Chapter 171 Preparation
Su Xia was full of expectations. She didn't know what the KanColle headquarters was like, or what kind of men the other admirals were, and she had no intention of working.
"Our garrison is on an island in the south, which is a bit far from the Ship Girl headquarters. How do we get out? Should we take a yacht or a cruise ship?" Su Xia asked.
In the history of World War II, the Atlantic Battle and the Mediterranean Battle were much less intense than the Pacific Battle. For this reason, the number of deep-sea ship girls and flagships in the Pacific was greater than anywhere else.
To a certain extent, it can be said that the emperor is guarding the country's borders. The headquarters of the ship girls is located in Asia, and they are the first to deal with the deep-sea ship girls that frequently appear in the Pacific Ocean.
Now that we have a Shipgirl Headquarters, no more garrisons will be set up near the Shipgirl Headquarters. After all, if the deep-sea Shipgirls cannot be dealt with even by the Shipgirl Headquarters, then other garrisons will be of little use.
Anyway, their garrison is a certain distance away from the area where the ship girl headquarters is located.
"Admiral, are you afraid of flying?" Victory suddenly asked.
"It's okay." Su Xia said that he was not afraid of flying, but when the plane took off and occasionally shook in the air, he could not help but feel a little worried that the plane would crash.
"That's fine." Victory joked, "Admiral, you don't know, many people are afraid of flying. Among the ship girls, there are even more who are afraid of flying. I guess nine out of ten ship girls are afraid of flying, and there is only one who is particularly afraid."
"Is it that exaggerated?" Su Xia asked, "Are you afraid of flying?"
"I'm afraid," Victory said. "I won't fly unless I have to."
"L20, are you afraid of flying?" Su Xia turned her head.
"What?"
"Nothing." Su Xia waved her hand, "You can continue playing with your phone."
“Oh.” L20 was a little confused.
Su Xia asked curiously: "Why are you afraid of flying? I don't think it's a big deal."
"I don't know either. I just feel so weak when flying in a plane. I might fall off at any time." Victory thought for a while and said, "Maybe ships and planes, the sky and the sea are destined to be incompatible."
Su Xia couldn't help but argue, "Aircraft carrier?"
"The aircraft carrier is still sailing on the sea, it's just controlling the carrier-based aircraft. How can playing with a remote-controlled plane be compared to flying the plane yourself?" said the Victory.
"Shipgirls love the sea. They feel safest by the sea... No, they love ports, harbors, and garrisons the most. It's ingrained in their bones." Victory said, "Generally speaking, shipgirls almost always live in coastal cities and never settle inland. It seems that warships and the navy are never stationed inland."
Su Xia suddenly remembered something and burst into laughter.
Victory looked unhappy and asked, "Admiral, why are you laughing? Did I say anything wrong?"
"The Mongolian Navy." Su Xia pounded the table. "Does the Mongolian Navy commander Sukhbaatar live inland?"
The Mongolian Navy is part of Mongolia and is the smallest naval force among the few countries in the world with an inland navy. The Mongolian Navy's entire fleet includes three ships, two guns, an engine, and seven members. Among the three ships, only the Sukhbaatar tugboat can be launched and operate in the Khuvsgul Lake area.
Victory was knowledgeable and she naturally knew about the Mongolian Navy. Her expression was a little embarrassed at the time.
Su Xia crossed his arms and asked, "Victory, how do you think the Mongolian Navy should go out to sea?"
"have no idea."
Su Xia laughed, and for a moment he wanted to play with his Lord Sukhbaatar, the little loli supply ship with watermelon-shaped hair.
But business is more important. Su Xia smiled and said, "Victory, you asked me if I was afraid of flying. Do you want me to fly to the KanColle headquarters?"
"yes."
"Let's go to a nearby city first, and then take a plane to the KanColle headquarters?"
"No city or airline has flights to the Kanmusu headquarters. Apart from the admiral and the Kanmusu, how many people would take a plane to the Kanmusu headquarters?" Victory said, with a tone of regret, "You are the admiral, this is your garrison, don't you know anything? Of course we should fly our plane there."
Su Xia asked, "Do we have airplanes in the garrison? I seem to remember that Missouri mentioned it once, a small fixed-wing aircraft."
"Not that one, that one is just a toy." Victory said, "Helicopter, we have a helicopter in the garrison, if you want to go to the Ship Girl Headquarters, take that helicopter."
Su Xia frowned subconsciously, he remembered that there was a landing map in the game, the ship girls were moving things onto a helicopter. The helicopter was quite impressive, a heavy transport helicopter with twin rotors, what model was it, what was its name?
"Is that helicopter... Chinook?" Su Xia finally remembered the name. She was able to remember it because the helicopter was quite famous, not inferior to the Black Hawk or Apache.
"You already know that, don't you?" Victory said, "The cruise ship in our garrison can only travel at a speed of about thirty to forty knots, not as fast as the airship. To put it simply, let's assume that one knot is two kilometers, and forty knots is only eighty kilometers, not as fast as a car. The Chinook can fly up to three hundred kilometers per hour."
A plane must fly faster than a boat, that's a no-brainer. Su Xia was more concerned about other things and asked, "A Chinook is expensive, right? How much is a Chinook?"
"It's very expensive, tens of millions of dollars each, so we can only afford one. Fortunately, the KanColle headquarters reimbursed part of the funds, and they sold it half and gave it away half. They don't need so many. I hope we can take care of it more in normal times." Victory said, "I don't think it's necessary, but sometimes it's still needed. Anyway, that's it."
The admiral didn't care about anything, the secretary ship was replaced as if it was a joke, and all the matters of the garrison needed to be taken care of. Victory said: "Fortunately, we don't need to hire someone to maintain it, otherwise there would be no need for that thing, and it is rarely used. It is now placed at the airport, and the main person responsible for its maintenance is Indomitable."
"I'm not sure about the status of that Chinook, whether the Indomitable has been properly maintained, or it can only be used as a cruise ship."
Victory continued, "Admiral, go ask Indomitable if she has been maintained. She will be the one to drive it when the time comes... I think No. 13 will be able to do it too. Yubari should be able to do it too... I'm not sure either. I only know Indomitable. I'm more familiar with her. We're both British."
Su Xia asked curiously, "Didn't you say at the beginning that most ship girls are afraid of flying? Isn't Butou afraid?"
"There are always a few people who are not afraid. Besides, what's the harm in being afraid? If you are afraid of the dark, do you keep the lights on and sleep with the lights on? Sometimes the more you fear something, the more you have to overcome it." Victory hesitated. "Anyway, Indomitable can drive it, and she happens to be in charge of its maintenance. You can go ask her what's going on."
L20 was not that playful. When Su Xia and Victory talked about the price of Chinook, she put down her phone and listened to their conversation. At this time, she said with great interest: "Victory, you are wrong. The admiral is obviously the admiral. If you were to ask the Indomitable about the helicopter, how could you let the admiral go? Are you more senior than the admiral?"
Victory turned to L20, which side are you on?
L20 was just interested at first, and had no extra thoughts, such as defending the admiral, humiliating the master and killing the servant, etc. Victory glanced at her and immediately retreated.
Victory thought for a moment and said, "Admiral, you are older, you should arrange the work. Who will go to ask Indomitable what's going on with Chinook? What's going on with her? Does she have time? I suggest that L20 go. We can't keep pampering her like that. She must do something, otherwise she will be useless in the future."
Su Xia was also the one who liked to bully L20 the most. She nodded and said, "That's settled. L20, go find Bu Niu and ask her what's going on."
"Indomitable should be in the workshop across from the warehouse. She usually likes to stay in the workshop, tinkering with all sorts of machinery. However, if it is tea time, she still likes to have afternoon tea with the Prince of Wales and Counterattack."
Victory continued, "L20, you should have heard of Indomitable. A car was handed over to her, and it became a pile of parts the next day. On the third day, it became a car again, with a new engine and nitrogen propulsion..."
"Don't worry, you're a shipgirl, not a battleship. She won't lift you up and dismantle you. Even if she does, she can put it back together the next day. There won't be any redundant parts. If you're lucky, she might even install two more guns on you. I guarantee you'll become the one with the strongest firepower in the tutelary fort."
"You can't be scared. I'm not that stupid to believe those things." L20 said.
Victory sneered and said, "You just arrived at the tutelage, so you don't know yet. You don't know that Yubari transformed Mahan into a robot before, and you don't know that Yubari transformed Shinano into a battleship. Yubari is OK, but Indomitable's technology is no worse than Yubari's. Indomitable, she hates Germans the most."
L20 hid behind Su Xia.
Su Xia glanced at L20. She originally wanted to scare L20 with Victory, but stopped herself from saying anything. She patted the table and said, "L20, don't worry. As long as I am here, no one can bully you."
"Victory, you are so arrogant." Su Xia shouted, "Don't even think about bullying our L20."
"Admiral~" L20 shouted emotionally.
Victory curled his lips and said, "L20, are you really that stupid, silly girl?"
Su Xia said, "L20, it's okay. I'll go with you to the workshop. If anything happens, hide behind me."
"Admiral~" L20 almost shed tears. The Admiral is worthy of being the harbor of ship girls.
Victory saw this scene and scratched his head. L20, you are definitely an idiot. What do you mean by accompanying you to the workshop? I didn't want you to go to the workshop to find Bu Niu from the beginning. It was that guy's idea to let you go to the workshop.
In fact, Su Xia was also wondering, L20, are you really that stupid?
