Chapter 703: Supply Needs
Fighting, endless fighting.
It has been about a week since we entered the Siren Sea in the Pacific Ocean, and the fleet has been advancing steadily.
Although Helena made a promise to Qin Ge, Qin Ge would not rush directly to the center of the Atlantic Siren stronghold.
After all, they came here not to defeat the Arbitrator, but to resolve the crisis faced by various camps along the Atlantic coast.
So when they were still some distance away from the center, Qin Ge decisively issued an order to retreat. After retreating to a safe position, they continued to attack the Siren strongholds on the periphery.
So even though the battle continued, everyone didn't feel as heavy a burden as when they came. They only had one thought now, which was to try to clean up the Siren stronghold before meeting the Arbitrator, so that their camp could have a chance to breathe.
However, although the process was going more and more smoothly, a problem emerged at this moment.
That is, after such a long period of fighting, the supplies could not keep up.
"Let's calculate how long the current supplies can last?"
On the command ship, Qin Ge said to Zhenhai.
"I have already asked the other two fleets. Currently, the supplies can last for less than a week, but the emergency repair tools that are consumed quickly can only last for four to five days at most.
But according to the current situation, if we want to clean up this sea area, we have to fight for at least half a month, so we must resupply." Zhenhai said.
Qin Ge nodded. "I know. Didn't we discuss this with Veneto of the Sardinian Empire before? If there is a shortage of supplies, Maddalena can provide them for us."
"That's right, but according to our current progress, Maddalena is not the nearest supply point to us. We have already deviated a lot, and the nearest supply point to us is from the Iron Blood.
If you go back and forth from Maddalena, it will take at least seven days. And this is if you don't encounter any enemies at sea. If you encounter a group of Siren fleets, this time may be longer.
But if we can choose the port of Iron Blood for supply, it will only take us four days to go back and forth. We can adopt a conservative offensive mode in the next few days and delay the use of emergency repair tools. "Zhenhai suggested.
"I will communicate with Tiexue next. I believe that at this critical moment, Bismarck, who is concerned about the overall situation, should be able to distinguish the priorities." Qin Ge said, "Besides these, do you have any other suggestions?"
"That is due to the current supply situation. I suggest that the commander inform the major factions to let the vanguard fleet play a supporting role as much as possible, protect themselves, and not rush in . The ship girls in the main fleet who can fight in close combat and have protective skills can appropriately take on the task of attracting firepower."
Qin Ge nodded, "There is also the female kitchen god of the White Eagle, as well as the Sakura Empire and Yubari in our port area, who can also repair the ship equipment. The medium-damaged ship girls can rotate to repair them, and when they are severely damaged, they can use emergency repair tools."
"Yes, as long as we carry it out like this, we will be able to get through the supply shortage in the past few days." Zhenhai said with a smile.
Qin Ge spread his hands, "The key is that the situation we are facing is too complicated. If it were normal, supply would definitely be the first issue to pay attention to, but now this is the only way."
"Haha, that's true." Zhenhai smiled, "After all, we came here with the determination to forge ahead, but we didn't expect the battle to go so smoothly."
"Well, let me contact Bismarck and the others first." Qin Ge said with a smile, then walked to the communication center of the command ship, picked up the communicator and started to contact.
Although the signal in the Siren Sea is interfered, with the supply of several camps and the support of exclusive communicators, the interference can be reduced to a level that can maintain normal communication.
So things like reporting on battles might not be possible, but short communications can be done very well.
"This is the command ship. Iron-blooded Bismarck, please reply."
Qin Ge's voice was quickly transmitted to Bismarck's receiver through the communication device, and this specific call made Bismarck confused for a moment, and then he answered the call.
"This is Bismarck, command ship, please speak."
Qin Ge said quickly, "Our fleet is facing a difficult problem now. We originally planned to resupply from Maddalena, but due to the current advancement of the battle line, resupplying from Maddalena to here will delay many things.
The closest faction at the moment is your Iron Blood, so I want to set the supply point at Iron Blood, and I'm discussing this with you."
Bismarck responded very quickly. "No problem. Let's set up the supply point at Iron Blood. I will now order people to go back to Iron Blood and prepare to send the supplies here."
"That's great, but for safety reasons, Bismarck can contact my Iron Blood and White Eagle teams and ask them to send a team to escort us." Qin Ge said.
"I will. Please rest assured, Commander Qin, the supplies will arrive on time." Bismarck said.
"I have never doubted your iron-blooded efficiency, nor will I doubt your execution ability. So let's stop here, and please execute quickly from now on." Qin Ge said with a smile.
"clear."
After the call, Bismarck cut off the communication. At this time, Prince Eugen, who was standing beside her, smiled and said, "Delivering supplies? It is true that the progress has been rapid during this period, and the supplies are used up quickly.
So, Persian Cat, who are you going to let go?"
Bismarck thought for a moment and said, "Let Scharnhorst go back. Let her go back and take a look at the cleanup here and the specific situation of our Iron Bloods."
"Are you going alone?" Prince Eugen asked with a smile.
"It doesn't take so many people to transport supplies. What's more, Commander Qin Ge just said that we can deploy his White Eagle and Iron Blood people. They are the big guys here now." Bismarck said.
"Haha, I'm afraid it's not that simple. After all, transportation and supplies are also a very important matter." Prince Eugen said.
"After fighting for so long, you should have felt it, right? Such high-intensity combat is beneficial to our current situation. Although transporting supplies is more important, relatively speaking, I hope that our awakened ship girls can master more powerful power." Bismarck said.
"Okay, you arrange it anyway." Prince Eugen said with a smile.
While Bismarck and Prince Eugen were talking, a public message came through the communicators of all camps.
"Everyone, please pay attention. This is the command ship. Our offensive is going smoothly, but it is quite aggressive, so we are running out of emergency repair tools. So before the supplies arrive, all the shipgirls of the vanguard fleet, please pay attention..."
