Chapter 357: Unexpected Information

Boom—boom—boom!

The massive artillery fire echoed across the entire sea area, thick smoke rose from the sea surface, and beneath the smoke were Sirens mass-produced battleships engulfed in flames, slowly tilting over.

Ou Gen Qin Wang, control has been seized, we can now charge and split the battlefield!

As the overall commander of the carrier fleet, Guanghui, via the shipgirls' communication system, said to Ou Gen Qin Wang, who was conducting a defensive counterattack ahead.

"I thought you'd need a while longer, but I didn't expect that facing the enemy's six aircraft carriers, you wouldn't fall behind," Ou Gen Qin Wang said, looking at the Siren fleet ahead.

Although she was speaking with Guanghui, her hand movements did not stop. After nimbly dodging the enemy's shells, she fired several more shells from her Ship Equipment's gun barrels at the target ahead.

"The mission arranged by the commander will surely be carried out with all our strength. Moreover, now is not the time to talk about these; air supremacy has already been secured, so it's your turn, vanguard fleet, to exert your strength!" Guanghui said.

"Rest assured, such a charge has been carried out many times before; even if this time there are Siren humanoid units, the result will still be the same," Ou Gen Qin Wang said.

"Hmm, then Guanghui, you lead the carrier shipgirls to provide air cover; I and Bisimai will lead the battleship shipgirls from the rear to provide fire support, we must definitely split the enemy fleet and encircle and annihilate them," Weineituo said over the fleet's internal voice.

"Understood!" Guanghui said directly.

The fleet's overall composition now is that Qin Ge issues the overall commands, handling the grand strategy. Afterwards, combat orders are issued in squad form, while comprehensive battlefield execution orders are issued by Weineituo, Bisimai, and Tiancheng.

For example, now, to execute the split tactic, Weineituo begins issuing orders; Guanghui's carrier fleet provides cover, her own battleship fleet provides fire support, and then the vanguard fleet led by Ou Gen Qin Wang carries out the breakthrough and split.

Of course, the split tactic does not mean all vanguard fleets rush forward; the general execution principle is that Ou Gen Qin Wang leads a few vanguard breakthrough shipgirls to perform the split, dispersing the Sirens' overall firepower, after which the subsequent fleets surge forward to overwhelm with superior firepower.

Naturally, this also includes choosing positions and changing orientations. Since this tactic has been executed countless times, all shipgirls have a very clear response to it.

When Ou Gen Qin Wang begins issuing an assault order within the vanguard breakthrough fleet, all shipgirl units start moving to one side, preparing to concentrate firepower and annihilate the split-off Siren fleet.

The actions of other commanders' shipgirls are also consistent, which is also why Qin Ge previously conducted joint training.

At some point, Akagi and Kaga had already returned to the command ship; they looked out from the window toward the sea, seeing Ou Gen Qin Wang and others charging forward from the main position, and couldn't help but smile and say.

"Qin Ge Commander, is this your next step plan?"

Qin Ge shook his head, "No, this should be the result of their joint discussion. I only give them overall strategic guidance and tactical arrangements before the battle."

As for when the battle begins, they rely on their own judgment to determine which tactic execution is most appropriate.

"So, now that they have secured air supremacy, they begin preparing to directly cut in?" Akagi said.

"I don't think so," Qin Ge shook his head, gazing at the distant sea, saying, "I actually think Ou Gen Qin Wang's sortie this time is not a cut-in but a split. He wants to carve out a piece of the Siren fleet, then have the entire fleet target that piece for a strike."

"Split?" Akagi narrowed her eyes, then nodded, "I stand corrected."

Akagi's words provoked Qin Ge's astonishment, "Could it be that you haven't executed the split tactic before?"

Akagi shook her head, "I don't know what tactics those below are using, but we have never executed a split tactic, because for us, we generally just launch carrier aircraft to destroy the entire enemy fleet."

In the face of absolute strength, any tactic is useless.

Qin Ge nodded, "Indeed, once strength reaches a certain level, indeed any scheme is useless."

War boils down to whose strength is greater; tactics are merely an aid to war, and in the end it still comes down to clashing blades.

"I didn't expect Qin Ge Commander to have such awareness; I thought you, who teaches the Strategy and Tactics Course, would consider tactics to be first."

After all, all along, what the Nine Major Factions have shown is your tactics." Akagi smiled, and Kaga beside her also glanced at Qin Ge.

Qin Ge smiled and said nothing. He wondered whether being highly valued before the Nine Major Factions was due to his own tactics, or perhaps it was merely when discovering the merits of this miraculous person that he discovered this talent for tactics.

Qin Ge's demeanor made Akagi involuntarily smile slightly; she didn't blame Qin Ge for not answering her question, but continued, "I am no longer the leader of the Sakura Empire, I don't really care about these things anymore; I am more concerned about what kind of miracle you will bring forth."

"Miracle." Qin Ge smiled and said, "A miracle refers to extraordinary things, but I am just an ordinary human; how could I repeat those extraordinary feats?"

As for Xinong's affairs, although you weren't present, you must have learned about what happened then from the mouths of the Auspicious Crane and Zuikaku, right?

Perhaps back then I simply lacked that luck; it was only because Ou Gen Qin Wang handed me those two Cubes that such a causal relationship arose.

"If it were that simple, do you think I would abandon everything and come to Donghuang?" Akagi smiled.

"Perhaps such things, if they happened once would be an accident, twice a coincidence, three times a miracle. But Qin Ge Commander, your shipgirl Guanghui, as one who has long maintained maximum proficiency, if nothing unexpected occurs, could possibly remain at that level for her entire life."

But now, do you know what I have seen in her?" Akagi asked.

"What?" Qin Ge said, feeling greatly surprised.

"Traces of Awakening." Akagi smiled and said.

"What are you saying! Awakening? How could that be!" If Qin Ge could previously remain composed, now he is utterly astonished.

Because based on his long-term understanding, he is still very clear about the difference between maximum-proficiency shipgirls and Awakened shipgirls.

These two categories of shipgirls are fundamentally existences of different dimensions; although maximum-proficiency shipgirls are rare, that doesn't mean none exist, and among frontline commanders or those who have served longer, many possess them.

But Awakened shipgirls, they are the pillar of a fleet!