The slightly weird commander's ship girl tour

Huang Chen was confused and a little amused. When did Baltimore become so shy? He walked over and asked, "What's wrong? Are you scared of me? Am I really that scary?"

Baltimore pretended not to hear and continued to squeeze Bremerton to leave.

The latter, however, laughed and said, "My elder sister wants to see the commander about something."

Huang Chen raised his eyebrows, thinking of what Eugen had said before, that they would make a schedule themselves. Isn’t this happening now?

It's you, Baltimore!

"Baltimore. What do you want me to do?" Huang Chen looked at the girl who was still thinking about how to slip away.

The latter seemed to finally realize that he could not escape now. He turned around, took two deep breaths, calmed himself down, and looked at Huang Chen, "Commander, good afternoon."

Bramer on the side made a face at Huang Chen, then tiptoed away.

"Good afternoon." Huang Chen thought for a moment and saw that the girl was still a little embarrassed. He really couldn't understand, but he didn't want to delve into it. He then asked, "I have to go to hand over a small yacht this afternoon. Baltimore, do you want to go with us?"

"I..." Baltimore hesitated, a hint of joy flashing in his eyes, and then he shook his head as if remembering something. "Forget it, Commander, if you're free, can you play basketball with me when you get back?"

"Play ball?"

"Yes." Baltimore nodded, seemingly returning to his former confident, sunny, and cheerful self. He smiled and said, "Just play ball. Any ball is fine."

"Any ball will do..." Huang Chen subconsciously looked up and down at Baltimore.

"Ah! Commander, what are you looking at?" Baltimore immediately noticed Huang Chen's gaze, turned around, and then gathered the hair by his ears. A smile flashed in his golden eyes, "Then I'll wait for the commander to come back in the evening."

Having said that, without giving Huang Chen a chance to continue speaking, he turned around and walked back to his room.

Then Bremerton's voice, somewhat disappointed in his students, was heard in the room.

Even Huang Chen himself was quite confused.

As a commander, I invited my shipgirl to go out with me this afternoon, but she turned me down? What kind of development is this?

Anyway, he himself is a little difficult to understand.

After hesitating for a while, he decided to ask clearly in the evening. He always felt that Baltimore was fooled by someone.

And in a place he didn't notice, in the corner of the aisle, a red flame was dissipating in the air.

And in a room on the fifth floor, this is Akagi and Kaga's room.

Akagi, dressed in a red kimono, sat down on the edge of the bed. Her brown ears twitched slightly, and a smile flashed in her red eyes. "Baltimore really believed what Shokaku said. She even rejected the commander's invitation just now."

After saying this, he couldn't help but chuckle, "What a lovely child! It would be great if all those pests could be like her!"

After a light laugh, he looked at Kaga who was wearing a white kimono and said, "Of course, I'm not talking about you."

Kaga smiled helplessly, "Sister Akagi, none of this matters."

"How can it not be important, silly child?" Akagi frowned slightly, "Akagi knows the commander's character, and also knows that Akagi can't stop him, but..."

"But Akagi hopes that you'll be the next one. And didn't you also attend Shokaku's so-called meeting?"

Kaga still smiled helplessly, "Didn't my sister ask me to go? I myself..."

Having said this, she was silent for a while.

And Akagi leaned over gently to Kaga's side, reaching out to touch her cheek, "Kaga, it will be my turn again soon, this time..."

As she spoke, she leaned over and whispered in Kaga's ear.

Kaga's white ears just trembled, his face seemed to be stained with some red, and his eyes became a little erratic.

……

Huang Chen walked downstairs, greeted the passing ship girls, and then walked into the temporary office.

Sure enough, Tiancheng and Enterprise were already sitting inside.

"Then let's go? Just the three of us?" Huang Chen looked around and asked casually.

Enterprise looked up, "Who else would you like to join us, Commander?"

"I'm not..." Huang Chen shook his head, "Then let's go."

After that, the three of them walked into the small yard, got in the car, and prepared to set off.

The reason why such a simple process requires preparation is that, first of all, there are many people in the yard and the cars are stuck inside, so they can only move out slowly, bit by bit.

Secondly, Huang Chen was in the car, and soon some lively and cute children were leaning on the car window, clamoring to go out with him.

He had no choice but to make various promises, and with the help of Tiancheng and Qiye's pressure on Shigesakura and Baiying, he finally drove the car out of the yard after ten minutes.

This is only because I hadn't met Walkerlan, otherwise it would have taken five more minutes.

The car drove out of the narrow street and soon sped along the wide road. Huang Chen looked at the scenery outside the window that kept moving backwards and suddenly asked, "Aren't we going to the KanColle headquarters?"

"No." Enterprise focused on driving, while Amagi explained, "The cruise ship is very large after all, but it's not used frequently. It's docked at another pier belonging to the Kanmusu headquarters."

Huang Chen nodded. It was understandable. It was just like a warehouse.

The location of the pier was much closer than I had imagined. After driving for nearly 30 minutes, I saw many ships of various types docked on the distant coastline, almost all of which were abandoned.

Among these ships, a small cruise ship with a length of nearly 100 meters and nearly six passenger floors appeared in the field of vision.

"That's her, my lord." Tiancheng explained, "Windward."

Chapter 177 Windward

The car continued driving and soon arrived in front of an iron gate.

A purple-haired shipgirl jumped out of the security room at the door, looked over here, and asked, "Is it the Minister of Enterprise?"

I just looked around casually, not knowing whether I saw it clearly or not, and walked to the door and opened it.

Qiye rolled down the window to say hello, then continued driving inside.

"Royal Expulsion, Grenville," Enterprise explained simply.

Huang Chen was a little surprised when he saw the still-jumping and curvy little girl. Was this expulsion? Was this expulsion?

I can only say that the royal food is really good.

The car continued driving, passing several warehouses and small buildings, as well as a tall gantry, and finally stopped next to the dock.

And on the hard concrete ground not far ahead, there were these figures standing.

Huang Chen looked up and saw that one of them was Colorado, whom he had already met and who had taken over the position of the company's logistics director.

And I don’t know the other few people.

But one of the girls with long black hair and dark skin always looked familiar.

Of course, none of this mattered, because Huang Chen's gaze just casually drifted over them, and all his attention was completely focused on the beautiful waterline of the huge cruise ship behind them.

The lines are clean and neat, soft and natural, what a great boat!

When I got out of the car after it stopped, I saw a ship girl with short white hair walking towards me in a carefree manner. "Commander Huang Chen?"

"..."

No one responded until Enterprise poked Huang Chen. He then belatedly reacted and nodded to the ship girl in front of him, "It's me."

"Ha, I didn't expect you to look like this." The short-haired ship girl came over and patted Huang Chen's shoulder, then pointed at her nose, "Washington, the minister here."

Then he pointed to the other two ship girls standing nearby, "South Dakota, Director of the Finance Office, Northampton, Dock Supervisor."

For some reason, Huang Chen always felt that there was some sadness in the tone of the ship girl director.

He felt a little strange. Why would he feel sad after selling something?

Then he looked at South Dakota beside him with some curiosity. No wonder she looked so familiar. The first commander he met in Silk before, his ship girl was South Dakota.

Of course, the two people's appearance can only be said to be roughly similar, but if you look closely, you can find that they are completely different.

Without paying too much attention, Huang Chen greeted everyone with a smile and then immediately got down to business.

Washington pointed at the latter's huge cruise ship, which still looked like a blunt knife cutting flesh. "Now, there is only one final step. This ship will be handed over to Commander Huang Chen."

As she spoke, the dock manager came over, took out a document and handed it to Huang Chen.

Washington explained, "Time is tight, so let's keep it simple. Of course, if you want to be more formal, you can hold the handover a few days later. How about some banners and ribbons? Or maybe have the girls from headquarters line the streets for a welcome?"

"Ah, no need, no need." Huang Chen stared at the railing on the cruise ship deck. It was nice, sky blue, and he liked it very much.

"Are you really going to reconsider this?" Washington still strongly suggested, "Isn't this a bit too crude right now? How about we just wait a day, just one day?"

At the end of the speech, his tone was almost pleading.

Huang Chen was quite embarrassed by this sudden change.

South Dakota, who was standing behind Washington, had veins popping out of his forehead. He came up and slapped Washington on the head, gritting his teeth and almost squeezing out a voice from between his teeth, "Don't mess around!"

Colorado, who was standing by, smiled helplessly at Huang Chen and said, "They are always like this. Commander Huang Chen, don't mind it."

After South Dakota taught Washington a lesson, he suddenly looked at Huang Chen and his expression softened. Even a professional magician would be amazed at the speed of his face changing and exclaimed, "What a great job!"

"Excuse me, Commander Huang Chen, please come over so we can start the handover now."

Huang Chen continued to look at Washington, who was sulking beside him, with an embarrassed look on his face. He then looked at Qiqi and asked, "Do you know what's going on?"

Enterprise hesitated for a moment, then shook his head. "This is a complicated explanation, Commander, don't worry about it."

"It's not a question of whether I care or not." Huang Chen scratched his head and then leaned close to Enterprise's ear. "Enterprise, tell me, was this cruise ship purchased through normal procedures?"

For a moment, even the gray ghost had a strange look on his face and didn't know what to say.

Tian Cheng beside him had already laughed, "Of course it's normal procedure, Commander, don't worry too much about it."

Huang Chen coughed lightly twice, realizing that what he said was a bit thoughtless. He smiled awkwardly, "I was just joking. Haha, haha."

Then he walked over to the dock supervisor, Northampton, and took the document from her hand to sign. Then he looked at South Dakota and asked, "Is this all right?"

"Okay." South Dakota nodded with a smile, leading Huang Chen and the others to the boarding ladder and directly to the deck.

Colorado walked alongside, introducing, "Windward, powered by an internal combustion engine, is 102 meters long, 16 meters wide, has ten floors, six of which are passenger floors, can accommodate 6 passengers, has a crew of 314, and has a displacement of 118 tons."

"The maximum speed is 29 knots, the average speed is 23 knots, and there are 153 guest rooms, including six deluxe suites, four business class rooms, and 143 standard rooms."

“Each room is equipped with a shower room and a balcony, refrigerator, mini bar and other facilities. The luxury suites are also equipped with a TV.”

"In addition, the cruise ship also has a business department, conference rooms, sauna, reading room, medical room, gym, dance hall and other facilities. There is also an open-air swimming pool and helipad on the top deck."

As everyone walked, Colorado was introduced.

This cruise ship is quite old, but it is well maintained by the KanColle headquarters, and there are no problems with water, electricity, and lighting.

Of course, it is unrealistic to say that it can set sail directly. It will at least take some time for maintenance.

Everyone got on the elevator and soon arrived at the top deck. After a while, they saw a swimming pool that seemed a bit small.

After walking a little further, I saw the outer glass of the cab reflecting the afternoon sunlight.

"This is the cab." Colorado continued to introduce as everyone walked in.

The cab is very large, making the various operating tables and equipment inside appear somewhat empty. The captain's room and the cab are connected together.

This will be my home from now on.

Huang Chen looked around and felt a little emotional.

South Dakota, standing by, walked in front of Huang Chen and said, "The cruise ship has been inspected before and is in good condition. Commander Huang Chen, would you like to start the cruise ship and feel it?"

Chapter 178 Take a walk around

A cruise ship is a behemoth.

Although the cruise ship in front of him was as small as a cub compared to the cruise ships he had taken on previous voyages, it still did not change its gigantic nature.

And such a behemoth is about to be launched under my control?

Huang Chen felt inexplicably excited, but then he felt something was wrong. Didn’t it say in the previous introduction that the cruise ship needed 118 crew members?

Huang Chen was a little confused at the time. Why did they need so many people? How could they run this cruise ship with only seven of them?

He expressed his doubts, and Enterprise smiled and explained, "The commander misunderstood. Those 118 people are the entire crew, but the navigation department is not large. They are the captain, the deputy captain, the helmsman, the first mate, and the second mate. The helmsman is the only one who actually controls the helm."

She continued, "As for the rest of the crew, they all have other jobs, such as sailors, kitchen staff, security, cleaning staff, etc., which is why we need so many crew members."

"Before we came, Washington sent people to inspect the cruise ship. Thanks to the good maintenance, there were no problems with the cruise ship."

"At the same time, the Windward is powered by an internal combustion engine. Once fuel is added, it is very easy to start. If the Commander wants to start it up and take a look around the nearby sea area, that's fine."