For this ambush, Admiral Pavlov was full of confidence. Although they didn't communicate with their ally, the Holy Arrival Emissary in advance because of the time constraint, Pavlov believed that the fleet under his command alone was enough to inflict heavy damage on Aurelia.
After about half an hour or so, a starlight flashed, and a lone unmanned reconnaissance ship appeared in the stargate.
"It's here!" Pavlov's heart skipped a beat.
"Sir, the capture net is ready!" The adjutant reported.
"Capture it!" Following Pavlov's order, more than ten frigates swarmed forward. These modified frigates were removed from their weapon systems, but they were equipped with tractor beam launchers. Several frigates instantly surrounded the unmanned reconnaissance ship. Then, a few tractor beams came down, and the unmanned reconnaissance ship was imprisoned.
Swoosh! Another starlight flashed, and another unmanned reconnaissance ship also entered the stargate. Obviously, Aurelia was very cautious. She had sent more than one reconnaissance ship.
However, because Pavlov was prepared, this unmanned reconnaissance ship was soon captured. A few minutes later, the third unmanned reconnaissance ship passed through the stargate and was immediately captured by Pavlov's fleet.
"Wutongyeva, it's up to you now!" Pavlov said as he faced the big screen.
"Yes, sir!" A blonde beauty appeared on the big screen.
If Jiang Fei was on General Pavlov's flagship, he would definitely be able to recognize that Wutongyeva was no longer just an intelligent assistant. She had already begun to evolve into an artificial intelligence. Moreover, the degree of evolution was not low. Although she was not as advanced as 0541, she was at least on par with Maleki who was beside Jiang Fei.
With the existence of an artificial intelligence like Wutongyeva, it was naturally not a problem to modify the data of the shipboard computer of the reconnaissance ship. So, very soon, the data in the three unmanned reconnaissance ships was modified by Wutongyeva.
"Release them back." With Pavlov's order, the three unmanned reconnaissance ships were thrown into the stargate.
Because the data had been modified, in the program of these three unmanned reconnaissance spaceships, they had completed their reconnaissance mission. There was no trace of the enemy on this side of the stargate, so they could return through the stargate.
Not long after the three reconnaissance ships passed through the stargate, Aurelia's fleet set off. Because Lux had been borrowed by Bella, Aurelia didn't have any artificial intelligence. Therefore, when the three unmanned reconnaissance ships returned, she didn't notice any abnormalities at all.
Moreover, after more than a year of fighting, Aurelia had become very trusting of Velon. If the enemy ambushed her, Velon would definitely notify her in advance. If it had been another commander, with such a strong intelligence guarantee, he might not have sent a scout ship first when passing through the stargate. Aurelia, who was already cautious enough, still fell into the enemy's trap.
Under Aurelia's command, the army began to pass through the Stargate!
"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh …" With a little bit of starlight, Aurelia's fleet passed through the stargate and appeared in Pavlov's encirclement.
"Main cannon fire! Fire hard!" Following Pavlov's order, the Valsalrian fleet fired all their cannons.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom …" In an instant, Aurelia's fleet suffered heavy losses. Because they had just passed through the stargate, Aurelia's fleet's shield hadn't been raised yet. Although the brown bears had thick skin and flesh, and escaped the fate of being disintegrated and martyred without being focused fire, the frigates and even the functional cruisers were miserable. A large number of warships turned into smoke and fire, and the crew didn't even have time to enter the escape capsule before they were buried in the raging fire.
"Damn it! How could there be an ambush here! " Aurelia slammed the armrest of her seat. This time, Velon didn't warn them in advance, and the reconnaissance ship also brought back information from the other side of the stargate. Who would have thought that they would encounter an ambush here?
However, as a battle-hardened commander, Aurelia knew that now wasn't the time to look into who was responsible. Their top priority was to break out of the encirclement first. If they let the fleet stay at the enemy's focus point, then when the second round of attacks came, her losses would be even more severe!
"Order the fleet to fully activate the shield. Brown bears, go forward and block the enemy's artillery fire. Starship, follow up and replenish the brown bears at any time!" As Aurelia gave the order, she let her adjutant report the battle damage. Although the specific data hadn't been tabulated yet, Aurelia knew very well that she had just experienced the biggest damage in more than a year!
"Reporting to Commander, in the ambush just now, we lost 22 frigates, four heavy cruisers, and seven light cruisers! Moreover, five heavy cruisers and four light cruisers were seriously damaged and can no longer participate in the battle! "The adjutant handed the battle damage list to Aurelia.
"Sigh!" Aurelia sighed. The loss of so many battleships was secondary. The key was that her fleet was different from the "player" fleet. These spaceships were fully loaded with crew members. A frigate had hundreds of people, a cruiser had nearly a thousand people, and a heavy cruiser had a crew of two to three thousand people. Not many of these people would be lucky enough to escape into the escape capsule. Most of them would be buried in the cosmic void.
In just a few minutes, Aurelia's fleet had been dispatched. Don't think that a few minutes was a long time. In a space battle, it wasn't so easy to adjust the formation. Being able to complete Aurelia's request within a few minutes was enough to prove that this fleet was a veteran who had been on the battlefield for a long time.
At this moment, the main cannon of the Valsalrian Army's fleet was about to be fully charged. Their second attack was coming.
"Charge! We can't break out of the encirclement with our backs turned! " Aurelia was different from ordinary commanders. When an ordinary commander saw the enemy surrounding them from three sides, they would turn around and run because there was no one to stop them.
But the problem was that if you showed your back to the enemy, wouldn't it be obvious that you were asking for a kick? Being chased by the enemy all the way, it didn't matter if you could run or not. This loss alone could completely destroy the fleet.
So at this critical moment, Aurelia made a prompt decision. She ordered her fleet to charge into the enemy's formation and kill a way out of the enemy's ships. When the bow of the ship was facing the enemy, not only would the shield be the thickest, but they would also be able to fight back. After killing a way out, the enemy would want to turn around and chase after them, which would be enough for Aurelia's fleet to start the warp engine.
(End of this chapter)
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