How to fall in love with a ship girl?

Obviously, what Z23 said just now was undoubtedly of this type.

After a brief thought, it turned out to be just as Xu Huan guessed. The reason why the border was drawn here was because the Iron Bloods could not defeat the Northern Alliance....

After a short silence, Z23 nodded slowly: "In the previous conflict...Steel Blood was indeed at a disadvantage..."

"Hmm... pretty much what I thought."

The young man nodded, then frowned and said in confusion: "It's not right..."

"Commander...what's wrong?"

"I have briefly learned about the basic information of the Northern Alliance and Iron Blood when I was in the Royal Family. Based on my assessment of the combat effectiveness of your Iron Blood and Northern Alliance, you should have the upper hand, right?"

Not to mention that the number of Iron Blood's shipgirls is much larger than that of the Northern Alliance, just in terms of the legendary combat power at sea, the Northern Alliance has only two, while Iron Blood has four (not counting Bismarck for the time being)....

The number of ship girls is already quite large, and the number of sea legends is twice as large as the other side. No matter how you look at it, there is a huge disparity in combat power.

Except for Egil, whom he had never met, Xu Huan had basically fought with the other three, Friedrich, Huten, and Hindenburg, and had a deep understanding of the strength of the ship girls.

These three people are definitely not paper tigers in name only, but real and powerful fighting forces.

So why can’t they beat the Northern League?

Xu Huan looked at Tirpitz and Z23 with a puzzled look. After the two exchanged glances, Tirpitz finally took the initiative to step forward and answer the young man's questions.

Since they had already lost, there was naturally no need to hide it any further. Their commander did not seem like the type who would look down on or despise others in this way.

"In fact, at that time, there were not only some frictions with the Northern Alliance, but also with the royal family... or in other words, all the camps in the entire area were more or less involved, including Sardinia Iris and others..." Tirpitz explained.

The description of this so-called festival reminded the young man of a world war in a certain page of the history of the Earth Union, but because of the existence of a common enemy like the Sirens, there was a great degree of restraint.

"Does this mean that you not only have to deal with the Northern Alliance, but you also have to spare some strength to fight the Royal Family?"

"That's about it... Commander."

Tirpitz continued, "We had the upper hand at the beginning, but as you know, Commander, the Iron Bloods are prone to fatigue after a long battle without a healing ship girl."

"Let's not talk about the Royal Family, which has one of the strongest healing ship girls, Perseus. The Northern Alliance also has very good healing ship girls..."

So it can’t be used up?

Seeing that Tirpitz was gradually telling the story, Xu Huan quickly raised his hand to interrupt and said, "The result is already known. For the time being, I am not very interested in why you lost..."

"The main issue that I am most concerned about now is, as you are all ship girls, with the common enemy of the Siren, what key issues will cause large-scale conflicts?"

"Commander... It's hard for me to explain this question clearly, but in the final analysis, without the commander's mediation, disputes will also arise between the camps of the ship girls because of their interests. In many cases, small dissatisfactions will accumulate and lead to friction. Not to mention that many camps and ship girls will also be affected by the prototype ships..."

What Tirpitz wanted to express was very clear.

Due to factors such as historical prototype ships, the camps are basically in a state of no one submitting to the other, and without the lubricant recognized by all camps - the commander's words, small frictions will continue to escalate and eventually turn into conflicts.

This shows the importance of commanders in improving camp relations.

"And there are also many wars among humans... right?" Tirpitz said, and added again.

Xu Huan also highly agreed with what the ship girl said.

He also knew that regardless of whether they were of the same race or had a common foreign enemy, there would still be disputes. After all, even in the Human League, which was dominated by xenophobic thoughts, there were still a large number of "traitors".

But he is now interested in the final fuse.

After all, if the interests involved are not big enough, it is not enough for the ship girls of several camps to directly overturn the table...

So the young man asked directly and clearly:

"What I want to know is what is your most critical trigger..."

"The most critical trigger..."

After hearing the question, Tirpitz lowered his head slightly and suddenly fell silent.

When she raised her head again, her eyes were a little hesitant, and she obviously didn't know whether to answer or not.

Seeing this, Xu Huan looked at Z23 beside him, trying to get an answer from the girl.

But unlike the previous time when he took the initiative to answer, this time Z23's eyes also flashed with a hint of hesitation.

The young man raised an eyebrow in confusion.

He was a little curious. What unspeakable reason could make the two ship girls remain silent tacitly?

"Actually the reason is very simple...Xu Huan." Finally, when the two were silent, Hu Teng, who was traveling with them, finally walked in from outside the door.

The three people had not deliberately lowered their voices when discussing before, so Hu Teng, who was outside the door enjoying the sea breeze, was able to hear the conversation clearly.

"Hmm? So the reason is..."

"I already said it, Xu Huan."

"Um....?"

Chapter 237: Selfish Desire?

When Hu Teng called out his name for the first time, Xu Huan thought it was just a simple way of addressing himself.

It was not until Hu Teng repeated his name again that the young man came to his senses.

He looked at Z23 and Tirpitz, and saw that the two ship girls who had been silent just now nodded in tacit understanding.

"Yes, Commander....The final fuse between the major camps was Commander...that is, you."

"That's it..."

I didn't expect that after asking so many questions, the culprit in the end turned out to be me?

Xu Huan swallowed his saliva. Although he was a little surprised by the answer, after thinking about it carefully, it seemed to make sense.

Come to think of it, for the ship girls, what is a big enough core interest?

Equipment and supplies can be researched and earned, but there is only one commander from beginning to end...

Seeing that his commander was surprised by this unexpected but reasonable fact, and now that Hutten had spoken first, Tirpitz continued:

"The reason for the friction is actually very simple. At the beginning, almost every camp was looking for the commander's trace... but they searched the entire planet and couldn't find any relevant information..."

"It was at this time that someone thought that one of the factions might have found the commander and then quietly hid him... I can't remember who first proposed this, but then -"

"Ahem, I understand... No need to continue the rest..." Xu Huan coughed twice and changed the topic which was a bit embarrassing for him.

"Since the commander doesn't want to hear it... then I won't say anything. After all, strictly speaking, this matter has nothing to do with the commander..." After finally explaining the matter clearly, Tirpitz's mouth corners raised a subtle arc.

It really doesn't matter.

When you were fighting, I was still killing bugs on some unknown planet, right?

Xu Huan thought to himself.

"Well now... since we've reached the border, shall we pack up and prepare to return?"

The original purpose of going to sea had been achieved long ago, and after learning about some of the wars involving himself, Xu Huan no longer had the desire to continue sailing since he was already here, and planned to return home.

"Huh? Are you planning to go back now? Commander..." Tirpitz was a little surprised when he heard that.

Our commander... is he going out to sea just to take a stroll around the border?

She didn't understand Xu Huan's purpose and intention of going out to sea. Seeing that the young man was about to return after just a short time out, she asked.

"Yes, the main purpose of this trip was to experience the intensity of the Sirens' activity. Now that the goal has been achieved, there is no reason to stay on the sea any longer..." Xu Huan replied.

"According to the current situation, we should run into the Siren's active fleet on the way back. We can collect more data then."

"It's a simple matter. I was originally planning to come out with Z23, but I didn't expect Sangvishes to have relevant regulations... In the end, I can only trouble you..."

Hu Teng stood aside with his hands folded, and when he heard this, he cast a look at Xu Huan with some emotion.

The dark golden eyes held a hint of doubt and dissatisfaction.

The young man naturally understood what Hu Teng meant. They had finally gotten together, but he returned in such a short time, which made the little wild cat feel a little dissatisfied.

So he gently made a gesture to have dinner together in the evening.

Upon seeing this, Hu Teng turned his head back with satisfaction, and his beautiful face relaxed a little.

"For safety reasons, it's no trouble, Commander."

Unlike Huten's dissatisfaction, Tirpitz was relieved when he heard Xu Huan planned to return.

In her eyes, no matter what, the sea is still too dangerous for a human like Xu Huan. She is the ship girl on the Iron Blood side who is fully responsible for all matters related to the commander. If anything unexpected happens, it will be difficult for her to live up to the trust of her companions in other ports.

As for Z23, his idea was not much different from Tirpitz's, but he also felt it was a pity that he and the commander came out together and did nothing.

Just as everyone was preparing to turn the ship around and return to the port, the ship's radar device suddenly issued some warning sounds.

"Didi dididi——"

"This is... Siren has been detected? It seems that the situation is more serious than I imagined..." After Xu Huan finished speaking, he subconsciously looked at Hu Teng.

As the master of the prototype ship, Hu Teng shook his head naturally at this time: "It's not Siren...Xu Huan, the other party's mental signal does not belong to Siren."

"Not a Siren?"

Xu Huan was a little confused.

If it weren't for the Siren... In the area where I'm in, the people I can meet... There are really few options for me to choose from.

Iron Blood's own ship girls would definitely not let the radar detection equipment issue a warning. So as the border between the Iron Blood and Northern Alliance camps, the only ones who could be encountered would probably be the Northern Alliance's ship girls.

Everyone looked at each other, and it seemed that they had a fairly consistent guess about the identity of the person who came.

"It's probably the Northern Alliance's ship girl...Xu Huan, what should we do?" Hu Teng took the initiative to ask.

If it was before in the royal family, Hu Teng's first action would be to ignore it and try his best to refuse contact with the other party, trying not to give the other party any chance to contact Xu Huan.

I don't want the commander to come into contact with other camps... or with ship girls from other camps.

A very simple idea.

Of course, even now she still holds the same idea deep in her heart, but she still listens to the young man's opinions first.

This is one of the changes that happened to the little wildcat after they formed a close relationship. She respects the wishes of the young man more than her own personal ideas.

Tirpitz on the side was about to say something and even took half a step forward, but then took it back.

She raised her head and looked at the young man with a hint of complexity in her eyes, and her beautiful face also showed a rare hint of confusion at this moment.

When she learned that the Northern Alliance ship girl had appeared, she subconsciously prepared to take the initiative to open the communication channel so that Xu Huan could contact and communicate with the other party.

According to experience, this is the most appropriate and normal process.

But for some reason, she became hesitant when she was about to take that step.

Is it really okay for me to be like this?

In a trance, she remembered the argument she had with her sister Bismarck in the port office.

At that time, Tirpitz felt that his sister's behavior of concealing information about the commander for her own selfish desires was too much...

But until now, I have encountered such a thing.

She subconsciously chose the same path as her sister...

Is this...my own selfish desire?

Chapter 238: Drunkenness Delays Things

Tirpitz was a little confused.

Her mind was now a little confused, like a tangled thread, and she didn't even know what she was really thinking.

My current thoughts and what I plan to do are exactly the same as Bismarck did back then.

Previously, she had criticized Bismarck's behavior from a moral high ground, but when it really came to her, she also subconsciously had the idea of ​​refusing to let Xu Huan contact the ship girls of other factions -

The commander has only been in Iron Blood for a short time, how could he possibly give in to those drunkards from the Northern Alliance?

Tirpitz himself didn't know why he had such an idea.

Xu Huan is not a succubus like Hindenburg. He does not have the ability to make people fall in love with him at first sight.

Even though the new commander seemed very outstanding, and perhaps she had some recognition of him in her heart for various reasons, she was certain that she was not doing this for her own selfish desires.

This is for the Iron Blood camp. As a ship girl of Iron Blood, you naturally need to safeguard the interests of the Iron Blood camp, and the commander is the biggest core interest of Iron Blood at the moment.

Naturally, she retracted the step she had already taken halfway.