Aerial fighting continues to rage.

As more and more spacecraft are hit and destroyed, a large number of downed spacecraft wreckage passes through the Earth's atmospheric dust and falls around the globe, causing different forms of damage to the ground.

Although the surviving inhabitants on the ground had already moved mostly underground half an hour before the start of the war.

There are still many people who are reluctant to move to the ground, and have been hit by the wreckage of the falling spaceship, which has killed tens of thousands of people and injured hundreds of thousands.

Obviously, this is another catastrophe, of course, such a loss, most of the people have no complaints, compared to being slaughtered by the Maltese, human beings are still willing to choose to survive the decisive battle.

Due to the large number of spacecraft wreckage falling in the night sky, some key cities have activated their newly repaired air defense systems to intercept and destroy large targets, reduce their destructive power when they fall to the ground, and reduce the collateral damage caused to the ground.

The capital is Beijing.

The city's air defense sirens sounded for a long time.

All air defense systems have been turned on in the core area.

The deafening roar of anti-aircraft weapons was incessant, and the night sky was as bright as day with the bright light of anti-aircraft laser weapons and artillery.

Located in the command center of the city's five-ring United Fleet.

General Liu Hong, the commander-in-chief of the fleet, looked at the form of the air engagement, and his originally calm expression became a little nervous.

So far, the severity of the situation on the battlefield has far exceeded the original estimate. The firepower of the large starships of the Maltese Fleet is far more terrifying than that of the small combat ships, and it seems that the United Fleet of the Solar System still far underestimates the strength of the Pentagon Fleet Left behind.

Within forty minutes of the official engagement, the Interstellar Combined Fleet had lost more than half of its combat ships, while the losses of the pentagonal remaining fleet were indeed negligible, with less than 200 ships damaged.

In addition to the triangular formation led by Yang Yi, there are still about 400 large spaceships left, and all the large spaceships of the other formations add up to less than 1,000.

This is still the equilateral triangular spaceship formation rushing in front, and when it has already blocked the most fierce attack, the losses of other base formations are still so serious, and the fierceness of the firepower of these Maltese remaining fleets can be imagined.

Once the air war is lost, the earth side will once again lose air supremacy, and will no longer have the capital to counterattack for a long time.

In the conference center on the fifth floor of the headquarters building of the Interstellar Alliance in the solar system, William Rams, the secretary general of the alliance, who witnessed the battle in the air, and the leaders of various countries also had ugly faces and anxious expressions.

Obviously, such a war situation was far from being expected by the leaders of various countries, casting a shadow on everyone's hearts.

"General Liu, I know it's hard for you to make this decision, but I remind you in the name of the alliance that this kind of loss can't be sustained any longer, it's time to make a decision!"

After a few minutes, William Rams, secretary general of the Interstellar Alliance of the Solar System, picked up the intercom with a blank face and reminded General Liu Hong, commander-in-chief of the United Fleet.

"Please give me some more time, Mr. Secretary-General, and I will make the decision that needs to be made!"

Commander Liu Hong's face was pale, and he replied without looking back, obviously at this time General Liu Hong was also very conflicted in his heart, and he was very dissatisfied with the urging of the alliance.

"It seems that antimatter missiles have to be used, but in this way, tens of thousands of loyal and hard-working elite pilots from various countries will be buried together.

The interstellar combined fleet of the solar system will also be greatly damaged by this, and this kind of cost and regret will never be able to make up, but for the sake of the future of the earth and mankind, it has to be done again. ”

General Liu Hong looked at the scene of the battle in space and seemed to be talking to himself.

Finally, after a few seconds of focusing on the battlefield with a solemn face, General Liu Hong, the commander-in-chief of the fleet, gritted his teeth and made a difficult choice, he picked up the intercom and ordered:

"Attention to the spacecraft of all formations, quickly break away from the airspace of the pentagonal command fleet, maneuver to an altitude of 3,000 kilometers, and in ten minutes the missiles carrying antimatter warheads at the ground base will reach the airspace of the engagement and carry out the final attack!"

General Liu Hong knew very well in his heart that even if the fleet spacecraft could maneuver to an altitude of 3,000 kilometers, without any shelter in space, it would not be possible to guarantee the absolute safety of the fleet, not to mention that now that the two sides were at war, it would not be easy to get to an altitude of 3,000 kilometers in just ten minutes.

However, as a soldier, he still has to do his best to avoid casualties among his own personnel as much as possible.

Compared to the situation in space, the ground is relatively much safer due to the shielding and absorption of energy and radiation by the earth's atmosphere and magnetic field, and the explosion of antimatter bombs will not have much impact on the ground.

"Formation 005 received!"

"Formation 006 received!"

"Formation 007 received!"

"Formation 008 received!"

"Formation 009 received!

"Formation 010 received!"

After General Liu Hong's order was issued, the formations responded quickly, obviously Yang Yi and all the pilots knew very well in their hearts what it meant to launch an antimatter missile, but since they chose to carry out the order, they had already put their personal life and death aside, and no one hesitated.

After receiving the order, Yang Yi did not hesitate, and while piloting the spacecraft to maneuver to avoid the energy weapons launched by the pentagonal spacecraft, he issued a notice to the ships of the 005 fleet to evacuate to a high altitude.

"The ships of the 005 fleet, immediately after separation, will withdraw to the airspace at an altitude of 3,000 kilometers within ten minutes!"

In an instant, the disembarking spacecraft, which were engaged in a fierce battle with the Pentagon fleet, broke away from higher airspace, opening up a safe distance for the launch of antimatter missiles on the ground.

In the command ship of the Pentagon fleet, the commander of the Maltese fleet saw that the Earth fleet suddenly began to break away, and the scarlet snake's eyes once again showed a sarcastic look, and there was a slurred Maltese curse in his fanged mouth.

"A group of low-level yellow dwarf idiots, simply bold, each ship climbs in altitude at the same time, unleashes more vitality and energy weapons, must destroy all these low-level ships!"

Under the orders of the new commander of the remaining fleet, the Pentagon fleet also began to climb in height, pressing the ships on the Earth side to maintain a firefighting posture, so that the ships of the Interstellar United Fleet could not completely break away.

"Attention ships, the antimatter missile has been launched and will reach the airspace of the engagement in one minute!"

Nine minutes later, the voice of General Liu Hong, commander-in-chief of the fleet, sounded in the intercom of each spacecraft.

At the same time as General Liu Hong informed the fleets, an intercontinental missile took off in a hidden underground valley in western China, dragging a blue tail flame through the night sky and flying at high speed into the airspace 300 kilometers above the earth.

This missile was successfully developed by the Chinese military, and has just been installed with a new type of missile that has been assigned to the command of the Interstellar Combined Fleet, is subordinate to a certain strategic strike brigade of the Rocket Force, and carries the latest antimatter warhead.

"Report to headquarters, 008 formation has suffered heavy casualties and cannot be separated!

The voice of the commander sent by the European side, Felsides, sounded over the intercom.

"Formation 009 has suffered serious losses and cannot break away at the specified time, so request support!"

When the antimatter missile was fifty seconds away from the target, the voice of the commander sent by the United States, Andrew Yorkson, was anxious.

"Attention ships, antimatter missiles are twenty seconds away from the target!"

Another thirty seconds passed, and General Liu Hong looked at the missiles carrying antimatter warheads and reported to the fleets again.

At the same time, the leaders of various countries who were following the war situation online also nervously watched the flames of the missile's flight.

At this time, the flames of the missile have become extremely small, and they are approaching the combat airspace like a meteor, confused in the various energy beams of light that flash back and forth, and it is obvious that the propulsion method of this missile has been greatly improved, and there is no need to carry a heavy fuel device.

"Wait, Formation 010 can't break away, please delay the attack with antimatter missiles!"

At this time, the voice of the commander of the Russian side, Mopti Baburu, was also anxious.

"Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six, Five, Four, Three, Two, One, Attack!"

As the system began to count down, everyone in the ground command center was watching the airspace of the attack of the antimatter warhead.

In a flash.

A dazzling sun shrouded the airspace of 300 to 3,000 kilometers above the entire earth, and the night of the entire earth turned into day, and antimatter missiles exploded in the night sky.

The power of the bomb was far beyond everyone's expectations, and the energy of the 500 million tons of TNT equivalent explosion swept through any flying objects flying in the airspace, whether it was the spacecraft of the interstellar United Fleet of the solar system or the pentagonal fleet left behind by the Maltese on Earth, they were all shrouded in the huge explosion that produced a heat of nearly a billion degrees.

The sun in the sky lasted for fifteen minutes, and the sky was as bright as day before it slowly returned to night.

Strangely, with such a powerful explosion, no shipship wreckage fell in the night sky, and no crossfire energy beams flickered, making it extremely strange.

This situation indicates that everyone was vaporized in the explosion, even the Maltese pentagonal fleet.

"We succeeded, although we lost all the ships and personnel sent, but we succeeded!"

Sitting in the conference hall on the fifth floor of the headquarters of the Interstellar Alliance in the solar system, Secretary-General William Rams, who was watching the battle with the leaders of various countries, saw this scene and said with a relaxed expression.

For a moment, the whole hall cheered and applauded the victory.

Unlike everyone's happy mood, General Liu Hong, commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet, was not happy at this time, although it seemed that the antimatter missile had indeed destroyed everything, but at the same time it had also destroyed the spacecraft and lives of tens of thousands of pilots on the earth, which was the last thing he wanted to see.

And many of these people are their most important old subordinates who have made great contributions in the ground war against the Maltese. Although the use of antimatter missiles was a last resort, General Liu Hong still felt a deep sense of guilt.

This moment is undoubtedly the darkest moment in his military career for General Liu Hong, who ordered the missile launch.

In his heart, he still held a trace of luck, hoping that Yang Yi and other members of the First Army of the Earth War Knife would be alive.