Chapter 9: The Quagmire

The surging energy 'wave' suddenly completely tore the frigate apart, leaving no residue behind.

The destruction of this vast transport fleet kicked off a months-long mysterious attack.

On the first day alone, He's fleet encountered three medium-sized transport fleets of the same size, and annihilated them in one fell swoop.

From the next day, they followed the wolf pack tactics of the German army during World War II, casting a wide net along the possible shipping lanes of the entire mining area, and twenty warships were constantly cruising around, eating themselves if they encountered a small group of transports; If it is a medium fleet, gather three or four friendly ships nearby to encircle and annihilate it; If it is a super-large transport fleet, gather the strength of twenty warships and annihilate it in one go.

With the super combat power of the Star Shatterers and Star Patrollers, there is no need to be afraid of the regular army of the Holy See even on the frontal battlefield, and even the Cancer warriors of the Three-Faced Beast may not be weaker than them.

And even more so in the rear, fighting against these old-fashioned logistics supply ships?

The results of the battle were very fruitful, the Shattered Star Demon was born to be a mechanical monster good at destruction, and it only took a week to achieve the brilliant result of sinking 2,522 transport ships of all kinds, and it can be said that the entire channel has been half closed by them.

Among the savage transports of the mining companies, legends of terrifying ghost pirates have begun to circulate.

In the eyes of these captains, those pirates who come and go without a trace cannot be human at all, because no human fleet can have such advanced technology, and maybe those are all alien undead wandering between the stars to plunder their lives!

All of a sudden, everyone had no intention of working, and they were all scared by rumors!

The Holy See's Border Guard Fleet finally got the news and began to carry out focused patrols on the transport routes.

On several occasions they had come close to spotting the enemy, but when they arrived, they were still wreckage.

In this way, when they finally found this group of enemies who had been raging in the mining area for a long time, they did not take into account the possible difference in strength between the two sides, but gathered all the warships and followed the attack in one go!

In a sense, there is nothing wrong with such a tactic, and if the opponent is an ordinary pirate and the like, it is certainly not an opponent of the regular army of the Holy See.

Even if the two sides get into a fierce battle, at least they will be able to 'figure out' the true identity of the enemy, and reinforcements will naturally arrive later.

However, when the difference in strength between the two sides has reached a qualitative difference, this kind of behavior of going deep into the tiger's 'den' can only be explained as having courage and no strategy.

The resistance of the regular army of the Holy See was not much more troublesome than that of the transport fleet, those low-energy 'excited' light cannons could not penetrate the energy shield of the Star Clan at all, and for the first time, the orc warriors went on a killing spree on the former slave owners, using their blood to shine on the totems of their tribe, and let the glory of the orcs float in the wild starry sky!

After the First World War, there was no longer any military power of the Holy See in the entire wilderness mining area.

Due to the 'obscene' power of this "ghost pirate", the transportation of materials in the mining area has almost come to a standstill.

However, He Ruozhi knew that this would not last long.

In the past, the Holy See relaxed its vigilance against the mining areas was partly because the resources were mainly controlled by mining companies, and on the other hand, because the Holy See believed that the war could be ended as soon as possible by means of a quick decisive battle.

Now that the battle has become a tug-of-war, and his strength in this area has been completely ***, then the Holy See will definitely send a strong military force to confront him next, maybe there will be countless deified mechas!

However, he believed that this army would not come too quickly, because the Holy See would have to 'draw' and assemble troops from the already tense front, and he would not be able to move for a month.

It's a crucial month!

He Ruozhi no longer attacked those transport ships - in fact, there were not many transport ships left in the entire mining area, and He Ruozhi began to land directly on the mining planet.

The orcs on the mining planet have reached the point where they can't be contained, and all the orcs can see a little bit - if they don't rise up to resist, this protracted tug-of-war between humans will be the first to sacrifice their 'lives'!

The appearance of the ghost fleet has brought the human rule on the mining planet to its weakest stage, many people have flown back to the headquarters of the mining company, and many more have been enriched to the space frigate, because the number of slave overseers left on the mining planet has become very small. Slaves have killed overseers on many planets, and many have even taken possession of the mining planets altogether for several days.

For these slaves, however, the situation did not change radically, and the most important problem was food.

If you don't have enough food, you won't be able to survive even if you don't have to work!

At this time, Isaac and others fell from the sky.

Many of the slaves later recalled that Isaac's arrival was like the appearance of gods and demons, and those who flowed with the blood of half of the people like them could fly the majestic mech!

The turrets and automated chariots set up by the humans were like toys, and they were blasted into twisted twists in front of these orcs themselves, and the former slave owners ran around in panic, trying to find hidden corners, and huge warships fell from the sky, and these warships were actually sprayed with the orcs' own totems!

"Isaac, the liberator of all orcs! I will give every old man, child and 'woman' plenty of food, and I will give every family a warm house! From this day forward, there will be no more whips and overseers, and all your hard work will be rewarded in your pockets! ”

Isaac said this to all the slaves!

Almost all of them did not hesitate for a moment and decided to follow Isaac on the road.

The huge transport ships captured by Ho's fleet have now become the best means of carrying people.

The orc miners on hundreds of planets with the most important resources were sent to the transport ship one by one and sailed towards the Red Roar.

The mining bases they left behind were all blown into a pile of ruins by high-energy particle explosives, and Star Shatter also used missiles with heavy nuclear contamination to reprocess these mine holes.

For up to three years, the EMI index in these places will be above the danger indicator, and there is simply no mining mech that can be used here.

As for the orcs on the asteroids that could not be evacuated for the time being, they were all issued with armed mechas, making these defenseless orcs suddenly become formidable warriors.

In the upcoming bloody battle, of course, these warriors will not be able to defeat the opponent with the apotheosis mecha, but I believe that with their strength, they can do their best to consume the power of the Holy See.

It is not without cost to let these warriors fight hard, He Ruozhi left the last bit of empty space on the transport ship to the descendants of these half-orcs, and all half-orc teenagers under the age of sixteen were all brought on the spaceship.

"You will die in battle, but death is not worthless. Your blood will be exchanged for your own children, who will live as proudly as humans under the free sky in the future! ”

Isaac solemnly promised these people.

And the subordinates he brought with him also assigned many people to stay here to command. All of them had learned the basic skills of operational command, and although they had not yet reached the point of 'mastery', it was more than enough to snipe the enemy in the mines.

Lose the boat like this, and sail towards the red roaring star.

The mining bases they left behind were all blown into a pile of ruins by high-energy particle explosives, and Star Shatter also used missiles with heavy nuclear contamination to reprocess these mine holes.

For up to three years, the EMI index in these places will be above the danger indicator, and there is simply no mining mech that can be used here.

As for the orcs on the asteroids that could not be evacuated for the time being, they were all issued with armed mechas, making these defenseless orcs suddenly become formidable warriors.

In the upcoming bloody battle, of course, these warriors will not be able to defeat the opponent with the apotheosis mecha, but I believe that with their strength, they can do their best to consume the power of the Holy See.

It is not without cost to let these warriors fight hard, He Ruozhi left the last bit of empty space on the transport ship to the descendants of these half-orcs, and all half-orc teenagers under the age of sixteen were all brought on the spaceship.

"You will die in battle, but death is not worthless. Your blood will be exchanged for your own children, who will live as proudly as humans under the free sky in the future! ”

Isaac solemnly promised these people.

And the subordinates he brought with him also assigned many people to stay here to command. All of them had learned the basic skills of operational command, and although they had not yet reached the point of 'mastery', it was more than enough to snipe the enemy in the mines.

In the space of a month, the entire mining area seemed to have turned into a huge fortress full of stingers, and now there were no more half gentle miners, only angry warriors!

The army of the Holy See has finally arrived.

The one-month delay means that the size of this army, the Holy See mobilized more than 5,000 ordinary mechas, 1,000 deified mechas, and 800 Cancer warriors, respectively, on more than 2,000 star carriers, cruisers, destroyers, frigates, and assault ships, divided into two armies and entered the mining area.

In command of this force was Shabak, the deputy captain of the Sixth Squadron of the Crusader Knights, who was also a strongman with considerable strength.

Shabak cautiously estimated the strength, and he was very keenly aware that behind this operation there must be the political forces of the four star regions secretly supporting, so he waited for the retreating army from the front to be assembled, and then set off for the wilderness in the rear.

Shabak is good at frontal assault operations, and the strength of the fleet under his command accounts for more than one-fifth of the strength of the entire Holy See.

This also shows the importance that the top brass of the Holy See attaches to the rear supply lines.

In the face of such a large army, of course, the He fleet would not collide head-on with the enemy, they were like a drop of water integrated into the sea, completely disappearing into the vast sea of stars.

Shabak had expected this for a long time - every move of the political army of the four star domains was all under his own monitoring, so the scale of this rear 'riot' force could not be too large. A small detachment may be able to inflict a devastating 'sexual' blow on a transport force, but with a large force like him, it is completely impossible to confront it head-on. If he is the commander of the enemy, I am afraid that he can only retreat.

In the face of the disparity in strength, stratagem is a meaningless thing. This is also the reason why Sasdante sent him to fight, just hoping that he can wipe out all enemies in the rear with an upright army!

With this in mind, the vanguard of the Shabak fleet landed on the first planet in their path.