Chapter 431: Storm Descends

When Qin Ge led his Grand Fleet's commanders and shipgirls to Mingshi's variety store, Mingshi's eyes went wide.

"Qin Ge Commander, you clearly said you were coming alone, so why did you bring so many people?" Mingshi pointed at Qin Ge and said.

Qin Ge smiled. "Anyway, it's all about breakthrough—breaking through my own shipgirl is a breakthrough, breaking through a group's shipgirl is also a breakthrough. And it's the Burri sisters doing the breakthrough; I believe they're very willing."

Mingshi flared up. "Qin Ge Commander, you're too pushy!"

Qin Ge smiled. "So, can we breakthrough or not?"

"Meow..." Looking at the smiling Qin Ge before her, Mingshi felt utterly powerless, thinking how powerless she felt facing Qin Ge now, how many principles she had broken for him, yet he kept pressing her step by step.

"You've won..."

Seeing the powerless Mingshi before him, Qin Ge gave a faint smile. "Heh, that's fine—breakthrough is just something the Burri sisters do; it's no big trouble."

"Don't say more, I just want to be quiet." Mingshi said.

Qin Ge rubbed his nose; although a hint of guilt welled up in his heart, faced with the temptation of a free breakthrough, Ke Ge still chose to suppress that guilt.

"Alright, Mingshi has spoken, we can do the breakthrough here. So now you line up one by one to find Burri." Qin Ge said.

"Yes, sir." The Grand Fleet's members didn't know why Mingshi felt so stifled, but being able to breakthrough was better than anything, so they didn't dwell on it, each taking their shipgirls to the inner rooms to find Burri.

It didn't take much time to breakthrough all the shipgirls of the fleet. Qin Ge's own shipgirl also got a breakthrough, and the fleet's overall strength increased significantly.

After leaving Mingshi's variety store, Qin Ge didn't return to the office area but chose to head to his own room.

Today's main tasks are done, so naturally after returning we should rest a day or two, waiting until all the oil and supplies are in place before continuing toward the Corrosion Level Four sea area.

After spending a few days with the shipgirls, the Maritime Affairs Bureau's oil was replenished, and Qin Ge's new round of maritime campaign resumed.

This time he prepared two months' worth of oil for the sortie, because last time he prepared only one month and suffered a loss; preparing a bit more this time would let him stay out longer and raise his shipgirls' levels as much as possible.

Moreover, Qin Ge plans that when he returns this time, he will continue to expand his fleet. For the upcoming Siren Tide, although the Sirens' main thrust isn't here, this area will still be affected, so sufficient combat power must be prepared.

Just like last time's rhythm, but this time the ones following Qin Ge are not Akagi and Kaga, but Hau and Counterstrike from the Royal faction.

Coincidentally, the main shipgirls Qin Ge leads are all from the Royal faction, so everyone gets along very pleasantly together.

As the battle continued, the combat data collected inside the purplish-red Cube increased. Almost every day the combat data showed noticeable growth, meaning that soon we could summon this discarded Project Ship girl.

Sunset and moonrise, time at sea passes both quickly and slowly. Compared to the first time Qin Ge took the fleet out to sea, this time he chooses to avoid unnecessary combat at night as much as possible.

So at night, aside from the shipgirls on patrol and duty checking the radar, basically the other shipgirls can get a very good rest. He himself can also rest well, since under the care of Belfast and Guanghui he won't be overly exhausted.

However, the weather at sea isn't always like that; storm cyclones, violent storms and rain are completely normal, even typhoons.

On the fourteenth day of Qin Ge Fleet's sortie, the sea surface suddenly became overcast with dark, thick clouds. The dark, deep clouds covered the sky, and a violent storm broke out.

Looking at the raging storm outside the command ship, Qin Ge stood inside the command ship, tightly staring at the radar.

"I didn't expect to run into such terrible weather; it looks like our operation plan will have to be paused for a while." Qin Ge said.

"Commander, are you preparing to withdraw from here?" Guanghui stood beside Qin Ge and asked.

Qin Ge shook his head. "We probably can't withdraw now; according to the weather radar, the direction this typhoon extends is exactly our retreat direction, so now we notify the other fleets to find a safe place to temporarily avoid the storm."

"Yes, Commander." Banrenma quickly nodded, picked up the communications equipment on the command ship, and began notifying the other fleets.

Not long after, she reported to Qin Ge: "Commander, because of the storm's strong electromagnetic interference, our outgoing signals should have been received by them, but we haven't received their return signals."

Qin Ge nodded. "After all, this command ship of ours is specially made, so that's understandable; I hope they can receive our signals and get through this storm."

Guanghui smiled. "Commander, don't worry—we've encountered storms like this before; I'm sure they'll find a safe place to get through this storm."

However, compared to them, we now need to find a safe place ourselves, because a more violent typhoon will come soon."

"Hmm." Qin Ge nodded and said to Belfast, who was steering: "Belfast, according to the monitored storm direction, head into the wind, reduce speed; as for the Sirens we just detected, we don't need to pursue them now—in such terrible storm weather, there's no need for extra combat."

"Yes!" Belfast immediately replied and began turning the rudder, keeping the command ship's course.

Afterwards, Qin Ge told the vanguard shipgirls Biaoqiang, Ou ruo la, and others: "Biaoqiang, Chong qing, Xin xin, go inspect the command ship's hull; report any damage immediately."

"Yes, Commander!" Biaoqiang and the others replied.

Watching their departing figures, Qin Ge furrowed his brow and stared at the sea ahead: "That's all we can do."

Guanghui smiled and said: "Commander, don't worry—we've faced many big winds and waves before; this time we'll definitely get through safely, because Guanghui isn't ahead, she's right by your side."

Upon hearing that, Qin Ge couldn't help but smile. "Indeed, Guanghui isn't ahead because she's always by my side."

As Guanghui and Qin Ge were talking, suddenly Banrenma on one side said: "Commander, an abnormal signal is appearing ahead and rushing toward us at extreme speed!"

"What!" Qin Ge looked in surprise at Banrenma…