Chapter 432: Exposed Weaknesses
A few days later, the Imperial fleet, cruising at sub-light speeds, was approaching the exit of a new route. The 10 million Tiger Shark-class warships in the fleet suddenly dispersed towards the asteroid sea.
With the little distance left, the Tiger Shark-class ships can use their small hulls to move nimbly between asteroids.
The Empire's three main fleets continued to advance with a huge concentrating disc to attract the attention of the enemy.
Although the multinational coalition fleet waiting outside the passage noticed that the unknown fleet was already beginning to slow down, it did not arouse their alarm.
Because in their opinion, it is quite normal for the battleship to slow down when they know that there is going to be a battle ahead.
Unbeknownst to these people, they were gradually surrounded by the Imperial fleet.
Just behind them, tens of millions of warships were sailing out of the asteroid belt.
A few days later, the slow-moving Imperial fleet was only one step away from the exit of the new fairway.
Whether it was the Imperial fleet or the multinational alliance fleet in ambush outside, the atmosphere began to tense.
After Li Mingze had dealt with some important matters in the Sith, he immediately descended into the Empire's expeditionary fleet.
"Long live Your Majesty!" Among the flagships of the First Fleet, Lei Ming saw Li Mingze, who was walking into the bridge, hurriedly saluted.
"Where has our Tiger Shark fleet arrived so far?" Li Mingze nodded lightly and sat on the command seat in the middle of the bridge.
"The Tiger Shark fleet is all in place, and now they are hiding behind the asteroid waiting for orders." Lei Ming waved his hand at the holographic screen, and a hologram of the current star area appeared in front of Li Mingze.
The green dots in the hologram representing the Imperial Tiger Shark fleet have all been hidden behind the outermost asteroid.
However, the multinational alliance fleet off the asteroid was unaware of this and continued to hold on to the entrance of the new route.
"Are these natives in the asteroid sea also tied their IQ because of the asteroid sea? This asteroid sea is not solid..."Seeing that the enemy was so "upright", Li Mingze couldn't help but start feeling anxious about the other party's IQ.
"Order the Tiger Shark fleet to attack all, and wait until all the ambushed multinational alliance fleets have turned the angle of the battleships, and then we will attack." Li Mingze ordered to the thunder on the side.
"All the Tiger Shark battleships are attacking, and they will surround these enemies in an encirclement formation!"
"The first, second, and third fleets of the empire will wait for His Majesty's order before starting to intervene in the battle!" After Lei Ming gave orders to the First, Second, and Third Fleets, he handed over all the command to Li Mingze.
All Tiger Shark-class ships that received the flagship's order ignited all their thrusters and rushed out from behind the asteroid.
Many of the Alliance fleets, which had been focusing on the entrance to the new shipping route, suddenly noticed countless small red dots suddenly appearing on the radar behind their own fleets.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! A large number of enemy ships were found in our rear! ”
"We have been fooled, the warships in the passage are their covers! Turn the bow of the ship and get ready for battle! ”
With a series of orders from the commander of the Alliance fleet, one battleship after another began to turn their bows in a panic, trying to aim the main guns of the battleship at the Imperial battleship behind them.
At this moment, countless Imperial warships rushed out from behind the huge body of the Imperial Energy Gathering Disk.
When the Imperial battleships (former Dreadnought) rushed out after the cruisers and destroyers.
Many soldiers and officers of the multinational alliance swore that they had never seen such a huge warship in their lives, and the huge hull of the 10,000-meter-long ship seemed to be pressed against their hearts.
Their battleships, which were more than 2,000 meters long, were like babies under the battleships of the Empire.
"The Imperial Army is invincible!" The information broadcast from the Imperial fleet reached the ears of the officers on the bridges of the various Union warships.
Everyone's eyes were full of fear, whether it was the tens of millions of warships behind them or the tens of thousands of meters long behemoth in front of them, all of them showed the strength of this empire.
"Retreat now! All ships retreat at once! "The Alliance commanders soon found themselves at a disadvantage.
If the Imperial fleet were left to flank the front and rear, it was likely that these ships would be hit by thrusters after just a few rounds of firefight, and would become targets suspended in space for slaughter.
After the shield is broken, the armor at the front of the battleship can still play a protective role, but the thrusters at the stern of the ship are not protected by any armor, which is extremely fragile!
Rather than stay here and fight a battle that is doomed to fiasco, it is better to retreat to the rear while the shield has not been shattered now, and join up with the large forces that are being assembled by various countries!
The Alliance's warships all broke through before the Tiger Shark-class battleships could completely form an encirclement.
Only a small number of warships were destroyed by the weapons of the Imperial fleet, and by the time the Tiger Shark-class ships came within range, the Alliance's fleet had already entered the battlefield at sub-light speed.
This is not to blame the Empire's fleet, although the countries of the asteroid sea that focus on sub-light speed flight have not developed faster-than-light technology, their thruster technology is much more advanced than the Empire.
All the countries of the Asteroid Sea have focused their technology on how to increase the speed of their warships.
The faster they are, the more they are able to maneuver between star systems.
All the civilizations of the Asteroid Sea have completely skewed their technology trees.
In addition, there are constant dark battles in the asteroid sea, and the upgrading of various weapon technologies is also very rapid, and the countries of the asteroid sea are only weaker than the empire in various combat technologies.
Generally speaking, the fleets of the asteroid sea countries are weaker than the Imperial fleet, but their ability to travel at sub-light speed is far stronger than that of the Imperial fleet.
After the Alliance fleet entered the sub-light flight, the Imperial fleet, which was nearly thirty percent slower than these Alliance ships, was left far behind.
When the shadow of the Imperial Fleet was no longer visible, the commander of the multinational alliance suddenly found himself aware of the weaknesses of the Imperial Fleet.
That is, at a regular speed, these Imperial warships simply cannot catch up with their own warships.
What does this mean?
This means that he can use the tactics of kite flying to slowly grind the Imperial fleet, which is much stronger in quantity and quality, to death!
Thinking of this, a smile of victory appeared on the face of the Alliance Commander.
And Li Mingze also realized at this time that the shortcomings of his fleet in conventional speed were likely to have been discovered by the enemy.
If he can't think of a way to fix this weakness, the enemy is likely to come up with kite-flying tactics against his fleet.
If he didn't want his fleet to be bled to death, he could only let the fleet withdraw from the Little Nova Sea!
This is absolutely impossible, the Imperial fleet will definitely not leave the territory "since ancient times" because of these weak "ants"!