Chapter 506: Tiancheng's Suggestion

Good day, my proud master!

A voice broke the morning's tranquility; Qin Ge opened his eyes and saw a white‑haired figure in a maid outfit standing by his bed.

Qin Ge yawned and said to the visitor, 'Good morning, Tianlangxing. What time is it now?'

'Reporting, Master, it's now six o'clock in the morning.' Tianlangxing said seriously.

'Six o'clock? That's early!' Qin Ge shook his head and said, 'Actually you don't need to come over this early.'

'The Head Maid told me your waking time, Master; to avoid making a mistake, I deliberately came early. If I disturb you, please punish me, my proud master.' Tianlangxing said, lowering her head to Qin Ge.

Looking at Tianlangxing before him, Qin Ge unconsciously rubbed his own head.

How to put it? Tianlangxing, from every angle, is an exceptionally outstanding shipgirl.

She is especially loyal to the commander, constantly calling him 'my proud master,' which can satisfy most commanders' vanity. Moreover, she handles combat with ease and excels at escort operations.

However, in maid work, according to Belfast, it's practically zero.

Although since summoning Tianlangxing, Belfast and He Min have been giving her remedial lessons these past two days, but at first glance the effect seems minimal.

But since Tianlangxing had already come to the room, Qin Ge had no reason to stay in bed, so he got up, put on his clothes, and prepared to go out for an early morning run.

Unexpectedly, upon reaching downstairs, he saw Baltimore and Cleveland, both dressed in sports gear.

'Good morning, commander.' The two greeted Qin Ge upon seeing him.

'Good morning, Baltimore and Cleveland.' Qin Ge waved with a smile, 'I didn't realize you usually get up this early.'

'Hehe, as the Donghuang saying goes, the plan for a day lies in the morning; getting up a bit earlier, moving the body, and later we'll return to train together with everyone.' Baltimore said.

'But commander, why are you up so early today? Normally you don't get up until 6:30.' Cleveland, having been stationed here a long time, knew Qin Ge's waking habits well.

'Ha, I woke up unexpectedly early, so I got up. How about we go for a run together?' Qin Ge smiled.

'Sure.'

Baltimore and Cleveland naturally agreed happily, and the three walked out of the dormitory building to begin their morning jog within the base.

Several days have passed since the last summoning; Qin Ge, besides summoning Chang Men, Dunkeerk, Baltimore, and War‑Weary,

He also had the Heavy Construction Device produce Bora, London, Spee, Suffolk, Astoria, Kaohsiung, Trent, Kongo, Massachusetts, Gneisenau, and Soviet Russia.

Then the Light Construction Device yielded Allen Sumner, Fengyun, Tianhou, Little Swan, Muyue, Tartu, Anshan, Jamaica, Agano, Penelope, Blizzard, Saint Louis, Duoduo, Tianlangxing, and Hai Tian.

The Special Type Constructor produced Victory, Bayern, Fearless, Longxiang, Assaulter, Vesta, Big Bluefish, Sukhov, U73, and Torrid.

At this point, the total number of shipgirls in the fleet had reached one hundred three; usually, when Qin Ge patrols the harbor with nothing else to do, he can see his shipgirls anywhere.

However, the problem now troubling Qin Ge is that, having summoned so many shipgirls at once, the current six formations need to be reorganized, and two more command ships must be transferred from the Shenhua City Maritime Affairs Bureau.

To make his fleet consist of eight divisions, everything must be rearranged.

These past two days Qin Ge has been busy with this, and also needs to show care for the newly arrived shipgirls, so he has not launched any sorties yet.

After finishing their morning jog with Baltimore and Cleveland, they ate at the Grand Fleet's cafeteria, and Qin Ge immediately headed to his office.

Today he must finalize the eight fleets, because this afternoon two new command ships will arrive and need to be immediately committed to battle.

Thus Qin Ge listed all his current shipgirls, grouping them by faction.

However, just writing the names of over a hundred shipgirls took him half a day, and each needed a proficiency level noted; after finishing, Qin Ge felt his head swelling.

Just then, the office door opened and Tiancheng walked in.

'My lord, cough… I've brought all today's emails for you.' Tiancheng said to Qin Ge.

'Hmm, just put it aside.' Qin Ge said without lifting his head.

However, when Tiancheng placed the emails on the desk, she saw that Qin Ge didn't lift his head at all, but kept his focus entirely on the paper in front of him.

So Tiancheng turned her gaze to the paper and discovered it listed the names and detailed information of all the shipgirls in the fleet.

As a strategist, she instantly understood Qin Ge's dilemma and smiled, saying, 'My lord, are you troubled about how to arrange the eight fleets?'

Hearing Tiancheng say that, Qin Ge involuntarily lifted his head, 'Exactly, because now each faction has more or fewer shipgirls, and there are also over thirty low‑proficiency shipgirls that need to be placed into these fleets; balance must be maintained.'

'Furthermore, the leaders of the other two fleets are somewhat hard to determine.'

'Hehe, my lord, I do have an idea about this matter; I wonder if you'd like to hear it?' Tiancheng smiled.

Qin Ge's eyes lit up, 'Go ahead.'

'Rather than hastily deciding the fleet's personnel, it's better to first determine the fleet leader. Moreover, since we have shipgirls from every faction in the fleet, the leader position should ideally be filled by one from each faction.'

'That would show my lord's impartiality toward all factions, avoiding favoritism and not looking down on any due to low proficiency.' Tiancheng smiled.

'But even so, some factions have relatively few shipgirls, making balanced distribution impossible.' Qin Ge said.

'So we shouldn't consider the fleet's members; first we should settle on the fleet leader.' Tiancheng smiled.

'Take our Sakura Empire faction as an example: I had always been the fleet flagship, but now Lady Chang Men has arrived, so naturally I must yield the fleet leader position to her, after all she is the flagship of the Sakura Empire United Fleet.'

'Therefore, my lord can follow this line of thought: select the flagship of each faction, then let those flagships choose the members of their respective fleets.' Tiancheng smiled.

'I think distributing in this way will certainly be fairer, and it will spare my lord from worrying so much.'