Chapter 53: The Fisherman's Plan

Since the fleets of the Astral and the Swarm successfully converged on the outer part of the sapphire planet's star system, time on the Sapphire planet has passed three rotation periods.

During this time, both fleets have been sending intelligence units to collect information on the planet.

Judging from what they have so far, the astral fleet captured by the Sapphire Stars should be used by those guys as the planet's permanent patrol fleet.

However, because the Sapphire Planet had no moons, neither the Star Spirit nor the Swarm Scouts could get too close to observe the patrol fleet.

All they know now is that the combat power of this small fleet should have fully returned to normal levels, and it is definitely the natives of the sapphire planets who control them.

At the end of the reconnaissance work, they could no longer get more and more detailed information, so the Star Spirit Executive Harrens decided after consulting with the commander of the First Fleet of the Swarm Stokoff, that this joint combat operation codenamed "Project Fisherman" was officially launched!

The Star Spirit Fleet set sail at full speed, led by eight Glory Battleships that had just been delivered, leading a huge group of ships to launch a powerful attack on Sapphire Star from the front.

According to Harrens' presume, the fish-man natives on the sapphire planet are not technologically advanced in terms of detection technology, but the astral ships they captured have psionic matrix detectors with a wide range of accuracy and detection range.

So they will surely soon notice the third comeback of the Star Spirit Fleet, and then focus all their attention on the Star Spirit Fleet.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the First Fleet of the Swarm was able to make a detour from the shadows of another neighboring planet, which they had waited for so long, mainly while waiting for the two planets to pivot to the staggered position.

The First Fleet can use the asteroid belt at the edge of the galaxy to quietly cruise into the far side of the planet, and then use the planet as a cover to approach the battlefield from the flanks, just as the plan says, to give those fishmen an unexpected two-sided attack!

Before the First Fleet bypassed by, the Astral Fleet led by Harrlens was mainly responsible for holding off all the main Fishmen fleet and the small captured fleet in the front, and the length of time they were able to hold out determined how much chance the swarm had of being able to pull off a perfect left hook.

Of course, this is the most standard "Fisherman's Plan", and if something goes wrong in the plan, both good commanders should know how to resolve it.

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The huge Star Spirit Fleet rushed towards the Sapphire Fleet from the front, and such a big movement certainly couldn't hide the psionic matrix probes on those Star Spirit Battleships controlled by the fishmen.

The captured fleet on patrol immediately turned around, and all the ships in the fleet spread out in a longitudinal axis, and all weapon systems were aimed at the incoming Star Spirit Fleet!

At the same time, under the vast and boundless sea surface of the sapphire planet, colorful streamers began to light up, and as a large number of bubbles burst out of the seabed, tens of thousands of fish-man warships like colorful giant reefs slowly rose from the bottom of the sea.

They form three huge formations, connect the surrounding seawaters, and then quickly break free from the planet's gravity and break through beyond the atmosphere.

As soon as these colorful reef warships entered the planet's outer orbit, they protected the small fleet of astral spirits they controlled in it like hens guarding their chicks.

Obviously, these guys have realized the powerful advantage of the Star Spirit Battleship in long-range firepower, and they are ready to use the defensive advantage of their own battleship and the long-range firepower advantage of the captured fleet to complement each other to maximize their combat effectiveness.

Standing on the bridge of his flagship, Harrens, the commander of the Star Spirit Fleet, squinted at the enemies in the distance who were ready to meet them, he calmly gave orders to the fleet, and the entire fleet quickly changed its array under his orders.

Obviously, Harrens has long been mentally prepared for all the tactics that the opponent may use, and in the face of such a veteran of the Star Spirit, those fishmen who relied on their own technology to win the first two battles were obviously too tender.

Harrence was not in a hurry to attack, he knew very well that with the current firepower of the Star Spirit Fleet, it was not enough to penetrate the defensive line arranged by the reef warships wrapped in sea.

He summoned all the Glory ships to the front row of the fleet and ordered them to smash their hulls horizontally, and then all of them went into "plus-minus" defense mode.

All the Glory ships immediately carried out the order, and eight huge dumbbell-like golden battleships soon lay between the Star Spirit Fleet and the Fish-Man Fleet.

At this moment, the distance between the two fleets was exactly the farthest distance that the firepower of the Star Spirit Battleship could exert its power, and when the last Glory Battleship was in place, Harrlens did not hesitate to give the order to open fire!

The first wave of rage to unleash its fury on the Fish-Man Fleet was the Storm Battleship in the Star Spirit Fleet, countless high-energy particle balls of glittering white light dragging their long particle tails and smashing into the shield made of a large amount of sea water around the reef warship, and bursts of intense white light flashed alternately on the sea water shield.

However, as in the previous two battles, the Astral's energy weapons were of limited effectiveness against these sea shields, as the water bound near the reef ships seemed to be able to scatter energy and absorb the power of the beams or immaterial weapons that were fired.

However, Harlance, who had already expected this, did not care, he just ordered the fleet to drop anchor and stop advancing, and at this distance, he used long-range weapons to launch a fierce but ferocious bombardment of the fish-man fleet.

Joining in the fire were the Void Glow Ship and the Storm Battleship in the Star Spirit Fleet, while the Carrier and the Phoenix Fighter and two other types of warplanes hid behind the walls of the Glory Battleship and stood still.

Suppressed and bombarded by the Star Spirit Fleet with a range advantage, the Fish-Man Fleet soon couldn't sit still, although the Star Spirit's beam weapon didn't cause them any damage, but the problem was that they were pressed and beaten like this without fighting back, this is not their style!

So the fish-man fleet began to fight back, and the small fleet of stars controlled by the fishmen in the center protected by those reef warships began to fire back, and one by one prismatic beams and dazzling high-energy particle balls passed through the fire channel specially reserved for them by the water shield of the reef warships, and bombarded straight towards the star spirit fleet.

In the face of the enemy's counterattack, Harrens, the commander of the Star Spirit Fleet, waved his hand unhurriedly, and the eight Glory Ships in the front row immediately increased the operating power of the particle generators, and the particles of Liu Guangban formed a white cocoon-like shield on the surface of their hulls.

The next moment, the opponent's counterattack smashed the particle shield of the Glory Battleship, instantly setting off a huge energy shockwave that spread throughout the void!