Chapter 170: The Secretary Ship's Proposal

When the next day arrived, Qin Ge looked at Ou Gen Qin Wang and felt a bit awkward, but Ou Gen Qin Wang remained just as he had been before, as if yesterday's events had never happened.

Ou Gen Qin Wang's demeanor left Qin Ge feeling a little disappointed, but after that disappointment came more relief. Perhaps yesterday's behavior was truly due to Ou Gen Qin Wang drinking too much, and once she sobered up she forgot everything.

But Qin Ge guessed wrong.

Because in the following days, he felt the offensive from Ou Gen Qin Wang. It was an extremely tempting, yet blatantly naked offensive, especially after that incident occurred.

That day, Qin Ge sat together with several shipgirls in the public lounge, discussing the fleet's future development.

"Recently, Bei Rui, Luodenni, and Hai Lun Na's training speed has been fast; in less than two months they've already reached a proficiency level of over 20, and are about to approach the second breakthrough proficiency." Qin Ge said, looking at the few people sitting beside him.

"That's right, because our fleet's overall strength has improved, so starting practice from low proficiency makes the pace much faster. After all, we've already summarized the experience for raising proficiency and directly passed it on to them."

"So from now on, the sisters will only get faster, and won't need to slowly explore as we did before." Weineituo said to Qin Ge.

"So by the time I'm about to graduate, we should have nine, or more than nine, shipgirls who have achieved full breakthrough?" Qin Ge said, somewhat surprised.

"Perhaps that number will be even greater, my commander." Guanghui smiled and said, "After all, you are currently pouring all resources into us; under such ample conditions, if our proficiency progress weren't fast, that would be the problem."

"That's better; at the very least, the security of the regions our future grand fleet will defend will be guaranteed. Moreover, we can swiftly advance from the near-shore coastal areas toward the front line." Qin Ge said, rallying his spirit.

"Indeed, if our fleet reaches around twenty people achieving full breakthrough by the time you graduate, we can indeed press forward toward the front line with greater urgency." Ou Gen Qin Wang also nodded.

"However, commander, while that wish is good, there is one point: you are currently somewhat lacking." Guanghui said to Qin Ge.

"What?" Qin Ge asked Guanghui.

"That is our fleet's administrative capability." Guanghui said to Qin Ge, "Every mature grand fleet commander is responsible for the most important command authority work, but because all the big and small affairs of the grand fleet must receive the commander's nod of approval, the commander's daily workload becomes very great."

"Moreover, ordinary commanders are the same, so to reduce the commander's burden, every fleet or every grand fleet has a commander's shipgirl serving as the secretary ship."

"With a secretary ship, some of the grand fleet's daily administrative tasks can be delegated to the secretary ship, since most daily tasks are the same, so we can also handle them."

"This can greatly reduce the commander's total workload, allowing the commander to maintain a good state at all times. If a sudden emergency occurs, better command can be executed, avoiding command errors due to poor condition."

"Secretary ship?" Qin Ge nodded, "Indeed I've also heard of secretary ships, but since that's second-year material, I haven't learned much about it."

"That's because others don't have a commander as special as you." Guanghui smiled and said, "Generally, a first-year trainee commander having one or two shipgirls is completely normal, so under this pressure the commander can fully handle the fleet's affairs,"

"But by the time they reach second year, they generally have two or more shipgirls, at which point the school adds the secretary ship course, allowing a more reasonable allocation of fleet affairs."

"But commander, you are different; you already have eleven shipgirls, and you will certainly have more later, so regarding the appointment of secretary ships, I suggest you implement it immediately."

"This way, in future grand fleet work you will appear completely at ease, after all some things simply cannot be done by one person, so commander, what do you think?"

"Hmm… that's not bad, I also fully support it. If we now have the secretary ship you spoke of, Guanghui, then our fleet's work will proceed more smoothly, and I will also have more time to compile teaching materials." Qin Ge said with a smile.

"Well then, since the commander is preparing to start the secretary ship mechanism, we definitely need an accurate outline." Guanghui said to Qin Ge.

"Outline?" Qin Ge said, puzzled.

"That's right, for example, the type of ship the secretary ship is established as, for example, how often the secretary ship is rotated, and also what duties the secretary ship normally handles, etc." Guanghui said to Qin Ge.

"Is that so troublesome?" Qin Ge asked Guanghui.

"Although this sounds somewhat troublesome, actually carrying it out is not troublesome at all." Guanghui said to Qin Ge.

"However, wouldn't it be better to steadily assign one person as the secretary ship?" Qin Ge said to Guanghui.

Guanghui shook his head, "Here I advise the commander to absolutely not do that, because the secretary ship is the person closest to the commander, so for the other members of the fleet, becoming the secretary ship means being even closer to the commander."

"And if the commander appoints one person to permanently hold the secretary ship position, that person is highly likely to incur jealousy from the other sisters, or possibly cause factional conflict."

"After all, there was once a commander on the front line who kept designating one person as his secretary ship, and later was kidnapped by the entire fleet. The incident escalated until the military police of the frontline command intervened, after which it was settled."

"However, this also destroyed the fleet's harmonious atmosphere, causing that commander's fleet to fall from being the top-tier fleet on the front line to one with almost no combat capability."

"That serious?" Qin Ge couldn't help but swallow.

"Exactly that serious, after all although we are shipgirls, once we take off our ship equipment we are ordinary girls, and these girls come from different factions; commander, do you think the conflicts between them would be fewer?"

"Even if there isn't much conflict between people of different factions, but if every day you watch someone being very close to the person you like, nobody would feel good, so the fleet's strength would inevitably be greatly weakened." Guanghui said to Qin Ge.

"Well, it seems we really need to think this over carefully." Qin Ge nodded, suddenly enlightened.