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　According to some U.S. Army soldiers who fought alongside Pensacola on the battlefield at the time, Pensacola did not reveal her true form just after she was seriously injured. When she was just seriously injured, she was able to fold up her ship suit and let the soldiers help her into the evacuation car.

　"…The car hadn't driven a few kilometers when Miss Pensacola suddenly clutched her heart, her pupils constricted, and she shouted in pain, urging us to stop the car and get out.

　The driver was confused at first, so he refused and asked why. Miss Pensacola grabbed the driver's sleeve and threatened him to stop the car and let her get out. After she got out, we had no choice but to do as she said and drove away.

　After running about a kilometer, we saw a dazzling blue light in the rearview mirror. It seemed to be where Miss Pensacola had gotten off the car. We were worried about Miss Pensacola, so we turned back to take a look.

　We found that there was a severely damaged World War II heavy cruiser lying on the spot. We immediately understood Miss Pensacola's intention. If she didn't get out of the car, we and the car would all be turned into a pulp.

　We then tried various ways to call Miss Pensacola to see if she was still alive. At this point, we heard her response on the previous radio channel with Miss Pensacola and on the hull, but her voice was very weak.

　In addition, while she was replying to us on the radio, she was also responding to us offline, as if someone was standing on the deck calling us, but we couldn't see that person.

　She told us that although she was not dead yet, she was like a fixed target lying here and could not move, and death was not far away.

　So she said she wanted to ask the front-line command to tell her the positions and positions of all enemy troops within the main gun range and to inform her of their priority. She said she wanted to give her final light and heat before she died.

　After a while, her four main turrets slowly rotated amidst the hum of motors and machinery, their barrels gradually rising. Seeing this, we immediately moved several dozen meters away. It seemed that Miss Pensacola had communicated with frontline command and was preparing to bombard the deep sea.

　Seconds later, Miss Pensacola opened fire, one after another, the muzzle flash and shock wave shaking the surrounding ground into flying sand and rocks.

　When she opened fire, we realized we had to leave, or the deep-sea counterattack missiles would hit us. We saluted and said goodbye to Miss Pensacola for the last time and evacuated the scene in our car.

　At that time, after the soldiers evacuated the scene, Pensacola continued to carry out fierce output to the deep sea. In order to prevent the full-scale salvo from causing the body to capsize, she fired one gun after another, or one turret after another.

　A few minutes later, her radar detected 10 targets approaching at high speed from the direction of the Deep Sea Control Zone. Seeing this, Pensacola knew that these were missiles sent from the Deep Sea to kill her.

　But she did not sit there and wait for death. Instead, she turned the only two Phalanxes, one Hiram, and all the ordinary anti-aircraft guns on her body, and launched a gorgeous barrage of bullets in the direction of the incoming missiles.

　Sea RAM shot down five of the missiles, two Phalanxes intercepted two each, and the remaining dozen or so ordinary anti-aircraft guns shot down one. The last two deep-sea missiles hit the hull of the Pensacola hard and exploded violently.

　After the battle, the Deep Sea, who had already occupied the entire city of Richmond, arrived here to inspect the hull of the Pensacola. Seeing that the Pensacola did not respond to their arrival, the Deep Sea confirmed that the Pensacola was dead and began to prepare for the on-site dismantling work.

　"The ship spirits in this world are so troublesome. When they die, we have to help collect their bodies. Can't they slowly turn into points of light and float away, saving us the workload?" A deep-sea creature wearing a white safety helmet complained while inspecting the dismantling operation.

　The most important point on the entire southern front, besides Richmond, was Yorktown. If Yorktown and its surrounding areas fell, the deep sea would directly threaten Norfolk.

　This place is home to the largest naval base and the largest shipyard in the United States. If Norfolk were to fall, it would not only be a major physical blow to the US military, especially the US Navy, but also a heavy psychological blow.

　For this reason, President Kamala has repeatedly stressed that York City must not be lost. This is not only related to history, but also to reality.

　In, fighting to the last soldier.

　In addition to the World War II shipgirls, the US Navy also mobilized the Enterprise, the Iowa, and the other four sister ships to prepare for land operations. The military even specially invited the Yorktown (ship) to deliver a mobilization and morale-boosting speech. This demonstrates the importance the US government and military place on defending Yorktown.

　Or... does this defense of York have a dual meaning?

　Fortunately, the deep sea had been too violent for a long time, and although the land was plundered, the losses were also great, so the offensive was temporarily halted. The US military also had precious breathing time to regroup and deploy troops.

　During the deep-sea recuperation period, the shipbuilding faction and the fortification faction within the US government once again had a dispute, and the fortification faction prevailed in the argument.

　The fortification faction believes that the United States' shipbuilding industry is in decline. Shipbuilding is an entire industry chain, and rebuilding it would require significant investment in the retraining of workers, technicians, engineers, and supporting equipment, as well as the reconstruction of related supporting measures.

　"...In addition to rebuilding the entire industrial chain, opening a new shipyard and building new ships, it would require a tremendous amount of time and money. A rough estimate would be no less than the cost of building a permanent fortress.

　In order to cope with the logistical supply problems of a full-scale war, we are now revitalizing the manufacturing industry and building large military factories. The revitalization speed itself is not ideal. Is it reasonable to allocate more money to the shipbuilding industry?

　Nearly half of the equipment we have on the front lines now comes not from military factories but from our inventory. Do you understand what I mean? This means that half of the credit for our continued success is due to our massive inventory.

　If it weren't for the massive inventory buildup during the Cold War and post-Cold War decades, do you think the war would be better or worse today? Just look at how many M1A2sep and M1A2c tanks are left in the ground forces right now? They're practically rarer than pandas!

　More importantly, the ship girls have the attribute of "weapons with self-awareness". In addition, the navy said that their thoughts are indeed a bit left-leaning now. Maybe there will not be any big problems at present, but there will definitely be endless troubles in the future.

　If our golden nation-destroying fleet is replicated and turned into ship girls in the future, it is unimaginable what will happen to them in the worst case scenario when they are highly respected after the war.

　Moreover, no matter how hollowed out our country's real economy becomes, at least the construction industry will not be lost. The construction industry is the foundation of the secondary and tertiary industries. Without it, where would you live? Where would you produce? Where would you type on your computer keyboard?

　Therefore, the construction industry is one of the few things that can be put on the table among our current mid- and low-end physical industries.

　If that's the case, why not take advantage of it and build permanent fortifications? Why spend so much money to rebuild the shipbuilding industry? Besides, fortresses are not shipgirls, and they don't have their own thoughts, so there is no need to worry about them.

　"Is there a possibility, I mean a possibility, if we really can't afford to pick up the shipbuilding industry, we can ask China to replicate the ships according to our requirements? The price is low, the construction time is fast, and we can save a lot of money." said a member of parliament.

　"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" The shipbuilding and fortification factions were unusually united at this moment, angrily retorting, "Ordering ships from China? How dare you say that! You are so shameless, so shameless! Between us and China, this is not a matter of money!

　What are we? We once built ships like dumplings! Our navy was the best in the world! Wouldn't it be a disgrace to our ancestors to order ships from China? Even if China's shipbuilding industry is booming now, at best it's just a second Germany. How can they compare with us, the great United States?

　Back then, Germany also thought it was invincible, but in the end, it was crushed by the British Royal Navy. Who is China? As long as the United States exists, China will always be second to Germany, and will always be second! If you say such words that boost others' morale and undermine your own prestige again, I will call the FBI and report you!

　……

　In this way, under the words of the fortification faction within the US government, it began to sign orders to build large-scale permanent fortifications behind the front line, as well as to build defense lines and temporary fortifications on the front line.

　Chapter 322: Not very harmful, but extremely insulting

　The faction that built fortifications had the upper hand did not mean that the faction that built ships had lost everything. They still fought hard and achieved some results.

　For example, the construction of the previously started replica ships will continue, and a new replica object has been added - the escort aircraft carrier USS Santee.

　The fortification faction was relieved when they heard that the shipbuilding faction was going to build the Santee. The Santee was originally built as an ExxonMobil oil tanker. Construction began on May 31, 1938, and it was launched on March 4, 1939. Later, it was converted into a light cruiser to meet the needs of the war.

　Civilian ships are much cheaper to build than military ones. Even though the Santee itself is a 6534-ton tanker, a rough estimate, including the cost of the replica, including the light-ship conversion, is only slightly more expensive than a Fletcher-class destroyer.

　Furthermore, as a light aircraft carrier, the Santee can carry up to 30 aircraft (based on the size of piston fighters). The ability to carry aircraft alone makes it far more cost-effective than other artillery ships.

　More importantly, the shipbuilding faction is absolutely certain that Santi is one of them, and there will be no fundamental ideological issues. Looking at the ship rWiki, he is a pure capitalist, more like a Republican establishment figure.

　The fortification faction was originally worried that Santi might be a MAGA, but the shipbuilding faction's explanation was

　This dispelled their doubts.

　Because of this, the attitude of the Fortress Building Faction towards the re-enactment of Santi is very different from that of other KanColle re-enactments. Except for the issue of China, this is one of the few times when the two factions can agree on something.

　The shipbuilding camp had a good idea, but both civilian and military shipyards were already crammed with ships. What was the next step? Could they find a British contractor? But the current state of the British shipbuilding industry was comparable to that of the US, and the shipbuilding camp needed something more efficient.

　It is also impossible to find Japan and South Korea because both countries are in revolution.

　France? Never mind. I don't know what's been wrong with Macron these past few months. Ever since his last trip to China, he's become a completely different person, spouting anti-American rhetoric every now and then. I seriously suspect Macron has been bewitched by China. Besides, the French have their own shipyards fully stocked.

　Looking for Germany? Perhaps influenced by the recent surge in global tensions, Germany has also been actively replicating ships, not only its own but also those commissioned by France. The shipyards are also busy.

　Italy? It seems possible, but it also seems impossible. Italy's shipbuilding industry is certainly strong, but the biggest problem lies in Italian politics. The current Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, has a negative attitude towards the United States, especially since the start of the Sino-US war.

　As for other countries, they either had poor shipbuilding industries or the US, which had decent shipbuilding, was too embarrassed to ask them for help. In the end, after much deliberation, they had no choice but to entrust the UK to build the ship, and after a long journey, they were back to square one.

　Mencius said, "Those who are in the right way will have many supporters, while those who are in the wrong way will have few." I believe that the United States can now fully understand what the second half of this sentence means.

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　After the Battle of Richmond, the US Army retreated to Petersburg for defense. Richmond's strategic location is very important. It is not only a large city, but also a major transportation hub in central Virginia.

　Both the US and the Deep Sea knew the importance of the strategic location here; therefore, both the US military and the Deep Sea invested a lot of manpower here and fought a fierce battle.

　Humans are far too difficult to fight in urban combat against the deep sea. Even though the US military deployed robotic dogs for urban combat, those weren't Terminators or tactical humanoids, and they still couldn't save the US from defeat in Richmond. (Never challenge someone's instincts with peripherals.jpg)

　However, although the US military lost the Battle of Richmond, the casualties inflicted on the Deep Sea were significantly greater than the Deep Sea Headquarters had estimated. The Deep Sea was also considering changing its tactics and organizational structure, among other things, in its armed forces deployment structure.

　Deep Sea No. 1 pondered the battle report and pursed his lips in thought. "It seems I still underestimated the United States. I need to suggest to Admiralty Code that we invest more in mechanized, armored, and elite forces."

　As mentioned earlier, the Deep Sea "collected" the wreck of the Pensacola after it was revealed, essentially dismantling it on the spot. Deep Sea could have left the Pensacola completely alone, but its half-tilted hull blocked the road, hindering infrastructure and traffic, so it had to be removed.

　Before the on-site dismantling operation, a group of deep-sea crew members first used the severely damaged hull of the Pensacola as a background for selfies with their comrades. Then they boarded the ship and took photos together, sitting or standing in various places on the deck and bridge.

　After the on-site dismantling operation began, Deep Sea specially set up a 6000-megapixel camera to record the entire process, and also sent several Deep Sea officers with good photography skills to the construction site to shoot close-ups of the dismantling.

　"Come on, put it here, put it here!" A deep-sea vanguard on the deck commanded a combat puppet to gently place the 203 shell in her hand on the lifting platform.

　This shell was taken out of the ammunition depot at the bottom of the Pensacola's main turret. Shells like this one that have been taken out will be sent off the ship and transported away to be dismantled and recycled.

　The fuses will be destroyed, and the shell casings will be recycled and reused; the propellant inside will be recycled and used as propellant for newly produced ammunition or explosives, and supplied to the front-line troops, allowing them to return this explosive, which was originally used to fight deep-sea attacks, to the US military.

　Working simultaneously were deep-sea pioneers in the fuel tanks and dozens of tanker trucks outside. They were using equipment to pump the heavy oil from the tanks into the tankers, which would be taken away for reuse.

　On the bridge and in the command room, a deep-sea pioneer in a red helmet looked at the subsystem that was seriously inconsistent with the era in which Pensacola was born, and said with a sigh of relief:

　"It looks like something from the late Cold War. We don't have the money to build a new warship spirit, but we're willing to modernize the old one..."

　"Boss, please give us your instructions. Should we dismantle these things completely or violently?" Two combat puppets wearing yellow safety helmets asked the manager in front of them, rubbing their hands in anticipation.

　The Red Hat Deep Sea Vanguard said nonchalantly, "The systems from the late Cold War are nothing but scrap metal and plastic to us. How else can we dismantle them?"

　"Understood!" The two combat puppets in charge of construction nodded, then unleashed a barrage of attacks on the subsystem equipment. With a flurry of punches and kicks, the electronic equipment was smashed to pieces, and the loud crashing noises echoed throughout the command room.

　After almost all the subsystems inside the ship were destroyed, Deep Sea began to dismantle the external structure. The lighter and thinner metal parts were removed directly by hand, or by using a sledgehammer made of deep-sea materials to smash all the parts.

　When encountering heavy metal parts, the deep sea

　Using metal cutting methods such as oxygen cutting, gas cutting, plasma cutting, and laser cutting, these heavy components are cut into small pieces and disassembled. After being unloaded, they are loaded onto trucks and taken away for re-melting and reuse.

　During this month, the hull of the Pensacola was gradually dismantled, starting from the top mast, radar and fire director, and slowly disappeared from top to bottom, until the keel was finally cut into small pieces and transported away.

　After Deepsea finished dismantling the Pensacola, they edited and shortened the video of the entire dismantling process, added subtitles and music, and condensed it into a video of only 10 minutes.

　Then they saved this video, along with other close-up photos of the disassembly, and photos of themselves waving and smiling in triumph as they stepped on the Pensacola's hull in the deep sea, to a portable hard drive.

　Then, through espionage, it was sent to the U.S. Navy Department with a message saying, "A gift to you, from the American ship mother."

　For safety reasons, the Navy did not give this thing directly to the ship girls. Instead, they conducted an external inspection first. After confirming that it was a real mobile hard drive, they found a new laptop and connected it to the hard drive in a room full of radio jammers without being connected to the Internet.

　After opening the hard drive and examining the contents, the navy brass understood Deep Sea's intentions. "These deep-sea bitches are practically taunting our shipgirls! Luckily, we opened it first. If it had been sent to the ladies, the shipgirls' base would have collapsed like a building today..."

　"So, does this thing need to be destroyed?" said a man who looked like an adjutant next to him.

　Navy Minister Kenneth Braithwaite shook his head and said, "No, no, no, quite the opposite. This is a good material for uniting the shipgirls and boosting their morale.

　I just need a calmer, more mentally resilient shipgirl to come over and review it first, and then show it to the other shipgirls after the notice and preparations are complete."

　After some manipulation, the Navy sent the video to the two Lexingtons (the wife and the wife), Yorktown, and Enterprise. After watching it, all three of them fell silent. If you knew these women well, you could tell that their solemn faces concealed a smoldering anger.

　Afterwards, the two Lexingtons, Yorktown, and Enterprise organized the other ship girls and gave them advance warning, asking them to control their emotions when watching the video. If anyone went berserk, Enterprise and Jiaota would take coercive measures against him.

　After the video played, the emotions of the shipgirls in the room grew increasingly agitated. Even the usually sleepy-eyed Bunny Raffi gradually became filled with indignation and coldness, her fists clenched tightly.

　After the video ended, the hot-blooded Bumblebee stood up first, slammed the table, and roared, "Deep Sea is really going too far! We must make these assholes pay for their shameless mockery and insults today! Avenge Senior Pensacola!"

　"Bumblebee!" Enterprise was afraid that Bumblebee would do something extreme in the heat of the moment, so he called out to her to remind her to control her emotions.

　"Hey... Don't worry, Sister Enterprise, I just slammed the table, otherwise I really can't express the anger in my heart. I'm still using human level strength, you see, the table is fine..." Bumblebee explained himself a little embarrassedly.

　Regardless, Deep Sea's relatively harmless but highly insulting maneuver ignited the wrath of every American shipgirl, who swore an oath once again to defend Yorktown to the death.

　Chapter 323 Korean War and Room-Temperature Superconductivity

　In the early morning of July 27, 2023, North Korea held a large-scale performance and related military parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Fatherland Liberation War.

　The event was very successful. Delegations from the Communist Parties of China, the Soviet Union and other countries were invited to watch this grand commemorative parade and performance.

　The modern performances were refreshing, for example, the military band members playing electric guitars, and especially the singers, who not only pronounced their words clearly but also had remarkable singing skills.

　It is no exaggeration to say that the level of these North Korean singers performing is far better than more than 99% of the boy and girl groups in the Korean entertainment industry.

　At first, someone suggested that since there was a war going on, it would be better to save manpower, material resources, and financial resources and use them for the war of unification. Kim Jong-un criticized this idea, saying:

　"This event is not just for our own people, but also for our compatriots in South Korea and people all over the world. Besides its great historical significance, this performance is more important in breaking the outside world's traditional impression of us.

　When I was studying in Switzerland, I was deeply impressed by the power of Western cultural exports. It's a reality that our socialist camp has long been unable to compete with capitalism in cultural exports.

　Precisely because they cannot rival Western capitalist countries in cultural exports, socialist countries are often smeared and slandered internationally, domestically, and within the capitalist camp, causing their popularity to suffer.

　Not only that, the cultural hegemony formed by this cultural export will also erode our people and produce a large number of North Korean defectors.

　Admittedly, the political and social conditions during my father's administration were quite harsh, and many of the stereotypes we have today stem from the March of Misfortune. But there's nothing we can do about it. After I took over, I've relaxed quite a bit in this area.

　But I wish socialism would die.

　Will the capitalist camp publicize your gradually broadening social atmosphere? It's obvious they won't. They will only tirelessly ruminate on our past mistakes and magnify them infinitely.

　Therefore, we must make corresponding resistance. The first step to get rid of the smears against us by the West is to get rid of the outside stereotype that we are extremely closed and conservative.

　Moreover, we now have strong support from China and the Soviet Union, and the frontline troops have no shortage of manpower, material resources, and financial resources to hold this performance. At the same time, this will also tell the South puppet government that while we are beating you, we can still hold large-scale events, which means we still have a lot of spare energy to deal with you. "

　When Kim Jong-un said this, his opponents suddenly understood; after thinking about it carefully, they felt that it did make sense, so they didn't say anything else.

　On the southern battlefield, North Korean and South Korean troops were still engaged in fierce fighting in Seoul. However, North Korea had already occupied 60% of the city and was still advancing.

　In the real world, it took Wagner several months to conquer a small town of 7 people. Why did it take only two months to make more than half the progress in attacking Seoul, a city with a population of over 900 million?

　First, the rational use of shipgirls. North Korea only had three destroyergirls, and these high-attack, low-defense units were insufficient for high-intensity defense. They could only be used for rear-line fire support or special operations. North Korea chose the special operations approach.

　The three young men, all former South Korean soldiers, possessed a deep understanding of South Korean tactics and regulations. They exploited this advantage to repeatedly attack key South Korean points along the front lines, such as supply depots, vehicle storage areas, and frontline headquarters. On a tactical level, they made a significant contribution to the Battle of Seoul.

　Secondly, China provided advanced military aid and a supporting training system. On the one hand, China wanted to reduce the loss of manpower in North Korea, and on the other hand, in order to test new equipment through actual combat, it provided North Korea with a batch of unmanned combat system equipment in the second batch of military aid.

　Huh? You're saying there were no tests during the liberation of Taiwan? The Taiwanese military lost too quickly. The PLA only deployed a small number of unmanned systems, and the Taiwanese military was already doomed. The sample size was too small to identify any issues.