There should be many variables on the battlefield. At the very least, from what I could remember, none of the battles that I had experienced had been won smoothly and methodically. We would always encounter unexpected situations, all sorts of twists and turns, and only then would we be able to call it a day. However, this time, the entire battle seemed to be going according to plan. I didn't mean that the battle this time wasn't intense enough, but … how should I put it? As expected, the enemy didn't suddenly reveal a bunch of trump cards at the very end, nor did the third wave of the Fallen Apostle's reinforcements suddenly appear in the middle of the battle. There was also no sudden eruption of the Abyss somewhere on the battlefield. Such a situation on a normal battlefield was really hard to adapt to.
I was almost f * cking suffering from a nervous breakdown from this ridiculous fate.
"Dad?" Xiaoxue's confused voice came from the side, interrupting my random thoughts. "Should we launch an all-out attack?"
I shook my head forcefully and looked at the holographic projection before me. After a desperate battle, the Fallen Apostles were finally unable to maintain their ferocious offensive. Although they were savage, they weren't invincible monsters. Now that the enemy's combined shield had been weakened to an extremely dangerous state, they had no choice but to pull back their defenses and stack their remaining fortress ships around the flagship formation. The spaceships on the periphery could only fend for themselves. Although the Imperial Army had suffered greater losses, they were already at an absolute advantage. Now, Sives had ordered the main army to focus all their firepower on the enemy's combined shield, hoping to destroy the Fallen Apostle's flagship in the last few waves of attacks. Meanwhile, the expeditionary warships on the flanks of our army were coordinating with the interstellar storm formed by tens of thousands of spellcasters to deal with the enemy's other warships.
I exhaled and gave the order for the all-out attack.
All the warships of the Imperial Army immediately opened fire, no longer holding back the power of their reactors. The assault ships that had retreated from the previous round of attacks and had completed their repairs rushed out of the hangar once again. They coordinated with the bombardment of the main cannons to kill the remaining enemy spaceships. The servant army made a large detour from the outer edge of the battlefield. After a few consecutive space jumps, they appeared at the rear of the Fallen Apostles' formation. These 'miscellaneous troops' who were weaker than the regular army were able to erupt with equally terrifying combat power at this moment. Furthermore, their completely unconventional fighting style was the best weapon to disrupt the Fallen Apostles' retreat.
The enemy's capital ships were completely exposed to the cannons' firing range. I could clearly see the huge black spaceships through the images from the probes. Among them, the most eye-catching was a special battleship that may have been modified from an Eternal-class mothership. This space fortress was the only one that was unscathed among the wounded comrades around it. It had an unpleasant black and red paint, a long axis of hundreds of kilometers, and an unusually large central module: it may be a modified auxiliary facility of the Legion. Clearly, this was the flagship of the Fallen Apostle. The main cannons of the Imperial Army and the main cannons of the expeditionary class' Corona 'class bombarded the enemy's joint shield, producing a huge explosion that illuminated the flagship, making the black spaceship look like a monster quietly hibernating in flames.
The battleships around it exploded one after another, tens of kilometers of flames slowly licking the cold outer shell of this huge black spaceship. A galactic volley once again pierced through the Fallen Apostle's joint shield. A frontier class fortress spaceship disintegrated due to overload a hundred kilometers away from the flagship, the scattered twisted metal shooting at the former's face. However, that space monster was still silent. All of its main cannons were now silent, and only the faintly glowing energy release grilles indicated that those main cannons had previously roared. After this steel behemoth fell silent, it seemed to be thinking, or perhaps it was someone in its body that was thinking, what would this thing do in the next second?
The several-kilometer-thick interstellar alloy and thick psionic barrier, in addition to the vast distance in space, separated me from the commander on that starship in layers. I did not know what the other party was thinking, and even more so, I did not know what kind of enemy it was, but this did not prevent my various thoughts from running wild.
What kind of person was that? He brought such a huge fleet here, and fought against the Imperial Army in a huge but meaningless battle. He suffered two heavy setbacks because of the Imperial Army's unexpected tactics and mistakes in the report. Now, there were not many troops left at his side that could be commanded, and now, he ordered all of his starship's cannons to be shut down, as if he had already given up on counterattack. However, just like every living creature with the word 'Schilling' in their name, he similarly refused to surrender.
The strange feeling before the start of the battle attacked again. Previously, it had momentarily disappeared due to the tense atmosphere, but now that the battle was coming to an end, I could not help but feel that the appearance of the Fallen Apostle was inexplicable, and this battle was also inexplicable.
Just as the sense of incongruity rose to a certain level, an officer's loud report echoed in the command center. "Attention! The enemy's fleet has resumed activity! They have discarded their secondary weapon modules … Repeat! They have discarded their secondary weapon modules! They are overloading their shields! The enemy is overloading their shields! "
The metal monster, which had been silent for a few minutes under the bombardment, finally seemed to wake up from hibernation, and slowly moved, along with the escort formation next to it. On the surface of those black-and-red giant ships, the disposable secondary weapon devices were blown away in a series of explosions, and all the energy began to be concentrated on the ships' main cannons and shields. Then, they began to accelerate in the face of the Imperial Army's cannons, and in the blink of an eye, they switched to superluminal drive mode.
The enemy's fleet was the only group of spaceships that remained relatively intact in the entire fleet. Now, they suddenly abandoned the secondary weapon modules used for close defense and fire support, and turned all the energy to the main cannons and shields. This obviously desperate action immediately raised the onboard mainframe to a level of alertness.
The black-and-red painted Abyssal warships began to attack, overloading the main cannons and firing at high speed at all costs. It was as if they had completely given up on returning. Under such circumstances, they actually fought head-on with our army. The enemy ships burned their shield generators at the cost of withstanding the galactic fire from the Imperial Army and quickly left their position. As these giant warships moved forward, space gradually distorted. The distant and dim starlight and the flashes of the cannons spread along the distorted path, gradually entangling a section of the tubular passage that was hundreds of kilometers wide in front of the spaceships. It was as if a strange mercury column had appeared in space. This was a phenomenon produced by forcibly activating a warp jump in a very low-stability space environment. Now, no matter which spaceship of the two sides was at war, as long as the warp function was activated, such a distortion would occur. Similar 'mercury columns' were everywhere on the battlefield. They looked beautiful, but they were the harbingers of space about to shatter. But now, no one cared about this.
At this moment, the enemy's fleet had rushed into the distorted passage and disappeared in a flash.
The next second, they appeared in an area only 160,000 kilometers in front of the Imperial Army. This was the effective range of the enhanced gravity trap generator used for defense. The huge black warships hit an iron wall here and could not continue to warp forward.
At this time, if we still did not know what these fallen apostles were going to do, then we would have fought this bunch of lunatics for nothing. In fact, since I met the Shiring Apostles, I should have known what they were going to do in this situation: That's right, fearless self-destruction.
"Block them!" Before I could say anything, Xiaoxue had already made a decision and shouted. She raised her right hand high and made a slashing action. "In the name of my father! Block them! "
Then, I heard a high-pitched voice that was just as energetic as Xiaoxue's and had a hint of a gangster's tone. "That's right, in the name of Xiaoxue's father, block these enemies!"
I turned my head and saw Icetis leading the five Protoss Cops towards the teleportation device. Everyone, except for the stupid dragon with a wingspan of several hundred meters, had already entered their God form. Four glorious rogues were leading a strangely strong woman who had her head lowered and her head shrunk as they strode forward. Their bodies were brimming with an air of joy as if they were going to crack open someone's head.
This was the Fallen Apostles' last counterattack. I was certain of this when I saw their flagship charging over and preparing to self-destruct. To be honest, on a battlefield where there was no chance of survival, warriors who perished together with the enemy were worthy of respect. Even the Fallen Apostles were no exception. We were enemies, and the Fallen Apostles had committed many evil deeds. But that didn't stop me from recognizing the bravery and fearlessness of their warriors. However, in this command hall, not a single person would be moved by the scene before their eyes, not even the gentle and tranquil older sister. On the battlefield of the empire's conquest, Martyr's Explosion and Decisive Charge were things every soldier with the name of Xiling could do. It wasn't the first time we faced this type of enemy who intended to take us down with them in a vicious battle against the Fallen Apostles. In fact, almost every single battle against the Fallen Apostles would end in such a self-destruction. Regardless of whether it was the New Empire or the Fallen Apostles, they had almost never managed to capture the other party's captives.
When faced with the several dozen black and red warships in the holographic projection, I could only silently sigh that their bravery couldn't be used in the right way. Then, I gave the order for the entire army to open fire. They definitely couldn't be allowed to continue advancing.
Even though the enemy was stopped by the gravitational trap, unable to continue forward through hyperspace, their normal speed was still extremely fast. For Schilling technology, a distance of 160,000 kilometers was a distance that could be covered in an instant. The enemy warships faced the Imperial Army's ferocious cannon fire. The remaining twenty-six Frontier Fortress Warships formed a one time but extremely powerful combined shield. The remaining Eternal Motherships that were riddled with scars clustered around their flagship, releasing the last of their reactor's energy. In the face of such a ferocious final counterattack, the regular army would certainly fall into a certain degree of panic. However, the Imperial Army was a creature of war that had almost no emotions in battle, and would calmly respond to any ferocious enemy. A powerful combined shield had already been set up in front of the Empire Admiral, and the escort fleet launched an equally ferocious counterattack with the assistance of the fleet that had returned from the flank. The expeditionary warships opened their fortress missile silos, and the X-3 "Gravedigger" and X-4 "Death Knell" used the crudest method to quickly deplete the enemy's shield. Pandora and the Visca sisters made use of their superior mobility and the advantage of being hard to lock onto to circle behind the enemy's back. Floating cannons that blanketed the sky were like a pack of wolves gnawing on the black and red Abyssal warships.
"The enemy's shield is abnormally strong …" Xi Wei suddenly realized something. "Those might be the same as the Avenging Angels, a T2 spaceship! The Fallen Apostles also have T2 spaceships! "
Alright, the enemy would never be easy to deal with, especially the Fallen Apostles. They had finally used the technological heritage of the Old Empire to create even more powerful big guys. But now was not the time to discuss this. I quickly tugged at my sister, who understood tacitly.
The special ability of a Commander-level Apostle was the best way to break the enemy's special defense. Even though a single soldier's strength was usually unable to go against an army, sometimes, a strategic weapon was a strategic weapon.
My sister and I opened a teleportation door to outer space. Xiaoxue didn't say much, but only gave us a look of understanding. "Leave this to me. You guys be careful."
Then, she turned around and continued to get the soldiers to kill the enemy in her father's name.
My sister and I arrived in outer space. The first thing we did was to meet up with the five Protoss Bar, who had charged out first and were disoriented after colliding with the enemy's combined shield. Oh, it should be a four-man team. Only Elson and the other three weren't strong enough and seemed to have suffered quite badly from the rebound. Icetis, who was so strong that she could single-handedly destroy the world without using her Divine Power, only looked a little depressed.
"Damn, there's something strange about this shield." When Icetis saw my sister and me, she immediately rushed over and pulled us to a safer place. We were about a few thousand kilometers away from the enemy's battleships as she said angrily. I noticed that the advancing speed of the enemy's battleships had drastically slowed down. A strange shadow covered the surface of the huge battleships, giving them an uncoordinated … pause. It was like a video that was lagging due to poor internet speed. Icetis noticed my strange expression and explained, "Oh, that's Monina's power, Sylvan World. Now, the enemy is temporarily trapped in a shadowy space that is out of scale with the real world. They need to pay a 'journey' of tens of thousands of kilometers to advance one kilometer in the real world. But I'm afraid they won't be able to hold on for long. "
Only then did I notice that Monina wasn't present. It seemed that she was fighting with the shadows of the battleships in the shadowy world. Elson, who was standing by the side, gripped his greatsword tightly, looking worried. Icetis patted the shoulder of the masochist and sis-con. "Trust your sister!"
Elson was speechless.
Icetis realized that her words were a little ambiguous. She quickly corrected herself. "Oh, I mean trust your sister."
Everyone was speechless.
"F * ck, it's more or less the same." Icetis gave herself a slap. Then, she pressed down on my shoulder and pointed at the enemy's battleships that had been trapped in Sylvan World. "I have two plans. The first plan is for us to go up and dismantle the battleships. Don't be fooled by the fact that the shields of these battleships are very strong. My brick and this little dragon sister's iron head are not to be trifled with. If you let us go all out and fight, I am confident that we can dismantle these battleships until nothing is left. However, this is a bad idea. The second plan is to put in more effort. We will think of a way to snatch these battleships. Although I don't really understand, I reckon that the scientists under you will want to drag these battleships back for research. Alright, you choose. "
Was there even a need to choose?
I lifted my head to look at the battleships that were slowly advancing at the wrong scale. Icetis was right. No matter how strong their shields were, they were just ordinary shields. If we really wanted to destroy them, we could still destroy them with our extraordinary strength. However, the value of these battleships lay in their technology. The Fallen Apostle had obviously applied a new type of defense system on these capital ships. I could see that the rate at which these battleships' shields refreshed was almost three times that of a normal shield. Their combined shields had already been penetrated several times, but they would always recover before the next round of attacks. This was the reason why they had been able to charge all the way here despite the Imperial Army's bombardment. I wasn't sure if this new technology had matured yet. However, based on its application on the capital ships, the initial mass production of this type of shield wouldn't be a problem.
I needed these battleships. If I could successfully drag a few samples back, I would be able to understand what the Fallen Apostle had developed during the time when they were stuck in their respective technology trees. Now that the intelligence of the New Empire's Occult Forces had been exposed, we had to dig out the Fallen Apostle's technological progress in order to rebalance the intelligence situation between the two sides.
However, capturing a Schilling battleship was extremely difficult. We all knew that items that were related to Schilling had two great traditions. First, they were sturdy and durable, and second, they were quick to self-destruct. There were very few records of the Empire's equipment being captured by the enemy on the battlefield. Those deranged Imperial Army engineers even wished that they could install a self-destruct bomb in every toothbrush cup. They held onto the belief that the Empire's property was sacred and inviolable. Without the Emperor's orders, even the air in the Empire's territory had to be measured to prevent it from escaping. The Fallen Apostle was definitely not lacking in this aspect.
If they sensed that the situation was irreversible, they would definitely detonate their battleships without the slightest hesitation.
"You still remember Carter? How was Carlo captured alive? " My sister glanced at me. "I cursed them so that they would be unable to achieve any of their goals, including self-destruction. However, I need to get close to these battleships. You guys cover me. "
If it was in the past, my sister's curse power might have been limited. She wouldn't have been able to accurately curse every single enemy in the entire fleet. Even Carlo, who was captured alive back then, only took effect after the disaster beacon was placed on his body. However, my sister was no longer the same as before. She had already obtained the qualifications of a God. Her greatest improvement was that she was more adept at using her power. When Icetis heard her sister's words, her eyes immediately shone with golden light. This goddess who had been tormented by her period for a month had finally found a place to take revenge. "Yes, yes, yes. Let your sister go. Let everyone on the ship, regardless of gender or age, come to me …"
I was speechless.
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