On this side, Griffin's fleet needed to restart their engines, which gave Jiang Fei time to distance himself. When Griffin's fleet launched another pursuit, Jiang Fei's two capital ships had already joined up with their respective fleets and were already very far away.
"Activate Gravity Distortion!" Griffin was a little angry because he felt that he had been tricked by the enemy.
"General, our Antimatter reserves are running out. If we activate Gravity Distortion again, our two Antec Reavers will run out of Antimatter!" The adjutant reported.
"Don't worry so much, carry out the order!" Griffin shouted loudly. He had already paid such a high price. If he let Jiang Fei escape again, he would really suffer a great loss.
"Yes, sir!" The adjutant immediately conveyed the order.
Soon, the Rebellion fleet accelerated again and chased after Jiang Fei's fleet.
"Grand Marshal, they've caught up again!" Clark reported.
"Okay!" Jiang Fei nodded, but his face did not change. He was the supreme commander of this fleet. If he panicked, then the others would not be able to remain calm.
"Maleki, calculate how long the enemy's Antimatter reserves can last," Jiang Fei ordered his personal artificial intelligence.
"Master, the enemy fleet's Antimatter reserves are almost exhausted. This is the last time they will activate the force field." Maleki quickly calculated the result.
"Okay! I got it! " Jiang Fei nodded secretly. Although the enemy fleet had no more Antimatter skills to activate, he was not sure how long each force field would last. If this time was too long, then the enemy would catch up.
"Marshal, why don't we use the missile barrage again?" Clark asked tentatively.
"No! The enemy will not fall in the same place twice! " Jiang Fei shook his head. Previously, Griffin did not order the destruction of the Martha-class Dreadnought directly because he wanted to capture him alive.
If the Martha-class Dreadnought activated the missile barrage again, Griffin would definitely not let the fleet activate Body Reassembly to take damage. This was because if that happened, Jiang Fei would once again pull away from them. The Rebellion fleet, which had run out of Antimatter, could no longer activate Gravity Distortion. So, once the distance was pulled away, they would completely lose any hope of capturing Jiang Fei alive.
Since it was impossible to capture him alive, was there a need for Griffin to let the fleet take damage? Although the Matha-class dreadnought's missile barrage was extremely lethal, because the damage was dispersed, a single wave of attacks wasn't particularly frightening.
If Griffin had given up on capturing Jiang Fei alive, he could have ordered the fleet not to activate Body Reassembly. They could have taken a wave of missiles head-on, and then the fleet would have fired in unison to destroy Jiang Fei's Martha-class Dreadnought!
Hence, Clark's suggestion was basically tantamount to suicide.
At this moment, the drones of Jiang Fei's fleet were attacking Griffin's fleet frantically. However, the rate at which these drones were being destroyed was getting faster and faster. At this time, Griffin was getting anxious. In order to catch up with Jiang Fei's fleet before the effect of Gravity Distortion ended, he no longer held back on the cost of the drones. He began to release drones to resist the interference.
With the cooperation of the defense frigates and drones, the imperial army's drones were shot down in large numbers. At this time, it was very difficult to interfere with the advance of the resistance army.
"Deploy the Gravitational Air Mines!" Jiang Fei ordered.
"Grand Marshal, we only have two minelayer squadrons. Should we deploy all of them?" Clark asked.
"Deploy all of them. Try to spread out the Gravitational Air Mines as much as possible!" Jiang Fei ordered. Right now, he could only try his best to buy as much time as possible.
"Yes, sir!" Clark immediately ordered the minelayer squadrons in the fleet to start deploying the Gravitational Air Mines.
As this kind of minelayer was very slow, it was usually installed in a large capital ship. However, in order to store more missiles to release the missile barrage, it was impossible for the Matha-class dreadnought to carry the minelayer squadrons.
The same was true for the Dunov-class battlecruiser. Although it was modified from a heavy cargo ship and had a large amount of storage space, almost all of the storage space was used to store antimatter. Therefore, there were not many spaces left for the minelayer squadrons.
As a result, there were only two minelayer squadrons in Jiang Fei's fleet. It was impossible for them to quickly deploy the Gravitational Air Mines throughout the entire route. Hence, Jiang Fei ordered the minelayer squadrons to spread out the Gravitational Air Mines and bluff!
Very soon, the two minelayer squadrons began to deploy the Gravitational Air Mines. Each minelayer squadron carried a hundred Gravitational Air Mines. After the deployment was completed, they had to return to the mothership to replenish it. So, after dropping two hundred Gravitational Air Mines, the two minelayer squadrons returned.
In the star's gravity well, although the ship's speed was greatly affected, the route was very wide and unobstructed. Two hundred Gravitational Air Mines might sound like a lot, but when scattered across the width of the route, these Gravitational Air Mines were very loose. It was impossible for them to cause devastating damage to the enemy.
"General, the minelayer squadrons are loading the Gravitational Air Mines. Do you want to continue?" Clark asked.
"Mmm! This time, concentrate on the central area of the route! " Jiang Fei changed his previous order. After all, the scattered Gravitational Air Mines could not cause devastating damage. If the enemy saw through it, they might not even bother to remove the Gravitational Air Mines. Instead, they would let the Heavy-Duty Cruiser go directly to the Gravitational Air Mines. After all, one or two Gravitational Air Mines could not destroy a fully-armored heavy battlecruiser.
So, in order to confuse the enemy, Jiang Fei decided to make the Gravitational Air Mines look fake. This way, the enemy would not feel at ease if they did not remove the Gravitational Air Mines. However, removing the Gravitational Air Mines would take a lot of time.
"Yes, General!" Clark immediately passed the order to the minelayer squadrons.
Very soon, the minelayer squadrons that had reloaded the Gravitational Air Mines set off again. Then, they began to concentrate the Gravitational Air Mines near the center of the route. After two hundred Gravitational Air Mines were concentrated in four to five areas, the minelayer squadrons returned again and resumed the state of loose Gravitational Air Mines.
Just as the imperial army was busy laying the Gravitational Air Mines, Griffin's fleet had also entered the outermost area of the Gravitational Air Mines.
"Boom!" An Gravitational Air Mine was detonated. The Calas Enforcer Class Heavy Battlecruiser's shield trembled from the explosion. However, it did not suffer any damage.
"General, there are Gravitational Air Mines in front!" Although the battleship was not damaged, entering the Gravitational Air Mine was not a small matter. One Gravitational Air Mine was not scary. What was scary was a large area of Gravitational Air Mines. So, without Griffin's order, the entire fleet slowed down.
(End of Chapter)
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