The Suez Canal, which is an important transportation route, has been blocked, and the sea transportation between Europe, Asia and the Pacific has inevitably been greatly affected.

Or bypass the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. Either floating in the Med or Red Sea, waiting for the canal to be dredged...

If you choose the former option, the sharply lengthened route will lead to a substantial increase in fuel consumption costs. If you count the time cost spent on the road after changing the route, the total transportation cost may be doubled several times. And choose the latter... If it can be unblocked in a short time, that's okay, but if it is blocked all the time, it will take more time than detouring the Cape of Good Hope, and the economic loss will be hard to say.

To put it bluntly, if you choose the former option, although the loss is large, you can calculate the specific data. On the contrary, if you choose the latter, the economic loss will fluctuate in a large range, perhaps only a little, but it may also be very large.

The reason why Stark made such a straightforward choice and ordered the fleet to divert... was not because he didn't dare to gamble, fearing that the ship would be blocked on the canal side for too long, resulting in excessive economic losses. It's just because he is lazy and doesn't want to spend too much time on this matter - after deciding to divert early, both the economic loss and the estimated time to reach the destination can be calculated. As long as there are no other accidents, there is basically no need to report to him the following things, and there is no need for him to ask him again.

So, are things going the way Stark expected?

Let's move the camera to this side of the Arabian Peninsula.

"Obviously we'll arrive in a few days, why did this happen to me~." Lying on the railing of the ship, looking at the endless sea in front of him, Santiago's little face was full of depression.

"That's right. After crossing the canal, you will find the Mediterranean Sea! From Port Said at the exit to La Spezia, the destination of this trip, it will take at most two or three days." Because he felt very aggrieved, St. The cat's tail behind Juan was also writhing restlessly back and forth.

Although the combat power is average, it is difficult to obtain the qualifications to participate in the battle in the game. Basically, they belong to the kind of vase-style ship girls that will only be put in the dock to collect dust after they are built, and have almost no other use except for expeditions. But it is undeniable that because of the cat-ear girl's character design, these four light cruiser girls still left a fairly deep impression on many commanders.

Especially Santiago, the only one among them who is purple-level rarity... Unlike the three little sisters, Santiago has a fluffy hairstyle, and his expression in Lihui is also soft and cute.

If the three of Atlanta, San Juan and Juno look like little wild cats who are not easy to get close to, then Santiago is a cute and cute house cat who can act like a baby at first glance. It was this obviously good impression that attracted countless commanders and made Santiago the most popular of the four sisters.

But having said that, when it comes to the popularity index in the hearts of the commanders, among the ship girls sent out this time, Santiago still can't get the first place.

After all, the four sisters in Atlanta are all light cruiser girls. In Shi Xiaolei's view, they are not mature enough. Therefore, in order to ensure the successful completion of this mission, and to ensure that they would not have any accidents during the mission, Shi Xiaolei also sent two additional battleship girls as the last insurance.

One is Richelieu, and the other is Andrea Doria, who has the nickname of 'Eldest Daughter'.

The reason for choosing Richelieu is nothing else, it is because she has a stable personality and strong firepower, so she is very suitable to be the captain of the team.

And Andrea Doria...

Considering that the destination of this **** mission is Italy, the ship girls don’t need to rush back to report immediately after completing the mission. They can spend a few more days in the local area and wait until the pressure accumulated along the way is almost released before returning. Therefore, Shi Xiaolei thought of the idea of ​​'putting an Italian-born ship girl in the team'.

Camizia Nera, Aviel, Alvese da Mosto, Antonio Danoli, Ugolini Vivaldi, etc. are the Destroyers... already in the team The Atlanta Four Sisters were already a bit weak in terms of strength, so it was naturally not suitable to add an even less powerful Destroyer to the lineup.

And other ship girls of Italian origin, such as Alberto di Giussano of the light cruiser class, the Duke of Aosta, the Duke of Abruzzi, Garibaldi, the great Pompeii, and Scipio the African conqueror, are important. Zara and Bolzano, who were patrolling the ranks, had not yet been summoned by Shi Xiaolei.

The only ones left to choose are Veneto, Andrea Doria, nicknamed the eldest daughter by the commanders, and Cayo Duilio, the second daughter.

After asking Veneto, the eldest sister said she was too lazy to move.

Ask Andrea Doria and Kayo Duilio again. These two girls are easy to talk to, and they are happy to join the team to carry out this **** mission.

In contrast, sister Andrea Doria is more positive. In this way, the last place fell on her head.

"Hi." Andrea Doria, who wore two golden ponytails, also came to the deck~lightnovelpub.net~ and squeezed into the middle of the two light cruisers lying on the side of the ship with a brisk tone: "Santiago , San Juan, what are you talking about?"

"Complain." The green tail twisted, and Santiago turned his head to look at Andrea Doria, who had a bright expression and was not upset at all: "Sister Ellie, don't you feel depressed? You are coming soon, This happened all of a sudden."

"Depressed." Nodding first, Andrea Doria said with a smile: "I was still thinking yesterday, when I get to the place, I must ask a local to find out which pizza shop is the best. Go there and order an authentic Margherita pizza, and enjoy a good meal. But... since things have become like this, and it’s not something we can change, then we can only accept it, can’t we?”

What I said really doesn't look like Andrea Doria's character.

Looking at the smiling Andrea Doria, the two light patrol girls looked at each other first, and then San Juan asked with some doubts: "Sister Ellie, do you really think so?" ?”

"What Sister Li said, I think what she said makes sense." With an embarrassed smile, Andrea Doria told the truth.

"I'll just say it." San Juan laughed.

And Santiago asked curiously, "By the way, where is Sister Richelieu?"

"She is..." Just as she was about to answer, she found a few small black spots on the horizon in the distance, and Andrea Doria's eyes suddenly froze.

At the same time as the expression changed, the second half of the sentence was swallowed back into his stomach. Both Santiago and San Juan were confused because of the sudden change in Andrea Doria.

"Sister Ellie, you..."

"There is a situation~."