Chapter 672: Decisive Battle
Power determines the right to speak, and this principle is also applicable in the Star Sea World.
Marshal Cunningham, as the military boss of the Federation, has always been known for his hard-line and radical style, but now with the absolute superiority of the military forces under his control, it has become inevitable that he will order the initiative to attack.
Zhao Xinglan knew this, and wanted to completely dispel the Tatilan Federation's covetousness for the empire's territory, and prevent them from suffering a loss, and those high-level members of the Federation who held the country's important weapons would not come to their senses.
The fleet on his face is indeed far inferior to the Federation, of course, with many high-level intelligent splits, plus more than 2,000 blades to help him, it is not a problem to win this battle.
There are eight wormholes in the star system where the imperial capital is located to communicate with the outside world, and it is the most important core hub of the entire star field and even the entire empire.
With Zhao Xinglan's current strength, it may be a little reluctant to hold the entire empire. Although when she entered the Imperial Capital Star Field, the few remaining defenders had already announced their surrender. But because there are too few people available, she doesn't have time to co-opt them now. Just let them each stick to their posts and wait until they survive the rest of the war.
"The Federation's Grand Fleet is already approaching the Imperial Capital, and after passing through three wormholes, we can encounter our Scout Fleet, we can wait for our work, choose the battlefield in the void near the star field, and give them a lesson that they will never forget!" Phantom Li suggested to Zhao Xinglan after comprehensively analyzing all the information.
Zhao Xinglan had no objection to this, the Federation fleet came from afar and fought away, and the so-called advantage may not be as great as they think. On your side, you just need to be prepared according to the plan.
Due to the successive wars with the Empire, the Federation's national strength has also been relatively large, and the 20,000 warships are already almost all of their elite mobile forces in the country, and it is basically impossible for the 10,000 warships left behind in the mainland to be transferred out. Although the new fleet is stepping up its training efforts, it is not a matter of a day or two to build up combat effectiveness.
So from Zhao Xinglan's standpoint, that Marshal Cunningham was so knowledgeable and rushed to her death, if she didn't treat the other party well, she would be sorry for her conscience.
The plan was decided, and the whole army began to take action. An hour later, five thousand battleships under the leadership of Zhao Xinglan left the star system and rushed towards the predetermined ambush site.
The situation in the Imperial Capital Star Domain has basically stabilized, most of the aristocratic officials have been arrested, and most of the rest are inclined to support the Restoration Organization. Although I can't fully trust them yet, I'm not afraid that they will turn over some tricks under my nose.
in the Federation fleet.
“…… If we can capture Her Majesty the Empress alive in this battle, there will be no doubt that the Restoration Organization will collapse, and perhaps the entire territory of the Empire will be incorporated into the federal territory in the future, right?" Cunningham looked at the star map in front of him, expectantly.
His subordinate Burundian general frowned and said, "That being said, we still have to be careful." The other party knows that his strength is far inferior to ours, but he still dares to take the initiative to meet it, and he may have something to rely on. ”
"Are you saying that they will have foreign aid? However, according to the analysis results of the intelligence department, the mercenary groups in the surrounding star fields have not undertaken the business entrustment of the Restoration Organization, and several countries of sufficient weight have also shown no signs of interfering, so the enemy we are facing is only those 5,000 warships. Marshal Cunningham said disappreciatively.
What's more, there is another point that needs to be explained: the Federation's warships generally have certain advantages in key technical indicators such as tonnage, speed, and firepower intensity, and in the past, when Mosukha I was still in power, the empire's warships suffered a lot of losses, so Cunningham felt that there was no need to question the results of this battle, and he was here to reap the merits.
More than twenty minutes later, the next wormhole was in sight. The forward fleet immediately released a large number of unmanned probes to teleport over to investigate the situation.
This place is already adjacent to the Imperial Capital Star Domain, and Cunningham is still very cautious, not wanting his battleship to be buried in that kind of low-level door-blocking tactics.
After a while, the probe sent back the news that everything was normal, and after several more confirmations, the Grand Fleet began to transmit.
In the depths of the void, thousands of reconnaissance detachments quietly approached the Federation fleet with the help of special concealment methods, sending back a steady stream of all kinds of information they observed.
The 20,000 iron-gray warships were lined up in a tight formation, the forward fleet was about ten light-seconds away from the main formation, and on both sides of the fleet were groups of armed reconnaissance ships patrolling around, and all kinds of high-power detection equipment were turned on, closely monitoring all the winds and grasses in the surrounding airspace.
It can be seen that the level of Marshal Cunningham is still quite good. And from the energy reaction, the caliber of the main gun, the acceleration performance, and so on, it can be inferred that this is indeed the elite army of the Federation. If it suffers a heavy setback here, it will be difficult for the next Federation to recover for a long time.
After a while, the Grand Fleet rushed over.
Zhao Xinglan looked at the images sent back by the reconnaissance splits, nodded and said, "The time has come, notify the whole army and go to battle!"
Soon, the Federation fleet discovered the traces of the Imperial fleet, and from behind an uninhabited planet tens of lightseconds away, groups of warships appeared one after another, quickly changing formations in the void, and swooped towards the Federation fleet.
Because they fought from the flank and rear of the Federation fleet and outflanked it, and the speed of the assault was a bit unreasonable, the Federation fleet was faintly passive from the beginning.
A few minutes later, the Imperial fleet, which came into range, opened fire first, destroying hundreds of Federation warships in the first salvo.
"Shoot back immediately and try to eliminate them as soon as possible!"
A grim smile appeared on the corner of Cunningham's mouth, the Imperial side only had five thousand warships and dared to come and play a head-to-head duel with him, so he didn't mind teaching the other party a good lesson.
The fleets of both sides fiercely exchanged fires in the void, millions of beams of destruction shuttling back and forth, but the vast majority of the attacks fell in the air.
Although the number is far inferior to that of the other party, with the assistance of many high-level intelligence splits, the accuracy of the imperial fleet is extremely high, and the maneuver evasion and formation change are just right. As soon as the battle began, it had the upper hand, and more than 20 salvos were fired, and nearly 3,000 warships had been destroyed, but its own losses were less than 500.
Cunningham gritted his teeth and gave orders repeatedly, finally straightening out the fleet formation, and then launching a counterattack again, but was covered by several rounds of firepower from the Imperial fleet and couldn't raise his head.
The brilliant fireworks formed by the explosion of a large number of warships illuminated the cold and dark void, but most of the fireworks were in the camp of the Federation fleet.
"This ...... How is that possible?"
Cunningham's eyes widened and he stared fiercely at the star chart, making sure he was not mistaken.
His heart overflowed with a ridiculous feeling, how could a ruined and unreasonable restoration organization suddenly have such a powerful and unreasonable fleet?
"Marshal, it seems that they really have some kind of unknown hole cards. The Burundian admiral said nervously.
"What kind of means could have brought about such an incredible result?" asked Cunningham with annoyance.
No one answered his question, and the Imperial fleet on the opposite side changed into a complex formation in the void, and after a salvo of the main guns of a group of battleships, it would immediately withdraw from the firing range, replace the next wave of fleet tops, and wait until the main guns were fully charged, and then attack closely. The whole process is tightly coordinated, busy but not chaotic.
"I don't believe I can't deal with them!"
Marshal Cunningham cursed repeatedly, and tried all kinds of tricks to fight back, but to no avail.
More than an hour after the battle began, the battle loss ratio between the two sides reached an astonishing 1:10, and more than 6,000 warships on the Federation side had been turned into space fireworks forever.
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