Elder brother's garrison

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"It's alright," Admiral Guan said to the destroyer. "Being eleventh in the world... is fine too."

The admiral locked up, picked up the destroyer, and walked towards the back of the beach.

It's quite a pity.

But surprisingly, when he closed the door to discuss the admiral, he didn't feel too disappointed.

……

The cheers from the beach echoed across the training ground.

Admiral Haoding, hands on his hips, looked at Luo Lian, who was so close to him, and couldn't help but show a smile of admiration.

"Admiral Luo Lian! Well done!" Admiral Hao Ding laughed loudly, "Your ship girls performed brilliantly in the exercise just now! I admit defeat wholeheartedly! Hahahaha!"

"They were just some tricks, and they only had some effect on the first encounter... If we fought again, I definitely wouldn't be able to beat you now." Luo Lian listened to Hao Ding's words, and she rarely turned her head to explain to Hao Ding.

"Hahaha! Admiral Luo Lian, you are mistaken!" Admiral Hao Ding said with a laugh, "In exercises, results are the top priority! No matter what kind of victory it is, as long as it is a victory, it is a real and genuine victory!"

“You’re very open-minded,” Luo Lian said.

"Hahahaha! Admiral Luo Lian, given time, you will definitely become an even better admiral than me!" Admiral Hao Ding laughed loudly, but halfway through his sentence, he raised his large hand and slapped the back of his head hard, his face full of pride. "Hey! No! Admiral Luo Lian, you are already a better admiral than me! Hahahaha! The admiral ranks are truly full of hope now! It seems that Brother Zhao Kuo can leave to become the governor-general with peace of mind!"

"..." Luo Lian silently gazed at Hao Ding.

Just then, a series of beeping sounds came from Admiral Haoding and Luo Lian.

Luo Lian silently took out her phone and opened the Admiral app.

On the phone screen, the exercise information had just been settled.

Messages kept refreshing in Luo Lian's phone's background.

"Ding! Your exercise score has been calculated. You have won this exercise!"

"Ding! Your exercise points +341, your world ranking has changed."

"Ding! Your world ranking is 5th. Keep up the good work!"

"Ding! This exercise will end in 10 minutes. Admirals, please pay attention to the exercise time. The results of the exercise after the time limit will not be included in the event ranking."

"..."

Luo Lian silently put down her phone and turned to look in the direction of Hao Ding.

Hao Ding didn't take out his phone; instead, he stared at Luo Lian with a gleam in his eyes.

"What's your world ranking now?" Luo Lian asked.

"Me?" Upon hearing this, Admiral Haoding slowly took out his phone, tapped the screen with his black finger, and then said to Luo Lian with a sudden realization, "Hmm! Second in the world! I didn't expect that I would still be ranked like this after losing to Admiral Luo Lian. It's really embarrassing!"

"...You have quite a few points." Luo Lian was silent for a moment before saying, "You didn't miss a single exercise, did you?"

"Hahaha!" Admiral Haoding nodded with a laugh.

"..." Luo Lian held her forehead and sighed softly.

"Admiral Luo Lian, what is your ranking?"

"Fifth in the world".

"I see, so you've risen to fifth in the world..." Admiral Haoding nodded upon hearing this, looking at Luo Lian with admiration. "As expected of someone personally acknowledged by Admiral Lu Lin, Admiral Luo Lian, you've achieved such excellent results in your first competition of this level. You truly have a bright future ahead of you."

"I originally wanted to become number two in the world after defeating you, but unfortunately... it seems that even with all the preparations, I'm still too far behind in points to reach number two." Luo Lian put her phone back into her clothes with a hint of disappointment. She sighed, her eyes behind her red-rimmed glasses filled with regret, "All for naught..."

"..." Admiral Haoding.

Chapter 3304 The powerful one is not the ship girls, but the admiral.

After the referee announced the winner of the exercise, the Admiral's Guild guards on the beach began to evacuate the crowd in an orderly manner.

"All admirals, please follow instructions and evacuate quickly and in an orderly manner!"

"Do not push or shove, keep the line in order, do not turn around or run, and keep moving forward."

"Admirals, please do not remain on the beach without permission!"

"..."

Under the evacuation of the guards, the onlookers, like audience members after the movie ended, discussed the exercise with great interest. The huge crowd, under command, formed several long lines and left the 8-2 sea area along the route they had come from.

On the training ground, Luo Lian and the ship girls under Admiral Hao Ding also returned to the preparation area.

The ship girls of Luo Lian's family couldn't hide their excitement. They seemed to still be reeling from the fact that they had defeated the world's second-largest naval base. As soon as their feet touched the shore, the girls screamed and pounced on Luo Lian.

"Admiral! Admiral! Admiral! Admiral! We really won!"

"Waaaaah, Admiral! I feel like I'm dreaming!"

"Thank you for your hard work, Admiral! I've worked hard too! Everyone has worked hard!"

"Waaaaah, I'm going to cry! Tonight I'm going to sleep for a full twelve hours to celebrate!"

"Admiral—we did it!"

"..."

The ship girls surrounded Luo Lian. In their extreme excitement, they disregarded their tattered and blackened clothes and hugged Luo Lian tightly. Their curvaceous bodies rubbed, pressed, and ground against Luo Lian through the tattered fabric.

Luo Lian was like a roly-poly toy, being pulled and poked around by the ship girls.

Seeing this, Admiral Haoding laughed heartily, revealing a cheerful smile.

"Admiral Haoding, I'm leaving." Surrounded by ship girls, Luo Lian turned to Admiral Haoding. "I'm going back to the temporary naval base to find Xiaobai."

"Hahaha! That's right! Such good news should definitely be reported to Admiral Luo Lian!" Admiral Hao Ding gave Luo Lian a thumbs up and said, "Admiral Luo Lian! Welcome to the family of the top ten naval bases!"

"Mm." Luo Lian nodded.

A group of ship girls clung to Luo Lian, like a flock of newborn ducklings instinctively following their mother's tail. The group swayed and left the training ground, disappearing from Admiral Haoding's sight.

Admiral Haoding smiled as he watched Luo Lian and the others walk away.

Just then, footsteps approached from behind Admiral Haoding.

Admiral Haoding turned around.

The ship girls from Haoding Naval Base had arrived behind Admiral Haoding, each with their heads bowed, their faces filled with deep guilt and self-reproach.

Compared to the ragged and tattered ship girls of Luo Lian's family, the ship girls of Haoding Garrison were all neatly dressed and clean-looking, thanks to the use of the rapid repair device. It was as if Haoding, not Luo Lian, had just won the battle in the training field.

"Admiral, we are so sorry..." the ship girls of Haoding Naval Base said, bowing their heads, their voices full of self-pity.

"Hahaha! You've all worked hard!" Admiral Haoding said with his hands on his hips, laughing. "Go and clean up the training ground! After the event, I'll give you all a break so you can all relax!"

Upon hearing this, the ship girls of Haoding Garrison displayed complex expressions on their faces.

The ship girls looked up guiltily, but after seeing the sincere smiles on the faces of the Haoding Naval Base, they tried to open their mouths, but then closed them and nodded in response.

"Yes Yes!"

The ship girls from Haoding Naval Base ran back to their preparation seats at the exercise field.

Admiral Haoding watched the ship girls depart with a smile. Suddenly, Admiral Haoding seemed to sense something. He shifted his gaze to the side and found that Elizabeth was still standing in the corner of the group, not following his instructions to leave.

Elizabeth remained with her head bowed, her slender shoulders hunched, her hands clasped together, and she remained quiet.

“Elizabeth?” Admiral Haoding asked.

Elizabeth didn't say anything, she just sniffed.

Elizabeth's eyes were visibly red, and large tears streamed down her face, dripping onto her arm.

After a while.

Elizabeth finally spoke in a low voice.

"...Admiral, I'm sorry...I...I made a fatal mistake..." Elizabeth, tears welling in her eyes and her voice trembling with sobs, wiped away her tears and confessed with immense self-reproach, "I didn't realize the trap set by the enemy's formation...As the flagship, not only was I the first ship girl to be defeated, but even the ship equipment I left behind became tools for the enemy...I...If it weren't for me, we might not have lost this exercise...It's all, it's all my fault..."

Elizabeth was probably the most affected ship girl in this exercise.

After all, during the exercise, she clearly felt the difference in strength between the two flagships. Compared to herself, Luo Lian's flagship was like a god, all-knowing and all-powerful. That mysterious flagship could not only easily command the team to dodge bullets and seize opportunities to counterattack, but she could also perfectly predict the actions of all the ship girls in Haoding Naval Base, including Elizabeth's choice to break the stalemate through close combat, the replacement of the temporary flagship, and the gains and losses of several blood exchange tactics. Elizabeth felt as if she was being played by the other side.

Although the outcome of this exercise was a battle between the fleets, Elizabeth was well aware that the defeat of Haoding Garrison was not due to its own lack of ability, but mainly because the flagship in command position was far inferior to the flagship of Luo Lian's team.

The effect that the command position can have is surprisingly significant.

After realizing this, Elizabeth also began to despair of her own abilities as a flagship.

This battle... was lost because of me.

That is why, after the battle, Elizabeth came to Admiral Haoding to apologize.

Admiral Haoding looked at Elizabeth, then glanced at the ship girls tidying up the training ground in the distance, before closing his eyes and letting out a deep "hmm".

“Elizabeth, this exercise is not your fault,” Admiral Haoding said.

“Admiral, but I…” Elizabeth quickly looked up, clutching her chest as she spoke.

"Hahaha!" Admiral Haoding's hearty laughter made Elizabeth's voice catch in her throat. After his laughter subsided, Admiral Haoding continued, "Elizabeth, have you ever wondered who is the true flagship in Admiral Luo Lian's lineup?"

“Ah…” Elizabeth paused for a moment, then nodded subconsciously, “Yes… I did have that question…”

"Admiral Luo Lian's lineup doesn't actually have a flagship at all," Admiral Hao Ding explained.

"Huh? No flagship? How is that possible?" Elizabeth exclaimed in surprise. "Their team's movements were perfectly synchronized, and their battlefield decisions were timely and precise. It's obvious that an experienced flagship ship girl is in command..."

"Hahahaha!" Admiral Haoding continued to laugh. He nodded with a smile and said, "Elizabeth, you're not wrong, but I'm not wrong either. Admiral Luo Lian's lineup does have a flagship, but there's one thing you seem to have never thought of: their flagship isn't in the fleet."

"What?" Elizabeth's eyes widened.

“Yes… their flagship is not in the fleet.” Admiral Haoding repeated, turning back to look at the spot where Luo Lian had stood. “In other words… their flagship is their admiral himself.”

"Admiral Luo Lian?!"

"Yes."

“This, how is this possible…” Elizabeth was astonished.

"Hahaha! Anything is possible!" Admiral Haoding said with a laugh. His smile faded, and his face changed to one of extreme admiration. "During the exercise, I could feel that Admiral Luo Lian released her Admiral Network. Coupled with the collective performance of her ship girls on the sea, it is highly likely that they were under the command of Admiral Luo Lian."

“This…” Elizabeth covered her mouth.

What Admiral Haoding had just said made Elizabeth feel somewhat dizzy.

Oh my god...

In such a fast-paced and intense training environment, how could an admiral be able to command the ship girls so well?

In other words, was Admiral Luo Lian issuing detailed operational instructions to six ship girls simultaneously?

If this is true, then who exactly is Admiral Luo Lian?

"Did you...did you ask Admiral Luo Lian?" Elizabeth murmured.

"I haven't asked, but... that's probably it." Admiral Haoding said with a smile, "That's why it's possible to explain why the ship girls from Admiral Luo Lian's family can reach the top ten in the world rankings with such a young average training level."

Elizabeth remained silent.

This seems to be... indeed the only explanation.

Admiral Haoding looked at Elizabeth in silence, then slowly put his hands on his hips and looked out at the sea.

The sea was calm, but the waves were surging.

A look of amazement appeared on Admiral Haoding's face.

“Elizabeth, I also have a question to ask you.”

"Ah? Okay, okay..." Elizabeth nodded quickly. "Admiral, what...what do you want to ask?"

"Which do you think is more important, the admiral's skill level or the naval base's strength?" Admiral Haoding asked.

“This…” Elizabeth paused for a moment, then subconsciously raised her index finger to her lips. After thinking for a while, she said to Admiral Haoding, “…Admiral…there is a causal relationship between these two things…As long as the Admiral is excellent enough, the naval base will be strong enough. I don’t think these two conditions conflict.”

"Hahaha!"

"Admiral...?"

"Admiral Luo Lian's garrison is not actually that outstanding in strength." Admiral Hao Ding looked at the sea and said frankly, "But as an admiral, I believe she has far surpassed me. So... she relied on her strong personal strength to climb from such a distant ranking to the top ten."

Chapter 3305 is probably a cunning and calculating one.

Admiral Haoding spared no praise for Luo Lian.

Elizabeth stared blankly at Admiral Haoding's retreating figure.

"So, Elizabeth, you don't need to blame yourself at all. You don't need to take any responsibility for this battle, because the reason we lost was not because of the difference in flagships, but because of the difference in the two admirals!" Admiral Haoding turned to Elizabeth and said.