Azur Lane: The Tragic Admiral’s Azur Life

Chapter 1065: Shadow of Scapa Flow (11) Explanation

"I was really tricked this time."

In the command room of the Gu Diao, Yang Sikang shook his head helplessly as he looked at the damage statistics.

Fighting with an opponent who is familiar with your tactical habits is a very troublesome thing, because both sides are aware of each other's tactical habits, so many behaviors can be easily seen through from the beginning.

This was the case with his fleet and the Royal Fleet, as the Royal Fleet was familiar with many of his fighting styles due to the Glorious, the Prince of Wales, and Warspite.

For example, the cooperation between Kewei and Yuanchou can produce miraculous effects on any opponent who does not understand Yang Sikang's style. The continuous control of the two ship girls, the full siege of others and the precise strikes of anti-ship missiles, it is impossible for there to be anyone among the commanders who can withstand this combo.

However, Warspite made an accurate judgment at the same time as K'ao made his move and interfered with Grievance, causing the most important link in the entire control chain to break, and the offensive could not continue.

The reason why Sirius suffered heavy damage was also because of understanding. It was precisely because he understood Warspite's habits and the performance of her ship equipment that he sent out several ship girls to specifically contain Warspite.

However, War-weary took advantage of this and used an unexpected temporary judgment to give Yang Sikang a heavy counterattack. Sirius is still lying in the maintenance room.

But Yang Sikang said that he was tricked because he had roughly seen the reason why this incident happened.

If the interior of this mirror sea is regarded as the inner and outer sides divided by a mirror, then starting from the beginning, they should have been on the outside, but were unknowingly transferred to the inside during the first battle.

They were trapped on the inside, but Yang Sikang successfully led his fleet to break through the inner restrictions and return to the outside.

And after that, the Royal Fleet appeared.

Just like a person leaving a reflection in a mirror, at this moment his fleet and the Royal Fleet, which had a high probability of not yet separated from the inside, were on the outside and inside sides respectively at the same time, thus leaving 'reflections' in each other's areas.

Then, Good Richard used this mechanism to bring the 'Reflection' to life.

She hoped that Yang Sikang and the Royal Fleet would fight each other, but it was obvious that even if she was present, she could not perfectly imitate the actions of Yang Sikang and the Royal Fleet. However, there was an extremely simple solution to this problem.

Since both sides have each other's reflections, as long as Yang Sikang lets the Royal Fleet take the initiative to attack, Yang Sikang will definitely counterattack.

When communication is impossible and one is certain that the other party is an enemy, the attack will certainly not show mercy.

What she had to do was to synchronize the actions of Yang Sikang's fleet to the "reflection" of Yang Sikang's fleet.

At this time, she only needs to do the same on the other side, let Yang Sikang's fleet attack the Royal Fleet first, and the Royal Fleet will naturally have a response plan.

In this way, through the reflections on both sides, the goal of making Yang Sikang and the Royal Fleet fight each other can be achieved!

"If nothing unexpected happens, the Royal Fleet should be on the other side at the same position as us. The Royal Fleet we are fighting is actually their reflection."

Yang Sikang said this and shook his head helplessly:

"Good Richard has a very good plan this time. If it is not discovered, as long as either I or the Royal Fleet actually sinks the other, it will be a very serious problem."

After Yang Sikang finished speaking, Zhenhai also fell silent.

Of course, he could not accept that his own ship girl was sunk by the Royal Fleet. The Royal Fleet had the same lineup. If either of the primary targets, Warspite or Elizabeth, was severely damaged, it would greatly affect the relationship between Yang Sikang and the royal family.

As long as the relationship between Yang Sikang and the royal family was destroyed, Good Man Richard's goal would obviously be achieved.

After all, when there is already a gap between each other, it is just wishful thinking to want to cooperate sincerely.

If you hammer a nail into a newly grown tree, even if you pull out the nail after the tree has grown up, an indelible mark will still be left.

Once the gap is created, it can never be filled.

Therefore, after noticing the abnormality, Yang Sikang immediately changed the settings of the anti-ship missile without thinking.

If he had not suddenly calmed down at that time, the six anti-ship missiles would probably have caused irreversible consequences by now.

"Luckily you calmed down at that time, but it's amazing that you could still calm down in that situation..."

Zhenhai praised him, but Yang Sikang smiled bitterly and shook his head:

"In fact, I wasn't that calm. I calmed down suddenly. My previous actions were already thoughtless, but at the moment when the missile was about to be launched, I calmed down all of a sudden. All my emotions seemed to be taken away in an instant, leaving only rationality.

If this were not the case, I would not have realized the problem and the target positions of the six anti-ship missiles would not have been changed."

Zhenhai was stunned, then frowned slightly and turned his gaze to Yixian next to him, who shook his head slightly.

The sudden calmness obviously sounds unreasonable, and it seems even more suspicious when described in this way from Yang Sikang's own perspective.

However, due to the current situation and the fact that this little accident had produced a very good result, they tacitly did not continue the topic immediately.

"Hey, how's the emergency situation?"

"Except for Sirius, the injuries of others are not serious. However, there are some dissatisfied ship girls because they don't understand why you suddenly made such a decision."

This is also the reason why Belfast is not here. She now has to help take care of her injured companions. At the same time, she is also needed to come forward to make those dissatisfied ship girls calm down temporarily.

"You two stay here for now. I'll go check out the cabin."

Yang Sikang came into the cabin. When he came to the medical room, the voices of several ship girls were clearly audible.

But as soon as he entered the room, Wichita, Nelson and others immediately fell silent.

Yang Sikang sighed helplessly and clapped his hands.

“The treatment is still going on in the next room, so I’ll just say this here, everyone please be a little quiet.

I know some of you have questions about my sudden order to retreat and my deliberate misdirection of targets and escape from the battle. Now that our environment is relatively safe, I will explain to you why. "

He explained his conjecture in detail, and the ship girls fell silent as they listened.

Because although what Yang Sikang said was his own speculation, in many ways it was consistent with their personal experiences.

In the crowd, the ship girls such as Yorktown and Garden, who had already made some guesses, just watched silently.

Of course, they also had their own inferences, but no one came forward to explain.

The reason is very simple. Yang Sikang is the commander. He needs to give a convincing explanation for his actions himself. This is the best way. It would be different if anyone, even Belfast, came to explain for him!

"So, based on the above reasons, I think we should withdraw from that battle and give up fighting. Although this may be my personal fantasy, giving up that battle is at most a temporary retreat. If my guess is true and we fight to the end, it will have disastrous consequences for us and the Royal Family."

He looked around at the ship girls in the room, his eyes focused on Wichita, Fearless, Nelson and other ship girls, and then said solemnly:

"I want all of you to be alive. Even if you fail or escape the battle, I will make the same decision no matter how many times I have to do it."