Chapter 471: Siren Tide Approaches

As time gradually passed, indeed more Siren fleets appeared in the waters around Sun Moon Island. And Hu Feng, stationed at Sun Moon Island by the Maritime Affairs Bureau, also issued a notice from the Bureau regarding the new round of Siren Tide.

Furthermore, the missions on the usual commission task board became more numerous than before, most of them related to the Siren Tide.

While other members of the Grand Fleet began earnestly taking on missions, Qin Ge also sent his own shipgirls to undertake missions. However, this time he did not go himself, because his shipgirls' current level and training were already sufficient to handle the tasks in the present waters.

And now, being here, I must at all times oversee all matters concerning the base.

Moreover, during this period many Free Shipgirls have frequently come to the base; the few buildings that originally housed few Free Shipgirls are now almost fully occupied.

After all, during the Siren Tide the Maritime Affairs Bureau issues joint defense garrison missions, whose targets are basically the Grand Fleet and Free Shipgirls. However, since the Sirens have increased their attacks on Donghuang, very few Grand Fleet units now take such missions, so the main force for this task has become the Free Shipgirls.

Places like Sun Moon Island have relatively weak garrisons and few resident shipgirls, making it also a favored destination for many Free Shipgirls.

Because there are few restrictions, they are not particularly afraid of conflict, especially after Qin Ge arrived here. After all, Qin Ge previously commanded the defense battle in Shenhua City's waters and achieved a zero‑casualty record.

Such a record can be considered the greatest assurance for the shipgirls, so this year many more Free Shipgirls have come here than in previous years.

This situation further relieved Qin Ge; with so many Free Shipgirls assisting, plus his own fleet and the Grand Fleet's strength, he believes they can easily defend this sector of the base.

Yes, it suffices to defend this sector of the base, because unlike Shenhua City it is not a large urban area requiring a long defensive line.

The residential areas here are only distributed near the Gangqu base, and they are also few; most residents generally choose to live in another section of Sun Moon Island, after all that side is relatively flat and the Siren threat there is comparatively lower.

This is why Qin Ge's defended base here only needs a Grand Fleet combined with Free Shipgirls to hold; other places are vast open grounds and mountain ranges, so even if the Sirens bomb them, there would be no problem.

Perhaps over these past two days, besides Qin Ge, the busiest person at the base has been Hu Feng. All mission assignments and reward records are handled by her, and her work efficiency is indeed high, keeping everything orderly.

Finally, after more than ten days, the Gangqu base under their garrison suffered a large‑scale Siren assault. The formation of this attack left Qin Ge and all the shipgirls stunned.

Looking from the near‑sea surveillance equipment upward, the sea surface was a dense mass, interconnected so that no horizon could be seen.

"Hiss, even the Siren Tide that previously hit Shenhua City wasn't this strong, was it?" Qin Ge exclaimed, standing beside the screen as he spoke to Hu Feng.

"Yes, those who know recognize this as a Siren Tide, while those who don't think the Sirens have launched a full‑scale attack!" Hu Feng sighed, "Commander Qin Ge, it seems we must deploy our secret weapon; otherwise we really can't fight this battle."

Qin Ge smiled, "No problem, I had already arranged this with them beforehand, so such an attack is actually to our advantage; with about twenty Awakened Shipgirls defending, these Sirens are practically delivering resources to us."

Hu Feng was left speechless, but what Qin Ge said was true. Twenty or so Awakened Shipgirls here amount to nearly all the Awakened Shipgirls of a faction.

The current situation is akin to these Siren fleets concentrating fire to assault a faction's headquarters, yet their training is so low—how could they possibly succeed?

Thus the eventual outcome will devolve into delivering supplies and materials.

All right, after Qin Ge's coordination, this Siren Tide defense battle officially began, and the resulting situation was almost completely one‑sided.

With the help of several Awakened carrier shipgirls, Qin Ge's fleet firmly seized air superiority. The other shipgirls of the Grand Fleet and the Free Shipgirls then followed behind the Awakened Shipgirls, recklessly charging at the Siren fleet.

At the observation tower of the base, Qin Ge held up a high‑powered telescope and gazed at the scene before him, suddenly recalling a game he had once played, called Dynasty Warriors.

That game also has a very distinctive nickname, 'Grass‑cutting Musou', because its generals are extremely powerful; when they fight foot soldiers and ordinary warriors, it is essentially a massacre in all directions.

And the scene before him resembled that game quite closely, especially since those Awakened Shipgirls' weapons are naval guns and carrier aircraft—such wide‑area destructive weapons are even more terrifying.

For example, the carrier aircraft piloted by Akagi and Kaga—fighters constantly circling at high altitude—would immediately shoot down any enemy carrier that dared to take off.

The bombers, meanwhile, fly directly above those battleships to drop bombs; essentially a single bombing run sinks a battleship.

Torpedo aircraft are even more terrifying; because the enemy fleet is extremely dense, the parallel torpedoes launched by just a few torpedo planes will cause a violent explosion upon hitting any Siren warship.

As for the remaining torpedoes, they continue to travel underwater, pursuing new targets; basically every torpedo can hit its mark, causing the Siren warship nearby to sink.

Such three‑pronged operations are extraordinarily simple for them; even the speed at which they destroy warships exceeds that of some battleships firing directly and sinking their targets.

Like those shipgirls who carry weapons themselves—such as the 'Hao' type—they abandoned stationary shooting and instead brandished their weapons, charging straight at the enemy battleships.

Each sweep of their blades takes away a mass‑produced warship, while their main and secondary guns are all employed as defensive‑fire weapons.

The many Free Shipgirls and other Grand Fleet commanders watching from behind were dumbfounded—could this still be the Siren Tide dubbed the 'graveyard of commanders and shipgirls'?

Now it looks more like a stage for these Awakened Shipgirls to perform—elegant, lively, and blood‑boiling.

Isn't this exactly the scene I have always dreamed of? Thinking of this, the shipgirls followed even more closely.