Chapter 201: Familiar Faces

When the remaining number of people dwindled to fewer than ten commanders, the formation preparing to leave finally stopped, and Qin Ge, looking at these few people, also let out a sigh of relief.

Because I was demanding them according to the standards I had for soldiers in my previous life, some people inevitably felt resentful. Fortunately, there were also those with firm will, so not everyone left.

However, when the numbers decreased, Qin Ge discovered that among the remaining few people there were actually several acquaintances.

"Have you few made your decision?" Qin Ge said with a smile to the remaining people.

"I already missed the chance once; if I miss this time too, then it's my own problem." Zhou Leiming said to Qin Ge, "I am willing to join the Star Sea Grand Fleet, obey the Commander's orders, and complete all tasks assigned to me."

"Me too." Zhang Shaocheng said to Qin Ge, "I had considered it a lot before, and now I have seen the strength of Instructor Qin Ge and the members of the Grand Fleet; I hope it's not too late to decide now."

"Same here." Wu Hao said, "I have been observing the movements of the Star Sea Grand Fleet all along, but Qin Ge never indicated any intention to recruit people after asking us the last time, so I didn't dare to keep asking."

"Well, this time as soon as I heard the news I rushed over immediately, and I am also willing to obey Commander Qin Ge's orders and complete all tasks assigned to me."

Afterward, the other several people also expressed their willingness one after another, and among these people there were mostly second-year students, with only two or three first-year students.

"Great, I believe your joining will raise our Grand Fleet's strength to a higher level.

For first-year students, starting tomorrow you will train here every day. Of course, isn't vacation coming up soon? If you have to go on missions during the summer break, you can team up and undertake them together; if you want to rest, you can rest.

For second-year students, after the awarding and commissioning ceremony in a few days is over, you will gather and then go with me to the Maritime Affairs Bureau to complete the procedures for entering the Grand Fleet. After that, when you undertake missions, you will do so under the name of our Grand Fleet.

Strive hard to raise the rank of our Grand Fleet, for this will not only allow us to exchange for more supplies and resources, but also increase our future quotas, thereby making our Grand Fleet's strength even stronger.

"Yes, Commander!" several people replied eagerly.

"Commander, have you been training here all along?" Zhou Leiming looked at the training field and asked Qin Ge.

"That's right, because I previously issued an order to the Dean; this training field has been unused for a long time, so I have used it as the Grand Fleet's dedicated training ground. From now on, you can all conduct joint tactical training here." Qin Ge said with a smile.

"No wonder they were so fierce in the previous competition; with this training field and your constant tactical guidance, Commander, I believe that with just a little effort we can achieve good results in that competition." Zhang Shaocheng said, suddenly realizing.

"Hehe, how about it? Are you jealous?" Li Chenming walked over from the side and said to the several people.

"Of course I'm jealous; saying I'm not would be a lie." Zhou Leiming said, "Our student area also has a large training field, but there are too many people there, so if we want to practice tactics, we indeed find it hard to maneuver."

Although we could go to the drill ground, each time we have to apply to go there, which is rather troublesome.

However, unfortunately I'm afraid I can only use this training field for a few days, since graduation is coming up soon.

Hearing Zhou Leiming's words, several second-year students couldn't help but feel some regret, wondering why they hadn't joined earlier.

"That's not a problem; you can temporarily reside at the Maritime Affairs Bureau, and besides doing missions you can also come here to train, since I am still here, so the headquarters of our Star Sea Grand Fleet is here as well; I believe the Dean will agree as well." Qin Ge said to the several people.

"Really?" Wu Hao asked in surprise.

"Naturally it's true, because I am still an instructor at the Commander Academy, so I still have this authority." Qin Ge smiled and said, "Furthermore, what do you think the Dean moved us to the Reception House for?"

"Besides the fact that I have more warship girls, more importantly, as the Commander of the Grand Fleet I need office space, and the Reception House's environment is very suitable."

"That's right, the first floor is for office meetings, the second floor is where you and your warship girl reside." Li Chenming nodded; he had been to the Reception House, so he is fairly familiar with its environment.

"By the way, I recall that your Hai Lun Na and the others were warship girls you summoned during last year's New Year, right? It's been over half a year now—why haven't you summoned any warship girls?"

Li Chenming's question also made the original few members of the Star Sea Grand Fleet nod, and Wang Yueqin asked, "Commander, you surely aren't lacking supplies or cubes, are you?"

Qin Ge laughed and shook his head, "Supplies and cubes are abundant here; I just want to summon new warship girls when I have free time, because I want to conduct an experiment."

"An experiment?" the others said very differently.

"That's right." Qin Ge nodded and replied, "I want to verify whether warship girls that level up by doing missions advance faster, or those that level up according to our regular training methods advance faster."

"Since I still have a year, I can make a clear judgment. Later, this can also serve as experience to be implemented in our Grand Fleet."

"I see, that's why I said the Commander hasn't summoned for such a long time." Zhang Xiaotian nodded and said.

"So that means the Commander's next summon will definitely be more numerous?" Zhou Leiming said somewhat excitedly.

"That's right, I intend to summon six warship girls." Qin Ge nodded and said.

"Six?!" Everyone present couldn't help but exclaim loudly.

Several second-year students gave a wry smile; Chen Bo Jun said helplessly, "I say, Commander, don't give us numbers like this in the future—not everyone is as lucky as you, the Euro Emperor. Look, the most warship girls anyone here has is four, and you want to summon six at once—really, that's over the top."

"Um..." Qin Ge, speechless, rubbed his nose, "I really can't do anything about it."

"Actually, when you summon warship girls, you can let the Commander rub your cube to give it a blessing." Zhang Shaocheng said at this point, "Because the last time I bought two cubes from the Commander, I summoned a super-rare heavy cruiser warship girl, Minneapolis."

"Really?" several people said in surprise.

"But why is it that the cube I took from him only summoned the warship girl Hipper?" Li Chenming said helplessly.

"You're not satisfied with an elite warship girl?" Wu Hao rolled his eyes, then said to Qin Ge, "Commander, I still have four cubes; otherwise could you rub them and give them a blessing?"

"I say, you've had enough..."