The next day after the meeting, Basilica's Harbor :

3rd P.O.V

A big part of Azur Lane was present on the docks of the Basilica, ready to go where they are supposed to be for "Operation Siren".

The rest of those who weren't chosen to take part of the "Opeartion Siren" stayed at the Basilica to protect the main base, with the help of God and Satan.

The different groups were all going to be transported to the different harbors where they will execute their mission, thanks to the help of the Sirens who were ready to open the portals when they will be given the word.

Before they left, they were waiting for a motivational speech from Charles. So, they looked at him before they could start the first phase of "Operation Siren" : take back the regions controlled by the Sirens while building outposts to make the way to the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean easier.

Charles : Friends, comrades, family ! We are here on the last step towards the end of this war and the beginning of the peace between Sirens and humans !

As you already know, "Operation Siren" is our largest operation we have ever done and the first operation of the true Azur Lane ! Everyone has a role to play, whether it is to take back our stolen territories or to defend it !

However, the Sirens will stand in our way to our final target, and they will do everything to stop us, not hesitating to try to split us apart again ! But we cannot let them do that because divided, we will fall ! We must stay strong together, and show them that nothing can destroy the bonds we have created and we are sharing right now, because it is only united that we will prevail ! FOR OUR FUTURE !!!

Everyone else : FOR OUR FUTURE !!!

Those were the last words before everyone go to the different harbors where they will accomplish their mission.

An hour later, Harbor of New York City

3rd P.O.V

On the harbor of New York City, everything was calm as no activity was present, since everyone was on the Azur Lane base in the Basilica of the Mozambican Strait. The only reason the base still looks clean is thanks to the Manjuus staying there that took care of the base in case the base will be

The Manjuus were right to continue to take care of the base as a portal suddenly appeared on the waters of the harbor.  Seeing this, the Manjuus prepared themselves to welcome the Shipgirls coming.

The first girl to come out of the portal were Purifier and Compiler, who created this portal. The next girls coming from the portals were a big part of the Eagle Union who were sent here for the mission.
And lastly, they were accompanied with some Ironblood girls, Cinder and Hiryuu META.
As those people left the portal, it closed.

Enterprise P.O.V

It's been a long time since I touched the ground of my homeland. I can feel the wind of freedom blowing gently through my hair, and my eagle seems to appreciate the wind as well. But we don't have time for that, as we had to discuss about the teams, so when Charles gives us the signal, we can start taking back our territories.

I am supposed to lead one of the two fleets who will take back our waters while Essex lead the second one.

Essex : So, who are we taking with us ?

Enterprise : I know that Yorktown and Hornet will come with me.

Yorktown : That's right.

Hornet : Yeah !

Enterprise : And I think I will bring with me North Carolina and Washington

North Carolina : I'm ready.

Washington : I can't wait to shoot some Sirens with my cannons !

Purifier : Tell me about it ! This so satisfying to see them die !

Hiryuu META : Wow, you don't even care about the mass-produced.

Purifier : Please, they're expendable !  After all, they are mass-produced Siren ships ! Also, killing are for people ! The mass-produced Siren ships are machines, so they get broken instead !

Compiler : Please, stop that Purifier. You are scaring the Destroyers. Which is even worse since Cinder is trying to comfort them.

Cinder : Come on, my little Destroyers ! Let me comfort you ! I have candies just for you !

Destroyers : *scared Destroyer noises*

Enterprise : You're going to jail ! Right now !

Some jail bars appeared around Cinder, who got surprised.

Enterprise : Stay there until we start the operation.

Cinder : *uses an Out of Jail card from Monopoly*

The jail bars disappeared, freeing Cinder.

Enterprise : ...

Yorktown : I think we should just get back to discussing about the different teams.

Hiryuu META : I'll take care of her don't worry.

Enterprise : Yeah, let's just go back to that.

Meanwhile in the Harbor of Brest :

3rd P.O.V

Another portal have opened in the harbor of Brest. A group of people got out of it. Those people were none other than Executioner, the Iris République minus Clémenceau and Foch, Empress, Hermit  Observer Zero and Editor.

They were here because it was where Charles will oversee the "Operation Siren". The only moment he will move from this base will be if any of the groups encounter either an Enforcer-class or Arbiter-class Siren with Empress and Hermit to make them join Azur Lane and fight against the Creator.

Executioner turned back in his human form for now, after the portal closed. He activated a screen which make them see a holographic map showing all the North Atlantic Ocean as well as the 8 harbors where they will start the Operation.

Richelieu : Mon chéri ?

Charles : Oui ?

Richelieu : Where are Clémenceau and Foch ?

Charles : Clémenceau told me he went with Queen Elizabeth and the main fleet of the Royal Navy towards the harbor of Liverpool. As for Foch, he accompanied the Northern Parliament and Omitter to go to the harbor of St. Petersburg.

Jean Bart : So, what's the plan ?

Observer Zero : We're waiting for the Eagle Union to finish making their teams, so we can tell the others about it and they can start taking back the territories on their side.

Gascogne : Question. Where do we go to help the other fleets ?

Charles : I was thinking of sending the former Iris Libre towards Liverpool with Richelieu leading them to help the Royal Navy to help taking back the stolen territories.

Algérie : And for the former Vichiya Dominion ?

Charles : I was thinking to send them to the harbor of Dakar, where a part of the Sakura Empire main fleet and some Ironblood girls that are stationed in Gibraltar right now will come join you there. Jean Bart will lead that group.

Editor : So, we have to wait until the Eagle Union's call then ?

Arbiter III : That's right. And we have to stand ready for any Leader-class Siren that could show up.

So, they waited patiently until the Eagle Union call them.

(Timeskip given to you by Executioner I : The Judge headpatting his Siren rigging)

Charles P.O.V

It's been two hours since we were waiting for the Eagle Union to contact us. But finally, we got a call. I answered.

Charles : MNF Charles de Gaulle, I'm listening.

Enterprise : It's Enterprise. I'm calling to tell you that our teams are finally complete.

Charles : You certainly took your time.

Enterprise : Sorry about that. Cinder slowed us down with her antics.

Charles : Understandable.

Enterprise : Anyway, Compiler is gonna send you the data about the two teams leaving from the harbor of New York City right now.

Charles : Alright. In that case, you are free to start the operation right now.

Enterprise : Got it. I'll tell you more intel when I will have them.

Charles : Alright, see you later. *ends the call*

Arbiter IX : Looks like it's time to start the first step of the Operation.

Charles : Yeah, I'll contact the others.

Richelieu : Jean Bart, let's prepare ourselves. We have to get ready to go to our respective harbors.

Jean Bart : Yeah, let's go girls. Goodbye, mon amour.

Charles : Goodbye, mes amours. See you soon.

Meanwhile at the harbor of Liverpool :

Queen Elizabeth P.O.V

My fleet and I were waiting in Liverpool for the signal to start preparing to take our first step. Not only we will take back our territories stolen by the Sirens, but also to secure some routes between the harbors, so we can exchange our ressources more easily.

I am keeping contact via radio with the Northern Parliament in the harbor of St. Petersburg and the Ironblood fleet lead by Bismarck stationed in Kiel, ready to move out whenever we are ready.

The door opened only to see that Clémenceau and Belfast coming in.

Queen Elizabeth : Do you have some news ?

Belfast : Yes, Your Majesty. Master Charles called us to say that the Eagle Union have finished their preparations and are gonna move out.

Queen Elizabeth : Excellent. Anything else ?

Clémenceau : Charles is also sending the former Iris Libre here to help us.

Queen Elizabeth : Alright. Let's call everyone for the meeting.

Belfast : It will be done, Your Majesty.

Both left the room. I got up from my chair and went towards the meeting room.

Meanwhile in the harbor of Gibraltar :

Nagato P.O.V

I was at Gibraltar with the Sakura Empire main fleet. However, Mutsu and I won't go at the front but rather stay here at Gibraltar to secure the supply roads between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, as Gibraltar is a key passage with a lot of importance.

Suddenly, the door opened, revealing Kawakaze, Amagi and Mikasa entering the room.

Nagato : Did you got some news ?

Kawakaze : Hai, Nagato-sama. Charles said that the Eagle Union is ready.

Mutsu : We can finally start on our side now !

Nagato : Indeed. Mikasa, go tell the 1st and 5th Carrier Division to prepare themselves to go to Dakar. Amagi, prepare your fleet to go help the Sardegnia Empire in Taranto.

Mikasa/Amagi : Hai, Nagato-sama.

Both left while Kawakaze stayed here. After all, we have divided the Sakura Empire main fleet in 3 groups : one going to Dakar to start taking back control of our stolen territories, another group lead by Amagi is going to go to Taranto to help secure the Mediterranean Sea with the Sardegnia Empire.

The last group, lead by myself, will defend the harbor of Gibraltar from any Siren attack, this place is the only direct way between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. So, we must defend it at all costs.

Meanwhile in the harbor of Kiel :

Bismarck P.O.V

I was waiting for the Eagle Union's departure from New York before starting to secure the supply routes with the Northern Parliament and a part of the Royal Navy.

As I was looking at some papaerwork, the door suddenly opened, revealing U-556.

U-556 : Lord Bismarck, I got some news !

Bismarck : Did the Eagle Union left the harbor of New York ?

U-556 : Yes ! Tirpitz just told me that !

Bismarck : In that case, it's time to start our march to retrieve what was stolen from us.
Call everyone on the harbor.

U-556 : Right away, Lord Bismarck !

Meanwhile in Taranto :

3rd P.O.V

The Sardegnia Empire went back to Taranto to start taking the control of the Mediterranean Sea with the help from Ironblood and the Sakura Empire.

Vittorio Veneto was doing paperwork while waiting for the official start of "Operation Siren". That was until Littorio entered the room. Vittorio Beneto looks up to see Littorio that seems to have some news.

Vittorio Veneto : Littorio, have you got some news ?

Littorio : Sí. Mi amore called me to say that the Eagle Union took the first step.

Vittorio Veneto : In that case, let's wait for the Sakura reinforcements to come before we can start. Did the Ironblood reinforcements got here ?

Littorio : Indeed. Zara and Trento went to harbor to welcome Friedrich der Grosse.

Vittorio Veneto : I never expected her to be here, but her help will be greatly appreciated.

Littorio : I'm gonna go back to the harbor to see Friedrich der Grosse. See you later.

Littorio left the room while Vittorio Veneto went back to the last of her paperwork.

Meanwhile in St. Petersburg :

3rd P.O.V

Foch could be seen in a bar with the Northern Parliament, tasting some vodka that Grozny gave him. As he was about to drink it, a call is interrupting him. He looks to see that the one calling him was Charles.

Foch : Did the Eagle Union finally started the "Operation Siren" ?

Charles : Oui. Prepare yourselves to get rid of the Sirens while securing the supply routes with Ironblood and the Royal Navy.

Foch : Bien reçu. Over. *ends the call* Rossiya !

Sovetskaya Rossiya : Yes ?

Foch : We can finally start taking back our territories.

Sovetskaya Rossiya : Alright. Gangut, could you get the attention of everyone ?

Gangut : Got it !

Gangut smashed her vodka bottle on the bar, which got the attention of everyone.

Sovetskaya Rossiya : "Operation Siren" is a go for us ! Let's take back our territories and show to those Sirens the night of the Northern Parliament !

Northern Parliament : URAAAA !!!

Omitter : Fuck yeah ! Let's FUCKING GO !!!

They all got out of the bar and went straight to the harbor to start the operation on their side.

Back to the harbor of New York City :

3rd P.O.V

The first team of Azur Lane that was stationed in the harbor of New York City just left. The team is lead by Enterprise. The second team, lead by Essex, will leave the harbor later.

The first team has this composition :

Aircraft Carriers : Enterprise, Hornet, Yorktown, Saratoga and Hiryuu META.

Battleships/Battlecruisers : North Carolina, Washington, Oklahoma, Tirpitz and Purifier.

Heavy Cruisers : Wichita, Deutschland and Admiral Graf Spee.

Light Cruisers : Atlanta, San Diego, San Juan and Juneau.

Destroyers : Fletcher, Aulick, Foote, Spence, McCall and Maury.

The first group just left the harbor to take control of the territories that was stolen in the North-West sector of the North Atlantic Ocean.

Enterprise P.O.V

We finally left the port, our goal is to take back all the territories near our coasts as well as the coasts near the Canada.

Enterprise : This is it everyone. It's time to start "Operation Siren". Our goal is to take back all of our territories while dealing with the Sirens in our way.

Washington : Finally some action ! Let's get going !

Purifier : I agree with her.

Saratoga : But we should not forget to also build some outposts on our way to the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, so we can bring ressources there and have advantages over the Sirens.

North Carolina : I do agree with that.

Wichita : Yeah ! I will conquer those oceans and make them mine !

Enterprise : No ! Our oceans !

Deutschland : Those Sirens are nothing against the power of I, the great Deutschland.

Admiral Graf Spee/Tirpitz : ...

Juneau : This is so scary...

Atlanta : Don't worry Juneau, we are all together in this.

San Diego : Yeah ! We are number one !

San Juan : Calm down, San Diego !

Foote : Urgh... What a pain to hear this...

Spence : Woah ! Please, don't scare me like that Foote...

Fletcher : Please calm down, sisters. We have to stay focused, so the mission will be a success.

Foote : Fine... whatever...

Spence : I'll do my best !

Aulick : I'm here to help as well !

Maury : The Sirens won't touch me ! I'm as fast as those Iris Destroyers.

McCall : But can you last as long as them in terms of endurance tho ?

Maury : Sadly, no.

Enterprise : Looks like everyone is ready ! Let us move forward !

The rest of the group : YEAH !!!

(Timeskip given to you by the Iris Destroyers being fast as fuck while Gas Gas Gas is heard in the background)

3rd P.O.V

A few hours have passed since Enterprise and her group has left New York City. They got surprised by how easy it was to take back the territories. They met very few Sirens on the way until now, and they got easily destroyed.

Enterprise : I feel like we are progressing way too fast in my opinion.

Washington : I agree. The Sirens are way too weak, it doesn't even looks like someone is leading them.

Wichita : I expected more resistance here.

Purifier : Well, that's logical for a level 2 sector.

Enterprise : What do you mean, Purifier ?

Purifier : Well, each sector has a ranking in corruption levels going from 1 to 6. We have only been in level 2 sectors, which are easy to take back.

Atlanta : I thought this was a lvl 1 sector.

Purifier : Nope. Lvl 1 sectors are basically the harbors. We shouldn't have too much problems taking back sectors up to level 4 of corruption. Level 5 or higher will be more difficult to take back because, not only they're will be more Sirens, but they will also be stronger.

Deutschland : I didn't expected someone as insane as you to be serious on that matter.

Purifier : Hey ! Even I can be serious too from time to time ! Especially in those kind of operations ! I mean, didn't Satan can be serious too when necessary ?!

Enterprise : You're not wrong. He was completely serious whether it was for signing the Peace Treaty at the Basilica or to interrogate Omitter.

Fletcher : Hey, isn't that fire over there ?!

Everyone looked at the direction Fletcher was pointing at.

Hornet : It actually is.

North Carolina : What is happening there ?

Admiral Graf Spee : Should we check it out ?

Yorktown : Yeah. Let's see.

The group decided to go in the direction where the fire was coming from. It only took a few minutes to get there. They discovered a base, but it was destroyed.

Purifier : Looks like a Siren facility. But someone already came here before to destroy it.

Hiryuu META : That was me.

San Juan : Wait ! You mean you destroyed that facility by yourself ?!

Hiryuu META : Indeed. I destroyed it just before I met Charles that was with Le Téméraire and L'Opiniâtre at that time.

Tirpitz : Is this the power of the Ashes ?

Hiryuu META : Yeah. Imagine how much power Ash, or Enterprise META as you would call her, can be able to wield if the normal Enterprise is already very powerful.

Hornet : I don't want to imagine this.

Enterprise : No wonder the Sirens had trouble with the Ashes.

Purifier : Even before we started to ally ourselves with you, the Ashes were rather annoying to counter. No offense.

Hiryuu META : *smirks* I'll take that as a compliment.

Enterprise : Well, I think we should get back to to our initial mission. There is no reason to stay here any longer.

Saratoga : Yeah, we still have to build some Outposts on the way. Good thing Purifier knows how to build outposts instantly.

Purifier : Please ! That's easy shit for us !

Atlanta : Still, that's helpful.

The group went back to take back control of the seas.

(Timeskip given to you by Enterprise eating rations bar, without noticing that Belfast is behind her)

3rd P.O.V

The first team finally reach their destination to put an outpost very close to the red and black sphere present in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. They didn't had much difficulty to do that, since the highest corruption level they met was only level 4.

Hornet : Well, that went smoothly. Even those level 4 sectors weren't too much trouble.

Tirpitz : That was really a breeze.

Purifier : Well, we can still take back those corruption level 5 and 6 sectors up there next to the Maple Monarchy.

Washington : Heh ! Finally a place where I can test my might !

Deutschland : Hehe ! The Sirens will fear the Deutschland-class heavy cruisers !

Admiral Graf Spee : Please, calm down, Schwester. Take it easy, we just got here. We can at least rest a bit.

Deutschland : You're right. I must be in my prime to destroy them.

Enterprise : Well, I'm gonna report that to Charles before I can rest hold thinking about how to take back those high level sectors in the north.

Enterprise left the room to report to Charles about their progress.

Spence : Wow ! That was scary, but now we can rest.

Juneau : Yeah.

Meanwhile in the harbor of Brest :

3rd P.O.V

Charles was looking at the screen in front of him showing the territories controlled by Azur Lane and those controlled by the Sirens. But he wasn't alone, since Arbiter III, Arbiter IX, Editor and Observer Zero stayed there. The Iris girls already left for either Liverpool or Dakar.

As Charles was looking at the screen, he suddenly got a call, which he answered.

Charles : MNF Charles De Gaulle here.

Enterprise : It's me Enterprise. I wanted to report that we successfully got as close as possible from that sphere. Everyone got there safely.

Charles : It's great to hear this.

Enterprise : We also planned to take back some sectors with higher corruption levels as well to secure every sector.

Charles : Alright. Be careful tho.

Enterprise : Don't worry, we will. I'm out. *ends the call*

Arbiter III : Looks like everything is going well for now.

Charles : Yeah. So, Observer Zero, do you mind telling me more about that project ?

Observer Zero : It's a project that I planned specifically for that operation. It's an AI that will help scan the surroundings, contact the other fleets and even counter the Siren jamming.

Arbiter IX : But isn't this a prototype right now ?

Editor : It is, but with the data the AI will collect from the fighting, we can upgrade it to make it more reliable. All we have to do now is to send it to all the fleets.

Charles : That could be useful. Don't forget to send a message for explaining everything they need to know about her.

Observer Zero : The message is already written. I was just waiting for your approval before sending it to everyone else.

Arbiter III : Well, you got it. So, you can send the message to everyone.

Observer Zero : Alright.

(A/N) : And that's it for chapter 33. I hope you have enjoyed it. Feel free to leave your feedback and opinion in the comments.

I have nothing to say about the book. So, I'm asking this question. How do you fare in the new KMS event ? I am curious about it.

Also, which Shipgirl do you think will be our next Ultra Rare ship and which ship from the Ashen Faction doc you think will be available after Hiryuu META ?

That's it for this chapter. Thanks for reading it. And see you in the next one.

TheBreizhOne out !
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New characters that have appeared in this chapter :

Saratoga :

Wichita :

Fletcher :

Aulick :

Foote :

Spence :

McCall :

Maury :

Of course, none of those images belong to me. So, credit to their original artist.