I Shall Play a Tune to Welcome You

"It's my turn! It's my turn!" a little girl with an eye patch over her left eye shouted.

"Amethyst, didn't you just have your turn? How come it's your turn again?"

"Really?" Amethyst blinked. "You must be mistaken!"

The children couldn't actually remember whose turn it was, so they discussed it and said, "Let's start over, and let Amethyst go first."

A group of people lifted the Amethyst and threw it forcefully into the air.

As Amethyst's body bounced up and down, her voice rose and fell with her shouts.

"Come and see, what is this?"

Suddenly someone called out to everyone from the other side, seemingly having made a new discovery.

The children scattered like bees to see what was happening over there.

Amethyst, still in mid-air, saw everyone suddenly run away and screamed, "Ah! Don't go! Don't go!"

Thump!

She landed hard on the grass, and even though it was soft, it was enough to make her feel pain for a long time.

Amethyst gently rubbed her sore bottom and complained, "How could you do this?!"

Meanwhile, the children on the other side called out to her, "Come and see, there's something interesting here."

Upon hearing that something interesting was happening, Amethyst immediately forgot what had just happened and ran over.

A group of children huddled together, looking at the grass, seemingly having discovered something.

Amethyst burrowed in forcefully and asked, "What's going on? What's going on?"

"Huh? Why are there so many ants?"

One child asked, "What are they doing? Where are all these ants going?"

"They're moving house, how come you didn't even know that?" Gretel quickly answered the question.

"Why move? Wasn't our old home good enough?"

"I know that," Little Jeanne recalled what she had learned from her books, "Because it's about to rain."

"Rain?" The children looked up at the sky, but there was no sign of rain at all; the sky was clear and there wasn't a single cloud.

Sensing the doubts of others, Little Jeanne was displeased. She said very seriously, "What the book says must be true. It will definitely rain in a while, maybe even a storm. You'll see."

When the storm was mentioned, Little Jeanne and the others didn't seem to feel anything, but the ship girls at the naval base immediately looked tense.

"Is a storm coming? Let's hurry and tell everyone to get ready!"

This time it was Little Jeanne's turn to be puzzled. She asked, "Why do we need to prepare? You won't be blown away from here."

"Oh dear! A storm is coming; there's bound to be a deep-sea attack."

The destroyers didn't have time to explain; they rushed back to tell everyone what had happened.

"Oh no! Oh no! A storm is coming!"

The children rushed into the cafeteria in a flash, shouting and talking excitedly.

Prinz Eugen glanced at the sky outside the window and said somewhat angrily, "It's still so sunny outside, how could there be a storm? Don't be ridiculous."

"It's true, it's true!"

The children didn't know how to express themselves; they just kept saying that a storm was coming, but they didn't know how to convince the others present.

At that moment, Essex walked in, her expression grave, and said, "Bell said there's a storm brewing in the air, we need to prepare in advance."

Belle is the name of her bald eagle.

"Look, we told you there was going to be a storm, but you wouldn't believe us." The children found that Essex also supported their statement, and suddenly they had found evidence to show that they were not lying.

"Essex, is it true?" The ship girls present immediately became serious. The children's words might not be believed, but Essex was definitely not someone who spoke carelessly.

Essex nodded. "Very likely. We can't be careless. The admiral is not here now, so the naval base absolutely cannot have any problems."

"Quickly notify the others and get ready immediately!"

Everyone tensed up immediately. A deep-sea attack was no small matter. If the leader was Abyssal Flagship, the naval base would suffer heavy losses if caught off guard.

Such a thing must never happen while the admiral is away, otherwise they will be unable to face the admiral upon his return.

"I'm sorry, we can't continue to entertain you," Prinz Eugen apologized to Yuxian.

Yuxian waved his hand, "You guys go ahead and get busy, we're fine."

He knew the situation was critical and wouldn't object to it, trying his best not to bother them at this time.

After the alarm was sounded, all the ship girls in the naval base dropped what they were doing and ran to the square to assemble.

"What's going on? What's going on? Who sounded the alarm?"

The ship girls who had just arrived were completely bewildered and asked around, not knowing what had happened.

Someone said, "I heard that a storm is about to break out, and a deep-sea storm is coming."

"The deep sea? At this time? But the admiral isn't here! What should we do?"

Without their admiral present, the ship girls were like people who had lost their backbone, running around in a panic.

"We must protect the naval base! Submarines and destroyers, go back to your rooms and hide immediately. Everyone else, prepare yourselves. We absolutely cannot let the deep-sea forces destroy the naval base!"

All the ship girls sprang into action, but their chaotic state made Yuxian shake his head.

Ship girls without an admiral are indeed no good. Even calm leaders like Bismarck and Prince of Wales have no way to organize everyone.

Chapter 7, Section 444: I want to play a song to welcome you.

Yuxian was very worried about the chaotic state of the ship girls at the naval base.

He said to Mash, "The situation is bad right now. If anything happens, we might need to step in to help. Call everyone over and I'll give them some instructions."

Yuxian watched the ship girls' actions with great helplessness.

The fact that the ship girls' combat strength was so weak when the admiral was away was something he hadn't expected.

Should the submarines and destroyers go back and hide?

Then who will handle anti-submarine warfare? Light cruisers alone? And who will provide air defense?

Why don't aircraft carriers use reconnaissance aircraft to search for the enemy, and instead wait until the enemy is right in front of them before engaging them?

Even Yuxian Xian knew that their preparations were merely passive defense, which was extremely poor.

He also saw that Bismarck seemed to be thinking of launching an attack. Fortunately, Prinz Eugen stopped her. At this time, wouldn't it be suicide for the battleship to launch an attack?

There was no coordination or order whatsoever.

One word: chaos!

In short, it's a mess!

Yuxian began to understand why all the admirals were human, and why the ship girls possessed great strength without being suspected by humans.

This is not only because ship girls are simple-minded, but also because ship girls without an admiral are simply not a threat in terms of combat power.

Despite his seemingly incapable fighting ability, the admiral is an indispensable part of the naval base's operation.

As expected, dark clouds began to gather in the sky. Just moments ago, the sky was clear and blue, but now it had suddenly become gloomy and terrifying.

Dark, heavy clouds covered the entire sky, making it feel as dark as night, even though it was still daytime.

A strong wind blew, making the leaves rustle.

A storm is coming.

The submarines and destroyers peered out from inside the building, their hearts pounding with tension.

Meanwhile, battleships and aircraft carriers all stood on the dock, ready to welcome the arrival of the deep sea.

The rain poured down, but the ship girls on the dock stood firm in the wind and rain. This little bit of wind and rain was nothing to them; they had a strong belief in protecting the ship.

"Senior, what should we do?" Mash was very anxious, but she was powerless to help and didn't know how.

Yuxian frowned, unable to think of a good way to help these ship girls.

"Let's see how it goes; we can only adapt to the situation."

They couldn't help with the battle on the surface; now they could only hope that the incoming deep-sea fleet wasn't too powerful.

Woohoo—

The heavy roar of aircraft filled the air, and the deep-sea reconnaissance plane was the first to appear in everyone's sight—a clarion call for war.

A deep-sea fleet has appeared.

Immediately afterwards, a densely packed deep-sea fleet appeared on the distant sea, a sight that made one's heart uneasy.

"Damn it! It's the Abyssal Flagship!"

As the saying goes, good things don't come true, but bad things do; this time, the team was indeed led by the Abyssal Flagship.

The situation is becoming increasingly difficult, and the naval base is in trouble.

Crack! Crack! Crack! Boom! Boom! Boom!

The war broke out, and the two sides began shelling and bombarding each other from a distance.

It's messy and noisy.

Without unified command, the ship girls are relying solely on their formidable strength to defend against the attacks of the deep-sea fleet.

The planes chased each other in the sky, shells flew back and forth between them, and munitions exploded nearby from time to time, causing a commotion.

"This can't go on!"

Yuxian narrowed his eyes and shouted, "Akagi! Washington! Bismarck! Prince of Wales! You must quickly find a way to organize everyone!"

However, it didn't work.

His shout was like a small wave, instantly drowned out by the roar of artillery shells and airplanes on the battlefield.

Yuxian felt powerless; this wasn't Chaldea, and no one would listen to him.

These ship girls will only listen to their admirals; they will never listen to anyone else.

Moreover, Yuxian was a complete stranger whom they had only just met.

The destroyers hiding inside the building huddled together in anxiety, and the more timid ones had already begun to cry secretly.

Squeak--

A sharp screech of car brakes was heard.

A car speeding in at the gate of the naval base came to a stop with extremely violent braking.

The car body instantly turned ninety degrees sideways.

The car door opened quickly, and three people got out.

"Admiral!"

"The admiral is back!"

"The admiral is back! We're all alright!"

The ship girls were overjoyed, instantly finding their leader, and their morale was completely different from before.

"What a bunch of ill-mannered guests! Now's their chance to shine, leave it to me!"

Nero waved his hand and shouted, "Akagi! First Carrier Division, Second Carrier Division, Fifth Carrier Division, seize air superiority!"

"Yes! Kaga, Hiryuu, Souryuu, Shoukaku, Zuikaku, follow me and seize air superiority with all your might!"

Akagi immediately joined forces with the carrier group to do everything in their power to destroy the deep-sea carrier's fighters in the air and win air superiority for everyone.

"Lexington, take the other carriers and bombard them with full force!"

Nero then gave orders to Lexington, who was standing beside him.