Chapter 268: Lack of Confidence
"What did the admiral say?" Iowa asked.
"I'm a little panicked, really a little panicked." Su Xia said, in fact, he wasn't panicked at all. Of course, he didn't want Iowa to put him down, there was no place to put him in the vast ocean, he was just joking, there was no reason to be so timid.
"Why are you panicking?" Iowa asked. She didn't have so many messy thoughts and couldn't keep up with Su Xia's imagination. "No problem, my driving skills are very stable... I heard from Missouri that the admiral seems to like extreme speed sports. I'm going to increase the maximum speed, you must hold me tight, be careful not to be thrown out."
"Okay." Su Xia said. He didn't mind hugging tighter, thinking that Iowa's waist was stronger than Lexington's.
Iowa tightened the accelerator and accelerated, racing with her favorite admiral. She had always only dreamed about it, but today she finally got her wish. There were no weaklings in the Iowa class. She was also very smart, and she quickly realized why the admiral said he was panicking. She smiled and said, "Are you worried that history will repeat itself, admiral?"
"A little bit." Su Xia said.
Iowa and Willie, aka William D. Porter, have a story.
For 43 years in history, Iowa was responsible for transporting President Roosevelt and others, all top American leaders, to the Tehran Conference.
Among the ships escorting Iowa was a destroyer called the William D. Porter.
During the escort, the captain of the William D. Porter took the initiative to conduct a torpedo firing exercise for the sake of performance. He originally planned to pull out the fuse of the torpedo tube just for show, and confidently chose Iowa as the "attack" target. Who knew that after the order to launch, a torpedo really shot out of the tube and flew towards Iowa.
Thankfully, after some turbulence, Iowa turned in time after receiving the alarm and finally avoided the torpedo.
Subsequent investigation revealed that it was an accident rather than a premeditated assassination. The operator who launched the torpedo on the William D. Porter forgot to pull out the fuse of the No. 3 torpedo tube, which was ridiculous.
Speaking of William D. Porter, we have to mention him specifically.
USS William D. Porter, a Fletcher-class destroyer. Nicknamed Willie, the nickname given to her by the crew of the USS William D. Porter.
It was a legendary destroyer, or rather a "legendary" destroyer, what an unlucky kid.
In addition to the incident of the president being struck by lightning, there are many other stories.
When she was commissioned, the US military was building ships at a rapid pace, so most of her crew members were new recruits. Due to the fierce fighting in the Pacific battlefield, there was not much time left for the crew to train.
Shortly after the destroyer William D. Porter was commissioned, it was ordered to participate in one of the U.S. Navy's most top-secret operations during World War II - escorting President Roosevelt and others on their way to meet with Allied leaders.
The destroyer's journey was bumpy from the start. At one point, she pulled her anchor onto the bridge of a neighboring warship, tearing off the ship's deck railings, life rafts, small launches, and a bunch of other miscellaneous equipment. Fortunately, she only lost her anchor.
During the operation, the safety valve of the depth charge was not tightened properly, causing it to explode when it fell into the sea at high speed. A sailor was swept away by the waves and disappeared. The power boiler suddenly stopped working, and the fleet had to leave the formation.
Later, the President was struck by lightning.
That's not all. During a break in an exercise, a sailor on the ship got drunk and insisted on firing a cannonball to cheer himself up. Everyone was unable to stop him and could only watch as he fired a cannonball into the sky. The cannonball exploded right in the yard of the base commander's house, blowing the commander and his guests who were having a feast at home into dust.
The achievement of bombarding the headquarters is completed.
As the Pacific War entered its final stages, William D. Porter destroyed an old Japanese Type 99 Kamikaze aircraft. The problem was that the downed aircraft still rushed directly under the bottom of the ship after falling into the water, and then suddenly exploded. After that, the ship withdrew from the stage of history in an ignominious way, "sunk by her own downed aircraft."
Iowa was afraid that Su Xia would be scared, so he said, "It's okay. Even if history repeats itself... President Roosevelt is fine."
Su Xia smiled: "That's right."
"Although Willy looks heartless, the child is still sensitive at heart." Iowa was silent for a moment and suddenly said, "Although she always causes many accidents, it is not intentional. If the admiral is on guard against her, she will also care."
"I'm not that stupid." Su Xia said , "I won't be on guard against her."
Su Xia thought that Willy in the game was the first ship girl in the game whose initial skill was level one.
Skills only have negative effects, reducing other people's luck.
After the transformation, she gained a second skill, Lucky Willy, which is a somewhat ironic skill name. I guess that's why no crew members died during her sinking. In short, her skills are not very useful, at least there are no negative effects. Her greatest significance is to add attributes to Fletcher.
All the Willies he has are modified Willies, with their skills fully upgraded. Since he traveled to the naval base in his game, and all the ship girls are the same ones in his game, does that mean his Willy is harmless?
Iowa said: "The admiral has really changed."
"Nothing." Su Xia said, thinking that he had considered Willy's harmlessness before giving such an answer.
Su Xia hesitated, thinking if Willy was still the same Willy, with the unlucky attributes, what would he do? Since she had made up her mind to be an excellent admiral and to be as worthy of , even if she was still a little worried, she would never let Willy realize that he was on guard against her and would still be close to her.
Su Xia said: "No problem, I am her admiral."
Iowa smiled.
Su Xia said, "Iowa, you care about Willy a lot."
"Willie the Troublemaker." Iowa said, "Admiral, hold on tighter. I need to speed up."
Su Xia said: "Didn't you just say that you increased the speed to the highest speed?"
Iowa replied: "I feel like we can add a little more speed."
"Can you increase the speed at will? Isn't there an upper limit?"
"Who knows?" Iowa said loudly.
"I remember Missouri said that you are usually steady, but you change completely when you drive." Su Xia said, "It seems that she is right."
"As expected of my sister, you understand me so well." Iowa said, "Does the Admiral like Iowa like this?"
"certainly."
"I'm very happy. You can hold it a little higher."
Su Xia had no expression on her face and did not move.
Iowa laughed.
When the motorcycle returned to the beach, Su Xia still hugged Iowa's belly and lay on her back, feeling a little exhausted, but fortunately she didn't feel like vomiting. Even on the sea, there was no need to worry about crashing or anything, but at such a high speed, and deliberately driving towards the waves, flying with the waves, it still made people feel a huge psychological pressure.
After taking a good rest, Su Xia slowly climbed down from the motorcycle. She saw that the originally quiet beach had become lively with many people. It seemed that everyone had finally arrived.
Su Xia smiled, and then she saw a red-haired girl holding a volleyball and wearing thick glasses. That must be Willy. She didn't know why she felt worried. Even if this Willy didn't have the skill to reduce other people's luck, would it really be okay?
