiji!"

Finally positioned.

Kremlin let out a long breath, and the uneasiness in his heart calmed down.

Regardless of his superficial stability, he is actually a little afraid of leading people into the ditch.

"Very well, in Fiji, we can definitely find a suitable foothold... Why do you have such an expression?"

The Soviets looked back, only to find that the two German sticks had a face that was too dark to wash off.

That heavy look, as if the front is not some supply base or iconic island, but a hell.

"What about Fiji..."

"Well, Fiji."

After Eugen recounted it, Z-23 adjusted his mentality first, and looked at Kremlin with a little helplessness.

"Commander, I think we may not have the conditions to break through."

"Breakthrough? You mean?"

"Whether Fiji goes north, south, east or west, it is the core sea area where the Sirens are stationed."

She tried to speak less desperately, but she had to make the Kremlin realize the reality, and she was very distressed.

"Our starting point should be a hollow place where their dense defense network is rare, so we only saw some bulk cargo fleets cruising nearby, but as long as we try to go out of Fiji, we will immediately be attacked by sirens at the level of the United Fleet .”

Prince Eugen clapped his hands, as if he wanted to use black humor: "Since the establishment of Azur Lane, no fleet has been able to break through the central defense line of the Siren, and have a glimpse of the whole picture of Vanuatu and Fiji, but we did it, Commander ...Even if we are the one being surrounded now, this achievement can be recorded in the annals of history, hehe."

Hearing this, Kremlin twitched his eyebrows: "...Oh, it does sound like good news that deserves a drink to celebrate."

Chapter 09

The Pearl of the South Pacific, the Fiji Islands.

Although it is impossible to get a glimpse of its whole picture, the Kremlin moored in the inner bay of the island can still feel a bit of the comfort from the salty sea breeze when the Dutch and the British first came here, but the so-called "human sorrows and joys are not the same." However, compared to how quickly those colonists discovered the new area, he only felt that the burden on his shoulders was a little heavier.

The sea areas on the north, west and east sides are all garrisoned by sirens. Even if the sirens have no interest in occupying islands and land, the space left for him to explore is too narrow.

As for going west?Unless he wanted to keep company with kangaroos, that would definitely not be a route that would be considered. Besides, the Sirens' fleet in the direction of Australia was not a vegetarian either.

After confirming that there were no minefields near the island, they immediately launched a landing operation. The Kremlin quickly hid the hull in the water, and jumped onto the beach of Totoya Island with AK-47, flagpole and camera.

As the ship girls said, there are no siren garrison infantry and armored units on the island, and even those buildings that look like mountain fortresses are empty.

The interior of Totoya was quite clean, and a tall and spacious military base with complete production lines was built. The lighting equipment in it seemed to use the energy automatically produced by the production line. The Kremlin even suspected that even if he waited for someone a hundred years later to Visiting this place, the searchlights on the top of the cave will still welcome them brightly——

"……Safety."

After "searching" the cave, the strong man who put down the barrel raised his fist towards the two ladies with increasingly subtle expressions at the entrance of the cave.

"As a battleship, why does his way of reconnaissance and combat look more like an army?" Eugen glanced at Z-23 who was also confused, because this behavior was not only confusing but also meaningless.

Even if dozens of tanks are parked here, it will be difficult to effectively penetrate the Kremlin and the heavily armed Eugen, not to mention that the army's conventional ammunition has no effect on the ship's armor.

And the Kremlin... He can scrape off a layer of rocks from the mountain with just a few clicks of his fingers, but he is still equipped with offensive grenades, Molotov and assault rifles that he got from somewhere The corners are the same as the marines' beach grabbing.

"Maybe it has something to do with the fact that the commander was once a human?"

Z-23 didn't seem to treat Kremlin as a pure human being from the beginning, and now his words are filled with the meaning of expelling him.

Unlike Z-23's doubts, Eugen, who had thought about it for a long time, suddenly realized that the Army's legend about the Red Sea Navy's "Sea Soul" did not seem to be entirely a "legend".

"There are a lot of things inside...Prince Eugen...You first check the supplies, and the captain and I will go to the commanding heights to install the recording equipment—"

After arranging the division of labor, Kremlin involuntarily picked up the things again, and pulled the Z-23 to climb to a higher place.

"Commander, what do you mean by carrying this flag?" Z-23, who was still in a trance, finally couldn't help asking the strong man who took the lead in the investigation.

"Now Fiji has long been out of the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth, right?" Kremlin asked in a relaxed tone, hiding the uneasy emotions in his heart——

"Well, after all, the power of the Royal Fleet has long been unable to radiate this piece of sea." Z-23 tilted his head——Siren's core fleet is patrolling the surrounding area, so these islands should be regarded as unclaimed land. .

"Very well, the island now belongs to the great Soviet Union—"

With that said, the two had climbed to the top, and the Kremlin planted the red flag straight on the highest point of the dwarf mountain without any pressure.

The sickle and hammer slowly swayed with the sea breeze at night, shining golden light against the bright moonlight and the red background——

"..." Z-23 watched the commander's bewildered behavior and remained silent for a long time.

Did you carry the flag and climb the mountain for half an hour just to declare your sovereignty at the highest point? ?

It means that it doesn’t matter if all these islands are directly incorporated into the Soviet territory. Anyway, no one can or dare to object. Even if they want to object, they have to tear the outer siren first.

"Captain, do you think this is a formalistic behavior?"

Satisfied, Kremlin turned his head and stared at Z-23 whose skin glowed like ivory under the moonlight.