"But in most of the footage sent back by the probe, their numbers are actually decreasing. Moreover, the reduction far exceeds the amount we can eliminate. Atlas replied ambiguously.

"No, how is it possible, are you sure you are not mistaken?" After Zhou Xin, Spred followed and questioned.

After much confirmation, Atlas replied in the affirmative, "Yes, the number of enemy units is indeed decreasing at a rate that we cannot destroy."

"That's strange, how can it be reduced?" Dart muttered suspiciously, looking at the footage sent back by the probe.

At first, because the number of attackers in each picture was quite considerable, Zhou Xin and the others did not directly see the decrease in the number mentioned by the little girl. But after a period of observation, they still found some clues.

Of course, crowds don't have the ability to instantly count a large number of units on a moving image like Atlas. However, they found that some enemy units in the frame simply disappeared without looking back after turning around and distancing themselves from their own units, and finally slowly disappeared into the distance of the camera.

At this moment, everyone who discovered this phenomenon was all puzzled, and Spred even directly asked his guess: "Did the attackers who disappeared from the screen move in other directions-"

"Brother Captain, they have observed the footage of a few detectors staying on the periphery of the other party's encirclement." Before he could finish speaking, Spred's words were interrupted by Atlas, "It is true that many enemy units are withdrawing from the attack. With that, she switched the screen to the perimeter detector. In the picture, there are indeed many enemy units slowly withdrawing from the dense encirclement, and then they leave from different directions without looking back.

"Huh?" As soon as he glanced at the new image, Dart exclaimed in disbelief, and then he muttered, "Strange? How so? ”

"What's wrong?" Zhou Xin heard Dart's self-talk, and he asked aloud, "What did you find?" ”

"Let's not talk about the reason why the attackers retreated." Dart cupped his chin and said thoughtfully, "The way they're retreating now is too strange." Why is it a scattered and disorganized retreat? This is too inconsistent with the principle of retreat, and it is not only easy to cause chaos, but also easy to cause a decline in local combat effectiveness on the front. Could it be that the other party doesn't care about these at all? Although their underwater combat effectiveness is indeed strong, it is too bold to ignore us. At the end of the day, Dart's tone was even a little annoyed.

After listening to Dart's analysis, Zhou Xin also fell into thought, "Indeed, their retreat really seems too casual. Moreover, if the offensive continues, the other side can obviously win, but why did they retreat at this juncture? However, for the two doubts in front of him, none of the people present could answer.

After thinking about it for a while, Dart guessed with a solemn expression: "Do you think all this is the conspiracy of the other party?" Its purpose is to seduce us to take the initiative and thus distract our combat power? ”

"Maybe it's possible." This speculation made Zhou Xin frown, and after thinking about it, he opened his mouth and ordered: "Atlas, let our units not rush in, once the other party's encirclement expands to twice the size of the current one, immediately stop the pursuit, hold the defensive line and stand by."

"People know." The little girl answered.

Then, under the puzzled gaze of everyone in the command module, the attacker's retreat did not stop for a moment. Even as time passed, the pace of retreat slowly accelerated. From the initial Zhou Xin, they saw three or three twos, to the later ten or twenty planes retreating together, and then to the final group. The entire line of attack has not yet expanded to twice the size that Zhou Xin just explained, and the total number of attackers is only roughly half of the original one.

After another few minutes, according to Zhou Xin's previous order, all the units on the entire defensive line stopped advancing outward almost simultaneously. Soon, along with the defensive line, the opponent's offensive line was stopped.

However, it didn't take long for the unexpected situation to reappear in the picture. Without warning, the entire line of attack surrounding the mining site suddenly split into several parts of different sizes. After the split, they all abandoned their opponents, who were still in a tense confrontation, and walked in different directions. In this final retreat, the other party showed a high degree of order.

"This-" watched as the other person's figure gradually shrank on the screen, slowly turning into small black dots until it disappeared completely. Zhou Xincai asked with a hesitant tone: "Could it be that this is also a step in the other party's conspiracy——?

"Uh-" Dart didn't know what to say, and he could only respond vaguely, "Maybe—sort of." ”

"They—this is—gone——?" At this time, looking at the screen that was empty, only the seawater was left, Spred finally reacted, and he said in a daze, "I won't come back, will I——? In fact, it was not only him, but many people present also showed unbelievable looks on their faces.

Since he really didn't believe that the attackers would just leave, for the next nearly an hour, Zhou Xin still kept the entire defense line on high alert. It wasn't until the detectors monitoring the perimeter of the submarine shelter in the three tracked directions reported that the attackers had all returned, that he finally believed that the attack on the mining site was really over.

"What the hell are they doing?" After receiving the return of the probe in the last direction, Zhou Xin said with a smile, "It's inexplicable to come, and there is no reason to retreat, it won't be just to play with us." ”

"It's not enough to play with us." Dart shrugged helplessly, "It's not worth spending so much money just to play with us." I think they may have their own reasons for retreating—"

"Could it be that the reason for the other party's retreat is because of our unexpected counterattack just now?" Because the threat disappeared for the time being, the atmosphere in the command cabin relaxed, and then Spred said casually, half-jokingly, "If this is the case, then we just acted earlier, and we didn't have to worry about it for so long." Apparently he had long forgotten what he had strenuously opposed when Dart had suggested a counterattack......