Chapter 668: Unknown Humanoid Siren
A group of people marched for not long, then followed Independence's carrier aircraft into this sea area.
Looking at the sea area that was no different from before, the Prince of Wales said doubtfully, "Is this the sea area? It looks like there's nothing special about it."
"Independence just said that the gravity here is strange," Enterprise said to everyone.
"If it's gravity, then it will definitely affect the shell trajectory, so let's try," Mikasa said.
Immediately moving its turret, it fired a shot at a distant position. Everyone immediately followed Mikasa's shell with their eyes, observing the changes.
The shell dragging firelight in the air drew a beautiful arc, landing in the distant sea surface; the test appeared unusually smooth, yet it made all the shipgirls furrow their brows.
"Strange, even though there's no sea wind, the shell's trajectory in the air is twisted…… causing the impact point to become closer?" the Prince of Wales said, frowning.
"Mikasa, fire again from the same position and angle to see if this shot changes," A Furore said to Mikasa.
"No problem." Mikasa quickly nodded, waited for reloading to finish, then immediately fired again.
This time, when the shell with its beautiful arc landed in the sea, everyone was even more surprised, because although Mikasa had not changed position or angle, the shell's impact point actually became farther.
"What's going on? The same shell fired at the same angle, yet the impact point is noticeably farther," the Monarch said in surprise.
"It seems Independence was right about the abnormal gravity problem in this sea area; such a gravity problem not only changed the shell's impact point but also altered the carrier aircraft's flight attitude," Enterprise said, nodding.
"Since the shell situation has changed, will we shipgirls be affected by such an important influence?" Guanghui asked doubtfully.
"To know this problem, let's just try," King George V said.
"I agree; everyone should keep watch around us, enter this sea area, and firmly grasp the information of this sea area," Enterprise said solemnly.
"Good!"
Everyone said they'd do it, and with Belfast, Biaoqiang, Changchun, Anshan, etc., as the vanguard flanks, they entered the sea area together in a three-three formation.
Indeed, as soon as everyone stepped into the sea area, a strange feeling appeared on them.
At times they felt light as if floating, at times they felt extremely heavy, as if the gravity of this area had been twisted.
"Indeed, the gravity of this area has already been altered; sometimes it increases, sometimes it decreases, which also explains why just now the shells landed at different points," the Prince of Wales said.
"Gravity causing abnormal shell trajectories does make sense…… but why has the gravity of this sea area changed?" Guanghui asked.
"Under natural conditions, gravity cannot change for no reason; it's likely that the Siren's devices deployed in the sea area are up to mischief," the Monarch replied.
"Basically we can confirm it; according to past experience, abnormal phenomena are always maintained by some device located in the sea area, and destroying the device will naturally solve the problem. Since we've already come here, we need to resolve the gravity device in this sea area," Anshan said to everyone.
"If that's the case, then everyone maintain combat formation and prepare to set out!" Enterprise said.
"Understood!"
After the group had marched for a while in the sea area, Belfast suddenly stopped and raised her hand.
"Everyone, there's a situation," Belfast said quickly.
Sure enough, on the side of the red stone wall ahead to the right, a Siren fleet slowly appeared.
"I didn't expect there to be mass-produced types even in such a strange sea area," Changchun said unexpectedly.
"As long as the enemy are Sirens, anything is possible," King George V said, "but this is best; we are currently adapting to the gravity of this sea area, and fortunately a Siren mass-produced type has appeared, so everyone first use them to calibrate the firing table, as much as possible to get familiar with the feeling of combat in this abnormal area."
"Who knows, waiting for us not far away could be a big battle; preparing in advance is never wrong."
"Understood!"
All shipgirls relying on naval gunfire instantly nodded, then began to calibrate the firing table by opening fire on the Siren mass-produced type that appeared before them.
Although everyone quickly cleared that Siren mass-produced type opposite them, but compared to the previous time, it took more than double the time.
"Tsk, long-range is relatively difficult; this kind of gravity change timing is somewhat strange—sometimes it lasts long, sometimes short—and firing during the transition of gravity change makes it extremely likely to miss."
"So everyone should, as much as possible, only attack after closing in, which can improve accuracy; if that really doesn't work, then we can only use handheld weapons," the Prince of Wales said.
"Hehe, I don't mind that at all; after all, as a knight, the sword in my hand is an important means of attack. However, when doing this, absolutely do not let the commander see, or else he'll worry again that we're getting too close to the Siren target, causing unnecessary damage," King George V laughed.
"Haven't you told Qin Ge that your handheld weapons are extensions of your ship equipment? Moreover, even the shells aren't as sharp as your handheld weapons," Mikasa said somewhat strangely.
At this moment, Guanghui laughed and said, "The commander knows, but every time I see Nengdai and them using their handheld weapons to cleave Siren destroyers, my eyelids twitch. Especially when the explosion's firelight engulfs them, I always worry whether they'll suffer blast damage."
"So his demand for us is to, whenever possible, not use handheld weapons, but instead increase our own firepower and settle enemies with shells."
"Haha, it's clear that Qin Ge is very concerned about you," the Prince of Wales laughed.
"Although this concern seems unnecessary, who could refuse? So in places where the commander can see, we basically settle enemies with shells; but when on a mission, that's when we can let ourselves go," Biaoqiang said with a giggle.
At this moment, Belfast at the forefront suddenly spoke up, interrupting everyone's chatter.
"Everyone, although disturbing your talk is not something a maid should do, but a humanoid Siren has appeared again in our left front, a type we've never seen before."
After hearing Belfast's words, everyone turned their heads toward the direction she indicated. They saw a humanoid Siren with gray hair and dark skin all over standing there.
Her arms were two huge blue arms, and behind her a ship equipment swirled; the whole person looked extraordinarily imposing……
End of Chapter
