In the face of the onslaught of the Kazran fleet, the Eune fleet finally could not hold out, and for the first time in this battle, they were forced to begin to retreat. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

At this point in the battle, Spred finally couldn't help but ask, "It's strange, the Ewen people know that the Kazlan mothership can restrain their own mothership. Why did they not induce the attack of the Kazlan mothership this time, and directly threw their own mothership into battle? ”

"Because Kazlan still has a neutron weapon in his hands." Dart replied without hesitation, "Although it is aimed at swarm targets, it is not impossible to use against the Ewen mothership. So it's better to start the battle so that you can get more results. However, after saying this, he also showed a puzzled look on his face, "But why did the Ewen military still decide to start this battle when they knew that they might lose all the motherships?" Not to mention that they had a lot fewer warships than the Kazlan side, could it be that the previous defeat had caused them to lose their minds? ”

Moreover, in this situation, the Ewen not only did not retreat back to the defense, but still insisted on challenging the bottom line of the Kazlan. Aren't they really worried about the Kazlans attacking the mainland of the Ewen Empire after gaining the advantage of war? Or are they so mad that they don't care about the safety of their homeland? Zhou Xin added in disbelief.

"Perhaps—" Dart's face showed a look of hesitation, as if he had an idea, but it didn't take long for him to shake his head vigorously, "How is it possible, is it possible that the Ewen still have hope of turning the tables in this situation?" ”

"How is that possible?" Zhou Xin looked at the Eun fleet, which had retreated nearly three hundred kilometers on the screen, "They are still located in the territory of the Republic of Kazran, if we can't see the weapons that the Eun people are looking forward to that can change the tide of the battle now, then it will definitely not be possible to catch up before the Eun fleet fails, even those space buildings." ”

At the same time as Zhou Xin finished speaking, Atlas sounded in a surprised voice, "Brother Captain, the engines of those dozen space buildings are overloaded. As she spoke, she switched her perspective to the previously unusually moving space buildings.

In the probe's footage, the far away end of the space building is spewing bright tail flames that have never been seen on space buildings before. With the tail flame spewing backwards a thick plume of black smoke, it was clear that the engines were severely overloaded, and they were afraid that they would be scrapped after completing this mission. Of course, this cost is not without good results - the speed of space construction is very much faster than before.

"Are you only now realizing that you are a step slower?" Dart said with a tone of regret.

"But it's too late to react now." Zhou Xin sighed with the same tone as Dart, "The quality of space buildings is too great, just adjust the engine with a few attitudes, even if it is overloaded like now, the speed will not increase much, and they will definitely not be able to catch up with the battle on the front line." ”

"Nope! Brother Captain, it doesn't seem that the target of these space structures is the two sides in the battle! Atlas suddenly exclaimed in surprise. Then, after carefully calculating the flight trajectory of the space buildings for a few seconds, she said with certainty: "Sure enough, according to the direction of those space buildings, they are flying directly in the direction of Songxing." ”

The little girl's sudden words stunned everyone in the entire command cabin. "Songxing?" After a while, Zhou Xin reacted, and he subconsciously asked, "How can their direction be Songxing?" ”

"No, the target of those space buildings is not Songxing." At this time, Dart also came to his senses, and he understood after glancing at the stars on the screen, "Their targets are those stealth warships in the rear of Kazran's fleet. ”

"Stealth battleship?" The successive changes made Zhou Xin's thinking completely unable to keep up with the rhythm, and he subconsciously repeated again.

"Yes, it's a stealth battleship." Dart nodded, "That would explain why the Eun fleet started this battle." After a pause, he elaborated, "Their purpose in fighting is to keep the Kazlans focused on the battle and ignore the threat from farther away. ”

"If that's the case, they'll only need to start some skirmishes to attract the attention of the other side, so why go to all-out war with the Kazran fleet?" Zhou Xin asked puzzled.

"It's not enough." Dart shook his head, "They're not just trying to divert the attention of the Kazlans, they're going to drag the entire fleet to where it is now. If it was only a skirmish, the Kazlans would have quickly disarmed themselves after discovering the whereabouts of the space building. With such a slow flight speed, those space structures will definitely be caught up by the Kazlan fleet, and no matter how powerful the weapons on them are, it will be difficult to escape under the siege of so many warships. At the same time, as mentioned before, even if the Ewen only want to start a skirmish, will the Kazrans, who outnumber each other in strength for the first time, simply keep the battle on a skirmish? Rather than passively resisting the all-out attack of the Kazlans, it is better to take the initiative to attack effectively. At the same time, they also lured out a lot of attacks from the Kazlan mothership, which reduced the pressure of sneak attacks on the space building side a lot. ”

"But—" Spred asked, puzzled, "before neutron weapons appeared, I understand that the Ewen wanted to use the mothership as a decoy to win the entire war. But they have lost so many motherships now, and they may lose a lot of warships in the future, and even the entire battle is lost, just to destroy the more than fifty stealth warships of the Kazlans, I don't think it's worth it. This is not like a mothership, the construction period is relatively long, according to the industrial level of the Republic of Kazran, the production of more than fifty stealth warships does not take much time at all, and if they want, I'm afraid more of them will not be a problem. ”

"I don't know." Dart honestly admitted, "From what we know now, I don't know why the Ewen did this. After a moment's thought, he added, "But perhaps it is not worth it for us to suffer such a heavy loss, but they may feel that this exchange is still beneficial to their side." ”

Zhou Xin listened to the conversation between Dart and Spred, and thought to himself, although it sounded very reasonable to what Dart said, but there was still some indescribable sense of disobedience in his heart. After thinking about it for a long time, Zhou Xin still didn't understand, shook his head, he simply didn't want to, and refocused his gaze on the two fleets fighting on the screen.

At this time, although the losses of the Eun fleet, which had lost all its motherships and had fewer warships than the opposing team, seemed a bit large, it was still barely able to resist the counterattack of the Kazlan fleet. Moreover, judging from the action, the Ewen fleet is not panicking at the moment, and they slowly retreat while still having time to launch a counterattack against the opponent. Of course, the territorial waters of the Republic of Kazran, which they originally occupied, would definitely not be able to be saved, and now the average distance between the Eun fleet and the equator is only more than 100 kilometers, and it will be a few minutes before it will completely retreat to its side.

Sure enough, just twelve minutes later, Eun's fleet retreated to the other side of the equator without pause. Even so, the Kazran fleet did not give up the attack, but after retreating to its own territory, the Eun fleet seemed to change like a different fleet. Perhaps not wanting the opponent to invade their territory, at that moment, all the warships stopped retreating at the same time, and broke out with an even more fierce attack than before. Caught off guard, the Kazran fleet, which had been advancing smoothly, was blocked by this wave of sudden oncoming dense beams, and even suffered more serious losses than before, and their advance speed slowed down all of a sudden.

"All of the Eun ships are undergoing overloading." Seeing that the Ewen fleet still had the strength to increase the intensity of the attack, Zhou Xin and them were a little surprised, and Atlas's words just explained the doubts in their hearts, she continued, "However, this overload can only last for a while, and the damage to the battleships is great, and these battleships will probably have to be repaired when they go back." ”

"What's the use of keeping the Kazran fleet out of the border?" Dart sighed, "After the overload time is over, the Eun's fleet is not going to continue to retreat and put the opponent in, so the combat effectiveness of the battleship is overdrawn, and the commander of Eun is a little anxious." ”

However, to Dart's surprise, after being attacked by the Eun's fleet, the Kazlan fleet only advanced a short distance before stopping. As if he was afraid of something, I don't know if it was an illusion, Zhou Xin saw that even the attack artillery fire seemed to have weakened a little.

Seeing this situation, Dart was also slightly stunned, he frowned and thought for a while, and then his face showed a look of sudden realization, "It's really a bluff to increase your attack while retreating to your own territory, so that the opponent mistakenly thinks that he has arranged some ambush on the mainland and does not dare to continue the attack." It's getting more and more interesting. He laughed as he spoke.

Dart's explanation made many people in the command cabin understand, and Zhou Xin thought for a while before speaking: "The tactics are good, and now it seems to be successful." However, the commander of Eun is too bold, this is a risk, if the Kazlan people do not believe that there is any trap at all, and continue to attack, then the Eun man's trick will not fail. ”

"If this were the case, the Kazlans would not have been able to hold out at all, and would have perished in the machinations of the Eun." Dart continued, "There is nothing wrong with being cautious in battles that have almost always been the weaker side in hundreds of years, but the Kazlans did not expect the other side to design such a strategy for their caution." This time, the Kazlans lost a lot of money, and they lost the opportunity to attack the Ewen Empire itself. ”

"They've done a great job." Zhou Xin couldn't help but say, "Persevered in the all-out attack of the previous Eun fleet, and at the same time inflicted heavy losses on the Eun, almost completely destroying their mothership. In addition, the neutron weapon was used as a surprise soldier and destroyed a large number of ordinary warships, and it was heartbreaking for a long time to think that the Euns would be heartbroken. Even if this war ends now, it will probably take a long time for the Eun Empire to recover, which gives the Kazlans a chance to breathe. Then he smiled, "The main attacker in this battle seems to be the Ewen Empire, but they are the side that has suffered much more, and the motherships they have lost are simply not comparable to the number of warships they have destroyed. The truce gave the Kazlans a respite, and it did not give the Euns a respite. Then his tone changed to regret again, "It's a pity that the Kazlans didn't continue to attack, if they insisted on attacking, they might be able to set foot on the southern continent for the first time." ”

After Zhou Xin finished speaking, Dart said thoughtfully: "It's strange, have you noticed that in the previous battles, the Ewen people should be the side with the advantage in weapons and equipment. But how do I feel that in this battle, it seems to be the other way around, with all kinds of new weapons emerging from the Kazlan side, and even restraining the weapons of the Eun. Obviously, this was not the case in the previous war, how could the strength of the Kazran Republic surpass that of the Eun Empire in just a few decades? Unless the Ewen Empire completely halted its development during this time, but is this possible? ”

"It's hard for me to understand what's going on, but the facts are right in front of you." Spred continued, "Maybe the early victories made the Ewen slacken, or maybe the luck of the Republic of Kazran was better, and their technology broke through the bottleneck in these few short decades, so it led to a huge increase in strength. Of course, I think the latter is a bit more likely. For example, the use of neutron matter, the Kazlan people have already made all the relevant weapons, and Eun's side has not even seen the shadow of neutron matter. Isn't that a huge gap in technology? ”

"Maybe it's more difficult to develop science and technology based on beam weapons." After Zhou Xin looked at the two sides fighting with different weapons on the screen, he thought of another aspect, "This gives us a good reminder." If we encounter a bottleneck in the research of the two weapons at the same time in the future, we can first concentrate on breaking the technology of live-fire weapons, and then consider the technology of beam weapons. Voyager, record this matter, and future weapons research will be carried out in this direction for the time being. ”

"If that's really the case, then it can only be said that the people of Ewen were unlucky and chose a difficult direction at the beginning." Dart also looked at the battlefield and said. By this time, the offensive of the Eun's fleet had weakened a lot, and it seemed that the sequelae of overload had appeared. And it seemed that he was afraid that the other side would have some tricks, and after seeing this situation, the artillery fire of Kazlan's fleet also weakened......