Chapter 501: Progress

As previously mentioned, the next day Qin Ge took his shipgirls around Minghai City.

However, because I no longer have many acquaintances here, and Lao Wan and Wan Da Niang are now in Shenhua City, I simply took a stroll, then told my shipgirls what I had done and where I had gone in this place.

Even so, all the shipgirls were very happy.

But happy times are always short; when a new day arrived, everyone replenished supplies at the Maritime Affairs Bureau, then drove the command ship toward Sun Moon Island.

The sky was overcast when we came, and it even poured rain. But on the way back, the weather unexpectedly cleared up, perhaps related to everyone's mood.

After two days of travel, we finally reached Sun Moon Island from Minghai City. After a brief rest, Qin Ge immediately led his shipgirls into action in the Erosion Level Four Sea Area.

Because the shipgirls' proficiency had increased, Qin Ge wanted to move forward this time, so he came to the edge of the Erosion Level Four Sea Area. Passing through this channel leads to the Erosion Level Five Sea Area.

As expected, the Siren Fleet here is far larger than that of the Erosion Level Four Sea Area. However, with Qin Ge's current Iron Blood Fleet, they could easily handle it, so everyone stationed themselves here.

Each day they patrolled between the Erosion Level Five Sea Area and the Erosion Level Four Sea Area, seeking the Siren Fleet's movements and then eliminating them.

Of course, along the way they returned to the base once for resupply. This time the goal was to not return until the end of September.

"Commander, how much data has this Decisive Battle Cube collected so far?"

After the battle, everyone rested in the cabin, and Peter Strasse asked Qin Ge.

Qin Ge smiled, "It's already about seventy percent; I believe by year-end we should be able to summon it."

"That's quite fast, much faster than the Monarch's appearance." Peter Strasse smiled.

"Isn't that normal? When we collected the Monarch's battle data, we weren't like this, staying every day in the Erosion Level Four Sea Area, and at most we'd encounter one or two fleets; now each encounter is no less than two to three fleets.

"At most, we once encountered six fleets, all high-proficiency; there's no way to not be fast." Ou Gen Qin Wang smiled.

"I don't know how strong the research shipgirl converted from this Wisdom Cube will be." Weixi said.

"I'm not worried about that; just look at the Monarch—she's merely a Supreme Plan, and when she first appeared she could already match ordinary Awakened Shipgirls. What we have now is a Decisive Battle Plan, which can be called a maritime legend among research shipgirls.

"So I think her comparable counterpart should be Xinong. Although Xinong hasn't Awakened yet, she is the strongest in our fleet; that is the power of a maritime legend."

"I think the power of this shipgirl when she appears will be absolutely terrifying." Peter Strasse said.

"Hehe, I hope so." Qin Ge smiled.

"By the way, Commander, you already have the other five Supreme Plan Research Cubes; who do you plan to summon next?" Ou Gen Qin Wang asked.

"Hehe, that's a difficult problem; as far as I know, those several Research Cubes belong to five factions: Royal, White Eagle, Sakura Empire, Vichy Tribunal, and our Iron Blood.

"However, I think based on the Commander's personality, he should choose White Eagle or Sakura Empire next, after all he's stayed too long on our Iron Blood and Royal ships." Peter Strasse said.

"Ha." Qin Ge chuckled, "Indeed, I plan to summon the White Eagle's Seattle next, because Seattle is a Vanguard Shipgirl, so I intend to also summon some Free Iris and Vichy Tribunal shipgirls; if we can form a fleet, the two can proceed simultaneously."

"Actually, I think the Commander doesn't need to do everything himself; didn't we run an experiment before? As long as it's within our fleet, even if the Commander isn't present, we can use the Wisdom Cube to collect battle data." Bisimai said.

"So after the Decisive Battle Plan is summoned, the Commander just needs to give us the Iron Blood-affiliated Wisdom Research Cube; we will go out, collect battle data, and then the Commander can personally summon it."

"But that would make me too relaxed." Qin Ge smiled.

"It's fine; the Commander can also choose to follow the fleet setting out, staying with each fleet for a while, then switching to another fleet, which can also balance the other fleets' morale.

"Otherwise, like Weineituo's fleet, which has had no Research Cube to this point, I believe they also hope the Commander can join them in battle aboard their fleet." Bisimai said.

"Hmm, indeed this is a problem." Qin Ge smiled, "I feel using your method later would also work; after all, as our fleet numbers grow, the best approach will be like this."

"When our fleet numbers increase in the future, the Commander's appearances on the fleet will become fewer, after all we don't want anything unexpected to happen to you at sea." Ou Gen Qin Wang laughed.

"Ou Gen Qin Wang is right." Bisimai nodded, "Although our fleet's strength has greatly increased, the enemies we face are also getting stronger; in the future we might really encounter some difficulties.

"So the Commander can stay in a safe place and just do overall command; later we will be on the front line."

Qin Ge chuckled, "Let's talk about that later; if our fleet truly becomes that strong someday, everything will stabilize, and I can confidently hand over the front-line missions to you."

"The Siren Tide will come soon; after this Siren Tide, how many shipgirls does the whole administration plan to summon?" Ou Gen Qin Wang asked.

Qin Ge smiled, "At least around a hundred slots."

"Hehe, then the Commander will need to summon about thirty next time, more than last time; according to the current situation, our fleet will then have roughly eight fleets." Weixi said.

"Actually, I'm now worried about how to match the flagships for the other two fleets." Qin Ge said.

"I think choosing flagships for our fleet isn't a big deal; Washington and Bunker Hill of the White Eagle, our Iron Blood's Tirpitz, Royal's Guanghui, Sakura Empire's Chi Cheng and Kaga—these are all viable flagship candidates.

"Moreover, with over thirty shipgirls, the Commander will surely summon the corresponding ones; then we can let them, like the earlier Enterprise, directly improve using ship drill data." Ou Gen Qin Wang said.

"Indeed."