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And on the main battlefield in the distance, hope is a scarce commodity. While the expedition's small fleet was cautiously approaching the battlefield, the UNSC and the Covenant's warship group were also making final preparations, and about an hour later, after gathering the last batch of warships, the UNSC launched a desperate space campaign to recover Zhiyuan.

The large fleet group consisting of nearly 2,000 warships jumped out of the fault space one after another and suddenly appeared in a space outside Zhiyuan. This is the largest fleet organized by the UNSC in recent years, and the scale is far larger than the size of the fleet during the tug-of-war between the two sides during the Battle of Abundance Star.

The UNSC's warship groups quickly approached one after another after jumping out of the fault space, forming a combat formation. And at the urging of their respective captains, they charged their main weapons and waited for a showdown with the Covenant fleet. According to their predictions at this time, although the battle will be fierce for a while, they will undoubtedly win with their numerical advantage of several times.

However, just as they had guessed that humanity would gather a large fleet to regain Zhiyuan, the Covenant fleet that was already in Zhiyuan also quickly left the atmosphere and assembled outside the range of the weapons of both sides in the distance, and at the same time, on the other side of the battlefield, a large number of Covenant warships jumped out of the fault space in turn as if they were waiting for this moment.

Among them is even a new supercarrier. Obviously, the Star Alliance is also prepared, although the vanguard fleet they sent to Zhiyuan Star before is already very large, but the fleet that rushed to the scene at this time is undoubtedly more powerful, and when all the Star Alliance warships arrived, the Star Alliance warships on the battlefield have exceeded 700.

The UNSC's fleet group still has a numerical advantage. However, it was unable to achieve the three-fold numerical advantage needed to defeat the Covenant fleet. In fact, the number of UNSC warships on the battlefield is now just over twice that of the Covenant.

This ratio of numbers meant that they were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of firepower, and the goal of defeating the Covenant fleet was shattered in an instant. But at this point, it is useless to regret it, and it has become unrealistic for the UNSC to withdraw the fleet at this time.

The reason is also very simple, because the Covenant's fault space jumping technology has always been stronger than that of UNSC. Within a certain distance, the Covenant ships can predict the end point of the opponent's fault jump based on the jump marks of the UNSC battleship.

With this ability, the Covenant's ships can follow the enemy's jumping trail and chase after them. Due to the ship's faster fault jump, the Covenant's pursuing fleet was able to chase even the fleeing enemy fleet in front of the fleeing enemy fleet and ambush the UNSC battleship that jumped out at the finish line.

Therefore, escape is no longer an option, and the only way for the UNSC fleet to survive at this time is to hope for the defeat of the enemy and the victory of the battle. But at this disadvantage. This goal is more of a joke no matter how you look at it.

"Attention all, prepare to meet the enemy...... "When the battle began, in the bridge of the Akikaze no Atsu and thousands of other UNSC warships, orders like this were issued, and people began the tragic space battle with nervousness, excitement or despair.

Just two minutes into the battle, a large number of white balls of light flashed in the fleets of both sides. It was the embodiment of the violent release of energy after dozens of warships of both sides were destroyed. Even from an astronomical unit away, Pegasos' optical sensors could faintly observe the flash of the explosion.

Of course, their main way to watch the battle was to use the hundreds of observation buoys they had placed near the battlefield with their warships. They were able to observe the tragic scene of the space battlefield in the distance. And there's no need to worry about being discovered by either of them.

On the bridge of the Pegasos, people silently watched the tragic battle unfold on their big screens. No one spoke. The atmosphere was oppressive, especially for Noble 6.

He still has great hopes for this UNSC fleet group, and even if he can't win, he hopes that this time he can at least repel the offensive forces of the Star Alliance. After all, there have been quite a few cases of the UNSC fleet repelling enemy attacks before.

But the outcome of this battle is no different from the game's plot, and the UNSC's fleet does its best. also showed extraordinary courage at the critical moment, but these highlights could not make up for the huge technical gap between the two sides, and they were finally disabled by the Star Alliance without any suspense.

Much of the battle took place as the expedition had predicted, with the Autumnwind and a handful of UNSC ships fleeing with their faster-than-light engines when the tide was finally over, and the remaining Covenant fleet immediately pursued them.

Although the Covenant's fleet won the final victory of the campaign. But most of the Covenant's fleet was also crippled. The original heart of more than 700 warships was left, and only about 200 warships survived to the end. In the end, the outcome of the campaign ended in a crushing defeat for the UNSC and a crushing victory for the Covenant.

The Covenant sent most of its own living forces in pursuit of the UNSC's defeated fleet, so much so that there were less than 40 warships left in place at this time, ready to carry out a scorched earth strategy on the surface of the Reach, and most of them were small warships and warships that had just been damaged in the battle.

Leaving Zhiyuanxing, the Star Alliance commander who went to pursue the UNSC fugitive fleet would not have thought that after he had just left Zhiyuanxing with a large force, the situation here had changed dramatically, and the expedition team that saw the opportunity saw that the enemy's main force had left, and immediately took action, ready to take advantage of this opportunity to make a good profit, I mean save people!

"This is our chance, and it's your chance, second lieutenant!" Within half an hour, we will start attacking these scattered Covenant warships, that will buy us at least a few hours, if the Covenant has no other fleets in the nearby sector, then we may even buy two or three days, and this window is your chance to save the Reach, after we break up the remaining fleet of the Covenant, I will open a few space-time doors on the ground of the Reach to the plane that I control, and you and other people who are willing to join can help evacuate the civilians on the surface. ”

Shen Chao only revealed his plan at this time, which was both bold and feasible. It also exudes a deep human touch and humanitarian spirit. In an instant, Noble No. 6 felt that his previous evaluation of Shen Chao was unfair.

The previous contact had always made him think that Shen Chao was an emotionless person who was good at strategy and tactics but treated people like mustard, but at this time, the plan given by the other party reflected the humanistic care of saving people from fire and water, which made Noble6, who was not very good at his first impression, feel a lot more favorable.

So much so that he would not have thought that the reason why Shen Chao only revealed the mystery at this time was because this plan was just one of his many plans, if the final battle situation was not like now, most of the Star Alliance would pursue the escaped UNSC fleet. He still has a lot of cold-blooded solutions to use.

After arranging the mission, Shen Chao left the Pegasos with the Noble6 and several squads, and they carefully approached several large ships that were recovering ground forces in the atmosphere of Zhiyuan in a new shuttle.

Due to their large carrying capacity, these ships naturally took on the responsibility of quickly recovering the Covenant forces on the ground. The previous space battle only lasted about 2 hours before it ended, but due to the huge losses in the battle, the fleet commander of the Star Alliance made a decision to "purify" Zhiyuan Star in a fit of rage.

"Purification" naturally means to use their plasma cannon to clean all human settlements on the surface, since Zhiyuan is a habitable planet, the Star Alliance was originally going to occupy it for its own use, but due to the huge casualties caused by the human fleet. Occupying the planet doesn't seem like a good deal.

The Covenant, who is experienced in fighting with the UNSC, knows that although the human race is weak in deep space travel, ground warfare can always cause great obstacles to the Covenant forces, and even defeat the Covenant forces in large-scale battles.

Previously, the Covenant's commanders thought it would be cost-effective to lose a few men to occupy the planet, but now that the fleet has lost a large number of ships, the future of the battle has changed from a purely military decision to a complex issue mixed with political factors.

If nothing can be done, the Supreme Council of the Covenant will undoubtedly find a scapegoat for the huge fleet losses. That's why, after a major battle with heavy losses, the Covenant fleet will immediately send its main force out to pursue the human fleet. If the human fleet participating in this battle cannot be completely annihilated, many of the fleet commanders will inevitably face the Supreme Council's questioning or even demotion.

The decision to "purify" Zhiyuan was made with the same considerations. Although after defeating the human fleet, they are more than capable of slowly occupying this habitable planet. But the tactics of "complete destruction" of the enemy were clearly more conducive to calming the wrath of the Supreme Council.

Under such circumstances, the remaining Covenant naturally had to quickly withdraw its ground forces in order to start its own covering artillery bombardment. It's just a small problem here, that is, they didn't expect an unknown force like the expedition to interfere.

While inside the atmosphere, most of the sensors on the exterior of the Covenant ship's hull are turned off to avoid damage from the complex natural and combat environment of the atmosphere. But it also gave the expedition a chance to quietly infiltrate their ships.

Shen Chao's own strength is limited. He can only appear in one place at a time, setting up a space-time portal in an enemy ship. That's why he waited until the appearance of the Star Covenant's supercarrier to snatch it, and when he could only shoot once, he always went to catch the biggest "fish". (The novel "Time Traveler's Expedition" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now. Click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "Add Friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued......)

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