Azur Lane: The Tragic Admiral’s Azur Life

Chapter 879: Encirclement and Suppression War Exercise (1)

Five hours of preparation time may seem long, but for an exercise of this scale, and given that Yang Sikang does not have mass-produced ships to serve as cannon fodder, there are a lot of things that need to be prepared and not much time.

First, they must conduct a preliminary survey of the combat area and possible combat areas to confirm the location and scale of factors such as sea conditions and islands that may affect the battle.

Secondly, certain arrangements must be made for the general tactics.

Although this can be done in advance, although the sea is open, it is not completely without obstacles. Once you encounter islands or something, the tactics will have to change accordingly.

Of course, that's the theory.

But actually...

Using Helena and Shucheng's SG radars for large-scale detection, combined with high-altitude reconnaissance by reconnaissance aircraft, all the large amounts of redundant information were directly transmitted back to the Gu Diao, and then the matter was over.

A detailed image of the sea appeared on the projection as if it was printed out. Every island, reef, suspected whirlpool, and even the wind direction and ocean current direction were carefully marked. There was no doubt that the person who did this was Bai Ze.

"Look, with Bai Ze's help, our preliminary investigation will be much easier."

Yang Sikang said with a smile, and several ship girls on both sides who were watching the content projected on the screen carefully nodded.

This is also Bai Ze's debut in combat, so considering various factors, Bai Ze will only collect information and record her own deductions, but will not actively offer suggestions.

"The relevant information will be directly synchronized to your side, but the important point now is how you make arrangements in advance."

As soon as Yang Sikang said this, several people turned to look at him.

"Commander, you promised to let us play freely this time."

York City reminded softly, and Garden and Essex nodded in agreement.

Yang Sikang stopped immediately and spread his hands helplessly:

"Okay, I won't say anything more. Let you guys play freely."

He simply stood up and left the command room, letting them discuss it inside for a while.

When they saw him leave the command room and come to the deck, several destroyers who were hiding nearby and poked their heads out immediately smiled.

After chatting and playing with the ship girls on the deck for a while and drawing a few pictures for the javelin, the ship girls left satisfied, and the preparation time was almost up.

Huayuan and the others hurriedly led their respective teams to the designated area, and after Yang Sikang returned to the command room, the first thing he did was to hand over the command power directly to George V.

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For the royal family, today's exercise can be said to be the most watched event this year.

The exercises between commanders not only involved the headquarters fleet, but even Glorious, Prince of Wales and even Warspite directly participated.

With more than 150 ship girls, an almost equal number of mass-produced ships, plus the headquarters' fleet, such a scale made many royal people think that an important Siren stronghold had been discovered, and they were ready to take the initiative to attack. It also made many people wonder why they chose the commander in the home port instead of drawing on more experienced commanders.

However, when the royal authorities officially announced that this was an exercise, and that the opponent in the exercise was the famous Commander Yang Sikang, and that the exercise was in the form of a siege by the royal side against Commander Yang Sikang's fleet, all kinds of voices immediately became noisy on the Internet.

Some are optimistic while others are pessimistic, but as for Royal, most people are obviously more optimistic about Royal.

On the one hand, even War-Wan had participated in it. After returning from the reformed War-Wan, he had demonstrated overwhelming combat power in several public exercises, which gave the royal people a surge of confidence.

On the other hand, the gap in numbers is too big.

Even if it was that famous commander, facing an opponent numbering over three hundred ship girls and mass-produced models, the sheer accumulation of numbers would be enough to determine the outcome, right?

But correspondingly, some people are optimistic about Yang Sikang. After all, judging from past deeds, although this commander's behavior is controversial and he likes to take risks, he has never been defeated. Even when facing high-level Sirens with a huge gap in combat power, he can still turn the tide of the battle on his own.

With the record here, those who are optimistic about him naturally have the confidence.

Of course, the debate on the Internet will not stop, but for Yang Sikang, the exercise has reached the scheduled time.

According to the agreement, the exercise will begin when the time comes, without any signal or notification.

So when the time came, arrangements were immediately made in the garden.

"Yorktown, I leave this to you. Team One, follow me!"

At the same time, the royal side has also taken action.

They broke into the target sea area, but did not encounter battle immediately.

This is because most people think that there is a high probability of being attacked by the enemy immediately after entering the exercise area. After all, the enemy's fleet has many aircraft carriers and they are very proficient in the use of carrier-based aircraft. It is a very desirable tactic to carry out a round of suppression and weakening of combat power before contact.

However, this was not the case. On the one hand, they were relieved, but on the other hand, they were a little worried.

These new commanders know more, such as the things behind the battle records of Commander Yang Sikang, which can even be used as cases and explained in detail in recent years.

Facing such an opponent, even with a four-fold numerical difference, they still dare not take it lightly.

However, the facts have proved that even if you don't take it lightly, it doesn't mean you won't be attacked suddenly.

There was a sudden explosion at the position of the vanguard fleet. Several mass-produced ships at the front were instantly dyed with colorful colors by a large amount of dye and stopped at the same time.

According to the pre-set settings, once a ship is attacked to a certain extent, it will be considered sunk. For mass-produced ships, it will stop directly on the spot and cannot be directly controlled to continue moving.

Immediately afterwards, the explosion also occurred among the ship girls. Although some of them reacted quickly and dodged, some were instantly stained by the dye. Although they did not reach the point of being judged as sunk, it was obvious that their activities were seriously affected.

"What, what is this?!"

"Mine! There are actually mines here?! This is unbelievable. This is a deep sea area, how could there be such mines!!"

"Quiet, keep the communication channel clear. Destroyers immediately start mine clearance, light and heavy cruisers should be alert, light aircraft should send out reconnaissance aircraft, be careful... avoid artillery fire!!"

The voice of the command suddenly raised its pitch, and the ship girls immediately began to dodge without thinking, and the mass-produced ships could also be used as cover at this time.

Almost at the same time, cross-fire from a long distance fell into the fleet, and several mass-produced ships were directly judged to be sunk, and then more mass-produced ships began to be injured, and then the ship girls who were not lucky enough to dodge were injured.

Although the light aircraft carrier-based aircraft immediately chased in the opposite direction, the appearance of blue roses during the chase caused the reconnaissance aircraft to quickly lose contact one after another.