On the high seas, two armies faced off.
One side was the numerous Sirens.
Led by Tester, Observer, and Arbiter, there were nearly a thousand Sirens in total.
One side was the sparsely populated Shipgirls.
Even with their Commander, there were only 66 people.
This was an encounter battle.
No one could stay out of it; battle was about to break out.
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Jack: Carrier aircraft ready, battleship bombardment ready, vanguard squad provide fire support. No need to hold back against the Sirens, and no need to worry about resource consumption. We're going for a saturation strike!
All Shipgirls: Received, Commander!
Without even a moment for a pre-battle speech or a morale boost, Jack unchivalrously launched the combat plan within the mental network.
The vanguard squad, led by destroyers and cruisers, charged directly, quickly entering the short-range bombardment range of both sides.
"Hmph! Overestimating yourselves!"
Tester scoffed, but in reality, she took it seriously. She immediately dispatched Sirens five times the number of Shipgirls to meet them.
As the main general (Boss) of the central army, she did not immediately rush forward to fight.
Because there was also an Arbiter from the Arbitrator Agency present, who had brought orders from Arbitrator Empress III.
[Continue to collect Shipgirl Hakuryuu's machine data and further investigate whether it is related to the 'Outer World Virus']
...
Soon, the vanguards of both armies engaged.
The Siren side, relying on numerical superiority, implemented an encirclement operation.
But the Shipgirl side's mobility was far superior to the enemy's, and they quickly escaped the encirclement under Jack's command.
Bang!
Unable to encircle them, the Sirens launched a saturation strike first.
"Scatter!"
At Jack's command.
The vanguard scattered.
They saw it!
The landing points of those gunfire, and their optimal attacking positions.
Following Jack's instructions from a God's-eye view in their minds, the Shipgirls performed one beautiful drift after another on the water.
The Siren's gunfire fell into the water, not a single one hitting its target.
"Excellent, deploy smoke screens!"
The highly mobile destroyers moved back and forth, using smoke screens to counter-encircle the Siren group, temporarily causing the Sirens to lose their targets.
Immediately after, the heavy cruisers, slightly behind in the vanguard, also deployed their force fields, ensuring that even if the Sirens fired wildly, they could not harm their teammates behind the force fields.
And this was their counter-attack strategy to win with fewer numbers.
"All guns... fire!! —"
Shimakaze roared, wielding her katana, scattering blade energy barrages, and continuously projecting from her rigging, dozens of guided torpedoes launched in a fanned-out pattern towards the enemy's heavy Sirens.
Boom! —
A series of deafening sounds erupted, and the Siren side burst into flames. At a glance, she alone had annihilated two squads.
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"Judgment: Shipgirl Shimakaze data abnormal, suspected infected individual."
"Judgment: Shipgirl Yuudachi..."
"Judgment: Shipgirl Ayanami..."
"Judgment: Shipgirl Laffey..."
A series of data streams flashed before Arbiter's eyes.
Uniformly abnormal data; the continuous broadcast made Observer worry that this little guy would crash on the spot.
Fortunately, the opponent was, after all, a black technology product from the Sirens. After processing the redundant data, her eyes regained their agility.
"Unified World Ω has demonstrated unprecedented combat power, and it is highly likely that it has been invaded by the 'Outer World Virus' without our knowledge, becoming the source of infection for other test sites. Therefore, this unit requests to execute the annihilation combat plan."
From the conversation, it seemed that Arbiter was communicating with her superior, Arbitrator Empress.
Observer pretended to approach, but was actually eavesdropping.
What the Empress said was unknown.
Only Arbiter's attitude showed obvious hesitation.
It was the first time she had seen this little person, who was no different from a robot, show such an expression.
[Annihilation order rejected. Continue observation. If possible, attempt contact with individual 'Commander']
"Judgment: Our current combat power may be insufficient to capture individual 'Commander'. We need to request troop reinforcement from the main unit."
[Allow additional forces]
"Received!"
Arbiter looked back at the battlefield.
Only a few minutes had passed, and the vanguard squads had already cleared out the Sirens dispatched by Tester.
Tester was getting restless and was already itching to move.
"Convey Arbitrator Agency's order: From now on, I will take over command of the battlefield."
"Huh?!"
Tester turned to look at the little Arbiter, who was not even as tall as her thigh. She was about to issue her own command to go to the battlefield, but now that this little person was taking command, wouldn't she be relegated to the rear again?
"This is Arbitrator Empress's order."
Arbiter used just one sentence to silence Tester.
"Pfft~"
Observer snickered from the side.
"Bastard! What are you laughing at?"
"Hehe, Observer remembered some happy things."
However, Tester didn't understand Observer's Earth meme, which she had plagiarized from Jack, and immediately pointed a cannon at Observer's face.
"Hmph! Who doesn't have them?!"
Observer also summoned her rigging, the golden suction cups poised to strike.
Seeing the enemy Shipgirls advancing the front line, but with infighting breaking out here, Arbiter had no choice but to step in and stop the two.
"You want to fight?"
She looked at Tester, who nodded.
"You want to rest?"
Then she looked at Observer.
"Please call that slacking off. I'm doing something too!"
Arbiter nodded: "Alright! Then Tester will lead the front-line troops to fight the Shipgirls of Unified World Ω, and Observer will set up channels in the rear to implement Siren reinforcement supply."
Upon hearing this mission order, Tester's lips curled into a grin.
"Why didn't you arrange it like this earlier! Hmph!"
She turned and left the central army, linked her brain to some humanoid Sirens, quickly arranged tasks, and directly rushed to the place she was best at—the front line.
...
"Hmm? Only two rounds into the battle, and the Boss Tester is already out?"
From dozens of kilometers away, Jack saw a change in the Siren formation. That seemingly volatile Siren carrier, accompanied by a wave of subordinates—no, little delinquents—emerged.
It looked like they were preparing to launch a full-scale assault.
Since that was the case...
"Vanguard squad temporarily retreat, main fleet carrier division advance, pre-set aircraft launch!"
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