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"Why do you say that?" Chuyang asked with great curiosity.
"Come on! Admiral, let's sit over there, and I'll tell you more," Lexington said as she handed a carefully selected plate of food to Chuyang. She casually added some food to her own plate and took Chuyang's hand, leading her to a corner of the banquet hall where there were fewer people.
Once they reached their seats, Lexington carefully tied a napkin around Chuyang's neck before sitting down across from her. After a moment of thought, she began, "That must have been about three and a half years ago! I was trying to gather information about our Naval Base to find my way back and had gone to Campbell Island, where the Naval Headquarters is located. However, I found nothing there. The day after I left Campbell Island, I encountered Deep Sea Tirpitz at sea. At that time, she was alone without any other Deep Sea Shipgirls. When I detected her from a distance using radar, I intended to quietly bypass her. But she clearly noticed me and opened fire directly. With no way to avoid it, I planned to use the advantage of my Carrier-Based Aircraft to launch a surprise attack on her. Even if I couldn't really hurt her, it would at least buy me some time to escape."
"What happened next?" Chuyang eagerly refilled Lexington's half-empty cup with orange juice, impatient to hear more.
"Later," Lexington said as she brushed her long hair aside with a bitter expression. "Admiral, you know that my strength has reached Commodore level. Even against a true Admiral-Class Shipgirl, as long as the tactics are applied correctly, there is still a possibility of winning. But against Deep Sea Tirpitz, I was completely powerless. The Carrier-Based Aircraft I had were BTD-1 Devastators with 10 points of bombing value, but they couldn't even penetrate Deep Sea Tirpitz's armor."
"That's impossible," Chuyang replied incredulously. It's important to note that in this world, the weapons and equipment mounted on Fleet Girls' ships are divided into six levels based on their parameters: Ordinary White Equipment, Excellent Green Equipment, Rare Blue Equipment, Heroic Purple Equipment, Legendary Gold Equipment, and Epic Rainbow Equipment. Of course, these colors are just indicators used to distinguish the quality of the equipment and do not mean that the equipment itself emits various colors. Lexington's Carrier-Based Aircraft BTD-1 Devastator is classified as Heroic Purple Equipment and is also considered low-tier extraordinary equipment. Logically speaking, any extraordinary weapon should have some effect regardless of how thick the enemy's armor is. However, according to Lexington, it seems she didn't inflict any damage on Deep Sea Tirpitz at all—how could that be?
"There's nothing impossible about it, Admiral. Before I caught up with Deep Sea Tirpitz, I launched six waves totaling 36 Devastator bombers. According to my estimates, they only managed to inflict less than 40 points of durability damage on her armor..."
Chuyang sighed in relief internally. He had thought that Lexington's attacks had no effect on Deep Sea Tirpitz at all! If that were true, this world would be far too dangerous for him; he might as well give up being an Admiral and find a place inland to live a quiet life with his Fleet Girls instead. Fortunately, it wasn't as he feared; at least Lexington's Carrier-Based Aircraft had caused some damage to Deep Sea Tirpitz.
"...However," Lexington continued, "as a Deep Sea Flagship, Deep Sea Tirpitz's armor durability is at least over 300 points, while the damage I inflicted barely counts as minor damage. In such circumstances, I intended to launch all remaining Carrier-Based Aircraft; unfortunately, the flight deck on my ship was hit by Deep Sea Tirpitz's main gun. Not only did it completely destroy the flight deck and prevent me from launching any more Carrier-Based Aircraft, but that shell also damaged the power compartment below deck, leaving me completely unable to maneuver and in a state of heavy damage."
"As an Aircraft Carrier Shipgirl," she added, "even under normal circumstances, I don't possess the capability to engage in close combat with Battleship Girls—let alone in a state of heavy damage—so I could only watch helplessly as Deep Sea Tirpitz approached me at high speed and aimed her 406mm main gun at me."
At this point in her story, the usually composed Lexington trembled slightly without realizing it; one could only imagine how terrified she must have felt at that moment.
"Everything is fine. It's all over now." Chuyang put down the knife and fork in his hand and tightly grasped the hand that Lexington had placed on the table.
"Yes, everything is over." Lexington's expression quickly returned to normal, a hint of relief in her eyes as she said, "Admiral, do you know? I was very scared at that time, but I wasn't afraid of death; I was just afraid of never seeing you again."
As Fleet Girls, they were aware of their fate from the moment they were born. Although they would feel fear towards death, compared to humans, even a Loli like a firefly would remain much calmer when facing death. So Lexington wasn't trying to flatter the Admiral; she was simply expressing her most genuine feelings.
Chuyang understood this very well. What he could do in the future was to treat Lexington even better, so as not to let down her deep affection for him.
"Then who saved you in the end?" Chuyang asked. Deep Sea Shipgirls were completely irrational; they would never show mercy to anyone. This was something that the instructors, who had fought countless times against Deep Sea Shipgirls, repeatedly emphasized to their students.
"No one saved me; it was Deep Sea Tirpitz who turned her guns at the last moment."
"Why?" Chuyang suddenly began to understand why Lexington avoided crowded places and chose to speak to him alone about this matter. It was simply too unbelievable; if others found out, who knew what kind of uproar it would cause.
"I don't know either." Lexington thought for a moment and said, "She was about to fire! But then she suddenly turned her guns and walked away. However, I saw a hint of struggle in her cold, indifferent gray eyes at that moment. This kind of phenomenon usually occurs in beings with higher intelligence, so I suspect that Deep Sea Tirpitz's intelligence is not low."
"Struggling eyes," Chuyang murmured. He thought that the reason Tirpitz let Lexington go might largely be due to this. But before he could ponder further, an angry shout suddenly rang out in the banquet hall. The childish voice was clear and pleasant but couldn't hide its anger. The key point was that Chuyang recognized this voice very well; it was clearly Andrea Doria's voice.
"Hey! Flat Deck, what's your name? With such small breasts, you must be a Destroyer!"
"Who are you calling Flat Deck? Firefly, don't pull me; I'm going to flatten her!"
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