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The house smelled of food.

The girls glanced at each other, walked carefully to the door, and found that it was a cafeteria with neatly arranged tables and chairs.The smell of food came from the room inside.

Kashima and Val sniffed the air, and at the same time noticed the surprise in each other's eyes.

It was at this moment that Nelson, who had just come out of the back room, noticed that someone had come to the door, and he walked out wearing an apron: "Ah! Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, wait a minute, breakfast will be ready soon."

"Uh...you made this?" Kashima was a little unsure, she thought it was Steve who did the cooking.

"Hey, yes!" The mustache sailor scratched the back of his head and smiled, "Actually, it's nothing. Although the admiral asked me to help him with the salvage of the ship, but the salvage doesn't go to sea every day. I didn't have anything to do, so I made a guest appearance. I suggested that the admiral build this cafeteria, so that it will be more convenient for everyone to eat together in the future."

"Oh...so that's the case." Kashima nodded, "What about Mr. Admiral? Isn't he in the tutelary mansion?"

Nelson wiped the water stains on his hands with his apron, "Oh, admiral! After the admiral finished building the canteen in the morning, he was called by Mr. Xin Lian to have a meeting with the captain of the ship. I heard it was two hundred nautical miles away. We found a convoy outside, and now everyone in the convoy is sorting out supplies, to see if we can exchange some things!"

"Oh... that's right," Kashima was silent for a while, "Okay, I see, thank you for the information."

"It's nothing, I'm also a member of the tutelary mansion, I should, I should." Nelson was talking, when he suddenly smelled a bad smell coming from the room: "Ah! Not good, I went to the stove!" After speaking, he ran into the back room in a panic.

"It seems that the other party also wants to take the initiative to contact us." Before Kashima spoke, Wei Er said her thoughts.

Kashima supported his chin and nodded: "Yeah, I thought it would be a while before we met them... The submarine Mr. Admiral met should be out for reconnaissance, otherwise there is no reason for a submarine to go out alone. Then what is the target of the other party's reconnaissance is more interesting..."

"Deep Sea Fleet, resource points." Weier succinctly expressed his judgment.

"Well, there shouldn't be a third choice," Kashima affirmed Weier's deduction, "That is to say, there should be a deep-sea fleet or a resource point near this sea area."

"Or both," Val added.

"Ah...yes, there might be both," Kashima couldn't help taking a deep breath when he mentioned the Deep Sea Fleet, "Let's discuss this issue after Mr. Admiral comes back! After all, he is the backbone of the fleet. .”

"Ah."

At this moment, Nelson came out with the finished fish dish: "Ah... sorry, I was distracted, so I failed a little bit. I have cleaned the burnt part, but it still has a little taste... ...Please forgive me, ladies."

"It's okay, I'm sorry for you." Kashima said with a smile, she really has the demeanor of a secretary ship.

Nelson smiled hospitablely, and after apologizing, he went back to the kitchen to clean the kitchen utensils.

……

When Steve came back, it was already noon.

Coincidentally, Wei Er, who went out to patrol in the morning, just came back at this time.

After Kashima became a real "deer" unit, the task of patrolling naturally fell to Weier.However, since Val can easily reach a speed of 35 knots, it is obviously much easier to do a sea patrol than the "short-legged" Kashima with a limit speed of only 18 knots.The original patrol once a day can be completed in half a day.

So the three of them started their first combat meeting on the first floor of Steve's residence, which is now tentatively the admiral's room.

Kashima is standing in the middle of the admiral's room at the moment, and she is very excited because this is the first time she has presided over a combat meeting as a secretary ship.Weier sat obediently on the wooden sofa by the wall, looking serious.

But Steve is now looking bored: "It's a meeting again...Why do you all like such an inefficient way of communication?"

"Ahem, Mr. Admiral, please pay attention to your image. This is the first combat meeting after the reorganization of the Bugas Township. I hope you will be more serious and listen to our suggestions." Kashima straightened his neckline Said.

Steve is now lying on his admiral's desk.His position should be regarded as the top seat in the entire room, but this superiority did not increase the interest of Cube Man at all: "Oh, you can do whatever you want... I have already had a meeting this morning , but it turns out that there is still a meeting when I come back, so I just listen to you."

"This is impossible," Kashima said with a serious face, "Mr. Admiral is the core figure of the tutelary mansion, and my job is to ensure that you can receive all useful information, and to help you analyze the situation correctly and assist you in formulating a strategy." Plan. You are the one who makes the final decision, and I will never do something like passing judgment on my own."

"Ah... well, well, whatever you say, that's it." Steve rested his head on the table.

"Well, ahem, but other than that, I want to know what the boat group said." Kashima asked seriously.

"The convoy side... actually didn't say anything particularly useful. They were basically fighting for the public budget. The salvage team hoped to add new cargo ships; the fishing team said the ships were old, Hope to update; the ship owner in charge of planting said that the number of scurvy patients in the convoy has increased, and hopes to exchange more vegetable seeds; the repair shop said that tools are missing, and hope to exchange for..."

"Uh, stop, stop..." Kashima looked at Steve in surprise, "I didn't expect you, Admiral, to have a serious meeting... What about our tutelary mansion? How much did you win?"

"No." Steve replied honestly.

Kashima froze for a moment: "Ah? No?"

"That's right! The rest of the convoy have to pay part of the tax, but the tutelary mansion doesn't need to pay tax at all. Besides, I calculated, their tax is probably not as much as I sell a box of wood...you How can I ask them to ask for tax money to help the tutelary mansion in exchange for supplies?"

"That's not right! Mr. Admiral! This is not right!" Kashima stepped forward and tapped Steve's square head on the table, "No matter how much that part of the budget is, we have to fight for it. In addition, just to let everyone know that the tutelary mansion is in operation and needs the support of the fleet. No matter how powerful you are, the admiral, or how much you don't need the support of the fleet, you must show that you need support! It doesn’t matter if you don’t need a budget once or twice, as time goes by, the convoy will suspect that we have ulterior motives.”

"Uh...is that so?" Steve was taken aback, he really didn't think of this.

"Of course it is," Kashima breathed out lightly, "In this world, ship girls and humans coexist, and coexistence requires a balanced relationship with humans, do you understand?"

"I don't understand." Steve shook his head honestly.

Kashima hid his face: "Okay, it doesn't matter if you don't understand, anyway, next time, admiral, just remember to ask for a little budget."

"Okay, I get it now."

"Then I'm going to talk about our business."

Kashima reorganized his thoughts, and then told Steve what he had discussed with Weier before, and finally added: "... Whether it is a resource point or a deep sea fleet near here, or both Yes, I don’t think we should get involved in this muddy water, the tutelary fort is too weak now, at least wait until you can build a fleet, Admiral.”

After listening to Kashima's words, Steve thought about it for a while: "But... I think we can participate."

"Mr. Admiral!" Kashima just wanted to refute, then quickly realized that he was a host, and then changed the subject, "Okay, please tell your reason."

"Uh, actually, I think it's okay! I don't think our combat power is that weak..." Steve said.

"Not that weak?" Kashima found it incredible, "We are able to fight now, and only Vale is alone! Although she is excellent, the training of the fairy crew is not enough. Even if my fairy crew is given She, she can only fight alone! Admiral, are you going to send her to die?"

"Uh...Kashima, calm down, listen to me." Facing the agitated Kashima, he quickly waved his hands, "No, no, this is how things are. I think I and Val It should be able to effectively deal with the deep-sea fleet."

"Ah? You? Going to fight with Val?" Kashima was inexplicably surprised.

She turned her gaze to Weier, but the latter nodded: "It's actually like this. When I was fighting with you in the morning, didn't you hit the commander with a shell? Because of this matter, the commander found me in the afternoon , I wanted to try the power of shelling and mine equipment, so I let him try it."

Speaking of this, Weier paused slightly: "The commander can directly take down my four consecutive lightning strikes."

Hearing Weier's words, Kashima opened his mouth wide enough to stuff an egg: "Four... four consecutive lightning strikes... If I remember correctly, your lightning suit is..."

"Well, plus the equipment given to me by the admiral, my mine equipment is 103. Four bursts can definitely sink an RU-class battleship."

"Uh... Actually, I didn't take it down," Steve waved his hand to correct Weier's statement, "If I get hit head-on, I can only take one shot, and the second shot won't last, but I use the sword After one hit, the torpedo exploded. The explosion damage actually doesn’t hurt very much.”

Chapter 92

With the explanation given by Steve, Kashima has no way to fully understand what it means.

... to shoot torpedoes with a sword?

Kashima felt that it was difficult for him to imagine such a picture, but what Weier said, there should be no falsehood.Then, based on the understanding of the ship's mother, Kashima can only understand it as: "In other words, can the admiral block four near-miss torpedoes or a direct hit torpedo?"

"Uh... that's about it!"

"What about the bombardment? Have you ever tried bombardment?" Kashima asked eagerly, and it was Weier who was sitting beside her who answered her.

"The bombardment admiral took about sixteen rounds," said Wilton, "I don't know why the ricochet rate is so high."

"Probably because I'm not wearing a ship suit..." Steve looked at his Mithril armor, "But I can't repair this armor now, and the person who can do it is gone. If you don't wear this suit Armor, I can't stand it."

"That's it... no wonder..." Kashima seemed to be able to accept the fact that Steve received the bombardment physically, "Then... If this is the case, Mr. Admiral and Weier should be able to contain a small destroyer formation together. .”

"Uh, how many people are there in the small destroyer formation?"

"A light cruiser with four destroyers, or a formation of six destroyers." Kashima explained, "If that's the case, we can do some reconnaissance and containment work... But, I still think it's too dangerous for you, Admiral, to go into battle in person gone."

Regarding Kashima's doubts, Steve waved his hand and said that there is no problem: "The attack frequency of naval guns is low, and the hit rate is also very low. Basically, it is not too dangerous if it cannot be killed with one blow!"

Seeing Steve's confidence, Kashima asked Weier for confirmation with some doubts, and the latter nodded and gave an affirmative answer: "As long as the commander is not targeted, there should be no problem."

"Well, since Val has said so..." Kashima could only nod his head and submit to the main combat faction, "But... Admiral, you don't have any means of attack, so please be careful."

"It's all right if you give the ship to the commander." Weier silently looked away while talking.

Kashima immediately became coquettish: "No!"

"Okay, okay," Steve waved his hand, "I won't use your ship suit anymore. As for the attack method, Val lent me her ship suit and tested it..."

"What! Val, you lent him the ship outfit?!" Kashima was taken aback.

"That's right," Val drank tea calmly on the sofa, "I just lent the quadruple torpedo launcher to the commander."

"Oh..." Kashima realized that she was thinking too much, and shook her head vigorously to get rid of the weird picture in her mind. After calming down a little, she asked, "Then...how is it?"

"It probably means that the commander can borrow equipment from others during the battle." Weier's expression was as calm as ever, and he spoke concisely.

Hearing this conclusion, Kashima was stunned for a moment: "Borrow equipment?"

"Senior Kashima, don't you understand the meaning?" Wei Er asked suddenly.

Kashima shook his head, and the pair of horses followed her movements, swaying innocently.

She really didn't understand the difference... Then Kashima felt the pity of the other two.

"Then, that...why are you looking at me like that!" Kashima was very unhappy at the feeling of being isolated.

"The secretary ship is disqualified, senior," Weier sighed softly: "The commander can carry a large amount of ammunition, and he can borrow our ship equipment, that is to say, as long as the commander is there, he is It is a mobile ammunition and fuel supply point, and it is much stronger than ordinary supply ships."

Kashima opened her mouth wide and looked at Steve who was scratching his head and laughing. She really just realized that her admiral actually has such a strategic role.

"Well, yes." Steve nodded himself, "So I think we still have the conditions to negotiate with each other."

Only then did Kashima understand where Steve's confidence lies.

Everyone knows the basic common sense of war that the soldiers and horses are not moved, but the food and grass go first.

Supplies are also very important in the battle of the ship girl.The fuel and ammunition wasted by the fleets going back and forth again and again is astonishing. If calculated carefully, it is probably enough to make every admiral cry.

But if there is a large-scale supply point that can go out with the fleet, is very durable but is actually completely inconspicuous, what a vital role it will play in the stronghold strategy... This is an obvious thing.

Since this is the case, then the other party has no choice but to protect the admiral with all his might!If so, you can participate with confidence.

After taking this reassurance, Kashima completely agreed with Steve.

However, if the meeting ended just like this, Kashima felt that her first combat meeting as a secretary ship was a bit of a failure, because she seemed to be the only one who couldn't figure out the situation from the beginning to the end.

...Since when did Wei Er know the admiral so well?

Whispering in his heart, Kashima cleared his throat and continued: "Ahem, then, this is the end of the discussion with Dempsey's tutelary mansion. Next, I want to talk about the training level."

"Experience?" Steve was taken aback for a moment, "What is that?"

"Mr. Admiral, don't think that the battle will be easy if you draw a powerful ship girl!" Kashima summoned the ship suit, and he clapped his hands, and many goblins came out of the ship suit .There are two or three of them in their respective positions, standing together like soldiers waiting for inspection, "For the ship girl, the ship is a tool for fighting, but the ship is not controlled by yourself , but the goblins living in the ship. Everyone listen to my password and salute the admiral."

"Crack!" Under Kashima's command, more than a dozen goblins saluted Steve at the same time.

Steve was taken aback by this... He thought these goblins were the kind of neutral creatures who couldn't communicate at all.Curiously, he walked over and poked a goblin in blue clothes with his finger, but the other party was very military-literate and didn't move at all.

The goblin’s reaction was very military, Kashima nodded in satisfaction, and she continued: “So, the proficiency of the goblins is actually the level of training of the ship’s equipment... After the ship is rebuilt, Will your ship’s The practice level has already returned to zero!"

In response, the silver-haired girl in the white hat nodded.

"Let the admiral see the difference between high and low training levels!" Kashima said.

Weier, who never changed her face, showed a embarrassed look on her face at this moment, and she hesitated a little: "Really, do you want to try here?"

"Of course." Kashima nodded.

Weier blinked: "Is this the senior's making things difficult?"

"No, I just want to clarify the situation with the admiral." Wei Er was so chatty that Kashima started talking.

Steve also felt that this situation was quite new, because from the time we met yesterday, Wei Er had given him the impression that she was the kind of calm but extremely capable ship girl, very reliable... I didn't expect that she would still be like this.

"Okay!" Weier stood up and summoned her ship suit, "Well, everyone, please come out."

Ten seconds passed...the goblin didn't come out of the suit all the time.

"Ahem, goblins, please come out!"

Another ten seconds passed, and finally a goblin emerged from the gun barrel, and looked at everyone in the room with curious eyes.

Val spread her hands, expressing that she could do nothing: "They're just shy."

"Yes, elves are very shy and carefree," Kashima took Val's words, "so in many cases, there will be situations where they will not be useful, and they will lock on the target casually, or forget to fire. There are things. So for the ship girl, the training of elves is very important."

When Kashima said this, Steve probably understood what she meant: "Uh...you mean, you're good at training these goblins?"

"Yes!" Kashima nodded, "Although you can't train above level 70, there is no problem with training below level 70."

"Level 70?" Steve thought it sounded fresh, and this was the first time he knew that other people also had levels.This level of mine is used for enchanting, other than that, it is basically useless, but the ship equipment also has... It feels more powerful, "Can the goblin go up a lot?"

"It's not the upgrade of the goblin, but the upgrade of the ship's equipment; as the goblin is trained and formed, the overall level of the ship's equipment will increase accordingly. From 0 to 30 is the elementary level, from 30 to 70 is the intermediate level, and above 70 is the advanced level. The highest training level can reach level 150, but that requires certain conditions, I am now a level 73 ship, so under normal circumstances, it is no problem to let the goblins order and ban it." Kashima explained proudly.

Looking at Kashima's expression, Steve suddenly recalled what she seemed to have said before.

"By the way... when you objected to me earlier, you said, 'Even if you give her my goblin crew, she can only fight alone'. Can your goblin crew be given to Val?"

"Uh... well, the admiral actually said it first," Kashima nodded, "The main function of training cruisers is to help other ship girls train elf crews and improve the level of ship equipment. So in the tutelary mansion At the beginning, I'm still very important...Of course, after basically all the crew members of the ship girls have exceeded level 70, there will be no room for me."