The power of the prophet is the Imperial Army's eternal advantage. On the battlefield, as long as Lin Xue or our daughter is alive and kicking, all the enemy's schemes and ambushes are meaningless.
After Lin Xue gave the signal, the fleet began to prepare for more enemies. The assault fleet that was supposed to be deployed in the second wave temporarily held back, while the first wave that had already charged into the Melovans' formation left the battlefield after achieving enough results. They used a high-density particle flow from the Silver Core as cover, circling a huge arc and sneaking back into the Imperial Army's formation. Then, Sives used his own power to increase the firepower of all the main airships, and we began to conserve energy while continuing to unleash high-intensity firepower on the Melovans. Without the assault fleet's lethal charge, the Melovans were able to organize a more regular counterattack, and began to move in the direction of the Imperial Army as a whole. Their directional psionic restraint technology was lacking, and at this distance, the Melovans' warships appeared to be lacking in firepower, which was why these fearless foes began to push forward despite the Imperial Army's ferocious cannons.
On the surface, everything on the battlefield was' developing as usual '. Both sides were pouring out as much firepower as they could, and one side was closing in on the other. Psionic torrents and flashes of explosions lit up the already scorching space clouds, and the energy radiation released could be detected from thousands of light years away. But if Barrian was personally watching the battlefield, he would have guessed that his follow-up forces had been discovered.
When the Imperial Fleet reduced the number of assault fleets and began to quietly change the fleet's formation, Barrian should have known that his plan had been exposed. As long as he was not a fool, he would be able to see that. But what more and better decisions could he make? Of course not. The arrow was nocked on the bowstring, and he should have known that his follow-up forces had fallen into the Imperial Army's eyes. Now, everything had to continue, or the Melovans that were blocking our cannons would soon be completely annihilated, and the troops that he had hidden would soon be destroyed by the other Empire fleets. Ten minutes ago, we had already sent out orders to the other four warzones. Now, more Empire warships had abandoned the less valuable military nodes and were approaching the galaxy. Under Lin Xue's signal, their route had changed slightly, and they had almost brushed past Barrian's hidden fleet. Barrian definitely knew what that meant: he had to throw all his troops into this meat grinder, or they would be defeated one by one. If he chose to face them head-on, he might be able to salvage the situation a little, and Barrian would probably choose this as the only way out.
The battle star map showed the current Milky Way and a few small galaxies around it. The military nodes that had been destroyed by the Imperial Army in the previous ambush were marked in gray, and the areas where the Imperial Army had established their bases were marked in bright blue, while the center of the Milky Way, where the flames of war were raging, was marked in a glaring red. There was another color on the map, which was a group of floating greyish-white spots of light. They were the enemy troops that Lin Xue had detected using her prophecy ability. This part of the army was well hidden, and our radar could not see their specific movements, so we could only vaguely mark them. At this time, Lin Xue was like a radar.
Now, those greyish-white spots of light were being chased by the blue arrows that represented the Empire's fleet, and they were rapidly leaping across the galaxy, gradually approaching the center of the Milky Way. Looking at such a scene, Shallow Shallow had an idea. "It looks like … they're herding sheep?"
"It's a pack of wolves chasing a flock of sheep." Liliana grinned, revealing her sharp little canine teeth. "I think Barrian's blood pressure must be very high right now. His army is being forced to the guillotine."
"I'm thinking, why did he let his regular army appear first, and act as bait?" Lin Xue raised her head and looked at the battlefield on the holographic projection. In the image from the spy probe, the Melovans' spaceships were advancing with great difficulty against the intense cannon fire. Their combined shields were constantly being pierced through and reconstructed, and every second, there were starships of all sizes turning into brilliant fireworks, mixing with the dense galactic clouds around them as they slowly fell towards the nearby giant stars under the influence of gravity. These so-called 'ambush fleets' that first appeared in the center of the galaxy, and were discovered by Sives at the first moment, now seemed to be just bait. They appeared here to attract the main forces of the Imperial Army, while Barrian's main forces and the slave races came late. I just felt that something was wrong.
Shouldn't the slave armies be the bait?
"To him, the slave armies are the same as his own citizens." A deep baritone voice sounded from the communicator at the side. I turned to look and saw that it was Turazzo online. Lin Xue nodded at me. "I called Old Turazzo online. He knows Barrian well, so he can roughly guess what's going on."
Turazzo was already used to being called 'Old Turazzo', so he wasn't surprised at all. He nodded and said calmly, "To Barrian now, there are only two types of people in the world. The first is himself, and the second are slaves, coolies, tools, bargaining chips, and potential traitors. He sees everyone other than himself as the same type, and towards these people, he only carries out his self-proclaimed 'absolutely wise calculations'. As long as he can win, he doesn't mind using his personal guards as bait to fight the Empire's fleet head-on. He knows what kind of bait is the most effective. The Empire's wrath is all focused on the Mellowan army. If he sends a slave fleet that you have never seen before, or a normal army mixed with a large number of slave fleets as the vanguard, the bait's effect will be greatly reduced. So, he simply threw his second fleet out for you to attack. Based on my understanding of him, Barrian knows how bad his situation is right now. He's fighting a battle that could end him at any moment. In this kind of situation, he'll only make sure that he has a 100% chance of survival. He won't care about anything else. "
"Because the Mellowans are attracting more hatred at this time, he threw one of his regular troops out as bait." I could roughly understand this kind of madness, but I couldn't agree with Barrian's cold-blooded style. "It seems that he knew from the start that he would not be able to hide his troops in the Silver Heart from the Imperial Army. These troops would never be able to take on the heavy responsibility of a surprise attack. They knew from the start that they would be exposed."
"Barrian knows this, but he definitely didn't tell anyone." Turazzo smiled. "The army that you are facing now is a bunch of pitiful worms. They don't know anything. Barrian's order to them was to secretly gather and attack you. They won't even know that they have been abandoned from the start."
I raised my eyebrows. "It seems that your intelligence network isn't that bad after all."
"The conservatives aren't completely useless." Turazzo spread his hands. "At least we still have some people hidden in the army. There are some old fellows that even Barrian can't just casually touch."
At this moment, the mainframe of the flagship finally sent out the 'long-awaited' alarm. "Warning, warning, large-scale coordinate replacement detected at the coordinates of E35X1, F15C2, and F16D2. A large number of enemy troops are about to enter the battlefield."
The Mellowans, who were being chased by the Empire's fleet, finally had no other choice but to resolutely jump into the Silver Heart meat grinder that was already rumbling in operation. I didn't know what Barrian's expression was at that moment, but Visca had a bright smile on his face.
"As expected, this is the fleet that Barrian originally wanted to use as the main attacking force. Those are probably the slave spaceships used as meat shields." Lin Xue glanced at the holographic projection and saw a large number of miscellaneous spaceships that were different from the Mellowan starships. These spaceships were the first to appear near the jump point. The decorations of these spaceships were messy, and their models and styles were all strange. Even their formation seemed to have been assembled at the last minute. These messy, miscellaneous spaceships seemed to be driven by something terrifying. They swarmed out from the jump point and charged towards the Imperial Army's formation like headless flies. In the process, some spaceships even disintegrated halfway through their flight!
Those spaceships looked abnormally simple and broken. Their bodies were pitiful and their shields were weak. I even suspected that they were using conventional engines as their main power source. These spaceships fell out of the formation as soon as they appeared. Then, they were torn apart by the super-strong matter jets around them and the special super-gravity of the Milky Way Center. They were turned into scraps in space by the high-speed ion winds …
These spaceships were damaged to begin with! It was highly possible that they were already on the verge of disintegration during a certain mission. Barrian did not give them any chance to regroup. Instead, he drove all the slave spaceships onto the battlefield!
I guessed that it must be because the slave race behind these spaceships had low technology. Thus, they became worthless in Barrian's eyes. The latter completely treated them as a burden. This battlefield was used by him to burn "trash."
"F * ck, Barry is going crazy!" Liliana instantly exclaimed. We also felt that it was extremely inconceivable. However, at this moment, there was no time to lament over Barrian's crazy slave race policy. The enemy's group attack had already begun.
The Merlovan army, which was driven to the center of the Milky Way to engage the Empire's fleet head-on, had no other choice. They began to bombard all their firepower on our combined shield. The torrent of psionic cannons finally created a huge ripple on the Empire's shield. Because the Imperial Army that was chasing after them would soon enter the battlefield, these Merlovan spaceships that were driven into a corner tried to take down a few of their enemies with them before they died. This was very similar to the old Empire's spirit of not caring about their own lives. Meanwhile, the slave races that were driven to the battlefield were still charging over like bees. There were constantly spaceships that disintegrated halfway, destroyed by the deadly silver core environment or even by the cannon fire of the Merlovan army. Just like that, the Merlovan army was driven away by the Imperial Army. The slave fleets were driven away by the Merlovan army … This was a crazy battlefield!
The enemy's forces were mixed in with the slave fleets, charging forward under the latter's cover. As long as the Merlovan's reinforcements appeared at the jump point, there would definitely be a large number of slave fleets escorting them. Under such circumstances, of course, we could not use teleportation blockers. That would kill all the slave fleets.
If this was the era of the old Empire, perhaps those iron-blooded Empire soldiers would not hesitate to slaughter all the creatures in front of them … But now, they could not do that. So, to their surprise, the Merlovan army found that they were much luckier than the Admiral Class Carriers that had died in the dimensional turbulence. They were not killed in the jump process. Their commanders did not understand the new Empire. Perhaps they did not know why the ruthless Imperial Army would show mercy at this time. But they were still excited by such a good sign, thinking that they had found a better chance of survival. Well, that was where their joy ended.
When Lin Xue confirmed that the reinforcements would arrive on the battlefield in a few minutes, she nodded. "Turn on the amplifiers."
The technicians immediately began to adjust the starship's working mode. The onboard mainframe began to report the activation process of the relevant equipment. "Spirit interference amplifiers activating … Main energy network output direction changed. The ship's weapon system is offline, converting to mind control beacon form. Resonating crystal connected online. Preheating is good. Charging … Charging complete. Resonating crystal activated. Amplification component in good working condition. Received void infusion. Void circuit normal. Releasing mind control field … "
Tawil had been studying the crystals of Crystal Peak for a long time. Now it seemed that the new equipment she made using the crystals was working well. I could feel Sandora's presence permeating the entire bridge. It was as if I was bathing in the light of Ulysses Imperial Power back then. It was very warm and comfortable. But for the others on the battlefield, it would probably not be the same. I connected to Sandora's mental link. "The circuit is good. You can do whatever you want. Oh right, how far have you unfolded?"
Sandora's voice echoed in my mind. It was a little different from her usual tone. "Yeah, I can feel a lot of lost and unguarded souls … It's really delightful. Glory form is basically complete. You know, I unfolded it super quickly. And Shallow Shallow even helped to speed it up a little in the early stages. I thought it would take at least a week. I didn't expect it to be almost over now. You can come and take a look after the battle. I feel that my equator is a little swollen. I might need to lose some weight … "
"…" I was speechless.
It seemed that Sandora's side was progressing smoothly. This should be thanks to Shallow Shallow's power. She had now become even stronger, and could even interfere with the process of "Glory form" that was originally very difficult to interfere with. With Shallow Shallow's help, Sandora only took two days to basically complete the transformation. Even if she was an apostle who could transform quickly, this speed was still a little overpowered. This was also the reason why we started the all-out war against Mellois so quickly. From the beginning, we were not worried that Sandora's glory form would not appear on the battlefield in time. After all, Barrian could not possibly bring out all his trump cards to fight the Imperial Army on the third day, right?
"Void connection in stable operation. Psychic control field confirmed to reach predetermined range."
The mainframe broadcast on the ship announced that the Mellois' plan to use the slave fleet as a meat shield had ended. It was obvious that all the slave spaceships on the battlefield were suddenly thrown into chaos for a moment.
This was because Sandora's power had forcibly erased the "impurities" in the depths of the slave soldiers' will. In other words, their unfounded obedience to the Mellois and their distorted memories. When all these things disappeared, the captains and pilots of the slave fleet immediately fell into a state of confusion. It was as if they had just woken up from a nightmare that never ended since they were born. The unfounded worship of the Mellois "god" that was forcibly instilled in them since birth and the cruel rule of the Mellois in reality formed two conflicting ideologies that spread throughout the slave fleet, and the chaotic environment on the battlefield only exacerbated their confusion. I must say, for these slave fleets that had just regained their freedom, the current situation was not good. Everyone knew that you would die on the spot if you took a nap in a sports car at 120 kilometers per hour. And now, the pilots of these spaceships were taking a nap in a battleship that was flying at almost the speed of light, and these battleships were racing like a swarm of bees in the center of the galaxy. There were lethal matter jets and energy storms everywhere …
It was fortunate that Sandora was paying attention to the battlefield. Even powerful Soul Takers in their apostle form could control multiple targets at once, and now, these slave legions had no spiritual resistance at all. Soon, the disorderly slave fleet on the battlefield regained order and continued their charge towards the Imperial Army. This time, they did not open fire, nor did they care about the commands of the Mellois behind them. They did not even obey their own will: it was Sandora who was controlling the starship pilots to move closer to our own formation.
The slave fleet had no idea what the Xiling Empire meant, and probably did not know who they were fighting when they were driven to this battlefield by the Mellois. They were sent here in confusion, and we could not expect them to immediately seek refuge with the Imperial Army after regaining their free will. That was why we could only let Sandora 'guide' these lost lambs for the time being.
Meanwhile, the Mellois army's formation was now in chaos.
All the slave fleets defected in an instant … This situation could not be explained by any theory. I think the Mellois' commander must be dumbfounded now. They could not understand the situation before them, and the tanks and cannon fodder suddenly disobeyed their orders, rendering their original tactics useless. And in that moment of panic, the Imperial Army fired all their cannons.
"Lock down the battlefield, let Pandora and Visca out!" All the enemies had fallen into this meat grinder. I nodded in satisfaction and gave an order to the entire army. Two soft buzzing sounds could be heard beside me. The Pandora sisters, who could no longer endure the hunger and thirst of the giant cannons, jumped onto the battlefield like Qian Qian (see, our whole family can be used as an adjective for each other). Behind them were the equally hungry and thirsty General's Guards, or the Lunatic Bomber Squadron. This group of explosive maniacs rushed into the Merlovan Commander-class Aircraft Carrier Strike Formation. Without saying a word, they first summoned forty football fields worth of Spatial Implosion Bombs …
Everything was settled just like that.
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