Elder brother's garrison

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Among them, the most frequently seen items by the newbies were the quick repair device and the quick construction device. These two common consumables that the admiral often used were displayed in plain sight.

However, Xiaobai and Nia didn't come to buy this.

At the very end, the staff member stopped in front of an inner door, took out his key, and opened it.

"Please come in, customer." The staff member opened the door and said respectfully to Xiaobai.

From the front door, you can see that it connects to another bright warehouse, which contains all kinds of mechanical equipment.

The crowd surged inside.

The warehouse behind this one was even more open than the previous one, with a dazzling array of ship girl equipment displayed on the stage, and corresponding prices marked below.

"Is this where they sell ship girl equipment?" Xiaobai asked curiously, looking at the new surroundings.

"Yes, you can buy any equipment you want, and you can also sell equipment that your ship girls don't need," the staff member said to Xiaobai, bowing his head.

"Okay, I understand." Xiaobai nodded. "Can you take us to the light cruiser girls' equipment area?"

Xiaobai isn't here to sell equipment. The equipment on Xiaobai's ship girls is at least gold-grade, so there's no need to change it.

"Okay." The staff member understood that Xiaobai didn't need to change his equipment; he had only explained his duties as a favor.

The staff led Xiaobai towards one side of the warehouse.

Light cruiser ship girls are generally weaker than capital ships like battleships, so their equipment is very cheap. Also, since a large part of the equipment is shared between light cruisers and destroyers, light cruisers have a considerable number of equipment options.

The staff led Xiaobai and the others to their destination.

It was a wall filled with a row of ship equipment.

"This is the equipment for the light cruiser ship girls," the staff member said. "Would you like me to show you?"

"kindness."

"Okay." The staff member gestured for Xiaobai and Nia to look at the first piece of equipment. "This is a 61cm triple torpedo launcher, which is compatible with both light cruisers and destroyers. As we all know, torpedo attacks are the strongest offensive method for light cruisers and destroyers..."

“Ah, Cleveland is a gunnery ship girl, she can’t fire torpedoes,” Nia said.

“…Excuse me.” The staff member nodded to Nia, then took a step to the side and led the group a few steps inside.

"This is a standard fire control radar. Radar is the most direct piece of equipment that can improve a ship girl's ability to detect enemies. Gaining the initiative in a battle is extremely important..."

“Radar is garbage equipment,” Veneto retorted mercilessly.

The staff member shut his mouth, his face turning red from holding it in.

“Veneto, don’t be so direct…” Xiaobai quickly winked at Veneto.

"I'm sorry, I was too absolute," Veneto apologized to the staff. "Radar can still be useful in some situations."

This is no different from not apologizing at all.

Xiao Bai could only look apologetically at the staff.

Although Veneto is very blunt, she is right.

According to Xiaobai's notes, radar is indeed a rather useless piece of equipment for ship girls.

After all, improving search capabilities can be achieved by adding carriers with high search capabilities or those with naturally high search capabilities, or by using highly trained destroyers. Wasting shipboard space to install equipment with no combat support capabilities is a redundant act.

The older brother claimed that he had only installed radar equipment on a ship girl once during his admiral career.

The staff dared not speak out against their anger and even had to maintain a smile.

"It's alright, it's alright. The application of radar is indeed a bit limited. Let's go down and take a look." The staff member tried his best to keep smiling and led everyone a few more steps back.

"This is an anti-submarine equipment kit, including a standard sonar and a standard depth charge launcher. Both Abyssal Fleet and Ship Girls have some underwater ships that are difficult to attack with conventional means. They are also the bane of capital ships like battleships and aircraft carriers. However, destroyers and light cruisers, which have anti-submarine capabilities, can effectively target them. This kit enhances the anti-submarine capabilities of light cruisers," the staff member explained.

He glanced at Xiaobai and Veneto again, still shaken.

This time the commentary wasn't interrupted, which was quite nice.

Xiaobai and the other ship girls listened attentively as the staff finished speaking.

"Xiaobai, do you want to buy it?" Nia asked Xiaobai.

"Hmm? Nia wants to buy it?" Xiaobai asked.

“Uh…wasn’t this supposed to be equipment that enhances anti-submarine capabilities?” Nia said. “We’ll have to consider anti-submarine capabilities sooner or later anyway.”

When Nia was studying at the Naval Academy, her teacher emphasized the importance of anti-submarine warfare for ship girls, stating that this was a problem all admirals would encounter when conquering the ocean.

Those underwater ships are sometimes even more threatening than powerful aircraft carriers, and are threats that must be eliminated immediately during combat.

"Ah... well, that's not entirely wrong," Xiaobai said. "Besides, anti-submarine suits don't seem that expensive..."

"Does that mean you want to buy it?" Nia asked.

“But there are no underwater ships in the sea areas in the previous chapters…” Xiaobai said.

“Uh.” Nia’s expression froze. “Then… well, let’s buy them and have them in hand…”

"That's a good option, but these anti-submarine equipment aren't the highest-level ones. Instead of buying these now, it would be better to wait until we need them and then buy them from the admiral's guild in the corresponding sea area. After all, there will definitely be more advanced anti-submarine equipment available then."

Nia sadly retracted her admiral's certificate: "Yes, Little White, you're right."

Xiao Bai looked at the staff and gave them another apologetic smile.

All of the above comes from my brother's notes; I'm just following along.

The staff took a deep breath and greeted them with smiles.

—After all, she's a girl, so it's understandable that she's picky about what she buys.

"Since the customer isn't interested in anti-submarine equipment, let's move on." The staff member led the group a little further back. "Here are the standard power system and small add-on armor."

The staff showed the equipment behind them to Xiaobai and Nia.

"The standard power system, also known as the motor, can improve the ship's power. The most direct effect is that it can increase the ship's evasion rate. On the contrary, the small additional armor next to it is somewhat heavy. Wearing it will reduce the ship's evasion rate to some extent, but because of its thick armor, it can still avoid a lot of damage."

"Oh...oh oh..." Nia nodded, then looked at Xiaobai, "Xiaobai, what do you think?"

Xiaobai really knows a lot about this, and Nia felt that she should definitely ask Xiaobai for his opinion.

"Motors and add-on armor... they're both great. Although they don't increase firepower, equipment that can protect ship girls is the best equipment." Xiaobai nodded.

“It won’t increase its lethality, Xiaobai, you’re right.” Nia sighed. “It’s not the right time to use this yet, looks like we can’t buy it again.”

Nia thought Xiaobai's previous statement made a lot of sense. Buying bulky equipment when you don't need it is not a wise decision. It's a waste of money and effort. It's better to just buy it directly from the Admiral's Guild when you need it, just like Xiaobai said.

It's clear that now is not the time to use motors and additional armor. Cleveland's training level is high enough to allow her to swim freely in the first three chapters of the sea. What she lacks is attack power.

“Can you take us to the next place?” Nia asked the staff.

The staff member took another deep breath.

He's starting to have some doubts about life.

—These two girls probably aren't here to buy anything, but to cause trouble.

But he couldn't say anything, since Xie Yun was watching from the doorway.

The staff member smiled and nodded slightly to Xie Yun, who was standing at the door in the distance, suppressing his inner rage, and took a few more steps back.

Before they could even exchange a few words, they had already walked more than halfway down the wall.

"This is an anti-aircraft gun..."

“No need to talk anymore, let’s move on,” Veneto said. “It’s not time to use anti-aircraft guns yet.”

The staff member said he had even gotten used to it.

“Then let’s look behind us.” The staff member’s eyebrows and the corners of his mouth had begun to twitch. He tried his best to calm himself down and then pointed to the back of the wall. “That’s where the light cruiser’s main guns are.”

However, everyone stared at him with wide eyes.

"Um, is there anything I can help you with?"

"Why aren't you introducing it anymore?" Fubuki asked innocently.

Good question. Don't you guys have any idea why I don't introduce it?

The staff member calmed down and said, "The main gun, as the name suggests, can enhance the attack power of light cruiser ship girls."

He didn't bother with any rhetorical devices, hypothetical scenarios, hyperbole, or parallelism; he just made a token remark.

"Oh, this is what we've been waiting for." Everyone's eyes lit up as they looked at the staff member with expressions that said, "You've finally arrived, you're late."

So you're here to buy the main gun.

The staff member felt their strength gradually draining from their body.

"What main guns are here?" Xiaobai asked the staff member with a curious look.

Beautiful women are truly a wondrous existence. Even though the staff felt as embarrassed as monkeys being teased, their mood inexplicably calmed down when they saw Xiaobai's beautiful face and innocent expression.

Oh well, let's just consider it a privilege for beautiful women.

The staff member sighed inwardly.

"As for the main guns of light cruisers, here we have triple six-inch guns, twin 155mm guns, triple 150mm guns, and twin 150mm guns," the staff member said, listing them off with great familiarity.

Chapter 267 Should we buy it?

The staff pointed to several medium-sized artillery emplacements on the wall.

Among the main guns available to light cruisers, this one is considered a top-tier weapon.

Two blue-quality and two green-quality vehicles—in the first chapter of the sea where most people are only white-quality and can't even gather all their equipment, this is already considered top-tier equipment.

Nia looked at the cannons on the wall and became slightly excited. Xiaobai had lent her 19,000 merit points, and she hadn't spent a single penny of them. Using those merit points to buy these cannons was more than enough.

These are far superior to the ones Cleveland currently has. If they could upgrade, Cleveland's combat capabilities would increase dramatically.

Nia looked in the direction of Little White.

Xiaobai and her ship girls have been finding fault with everything, but surely they won't have any objections when it comes to the main gun.

However, Nia did not see the satisfied expression on Xiaobai's face that she had imagined.

Xiao Bai's brows were still slightly furrowed as he looked at the staff, with an expression that suggested he wanted to say something but was unsure whether he should.

Just like Xiaobai, none of Xiaobai's ship girls were satisfied with the equipment on the wall.

"Little White?" Nia habitually asked Little White's opinion, "Should we buy it?"

"Does Nia want to buy it?" Xiaobai asked in return.

“Uh.” Nia glanced at the cannons on the wall, carefully considering the meaning of Xiaobai’s words.

Is there any equipment more suitable for Cleveland than turrets?

Nia racked her brains but couldn't figure it out: "Little White, are you not satisfied?"

"It's not that I'm dissatisfied," Xiaobai shook her head and gave a slight bow to the staff. "Um, I'm not sure if what I'm about to say is appropriate..."

"Please let the customer know." The staff member indicated that it didn't matter.

Is this girl trying to install battleship turrets on a light cruiser?

It's true that battleships have powerful and damaging turrets, but those are simply not the kind of equipment that can be attached to light cruiser shipgirls.

The calibers don't match.

"Um... do you have any more advanced light cruiser main guns here?" Xiaobai asked cautiously.

After hearing what Xiaobai said, the staff subconsciously glanced at the equipment on the wall a few times.

Did they accidentally bring up the white equipment while tidying up?

He checked it again and again.

No, this is truly high-quality equipment.

"Customer, this is already the best main gun of a light cruiser in the first chapter of the sea area," the staff member said.

Even among the admirals of the fourth node, very few ship girls can completely get rid of their white equipment and equip themselves with a more advanced set of gear. If all four main guns here were replaced, it would be like upgrading a light cruiser ship girl from a slingshot to a cannon.

Xiaobai looked at the staff member with a troubled expression: "Are you sure you don't have any left?"

"Nothing."

Xiao Bai showed a clear look of disappointment.

"Does the customer have any requests? Please feel free to make them," the staff member asked.

"Do you have any purple equipment?" Before Xiaobai could speak, Fubuki next to her interrupted.