Commander is not normal today

Some of the paintings are very delicate, the flowers, the green grass, the coyotes running among them, the cornflowers in full bloom, are almost lifelike.

Some painters are much naive, with messy lines and strange things, such as submarine badges, big smiling faces, iron-blooded military flags... There is another sentence:

"Wir werden für immer zu

sammen sein”

We will always be together.

The findings of today's cruise investigation are full of doubts, and the amount of alloy recovered by U37 and U96 is not ideal.Bismarck at least felt that he was happy at the moment.

Bismarck paused for a long time before these words, and then laughed softly. She did not object to the little guys having their own hobbies. Bismarck also knew that Zhou Yang took them to draw.

This sentence is enough, at least at this time, Bismarck is in a relaxed mood.

Back in the office, it's [-]:[-] now, dinner is at [-] o'clock, and there is still half an hour to work, at least to summarize today's voyage records.

She picked up the pen, took out a diary from the cabinet, and opened a new page:

"April 27th...Recorder, Bismarck."

There was a sudden knock on the door, and Bismarck continued his recording, raising his voice and saying, "Come in."

Maybe it's Cologne, she's the secretary, do you have anything to report?thought Bismarck.

The person who did not expect to come in was Tirpitz, which surprised Bismarck a little. She put down her pen: "Tirpitz, what's the matter?"

Ashamed to say, although the other party is his sister, Bismarck has almost no communication with her except for work.If the other party took the initiative to come to him, it must be because of some important work.

"I just came to see you, are you tired today?" Tirpitz stood straight in front of Bismarck, she pulled the brim of her hat, and then, as if to add, spit out two words, "Sister. "

Bismarck was extremely surprised. Over the years, this was the first time that the two had such a "daily" communication.

"I...I'm fine." She could hardly believe her ears, "What's the matter, Tirpitz?"

What a strange sister, just a daily greeting is enough to make Bismarck happy.

"Don't be like this, you usually put too much pressure on yourself." Tirpitz sat opposite her, "Sister, how much alloy did the U-boat recover today?"

When they finally talked about work, Bismarck breathed a sigh of relief.

"Three yuan." Her tone became heavy, "It shouldn't be this amount, but...it is."

"very bad."

"Yes, very bad."

Tirpitz's fox tail was finally exposed, and she smiled, like a flower in the snow quietly blooming:

"Then if I tell you that we don't have to worry about repairing ship equipment in the future, do you still feel bad?"

Chapter 30 Fate

Bismarck's mood was like going from the bottom of the valley to the clouds. After circling the sky three times, he began to circle and circle. He didn't sleep well all night.

No wonder she is like this, calm as Bismarck, after learning that the biggest problem plaguing Neuschwanstein Castle has been solved, she can't restrain her surging emotions.

It's really kind of Zhou Yang to help.

The next day she got up very early, carefully arranged her appearance, and planned to use her full energy to discuss a series of matters with Zhou Yang about forging the metal used for damage pipes.

Zhou Yang also stayed up all night. In the first half of the night, he had to deal with the entangled Long Island, and in the second half of the night, he turned on the desk lamp and carefully studied the piece of metal he asked for back from Tirpitz.

Finally, after breakfast, Bismarck sent him an invitation to "talk to you in the office" in front of everyone.

Zhou Yang has already made preparations. This is the second time he has come to Bismarck's office. Besides her, Prince Eugen and Tirpitz are also there.

Prince Eugen smiled at him and blinked secretly.

"Zhou Yang, what specifications do you need for the smelting furnace you're talking about?" Bismarck said straight to the point. She had heard Tirpitz say that the other party didn't like calling him Mr. Mr. Mr. like that.

Zhou Yang handed over a piece of paper with densely packed small characters and an illustration of the structure of the smelting furnace. Bismarck took it, looked at it carefully, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, except for the very high requirements on the temperature in the furnace, other aspects are very simple and can be done, and there is no big requirement for stability.

She pondered for a moment, and reported a number:

"Two days. Within two days, the furnace will be built, please believe in the craftsmanship of Iron Blood."

Zhou Yang waved his hand: "It doesn't matter, the stove is not the point, I have to tell you first, what is the damage control."

Of course, Bismarck is not unfamiliar with this term. The former battleship Bismarck was equipped with a damage control unit. Its whole process is damage control, which is a series of measures such as prevention, limitation and elimination of damage taken by the ship to maintain and restore vitality. with action.

"To put it simply, it's like a battleship. If the deck is bombed, repair the damaged parts, extinguish the fire if it breaks out, and drain the water if it leaks. It's just an emergency measure. Don't treat it as a panacea. "

Bismarck shrugged noncommittally:

"You know the current situation of Neuschwanstein Castle. It is better to have emergency measures than nothing."

Having said that, Bismarck knew that on the ever-changing battlefield, having damage control is more than just an emergency, it is simply able to save a life when necessary.

In the past, the girls of Neuschwanstein Castle had also encountered dangerous battles. If it weren't for the blessing of the ocean, some sisters would have left.It's like a kind of insurance. You may not feel much effect at ordinary times, but it will definitely not work if you don't have it at critical moments.

(Note: The author is not selling insurance)

"Then there's the material." Seeing the other party's clear state, Zhou Yang didn't say anything more, "I used to use the steel from the body of sea beasts, well, in fact, they are all made of steel."

"What about now?" Tirpitz asked instead of his sister.

"It's the same now. Long Island and I researched this method together. At that time, she thought that since the maintenance of the ship's equipment needed to use the alloy produced after the sea beast sank, the steel body of the sea beast should have a similar effect. "

"Later, we tried many times, and tried various materials and metals in the middle. Only then did we barely figure out the way."

Speaking of this, whether it was Bismarck, Tirpitz, or Prince Eugen who didn't even know why he was called over, they all pricked up their ears. What the other party was talking about was very important. , if you can fully understand the principles, can you completely solve all material problems?

Zhou Yang didn't seem to have any intention of hiding anything, and said directly:

"Catalyst. Catalyst is the most important thing. I will cut this alloy into many small pieces—"

"Wait a minute, won't that lose its effect?" Prince Eugen joined the conversation, "We have also tried before, cutting a whole block of alloy into small parts to use, but once divided, it becomes completely dead like metal."

"No problem," Zhou Yang said. "At that time, the damage control material for the Z23 was part of the Long Island carrier-based aircraft, and the material of the carrier-based aircraft...has the same origin as the alloy, right?"

"I remember that the role of this alloy is not as simple as repairing the ship's equipment, strengthening the ship's equipment, making naval guns, carrier-based aircraft, torpedoes, and even some special ship-based equipment. It is not They lost their original strength, but the method of use has become more difficult to master. That's why it is necessary to use a smelting furnace to completely turn them into molten steel, so as to have a new plasticity."

"The steel body of the sea beast hides a huge power, but this power is violent and uncontrollable. I have also faced sea beasts and know the pressure they give people."

"The sunken sea beast slowly turns into this kind of alloy. In fact, it strips off this violent and uncontrollable force and turns it into the most original pure posture. The high temperature in the smelting furnace will use violent means to speed up this process. Then add a catalyst—that is, a small piece of alloy after cutting, and use special means to combine them, and the new product produced is an emergency metal for damage control.”

"If the principle in the middle needs to be explained in detail,..."

This conversation could hardly go on, because Zhou Yang was almost the only one talking at the end, and he didn't feel that the atmosphere was awkward. Anyway, he just told all the information he had on his own, and he didn't seem to distrust each other at all. .

"Actually, I still have another question. Sea beasts are violent and uncontrollable, but after they sink, the alloy they produce can be needed by the ship's mother. It doesn't feel like some kind of coincidence."

This is also Zhou Yang's question all along. He doesn't believe in coincidences. The appearance of the ship's mother and sea beasts cannot be described as coincidence. No matter how idealistic life is, there must be a logical chain behind it.

Unexpectedly, after such a sharp question was raised, Bismarck did not react too much, but smiled bitterly.

"Of course we know about this kind of thing." She said in a low voice.

"Zhou Yang, you probably don't know that the ship's mother is born with a sense of fateful hatred for sea beasts. This feeling has prompted us to learn to fight and fight against them on the sea surface from birth."

"Even the 'alloy produced after the sinking of the sea beast' can repair and strengthen the ship's armor, it's knowledge we all know from birth, it's an instinct, if you say there's nothing strange about it, even we ourselves don't believe it. "

Tirpitz and Prince Eugen also nodded, and the atmosphere in the office was not good.

"Okay, fate." Zhou Yang had a rare reading of the air, and suddenly he laughed again, "Donghuang people really believe in fate, but unfortunately I'm not a normal Donghuang person, so now I can Just help everyone out."

Chapter 31 The Listener

This conversation has come to an end for the time being. Regarding fate and coincidence, Zhou Yang has no desire to explore carefully at all. He himself is a person who dissociates from "fate".

Prince Eugen has left, she still has daily practice to do, Tirpitz has also left, today she will be in charge of leading the team, and the U-boats will set off again, this time what needs to be recovered is the steel body of the sunken sea beast .

Zhou Yang said that he only needed a small part, and told him not to take too much, but Iron Blood's way of doing things requires perfection, so Tirpitz decided to simply pull them all back.

The room suddenly lost two people, and it suddenly became much more empty. In fact, Bismarck's office is not too big, just a small room in Neuschwanstein Castle. Inside, she was even the only one more often.

"Is there anything else?" Zhou Yang asked simply and clearly, "If not, I'll go and see where a stove is suitable for building, and I'll help out in the middle."

This too plain tone made Bismarck feel in a trance, but he couldn't tell what it was.

"Let's go together." At last she had to say.

"Alright." Zhou Yang nodded, after all, the other party is the owner and leader of Neuschwanstein Castle.

At this time, it was almost nine o'clock in the morning, and it was spring. The wild flowers in the yard were in full bloom, the trees and shrubs were growing lush, and the air was filled with the unique cool smell of the sea.

Zhou Yang and Bismarck walked around Neuschwanstein Castle for a while before finally deciding to build a smelting furnace in a less conspicuous place.

Perhaps a huge stone in his heart finally fell, and Bismarck's face showed a rare look of relief.

In fact, after finalizing all the details, there was no need for Bismarck to continue wandering around, but at this time she just wanted to simply take a walk.

For too much time, she just put all her energy on the various affairs of Neuschwanstein Castle. Such a walk is a kind of respite for her.

"Let's go around two more times, how about it?" Bismarck asked, his tone much more relaxed than usual.

Zhou Yang thought to himself, if you are not in a hurry, then I am not in a hurry, so he nodded and agreed: "This is indeed a beautiful place, I mean, the site selection and the natural environment inside and outside the building."

"Yeah, back then we walked along the beach for a long time before we chose this place. It has a wide view, calm seas, and it's not too cold in winter and not too hot in summer."

"Did you really build such a big fort by yourself back then?" Zhou Yang asked, just chatting casually, so he asked casually.

The area of ​​Neuschwanstein Castle certainly cannot be compared with the real "Neuschwanstein Castle" in history, but it is still an exquisite, simple and heavy big house, and human beings have to spend 80 yuan to build a building. In the past few years, the manpower and material resources spent in the middle are unimaginable. How did such a small ship build this residence in the first place?

"It's up to us," as soon as Bismarck mentioned Neuschwanstein Castle, there was a kind of pride in Bismarck's tone, and she smiled:

"Zhou Yang, don't forget that we are ship girls, possessing powers that are unmatched by ordinary people, and we are no worse than anyone else in terms of craftsmanship. Moreover, it was not such a big fortress in the beginning, and many locations were built later."

While talking, Bismarck pointed out the garden beside him to Zhou Yang:

"Look here, there was no garden at all in the earliest days, it was just a few houses. Later, when there were more people, we began to expand, and then it was not enough just to have a place to live. The area for activities and the area for rest are also our slow-moving areas. Slowly expand..."

Zhou Yang thoughtfully listened to Bismarck's introduction to her: the flowers in the flower bed were raised by so-and-so many years ago, and this sculpture was written by so-and-so many years ago...

There is also the inconspicuous porcelain bottle in the corner, which was the oldest U-boat U37 at that time. It was found during a certain exploration. It is a long-lost precious collection in the human world, and it is now lying in the quiet corner of Neuschwanstein Castle. inside.

She spoke slowly, Zhou Yang listened slowly, he is a very good listener.

The history of Neuschwanstein Castle over the years is like a vivid picture scroll, laid out in front of his eyes with Bismarck's narration.

During this period, Bismarck mentioned a ship girl named "Frederick the Great" many times. In Zhou Yang's impression, this name is really too long a memory, and it has to be traced back to the iron-blooded High Seas Fleet period.

Unlike the battleship Bismarck, when she was active, the time has come to World War II more than 20 years later.

At that time, there was no warship like Frederick the Great in Iron Blood, and Zhou Yang had never seen the mysterious woman Frederick the Great in Neuschwanstein Castle.

Unable to restrain the curiosity rising in his heart, Zhou Yang still asked:

"Bismarck, I haven't seen many of the people you mentioned just now, and the numbers don't match up."

"Of course, because we are iron-blooded, and half of the ship girls are not here." Bismarck smiled, but his voice was a little lonely.

She would not have mentioned this kind of information to Zhou Yang, no matter what, the other party is a human being, a "guest" of Neuschwanstein Castle, but at this time Bismarck is willing to treat him as one of his own.

"I didn't tell you before, Frederick the Great is our most iron-blooded ship wife, and there are many empty rooms in Neuschwanstein Castle, because she took half of them away."

"It's not like you imagined, split or something. The iron blood is still the iron blood, but we are not together. Zhou Yang, you have to remember that when the iron blood is really together, there will be nothing that can resist the iron blood's march. "

Zhou Yang snorted, and did not comment on this question. Why did Frederick the Great take away half of the shipwives from Neuschwanstein Castle? Zhou Yang stopped asking about the deeper reasons. He is just a listener now.

Bismarck continued talking on his own, with a look of nostalgia besides loneliness on his face:

"Emperor Frederick, Ulrich von Hutten, they are a pair of sisters, just like me and Tirpitz, we knew each other very early, when we were still traveling in the human world, one day Prince Eugen suddenly came over and told me that she met two people who looked like ship girls."

"I immediately took Tirpitz and Prince Eugen to find them. I knew at the first sight that we must be iron-blooded sisters... Of course, many things happened in between, and we also We decided to end our travels and build our own home."

"Let's not talk about Ulrich, Frederick the Great was a very assertive person. He was assertive and powerful at the same time. She and I were also responsible for iron and blood matters. Later, because of a little difference in philosophy, we separated like this. , but she and I both know that Sangvis has never split, it is just exploring different paths, that's all."

Chapter 32 Cutting

"That's the bad thing. Many of the people who followed Frederick were our main force. Most of the people who stayed with me were Z-drivers and U-boats."

"These little guys, they are just children, how can they let them go to the battlefield? So, a few years ago, we adults had a hard time."

Zhou Yang listened to her talk silently, thinking, no matter what the story is, being separated from an important partner will definitely not make people happy.Stress and the like, even if you think about it, there will never be less.

Bismarck's expression became more and more cheerful as he told the story. The words in his heart had been backlogged for a long time. If they were suddenly released, no matter whether it was a person or a ship's wife, they would become easier visible to the naked eye.