Chapter 184

As Qin Ge stepped onto the small boat with Hai Lun Na's help, heading to the exercise center area, the two commanders from before had already finished briefing their own shipgirls and handed Qin Ge's issued communication device to their shipgirls.

Afterwards, the shipgirls from both sides deployed their ship equipment on the pier, jumped into the water, and glided toward the area Qin Ge had just designated.

By the time Qin Ge arrived at the judging area of the exercise field, the shipgirls from both sides had already glided into position and were waiting for his instructions.

"If both sides' shipgirls are in position and ready, report in the communicator," Qin Ge shouted into the communicator.

"Ready, can fight at any time."

"We are also ready, can fight at any time."

As the same words came from both sides' shipgirls through the communicator, Qin Ge then said into the communicator, "Both sides' shipgirls are now ready; the exercise officially begins!"

At the instant Qin Ge gave the order, a thunderous cannon roar echoed across the exercise area; it turned out to be a strategy—the shipgirls had already adjusted their gun muzzles before preparation began, and at the moment Qin Ge gave the order, they locked onto position and started firing.

However, the opposing shipgirls showed no panic at all; evidently, in this originally cramped field, they had already figured out how to respond to the enemy battleship.

Only saw it swiftly charge forward, dangerously avoiding the battleship's gunfire; however, this time the battleship's rapid fire was not without gain, because the recent battle's attack also gave the opposing shipgirls a coating of practice ammunition color.

Although this side's shipgirls suffered damage, they had not yet reached the sinking condition; thus they continued forward, trying to quickly close the distance with the enemy battleship shipgirls in order to attack with ship guns and torpedoes.

Sure enough, being a second-year student's shipgirl, having experienced some actual combat, she possessed relatively rich combat experience.

As one side's two captains charged forward, the other side's one shipgirl had already begun laying smoke shells, intending to use the smoke from the smoke shells to interfere with the opposing shipgirls' detection, preventing them from finding a target, thereby rendering ship guns and torpedoes unable to attack.

So when the battle began, both sides fell into a stalemate. Meanwhile, Qin Ge stood on the small boat, holding up binoculars to watch the fight unfolding not far ahead, and couldn't help but smile.

"Hai Lun Na, how do you think their strength compares to ours?" Qin Ge said while holding the binoculars and looking at the field, speaking to Hai Lun Na.

"If we were allowed to go out, I would use radar scanning to determine the enemy's position, and have Biyu and Luodenni conduct precise gunfire from a longer distance, thereby wearing down the enemy's armor durability, adopting the wandering fight method, to secure victory." Hai Lun Na looked into the distance, speaking to Qin Ge with a slightly serious tone.

"Relax a bit, don't be so tense; today let us observe other commanders' command strategies, so we can learn from their strengths and make up for our weaknesses." Qin Ge said to Hai Lun Na.

"But Commander, aren't their tactics all taught by you? Why do we still need to pay attention to their tactical thinking?" Hai Lun Na said, puzzled.

"Because the same tactic, each person will use it differently due to their different personalities, so the tactic can be the same, but the combat method varies."

"Isn't there a saying in Donghuang that goes: 'When three people walk together, there must be someone who can be my teacher; take the other's strengths to make up for one's own shortcomings—that is what a wise person does.'"

"Since no tactic is perfect, new tactics exist to break the enemy's old tactics. Therefore we need to continuously learn and constantly improve our tactics and combat methods." Qin Ge said to Hai Lun Na beside him.

"I see, good commander, I will definitely watch carefully and take detailed notes." Hai Lun Na nodded at Qin Ge, took out the notebook Qin Ge had prepared beforehand, and quickly began recording the battlefield situation.

Meanwhile, because the exercise field was divided into a relatively small area, the advantage of the battleship shipgirls became very apparent. Soon, when the battleship shipgirl carried out the third round of loading and firing, she had already found the angle, and one shot hit the opposing shipgirl.

"Red side destroyer Akasta hit by blue side battleship, judged sunk; please cease fire and leave the exercise area." Qin Ge shouted into the communication device.

A shipgirl in a naval uniform involuntarily halted her charge. With a somewhat lost expression, she glanced at her still-charging comrades, then involuntarily turned her direction and glided toward the shore.

Not long after Akasta had just withdrawn, Qin Ge's another voice sounded again: "Blue side light cruiser Leander has been hit by a torpedo and judged sunk; please cease fire and leave the exercise area."

Akasta involuntarily looked toward the battle zone, only to see that the torpedo she had thrown before being hit had struck Leander, while Leander at this moment also broke away from the combat zone and glided over toward her direction.

At this moment on the field, there were still three shipgirls fighting; the red side shipgirls had already reached their torpedo and gun ranges, but the blue side battleship's salvo had just finished reloading, and with the booming sound of gunfire, the battle entered a fevered pitch.

"Red side light cruiser Jamaica has been hit by battleship gunfire and judged sunk; please cease fire and leave the exercise area."

"Blue side battleship Pennsylvania has been hit by a torpedo and judged sunk; both sides please cease fire and leave the exercise area, this battle red side wins."

Qin Ge's voice kept sounding, also indicating that this exercise finally had a result; the shipgirls representing the red side finally won Victory through their close cooperation.

Watching the shipgirls from both sides leave the exercise area one after another, on Qin Ge's side, Hai Lun Na also restarted the small boat and headed toward the shore.

After returning to the shore, the shipgirls who participated in the exercise also came ashore one after another. Qin Ge approached the two commanders and said to them, "All right, the commander of Sector 10, No. 1 has won Victory; you may join the next battle."

"Thank you, Instructor Qin Ge." The winning commander immediately exclaimed happily to Qin Ge, while the losing commander on the other side also shrugged his shoulders, after all he had also just witnessed the entire battle process and had nothing to say about his shipgirls' defeat.

"All right, then it's the next group's turn. The former Sector 10, No. 2 commander and Sector 10, No. 37 commander, step forward." Qin Ge said to the people still waiting.

Immediately, two commanders stepped out with their respective shipgirls, but this time the outcome seemed without suspense, because one was a second-year student with three shipgirls behind him, while the other was a first-year student with only one shipgirl behind him.

Nevertheless, Qin Ge still explained the rules to them and issued the communication devices to them. Afterwards, aboard the boat steered by Hai Lun Na, they arrived at the exercise judging area at the battlefield.

"Both sides' shipgirls are ready; the exercise now officially begins!"