A swarm of drones was released. Although the drone carriers could produce drones quickly, each drone carrier could only operate two drone squadrons due to the limited bandwidth of the drones. So even if they had more drones, they could only park them in the hangar and wait for the drones to be destroyed before taking off to face the enemy.
After leaving the Droids behind, Jiang Fei's fleet began to move forward. As they were in the star's gravity well, Jiang Fei's fleet's speed was greatly affected. Their speed was only 30% of their normal speed.
Six minutes later, although Jiang Fei's speed was affected, they had already flown far away. At the very least, they were out of the range of the main cannons of the capital ships.
"Whoosh!" A ray of light flashed, and a Rebellion Army battleship jumped out of the Phase Space.
Swoosh swoosh swoosh … A large number of Rebellion Army battleships completed a space jump and arrived at the gravity well of this star.
"Attack!" At the same time, Clark gave the order to attack.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh …"
"Boom boom boom boom …"
The massive drones began to attack. The cluster missiles launched by the bombers were a great threat to the resistance warships that had just completed hyperdrive and had yet to activate their shields. After a few rounds of attacks, more than ten heavy cruisers were destroyed, and dozens of frigates and light cruisers were sunk.
Even spaceships like the Lavassa Gladiator and the Garas Enforcer, which had the strongest survivability on the battlefield, were not spared. Because they had just completed the warp, their main engines still had to be restarted. At this time, there was no way for them to activate the body reassembly function, so they could only watch helplessly as the enemy missiles tore them into pieces.
"Damn it! Restore the shields and engines as soon as possible! " Griffin ordered. Although they had suffered some losses, these losses were nothing in his eyes. After all, the enemy had arrived first. They would definitely be attacked after they jumped over.
A few minutes later, Griffin's fleet regained the ability to move, and their shields were fully activated. Although they had sacrificed nearly 100 warships during this period of time, this loss was nothing to a fleet of more than 1,500 warships.
Not far ahead was the ship of the Grand Marshal of the Empire Army. If he could sink it or capture the Grand Marshal of the Empire Army, he would be able to accept it no matter how great the loss of Griffin's fleet was.
"Everyone, attack! Chase after them! "Griffin immediately gave the order.
"Yes! General! " The fleet quickly began to execute Griffin's orders. At the same time, they began to release their shipborne drones. Otherwise, the frigate's anti-air firepower alone would not be able to stop the swarm of drones.
In space, the drones of both sides engaged in a desperate battle. The Empire's bombers desperately tried to rush near the warships to release their missiles, while the Resistance's fighter jets desperately bit the tails of the bombers, trying their best to destroy them before they could launch an attack.
The empire's fighter jets weren't idle either. They kept the rebel fighter jets busy, buying time for their own bombers to attack.
"Bang! Bang! Boom … "Whether it was the imperial army's drones or the rebel army's drones, both sides suffered heavy losses. Fireworks exploded everywhere around the rebel fleet, and drones were destroyed one after another.
However, due to the rebel army's advantage in numbers, coupled with the fact that they had corvettes to provide firepower support, their drone losses were far less than the empire's.
However, Jiang Fei couldn't care less about the losses now. He ordered the drone carriers under his command to produce at full capacity. Batches of drones were released, not to kill the enemy, but to delay the enemy's advance until Aurelia's support arrived.
So, wave after wave of imperial drones rushed to the frontline and were destroyed. Then, a new batch rushed up!
In war, sometimes it was a war of attrition and money. However, because of the Trade Federation's foundation, the empire did have money, so they did not feel bad about using the drones as consumables. On the contrary, the rebel army was a little overwhelmed. Although the empire's drones were far more damaged than theirs, Griffin really felt the pinch.
Because the Valsalrian Army's rule was a private army, this fleet was Griffin's own property. Every drone consumed, every bit of energy consumed, Griffin had to pay for it himself.
So, in the end, Griffin began to order air defense frigates to destroy the empire's drones as much as possible, and reduce the use of unmanned fighter jets.
"Sir, the enemy is always keeping a distance from us. It's difficult for us to catch up with them," the adjutant reported. If they only destroyed some drones, Griffin's achievements would not even be enough to pay for the fleet's fuel, let alone the more than a hundred battleships that had been lost before.
"Order the Antec marauders to activate Gravity Distortion!" Griffin ordered.
"Yes, sir!" The adjutant immediately conveyed his order.
The Antec Marauders were a type of auxiliary battleship of the Valsalrian Army. However, this auxiliary battleship could not attack or defend friendly fleets. It was equipped with a lot of space and force field equipment, which could forcibly send a friendly or enemy spaceship into the Phase Space at a critical moment.
Once a spaceship entered the phase space, it naturally could not attack, nor could it be attacked. It was equivalent to being temporarily shielded from the battlefield. This ability allowed the Antec Raiders to not only save friendly spaceships that were about to be destroyed at critical moments, but also forcibly exclude key enemy spaceships from the battlefield, establishing an advantage for friendly forces.
Another ability of the Antec Raiders was the Gravity Distortion that Griffin mentioned. This ability could change the gravitational line near the Antec Raiders, so that friendly spaceships would not be affected by the planet's gravity and could travel at a normal speed. They could also be immune to the hindrance of warp interference devices and perform space jumps at any time.
Soon, the two Antec Raiders that received the order turned on Gravity Distortion, and a powerful gravitational field spread out, enveloping the entire Rebellion Army fleet.
For a time, the influence of the stellar gravity well on the Rebellion Army fleet disappeared by more than half. Although the radiation was still constantly consuming the antimatter in the main battleships, gravity no longer affected them, and Griffin's fleet could move forward at full speed.
This put Jiang Fei under pressure. Under the influence of the stellar gravity well, his fleet could only maintain 30% speed, but Griffin's fleet could move at full speed. In this case, it would not be long before the enemy fleet caught up with them.
Once they fell into the firing range of the Rebellion Army fleet, the four or five hundred battleships under Jiang Fei's command would be no match for Griffin's huge fleet.
(End of Chapter)
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