With the addition of the Federation fleet, the retreat of the Blue Flame Insect Tide was greatly delayed.

The Federation fleet launched an over-the-horizon attack from a long distance, and once the Insect Tide counterattacked, the Federation Fleet immediately withdrew far away, relying on the advantage of speed to bully the Insect Tide.

"It's a pity, the hit rate of over-the-horizon attacks is too low, otherwise, if this continues, it may not be possible to wipe out this insect tide!" Zhang Rui looked at the hit rate of the energy cannon on the command screen and said with some regret.

Over-the-horizon attack is only far away from the visual attack, in the era of the earth, human beings have mastered this attack method, to thousands of kilometers, tens of thousands of kilometers away from the target projection weapon attack, the use of telescope device in the visual can not see the target outside the distance to launch, or, the use of other monitoring equipment to assist in the launch, usually can only attack a fixed target, or, the flight trajectory is locked, and can not escape the target of the attack range.

In the interstellar battlefield, over-the-horizon attacks have become a regular method, and the warring sides are often tens of millions of kilometers, hundreds of millions of kilometers, or even light-years away, and at the same time, they have extremely agile speeds, which makes the hit rate of over-the-horizon attacks seriously and dramatically reduced.

Now the Federation fleet is more than 100 million kilometers away from the insect tide to launch an over-the-horizon attack, even if the speed of light, to reach the location of the insect tide, it will take a few hundred seconds, with the speed of the blue flame insect, it is enough to escape the range covered by the over-the-horizon attack giant.

"General, should the ship group get closer? The insect tide is too big, and it will be more difficult to keep them than expected. Professor Bormai frowned and looked at General Chen Xiaolin.

"It's okay, let's leave it at that! There are still a small number of Purple Flame Ice Worms in the insect tide, and they don't rely on getting close. General Chen Xiaolin frowned and shook his head.

At this moment, Zhang Rui, with big eyes, looked at the holographic screen and shouted anxiously: "General, the insect tide has divided its troops, one group is rushing towards us, and the other group is retreating quickly." ”

"See, turn around, dodge them. General Chen Xiaolin ordered.

"Ahh

"I said it, turn around and dodge them!" General Chen Xiaolin's face turned pale, raised his voice, and ordered.

"Obey, General!" Zhang Rui's face turned pale, and he immediately responded.

Immediately, the Federation fleet reversed course, flew at full speed, and decisively fled from its place, avoiding a head-on encounter with the insect tide.

After the small insect tide could not catch up with the Federation fleet, it retreated and merged with the insect tide in front of it.

Soon, the Federation fleet went and returned, like a cowhide plaster, obscenely and unrelentingly pestering this insect tide, never engaging it head-on.

Time passed day after day.

The fleet of the Federation and the fleet of the Solatta civilization have waged a kraft candy-like harassment war against the insect tide, and they will not engage them head-on.

The insect tide seemed to see through their intentions, and did not entangle with them too much, and accelerated their retreat towards Bourlo.

As time passed, the insect tide got closer and closer to Bourlo.

The Federation fleet, the flagship command room, the atmosphere of the scene was solemn, and after more than fifty days of day and night entanglement, the insect tide finally returned to Bourlo.

"General, we have already detected the movement of the Purple Flame Ice Worm Tide on the planet Bourlo coming to this side, we still have two days, if we don't stop them, once we let them converge, we will have no chance to stop them. Zhang Rui looked at General Chen Xiaolin and reminded.

"Got it, then let them go! General Chen Xiaolin nodded and commanded.

What the?

Just let them go?

"General, once this insect tide returns, they will soon evolve into Purple Flame Soldiers!" Zhang Rui's face changed, he looked at General Chen Xiaolin, and solemnly reminded.

General Chen Xiaolin smiled slightly: "Didn't we achieve the purpose of this battle! Now you can go back, everyone has been tired recently, and now you are allowed to start resting." ”

"Mission accomplished!"

The officers looked at each other, a little surprised.

In the whole process of the battle, they almost never had a head-to-head confrontation with this insect tide, and they all used over-the-horizon to attack, which only delayed the return time of the insect tide a little, and caused a small number of casualties to the insect tide, which was a world of difference from their previous battles.

"General, is it because of those 5,000 third-generation intercontinental ships?" Zhang Rui looked at General Chen Xiaolin and asked in surprise.

"Yes, we've greatly slowed down the evolution of the Bug Tide, and if we take charge of the next battle, we won't have to fight the Bug Tide to the death. General Chen Xiaolin smiled and nodded.

"Ahh

"Is the third-generation intercontinental ship really so powerful?

“……”

Hearing this, all the officers were surprised and asked one after another.

"General, it's General Miller's communication!" At this time, Zhang Rui reported to General Chen Xiaolin.

"Take it!" General Chen Xiaolin said immediately.

Zhang Rui acted as ordered, and in the next second, the image of General Miller appeared on the command big screen.

"General Chen, did you give the order to retreat?" asked General Miller as soon as he appeared.

"Yes, General Miller, the Purple Flame Ice Worm Tide has been dispatched, and it is too risky to continue to follow up, we can almost retreat. General Chen Xiaolin confirmed.

"If we let this insect tide return to Bourlo, will our previous sacrifice still be meaningful?" Hearing this, General Miller's face changed, and he immediately asked.

In the previous battle, the Federation fleet paid a huge sacrifice to eliminate the Blue Flame Insect Tide, and now another Blue Flame Flame Insect Tide is about to return to Bolo Star, they are fortunate to have worked hard for so long, but they are afraid that the entire Insect Tide will complete its evolution, not to mention that from the beginning of the battle, the war between the Soratus civilization and this Insect Tide broke out, it is precisely because of the sudden evolution of the Insect Tide that they have fallen to the point where they need to ask for help from the Galactic Alliance, and the heavy price paid can be imagined.

Now, once the Blue Flame Insect Tide returns to Bourlo, all their previous efforts will be in vain, which is why General Miller has become so eager.

"How could it be pointless!We've done everything we can to successfully delay the evolution of the Blue Flame Worm, so it's good to let the reinforcements take care of the next battle. General Chen Xiaolin smiled understandingly and replied.

"This ...... Isn't there only 5,000 warships in reinforcements this time?, and they can take down the entire insect tide without us going into battle?" General Miller asked with some concern on his brows.

"Quality can wipe out the quantitative advantage, don't worry! We will win this war!" General Chen Xiaolin smiled slightly and said confidently.

Chen Xiaolin said so, and General Miller could only nod: "Okay! I'll wait and see!"

Soon, the fleets of the Human Federation and the Soratus civilization withdrew from Bourlo, and began to rest and wait for reinforcements to arrive.

The soldiers of the Federation fleet ushered in a rare vacation, except for the soldiers on duty who needed to supervise the work of the maintenance robots, almost all the soldiers began to relax their tense nerves.

Huge interior of the intercontinental ship, basketball court, football field, swimming pool, virtual game room,...... , all kinds of entertainment facilities, everything, the soldiers on vacation, some sweating on the court, some lying on the deck chairs to rest,...... , everyone has a lazy smile on their faces.

After a life-and-death battle, the soldiers rarely enjoyed this happy time and cherished it extraordinarily.

On the bar counter, soldiers and officers gathered together in twos and threes, drinking and discussing something.

"Captain, the reinforcements are still 5 days away, don't you really need us to go to the battlefield?" Zhang Kai took a sip of the cocktail in the glass, and asked their captain Li Qiang with some concern.

"Yes! The battle began immediately, and without the immediate cancellation of the holiday, the soldiers would not have been able to regain their combat effectiveness in such a short time. Colonel Potter looked at Li Qiang and agreed.

Li Qiang smiled slightly, looked at his subordinates and comforted: "Everyone put your heart in your stomach! Since the general let you rest, you should rest well, and you don't have to worry about the next battle, everyone has worked hard during this time." ”

During this time, he did not know how many times he had answered the questions of his subordinates, in fact, even he himself was surprised by this sudden holiday, and could not imagine that General Chen would give such an order.

The only reason is that General Chen is full of absolute confidence in the 5,000 third-generation intercontinental ships, and there is no need for them to intervene in the battlefield at all, otherwise how could he give such an almost absurd order to let the soldiers rest in wartime.

Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, of course it is best not to fight, interstellar warfare is extremely cruel, once the battleship is heavily damaged by enemy fire, their chance of survival is almost zero.

"Captain, captain, reinforcements, reinforcements have arrived ahead of schedule!" At this time, a soldier on duty hurriedly ran to Li Qiang and reported excitedly.

With a "bang", Li Qiang Huoran stood up, looked at the soldiers who came to report, and excitedly ordered: "Quick, quickly gather everyone to the large conference room to watch this battle." ”

"Understood!" the soldier on duty nodded happily and ran out in a hurry.

Li Qiang and his entourage followed and rushed straight to the large conference room.

Soon, the light watch worn on the soldier's wrist responded to the summoning signal.

The faces of the soldiers who were resting changed in unison, and they stopped entertaining and leisure, and ran straight to the large conference room.

"What's going on! Are you going to fight?"

"It's a call signal, not a combat signal, it shouldn't be a combat mission!"

"After the call, after announcing the cancellation of the vacation, isn't it the same to prepare for battle!"

“……”

The soldiers hurried to the large conference room in droves, whispering along the way.

This vacation should have been long, and they have repeatedly confirmed to their superiors that there will be no change in this vacation, but who knows, it has not been long! Suddenly, the call signal came, and the soldiers could not help but feel a little dissatisfied.

However, it is the duty of soldiers to obey orders, and after the soldiers arrived at the large conference room, they couldn't help but stop complaining, and sat under the conference stage one by one, looking at their captain Li Qiang without squinting.

Sensing the emotions on the soldiers, Li Qiang smiled slightly, and hurriedly reassured: "Everyone, please rest assured, this time we are not calling everyone to announce the cancellation of vacation, but to let you watch a battle." ”

As soon as the voice fell, Li Qiang's figure shifted, and the holographic screen behind him projected a starry sky.

I saw that a silver light was speeding forward in space, the speed was almost the speed of light, emitting a dazzling light, making it impossible to see its true face.

The soldiers' eyes widened and they were confused.

"It's the Bumut system in the background, right? They should be near Planet Seventeen, Gorlow. ”

"Haha, I know who they are, our reinforcements have arrived early!"

"That's right, the planet they threw over is a giant gas star, and that's the eighteenth planet of the Bumut system!"

"Wow, they're so fast, the tunnel monitors can't even get as fast as theirs. ”

“……”

The conference room was in chaos, and the soldiers looked at the picture on the holographic screen and guessed excitedly.

The speed of the silver streamer was very fast, and in a blink of an eye, it had already swept past the eighteenth planet and was rapidly approaching them.

The image on the holographic screen suddenly changed, and the galloping fleet suddenly began to slow down, eventually maintaining a relatively static speed in space, and then lined up one by one to form a circle.

"Hey, why did they stop moving forward?"

"yes, what do you mean by putting this formation? They're ready to attack?"

"Ahh

"No! I guess it's adjusting!"

“……”

The soldiers' eyes widened and they stared intently at the large holographic screen, and they all began to speculate in surprise, but they did not understand why the fleet stopped advancing in the middle of the way.

Just when the soldiers were puzzled by this, the fleet changed again, and the muzzle of each battleship split in half at the bow of each battleship, red energy could be seen constantly converging, emitting a dazzling ball of light.

"Ahh

"Their location is at least three billion kilometers away from Bourlo! Who are they trying to fight!"

"Is there a mistake! Attack from this position?"

“……”

Seeing the fleet forming an attack formation and the main guns beginning to gather a large amount of energy, the soldiers opened their eyes wide and shouted in disbelief, all shocked by the strange behavior of this fleet.

The soldiers held their breath as they missed the magnificent image of the fleet's attack.

However, something unexpected happened to the soldiers, the energy of the main ship guns of the fleet gathered to the peak, and the red energy group suddenly disappeared without a trace, and the fleet resumed its appearance of starting to gather energy.

"Phew, nothing!"

"This hasn't started yet, is this soft?"

"What's the use of just swinging momentum?

"What the hell is going on? Is it the failure of the main gun's energy gathering?"

……

Seeing the inexplicable situation of the fleet, there was a boo from the audience, and the soldiers cheered one after another, very disappointed in the fleet.