After leaving the dry dock, Josh and his friends are currently at the office to make a good plan to eliminate Bismarck and to make sure that Tirpitz would be leader for the good of Iron Blood.
Josh: with three ships as commandships would be the best option.
Franziska: aren't three ships alittle too much as commandships?
Emerald: um, Fran. Hood's in the medical ward because of Bismarck and her injuries.
Franziska: point taken. So who'll be the commandships?
Josh: I was hoping that both you two would have Yorktown and New Orleans as two of the commandships.
Emerald: what about yours?
Josh: (turns to his closest friend) Tirpitz?
Tirpitz: ja?
Josh: seeing as you'll be fighting against Bismarck, would you be my commandship?
Emerald: what about the Azur Crest?
Josh: I was asking her as the third commandship, As the Azur Crest is my personal ship.
Tirpitz: I'd be honoured to be the final commandship for the hunt.
Josh: I'm going to assign Akagi, Kaga, Roon, Takao and Cleveland as your fleet members, Tirpitz.
Tirpitz: (smirk) it'll be nice to work with Roon again. But why Akagi though?
Josh: thought that you wanted an extra aircraft carrier for your fleet.
Emerald: (confused) I thought that we're having an armada instead of separate fleets.
Josh: Em, an Armada is formed by roughly around three fleets together.
Emerald: oh ok. For my fleet, I'll have Yorktown as my commandship along with Suruga and Amagi as my battleship.
Kaga: be gentle with Amagi as she can be sick sometimes.
Emerald: don't worry, Kaga. So for the vanguard for the fleet. (Has a look at some files) I'll have Javelin and Ayanami as a couple of destroyers. Along with Atago.
Franziska: for my fleet members along with New Orleans. I'd have the Nevada sisters with Hamman, San Francisco and Baltimore.
Josh: then it's settled. But I doubt that Hamman would be thrilled to be in a fleet without Yorktown.
Yorktown: I'll make sure that she'll behave and understand about it.
Emerald: thanks. But What about the subs?
Josh: seeing as Dallas, Dace and Red are good friends. we'll need them.
Franziska: Red eh. Wait, isn't she the one with the catapiller drive?
Josh: that's the one. We'll have the advantage if she uses it.
Franziska: and that is?
Josh: She can disappear from both radar and sonar.
Franziska: interesting.
After their meeting, Yorktown had talked to Hamman about her being apart of the upcoming operation. At first, she was a little concerned about being with Franziska's fleet but hearing that she'll be fine. Hamman agreed. While they were preparing for the operation, Queen Elizabeth has arrived at the docks with some of the members of the royal navy.
QE: Lord Josh
Josh: hmm? (Notices Queen Elizabeth) oh your majesty. What can I do for you?
QE: I would like to ask you about having some of our best members for the upcoming operation.
Josh: with all due respect, Milady but I already have three fleets together for the operation. (Then was hit on the head by the queen's septure) ow!
QE: need I remind you that you Are married to Hood making you as a member of the Royal Navy?
Realising that the Queen was right, Josh agreed to have an extra fleet. That made the armada of four fleets instead of three. With a full Royal Navy fleet with them, the armada departed with the Azur Crest at the lead.
The next chapter: the hunt begins
YOU ARE READING
The Mandalorian of Azur Lane Book 2
Fanficcontinuing the adventures of Josh Erwin: commander of Azur Lane, his wife: Hood, his new friend and second in command of Azur Lane: Emerald and their friends and alies. including a couple of Sirens: Purifier and Tester. A desperate plan is formed to...
