Although the Crystal Suit fled crazily the moment they heard the earsplitting alarms …
The ubiquitous light of destruction from the Gold Vulture had locked onto them in advance.
Li Yao's telepathic thoughts and killing intent tied up the limbs of the Crystal Suit like invisible vines and invaded the power units, slowing, twisting, and deforming their dodging movements. In the end, they were pierced through by the gold flying swords made of the debris and exploded one after another. The scraps raised by the explosions were condensed into even more, sharper, and more dazzling gold flying swords!
There was nothing but desperate silence inside the bridge of the flagship of the Divine Rain Fleet.
As long as a feeble crack appeared on the firm will of the final battle, it would be doomed to collapse completely.
Besides, even if all the firepower was concentrated and the Colossus was destroyed at the cost of hundreds of Crystal Suit and a few starships, it would still be impossible to stop the thunderous attack of the entire Thunder Fleet.
Right then, the Divine Rain Fleet suddenly detected a second weird and powerful wave near the No. 3 space gate. A tremendous number of massive objects were slowly jumping to the Divine Rain Sector through the wormhole!
The intelligence ignited the last determination of resistance in the Divine Rain Fleet.
With everything coming to this point, they could only pray in silence that the distress signal they sent out before the battle had been received by the allies in the Sectors nearby and even the capital, who had come to reinforce them in time.
However, the few seasoned generals in the fleet vaguely felt that something was not right. The distress signal had just been sent out. Even if it was not cut off by the enemy's interference and was successfully sent to the outside world, it did not seem possible for the allies in the outside world to gather and jump over as reinforcements so quickly.
As they expected, when the new fleet slowly revealed its hideous appearance, the appearance and model of the fleet that was scanned did not match the Li family's own database at all.
Also, there was no emblem of the Li family on the head of the enemy's warship. On one side of the warship was a flamboyant "Honor the Emperor", and on the other side was a murderous "Settle the Rebels".
They did not collide with the Thunder Fleet that was right next to them. Instead, they flashed mystic signals in tacit agreement. Then, the Thunder Fleet lunged at the Divine Rain Fleet, and the new fleet lunged at the No. 1 and No. 2 space gates of the Divine Rain Sector.
Li Linghai's Deep Sea Fleet had finally arrived!
The powerful reinforcement of the Deep Sea Fleet and the brutal performance of Li Yao's Gold Vulture completely destroyed the last determination of resistance that the defenders of the Divine Rain Fleet had just ignited. As a result, the morale of the defenders was reduced to almost zero.
The highest commander of the Divine Rain Fleet made a helpless and wisest choice — retreat!
The all-terrain starships, which were smaller in size and boasted combat abilities in the high-gravity environment within the atmosphere, retreated to the main planet of the Divine Rain Sector within the orbit defense circle of the Divine Rain Planet and continued dealing with the enemy with the ground-based firepower on the planet.
The heavy arsenal warships and the cruising carriers that were too large to land in the atmosphere fled at full speed to the edge of the Divine Rain Sector.
The battle formation of the Divine Rain Fleet had already been established. It was as difficult to completely turn around instantly as to ask a rushing elephant to stop in half a second.
Lei Chenghu did not let go of the transient opportunity. He launched an assault at the critical moment when the Divine Rain Fleet was turning around. The fury that the "God of War" had been suppressed for a long time and the commanding arts that he had honed for a hundred years were fully carried out, giving the "young soldiers" of the Divine Rain Fleet a good lesson about what a real war was!
Li Yao also took the opportunity to go on a killing spree on the chaotic battlefield with the Gold Vulture. He trained himself crazily with blood and fire, melting the violent strength of the "Supreme Emperor" into his cells and his soul.
The Crystal Suit was blown into smithereens, the starships were riddled with holes, and the Colossi were on the brink of destruction. It was needless to say how gory the battle was.
Under the cover of the ground-based firepower of the Divine Rain Planet, at the cost of almost half of the starships being damaged, the remaining soldiers of the Divine Rain Fleet finally left the battlefield and fled to the dark space far away from the star in a hurry.
From a strategic point of view, such a tactical choice was not wrong.
The absolute capability of the four Kurfürst families was still far higher than that of the Thunder Fleet and the Deep Sea Fleet, the few main forces of the reformists.
Although the Thunder Fleet had blocked the external communication of the Divine Rain Sector at the beginning of the battle, such a blockage consumed a lot of spiritual energy, and the range was limited.
As long as the remaining soldiers of the Divine Rain Fleet could escape to the edge of the Divine Rain Sector, there would always be a way to send out the distress signal.
When the army of the four Kurfürst families came, the remaining half of the Divine Rain Fleet would naturally be able to cooperate with the counterattack of the main troops and march back!
This was called "preserving the strength of one's own side", and no one could find any fault with it.
However, under the situation right now, such a tactical choice also meant that the resourceful Divine Rain Planet, the large orbital docks and the hundred warehouses at the periphery of the Divine Rain Planet, and the three space gates would all be given to the reformists.
The Divine Rain Planet boasted powerful firepower on the ground itself. It was also defended by quite a few well-trained and well-equipped legions of Crystal Suit. If the battles on the streets and alleys were really carried out, it would take at least a couple of months to completely occupy the planet.
However, the reformists did not really need to break into the atmosphere. Outside of the orbit of the Divine Rain Planet, tremendous military assets were stored in quite a few warehouses in the spaceports.
Because the Divine Rain Planet was one of the main supply bases of the Li family, by convention, the resources collected from the hundred small resource planets nearby would be transported to the Divine Rain Planet first, where they would be further refined and processed in the factories there. Eventually, they would be packaged into military assets that could be directly distributed to starships, Colossi, and even individual soldiers.
Such refining, processing, and packaging work naturally could not be done on the ground of the Divine Rain Planet.
Transporting millions of tons of assets to the ground would consume tremendous fuel, and transporting the processed assets to the outside of the atmosphere would consume tens of thousands of tons of fuel. As long as the processing and packaging factories were directly established in the gravity-free space zones above the atmosphere, the precious fuel could be saved.
It sounded like a very wise and logical thing to do.
However, at this moment, the spaceports, factories, and warehouses that were not protected by the atmosphere had all fallen into the hands of the reformists.
Unfortunately, in order to support the defense of the capital, those warehouses and warehouses were all filled with military assets that were enough for the next operation of the Thunderous Fleet and the Deep Sea Fleet.
After the No. 1 space gate and the No. 2 space gate were completely destroyed by the Deep Sea Fleet, and the navigation frequency of the No. 3 space gate was adjusted to a frequency that only the reformists knew, the furious fire of war gradually died down, and the reformists completely took control of the situation in the Divine Rain Sector.
Although half of the Divine Rain Fleet was still fleeing in a hurry, the other half was still roaming on the battlefield like headless flies, and the ground of the Divine Rain Planet was still under the control of the defenders, the reformists had already obtained the most precious resources and the initiative of life and death.
Iron Torrent, the flagship of the Thunder Fleet, and Dragon Abyss, the flagship of the Deep Sea Fleet, established an invisible bridge of information between the two flagships. Billions of data streams were flying and exchanging quickly.
Li Linghai: "General Lei's strategy truly deserves the name of 'God of War'. You destroyed the enemy as easily as a thunderous boulder. I often wonder, if a tiny Thunder Fleet has been commanded so amazingly by you, what kind of miracles can you create if all the troops of the Imperium, or at least the expedition army, are under your command?"
Lei Chenghu: "You flatter me, Your Grace. The enemy was taken care of so quickly in the battle because of the great contributions made by the amazing 'Vulture Li Yao' under your command. To be honest, before he showed up, I found it hard to imagine that a Colossus could be operated in such a way."
Li Linghai: "In that case, if you don't mind, General Lei, you can let him stay by your side and play a greater role."
Lei Chenghu: "… Right now, our army has accomplished the first step of the strategic goal, but the situation is still extremely dangerous. The fleets of the four Kurfürst families may appear and surround us at any moment. Even though we have controlled the only remaining space gate of the Divine Rain Sector, it is still possible for the enemy to jump to the edge of the Divine Rain Sector in secret and establish three to five new space gates at the same time because of their advantage in numbers. It is impossible for us to discover and destroy them one by one.
"Also, the firepower on the ground of the Divine Rain Planet is quite fierce. It is impossible to take it down for the time being. Even if we do manage to take it down, the resources that we have just received will be consumed.
"I do not want my men to be torn into shreds by the Imperium's own firepower before they are killed by the bombardment of the Holy League.
"So, please fulfill your promise, Your Grace. Didn't you say that you have tremendous supporters inside the Li family, and that they will launch a minor 'coup' in the Li family the moment our army arrives, taking over the power of the Li family and joining the reformists' side?"
"Rest assured."
Li Linghai's eyes glittered gloomily. "Please continue clearing the enemies in space. Leave everything in the future to me. I … will certainly win!"
Inside the secret communication room on Dragon Abyss, the flagship of the Deep Sea Fleet …
Li Linghai cut off the communication with Lei Chenghu and was deep in thought for a long time. Black flames seemed to be leaking out of the pores all over her body, enshrouding the white-haired witch in a cluster of black mist.
Dragon Abyss was loaded with the most advanced hyperspace communication base. A sharp signal was sent out half an hour ago, tearing apart the four-dimensional universe and darting to a certain mysterious direction in the depths of the universe.
However, it was like a clay ox entering the sea. There was no reaction.
Li Linghai crossed her hands and placed them on her chin. Faced with the light beam of a pool of stagnant water, she did not seem to have any feelings at all.
However, the squeaking sounds of the metal cabin walls being squeezed and torn apart suggested the nervousness, anxiety, and madness in her heart.
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