Chapter 307

"How could I......" Looking at the defeated shipgirls gradually sliding towards the shore, James looked dejected.

Originally he thought he had already understood the aerial offensive, so after letting his shipgirls disperse, he sent them in batches to charge at Qin Ge's shipgirls.

But he didn't expect that after dispersing, it caused the shipgirls' anti-air firepower to weaken, and they were picked off one by one by the carrier aircraft group flying in the sky.

This is a case of cleverness backfiring; taking care of one point exposed another weakness completely.

After his shipgirls landed ashore, James, feeling somewhat dejected, said to his shipgirls, "Sorry, it's my command mistake that made you……"

Arizona shook her head, "Commander, you don't need to blame yourself, oh, because this plan was unanimously agreed upon by everyone, so it's not solely your fault, oh."

"Yeah, Arizona sis is right, this time the enemy opposite is too strong, this is also an unavoidable method. So commander doesn't need to blame yourself, it's more about absorbing this experience; if you encounter the same thing next time, take it as a lesson." Montpellier said to James.

Listening to the encouragement of his own shipgirls, James gradually regained his former confidence. He nodded at his own shipgirls, "Yeah, thanks everyone."

Meanwhile, as James and his shipgirls were encouraging each other, Qin Ge's shipgirls also jumped from the sea surface to the quay side, with everyone gathering around Qin Ge.

"You guys really went a bit too heavy-handed." Qin Ge said speechlessly to a few Carrier Shipgirls.

"Ah, I also didn't expect the enemy to not maintain their defensive formation against the carrier aircraft group, but instead start to scatter. Faced with such an opportunity, I naturally had to seize it." Guanghui said with a smile, because they could tell Qin Ge wasn't blaming her.

Because Guanghui is the flagship of the Carrier Shipgirls' carrier aircraft group, each attack target is designated by her, and the other Carrier Shipgirls' aircraft follow behind Guanghui's aircraft to conduct cooperative attacks.

Hearing Guanghui's explanation, Qin Ge also had nothing to say; any experienced commander encountering this situation would surely make the same decision as Guanghui.

So Guanghui merely did the right thing; if blame is to be assigned, it can only be James's own decision mistake.

"Forget it." Qin Ge shook his head, "Anyway, it's already like this, so we can't change it. Let's shake hands now; I just hope the surrounding Commander James doesn't hate me."

"Hehe."

The shipgirls, seeing Qin Ge looking somewhat glum, couldn't help but laugh out loud; even usually stern Bisimai now had a hint of softness on her face.

Walking to the center, when Qin Ge and James shook hands, seeing that the other party didn't look overly disheartened, he secretly let out a sigh of relief in his heart.

Otherwise, if we knocked them out completely of fighting spirit, then the White Eagle side would really be hard to explain.

Next, this is Qin Ge versus the Royal faction's Hepburn. When the battle started, facing that massive group of carrier aircraft, Hepburn only then felt the pressure that James had just endured.

Even though he adopted a ring formation, using anti-air firepower to counter the enemy's carrier aircraft group, after one wave of air strike, his own fleet had already suffered heavy damage.

Six shipgirls, three of them already heavily damaged and out of action. Even the carrier aircraft released by Royal Ark, upon encountering the enemy's carrier aircraft group, were directly written off.

Because she was facing the fully trained Guanghui, who had launched six fighters.

So the battle ended quickly; even Hepburn's shipgirls hadn't yet entered the range of the battleship's main guns.

So when both sides' shipgirls returned to the quay, Biyu stood on the podium and said to everyone, "The second round drill competition ends; first place goes to Donghuang's Commander Qin Ge, this round adds 10 points."

Meanwhile, second place goes to the Royal faction's Commander Hepburn and the White Eagle faction's Commander James, each gaining 9 points.

Third place goes to the remaining commanders of the other factions, each gaining 8 points."

After Biyu announced the results, most of the commanders eliminated in the first round breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the promotion-based scoring system was used; otherwise they might not have even gotten 8 points.

And before everyone could react, Biyu said to everyone, "Now the third round competition begins; the rules for the third round are very simple."

That is, all commanders and shipgirls enter the battle sea area to engage in a grand melee among the Nine Major Factions. This melee has no rules; alliances can be formed, any tactics can be used.

In short, there is only one goal: to become the final victor."

After Biyu finished speaking, the eyes of several faction commanders blazed with fervor.

The grand melee represents a chance for a comeback; although Qin Ge has already earned full points in two matches, as long as they perform well in the third round, the outcome is truly uncertain.

"Then please prepare, nine of you." After Biyu finished speaking, the commanders of the other eight factions sprang into action.

They gathered together, singling out Qin Ge and excluding him.

Perhaps someone might think, if they formed a team with Qin Ge as allies, wouldn't that secure a top few spots?

But don't forget, they each represent their factions in the competition. Moreover, this competition only rewards the winner; as for the other eight losers, nobody will remember them.

Therefore, their only way to secure victory is to unite, first eliminate Qin Ge, who has the best chance of winning, and then have the eight of them contend for the championship.

In that way, all eight of them have a chance to represent their factions at the highest position.

Qin Ge had anticipated this situation from before the competition began, which is why he consistently used the carrier fleet to attack, in order to conceal the power of his battleship.

And now, the moment of the final showdown has arrived.

The pre-match preparation time is relatively short; after the eight faction commanders finished their discussion, they began having their shipgirls equip drill ammunition and prepare to go onto the field.

Meanwhile, Qin Ge on the side had already had his shipgirls equip drill ammunition early, and he stood by the quay watching the actions of the other eight faction commanders.

"Commander, what do you think the result will be?" Guanghui stood beside Qin Ge and said with a smile.

"There's no predetermined outcome; perhaps we'll wipe them all out, or perhaps they'll wipe us out first." Qin Ge said.

"Then Commander, do you think we'll be eliminated first, or they will be eliminated first?" Ou Gen Qin Wang asked.

Qin Ge gave a slight smile, "Isn't that obvious? Although the commanders of the eight factions have joined forces, they still harbor grudges against each other, so they will surely instruct their shipgirls to guard against others.

"And this is precisely our opportunity; although they outnumber us, their coordination is surely inferior to ours. We only need to concentrate a point to break through, tear a hole in their alliance's defense line, and then we can have our way with them."