The image of Dongfang Lei, the commander of the Invincible Fleet, appeared on the 3D light beam.
It was a young man with sharp eyebrows and sparkling eyes. His neat uniform seemed to be a part of his body that set off his slender figure. His handsome face was brimming with the pride of a leader. It was obvious that he was a core descendant of the four Kurfürst families, the lucky one who was destined to control the lives of thousands of people the moment he was born.
It was true that his face alone was enough to tell the difference between him and Yun Chenghua.
One of them was a marginalized person who had no one to rely on in his family and was destined to spend the rest of his life in the harsh, cold land if there were no accidents.
The other one, on the other hand, was a heavenly talent who had come to the Godly Might Prison for a few years to gain experience and consider the place as a springboard so that he could climb to a higher platform.
Therefore, even though Dongfang Lei's military rank was lower than Yun Chenghua's and he was theoretically under the latter's control, he could totally "do whatever he wanted" and did not need to listen to Yun Chenghua's command at all.
It was also the reason why Li Linghai would rather infiltrate the deputy advisors and part of the captains of the Invincible Fleet. Dongfang Lei, as the commander-in-chief, was too tricky to be persuaded or bought over.
Lei Chenghu did not intend to buy over Dongfang Lei, either. He simply looked at the highest commander of the Invincible Fleet emotionlessly.
Dongfang Lei, on the other hand, was greatly surprised by the messy picture in the control center and Lei Chenghu, who was standing on one arm and whose robe was soaked in blood.
Looking at Lei Chenghu and then at Yun Chenghu, who was commanding his subordinates to operate quickly next to Lei Chenghu, Dongfang Lei immediately understood everything. Intense fear and fury spurted out of his eyes.
Fear and fury flashed and disappeared into the deepest part of his pupils. Taking a deep breath, Dongfang Lei made the last struggle. "Marquis Liaohai, I surrender!"
Lei Chenghu made a gesture of "launch immediately" at Yun Chenghua and said casually, "Okay."
"Heaven Battering Cannon, overloaded with spiritual energy. Extreme bombardment mode, launch!"
Yun Chenghua clenched his fists, and dense blood was leaking out of his forehead. Then, he looked at Dongfang Lei in delight and smashed the control panel brutally!
At this moment —
The hundreds of small warships that belonged to the Godly Might Fleet broke into the atmosphere one after another and floated below the blue sky and white clouds, completely exposing their abdomens to the anti-air fire net of the Godly Might Prison.
In order to increase the speed of their descent and make the anti-gravity rune arrays work at full capacity, they did not even activate their spiritual shield to 100%. It never occurred to them that their allies would bare the sharpest tusks at them.
Dongfang Lei's flagship was suspended in the atmosphere, a classic example of a dilemma.
When he discovered that he had been locked onto by four Heaven Battering Cannons and hundreds of anti-air units, there was no time to change his direction or activate his spiritual shield!
Space wars also had to follow the oldest military common sense — land-based firepower was always superior to ship-based firepower.
Even for a super heavy warship more than ten kilometers long, it was already the best that the main weapon cabins two kilometers long could be allocated. It was needless to say that the ammunition and fuel that a starship could carry were limited. Even if it carried more than a hundred Cosmos Rings, it was still not enough to support the bombardment of a destructive cannon for a long time.
It was also the reason why the Crystal Suit and the Colossi were so popular in space wars. The limitation of fuel and ammunition forced both parties in the war to adopt the most 'cost-effective' approach to the battle, which was head-on combat.
The land-based firepower on a planet, however, was a whole different matter.
Even the smallest planet was often tens of thousands of times larger in diameter than a starship, and its size was geometrically increased, too.
Compared to the starships that were limited in space and had headaches about logistics all the time, the 'capacity' and the scale of weapons on a planet were almost infinite.
Some important military fortresses could completely empty the space more than ten kilometers below the ground to establish appalling super cannons, which could launch the cannonballs that weighed more than ten tons at a terrifying speed almost five times the speed of sound with tons of fuel.
Unfortunately, the Godly Might Prison was exactly such an 'important military fortress'. The four 'Heaven Battering Cannons' that were deeply buried below the ground would be four skyscrapers that soared into the sky if they were dug out and erected on the ground. It was not hard to imagine how powerful they were!
What was ironic was that the four super anti-air cannons that the Imperium had produced after hundreds of years of hard work in the Godly Might Prison at the cost of countless resources were aimed at the Imperium's own starships for the first time.
The Heaven Battering Cannons adopted the dual attack mode of super radiation and electromagnetic bullets. At first, four mystic rays rose from the ground like a lightning storm and locked onto Dongfang Lei's flagship from four intersecting angles, destroying the spiritual shield that was raised in a hurry unstoppably.
Then, four bullets that were filled with highly-explosive crystals snatched at the starship brutally with smoky exhaust flames behind them like the claws of fiends.
Dongfang Lei's flagship dodged hard, but the two parties were too close to each other. In the meantime, the super radiation of the first wave greatly interfered with the anti-gravity rune arrays and the power units of the starship, making it impossible to move at all as if the starship were mired in a vortex of destruction.
BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM! Dongfang Lei dodged the attack of the first high-explosive cannonball at the cost of almost tearing apart the starship. However, the remote detonation rune arrays of the high-explosive cannonball had been set up in advance, and it exploded brutally when it was about to fly out of the atmosphere. The blast seriously disrupted his dodging, allowing the next three cannonballs to pierce into his flagship one after another. After three earsplitting explosions, three enormous fireballs rose up from the front, middle, and rear parts of the flagship at the same time. The sky was dyed red by the fire immediately, only to be darkened by the intense smoke!
On the picture of the communication, Dongfang Lei was completely consumed by the blast and the flames before he even had the chance to scream!
Despite the cruelty, Lei Chenghu did not let go of the flagship of the Godly Might Fleet that had turned into debris. He ordered Yun Chenghua to concentrate all the firepower on the ground, including the spiritual puppets and the individual weapons of the ground troops, and bombard the fireballs in midair crazily.
For a moment, ten thousand golden threads blossomed in the sky and the earth at the same time. The barrage almost blinded everybody's eyes.
The spiritual energy of the Godly Might Prison was completely drained. Even the lights in the control center were flickering.
The flagship of the Godly Might Fleet was blown apart into billions of burning pieces that fell to the snow, melting the ice and snow into thousands of thick pillars of smoke that rose up like a splendid forest of smoke.
All the starships of the Godly Might Fleet, as well as all the soldiers on the starships, witnessed the destruction of the flagship by the ground firepower.
For a moment, the whole world and even time seemed to have been frozen by the ice and snow that had never melted. All the starships, from the captains to the common soldiers in the engine compartments, were dumbfounded and scared out of their wits!
"The Heaven Battering Cannons are done for. The entire anti-air fire net, including the internal defense system, is done for!"
Yun Chenghua gnashed his teeth and shouted, "The bombardment just now has increased the burden on the energy supply base. The few remaining reactors have all been destroyed. Not one hour, but at least three hours. It is impossible for us to launch another projectile into the sky!"
"It doesn't matter. Continue locking onto all the starships in the sky and launch your signal waves brutally. Let them know that we have aimed at the center of their eyebrows. Then, connect me to the public channel of the fleet. I'm going to speak to all the soldiers of the Godly Might Fleet."
Lei Chenghu adjusted his appearance with his remaining right hand. The enormous light beam before him was divided into almost a hundred cubes, from which the pictures of the bridges of almost a hundred starships popped up one after another.
Naturally, the bridges were full of pale, confused soldiers of the Godly Might Fleet. They were even more panicked when they heard the collisions of the locking waves.
Seeing "God of War" Lei Chenghu's sudden appearance, most of the captains and advisors were greatly surprised and even more confused.
"Brothers of the Godly Might Fleet, I am Lei Chenghu. I'm sorry that I blew up your flagship the moment we met, causing the death of countless innocent brothers."
Frowning deeply, Lei Chenghu said solemnly, "However, I had to do it because the Godly Might Prison has reached the most perilous moment!
"The spies of the Holy League have long snuck into the Godly Might Prison and the Godly Might Fleet. They are carrying out the largest prison break in the history of the Imperium. They have detonated the underground volcanoes and destroyed more than half of the Godly Might Prison!
"The Holy League's progress is so smooth because their spies have long infiltrated your heart and your brain. Dongfang Lei, the highest commander of the Godly Might Fleet, as well as a lot of captains and advisors, are all spies of the Holy League or have been brainwashed and controlled by the spies of the Holy League!
"Once you really arrive on the ground, the spies of the Holy League will join the captives of the Holy League below the ground. They will kill all of you, seize your starships, and run away. That is their plan!
"I was asked to shatter the enemy's prison break plan at the critical moment, but I was one step too late. I could only destroy your flagship that is completely under the control of the Holy League first. Although some of my brothers must've known nothing about it on the flagship, I didn't have a choice!
"Have you detected the massive objects behind you? They are the main force of my Thunder Fleet, here to quell the riot and prison break. There's no need to panic. The reinforcements have arrived. The Godly Might Prison is still in our hands!
"Now, I announce that the Godly Might Fleet is officially under my command from this second. In case the spies of the Holy League who have snuck into the fleet further sabotage or suicide attacks, all the starships will withdraw their spiritual shields in three minutes and descend to a height of a hundred meters from the ground!
"I repeat. In three minutes, all the starships that are not under the control of the Holy League and are still loyal to the Imperium will withdraw their spiritual shields and descend to a height of a hundred meters from the ground, waiting for the reinforcements!
"After three minutes, the starships that do not withdraw their spiritual shields and descend to a height of a hundred meters will be regarded as rebellious starships under the control of the spies of the Holy League, just like Dongfang Lei's flagship. The anti-air fire net on the ground and the Thunder Fleet that is about to arrive at the battlefield will destroy them mercilessly!
"In the meantime, please pay close attention to your surroundings on the bridge of the starships. The spies of the Holy League are probably lurking right next to you, especially among your commanders! I authorize you to take any necessary action on the people around you. Ask the starships to descend to a height of a hundred meters. As long as you truly find the spies of the Holy League, you will be rewarded according to your contributions after the war!
"Brothers of the Godly Might Fleet, please trust me. I do not want to fight any of you, but the military law is merciless!
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