It is Kokang and Changchun

　Chongqing took out her phone and searched for related news. It was indeed true. She suppressed her inner ecstasy and said to Pinghai, "Thank you, Pinghai. This is very good news. I'm very happy."

　"Hehe, as long as Sister Chongqing is happy!"

　After sending Pinghai away, Chongqing flashed back to her original room. As soon as she returned to her original room, she burst into laughter and even stomped her feet a few times.

　At this moment, Chongqing's usual reserved and steady temperament disappeared without a trace. Now she was like the two laughing policemen in the movie "The Mermaid".

　"Ah~ I'm so happy to have taught those rebellious kids a lesson. Let me make a cup of black tea to celebrate."

　As he spoke, Chongqing opened the locker, took out a can of Darjeeling black tea and a blue and white porcelain teacup and placed them on the table, then picked up the electric kettle on the table, filled it with water and boiled it.

　After boiling, Chongqing pours the water into a teacup with dry tea leaves in advance. The tea leaves emit a refreshing fragrance when brewed with boiling water.

　While the tea was brewing, Chongqing improvised a little song of his own:

　"We are all sharpshooters, and each bullet kills an American soldier.

　Royal Marines, avenging the shame of more than 200 years ago

　In the British Isles, there are soldiers stationed everywhere.

　We trained so hard for this day~

　Yankee, what's wrong with you? Why have you become so bad?

　The fourth class of people, without communications, cannot fight a war~"

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　A few days later, Plymouth Naval Base in Devon, England

　"Well done, gentlemen of the Marines! You are truly the sharp edge of the Royal Navy! Today, on behalf of all the ships of the United Kingdom, I offer a toast to you!"

　At the Royal Marines' celebration banquet, Elizabeth toasted the soldiers who had defeated the US Marines in the exercise.

　The triumphant soldiers thanked her in unison: "Thank you, Miss Elizabeth, for your praise! May Miss Elizabeth always be 11 years old!"

　Elizabeth was very happy to hear this, and then said to Counterattack who was standing by and waiting, "Counterattack, go get the things out."

　"Yes, Your Highness."

　A few minutes later, Counterattack came up with two large plates of Yorkshire puddings and placed them on the table.

　Elizabeth proudly introduced them to everyone, "I personally cooked these puddings to celebrate your Marine Corps' victory. Normally, you wouldn't get this kind of treatment! Incidentally, I made these entirely by hand, without any guidance from anyone else."

　What? Elizabeth actually cooked for herself? The Marines present felt like the sun was rising from the west.

　"? Why are you all looking at me like that?" Elizabeth felt the Marines' expressions were intriguing, and blushed as she explained:

　"Don't treat me like a vase! I...I just think it's unnecessary, but that doesn't mean I can't do anything!"

　The Marines enjoyed watching the tsundere Silly White, appearing calm on the surface, but already unable to stop laughing in their hearts.

　A Marine stood up and said to Shabai, "Miss Elizabeth, we certainly don't mean that. It's the greatest honor of our lives to have you personally cook for us! Come on, let's have some pudding!"

　As soon as he finished speaking, the Marine picked up a pudding and drank it in one gulp.

　"How is it? How are my cooking skills?" Elizabeth's eyes were full of anticipation.

　The Marines could hear compliments like "It's beyond imagination!", "Yes, it's delicious!", and "It's great".

　In reality, the Marines' true feelings were: "It's hard to describe the taste, so noobish..."

　A marine looked around at the ship girls present and found that one seemed to be missing.

　"Miss Javelin, didn't the Royal Ark arrive?" the Marine asked the ship girl closest to him.

　"Uh, yes, the Ark Royal is in detention."

　"That's not right. I remember we just released them before we set off. But they went back in again?" The Marine scratched his head.

　Javelin sighed. "He did get out, but he was put in again yesterday. The reason was the same as always. He touched a vampire. Then he got thrown by Belfast and was put in solitary confinement."

　"From this, it seems that the Royal Ark is either in solitary confinement or on the way to being put in solitary confinement..." said the Marine, shaking his head.

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　San Diego Naval Base, West Coast, USA

　In the captain's office of the Ford-class Enterprise, Crownpeace threw today's New York Times onto her desk and said in frustration:

　"This is so embarrassing, these guys! Put down the M4! I can fight better than them!"

　"There are indeed many things that need to be reflected upon in the exercises between the two countries' marines in the past few days." Enterprise noticed that his captain was a little angry, and his figure appeared in the captain's room.

　Crownpeace was still indignant. "This is a duel between nations. At the start of the exercise, we occupied 80% of the territory, while the enemy only had 20%. Such a clear advantage, and yet we were pushed back? Is this even forgivable? Now, America has lost face because of these idiots..."

　"Having problems during an exercise is actually a good thing; after the exercise, you can learn from the experience and make corrections. The real problem is discovering your problems in the middle of a life-and-death battle."

　Enterprise was not as annoyed as Piss, and said calmly:

　"If problems are discovered on the battlefield, it's already too late. By then, every correction will cost the blood and lives of countless soldiers. So, to some extent, discovering problems during exercises is a good thing."

　Crownpeace leaned back in her office chair, which was taller than she was when she sat down, and said with a smile, "Enterprise, you have a really good attitude. If it were me, I'd want to run to the Marines and scold them to death."

　"Speaking of which," Enterprise said to the captain, "I'd like to request permission to visit the Marine Corps and give a speech specifically about this exercise. I hope the soldiers participating can learn from it."

　"Yeah, no problem," Crownpeace agreed. "You can scold me, but I'm just disappointed in you..."

　After the company's application was approved by the U.S. Department of Navy and the Department of Defense, she then came to the base of the relevant troops in the exercise.

　In the auditorium, the company is giving a speech.

　"...Anyway, you Marines still have the title of Navy in front of you. This loss not only makes you lose face, but also lose

　The face of our navy...

　...I came all the way here today not to scold you. My purpose in coming here is to learn lessons from you all and make progress together..."

　The company's speech can be generally summarized as having ups and downs, first praising and then criticizing, being to the point, going from simple to complex, and finally containing genuine concern for the soldiers.

　"...Therefore, as long as you remain soldiers, you must always maintain your fighting spirit and never slack off! I wish you all a successful next combat exercise and avenge this defeat! My speech concludes. Thank you."

　The Marines off the field were filled with gratitude, thinking:

　"Miss Enterprise, a First-Class soldier, cares so much about us Fourth-Class soldiers. She's come all the way here to greet and teach us. Miss Enterprise isn't human, but she cares about us more than many high-ranking human officers. How can we not be grateful?"

　The audience applauded with unprecedented enthusiasm, and the Marines shouted, "For America! For Miss Enterprise! We will definitely defeat the British next time!"

　Suddenly, one of the soldiers below shouted, "Ta ta kai, yi zi mo ta ta kai!"

　When this sentence was shouted, the crowd's climax had passed, so the sound of this sentence seemed very abrupt.

　As soon as these words came out, the Marines present were all excited again and shouted:

　"Ta ta kai! yi zi mo ta ta kai! For Miss Enterprise!"

　Looking at these enthusiastic soldiers, Enterprise was sweating profusely and muttered to himself, "I have a feeling this is going to turn into a fan meeting..."

　Chapter 96: Australia's Tragedy (8)

　After Biden ended his call with Morrison, he called his country's ambassador to Australia, Harry Harris, for a second confirmation.

　After a series of indirect attacks from the White House, Harris's statement was basically the same as Morrison's.

　"...Is that so. Okay, I'll hang up first." After the call ended, Biden put down the phone.

　"Mr. President, do you believe it?" Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin looked at Biden in disbelief.

　Biden denied it, saying, "You're overthinking it. How is that possible?"

　Then he changed the subject and continued doubtfully, "Suppose they all lied... The Australian Prime Minister and our ambassador to Australia were deceiving each other, but this possibility is also unacceptable..."

　Biden was puzzled.

　Defense Secretary Austin said: "What alarms me now is that the 'rebels' Morrison mentioned have strong electronic warfare capabilities. One of the reconnaissance planes we sent to Australia in Indonesia lost contact and the other returned due to interference in its communications."

　"Regarding what you said, President, could it be that... Morrison is plotting something to break away from us?" the Defense Minister guessed.

　Biden shook his head and said, "I've met Morrison before. He doesn't seem like that kind of person. The fact that he got rid of France for us is proof of his loyalty."

　Moreover, Australia's basic foreign policy is to strengthen its alliance with my country, and this alliance has a long history. Even if he wanted to do so, Australia's domestic political environment would not allow it..."

　"Well, this kind of thing should be handled by professionals. I'll call and talk to William Joseph Burns (the current director of the CIA)." As he said this, Biden picked up the phone that he had put down not long ago.

　"Also," Biden said to Defense Secretary Austin before dialing, "Put the troops stationed in Indonesia on Level 3 defense readiness!"

　Prime Minister's Office in Canberra, Australia

　In a small conference room in the Prime Minister's Office, a group of senior deep-sea pioneers were holding a summary meeting.

　The intelligence team spoke first: "We have confirmed from multiple sources that the US military in countries surrounding Australia has entered a level 3 combat readiness state.

　Second, the US's prevarications to the Australian Prime Minister seem unreliable, and they are trying to ascertain the truth about what happened in Australia through the CIA. Therefore, we recommend that countermeasures be put forward as soon as possible.

　Third, our communication jammers were previously overclocked and overloaded, causing them to become unstable. This will require time to repair. It remains unknown when this repair will be complete and operational capabilities will be restored.

　In short, if we want to develop in Australia, we must tell a big lie to deceive the intelligence agencies of the United States and other countries. This lie does not seek to last forever, but only a few months.

　If we succeed, we will have nearly 100,000 scouts and puppets, as well as other heavy weapons, to support our march northward."

　After the intelligence team finished speaking, it was the command team's turn.

　"I thank the intelligence team for their words and efforts. They did a much better job this time than they did when they captured Australia in the last world. The communications suppression in particular has brought great chaos to humanity.

　This is also the key to our ability to occupy the entire Australia in just two days.

　However, while Operation Hurricane was successful, it also exposed many problems, the most serious of which was our tactics.

　In the previous world, we had shields, so our tactics revolved around shields and were supported by shields.

　In this world, we no longer have shields, and our past tactics haven't been completely transformed. This has led to considerable damage to our attack on Canberra.

　watch for.

　Throughout Operation Hurricane, we lost nearly 600 combat vanguards, and our combat puppet losses were three times that of the vanguards. Our exchange ratio with the enemy was approximately 1:7. Our KD (kill-to-death ratio) was far lower than the KD of the previous world. Over 3% of these losses occurred during the attack on Canberra.

　Taking all of the above into account, we believe this victory is not worth celebrating."

　After hearing this, all the "people" present couldn't help but reflect that for Shenhai, a KD of around 7 is really bad.

　You know, in the previous world where they still had shields, the KD number would have been at least dozens.

　The command team's speech ended, followed by the logistics team's report.

　"While Operation Cyclone did have many tactical shortcomings, we ultimately conquered Australia.

　Australia has a wealth of mineral resources that we can use to restore and develop ourselves and regain the strength we achieved at the peak of our power in the last century.

　Next, we have reports on the wounded on the front lines. Through analyzing the injured Deep Sea Scouts and Combat Puppets returning from the front lines, we've concluded that frontline combatants are most likely to sustain limb injuries. If you're interested, you can visit our logistics hospital. There are many Scouts and Puppets with severed limbs.

　The main reasons for their limb loss are explosions and large-caliber bullets. But thankfully, we are not like humans who cannot recover after losing our limbs.

　Although we have extremely strong self-healing abilities, it still takes several days to recover. The loss of combat power during this period is still quite painful. (The limbs of deep-sea creatures are relatively fragile compared to their torsos)

　We believe that a device should be mass-produced to protect the limbs of frontline combatants, thereby reducing the rate of disability. This device should be able to withstand all small and medium-caliber bullets, including K bullets."

　After everyone finished speaking, Shen Hai, who was presiding over the meeting, said, "I hope you won't just make a lot of noise but don't deliver. Admiralty Code is not satisfied with the success of Operation Hurricane."

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　Rushan City, Shandong Province, China

　Eve and Xi came to the mudflats in the southwest corner of Yintan. This mudflats used to be the abandonment site of the Anshan-class destroyer Changchun, but is now empty.

　"Hmm...it should be here." Eve opened her eyes again and said.

　"Even after so long, there are still traces of psychic energy remaining here. Based on the information we've obtained so far, the destroyer that was abandoned here was the first ship spirit to appear...

　"Xiao, I think my previous guess is correct. The Rubik's Cube may have fallen near here."

　Xi, who was searching hard nearby, said, "Sister Eve, I've searched around here at least five times, and there's no trace of the Rubik's Cube at all."

　This is very strange. The Mind Cube is essentially an energy body, and both Xi and Eve can easily discover it.

　To put it in a more vivid way, in their eyes, the Rubik's Cube is similar to the pick-up items in some games that have fluorescent outlines to indicate to players that the item can be picked up and used, such as the "Left 4 Dead" series.

　"How about..." Eve suggested, "Let's go find the ship spirit that was here before and ask it."

　Xi narrowed his eyes and said, "Tsk, why do I always feel like Sister Eve, you're going to do some shaman tricks again?"

　"What's with all the shamanism? I've already said that this time I just want to be a quiet observer." Eve slapped Xi on the head again.