Chapter 360: Knocking on the Door

However, it is quite clear that the battle against the pursuer will not cease just because she now looks miserable.

After the carrier aircraft returned to the carrier shipgirl's hands, the second wave of carrier aircraft once again took flight under Guanghui's leadership.

The howling engines, like a grim reaper urging death, surged toward the pursuer again with thunderous speed.

Although the Siren Fleet's anti-aircraft fire was trained on these carrier aircraft, with air superiority now secured, Guanghui's carrier aircraft flexibly dodged the anti-aircraft gunfire.

Continuing as before, they dove down to assault the pursuer.

With another round of machine-gun fire, aerial bombs, and torpedoes, the pursuer's position was completely obscured by towering water columns; when the columns fell, the pursuer had vanished from the sea surface.

Obviously, after this round of assault, the pursuer had sunk into the sea.

Having lost the pursuer, the Siren Fleet completely lost its reliance; at that moment, Weineituo issued a general attack order to all the shipgirls.

Under the booming artillery that shook the heavens, the fleet's shipgirls charged at the remaining Siren Fleet, sweeping them away like a tiger bursting from its cage.

As night gradually fell, the gunfire on the sea surface gradually ceased. The Siren-led large fleet, under the efforts of all the shipgirls of the Star Sea Grand Fleet, was successfully annihilated in the ocean.

Qin Ge also relaxed his mood while listening to Belfast's report. After gazing at the distant Siren Fleet wreckage still floating on the sea, he issued the order to recover supplies, then took out the purplish-red cube and stood on the bow of the command ship.

The purplish-red cube instantly shone; Qin Ge could feel it absorbing the combat data generated from the recent battle.

However, all this combat data came from the Royal Navy's main shipgirls: Guanghui's, Banrenma's, Du Jiao Shou's, and Luodenni's.

Akagi and Kaga also stood behind Qin Ge, watching this strange sight, but they said nothing, having already witnessed such a scene several times before.

They had once borrowed this Wisdom Cube from Qin Ge for observation, yet found nothing; it seemed the cube's reactions occurred only when Qin Ge held it in his hand.

Gradually, they also lost interest in studying this Wisdom Cube. Since they were now by Qin Ge's side, it would be better to wait until he summoned the Wisdom Cube of the Project Ship, then study it slowly again.

After Qin Ge finished collecting the combat data, the purplish-red glowing Wisdom Cube gradually dimmed. He put the cube away, but instead of leaving the bow directly, he stood there gazing out at the distant sea.

There, Weineituo, Bisimai, and others were directing the other shipgirls to salvage supplies on the sea surface.

"Another victorious battle," Akagi said with a smile behind Qin Ge.

"Although we won the victory, our shipgirls also suffered various injuries. I never expected the emergency repair tools we just obtained to be used here already." Qin Ge said, looking into the distance.

"That's already not bad; for an unbalanced fleet in terms of training, being able to successfully destroy a large fleet possessing Siren humanoid units is quite remarkable." Akagi smiled.

"This is their achievement," Qin Ge said, smiling at the distance.

By now the sky had completely darkened; Qin Ge could only see the flickering flames on the distant sea surface and the lights on the shipgirls' own equipment.

"Let's head back now; it's already dark and the battle is over," Qin Ge said, turning to Akagi and the other.

"Mm."

After the shipgirls finished tidying the supplies, there was another burst of cheer upon returning to the ship. Qin Ge, as always, embraced each shipgirl; this was not only a reward for them, but also comfort after the great battle.

After night fell, the entire sea grew silent, with no trace of the Siren Fleet; instead, a few scattered Siren mass-produced warships appeared.

For these appearing Siren mass-produced warships, Li Chenming and the others on patrol could easily deal with them, so the whole night passed quite peacefully.

After noon the next day, another new grand fleet arrived in this sea area. After dispatching shipgirls for the handover, Qin Ge notified all members of the grand fleet, rearranged the command ship, and slowly pushed out of this sea area.

When returning to the academy, it was already five or six in the afternoon. Having completed the mission, Qin Ge's command ship maintained a steady speed without accelerating on the way back.

After arriving at the port, Qin Ge let everyone rest and did not take any more missions today. He himself brought the shipgirls to Mingshi's general store for repairs, then returned to the reception house.

However, after returning to the reception house, Qin Ge did not rest early as Belfast had suggested; instead, he finished the battle report that had remained incomplete during the return voyage.

Having written a battle report before, Qin Ge wrote this one relatively quickly; when he finished, it was still not late at night.

Looking at the stacked battle report on the table, Qin Ge pondered, then stepped out of his room, went down the corridor, and knocked on the door opposite his own.

"Who is it?" Soon a gentle voice came from inside the room.

Qin Ge cleared his throat and softly said by the door, "It's me."

Immediately, hurried footsteps sounded inside the room; before long the door opened, and Guanghui's smiling face appeared before Qin Ge, saying, "Commander, it's so late—what's the matter?"

Qin Ge glanced at the corridor, then said to Guanghui, "Can we go inside to talk? There are some things I can't make clear out here."

"Look at me," Guanghui said ruefully, immediately making space, "Please come in, Commander; I was just about to rest, so the room is a bit messy—I hope you don't mind."

"I should be the one to apologize for disturbing your rest," Qin Ge said apologetically.

"It's nothing," Guanghui replied with a gentle smile.

Immediately, Qin Gang, led by Guanghui, entered her room. However, what Qin Ge saw was not the mess Guanghui had described; instead, it was very neat and clean, with only a few wrinkles on the bedsheet.

"Please sit on the sofa first, Commander; I'll pour you a cup of tea—you must have just finished work, right?" Guanghui smiled as she walked to the nearby teapot, pouring tea while speaking.

Qin Ge sat on the sofa, nodding at Guanghui, "Yes, I'd say today's work is done..."