For a moment, the dark universe was illuminated by the flashes of annihilation. Countless remnants were swirling and drifting in the glittering ocean like sunspots. Billions of creatures were vaporized instantly. Even the experts at the peak of the Core Formation Stage and the Nascent Soul Stage only struggled for a moment in the violent swirls made of the barrage of thousands of cannons before they perished, never to be reincarnated.
Compared to the vastness of the universe, the lives of human beings were so insignificant, and human beings seemed to be deeply aware of their insignificance. Therefore, they did not consider their lives to be a big deal at all and squandered their lives in the most bloody and cruel way to enjoy the brutal pleasures.
The defenders had done everything that they could, from the strategy to the tactical details, and their performance was almost perfect.
The space torpedoes that they deployed mostly hit the targets. It did not take them much effort to surround and persuade the lone starships of the attackers to surrender. In fact, they were quite lucky that the main-force fleet discovered two Adamantine Super Arsenal Warships at the edge of the space zone in time and launched an attack before the enemy regained their footing. The two parties were caught in a fierce battle. The two Adamantine Super Arsenal Warships were both heavily wounded after being caught in a dilemma.
It was a textbook defense battle.
However, there were too many starships on the attackers' side. Even if the "million starships" were discounted, there were still at least three hundred thousand warships among them. Also, they were scattered in the entire vast universe. It was impossible for all the starships to be locked onto by the defenders in time.
Therefore, in the places where the defenders' vision and firepower could not reach, more and more starships of the attackers were absorbed into the "Flying Lightning Super Command Chain". They found their allies and temporary flagships and formed battle units one after another. The battle units were then condensed into branch fleets. Many branch fleets received the call from the Adamantine Super Arsenal Warships. The "Adamantine Fleet" that the defenders feared most was about to take shape.
After a fierce battle for half a day, the outcome of the battle was still unpredictable. The scales of victory were still shaking like the heartbeats of the attackers and the defenders. It was impossible to tell which side it would tilt to.
At this moment, at a certain point at the edge of the Seven Seas Space Zone …
This place was extremely far away from the planets and the meteoroid belts. There were no usable resources around. It was relatively desolate and quiet.
However, there was a Stargate that had been sealed for several decades that was slowly blooming like a crab claw chrysanthemum. It flickered and released a rhythmic and magnificent radiance.
Under the guidance of the space gate, an oval-shaped wormhole with clear edges was ripped open in the three-dimensional space. A magnificent fleet that was well-organized and well-organized passed through slowly.
Because of the navigation of the space gate, the teleportation of the fleet was very smooth and safe. Not a single unexpected collision or explosion took place until all the starships got rid of the space ripples around them.
Compared to the "allies" who "attacked the beachheads that were full of reefs in the middle of the surging tides and torrential rain in the dark night", the crossing of the fleet was almost as easy and comfortable as a trip around the ocean while drinking iced juice and taking a sunbath on a yacht.
It was exactly the "Coalition Fleet of Pyromaniacs", or "National Protection Army", as it was called in the sequence of the four families' coalition fleets.
However, the number and level of this fleet far exceeded what he had reported to his superiors.
Thousands of super warships that had been highly modified and strengthened slowly spread out in space, forming a round and soft battle formation. At first glance, it looked like a gigantic, transparent jellyfish that was floating and sinking in space. The exhaust flames spurting out of every starship were like the glittering clusters of nerves of the jellyfish.
Any commander of a fleet who was slightly capable would feel that his heart was being stung by needles when he saw the fleets' changing battle formation and the natural rhythm.
It was too smooth, too perfect, and too terrifying!
Thousands of cold, steely, gargantuan objects were gathered together, but they were as soft and agile as living creatures. Every power unit on every starship seemed to be an extension of the commander's body and even his soul, changing according to the commander's thoughts.
Only an experienced fleet commander such as Boss Bai, together with the super artificial intelligence such as Xiaoming and Wenwen, could have created such a "miracle"!
Standing on the bridge of "Alloy Virus", the flagship, Boss Bai appreciated the bleeding galaxies around with a cold smile. The holographic projection system projected the shadows of Long Yangjun, Xiaoming, Wenwen, and the Fist King to him. Of course, all the battle parameters and information on the battlefield were flooding out like a flood that had just broken a dam.
Standing in the shadow not far away, Li Wuji looked at Boss Bai expectantly. For obvious reasons, the greatest traitor of the four families did not dare to return to the Li family's fleet right now. After thinking for a long time, he felt that Boss Bai's place was the safest.
At this moment, he only hoped for one thing, which was that the more nobles Boss Bai could defeat, the better. It would be best if he could hang the marquises above the septic tanks and let them taste what he had tasted before!
"Destroy the space gate. Don't let anybody discover that we were teleported here with the guidance of the space gate."
Boss Bai gave the first order, followed by the second. "A Boxing Champion, ask Xiaoming and Wenwen to help your fleet enter the complete stealth and silence state. Don't let anybody detect you!"
It was A Boxing Champion's specialty. He ambushed Li Wuji's fleet in the Blue Sky Space Zone with the prolonged stealth and silence state. Now that he had the help of Xiaoming and Wenwen, it was naturally even easier for him to do the job.
Very soon, more than half of the flames in the Coalition Fleet of Pyromaniacs dimmed and perished. Even the spiritual waves that they used to exist were gradually dispersing. Those starships were like ice that had been melted into water. There was not the slightest trace left.
Boss Bai finally ordered the remaining starships to release abundant spiritual towers unhurriedly. He also activated the remote communication units on the starships and opened the interfaces of the "Flying Lightning Super Command Chain" to search for allies nearby.
Under Li Yao's instruction, the defenders intentionally neglected the defense of the space zone. Many starships of the attackers were scattered in the million square kilometers nearby.
They immediately heard Boss Bai's summon and approached the "National Protection Army".
Boss Bai was a notorious bandit at the peripheral worlds of the Imperium in the first place. All the forces knew that he had gathered a lot of ferocious space pirates to form the "National Protection Army", which performed quite well in the previous battles and boasted a high combat ability.
Naturally, most of the lone starships were willing to listen to Boss Bai's command. That way, their odds of survival would be slightly higher.
"Starship 11985, reporting to Commander Bai. Our starship has been connected to the tactical system of Alloy Virus. We will obey all of Commander Bai's orders!"
"Starship 56237, 'Sun Chasing', reporting to Commander Bai!"
"Starship 35223 …"
The ignorant shield starships, arsenal starships, interference starships, and comprehensive supply starships approached the "National Protection Army" that was hiding in the darkness.
"Very good."
Boss Bai sneered and gave orders to those starships. "Please fully open the ports of the Spiritual Nexus on your starship so that my starship can synchronize the latest battlefield data and secret instructions remotely. My starship has the highest order from Commander Yun Xuefeng that needs to be delivered and carried out in time!"
While talking, Boss Bai sent the secret instructions that were endorsed by Yun Xuefeng's soul to those starships.
Although the instructions were vague and vague, it at least suggested one thing. Boss Bai was Yun Xuefeng's trusted subordinate, and what he was carrying out right now was the most confidential mission from Yun Xuefeng.
"Open your Spiritual Nexus and your mainframe crystal processors as soon as possible and complete the data synchronization so that I can tell you Commander Yun's specific orders!"
Boss Bai said coldly, "You guys are truly lucky to be assigned such an urgent mission. Hehe. You have a promising future!"
The starships that approached the "National Protection Army" at the earliest moment were mostly from the troops of the warlords at the peripheral worlds of the Imperium. Their combat ability was not very high, and they did not have many backers. How could they dare disobey the National Protection Army that had been popular in front of Yun Xuefeng and boasted a rather tough combat ability recently?
There were even some people who were secretly delighted, thinking that they had really stumbled upon something good, and that their luck had struck them!
Immediately, the commanders of many starships were not suspicious at all. They all opened all the permissions of their battle network to "Alloy Virus", allowing the enemy to inject tremendous data into their mainframe crystal processors.
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Today, I noticed that a book friend raised two questions in the discussion section that are worth discussing.
Firstly, why do the attackers have to jump to the defenders' side in the tactics of a space war? It's almost like slapping the enemy's head. Can't they jump to a place slightly further away and crush the enemy slowly in the regular way?
About that, I think that you may have overlooked the vastness of the universe and the speed of regular sailing. How far is the so-called "place slightly further away"?
Take the battle as an example. Assuming that the starships jump to a place one lightyear away from the Seven Seas Space Zone and the whole fleet keeps moving at 5% of the speed of light, it will take … twenty years to cover the distance.
Yes, in the previous chapter, the regular sailing speed of a starship can reach 10% of the speed of light or even higher, but don't forget that it is in the charging state, which cannot be maintained for a long time. Besides, hundreds of thousands of starships are moving at the same time right now.
Can the marching speed of a soldier, the marching speed of a squad, and the marching speed of an army of a million soldiers be the same?
In the next twenty years, the consumption of the starships' resources, the maintenance of the soldiers' morale, and how to deal with the incessant harassment of the defenders would all be great problems.
Besides, it was not just a military problem but also a political one. Was it possible for the local warlords at the edge of the Imperium to spend twenty years fighting a war against the four families?
An expedition was a taboo for military strategists. Not just twenty years, it was almost impossible for a battle to last for two years. If the battle was not concluded in a few months, the starships would collapse.
Therefore, although they knew that they would suffer great losses if they jumped over directly, they had to do it when it was time to "land on the beach", in order to finish the battle as soon as possible in case anything unexpected happened.
Secondly, some friends asked why the Black Wind Fleet did not adopt the same tactics in the past but went through all the trouble to establish their own space gate.
The reason was simple. It was because the coalition fleet of the four families had the absolute advantage in terms of numbers. Naturally, they could crush the defenders with the advantage of numbers.
However, the Black Wind Fleet years ago was a standard lone expedition. Their advantage was quality, not quantity. One starship would be one less starship after it was crippled. Considering that they would still have to scheme against the homeland of the Imperium after they won the war, they chose a strategy that was technically difficult but had less losses.
As for the destruction of the space gate and more than half of the starships, it was because Li Yao showed up with the experts of the Ancient Sages Sector. It was something that no commander could have foreseen in advance. It was not the fault of the battle. There was nothing wrong with Heiye Ming's choice of tactics.
Of course, none of us have seen what a galactic war is like. Old Cow can only use common sense to speculate. A person's wisdom is limited. If you are interested, you can speak freely in Qidian's book review and comment section. You can come up with new battle tactics and strategies to create even more exciting sparks!
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