Chapter 576: The Great Retreat

Hours later, the remaining fleets of the Empire were silently suspended in the outermost part of the star system.

In the explosion just now, the empire lost a total of two hundred and twenty battleships, which can be said to be a serious loss.

However, this explosion annihilated two Titan-class battleships of the Clem people and seriously injured their flagship! This was a great victory for the Sith Empire!

You must know that the Clem people are not building Titan-class battleships like the Empire, which is like dumplings every few years.

It would take them at least tens of decades to build a Titan-class battleship for at least tens of years.

And this explosion of the empire directly scrapped their hundred years of efforts, and only one seriously injured flagship remained in the entire Clem Empire.

"Let us observe three minutes of silence for the 1,540 Imperial soldiers who died this time!" Li Mingze, who had returned to the Imperial Sword, the flagship of the Empire, took off his helmet and put it on his chest, bowed his head in silence for three minutes.

"Rest in peace!" Soldiers and officers also took off their helmets and bowed their heads in silence for the dead soldiers.

Fortunately, the Empire had long since upgraded its fleet to a fully automated fleet with fewer members, requiring only one captain and six staff members per battleship, resulting in a battle of just over a thousand casualties.

At the same time, due to the destruction of the two main warships of the Clem Empire, coupled with the destruction of the main fleet supporting the front line by the Imperial Glory, the defense line of the entire Clem Empire was defeated one after another.

The Sith Empire's fleet, which is already three times larger than the Clem Empire, is aggressive, biting the retreating Clem Empire's fleet.

In this way, the Empire's front advanced nearly a thousand light-years, gnawing away a large chunk of the Clem Empire's territory.

A few days later, the Clem Empire was flying around the world, and the Clem, which had been stripped of all its exterior decorations, jumped out of hyperspace.

The ornate Gothic battleship has been transformed into a bare, rounded hull.

Emperor Clem in the Clem Palace is furious.

"Damn the Sith Empire!"

"I'm going to kill them!" The Emperor of Clam had been pacing back and forth in front of the throne for more than half an hour.

"Your Majesty, our fleet on the front line is losing ground and has lost a thousand light-years of depth, and I'm afraid it will continue like this... We might as well make peace with themβ€”" An officer in the hall stepped forward and spoke tentatively.

"You are a traitor to our Clam Empire! Hit the morale of the army here! Say, you are not a spy of the Sith Empire! His Majesty the Emperor of Clam came forward in a frenzy and lifted the officer into the air.

"Nope! There is no Your Majesty! The officer shouted in a panic, at this time he already regretted dying, why should he risk this, but there is no regret medicine to take in this world, even if he has him, there is no chance, because the emperor's scepter has penetrated his body.

As soon as the emperor let go, the officer stared at him and fell to the ground unwillingly, clutching the scepter stuck in his stomach.

"Whoever disturbs the morale of the army again will end up the same as him!" Emperor Clem pulled out the scepter from the officer's stomach and raised it high into the air, shouting at the officers and officials around him.

The military and political officials knew that their Emperor Majesty had been affected by the defeat he had never suffered, but they did not dare to warn him out loud.

In the tens of thousands of years since their Clem Empire came out of the universe, they had never suffered a single defeat, and it was obvious that their Emperor His Majesty had broken down in his heart after suffering this defeat.

"Nope! It's not over yet! Our Clem Empire is invincible! Emperor Clem roared and sat back on his throne.

"Order all warships to withdraw to the Rim World, we will abandon all the colonies, and attract the warships of the Sith Empire to the Rim World to fight a decisive battle with us."

"When the time comes, we will use our super weapons to wipe out all these scum of the Sith Empire!" The Emperor of the Clam Empire made a pinching motion in the air with his hand.

"We are willing to follow His Majesty's instructions!" Many officers and officials hurriedly bent down to express their heartfelt feelings.

"Scatter!" The Emperor of the Clam Empire waved his hand, and many military and political officials rushed out.

It wasn't long before the Sith fleets found themselves facing an enemy who had retreated, and the Clem had abandoned their colony and retreated all their warships to their capital, the Stellar System!

On the bridge of the Imperial Sword, Li Mingze was discussing the next direction of the war with Eva and others, when suddenly an officer walked over.

"Report to Your Majesty, the Front Intelligence Department has sent back an important message!" The officer stood at the door and saluted.

"Say it!" Li Mingze waved his hand.

"According to the information sent back by the various front-line fleets, the forces of the Clem Empire are retreating. We sent scouts to follow the retreating fleet of the Clem and found that their fleets had withdrawn to their capital star system. The officer reported loudly.

"Oh? The Clem people all retreated? Could it be that they have some kind of conspiracy? Li Mingze frowned slightly.

"Your Majesty, the number of their warships is already seriously insufficient, and your destruction in their hinterland has greatly affected their logistical efficiency."

"The opponent is no longer enough to support such a long defensive line, not to mention that the number of our warships has risen to three times that of the enemy, and this percentage is growing as their warships continue to be destroyed."

"If this continues, our advantage will be greater and greater, and they will no longer be able to hold on, so they will withdraw to the capital star system to rely on the fortifications to hold the most important territory." Eva briefly summarized the current predicament facing the Clem people.

"So, we should take advantage of the victory and chase them down in one fell swoop!" Eva slammed the table.

"No, I'm against it!" Qiu Yue spoke up on the side.

"Oh? Why? Li Mingze curiously turned his head in the direction of Qiu Yue.

"Your Majesty, think about it, if we were at a disadvantage in the war, would you choose to give up all your territory and shrink back to defend the world?"

"Impossible! Because all our resources come from the supply of various colonies, and only when the colonies continue to provide us with resources, can we continue to build warships, and we can supply warships on the front line. ”

"In other words, once we give up the Colony Star, it is equivalent to giving the fruits of our victory to others, so the Clem people will definitely not give up their Colony Star easily!" Qiu Yue analyzed in a deep voice.

"Indeed, so they want to lure us to Clem for Armageddon?" Li Mingze slammed the table.

"That's right, Your Majesty, the other party has definitely prepared a lot of traps for us on Clam Star, just waiting for us to stupidly step in, so we must not fall for them." Qiu Yue said affirmatively. 8)