Fairy Tail: Start Awakening Devouring Magic

After all, she had not forgotten that Vian had an aircraft carrier girl, and a legendary one at that.

Before they saw Lexington, they were still very relaxed when facing this exercise.

But now, Vian has already started to put pressure on them before it even started.

Originally, Guanghui didn't want to come. She might as well read more books and study knowledge with that time.

It was Hood who told her that there was Saratoga and a new aircraft carrier girl, and if she didn't come, the pressure on air defense would be a bit high, so she came.

As a result, now she may be the one who suffered the most this time.

Now it's not a question of whether the air defense pressure is high or not.

With the propaganda of Hood and Elizabeth, the important ship girls of the E-Union know that the ship girls after Vian's transformation will undergo earth-shaking changes.

The most intuitive thing is that the performance of the battleship has been greatly improved. She had already overestimated the performance of Vian's new aircraft carrier.

Now she is still conservative.

She doesn't know what will fly out of the empty flight deck of Lexington, and whether she can still maintain air superiority.

According to the previous exercise ideas, they were originally prepared to try their best to maintain air superiority when the Glory faced the Saratoga, and then they relied on the more powerful strength of the legendary ship girl to win the artillery battle.

They tried to help Wei'an, who had deviated from the normal trajectory of the admiral, to correct it.

Until they had reached the target sea area, they were still chattering about the information on Lexington.

"You still gave us a big surprise, or rather a shock."

After explaining the rules of today's exercise, when the two sides were about to separate, Hood turned back and said to Wei'an

"We must live up to the expectations of Miss Hood and the dean."

"Perform well, I also want to see the aircraft carrier you have invested a lot of effort in."

Along the way, they have roughly obtained some information about Lexington, so they will not treat her as an ordinary aircraft carrier that has just materialized.

Perhaps her only shortcoming is that she has no actual combat experience.

But didn't Vian arrange this exercise just to test the strength of her own ship girl and find out her shortcomings?

Because this is a confrontational exercise, the exercise area is arranged far away from the academy.

The designated area is 50 nautical miles in total, which is beyond the normal gunboat engagement distance, but it is also easier to enter the attack range.

In the process of going to their respective destinations, Vian has transferred from Clemenceau's battleship to Lexington's battleship.

"Commander, what should we do next?"

Lexington gently massaged Vian's shoulders while Saratoga and Shropshire were in the command room.

"This time, the task of contacting everyone and seizing air supremacy from the Tejas will be handed over to you, Madam. You will be responsible for attacking surface ships and eliminating the Tejas first."

"Although the range of 50 nautical miles is not very large, we still have the advantage of the first move. We cannot directly confront their gunboats. If we gain air superiority, we can suppress their gunboats from the air."

Just as Hood and the others understood that Vian's combat center was not on the gunboat at all, Vian also knew that

"But, Commander, I am afraid that the gap between me and Glory is still too big. She has been a legendary ship girl for so many years, and her proficiency in operating carrier-based aircraft must be higher than mine."

Lexington was a little worried about Wei'an's arrangement.

"Yes, Commander, why don't I go and face Guanghui? I will definitely deal with her easily."

Saratoga also quickly agreed.

"Madam, winning or losing is not important. What is important is to help you get familiar with fighting with other aircraft carriers. Even if the operation is not good, you can choose to fight with more people, one to contain the attack of another, or even directly perform suicide attacks to exchange planes."

"After destroying all of the Tejas's first wave of carrier-based aircraft, she will only generate 4 carrier-based aircraft every 10 minutes, while you can generate 15 at a time."

"We don't launch a wave of assaults, we fight for consumption, persistence, and containment. It's always better to be careful when facing these legendary ship girls."

""Okay, Commander."

Lexington took his task seriously.

"Shropshire, you and Yixian will block them at the front and engage them. Xuefeng and the others will use torpedoes to cover you."

"Be careful not to be too aggressive, just take your time and don't get hurt."

"Whether we can win this time depends on how long you and Yixian can hold them back."

"What we have to do is to pull out the teeth one by one. Without air superiority, they will be sitting ducks."

As he spoke, the fleet sailing at high speed had already reached the sea area that Wei An had decided on at the beginning.

""Let's start the fight!"

After saying that, Saratoga and Shropshire rushed out of the command room, leaving only Lexington and Vian.

For this exercise, Vian had consumed all of his energy, and now Lexington's mental limit has reached 81,000. At the same time, aluminum resources have been allocated to Lexington and Saratoga at a ratio of 3 to 2.

The mental limit, which is 10,000 higher than its normal displacement, determines that the number of carrier-based aircraft that Lexington can take off at the same time is now 100, which is almost twice that of the Glory.

"We are sailing at the fleet's fastest speed, so they are most likely not yet at the target location. Let's start reconnaissance. Only by grasping the enemy's information can we fight better."

While Wei'an was speaking, Lexington closed his eyes and began to operate.

He turned his warship against the wind and accelerated, directly reaching 40 knots.

One after another, the [Gael Modified J] was transported to the flight deck through the lifting platform.

As Lexington opened his eyes, the [Gael Modified J] directly entered the predetermined position and began to take off by ski jumping with the reverse deck wind.

"Commander, how many"

"15, searching in a fan shape."

Because the carrier-based aircraft are also the eyes of the aircraft carrier, their normal means are simpler and cruder, and they directly use attack aircraft. They can both detect and fight the enemy's carrier-based aircraft.

Seeing Lexington start to launch carrier-based aircraft, other ship girls also took action.

Because this time they were facing only surface ships, they were not afraid of sneak attacks.

So except for Clemenceau, who did not move away from Lexington quickly, the other warships all moved in the direction of the carrier-based aircraft launched by Lexington.

They wanted to gain enough space for Lexington and Saratoga, and at the same time compress the activity area of Hood and others.

The sound of propellers and engines was discovered by Guanghui from a distance.

Everyone knew that the ship girls under Vian ran fast, which meant that he would definitely be the first to land.