"Everyone, get in the vehicle first. Sui Qiong, you drive us to the seaside."
After exiting the building and feeling the torrential rain and biting cold winds hitting them, Lin Lan gave instructions to the group.
"I can also launch carrier-based aircraft from the top of the car. August, your battleship is too large, so wait until we reach the seaside to deploy your aircraft to support my fleet."
Count Zeppelin, seeing that August was also planning to summon her battleship, spoke up first with a suggestion.
August thought carefully and didn't refuse. After seeing Lin Lan nod, he followed the Wolfpack and Roon to board the bus.
Hearing what Count Zeppelin said, Lin Lan couldn't help but smile in his heart.
If Bismarck or Tirpitz were here, I wonder if Count Zeppelin's words would raise their blood pressure.
"Commander, I'll control the carrier-based aircraft from the top of the vehicle. You all get in the vehicle and set off."
Lin Lan watched as Count Zeppelin summoned a giant dragon battleship that surrounded her, releasing a swarm of carrier-based aircraft that flew toward the seaside amidst the thunderstorm. Then she jumped onto the top of the bus.
Without hesitation, Lin Lan braved the heavy rain and boarded the bus, sitting next to Sui Qiong and watching as the engine slowly started.
He shook off the rainwater on his head and began to speculate about what the Sirens were planning with this attack.
From his experience in the game, this kind of large-scale attack must be for some kind of experimental data gathering.
Since this time, the Sirens' fleet deployed a large number of Leviathans, which didn't exist in the game, it was likely that the Sirens were testing the combat effectiveness of the Leviathans.
Lin Lan had encountered Leviathans before. Under the assault of his shipgirls, they were like sitting ducks.
Those Leviathans, with outer shells that could withstand the firepower of chess piece shipgirls' shells, might be utterly despairing for the shipgirls and natives of this world.
But they couldn't withstand the firepower, torpedoes, and carrier aircraft bombing from the Ironblood shipgirls.
"Commander, Count Zeppelin says she found a large number of Siren aircraft bombing the coastal defense facilities of Yunhai City."
Ulrich came from the back of the bus, speaking to Lin Lan as she handed him a special communicator designed to prevent Siren interference for the Ironblood faction.
After the previous battle in Yalang City, Bismarck had equipped all the Ironblood shipgirls with this communicator, and it was the latest version.
Previously, their battles didn't require them to be far apart, so the temporary communication channels in the battleship equipment were enough.
But now that Lin Lan had returned and needed to command from the rear for deployment, this long-range anti-Siren interference communicator was indispensable.
Lin Lan took the communicator from Ulrich and nodded at her, then spoke into it.
"Zeppelin, focus on reconnaissance first. See if you can find the scale of the Siren fleet and identify any high-ranking Sirens among them."
Siren fleets were controlled by high-ranking Sirens. Once those were defeated, the crisis would be solved.
It was the same in the game: once you found and defeated the high-ranking Sirens that served as bosses in the maps, the level was cleared.
"Tsk, the Siren fleet is not small. They're all Type II mass-produced models and Executors.
There are so many Siren aircraft that I can't get too close to the seaside. The sea is swarming with… dirty tentacles, countless dark green tentacles."
Count Zeppelin's voice came from the communicator. Hearing the intelligence she gathered while controlling the carrier-based aircraft, Lin Lan's face darkened slightly.
Since even the proud, max-level Count Zeppelin said the Siren fleet wasn't small, this battle might be more difficult than anticipated.
"The chess pieces on the coast are already in combat with the Siren fleet, but neither their numbers nor strength are a match for the Sirens.
Three hideous giant tentacle monsters have already landed on the shore under the cover of Type II Tracker artillery barrage."
Lin Lan looked out the bus window.
The surrounding vehicles were all heading inland under the shrill alarm, while their bus was driving against the flow, heading toward the ocean. He clenched his fists.
He pulled out his phone and, as expected, there was no signal on the screen.
"Commander, no high-ranking Sirens were found in the fleet, but…"
Before Count Zeppelin could finish speaking, Lin Lan suddenly saw a large-caliber shell, resembling a yellow shooting star, slicing through the rain and landing near their rear flank.
"Boom!!!"
The shell exploded with a deafening sound, sending shockwaves through the area.
The tall office building was instantly reduced to flying debris within Lin Lan's sight, and several surrounding buildings were hit by the falling wreckage.
The blast wave overturned many vehicles behind them, and several Orlan soldiers were screaming as they crawled out of the overturned cars.
At this moment, Count Zeppelin suddenly saw a piece of debris from the building blasted into the air, heading directly toward their bus!
"Boom!"
With a dull thud, Count Zeppelin, standing steadily on top of the bus, controlled the dragon battleship around her.
She swung the tail of the steel dragon, sending the heavy wall column flying off into the nearby street, creating a large indentation.
"Zeppelin, are you alright?!"
Lin Lan saw the giant building debris crash into the nearby street and immediately asked through the communicator.
"Heh, what could happen to me? Commander, I just found two Buster Type III among the Siren fleet. This explosion came from the main gun attack of a Busters."
"Two Buster Type III? Are the Sirens really going all out?"
Hearing Count Zeppelin's grave tone, Lin Lan was stunned.
No wonder that large-caliber shell was able to reach Yunhai City from so far away.
While Buster were not high-ranking Sirens, they were powerful battleship-type Executors, and these were Type III.
In the game, these battleships were dark purple, and Type III Busters were often the bosses guarding Siren strongholds in large-scale operations.
Now, the Sirens had deployed two Type III Busters at once, which clearly showed they were serious this time.
This wasn't like their previous games with Orlan, where they hid their true strength.
Before this, the Sirens never used Type III mass-produced models or Executors against the Orlan United States.
Frankly speaking, even these two Type III Busters alone would be enough to wipe out the Orlan United States and destroy the country.
After all, the Orlan United States in this other world was much different from the shipgirls Lin Lan had in the game.
They had no idea just how terrifying the Sirens truly were.
"Are the Sirens planning to go all out against the Orlan United States? Why did they suddenly increase the difficulty like this..."
Lin Lan couldn't help but turn around and look at the Ironblood shipgirls beside him on the bus, quickly estimating their combat capabilities.
Akashi was a repair ship, so she didn't count for now. The three members of the Wolfpack, although little girls, were strong enough to take on the Arbitration Bureau.
Ulrich, equipped with a 460mm main gun, was a powerful Ironblood battleship. Count Zeppelin and August were also strong carriers within the Ironblood faction.
In addition, Z46, Nimi, Roon, Deutschland, Spee, Emden, and the strongest heavy cruiser in the port, Agir, gave their frontline enough power.
After careful thought, Lin Lan concluded that with the Ironblood shipgirls on this mission, defeating the two Type III Buster would not be a problem.
As for the other Siren mass-produced models and Executors, Lin Lan mostly ignored them.
After all, the Navy's chess piece shipgirls might not stand a chance against high-ranking Sirens and Leviathans, but they could at least hold their own against Type II mass-produced Sirens.
The only thing Lin Lan was worried about was the Leviathan, which he hadn't encountered yet.
After all, it was a terrifying sea beast that went beyond his comprehension, and from the information available in this world, he only knew that it could summon purple lightning magic attacks.
If it were in the borders of the teaching nation, he might have more information.
But obviously, Leviathan wasn't supposed to be here in the Orlan United States. The limited information Lin Lan could find about the Leviathan on the internet was extremely scarce.
"This battle is likely a test of Leviathan's combat abilities. We'll prioritize killing Leviathan first. Once we spot the purple Leviathan, we'll focus all attacks on it."
"The two Type III Buster don't need to be dealt with actively. Once we attack the purple Leviathan, they will definitely come to protect their experimental subject."
"By the way, the purple Leviathan can use lightning magic, so everyone should attack from a distance using artillery or aircraft."
Since Jian Qian'ou had mentioned the existence of the Sea Lord, even though Count Zeppelin hadn't yet spotted the purple Leviathan at sea, Lin Lan believed that the old entity, who had lived for who knows how long, must have seen something just now, or she wouldn't have said it over the phone.
Lin Lan wasn't at all concerned about Jian Qian'ou's well-being, since a soul entity without magical or elemental attacks was unlikely to be killed completely.
However, it was certain that Yunhai City would be heavily damaged by the Sirens and Leviathans. Jian Qian'ou would probably be furious.
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