Chapter 190: Individual Competition Final

In the final, the opponent Chen Bo Jun faced was a Euro Emperor among the second-year students. Although he was still somewhat inferior to Qin Ge, by now he already had five shipgirls, of which only one was a destroyer, two were light cruisers, one was a heavy cruiser, and one was a battleship.

From the configuration, it looked like a very complete fleet; aside from temporarily lacking air superiority, basic sea control could already be said to be held among peers, so this time he was Chen Bo Jun's strongest opponent.

With Anshan's order, the two individuals' shipgirls began their drill on the stage of the final showdown.

Because Chen Bo Jun's fleet included the aircraft carrier Hu Feng, his tactic for this battle was to quickly use his heavy cruiser and battleship to knock out the opponent's two light cruisers, then fully protect Hu Feng so she could carry out the harvesting of the enemy fleet.

It was obvious this was a very reasonable tactic, because the opponent's two infringement cases had relatively comprehensive anti-air capabilities, whereas destroyers, heavy cruisers, and battleships had very poor anti-air capabilities.

Therefore, in such an environment, as long as we knock out the opponent's anti-air firepower, we will firmly grasp air superiority in this exercise. Afterwards we can let Hu Feng launch her carrier aircraft freely, then fly over the enemy's head and drop bombs.

Moreover, Qin Ge had previously used this tactic, and had already used it during their first drill.

At that time, Banrenma's carrier aircraft flew into the sky, and after Ling Bo confirmed Atlanta's position, she proceeded step by step, letting Banrenma's carrier aircraft avoid Atlanta, then launched an attack on the enemy battleship with the fiercest firepower.

Although that battle was won at the cost of losing Ling Bo, this tactical strategy gave Chen Bo Jun great inspiration. Qin Ge back then could launch such an assault carrier battle; now that I have the same carrier, could I also launch it?

Thus he simplified this tactic, changing from avoiding the opponent's light cruisers to sinking them, even if it meant sacrificing Nevada and Wichita, which he would not hesitate to do.

At the start of the battle, in an instant, the gun muzzles of Nevada and Wichita each aimed at a light cruiser.

In the tremendous gunfire, Nevada and Wichita instantly suffered moderate damage from the enemy battleship and heavy cruiser's attack. Yet by enduring this barrage, they caused the sinking of two enemy light cruisers, instantly shifting the numbers on the field from 5:4 to 3:4.

Although it was now 3:4, the price Chen Bo Jun paid was also painful, since aside from Hu Feng being fully operational, his two main ships were now Nevada, which was moderately damaged and nearing heavy damage, and Wichita, which was also in a critical state of moderate damage.

Yet despite this enormous cost, it disabled two of the opponent's anti-air firepower points, allowing the previous tactic to be carried out.

As Hu Feng's carrier aircraft took to the sky, the sound of turning engines filled the entire drill field. Two fighters, two bombers, and one torpedo bomber, arranged in three formations, swiftly advanced toward the enemy.

Obviously, Hu Feng's method of controlling carrier aircraft is very similar to Banrenma's, except that Hu Feng groups her aircraft by type into three formations, whereas Banrenma groups them by attack echelon into three formations.

This aircraft control method clearly comes from Qin Ge's hand, since previously Banrenma had trained carrier aircraft operation according to his method. Now Banrenma has become Hu Feng's teacher, naturally passing on this carrier aircraft control skill to her.

When the enemy shipgirls saw the carrier aircraft's advance, they instantly understood why Nevada and Wichita had not avoided that barrage but instead chosen to forcibly knock out their own two light cruisers—it turned out all along to clear the way for their aircraft carrier's attack.

Thus, as the enemy flagship battleship Tennessee, he ordered everyone, sparing no cost, to trade damage for damage, quickly close in on the opponent, and knock out their aircraft carrier.

Although the opponent currently had numerical superiority, one of their heavy cruisers and one battleship were both moderately damaged and nearing heavy damage, soon to be eliminated. Meanwhile, despite losing two light cruisers, we still have a battleship and a heavy cruiser in full condition—who will win remains uncertain.

Both sides made the choice most advantageous to themselves at this moment, and a heated battle immediately broke out. The other commanders and instructors on the stands should not start cheering for them! Meanwhile, at the edge of the field, the two competing commanders couldn't help but clench their fists.

The facts proved Chen Bo Jun's plan effective; when a wave of carrier aircraft reached the enemy shipgirls' heads and began dropping bombs, the immense aerial bomb damage instantly sank the opposing destroyer, while the battleship and heavy cruiser each suffered varying degrees of damage.

However, the shipgirls capable of being second-year students still had retaliatory ability. As the distance closed, they quickly locked onto the positions of the enemy battleship and heavy cruiser; after a round of shelling, Chen Bo Jun's battleship and heavy cruiser were hit and successively declared sunk.

At this point both sides had only two shipgirls left, and as the distance closed, Hu Feng's position was exposed to the view of the enemy battleship and heavy cruiser shipgirls.

While Hu Feng waited for her carrier aircraft to cool down, the opponent was also waiting for their main gun cooldown. Obviously Hu Feng's carrier aircraft cooldown could be somewhat faster, since after previously launching carrier aircraft, the opponent fired their guns.

Thus, when the carrier aircraft took off again and hovered overhead, the opponent's two shipgirls had just finished loading their main guns. At this critical moment, the fighters began dropping aerial bombs, while at the same time the enemy battleship and heavy cruiser opened fire.

The shells accurately hit Hu Feng, and the two aerial bombs dropped by the fighters precisely struck the heavy cruiser and battleship. At this moment Hu Feng and the enemy heavy cruiser withdrew simultaneously, but since Hu Feng's bombers and torpedo bombers had not had time to drop their ordnance, they were also declared unable to continue attacking.

Thus, only two shipgirls remained in the field: the battleship Tennessee and the destroyer Firefly.

At that moment, with the audience holding its breath, one saw that tiny shipgirl charging forward without hesitation toward the enemy battleship, having already glided to a point not far from it due to the prior engagement.

At this distance, she braved the secondary battery fire of the battleship, charging straight ahead and ramming headfirst into Tennessee's hull; the damage from the iron-head impact precisely compensated for the deficiency caused by the earlier bomb damage.

Thus, this final ended with such a dramatic scene…