Azur Lane: Silent Service
Chapter 12 - Long Distance Battle
The Empress III is a very unique siren. Her body shape looked like an adult woman with pale white skin, long white hair, and an unpredictable personality. Reports about sirens remain an unsolved mystery.
Until now, Azur Lane's party had been very difficult to detect the movement of the sirens and anticipate their attacks.
Far above the sky, a drone in the shape of a winged torpedo flew around the Royal Navy convoy. Their radar did not detect the presence of the drone but its physical form could be seen in plain sight.
The flashing white lights on the drone gave a small message to the Royal Navy convoy.
“Ladies... Winter is over?” through the sea binoculars, King George V read the flickering of the Hunter Killer Drone lamp and his gaze turned to Tirpitz. The flickering of her floodlights signaled a change in plans to break through the siren line protected by a small island.
Tirpitz returned the flickering floodlights of King George V and aimed his main cannon at the small island. His dome cannon actively filled the bullets that filled his main weapon. Tirpitz's eight SK C/34-type cannons managed to load AP bullets capable of being fired as long-range attacks.
Radio waves from the Royal Navy's Flagship ordered each Battleship to fill their main cannon with AP bullets and prepare for a long-range strike. The escort ships that followed them immediately prepared torpedoes for long-range attacks.
“KGV, the escort ship is ready to carry out a long-range attack. All of the Battleship Royal Navy and Iron Blood had prepared for a unified attack. Waiting for orders from Flagship!” radio contact from HMS Hood shocked King George V. He was observing the Hunter Killer Drone flying over him.
“Ah! Hood! Prepare for the first wave attack!”
King George V immediately gave the order to carry out the first attack. The angle of his ship's cannon rose to adjust the distance and trajectory of the parabola that his cannon might pass.
“First attack, started!” with that brief command. The entire Battleship belonging to the Royal Navy and Iron Blood fired their main cannons consecutively.
*Kabooom!!
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*Kabooom!!
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*Kabooom!!
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The Royal Navy and Iron Blood alternately fired their main cannons. It was a unified shooting led by Flagship. The purpose of a unified firing is to find the distance and direction of the attack that is approaching the target.
*Splaaaahp...
*Bwguuush..
*Kabooom!!
The direction of attack of the Battleship main gun had different accuracy based on the type of weapon and bullet.
“KGV, our shot angle missed 15 degrees from target!” HMS Hood report.
“Understanding! Change the angle of shot adjust first shot!” the HMS King George V.
Reports of a concerted attack fired by Battleship only hit a portion of the siren. Adjustment of the target angle and direction of the parabola has been found, as Battleship led the Royal Navy convoy as Flagship. King George V did not waste this opportunity to attack the siren from a distance.
The main gun of King George V shifted to adjust the angle of fire based on previous reports of gunfire. Iron Blood's side followed Tirpitz's orders after getting reports of damage from the first attack.
“KGV, we are ready to help!” radio contacts from Tirpitz were connected to the Royal Navy's communications network.
“Then, let me help too.”
Suddenly, an unknown radio contact was connected to the Royal Navy's communications network.
“SEAWOLF!!” Hood responded to the voice in a high tone.
“Uhm, I can hear clearly from here. Please don't be too hard, Mama Hood.”
“M-Maama??” reply Hood stammeringly.
“Ladies, I found a building confirmed as Siren Weather Device. If I manage to destroy it, this bad weather will be over soon. What about your condition?” ask Seawolf.
“Our condition is quite good, no damage experienced by us. Is the little thing flying on my ship yours?” sahut King George V's.
“Yes, that's mine. I sent him to watch your movements. Speaking of surveillance, aren't your Aircraft Carriers a little idle? I need air support to search for specific targets.”
“You mean The Empress III? I heard the report from Admiral. You could say, we have found The Empress III. It's just, we had a little trouble approaching it.”
Deep in the back row of sirens, the figure of an adult girl with pale white skin was clearly visible. The siren equipment attached to his body showed his status as an Arbiter. He smiled after hearing the communication between the Royal Navy and Seawolf.
“Oh! L saw. He has joined our communications network. Hola! The Empress III!” seawolf said in a carefree tone.
The Royal Navy's communications waves suddenly became damaged with noise that disrupted their communications.
“You! I've been looking for you long enough!” the heavy and vague voice came from The Empress III who entered into the Royal Navy's communication network.
“Erm, who?” Seawolf answered him with a tone that teased him.
From a distance, The Empress III put on an annoyed facial expression and fired her laser weapon towards the Hunter Killer Drone.
*Craaash...
“Hey! Don't destroy my drone!” exciting Seawolf.
“Humph!”
After a laser attack from The Empress III destroyed the Hunter Killer Drone, the state inside the Siren Strongholds turned normal. The cold temperature the Royal Navy felt slowly became normal and the ice sheet around them slowly disappeared. The radar and sensors of King George V's ship are now functioning normally. The King George V radar report shows the location of sirens surrounding the island.
*Kaboooo...
*Boooo...
The attack carried out after the radar returned active improved the accuracy of the Royal Navy and Iron Blood attacks and destroyed the normal sirens that were sheltering behind the small island. The power of normal sirens relied on random numbers and cannon attacks. There was nothing special about normal sirens except their considerable amount of hassle. Their status as a mob-fleet was much weaker than the Elite Siren.
“Kukuku... Hahaha.”.
“Ahahahaha! You all..”
“A going to die!”
In front of them, The Empress III unleashed a laser attack from its main cannon. Six laser lines were successfully launched and broke through the main line of the Royal Navy. The fast-paced attack was on King George V. Before the attack hit King George V, she quickly turned into a ship girl. The change saved the body of the King George V ship from any major damage that could have been done.
*sriiiing...
King George V drew a long sword linked at his hip and pointed his sword eye at The Empress III.
“The Empress III's. If only he had the nickname Queen, I would have had a really hard time holding my sword” muttered King George V.
The eyes of King George V are on The Empress III. The Empress III attack prompted the Royal Navy to change their appearance to ship girl. The remaining Iron Blood side followed the changes made by the Royal Navy.
A single linear line formation was used by the Royal Navy and Iron Blood. They prepared to break through the remaining siren defense with a single strike.
“In the end, we have to beat the siren with this body shape?” muttered little King George V while staring at the shadow of his body above sea level.
“Everything, prepare to attack!” King George V raised his sword upwards as a sign to attack.
*Ckraaa...
*Raaata...
The sound of the changing angle of his ship's cannon turned to The Empress III. The caliber of the weapon shrank but the survivability and movement of the ship girl increased tremendously. That is what distinguishes it from the body of the ship and personification. Their ship bodies may be large and reliable, but the girl bodies of their ships have special abilities that the ship does not have. Like Tirpitz, for example, he fired bullets that formed a blackhole circle.
A special ability that the ship girl possessed came from the Wisdom Cube. It was those different combat forces that were capable of suppressing the siren invasion.
*Swiiiiiiissshhh...
*Srrrriiii...
The eyes of King George V were fixed to the sky after hearing a strange voice approaching him. He saw an object shaped like a winged torpedo. It let out a strange sound that caught the attention of the Royal Navy and Iron Blood. It flew towards The Empress III at high speed.
The Empress III saw a foreign object approaching him and shot him with her laser cannon but it swerved sharply to avoid it.
“Eh?” The Empress III looked confused by the change in direction of the strange object until it hit her body.
*booonk!
“Aw!”
It hit the body of The Empress III.
*Wiiigg...
*Swuuush...
*Kaboooo...
An enormous explosion occurred in the body of The Empress III. The impact of the explosion shattered the siren formation surrounding the island and the flaming red mark on the siren ship's body slowly dimmed.
The remaining sirens slowly sank into the ocean, without the control of The Empress III they became useless empty ships.
In addition, the Royal Navy and Iron Blood painted their shocked expressions after the mysterious attack. The Hunter Killer Drone flew past them, due to its shape similar to the cause of the explosion. Royal Navy escort ship firing Hunter Killer Drone with anti-aircraft.
The white light emanating from the Hunter Killer Drone signals the morse code to the Royal Navy and Iron Blood convoys.
[SEE YOU AGAIN!].
Hunter Killer Drone flew past them towards the high seas.
“USS Seawolf's? I have to tell Queen Elizabeth about this unit.”
King George V stared at the departure of the Hunter Killer Drone with a variety of questions on his head.
Why did Eagle Union make such a submarine unit?
What is the purpose of the submarine unit?
What weapon destroyed The Empress III?
Was the Enterprise rampage incident related to that submarine unit?
All questions regarding the Seawolf unit led the Royal Navy and Iron Blood to establish a secret relationship to search for information regarding the Seawolf unit owned by Eagle Union.
...(.(.Tomahawk Anti-Ship Missile) ...