713: 699 Begin Battle 713: 699 Begin Battle It wasn’t just the shields that had been enhanced; each cannon on this behemoth fusion warship seed to have received a certain degree of augntation.
The Iridium Star Warships being hit could clearly feel the increased pressure on their shields.
This warship, assembled like a child’s building blocks, had undergone a drastic transformation in form and experienced an unfathomable leap in combat power.
However, the glowing gel still seed to be nding and constructing this new warship, indicating that its full combat potential had yet to be unleashed.
Thirty-six Iridium Star Warships, along with the Air Fleet, launched a fierce attack on the massive fusion warship.
However, the Iridium Star Cannons, which were usually quite powerful, now seed to have t a tough nut to crack.
Ripples after ripples flickered across the monster’s shield, and although the Iridium Star citizens were depleting it, it appeared that piercing through the shield would take quite so ti.
“The situation has changed,” Major General Li Cheng stationed on Nuoye Star contacted the captain of the Wu Xie.
“Our intelligence indicates that Su Shuang’s legion has mobilized a fleet of at least three hundred warships; their movent direction should be your interception site.
If your unit cannot achieve more results, you should start retreating.
Otherwise, being flanked by the enemy will lead to unnecessary losses.”
Wu Xie’s captain gritted his teeth, “We might have been fooled; those cargo ships’ material mass readings were too low.
They weren’t transporting anything significant; they aid to deal with us from the start.”
General Li Cheng advised, “Retreat.
Don’t get dragged into a prolonged fight with them.”
“Yes, Fleet Commander.”
The captain of Wu Xie imdiately ordered his fleet to begin advancing toward the corridor node, abandoning their attack on the monster.
Unexpectedly, over twenty Galactic Empire warships, all above level 30, warp jumped directly to the corridor node, blocking the Iridium Star rapid reaction squad’s movent.
Yong Jin was also anxious now; he was the officer in charge of the gunner crew on board, monitoring targets and situations on the battlefield.
“If the node is occupied, we can’t fly out from this node if we can’t secure it.”
A corridor node is actually a vast area.
Within this space, ships penetrate the spatial barrier and enter the inner dinsions of space, enabling high-speed travel across distances.
Twenty ships were not enough to occupy the entire node, but by holding the node, they could continuously fire at the Iridium Star Warships, disrupting the Iridium Star Warships from initiating corridor travel.
Especially when under heavy fire, captains had to supply most of the ship’s energy to the energy shields, making it impossible to activate the energy-intensive corridor drivers.
Kang Xiong, also deeply frowning, asked the captain, “Should we recall the Air Fleet?”
After a mont of thought, the captain replied, “Recall the manned fighters; have the drones continue to provide cover.”
Kang Xiong imdiately requested that all pilots return their ships, and although Savannah was riled up in battle, her obedience as a soldier was not a problem, and she imdiately broke away from her enemies to return to the Wu Xie.
Savannah jumped out of her fighter and nodded to Kang Xiong.
“It looks like this was a trap,” said Savannah, her expression unchanged.
Kang Xiong, looking at the unflappable female pilot, could not help but admire her.
Having such composure in combat for the first ti was not sothing ordinary people could achieve.
“The Fallen Empire’s vessels are indeed formidable, but that Divine General Su Shuang is also prepared to spend heavily for such a small fleet of ours.
Losing twenty empty ships is one thing, but he has also thrown a trump card-like battle tactic at us.
I’m afraid those warships won’t be able to separate into individual ships again,” Kang Xiong analyzed.
Savannah replied, “Su Shuang doesn’t care.
Most of their warships are requisitioned from other civilizations, and they have several tis our number.
They can afford to lose a few, as even a 2-for-1 exchange rate would seem like a good deal to Su Shuang.”
Kang Xiong ca to understand this and felt sowhat oppressed.
Savannah took off her flight gloves and said expressionlessly, “The Nuoye sector fleet and Su Shuang’s legion will likely be the Iridium Star United Empire and the Fallen Empire’s first move in the open, a battle that they must fight.
However, this battle isn’t just about two fleets clashing; it’s likely to escalate into a much larger war.”
As a commanding officer, Kang Xiong was well aware that the Chancellor had not hastily sent a large fleet to Nuoye Star, mainly because he did not want to reveal that they had broken through the blockade, and also because he feared that the Fallen Empire had prepared a terrible trap for the Iridium Star.
Su Shuang was the visible opponent, but who knew how many more were lurking behind him.
After several Divine Generals of the High Council, who opposed the Fallen Empire, were executed, there were now sixty-one Divine Generals in the Fallen Empire’s Divine Generals Hall, with a third of them, like Su Shuang and Suo Kexiao, appointed over fleets at least at the corps size.
Besides these warlord-like Divine Generals, the original ten overlords each controlled a massive number of warships.
They were all enemies of the Iridium Star now.
At this mont, General Li Cheng issued another order to the rapid reaction forces, “Abandon corridor travel and begin tactical evasive maneuvers; avoid engaging the enemy.”
Upon hearing this command, Kang Xiong was still sowhat surprised, “I thought the Fleet Commander would order so warships to stay behind to cover while the rest of the team took the opportunity to retreat.”
Savannah shook her head, “That would still result in the loss of so warships.
As I said earlier, it’s uncertain when the Nuoye sector fleet will receive the Chancellor’s reinforcents, so we cannot afford to lose our combat strength.
The Fleet Commander’s decision is correct.
We’ll loop around this star region with the enemy; as long as they can’t catch up to us, we’re temporarily safe.
And once the Fleet Commander and the other two commanding officers decide to initiate the decisive battle, we’ll be ready to engage in the fight.”
Indeed, Li Cheng and Yu Dangkou had already sounded the trumpet for the Iridium Star Empire Army’s offensive.
“All units of fleets 22308 and 22309, the objective is to support the First Rapid Reaction Brigade.”
“Fleet 23085, split into six assault teams, the objective is to directly attack Su Shuang’s legion’s logistics production base.
The goal is not to damage enemy vessels but to avoid protracted attrition warfare with the enemy and to focus on eliminating the enemy’s industrial capacity as a priority.”
Old General Yu Dangkou looked at Nuoye Star and sighed softly, “With this move, we’ve effectively abandoned our planet.”
The indifferent General Li Cheng had no attachnt, “Victory is all that matters.
Losing Nuoye Star doesn’t matter, besides, Su Shuang and Suo Kexiao are delusional if they think they can take our planets; they’ll only get an oversized firework.”
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